Nov-20-09 Fischer vs Keres, 1962 
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| engmaster: Birthtimes, after 17)Nd5,Nxd5 18)exd5 g6 19)a4,c4 blacks weak king side pawn structure is exploited by the activation of white bishops. Both black bishops are weak and the black Kt on a4 misplaced. Black is weak on the Q side as well on the a file. |
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Apr-10-09 Ljubojevic vs R Osterman, 1975
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| engmaster: Transposes to a Bird d5 variation! |
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Feb-09-09 Bishop's Opening (C23)
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| engmaster: The 3) d3, system, allows a very simple to learn effective low risk opening. If black is not too familiar with the Bishops opening white has real chances for the full point. d3 is rather more positional then other options. |
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Dec-28-08 M Gurevich vs Portisch, 1990
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| engmaster: 9) BxB, black has nothing to fear as his doubled pawns have the caracteristic wedge formation and he opens the rook file. 5) Bf4 is portisch's pet move and is an alternative to 5) g6. |
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Oct-20-08 Leko vs Karpov, 2006
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| engmaster: Great game that forced Leko to not play E4 for the rest of the match |
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Oct-01-08 N Kostina vs A Gavrilov, 2007
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| engmaster: 9) bxf5 is the 1st mistake, normal is Re1. Black is happy to get a great outpost for his Kt and open the g file to his rooks. |
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Aug-11-08 Sunil Weeramantry
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| engmaster: Whilst undoubtably better to get to 2300 by 25 I do not think its impossible for a 40 year old to go from 1800 to 2300.
1) If you read many articles you will see premaster to Gm in about 5 to 7 years. Most adults are just not going to put in the time. 2) I think de la maza proved ... |
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Aug-04-08 Y Nikolaevsky vs Taimanov, 1967
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| engmaster: Famous endgame
45)... Kf6 distant opposition
46) ... Kg5 again maintaining opposition
48) ...,Kh4 again giving up the rook pawn for the d pawn.
A beautiful stalemate position for black
pawn remaining on a6 is key.
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Jul-29-08 A Yusupov vs L Adasiak, 2005
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| engmaster: Basic Colle Zuckertort opening
6)...,c6 more often c5 is played by black to challenge the d4 pawn. 8)..., a5 black now launches an attack on the a file, his white bishop is boxed in on c1 by the problem b7 pawn. 9) Ne5 and also c4 are key moves for white
10) f4 prepares to free |
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Apr-23-08 L Karlsson vs Portisch, 2005
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| engmaster: Black in unable to exploit the open D file. Its difficult to say at the end who has the edge. Sure white has a passed pawn buts its under lock & key. As the pieces reduce blacks bishop gains strength. Also blacks kings position is more secure. |
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