Jun-04-25 Nakamura vs D Gukesh, 2025
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| PawnSac: < Check It Out: Great game. Nakamura is a beast. > Indeed!
<HeMateMe: Crushing final position. Nothing uglier than a Bishop trapped on the first rank > and the worst is yet to come! Bf7! cuts the communication between rook and bishop.
The Bf8 is lost. |
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May-30-25 Alburt vs Polugaevsky, 1965 
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| PawnSac: another alternative.. 39.Rxh7+ Kxh7 40.Qh2+ Kg7 41.Qh8#. of course black can interpose a q sac (40... Qh4). |
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May-30-25 Carlsen vs D Gukesh, 2025
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| PawnSac: < offramp: >
and there are several others:
If Kxd4 Qf4+ then..
a) Kc5 Qc7+ Kd4 Rd6+ or
b) Kd5 Qe4+ Kc5 Rc6+
c) Kd3 Re3+
There are queen traps everywhere!
Gukesh played the best move.. RESIGN
Carlsen is notorious for this..
His opponent just starts to settle in ... |
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May-29-25 Carlsen vs A Erigaisi, 2025
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| PawnSac: 30.Qf6 setting up a discovered attack.
if Rxb2? Rx Qx? Rd8+ |
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May-28-25 D Gukesh vs Nakamura, 2025
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| PawnSac: < offramp: ....Nd8, ..Qh5, ...g5, ...Nf7, ...g4, ...Ng5. > yea looks just about right. It's a kings indian style attack for Hikaru. |
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May-27-25 Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2025
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| PawnSac: <Check It Out: But I'm surprised Carlsen exchanged queens.> ditto |
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May-27-25 Caruana vs Nakamura, 2025
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| PawnSac: a masterful ending from Hikaru |
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May-24-25 Bledow vs NN, 1839
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| PawnSac: Black's position above is completely resignable. He's down a rook, the exchange, and 3 pawns.
Unless he is ready to toss another one with e6-e5 (a line clearance sac), he risks a complete blockade with Be5 & f4. White can simply push pawns and trade off anything that gets in the ... |
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May-22-25 Larsen vs Spassky, 1964
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| PawnSac: <Judah: Tempo-generating? It generates nothing at all.> You are right; the Ne6/Ng5/Ne6 "dance" does not generate tempo on the board, but repeating moves is a handy tactic to generate time on the clock. Before move 40 repetition is often used to help the player get to time ... |
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May-19-25 S Namgilov vs Psakhis, 1977
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| PawnSac: < vageer: > it may seem that way to a human, but showboating is human behavior, and not computer. it is most likely that was the strongest way to avoid a loss |
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