Feb-11-20 R Rey Ardid vs J Sanz, 1943
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| seneca16: I have no idea what black was trying to accomplish. Some of his moves seem self-destructive. |
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Feb-05-20 Alekhine vs Duras, 1910 
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| seneca16: I think Alekhine just overlooked ...Ng4. |
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Jan-15-20 I Bukavshin vs E Inarkiev, 2015
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| seneca16: 24 Nxh7 looks promising. If Rxg3 then Nxf8 is strong. Where does the queen go, since Rc8 is looming? Kxf8 runs into Qxh8 Rg8 Qf6+ which looks like winning. |
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Jan-13-20 Larsen vs J H Donner, 1959
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| seneca16: Lovely how Larsen completely destroys white's impressive pawn formation in the center with fairly simple, natural moves. |
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Jan-12-20 Adorjan vs G Glatt, 1982
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| seneca16: I didn't think this was so hard. Once you see Rxc8 where the Q is forced to recapture you see that Bg6 is now possible and black must lose the bishop on e5 and the e file is cleared. After that I imagine there are multiple ways to win. |
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Oct-29-19 A Strikovic vs Suba, 1994
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| seneca16: White might have done better to play 17. f5 and exchange pieces on e5, hoping eventually to play f6 breaking through. The white square bishop would not be weak since it would threaten to go to g6 or eventually e6. Just a thought. |
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Oct-28-19 Sznapik vs D Komljenovic, 1987
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| seneca16: This is the second time a puzzle has repeated within what seems like no more than ten days or so. |
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Oct-16-19 J Cori vs N Huschenbeth, 2012
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| seneca16: What's wrong with Rxc3 followed by Nxc3? Seems to win the exchange. |
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Oct-14-19 L'Ami vs Shirov, 2019
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| seneca16: Qd2 was a blunder indeed. I would have put the g-pawn on g5 and tried to set up a knight sacrifice on f6. Probably a dumb plan but that's what I would have tried. |
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Oct-14-19 McShane vs Lu Shanglei, 2019
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| seneca16: I used to be good at getting the pawn to f6 and backing it up, imprisoning the opponent's bishop, but I've never seen a grandmaster allow it before. |
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