Feb-12-07 J Robey vs Anderssen, 1862 
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| flott: Well, being no black queen on the board, the usual monday-queen-sac becomes a rook sac. |
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Dec-05-06 R G Wade vs Korchnoi, 1960
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| flott: JustaFish and vibes43: I was looking for some sort of Zugzwang situation, too. And I found: 38. h3, Kg5 39. Ke3, Kf6 40. Ke2, Kg5 41. Kf3, Kf6 42. Kg4. Not as nice as the text move, but still a clear win for white. Note the characteristic trinangular movement of the white king. |
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Dec-04-06 Eliskases vs Bogoljubov, 1939
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| flott: It's the opposition, stupid. |
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Nov-23-06 Smirin vs B Alterman, 1993
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| flott: Nice but too easy for Thursday. |
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Nov-13-06 Chulkov vs Gavemann, 1947
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| flott: The puzzle was rather easy, but the game very interesting because it raises the question how Black could lose so quickly though his moves look quite naturally. The decisive mistake was 8. ...g6, which permitted 10. Bh6. (g6 or g3 is always very risky if your bishop can't occupy g7 or ... |
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Nov-06-06 B Thorfinnsson vs E Player, 1999
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| flott: What a surprise this monday: rook sac instead of the usual queen sac! |
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Nov-01-06 Horwitz vs Bledow, 1837
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| flott: Quite easy for Wednesday.
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