Jan-17-21 Sarin Nihal vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2020
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| tonsillolith: <OhioChessFan: Total Nihalation would be a great pun. Submit it.> Done it! The slightest encouragement is more than enough for me to revel in my own puns |
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Jan-17-21 W So vs Kasparov, 2016 
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| tonsillolith: This is the pinnacle of chess, and one of the greatest games ever played. It just proves that even though Carlsen has the title and a large plus score against So, Wesley will always be the better player. |
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Jan-17-21 Carlsen vs A Firouzja, 2021
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| tonsillolith: I think it's time for Firouzja to retire. |
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Jan-17-21 Aronian vs Nakamura, 2020
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| tonsillolith: White's endgame plan of turning his pawns into double passers and exploiting them did pay off, and involved a few nice shots along the way, notably <31. g4>, <32. b5>, <34. c7>, and <35. Rxa6>. |
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Jan-14-21 Airthings Masters (2020/21)
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| tonsillolith: <Messiah: I shall return calling GM Mamedyarov Resultfixer, leaving the name Donald for Teimour Radjabov.> It's hard to overstate how little I care.
But if it makes you happy. |
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Nov-24-20 Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2017
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| tonsillolith: In contrast to his usual lucid style, this is another one of those Carlsen games that is really, really hard for me to follow. |
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Oct-13-20 A Tari vs Carlsen, 2020
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| tonsillolith: Let's also not forget the at first blush atrocious pawn formation Carlsen invited around move <18>, a triple stack also known as <Fischer's Gun> based on C Grossguth vs Fischer, 1956 . And then four pawn islands by move <25>. Of course there are those who will |
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Oct-08-20 Kramnik vs L Helm, 2004
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| tonsillolith: Thanks for the photos. What a legend this guy!
And such pesky bishops in this endgame, always haringuing this or haranguing that. |
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Oct-07-20 Norway Chess (2020)
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| tonsillolith: The idiocy of the current US president is quite remarkable, though the actions leading to his infection are upstaged by the subsequent public downplay of the severity, in addition to release of doctored videos and images. |
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Sep-21-20 Wei Yi vs D Wagner, 2020
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| tonsillolith: I can't believe no one commented on this game yet. Wei Yi takes a really enterprising approach to the endgame, letting his opponent gobble his pawns, while he gets his pieces into an even more active spot. He amasses enough pawns that he can continue to let his opponent eat a ... |
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