Oct-05-24 Anand vs Carlsen, 2023 
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| zooter: 60.Nxf5 was a blunder by Anand. Although the commentator (Sagar Shah) seems to think there is counter-play by white, the engine evaluation on the screen just goes down completely for white which I believe means a forced win for black |
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Jul-15-13 A Ssegwanyi vs R Phillips, 2012
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| zooter: straightforward...
30.Rxh7+ Kxh7 31.Qh3+ Rh4 (only move) 32.Qxh4# |
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Jul-11-13 Epishin vs S Zagrebelny, 1983
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| zooter: I saw 39.Bxe5 and yes I think 38...Kh7 is a better attempt by black to escape |
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Jul-10-13 A Lukin vs T Khasanov, 1983
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| zooter: Seems easy enough
Bxh7 leads to mate by 30.Bxh7+ Kxh7 (only move) 31.Rxf7+ Kg8 (31...Rxf7 32.Qxf7#) 32.Rg7+ Kh8 33.Rg8+ Kh7 34.Rh8+ Rxh8 35.Qf7# |
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Jul-09-13 A Sokolsky vs N Kopaev, 1938
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| zooter: yeah ok, 24.Qg7+ Kxg7 and white hangs his head in shame! |
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May-11-12 Reshevsky vs Najdorf, 1953
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| zooter: The zurich book by David Bronstein gives this game as lasting 24 moves |
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May-07-12 Dzindzichashvili vs Yermolinsky, 1993
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| zooter: Jeremy Silman in his book "The Amateur's mind" gives the score as 16.Rad1 Rd8 17.Rxd8 Kxd8 18.Rd1+ Ke7 with the game continunation. Which is correct? (Even Chessbase has this score), but the continuation in his book seem more logical (white grabbing open d-file) |
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Apr-29-12 D Andric vs D Djaja, 1949
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| zooter: There are 2 great sacrifices in this game...
18.Rxf6 removes the only defender of the black king and 27.Nxe5 has to be accepted as otherwise the pawn on d6 creates havoc |
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Apr-20-12 Alex Yermolinsky
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| zooter: Has a great show on ICC -- "Every Russian Schoolboy knows" |
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Oct-08-11 Schlechter vs Mason, 1903
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| zooter: The game score is wrong. As per "The Most Instructive games of chess ever played" 27.Rd8 is the move played and seems to make more sense |
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