Dec-22-14 Sliwa vs A Beni, 1957 
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mrsaturdaypants: Seems like white threw away the draw by not repeating at move 28. (I suspect he couldn't accept that he was in danger of losing, since he was a rook up.) |
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Dec-20-14 S del Rio de Angelis vs B Olape, 2004 
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mrsaturdaypants: I'm probably missing something.
24 Qxh7+ Kxh7
25 Rh5+ Kg8
26 Rh8# |
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Dec-16-14 Norfolk City vs New York, 1840 
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mrsaturdaypants: OK, Shams - that comment made milk come out of my nose. (And I hadn't been drinking milk.) |
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Dec-08-14 Giri vs Nakamura, 2014 
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mrsaturdaypants: I don't know if it's forced, but the sequence from move 25 is gorgeous and puzzle-worthy. |
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Nov-01-14 M Heidenfeld vs Nunn, 2006
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mrsaturdaypants: Thursday puzzle at black's 34th move?
I came to this page because it has John Nunn's most recent game prior to his comeback at this year's Senior Chess Championship. Moves 34-40 take him from two pawns down to material equality with a better pawn structure, from which Nunn |
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Aug-10-14 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2014 
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mrsaturdaypants: I understood what you meant, Sokrates. (I might have said "character" instead of "calibre.") Please forgive us native English speakers. We forget sometimes that the rest of the world has done us the favor of speaking our language. |
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Jul-23-14 E Mirzoeva vs E Kovalevskaya, 2014
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mrsaturdaypants: Fun game. Maybe a Wednesday puzzle at black's 29th move? |
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Jul-10-14 Caruana vs Adams, 2013 
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mrsaturdaypants: I'm missing something. This seemed too easy for a Thursday. 27...Rx3c
28 bxc3 Ba4+
and black wins back the piece he lost at move 20, ending up two pawns to the good. |
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Jul-09-14 D Zaslavsky vs Botvinnik, 1926 
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mrsaturdaypants: Very helpful, <Cheapo by the Dozen>. Thanks. But I think your line 32 ab cb
33 Qd1 Rc1
doesn't work. Black's b pawn is still on the third rank here, isn't it? Instead, I think the refutation of 32 ab is
(30...axb3
31 Rxc4 dxc4)
32 ab c3
33 Qe1 c2
34 Qc1
... |
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Jun-18-14 N Rogers vs J Foucault, 2001 
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mrsaturdaypants: Three distinct Foucaults here: the one who did the experiment with the pendelum, the historian who died of AIDS, and the chess player. |
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