Aug-02-12 Carlsen vs Bacrot, 2012 
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| hierophante: 51. Nxa6 Kxa6 52. Rf8 Rxf3 53. e5! |
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Aug-01-12 Bologan vs H Wang, 2012
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| hierophante: Thanks, Eyal. Last gasp grasping :) |
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Aug-01-12 Giri vs Carlsen, 2012
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| hierophante: <chessgames.com: We'll be switching to the Wang Hao game in just a minute.> Thanks, CG :) I recently joined CG.com and it's so great to follow live feeds and enjoy the kibitzing. It's a far cry from waiting months for the Chess Informant to be printed. (I know I sound like |
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Jul-30-12 H Wang vs Carlsen, 2012
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| hierophante: What an instructive ending! And also one that will no doubt make it into "Best of" collections. It's great to be able to watch it live. Thank you <Chessgames.com> |
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Jul-29-12 Bologan vs Carlsen, 2012
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| hierophante: I'm thinking that the Na5 sets up the advance of Black's pawns: c5-c4 and b4-b3, thereafter Black has ...Be7-a3, and ...Ne6-c5-d3 (or a4). All of which looks pretty grim. White cannot bring the Nf3 to d2 to defend anymore, since it blocks the defence of the b2 pawn. |
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Jul-27-12 H Wang vs Bologan, 2012
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| hierophante: <Ulhumbrus: 31...Rxf2 loses to 32 Re8+! Bf8 ( 32...Rf8 is still worse: 33 Rxf8+ Bxf8 34 Qxf8 mate) 33 Rxf8+ Kg7 34 Rxf4> Yikes! Of course. Good stuff :) |
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Jul-24-12 Carlsen vs H Wang, 2012
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| hierophante: 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Rhg1+ Kh8 19. Rg6 Ng8 20. Qd2 looks crushing. I don't think Black can take the B on h6, which is why I suggested 16...Ne5. |
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Jul-21-12 Andersson vs Polugaevsky, 1982
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| hierophante: The 'solution' is the blunt and obvious 27. Qg6, which forces 27...Qe8 to prevent mate on f7. "Yawn." You might say. But the firecracker is 28. Qh6!, where the Q is immune to capture because of a Boden's Mate with 29. Bxh6++. The possible defences involve creating a flight path ... |
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Jul-21-12 A Kohler vs G Antal, 2012
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| hierophante: <ferri1234: I saw 12 Bf6, but after 12...Nd7 how can white win?> 12...Nd7 is a very clever, patient try to defend the holes in Black's king position. But looking at the various lines after 13. Bxh7+, it appears that Black's attempt is not enough. One of the more amusing ... |
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Jul-11-12 A Karpatchev vs R Oney, 2006
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| hierophante: <<dfcx: Playing against crafty, the following line of defense came up, 10. Nxd5! Qxd2 11. Nc7+ Kd8
12. Rxd2 Bh6
Not a great advantage as I thought for white. > 12...Bh6 is clever but insufficient. White's best is 13. Ne6+ then Bh6, with a two pawn advantage an no ... |
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