May-16-05 Anand vs Adams, 2005 
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| trespetit: Just a technicality, but after 53...♘xb4 isn't the game already a theoretical draw (K and Kt v. K) and should have been declared as such right then and there? Why did the arbiters let Anand actually take the Knight? |
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Jan-30-05 J Mieses vs Alekhine, 1925
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| trespetit: I find it funny that Mieses had White against Alekhine in every single one of their five lifetime encounters. I think it's a tiny sign of Alekhine-like "contempt" to play an opening that is a little dubious at best. I'm not referring to the Alekhine's Defense but rather his chosen |
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Oct-10-04 Kramnik vs Leko, 2004
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| trespetit: Thank you chessgames.com for correcting! That was fast! (smiles) |
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May-17-04 Kevin Spraggett
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| trespetit: Awwww....it's the number one Canadian, I think. I wonder if Abe Yanovksy would have given him a run now, even if he's high up in the chessic sky playing chess with the Creator-- |
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May-10-04 Teimour Radjabov
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| trespetit: Does anyone find it incredibly funny that as of April 2004, the FIDE rating lists for Radjabov's country (Azerbaijan) show that its top five players were all born after 1 January 1985? =) |
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May-03-04 Kasparov vs Salov, 1989
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| trespetit: I still like Kramnik's blitz victory over Salov a little, but just a little, better-- |
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