Dec-19-08 Santa Claus 
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inthestepsofTal: Dear Santa,
Please DON'T give me a premium membership, since I would then play chess instead of concentrating on my physics studies ;P |
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Nov-14-08 Anand vs Morozevich, 2007 
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inthestepsofTal: "Wishy i was a pawn star" would be a fun pun ;D |
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Oct-09-08 T Marttala vs A Rouhani, 2007
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inthestepsofTal: Once again a victory for the ill-reputated Arash-Defence... Everyone has the refutation but noone dares to show it... ;D |
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Oct-09-08 Arash Rouhani
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inthestepsofTal: den lille girige.... ;P |
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Aug-16-08 D Andreikin vs Y Hou, 2008 
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inthestepsofTal: But this wasn't too impressive? White could have drawn soooo many times. I.e. 89.Bf3, and where is the win for example... |
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Jun-27-08 V Durarbayli vs Korchnoi, 2008
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inthestepsofTal: This blunder reminds me of the face korchnoi makes when he gets beaten by a cow in some commersial... look it up on youtube ;P |
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Jun-22-08 P Sells vs R Salimbagat, 2008 
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inthestepsofTal: I like the position after whites final move ;D |
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Jun-21-08 Tal vs A Khasin, 1961 
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inthestepsofTal: They face the same problems and ask themselves the same questions;) Ever heard of Tals hippopotamus game? Tal-Vasiukov, Caro-Kann defence 1-0 |
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Jun-19-08 T Halay vs D Laylo, 2004 
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inthestepsofTal: 27.Ke5!? with the idea Rxf5+ Kd6-c7-b6 is nicely refuted by 27...Re8+!! 28.Kxf6 Qh4 mate |
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Jun-16-08 Shirov vs Bareev, 1990 
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inthestepsofTal: This game is given as a warning example in my Dutch-book. There are better ways to play against the early b3-system for black. |
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