Aug-14-16 Schlechter vs Duras, 1910
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| jindraz: The Duras book (by Louma and co.) says "after this game, Schlechter complained to everyone around that this way he is not going to win the first prize and will have no means of supporting himself [he eventually died in poverty] . However, this did not come to pass as Duras had an ... |
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May-15-16 The World vs Naiditsch, 2014 
May-15-16 M Bartel vs M Xheladini, 2016
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| jindraz: If you play 3...a6 against me, I could not resist playing 4. h3 |
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May-07-16 Tal vs Adianto, 1986
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| jindraz: Komodo writes a letter to Tal: a cool sac bro, but do you know that if you played calmly, your advantage would have been quite a bit more significant than after all those fireworks? And we both know that you did not see one half of the tricks that you needed to even stay alive after |
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Sep-10-15 Y Hou vs Z Mamedjarova, 2014
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| jindraz: Luzhin: fianchettoing the QB is standard. A problematic move in this setup (Bb7, Be7) is Ne4 as Yifan nicely shows: after the exchange Black is left with a weakness on e6, and f3 will always lead to a positional White advantage. Plus, Black needs to rush to complete her development ... |
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Aug-30-15 Vachier-Lagrave vs Topalov, 2015
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| jindraz: The game is nice enough, but Nostradamus said something to the effect that when people of Topalov's style start playing Berlin defense, it will be the end of chess as we know it. |
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Jun-25-15 Giri vs Topalov, 2015
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| jindraz: well, after 36...Kh6 37. Nc5 Bxc5 38. bc Rd5 39. Rxb5 Kxh5 White ends up with a pawn up, perhaps it is a draw, but no one likes to play this with Black I wonder when it dawned on Topa that he is actually going to lose this endgame |
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Jun-25-15 A Compton vs A Gholami, 2011
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| jindraz: The important point is 20...Re8 21. Rf3 Kf8 22. Bc5 |
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Jun-22-15 Anand vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2015
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| jindraz: al wazir: Kh1 accomplished more than one thing but you have to ask a computer. It certainly ruled out the defense g5 Qg3 Rd3 Bc5+ Kh1 Be3, and maybe also something about Nxe4 |
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Jun-18-15 S Collins vs D Haessel, 2011
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| jindraz: My solution said 29. Qd4 and I thought there is no defense against mate. However, one needs to continue 29...Nf6 30. Qf6 Rd7 31. Qg7 Rg7 32. Re7 |
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