Oct-06-19 Nisipeanu vs D Reinderman, 2010 
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| khense: Surprise - I didn't expect to see Black's Queen trapped. |
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Oct-02-18 Seirawan vs E Lobron, 1983
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| khense: Also after 24... Kf3; Black can play 24... Bg2+; 25 Kf4; g5+ Then Black can take White's rook on c1 without any checkmate for white. |
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Nov-24-15 Y Sakharov vs Nezhmetdinov, 1957
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| khense: After 31 h5+, KXh5; 32. Rg7, Ne3; what does Black do after 33 Re1... |
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Nov-12-15 Sax vs I Farago, 1973
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| khense: It's not like a little light flashes on the board when one side has a winning move. It really helps a lot to be told that one is there. |
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Sep-06-15 S Cicak vs J Kristiansen, 2006
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| khense: In 1974 Pacific Southwest tournament I played the White side of this game through move 11. Black replied Qc3 instead of Qa5. I won with White. The game was published in the Los Angeles Times. An interesting opening - I'm surprised it hasn't been tried more often. |
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Jul-30-15 Tarjan vs P Fossan, 2015
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| khense: Looks like Black could have played for an easy draw. Instead he decides to open it up with f5 - with no apparent advantage in sight. When White played Ref1, I think Black saw he had the worst of it. d6 was bound to rock the boat... |
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Jul-26-15 Tarjan vs Valentin Dragnev, 2015
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| khense: 33. Nc4-e5 appears better. Black does not have the Rd8 tempo move on White's Queen. White is threatening NXg4. If Black plays Qh5, White plays NXg4. If F5 X g4, White plays RXf8. Black plays g4Xh3. Then White has a Q check on e4, which defends g2. Looks like White would survive and ... |
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Aug-25-13 Nezhmetdinov vs Lusikal, 1951
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| khense: Seems like white had more than one winning line after the key move - but the game as it was played is beautiful. |
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Oct-31-11 J Van der Meer vs J Printzlau, 2005
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| khense: Why a draw on Move 22? Did the bar close? The position looks like a lot of work (and not much fun). |
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Mar-20-09 Carlsen vs Yifan Hou, 2008
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| khense: Darn - Why didn't she have the white pieces! I coulda said "Hou's on first" |
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