Nov-27-23 Yagupov vs D Lam, 2019 
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| landshark: Of course look for a Q-sac. Even if Move One is the type of move your brain is hard-wired to ignore: You 'can't' play 27.Qd5+ because it's guarded by a pawn, you dummy!! I forgot it was Monday and spent 10 minutes trying to make more prosaic sacrifices work - finally a light ... |
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Nov-07-23 M Pap vs J Lampert, 2012
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| landshark: Saw that right away = faster than usual even for a Monday |
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Nov-03-23 N Salimova vs A Muzychuk, 2023
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| landshark: The position looked ripe for d5 and I was right - 18.d5
Gotta get one's own material out of the way of the heavy artillery positioned on e1 and d1.
Bombs Away! |
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Nov-01-23 Gligoric vs N Gaprindashvili, 1964
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| landshark: <Catlover> Nona G was a beast in her time - I think Agadmator did a piece on her during the time when Queen's Gambit had just come out - she was rudely 'dissed' in the movie and Antonio shed some interesting light on her career, the difficulty she had even getting to play ... |
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Oct-19-23 Dubov vs Giri, 2019
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| landshark: Typo: 19.O-O-O |
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Oct-17-23 Duda vs D Anton Guijarro, 2022
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| landshark: Nxa5 -
It took me 3-4 minutes to see that if the Q recaptures on a5 then we play b4 (rumored to be the strongest move in virtually any position) and the black Q is squished. |
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Oct-13-23 Suba vs I Cheparinov, 2002
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| landshark: Same as <KAB>
32... Qd2 seems to do the trick, although not as elegantly as ...Bc2+.
What does the engine say about this? |
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Sep-18-23 L De Veauce vs J N Sugden, 1971
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| landshark: <Cecco> I wouldn't have spotted your brilliant 45.Qxf6+ in a month of Sundays.
That's a beautiful move!
Fortunately for me I saw the game line with the quick mate (: |
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Aug-14-23 J Diez del Corral vs A Medina Garcia, 1978
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| landshark: In my sleepy haze I couldn't see what was so great about 31.Qd5. Visualization capability is the first thing that goes when I'm tired (or hungry, distracted,____ you name it).
Tuesday's another day (: |
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Jul-27-23 Jansa vs P Troeger, 1961
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| landshark: Rather than the game continuation, I had
14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Qxe6+ Kf8 17. Bg6 ....
Which leaves B in a dilemma.
At first, I thought 17... Qe7 (which I missed during calculation but spotted right away when playing it through) would save him, but after
18. Rd3 ... |
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