Nov-11-10 C Duncan vs T Gavriel, 1993 
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| samhamfast: Kingscrusher has entertained, instructed, and inspired thousands of chessplayers via his YouTube videos. Congrats and thanks Tryfon! |
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May-09-10 Anand vs Topalov, 2010
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| samhamfast: GM Short, what about a quick d4, say Qc2/ Rfd1/ e3/ d4 to open up the position to the advantage of the bishops and before the kingside pawns get moving. |
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Apr-30-10 Topalov vs Anand, 2010
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| samhamfast: Nigel Short: Anand should keep the rooks on. He has one slight weakness (h5) but other than that all is hunky-dory. Perhaps he should play g6 here. Thank you GM Short for explaining this. For patzers like me it is tempting just to trade off pieces with the hope that the resulting |
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Mar-15-08 H Morton vs Reshevsky, 1938
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| samhamfast: It is a play on the title of a book by the American children's author, Dr. Seuss: "Horton Hears a Who." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horton... !
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Jan-19-08 R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963
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| samhamfast: Troubled, temperamental and eccentric, Bobby Fischer was also a genius at the chessboard and an inspiration for thousands of Americans who subsequently learned chess. I hope he will be remembered for his accomplishments behind the board and not for the unfortunate ravings of his ... |
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Nov-09-07 R Stone vs A Sherzer, 1988
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| samhamfast: Marmot, there is no chess but a forever of the life you were created for. "Joy is the serious business of Heaven."
--CS Lewis, from Letters To Malcolm |
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Aug-02-06 Morozevich vs Pelletier, 2006
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| samhamfast: Qh8 would have lead to either a draw by repetition or white gaining the exchange I would have gone for the draw! |
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Aug-01-06 A Volokitin vs Morozevich, 2006
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| samhamfast: 41 . . .Kh7 42. Rxb2 Qc1 + 43. Kh2 Be5+ 44. g3 Bxb8 45. Rxb8 and then it is queen and 2p v rook and 3p -- right? |
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Jul-27-06 L Bruzon Batista vs Carlsen, 2006
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| samhamfast: Can someone point out the problem with 32. Rxc4 bxc4 33. Qxc4 with the idea of simply pushing the connected passed queenside pawns? |
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Jul-26-06 Hort vs Alburt, 1977
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| samhamfast: "Whats with the unnecessary 36. Bxa1? Why couldn't White just play 36. Qf2 and save his queen?" 36. Q moves anywhere Rf1+
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