Sep-03-17 B Sambuev vs Wei Yi, 2017 
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| mccraw: MissScarlett:
Reverend Spooner approves this post!! |
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Jun-13-17 Norway Chess (2017)
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| mccraw: Ain't chess grand? Before the tourney, you would have looked at the top 5 players in the world--the then over-2800 gang--& said: _No way_ after 6 rounds they have a decisive-game score of +1 vs-4, none of them hails within 1 point of the leaders, & none sits above .500. & Carlsen and |
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Jul-24-14 Harikrishna vs Y Hou, 2014
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mccraw: Tamar's idea is cool; to finish his sentence, i'll clip in some GM analysis from (another site):
31...Qe7! (31...Rf5 32.Nd6  ) 32.Nxg5 Qxg5 33.c5! h3 34.g3 Qg4 35.Kf1! Qf3! Black's counterplay seems just enough to draw. |
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Jul-24-14 H Richards vs S Williams, 2003
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| mccraw: <Once> i almost never post, but here's a belated Birthday Greetings. Hope it was a smashing one...
A little late, but please let me say how much i've enjoyed your chess commentaries over the years! Wit, imagination, and chess insight--a Very Rare Combination on these pages :-) |
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Jul-19-14 Caruana vs Adams, 2014
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| mccraw: i think csmath deserves some love here (he seems to get little recognition for his efforts...). Maybe most of you are happy w/engine analysis & can "see" what he explains here. Maybe i'm old-fashioned, but for us average players, it's a great gift to get international-level analysis ... |
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Dec-22-09 chessgames.com chessforum
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| mccraw: Dear Chessgames:
Pardon if you have answered this already... Why in Sam Hill--after 3 rounds of the Russian Super-Ch--has Chessgames not put up any games yet??? |
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Dec-22-09 Russian Championship Superfinal (2009)
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| mccraw: DCP23: Thanks! Will do... |
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Jan-02-09 R Cardoso vs Petrosian, 1975
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| mccraw: HotDog: great resource, Rh5! Your line is good, up till 36.Rh3?, because 36...Qg1+ 37.Kb2 e4+ complicates things. Better: 36.Qc6+ Kb8[Kb8 37.Bd6+ Ka7 38.Qc5+ is worse] 37.Ba5 Ke7 38.Rxe5!, and White wins. |
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Jan-02-09 Petrosian vs Aronin, 1961
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| mccraw: White Rook...
Black is dead lost by ...37; ..Be1 makes little difference. Black's key errors are:
34 ...Ke8, and if Bg5 Nh7. White has only a small advantage;
35...Ne5! (not Ng8??, when Black loses, as in the game) 36.Qh4 (36.Qh8+ Ke7 37.Bg5 Ned7 doesn't look overwhelming) Ke7 ... |
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