Oct-03-05 K Urban vs Krasenkow, 2001 
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| kbob4435: There is a forced perpetual for black if white tries 35. Rd8. Then black takes with exf2+ 36. Rxf2 is forced. Then, instead of Rf6xf2 as Scriabin suggests, the Queen takes on h2. Whether black responds with rook takes or king takes does not matter. The lone mobile rook then has ... |
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Feb-08-05 J Nogueiras vs M Gongora, 2001
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| kbob4435: The thing that amazes me about this finish is the 77th move, Nd7+! Gongora must have anticipated the amazing finish to set up the knight in the best position to make the finishing coup de grace! That's why I gave it an exclam! What foresight.
Brilliant 77th move! |
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Feb-07-05 Kudrin vs Reshevsky, 1985
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| kbob4435: Didn't the great Sammy miss a mate in one?
Instead of 24... RxB, shouldn't the simple 24... Qa1++ mates? Or was there something wrong with the scoresheet and the position never really occurred? |
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Jan-19-05 L Rellstab vs Najdorf, 1950
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| kbob4435: How about White bringing a bishop to the attack, such as 20. Ba6? This undermines the knight and threatens the pawn on b7, followed by attacks on the N on c6 and thereafter, the B.
If 21. ... bxB, then RxN eyeing the bishop next to undermine the other N.
If White moves his N on d7, |
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Jan-18-05 Eduard Nemeth
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| kbob4435: Unlike Texas No-Limit Hold-Em Poker where I don't think computers will ever dominate given the lack of information present in unseen cards and the many strange and devious illogical moves that human players can device, all of the information is present on the chess board. There is ... |
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Dec-16-04 L Schepers vs J L Jouy, 1983
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| kbob4435: To Karizen: No, your Bf7 does not work. Black's threat to take d5 and get compensation with 3 pawns must be respected, but if respected too much, and 17. Bf7 N(c)e4 18. NxN NxN 19. f3? Nf6 with a clear pawn!
No, this game is ripe with possibilities. I would have liked to have seen ... |
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Oct-23-04 J Sajtar vs Pachman, 1943
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| kbob4435: Ok, f6 has to be defended at all costs.
So why not 23. ... b5, giving another square for the Q to go to and still defend f6? If 24. Bxb5 then, Qb6 with the threat of 25. a6, and the Q is eyeing the critical and more dangerous B at b2.
I know the position is still bad for black. |
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Sep-16-04 Judit Polgar
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| kbob4435: I've always admired the chess strength of the Polgar sisters. But Judit is definitely world class. I just viewed her game (referenced in one of the previous posts) as Black against Shirov in 1994 in Buenos Aires. I cannot believe the pawn sacs she made one after another to ... |
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