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  1. I don't understand why. lurarose Both taking the bishop and going after the passed pawn are losing. …
  2. Cannot understand the result Jayadeva Hello ... maybe someone has an Idea This happend the second time to…
  3. One bad move lurarose @moriaki8000 I concur, I think it's still a draw though with perfect p…
  4. tilted arena 12? canibeatu I think these are held whenever Magnus can join, and so they're waitin…
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  7. Training games with me schachschachschach @oxygen_di_oxide @angry_monk Chess is about positioning, tactics, c…
  8. freezing clock Rajetz The clock freezes at some point during the game, where neither clock i…
  9. One bad move moriaki8000 Truth be told you are already worse even before the blunder. f4 and e5…
  10. Training games with me ProfDrHack Sounds like you really should use correspondence games. Solves issue…
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  15. Most satisfying game I've play… PlasticAngle Even though I did not see bishop h6, I got enough counterplay and my b…
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