Jul-20-12 Alekhine vs J Araiza Munoz, 1930 
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| myusernameis: Nxf6, Nxd7, Nxb6
wow this kamikaze knight doesnt want to die |
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Jul-16-12 F Beeckmans vs J Renet, 1998
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| myusernameis: "Sometimes you need to <sac> your own Queen to create a masterpiece." or a blunder
....Kg7 |
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Jul-14-12 Alekhine / Monosson vs Stoltz / Reilly, 1931
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| myusernameis: another pretty puzzle:
I think the follow up is 20 Qh6 check; and then 21 e5! (gaining important tempo by attacking queen); and then, when queen moves, 22 Nf6 with mate in two to follow |
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Jul-14-12 Alekhine vs Janowski, 1913
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| myusernameis: it would make a good puzzle though |
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Jul-01-12 H Olafsson vs J Levitt, 1990
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| myusernameis: vinidivici: <Jimfromprovidence:...as 18...Bxg2??, for example, leads to 19 Qxe6+ with a forced mate.> What if after 18...Bxg2 19.Qxe6+ then
19...Kh8.....?"
then smothered mate |
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Jun-17-12 McShane vs Kramnik, 2012
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| myusernameis: Jun-16-12 hellopolgar:
"regarding Kramnik's behavior today...his walking-away-bluff and skipping post game conference both seemed childish but what's worse was that he made tons of noises with his drinking glass when it's McShane's turn...he even slowly poured water out of ... |
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Mar-27-12 Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1923
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| myusernameis: to Bridgeburner's comment:
"with <19...Qxa4>:
This may not be enough to win, as Black needs to complete his development, but he's in no danger whatsoever." what about Qxc8? |
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Jan-14-12 Capablanca vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1938
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| myusernameis: it was one of the first chess games I ever studied; I remember being deeply amused by Capablanca style: slow and quiet maneuvering... suddenly the opponent's position collapses like a house of cards position after 29 Rfd2 is so beautiful; and black is hopeless, of course; this ... |
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Jan-14-12 Kasparov vs Anand, 1995
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| myusernameis: 11 Ng5 !! by Karpov was a home made cookie discovered by him during his WCH match with Korchnoi; Korchnoi said something like "you find move like that once in century"; Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978
11 Qg4 !! by Kasparov was a home made cookie discovered by him during his WCH ... |
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Jul-24-11 Spassky vs Karpov, 1982
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| myusernameis: how did Karpov NOT win this one? when I looked at the position after 40 Ke5, i thought: surely Karpov to play 40... Re2, pining the knight; 41... Rxe4 black rook takes knight, and 42... Kxd6 black king takes pawn at d6, with easy win (thanks to two connected pawns on the ... |
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