May-22-25 Chessgames - Sports 
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| plang: I remember the famous Reggie Miller rally at Madison Square Garden many years ago. This one was even more amazing. The Pacers outscored the Knicks 20-6 in the last 2 and a half minutes to force OT and then won in OT hitting 7 straight 3s at one point. |
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May-21-25 Kenneth Rogoff
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| plang: Presumably, you could make the math work in the "Big Beautiful Bill" if you just made the tax cuts smaller but that doesn't seem to even be a consideration. |
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May-20-25 Bronstein vs Keres, 1948
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| plang: 11..Re8 was a new move; 11..Bf6 had been played in two games at the 1948 World Championship tournament: Euwe-Keres (Black won) and Smyslov-Reshevsky (White won). Keres thought that 12 Bc2 would have been better leaving the rook on f1 to support the f4 push. 13..Nh4 had the advantage ... |
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May-19-25 Kibitzer's Café
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| plang: What about the Red Sox? |
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May-16-25 Salwe vs Rubinstein, 1907
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| plang: 7 h3 or 7 Qd2 are more popular avoiding the pin on g4. Kmoch suggested 11 Qe2 with the idea of Bxb6 and Qe3 as an improvement. In a game earlier in the year that resulted in a draw between the same two opponents Rubinstein had played 12..Kh8; 12..Qe7 was new. 13 Bg5..Qd7 14 Nh4 looks ... |
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May-16-25 Superbet Chess Classic Romania (2025)
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| plang: Absent Carlsen there is no clear #1 so you are going to get results like this where virtually all the participants have a realistic chance of winning. I don't see that as a bad thing - it is just the way it is.
Talents like Fischer, Kasparov or Carlsen don't come along every day. |
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May-15-25 Kasimdzhanov vs Leko, 2005
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| plang: Played in the 6th round; one round earlier Leko had played 18..axb? against Anand and had been fortunate to draw.. Here, he improves with 18..Bd7. 19 Qa1 had been played in De Firmian-Schandorff Denmark 1997 (game not included in this database) where Black went on to win; 19 Qe2 was ... |
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May-12-25 Pelletier vs Carlsen, 2005
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| plang: 5..c5!? had been first played earlier in the year by Topalov in a Rapids game and Carlsen had played it recently also in a Rapids game so Pelletier was not surprised by it. Carlsen had faced 9 Rc1 in the Rapids game; Pelletier's 9 e4 was new. Carlsen had looked at 9..Qd6 prior to the ... |
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May-12-25 J Polgar vs Svidler, 2005
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| plang: 16 Nd2 was introduced earlier in the year in the draw Nakamura-Aronian at Gibraltar; 16 Be3 and 16 Bxd5 had been the alternatives prior to that game. 26..Re2 looks like an improvement. Gershon recommended 29 Rf1..Kf8 30 f4..Re8 31 Rf2..h6 32 Re2..Rxe2 33 Bxe2 with some winning chances |
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May-11-25 J Polgar vs Adams, 2005
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| plang: 15 Be3 is not played as much as it used to be as it is no longer considered to be dangerous for Black. 23..f5 had been played in the draw I.Gurevich-Benjamin New York 1992, 23..Qxg2+ was new. Shipov offered the line 29 Kxg3?..Rg6+ 30 Ng5..h6 31 Kh4..Bd1 32 Nh7..Kxh7 33 Rxf8..Rg2! 34 ... |
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