Oct-31-15 Bilbao Masters (2015) 
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| haydn20: < piltdown man: <TheFocus Proving once again that I'm not a physic.> What's a "physic?" Maybe you mean "psychic?"> The old word "physic" meant "enema" and a physician was then a man who bled people and gave them enemas. In any case--if the shoe fits... |
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Oct-24-15 Vachier-Lagrave vs C Li, 2015
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| haydn20: 7...b6 is somewhat rare. The game follows Carlsen-Mamedyarov 2015 thru 14 Rc1 when Mamed played ...Kh8 and got crushed. This is a passive line, and playing it against someone as powerful as MVL is not to be recommended. |
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Oct-21-15 European Club Cup (2015)
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| haydn20: <notyetagm> could you give a link for Gustaveson's video of the Naka game? Thanks in advance. |
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Oct-20-15 Ruy Lopez, Exchange (C68)
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| haydn20: I remember back in the Fischer fad days playing 4...dxc6 (of course) and if 5. 0-0 then ...Bd6. If I remember right, White pretty much had to play 6 d4 to get anything and Black had a nice, free game. |
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Oct-15-15 Millionaire Chess (2015)
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| haydn20: < Jim Bartle: <I'm in the process of revolutionizing mathematics and physics and philosophy and even economics for the 21st and 22nd centuries.>
Slacker!!> And just as I was congratulating myself for proving the Riemann hypothesis. Boy, do I feel silly in the face of ... |
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Oct-10-15 Y Hou vs N Dzagnidze, 2015
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| haydn20: You just can't beat them tripled pawns! |
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Oct-08-15 Karpov Poikovsky (2015)
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| haydn20: Fairly hard fought, with 56% decisive. |
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Oct-08-15 Women's Grand Prix Monte Carlo (2015)
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| haydn20: Happy to see Pia Cramling still in there slugging it out--I've always liked her style. |
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Sep-01-15 Caruana vs So, 2015
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| haydn20: After 16..b5, White has an initiative, but that's all. It'll be interesting to see how So got here--maybe another opening lacuna? |
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Sep-01-15 Topalov vs Aronian, 2015
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| haydn20: Seems like the players are traversing a byway of the Ragozin, one which favors Black. I'd almost bet Aronian is in familiar territory while Topalov isn't. |
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