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Nov-10-20 R Nezhmetdinov vs Kasparian, 1955    estrick: Kasparov had fun selecting the games used in The Queen's Gambit, and adding fantasy variations      Feb-09-20 M Antipov vs G Jones, 2020   estrick: . Ouch! You don't see 2600's just hang a rook like this very often      Oct-02-19 World Cup (2019)    estrick: . FWIW, Radjabov was born the same year as Nakamura. His peak rating was seven years ago when he reached #4 in the world rankings with 2793. Interesting to see a resurgence after several years of what must have been disappointing results for him.      Aug-28-19 Carlsen vs W So, 2019    estrick: . Carlsen also offered a 'fantasy variation' that would have resulted in "a terrible zugzwang" that Seirawan said would have landed Carlsen in "the torture museum." If Wesley So had not lashed out in desperation with 34. ...f5, Magnus was hoping for something like: 34. ...f6 35. ...      Aug-26-19 Karjakin vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019    estrick: MVL could have resigned, but elected to allow Karjakin to checkmate him. The announcers lauded him for his sportsmanship.      Aug-24-19 Caruana vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019    estrick: These guys are so good, and so well prepared that it's really, really hard for them to get a win against each other      Aug-08-19 Capablanca vs Tarrasch, 1914    estrick: The chess engine says that Capa's mistake was not moving the wrong rook on his 13th move, but the blunder he made on move 14. Instead of 14. Qg3? He should have played 14. Rd6 Bxf3 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Bxe5 Bxe4 17. Bd4 Bxc2 18. f3 which would have given White a small ...      Jul-04-19 Ding Liren vs Carlsen, 2019    estrick: Maurice Ashley did a great interview with Carlsen's father, Henrik, yesterday. Among other things, Henrik talked about Magnus' period of dominance in 2013-2014, and what it took for Magnus to get back to that level in 2019. Henrik mentioned Magnus' strict regimen of diet, exercise, ...      Dec-09-18 L D'Costa vs Kharlov, 2005   estrick: 31. ...Bf4? Big blunder      Nov-21-18 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018    estrick: Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and Caruana will have white. It would be fitting if Rd 10 were to be the one where Fabi breaks through. Then he could have a great feast after the game.

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