Jul-29-14 Viswanathan Anand 
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| nisarg1: <MissScarlett>, the same question troubles me too. Best answered by Anand himself.
My guess is lack of financial inducement, and allowing the new generation of strong Indian GMs to get world-class experience.
But from my point of view, it's just ironic when he plays the WC ... |
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Oct-07-13 Kibitzer's Café
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| nisarg1: Experienced members, can you suggest some good books for positional study? A friend of mine has 'Can you be a positional chess genius' - Angus Dunnington. I liked it's format. I sometimes study from 60 memorable games . Any others, but not very pedagogical. |
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Aug-25-13 Khalifman vs Serper, 1994
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| nisarg1: my bad, i matched it with the only phrase that came to mind. |
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May-24-13 Aronin vs Smyslov, 1951
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| nisarg1: Even after all the exchanges is it completely drawn?
How will it go after
45. Ke2
a)f5 b)Kg6 ? |
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Oct-08-12 Timman vs Karpov, 1979
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| nisarg1: Can anybody finish the game?
What should black reply after Qc4? |
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Sep-04-12 Istanbul Olympiad (2012)
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| nisarg1: Azerbeijan v/s Armenia in round 8 ? |
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Jul-10-12 World Blitz Championship (2012)
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| nisarg1: both grischuk and karjakin lose their respective games... |
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Jul-07-11 Tal vs Taimanov, 1954
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| nisarg1: What does the title mean? |
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Jun-30-11 Vladimir Malakhov
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| nisarg1: No, he's a part-time chess player according to non-chess sources: he's got a Ph.D. and is said to play chess for hobby. |
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Jun-28-11 Z Andriasian vs M Litwiniec, 2010
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| nisarg1: I think white can push it till the end:
17.♖d8+ ♔xd8 18.♕xf7 ♖e8 19.♖d1+ ♘d6 20.exd6 ♗d7 (20.♖e1+ ♖xe1 21.♖xe1 ♗d7 22.♖e8+♗xe8 23.♕xc7#) 21.dxc7 ♔xc7 22.♕xd7+ ♔b6 23.♖d6+ ... |
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