May-16-25 Kenneth Rogoff 
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| tonsillolith: Note well how <Rdb>, <Keyser Sore>, and the likes never actually put forward a remotely convincing case for anything. They only muddy the water and supply uninteresting ad hominem attacks, whataboutism, and yet further juvenile "sophistry". They never argue ... |
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May-15-25 Carlsen vs Niemann, 2022
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| tonsillolith: <The Niemann Hypothesis> would be another fitting title |
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May-05-25 Firouzja vs Carlsen, 2023
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| tonsillolith: <55...Nb3> as <agadmator> points out in a YouTube video (about another game), this is a defensive pattern that is very handy when you've a knight for defense against a queen, especially in blitz, when you'ven't much time to calculate possibilities. In the game we ... |
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Apr-24-25 Grenke Freestyle Open (2025)
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| tonsillolith: For an approach like pre-chess, we should certainly expect that players with data science savvy and/or access to strong compute resources would have a significant edge over naive players. With a few hundred hours of steaming GPUs, a computer will be able to help a player choose |
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Apr-21-25 Naroditsky vs Carlsen, 2023
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| tonsillolith: <22. Nxh2> + <23. Qg2+> is a nice tactical shot. |
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Apr-17-25 Capablanca vs Colle, 1929
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| tonsillolith: Well <32...Ke8 33. Qe7#>, but then if <32...Kf7> interchange the order of checks of rook and bishop. |
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Jan-09-25 M Askerov vs V Murzin, 2021
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| tonsillolith: Starting from <37...g5> is a well-played conversion of the kingside majority, which I would not have conceived of. The move <42...Bg6> sharply diverges from my intuition, and it is followed up with a smart maneuver <44...Kg5> around behind the <g4> pawn, |
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Dec-30-24 Bluebaum vs Firouzja, 2024
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| tonsillolith: <38...Rxg2!> Good early week puzzle |
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Dec-30-24 S Erenburg vs Firouzja, 2024
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| tonsillolith: I am fond of the cut of the jib of the style of chess of this kid. Very direct attacking. By move <22>, White seems to be holding on to an extra pawn, but his pieces are stretched to the breaking point in holding down the fort (in fact past the breaking point, as Black ... |
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Dec-26-24 V Artemiev vs C Zou, 2024
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| tonsillolith: <24. Nxg7!>, <25. Rxf7!> this could make a decent puzzle. I must be growing soft, because these kingside sacs caught me completely offguard. Or maybe this is what happens what you rot your braun by watching too many slow positional crushes. For those of you who want |
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