Sep-07-04 N Speijer vs Couvee, 1955 
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| wasaka: <whitehat1963> actually it's tuesday, not monday... nice knight coordination! i saw something almost identical to this in a puzzle book last week, so i got this one immediately. |
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Sep-06-04 Blatny vs V Buturin, 1995
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| wasaka: <artemis> you know it was just "destiny" that they would make such a "childish" pun... |
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Jul-16-04 F Burden vs NN, 1860
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| wasaka: beautiful finish indeed!
<mahmoukubba> "Burden the Hand" is a pun. They tend to make groaners about the games of the day. Just ignore it if it confuses you. |
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Jul-16-04 Y Piskov vs Krasenkow, 1989
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| wasaka: Did anyone else consider 43. Qf5 ? It looked promising to me, but I didn't see a mate directly in sight. |
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May-22-04 Matulovic vs G Del Pezzo, 1954
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| wasaka: I think the pawn sac is a mistake. It gives white too much of an advantage. Black does get a pawn advantage, but white doesn't have to make as many developing moves because the position is so open. I can somewhat see the rationale (give white the center then attack it and the pawn ... |
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May-22-04 Spassky vs O Averkin, 1973
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| wasaka: I was thinking 30. Qxf7+ Bxf7 31. Rcf1 but I think it takes too long. Beautiful play by Spassky! |
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May-02-04 Ljubojevic vs J Durao, 1974
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| wasaka: What about 22. Be7 followed by Nd6? (< punctuation only) That also seems to work. |
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Apr-19-04 C Morrison vs M Basman, 1981
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| wasaka: <f1list> with g3 I think Morrison was trying to prevent the pawn on g4 from advancing a square. If Basman advances this pawn and Morrison takes then he has an open file right next to the king. If Morrison allows Basman to take the pawn on h2 then Basman queens because the king ... |
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