Jan-08-20 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006
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| tonsillolith: Saying anything negative about Trump is biased, by definition. |
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Jan-08-20 World Blitz Championship (2019) 
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| tonsillolith: Holy crap, Kramnik finished third in this blitz event saturated with youngsters, even after spending some time congealing in retirement? My respect for him only grows. |
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Nov-29-19 Ding Liren vs W So, 2019
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| tonsillolith: This game proves that So is the only one to take down Carlsen, not Ding Liren. |
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Nov-28-19 Harikrishna vs Carlsen, 2019
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| tonsillolith: I was too stupid to see why White cannot protect the h2 pawn on move 21, but the engine pointed out that the key is: <21...Rxe1 22. Rxe1 cxd4> and the knight is pinned to the queen. |
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Nov-28-19 I Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2019
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| tonsillolith: In one of his online blitz streams, he mentioned that his pet Norwegian Rat was dead, and that we'll be seeing much more Qd6 Scandinavian in its place. I'm not sure the level of game we could expect to see them, but a WC match would be great. Carlsen's lead above the rest of ... |
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Nov-27-19 W So vs Caruana, 2019
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| tonsillolith: This game proves that So is a suitabler challenger to Carlsen than Caruana. |
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Nov-25-19 Carlsen vs I Nepomniachtchi, 2019
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| tonsillolith: @#$%*!&, Carlsen is so strong. That last move just illustrates more layers of control he has over the position. Obviously queen attacks f7 and bishop guards pawn, but also queen guards rook, bishop guards f1-h3 diagonal. I feel like I learn so much more from watching positional |
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Oct-14-19 Ding Liren vs Radjabov, 2019
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| tonsillolith: <69...Kg5!> triangulating in order to gain opposition with the white bishop. Clever! White is then in Zugzwang. |
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Aug-14-19 A Giri vs Mamedyarov, 2019
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| tonsillolith: <31. Rd6!> looks like puzzle material. I suppose the idea upon capture is something like <Ne7> followed by <Qf6+> and <Nh6#>. |
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Aug-14-19 A Giri vs Anand, 2019
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