Mar-25-16 P Romanovsky vs Y Vilner, 1927 
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| dougiejfresh: I'd guess the pun is from Othello ("And what's he then that says I play the villain?"). When I first read it, though, I read "Vilner" as "winner" and figured it referred to the standard "I play winner?" request. |
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Aug-12-14 Ivanchuk vs Mamedyarov, 2014
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| dougiejfresh: White's choices are:
1. Move king, lose bishop;
2. Capture with rook, lose exchange; or
3. Capture with bishop (26. Bxd4)
1 and 2 are clear losers, so let's try 3. If Bxd4, then 26...Rc4+. Any king move will be followed by 27...Rd8, pinning the bishop against the ... |
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Jun-30-14 So vs D Haessel, 2014
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| dougiejfresh: Haessle Offed |
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Jan-19-14 Giri vs M Prusikin, 2013
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| dougiejfresh: "Cruisin' for a Prusikin" |
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Apr-16-13 M Playa vs R Watanabe, 1991
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| dougiejfresh: 31. Bxd5 loses material. Black replies 31. ...Bc1, and White has no safe square for the rook on the d-file (Rd4 loses the rook to the knight fork Ne2+) Moving the rook off the d-file leaves the bishop hanging to the knight, and 32. Rf2, threatening the loose bishop on f5, loses |
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Feb-20-13 Kasparov vs R Ballantyne, 2008
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| dougiejfresh: the original - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vJi... a favorite - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugl_... |
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Jan-29-13 A Rico Gonzalez vs F Ballbe Anglada, 1955
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| dougiejfresh: I think its 26. Rh1+ Bh5 27. Rxh5+ gxh5 28. Rh7+ Kxh7 29. Qg7# |
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Jan-27-13 E Myhre vs G Lorson, 1952
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| dougiejfresh: Erlenmeyer flask - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlenm... |
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Jan-18-13 Kavalek vs J Grefe, 1973
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| dougiejfresh: Black seems lost anyway. What happens after 41. Bg6 Kf6 42. Bh5, threatening Qg6#? Black cannot defend g6. Seems 42...Kg5 is forced, but 43. Qg6 still wins (43...Kf4 44. g3#; 43...Kh4 44. Re4+ wins the queen). What am I missing? |
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Aug-14-12 Kupreichik vs Razuvaev, 1980
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| dougiejfresh: 29...Rxe6 won't delay the pain at all - 30 Nf6# is still good. 29...Qxe6 is hardly better, as 30 Rxe6 once again leaves f6 undefended and black is down a queen. Black can only delay the pain with 29...f6. But mate follows anyway: 30. Nf6+ Kf7
31. Qh7+ Kf8
32. Qg8+ Ke7
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Aug-14-12 J Finnegan vs R P Allen, 1948
Jul-23-12 Biel Chess Festival (2012)
Jul-23-12 E Sigurdarson vs H Ragnarsson, 2011
Jul-13-12 T Kosintseva vs Kotronias, 2007
Jul-12-12 Z Kozul vs Rublevsky, 2004
Jul-10-12 V Hamitevici vs S R Mannion, 2010
Jun-30-12 P Nikolic vs Y Habu, 2007
Jun-29-12 Z Kozul vs A Brkic, 2012
Jun-27-12 Navara vs Sasikiran, 2009
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