Mar-17-20 A Giri vs I Nepomniachtchi, 2020 
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| rcs784: Will today's result finally put a stop to the endless Giri drawing jokes, by any chance? |
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Mar-16-20 M Vachier-Lagrave vs Caruana, 2020
Mar-07-20 World Championship Candidates (2020)
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| rcs784: <Messiah> I thought of the Caruana Virus too! Anybody mind if I still use it as a GOTD pun next time Fabi uncorks a brilliancy? |
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Feb-13-20 Carlsen - Caruana World Championship Match (2018)
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| rcs784: <SChesshevsky> I believe the Sveshnikov was played in the 2012 Anand-Gelfand WC match. Maybe others, too. |
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Jan-20-20 A Goryachkina vs Ju Wenjun, 2020
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| rcs784: Funny that CG calls this the "Positional Variation." LOL! |
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Jan-16-20 Ju Wenjun vs A Goryachkina, 2020
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| rcs784: Forgive me, but what happens if Black plays 54...Ke6 instead of Kc6? How does White make progress here? |
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Jan-15-20 Bird vs Zukertort, 1883
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| rcs784: Seems like Bird had a threefold repetition on move 68. Anyone know if that rule was in effect yet in 1883? |
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Dec-25-19 Topalov vs Karpov, 2000
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| rcs784: <sargon> That variation looks wrong to me (after 76. Kb4, the black king can escape to c2), but even if it's correct, there's a much faster mate with 74...Ka1 75. Nc3 g3 76. Ne1 g2 77. Nc2#. |
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Oct-29-19 Magnus Carlsen
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| rcs784: Armageddon is a terrible idea for Fischer Random, given that some starting positions have been shown by computers to give a gate advantage to White than in regular chess, others give White no advantage at all, and a few even favor Black. If they absolutely have to use it, than the ... |
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Aug-15-19 R U Anantharam vs S Gagare, 2008
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| rcs784: <catlover> Actually, the pun works on a couple levels. As I mentioned above, the word "dandelion" in English comes from a French phrase meaning "lion's tooth," which is quite fitting for an opening known as the "Lion's Jaw." That's the second pun hidden inside the first one. |
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