Feb-03-23 Emad Al Habeeb vs B Amin, 2017
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| tonsillolith: Amin rightly observes that White's piece placement is not suited to the sequence <21...f4!> <22...g4!>, after which White's position implodes catastrophically. |
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Feb-02-23 V Keymer vs Carlsen, 2023
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| tonsillolith: <16...c5!?> is an interesting way to liquidate White's central control, in particular undermining his <c3-d4> pawn chain and resolving Black's hole on <c5> tout de suite. It strikes me as a high level move, and one low on my radar, as it doesn't feel like ... |
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Jan-30-23 Caruana vs J van Foreest, 2023 
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| tonsillolith: <41. Nxf5> turns out to be a great spot for the knight, neutering both <42...Rf6> and <44...Rxc4>, due to the threat of <d7>. All ways for king or rook to stop the pawn are deftly covered. |
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Jan-25-23 Carlsen vs Xiong, 2020
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| tonsillolith: < perfidious: Cannot imagine why posts by either of you would be consigned to the scrap heap; you both have worthwhile things to say.> In my case an explanation at least as likely is that I'm confusing when I post something vs when I merely think it while watching the ... |
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Jan-22-23 Giri vs Niemann, 2022
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| tonsillolith: <PawnSac: Giri just plays cool headed accurate chess> That he does, though here I feel it doesn't give him quite enough credit. Strong, direct positional play until about move <27> when White navigates/utilizes a small tactical flurry to obtain the even more ... |
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Jan-11-23 Carlsen vs J van Foreest, 2022
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| tonsillolith: <Eduardo Leon> Yes, you are right. But the point still stands! I just didn't choose the best game to assert it... |
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Jan-08-23 Carlsen vs N Abdusattorov, 2022
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| tonsillolith: Wow, this is a game of masterful piece coordination, for a blitz game especially. White's play could easily have been Karpov's, and I wouldn't have known the difference. Mesmerizing... |
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Jan-07-23 Alireza Firouzja
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| tonsillolith: <MissScarlet> thanks for that tip. I'm typically viewing chess stuff on my phone (when I ought to be doing elsewise), so that information doesn't seem to be as readily available. In any case, now things seem as they should - Carlsen has the highest live blitz rating of ... |
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Jan-07-23 Giri vs Carlsen, 2022
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| tonsillolith: The above bickering conversation does not make sense, unless one or more of these fellows deleted a post. Something is missing. Anyway, it is indeed ironic that White's LSB is one of the most wretched of minor pieces, considering that's usually the role for Black's in the ... |
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Jan-06-23 G Quparadze vs Carlsen, 2022
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| tonsillolith: Giga man when he's down.
I also love Carlsen's endgames. <26...Be2> is such an annoying move for White. It greatly restricts White's rook, while at the same time prepares to cause White much grief along the <h1-a8> diagonal, harassing the king, protecting the ... |
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