Nov-26-19 Prins vs E Paoli, 1949 
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sfm: <HaydenB: Looked more like a puzzle from "Test Your Positional Play." >
Exactly what I thought too. Larsen once wrote:
"I have been told that my book 'Find the Plan' is harder than my book 'Find the Combination'. I knew that already." What would be a plan for White? To ... |
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Nov-22-19 H Westerinen vs Y Miyasaki, 1972 
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sfm: I met Westerinen several times (not over the board, though), as he was a frequent visitor to Denmark.
Slim guy, small grey moustache, friendly nature. Soft-spoken in person, at the board a ferocious tiger behind his disguise, one of those guys radiating energy and love of the game. His |
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Oct-26-19 B Sadiku vs S Soors, 2015 
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sfm: <Carrots and Pizza: I saw all the way to 37...Be3 and would have gone for it in a tournament game. Do I get full credit?> Finding the right first move gives full credit, as long as you do not fall for the temptation to back it up with analysis. “Give your decisions, never your ... |
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Oct-26-19 Szabo vs O'Kelly, 1946
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sfm: The combi that loses.
Larsen once wrote that "It is OK that you can not calculate the consequences of a move, but it is not so good if you didn't even get the idea." Here GM O'Kelly got the idea of 12.-,Bxc5??, but on this bad day he missed the full picture.
Instead 12.-,Nbd7 is rated |
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Oct-18-19 Karjakin vs A Dreev, 2019 
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sfm: Don't miss out on the comments by <Caissanist> for the game Shirov vs Yu Yangyi, 2019 |
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Oct-18-19 Shirov vs Yu Yangyi, 2019 
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sfm: < Caissanist: This game was played on the board adjacent to Karjakin vs Dreev, 2019...>
LOL! Never saw anything like it.
Well, chess tournaments can be demanding, why not share the work? (I take the even moves, you take the odd?) |
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Oct-18-19 Von Der Lasa vs W Hanstein, 1842
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sfm: 13.dxc?? should have lost to -,Nxc6, removing the attacking pawn and bringing a defender to the field. White has nothing that works.
But after 13.-,Bxf3?? White wins. |
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Oct-13-19 L Christiansen vs Seirawan, 1978 
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sfm: Discounting a clumsy rook which may be getting into trouble, all pieces are on the Q-side. A quick glance at the board... is the black king in any danger? And the white queen is as far away as can be, having stepped into the corner only a couple of moves ago. As a declaration of ... |
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Oct-11-19 V Gashimov vs Korchnoi, 2008 
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sfm: <playground player: Aren't you supposed to lose if you have tripled pawns?> I believe statistics are indeed against such unfortunate players. A clever solution is to upgrade it to a powerful quadrupled pawn. Alekhine vs Nenarokov, 1907 Van der Wiel vs Hort, 1981 |
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Oct-04-19 Reshevsky vs Najdorf, 1953
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sfm: 40.Bxb5?? gives a piece. A rare short-circuit in Reshevsky's brain. StockFish suggests 40.Be1 with evaluation 0.0. |
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