Jun-24-20 Z Kozul vs I Miladinovic, 2008
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| Adriano Saldanha: If 33.gxh4 Nxh4 34.Qh3 Nxf3+ 35.Kf1 Re5 and Black has a strong attack. Of course if 35.Kg2 Re5 36.Qxf3? Rg4+ and White looses the Queen. |
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Jun-10-20 Boleslavsky vs V Ciocaltea, 1953 
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| Adriano Saldanha: If 31 ...Kh8 32.Qc8+ Be8 33.Qxe8++; or
if 31 ...Kf8 32.d7 (threatening Qe8++) Qxd7 33.Bd6+ and Black looses the Queen. |
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May-18-20 Belakovsky vs Boleslavsky, 1938
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| Adriano Saldanha: 32.Kc1 Qc2++ or
32.Ka3 Qxa2++ or
32.Kb1 Qc2+ 33.Ka1 Qxa2++. |
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Mar-25-20 Vachier-Lagrave vs Nepomniachtchi, 2020
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| Adriano Saldanha: Dont' mess with the French! |
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Mar-21-20 Caruana vs Nepomniachtchi, 2020
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| Adriano Saldanha: 28. Qc2 |
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Sep-16-17 G W Medley vs Morphy, 1858
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| Adriano Saldanha: melv and heuristic are right: Bd6 was especulative. Game was perfectly even until then, and computer (Stockfish 5) suggests Queen, instead of Bishop, to d6 on move 14, with a good game. |
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Jul-16-17 Jan Willem te Kolste
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| Adriano Saldanha: te Kolste has the first game in this database with 2 ...f6 reply to the Levitsky attack.
Does he deserves a "te Kolste!" defense named to it in his honour? I think this would definitely make him more famous.
It should be a case to confirm the originality (historically ... |
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Mar-21-17 Leko vs A Romero Holmes, 1994
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| Adriano Saldanha: I believe the annotation of the last 2 moves is wrong. Leko had a clear advantage and the moves played do not make sense: black blunders Queen, and white simply doesnt see, and returns the favor. I believe the retrospective of each players plan in this game suggests ... |
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Mar-16-17 Tal vs Segal, 1952
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| Adriano Saldanha: A tenacious teen Tal mischiefing a poor 6 years old Segal kid! This was bullying! kkkkkk. Just kidding. |
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Mar-16-17 Leko vs R Leitao, 1990
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| Adriano Saldanha: Both players were 11 years old. |
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