Nov-28-18 Vachier-Lagrave vs Ding Liren, 2013 
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| WhiteRook48: So how could Black have defended himself better in the opening? It seems that it was already lost before the 10th move, if not even earlier. |
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Jan-11-18 E Korchmar vs E Poliak, 1937
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| WhiteRook48: This was a pretty cool combination. |
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Dec-29-17 D Bekker-Jensen vs E Forsa, 2014
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| WhiteRook48: At least 26...Ne3+ looked pretty cool. |
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Dec-22-17 Alekhine vs W Lamb, 1929
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| WhiteRook48: That's a pretty dominating win against Alekhine, even if by simul. |
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Dec-22-17 Sakaev vs Kramnik, 1989
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| WhiteRook48: I think White is supposed to play 13. Bxh6, with 13...Bxh6 14 Qxg6+ Bg7 15 h6 or something like that. Which is a pretty powerful position but I don't see a checkmate to follow. Upon 13...cxd5, 14 Bxg7 when 14...Kxg7 runs into something like 15 Qxg6+ Kh8 16 Qh6+ Kg8 and then ... |
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Dec-21-17 P Becker vs A Cormier, 2010
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| WhiteRook48: Darn, I hate this disconnect between puzzles and OTB. If given this position as an outside observer I'd instantly try something like 50. Bf3 for white. Only, OTB I probably <would> play 50. a6?? |
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Dec-20-17 Short vs Karpov, 1997
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| WhiteRook48: A nice game from Short. Karpov's king was really unsafe this game. |
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Dec-16-17 McShane vs Alexander Olkhovskiy, 2017
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| WhiteRook48: That's embarrassing. |
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Dec-16-17 Arshak B Petrosian
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| WhiteRook48: Happy birthday, GM. Petrosian! You now have a year of life for every square on the chessboard. That's meaningful. Sort of a shame that his most notable game is the one where he was the victim of a defensive fortress swindle in a Q v. B position, though. |
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Dec-16-17 A Petrosian vs Vasiukov, 1976
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| WhiteRook48: Looks like Black's piece sacrifice wasn't too sound. |
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