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Mikhail Botvinnik vs Bent Larsen
Spain 1967  ·  English Opening: Agincourt Defense. Neo Catalan Declined (A14)  ·  1-0
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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-31-05  offramp: 21.Rd7?
For the winning method see Szabo vs N Padevsky, 1972.
Mar-31-05  RookFile: Thanks for the tip. Seems worth remembering, apparently this comes up a lot.
Dec-17-10  ColdSong: 21.Nf6!!? gf6 22.Qg4 Kh7 23.Be4 f5 24.Bf5 ef5 25.25.Qf5 Kg8 26.Rd7!!?. Amazing,but after 26...Be7(only move)I see no forced win.
Dec-17-10  beatgiant: How about the slightly different order 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Qg4+ Kh7 <23. Rd7>? I'm having a hard time finding a good defense to that.
Dec-17-10
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  perfidious: <beatgiant> In Botvinnik's annotations, he gives several missed wins, though I don't remember whether 23.Rd7 is one of them.
Dec-17-10  ColdSong: Well,21.Nf6!gf6 22.Qg4 Kh7 23.Rd7! and the game seems really over.Well seen beatgiant.Not tremendously difficult to see for an ex world champion,I suppose,and in the same time easy to imagine Kasparov playing these three moves tempo.Sad game for Larsen. Did he really think (with all respect for the warrior grandmaster)to become world number one playing this way?
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