May-31-07 World Championship Candidates (2007) 
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| vagrantlike: If Aronian played 27.Nc6 27...Nxc6 He may produce a passed pawn by 28.bxc6 which would be a pain in a neck for Carlsen. |
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May-23-07 Sergei Movsesian
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| vagrantlike: Looks like he is underrated! |
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May-23-07 Navara vs I Bitensky, 2000
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| vagrantlike: I think this one may not have an absolute superior answer than any other.My line is 22.Qg4 (threatening the multiple attack on g7)22... g6 23.Nxd6 and this is basically the same scheme of the situation Navara and Bitansky face.But I think his line is more simple ... |
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May-18-07 Albert Einstein
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| vagrantlike: I like his curl hair which make him icon of a typical physicist. |
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May-18-07 Reshevsky vs Fine, 1941
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| vagrantlike: I chose Qxd5 too.Black would be in trouble either by taking white
Q with his N or Q. |
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May-16-07 E Pritchard vs H de Beaufort Saunders, 1936
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| vagrantlike: The chess news yeterday on chessgames homepage provides a brief introduction of her with her photo.Somehow I missed the link... |
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May-16-07 Korchnoi vs A Petersons, 1965
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| vagrantlike: :)Yes.Got this one immediately coz I am prone to sacrife materials first while solving puzzles like this.(There might be other answers,but if this works,it must be the solution and better than all the others due part to the shock u bringr to the opponent.)This is brutal force to |
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May-15-07 Bareev vs G Timoscenko, 1986
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| vagrantlike: Dunno how to revise my error in my last typing.:p ==>It's 33.Rxe8#(not 33.Rxd7#) mkrk :I chose the same line as you and I think the only use of the move 31.Qb6 is to procrastinate the mate threat.The order of moves is important.Not to take the e8 rook before playin'f6 cause ... |
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May-15-07 Mamedyarov vs Kamsky, 2007
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| vagrantlike: Mamedyarov's chess skill is good.This guy might be a future world champ.I remembered in an interview with Kasparov held by ICC,the then world champ said that a new generation of young players wiould change the face of chess world.(I don't quite get what he meant though.)He ... |
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May-14-07 Wilhelm Steinitz
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| vagrantlike: Thanks for the answer,FHB.In an interview Kramnik portrayed Steinitz as "Wilhelm the Experimenter" ,with indication that he is the first few of his time to find some logic behind chess games.This little giant indeed had many one-sided games and he is standing on the winning ... |
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