Aug-28-09 K Korley vs M Bach, 2009 
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| levelzx: I agree, this i exciting, though I think both sides could do much better. Myself, I would never play 5. Nb5, despite it seems to be plausible. This Knight goes nowhere, and from b3 it would observe c5 square, preventing Queen+Bishop battery. I dislike 10. f3, further weakening the ... |
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Jul-25-09 J Piket vs Kasparov, 1989
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| levelzx: <vanderyacht> 21. Ne6 gxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Rg7. Black is simply full piece up with this line. He also has g-file for further operations, so the whole idea seems to be unsuccessful. |
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Jul-21-09 A Beliavsky vs Bacrot, 1999
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| levelzx: This puzzle was neither fun, nor challenge thanks to Chessmaster 9000, which provided me the game above years ago, with memorable conclusion. |
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Jul-21-09 Ponomariov vs Nakamura, 2009
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| levelzx: Nakamura should probably challenge Morozevich in a blitz match to decide who is the greatest bullet-chess player of 21th Century. |
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Jul-21-09 Morozevich vs Gelfand, 2009
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| levelzx: That loose Rook at h5 was just victim of a duboius maneuver c2-c5-h5. I have no idea why Gelfand misplaced it so badly, especially since it was so great at second rank. |
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Jul-09-09 Spassky vs Chandler, 1988
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| levelzx: Ah, OK, sorry <gofer>. But anyway, I think 22...Rd2 is good enough to answer 22. Ne5, since Black won't waste a tempo the way they did at these analysis. |
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Jul-09-09 I Rogers vs G Milos, 1992
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| levelzx: <ozmikey> You seem to have much more knowledge about these events than I do. Thanks for pointing out a hilarious reverse of events between Rogers and Kasparov. Now, I'm only curious if anybody knows what are those three Gazza's games he submitted to 'Best Of' contest. Right ... |
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Jul-08-09 Carlsen vs Naiditsch, 2009
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| levelzx: A question to all opening experts: does it make sense to play openings like Berlin Defense, when everything Black can hope for is hard fought, Rook-ending draw, because pawn structure ruins his chances in King and pawn endgames? |
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Jul-08-09 Fedorchuk vs Buhmann, 1999
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| levelzx: <remolino> I thought about it for a minute too, but I spent most ofthe time trying 26. Nd7+. So far, this week's problems were pretty forcing, so I rejected 26. Qf4 despite seeing it. Pure mistake: I fell into 'thinking pattern' when winning move was plain and simple. |
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Jul-07-09 Alapin vs M Lange, 1892
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| levelzx: I guess 40...Kh7, giving back the exchange, is good enough to fight back. If 41. Rxf7+ then 41...Kg6 and Black drops important pawn on f6. Generally it is not in White's plan to relieve the cramp on enemy position: he will do it only after securing maximum activity for own pieces. ... |
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