Sep-15-25 Niemann vs Y K Erdogmus, 2025
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| magnus alekhine: This is where Erdogmus starts falling down in Grand Swiss. 6 out of 11 is really good for his age. I guess he will be competing in Canditates in 4-5 years. And of course, nice queenside attack by Hans. The timing of Qxc6 was very important, and he did it in right time. |
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Sep-15-25 A Mittal vs Y K Erdogmus, 2025 
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| magnus alekhine: <Fusilli> this is the wrong statement about chess. Solving mate in 6 (or more) puzzles doesn't mean you can see it in your games. It is all about creating this kind of position, the process in other words. There are sacrifices too before Qxf2+. Making the position for ... |
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Sep-07-25 Frederick Rhine
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| magnus alekhine: Do you follow young grandmasters? If yes, what do you think about Turkish prodigies, Ediz Gurel and Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus? Have you analysed their games? |
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Aug-27-25 Chessgames - Politics
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| magnus alekhine: Non-American here. Can someone tell me what is the deal with this guy? He is not a politician as far as I know, so why is everyone talking about politics even though this page is dedicated to his chess career, rather than economics and other stuff? |
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Aug-25-25 V Akopian vs Kramnik, 2004
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| magnus alekhine: If Krammik had played this game on chess.com, he would have started the procedure and banned Akopian. 29.Rh7! is really one of the best rook sacrifice I've ever seen. |
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Aug-18-25 Bobotsov vs Tal, 1958
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| magnus alekhine: According to chess.com explorer, after 11.Nd5, there are 14 more games that black's response is Nxd5. Obviously, all of the games were played after this masterpiece. |
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Aug-16-25 Dubov vs Anand, 2023
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| magnus alekhine: I was looking for a game where Dubov plays a brilliant move against Anand (I was seeing edits about it from social media) and I found way more savage move. 24...Rc4!! is really savage and is the only move that wins for black.
Taking the rook can be met with Rd1!+ followed by |
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Aug-08-25 K Arakhamia-Grant vs S Tqeshelashvili, 1999
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| magnus alekhine: Rxd6, yes. Eating himself. Reminds me of a Regular Show episode where sausages eat theirselves. Just like that. |
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Aug-08-25 P Cramling vs Seirawan, 1981
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| magnus alekhine: I was wondering if Pia, Anna Cramling's mother, played against Seriawan and it turns out she did!
According to Stockfish, the best move for white is taking the rook. If white moves the queen, Qg4+, followed by Rh3 would be a devastating attack. Also 29..Nh4 and 30.. Qh3 was |
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Jun-18-25 L Allen vs J Hudson, 1957
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| magnus alekhine: White is player of the day but he has only 1 game that he lost. I think he was too ambitious to mate him quickly by playing Qf4, but black can easily stop the mate and threaten to capture the knight, which he did. |
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