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Jan van de Mortel vs David Bronstein
"Mortel Error" (game of the day May-11-2018)
Hastings Challengers (1994/95), Hastings ENG, rd 7, Jan-03
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation (E94)  ·  0-1

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Feb-12-15  Alblitz: Beautiful finish! White will lose in exchange or a piece down.
May-02-18
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  OhioChessFan: "Mortel Error"
May-02-18  whiteshark: "Ordinary Mortel"
May-11-18
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  al wazir: The finish is rather anticlimactic. White is already two ♙s down.
May-11-18  ChessHigherCat: Mortel's Mortal
May-11-18  thegoodanarchist: Have any Karpov- Korchnoi games ever been GOTD? They played some great ones, and I have submitted puns for a couple, but instead we get this junk
May-11-18  morfishine: What <thegoodanarchist> said
May-11-18  cormier: i also like Korchnoi, like Fisher, he fought the red russian chess armies .....
May-11-18  cormier:


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Analysis by Houdini 4

10.Nc2 a5 11.Rf2 Na6 12.Bf4 Re7 13.Qd2 Rd7 14.Rd1 Nc5 15.Nd4 Qc7 16.Bf1 b6 17.g3 Ba6 18.b3 Bb7 19.Bh3 Rdd8 20.Nde2 Ne8 21.Bg5 Bf6 22.Nd4 Qe7 23.Bxf6 Nxf6 24.Kg2 + / = (0.40) Depth: 26 dpa

May-11-18
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  OhioChessFan: Huh, only 9 days from submitting a pun to it being picked. Not a great game but there's only so many, and it had to be a Mortel loss.
May-11-18
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  WannaBe: Anyone remember the ol' video game Mortel Combat??

Just wondering...

May-12-18  chessamateur: <WannaBe: Anyone remember the ol' video game Mortel Combat?? Just wondering...>

Mortal Kombat, yeah I played it back in the day

May-12-18  Mendrys: <thegoodanarchist: Have any Karpov- Korchnoi games ever been GOTD? They played some great ones, and I have submitted puns for a couple, but instead we get this junk>

There is this one:

Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978

Not quite the gem this game is but it'll have to do.

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