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A Shocking Queen Sacrifice By The “Arabic Falcon” Saleh Salem
Saleh Salem (2531) vs Jan Smeets (2643) Biel (Masters) (2013), Biel SUI, rd 5, Jul-26 Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation. Van der
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Lack of confidence | Anand vs Carlsen 2013. | Game 1
#agadmator Check out my coverage of the 2013 Candidates tournament here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK7cr65T4-o&list=PLDnx7w_xuguE7YMY2NL4QTkItKopIH5J8 The World Chess Championship 2013 was
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Beating the Benoni Defense in 23 moves | Knaak vs Anastasian 1988
Plenty of games in the Benoni Defense never quite reach the endgame phase because of its sharp middle game play.
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A Crazy Chess Puzzle With 10 Queens On The Board
Werner Speckmann, “Deutsche schachzeitung”, 1972 White is winning ______________ This position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) is : 1kq1Q3/1qqq4/2q5/1Q2Q3/5Q2/6Q1/7K/8 w – – 0 0 __________________ Video
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Invisible to Engines | One Of The Greatest Moves Ever Played
#agadmator Link to the photo http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=41138 In 2002, the annual Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting had an added significance:
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No, This Is Not A Tetris Game, This Is Chess, And It’s Awesome
Shilov vs Vladimir Kramnik USSR Boys’ Championship (1987), Baku Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov Variation (B33) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
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A Final Jaw Dropping Combination Which Will Leave You Speechless
Martyn J Corden vs NN Unknown (1970), unknown Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attack (C56) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
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The Uncrowned King | Paul Keres vs Boris Spassky 1955
The great Estonian chess player Paul Keres has done something no one else has, namely beat the greatest number of
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Tal Treats Petrosian to A Night at the Opera
#agadmator Mikhail Tal vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian URS blitz (1975) French Defense: Tarrasch Variation (C03) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.
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