Jan-13-25 A Planinc vs Matulovic, 1965
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| joddle: <TheAussiePatzer Better is 25...Be6 26. g4 Ng7 (forced)> I think in that line white would play 27.fxg7+ Rxg7 28.Nf6 and black cannot stop 29.Rh3 and Qxh7 without heavy material loss e.g. black probably has to go Qa7-b8-g8 to defend h7 |
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Jan-01-24 E Kengis vs F Vallejo Pons, 2002 
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| joddle: I am a bit surprised that black played 21...cxd5 instead of moving the queen, but giving up the exchange with 22...e4 instead of playing 22...Nxd5 looks strange too. I understand the position is passive, but it seems drastic |
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Dec-28-23 Ganguly vs M Madaminov, 2023
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| joddle: i know it's rapid, but this may arguably be one of the worst blunders of all time by a GM – missing mate in one in the opening |
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Dec-05-23 Shankland vs Mishra, 2023
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| joddle: <beatgiant> thanks for providing the full line – i definitely stopped my calculation way too early! now that i've reexamined the line, i feel like it was well within the abilities of shankland or mishra to calculate, but it might have just been something neither looked at ... |
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Aug-14-20 Ding Liren vs Carlsen, 2020
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| joddle: This was kind of a disaster for black. I am a bit surprised that Carlsen didn't try 8... Nb8!? which has been trendy (and has caused lots of white players to switch over to 8. dxe5), but I guess he must have had some prep in his 8... Ne7, 9.. b6 line although it doesn't look very ... |
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Jan-14-20 J van Foreest vs Carlsen, 2020
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| joddle: <WhoKeras> I have to respectfully disagree, 8. Bd3 is more trendy as 8. Be2 lines are generally nothing special, as in the old main line 8... h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. d4 exd3 12. Nxd3 0-0 13. 0-0 Qc7 14. h3 c5, and 8. Qf3 is really risky after 8... Be7 or 8... Rb8 when ... |
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Dec-01-17 Y Hou vs Caruana, 2017
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| joddle: I think Caruana tried way too hard to win here. |
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Nov-28-17 Shankland vs Y Wang, 2013
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| joddle: Tough comments on here. You guys are citing a single game as a prime example of why the FIDE rating system should be reformed? |
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Jul-05-17 S Williams vs G Jones, 2011
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| joddle: What a disaster for white. After 11. Rb1? Qd5 black skewers the knight on e4 and rook on h1, as well as threatening to play Qxa2xb1, so white is already lost. |
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Jun-05-17 I R Ortiz Suarez vs Shankland, 2017
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| joddle: <HeMateMe> Well I guess the onus is on white to show that he is better, and if he offers a draw, black accepts, at least for elite players. |
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