Nov-25-24 Ding Liren 
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| rcs784: Ding is back! Today's impressive victory should silence the doubters. |
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Nov-25-24 D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, 2024
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| rcs784: <saffuna: From my quick review this is the first decisive game in the opening game of a WC match since Topalov defeated Anand in 2010.> Yes, and the first such win with black since Kramnik defeated Leko in 2004. |
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Nov-23-24 Ding - Gukesh World Championship Match (2024)
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| rcs784: In other news, Gukesh has the white pieces in game 1. |
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Sep-14-24 L Lodici vs Leko, 2024
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| rcs784: Who is this guy who just took down two legends of the game in consecutive rounds?! |
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Sep-13-24 A Mendez Machado vs Aronian, 2024
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| rcs784: Reminds me a bit of this famous game: Carlsen vs G Jones, 2018 |
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Sep-13-24 R W Jones vs J Gavarrete, 2024
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| rcs784: Even if it was between two lower-rated players, how often do you get to see KNN vs. KP played out in a major tournament? |
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Feb-27-24 N Abasov vs Caruana, 2023
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| rcs784: I'm a bit surprised that the position after 23...Qb4?? hasn't been used as a puzzle yet. Might be good for middle of the week sometime. |
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Nov-14-23 Lasker vs Steinitz, 1896
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| rcs784: Funny to see CG.com label this game (and game 14) as the "Keres Variation," considering that Keres wouldn't even be born for another 20 years... |
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Nov-12-23 Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021
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| rcs784: With all the fuss over this game breaking the record for longest WCC game, I'm a bit surprised that hardly anyone ever brings up the *very* tiny technicality of this game: Chernin vs A Utnasunov, 2000 , which was longer and played in one of FIDE's infamous knockout "World ... |
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Nov-09-23 Tiviakov vs C Gokhale, 1999
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| rcs784: This game is listed wrongly; GM Tiviakov played white here. |
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