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Usually it's 4 players that were 1st-4th last final, 2 direct invitations and others from the semifinal, but really, I don't wanna speculate without regulations.

You surely do like asking questions don't you

I want to know all the details

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02-26-2012 , 05:36 PM

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Cadaz

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Congrats ykw.

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02-26-2012 , 05:39 PM

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YouKnowWho

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Ty ty

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03-03-2012 , 07:05 AM

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Jolle

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This is a position from a recent game of mine. It looks white is going to lose a piece, but he has a way to defend.

White to play and not lose.

Solution:

Spoiler:

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03-03-2012 , 11:22 AM

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valenzuela

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Black to move, what would you guys do? I couldnt come up with anything reasonable.

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03-03-2012 , 12:57 PM

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TimM

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What's wrong with ...h6, or ...e6?

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03-03-2012 , 02:25 PM

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g-bebe

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e6 followed by Qf6/h6 seems like fun to me

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03-03-2012 , 07:52 PM

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YouKnowWho

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beat 2370 with black, gaining 20 points in the league tournament, ~ live rating so far bout ~2342 or so, highest ever. great success!

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03-04-2012 , 12:22 AM

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TexAg06

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beat 2370 with black, gaining 20 points in the league tournament, ~ live rating so far bout ~2342 or so, highest ever. great success!

That is awesome man, great work. IM soon

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03-04-2012 , 06:00 PM

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YouKnowWho

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Jinxed myself like a baws, oh when will I learn :/

instead of +25 ELO in the tournament, I finished with +6 ELO.

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03-06-2012 , 01:43 PM

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plastic

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International Master Tania Sachdev

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03-06-2012 , 01:44 PM

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plastic

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03-06-2012 , 01:48 PM

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valenzuela

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LOL

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03-06-2012 , 06:49 PM

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KyleJRM82

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The universe is doing everything it can to tempt me off of QGD and into something more fun.

Now it's Yermolinsky on ICC doing a video series on the King's Indian Defense. The game he analyzed is so sexy it almost hurts to watch:

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1554908

Material counts are meaningless. The queenside is practically irrelevant, and the center not much better. All that matters is dirty, filthy kingside pawn pushes and attacking motifs.

He also referenced this one, which I think might be even better.

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1567841

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03-06-2012 , 06:53 PM

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KyleJRM82

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Originally Posted by valenzuela

Black to move, what would you guys do? I couldnt come up with anything reasonable.

e6 and eventually b5. Have fun with your bad bishop and development deficit, white.

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03-06-2012 , 06:58 PM

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valenzuela

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I did Rb1, Nb4 and then b5. Rb1 protects the b5 pawns.

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03-06-2012 , 08:20 PM

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Sholar

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1...Rb8 2.0-0 Nb4 --does 3.f5 work?

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03-06-2012 , 08:31 PM

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valenzuela

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After f5 I can do Nxd5.

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03-07-2012 , 01:24 PM

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DON CASTI

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in those positions i usually prefer to expel the knight first with h6.
then i donyt know, i like the b5 idea: maybe e6, Bc4, Na5 + b5 or something like that.

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03-07-2012 , 08:36 PM

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After f5 I can do Nxd5.

Yeah, I'm not sure whether that bishop is worth preserving. I don't remember, but I think I had 3.f5 Nxd5 4.exd5 Bxf5 5.Rxf5 gxf5 6.Qh5 in mind but after h6 this is lost. Still, even without something as extravagant as f5, White might be better off letting the bishop be traded.

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03-10-2012 , 07:27 AM

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All-inMcLovin

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International Master Tania Sachdev

totes my fav. female chess player

She's very charming in interviews too.

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LOL

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03-10-2012 , 03:00 PM

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valenzuela

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Black to move, what do you guys move and why? Do you have a plan?

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03-10-2012 , 05:24 PM

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jewbinson

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Is it just me or is the playchess.com server down? Just checking...

Edit: Should we have an "Is this server down?" thread??? Good idea or bad idea?

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03-10-2012 , 05:47 PM

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jewbinson

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Imagine there is a black pawn on a6 and a white pawn on a5. Nc6 fails, e3 fails. You can't stop Bb5 so probably you are lost.

So now you should probably try Rxa1 Qxa1. If now Nc6 then Bb5 so maybe Qd8 but that looks ugly.

So what about Ra4? Well actually you are not threatening the knight because the queen protects it.

What if Kh8? Again Bb5 looks good for white.

What if Qe8 for Bd7? Then maybe Nb5.

What if Qd8? Then probably c6.

Basically black is lost, like it looks in the position.

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