Oct-23-03 Euwe vs Reti, 1920 
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| pkramer: Would 14. .. d4 be a good alternative here? And after that castling O-O? |
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Oct-23-03 Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1896
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| pkramer: <Calli: "Note that he plays 23.Rd2. This would be mate if he didn't play Bb5 first."> This seems to be incorrect. If he hadn't played Bb5, the black Queen wouldn't have defended e8, so after 22. ..Rc7 White would give a check there, and not play 23. Rd2. The mayor point of ... |
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Oct-21-03 K Burger vs W Meyer, 1986
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| pkramer: Thanks drukenknight, I'll try that next time. |
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Oct-21-03 Petrosian vs Spassky, 1969
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| pkramer: Note the importance of the open h3 field here. If pawn h4 was standing on h3, this would have been a draw! Black could give a check repeatedly on d2 and d1. To make it possible for the white queen to help stopping that, the black king must move to one of the squares e3 and f3. Then ... |
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Oct-21-03 Anand vs Adams, 1994
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| pkramer: Yes, but also 33.Re5! |
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Oct-21-03 B Katalymov vs G Ilivitsky, 1959
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| pkramer: Yes, and don't forget black has lost his right to castle, and that keeps his rooks fixed. |
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Oct-16-03 W D Evans vs McDonnell, 1833
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| pkramer: Hi Zire, I am not a very good player. Maybe that's why I don't see your point. If black plays Ne4, doesn't this then automatically lead to the loss of this knight after, for example, Re1? And if black tries to keep it by using first d5 (taken 'en passent') and then by f6, doesn't ... |
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Oct-13-03 Kasparov vs O Vasilchenko, 1973
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| pkramer: Yes he did. Why is it wrong? It seems quite a logical move to me. |
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Oct-13-03 G Schnitzler vs Hardung, 1862
Oct-07-03 L Christiansen vs Karpov, 1993
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| pkramer: Hi mikejaqua, after 12 ..Be5 13. Qxh5 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 black is not a pawn down, but a pawn and a piece. |
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