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Sep-21-22 Niemann vs Aronian, 2022    fporretto: Aronian walked into utter devastation. Yet the move that gave Niemann his chance, 14...e6, doesn't look all that bad at first blush. Chess remains a very mysterious game!      Apr-02-22 J Whitehead vs B Zueger, 1977    fporretto: After the first move, this puzzle was beyond my ability to solve all the way to resignation or mate. Even so, the way White had Black so completely tied up screamed that there was a crushing continuation somewhere. Both Spielmann and Reti would have sacrificed the Bishop without a      Jan-24-22 A Robbins vs Showalter, 1890    fporretto: Instead of 11. Ng4, Horowitz recommends 11. f4 and gives a continuation that seems to lead to rough equality, though Black retains the initiative.      Jul-21-21 D Paravyan vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2021    fporretto: The way White dominated Black's Queen Bishop at the end was a thing of beauty.      May-05-21 S Busygin vs R Burnett, 2014    fporretto: I echo Brenin, above. I sometimes get the Monday puzzle; I rarely get the Tuesday puzzle. The rest of the week is a reminder to be humble. But I've solved three in a row this week. I *know* I haven't suddenly gotten good, so what's up?      Sep-18-20 T Tolnai vs Klovans, 1991    fporretto: How would White defend after 34...Bxd5? The White Queen can only protect both f2 and h1 from f3 and g2, and the Black Bishop on d5 would take both of them away.      Apr-30-17 A Gorti vs Daniel Marhoefer, 2017   fporretto: I'm trying to figure out why Gorti preferred 9. Nc3 to 9. Bc4+. Any ideas?      Feb-06-17 S Swaminathan vs Clifton P Ford, 2017   fporretto: Is anyone else looking at 20. h6, g6; 21. Nxg6? I'm trying to work it out all the way to the end and can't quite get there.      Feb-04-17 Rapport vs N Huschenbeth, 2010    fporretto: After 7. a4, what about 7...b4? The position after 7...Bb7 just looks too heavily in White's favor.      May-02-16 P W Power vs R Hart, 1983    fporretto: I'm looking at the position after 23...Rh8 and wondering whether White is already lost. There doesn't seem to be a good way to continue the attack, though 25. Nf5 was pretty clearly a stinker.

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