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Robert James Fischer vs James T Sherwin
New York ch-US 1960  ·  French Defense: Winawer. Advance Variation (C19)  ·  1-0
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May-13-05  Mitch Mitchell: Well, another weakie gets reamed..........
May-17-05
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  suenteus po 147: What would Fischer's next move have been? 41.Qc5+?
May-17-05  beatgiant: <suenteus po 147: What would Fischer's next move have been? 41. Qc5+?>

41. Rg1 looks very convincing too.

May-17-05
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  crafty: 41. Qc5+ Qxc5 42. dxc5 b4 43. cxb4 Kb7 44. b5   (eval 7.88; depth 16 ply; 750M nodes)
May-18-05  beatgiant: Maybe <crafty> found a way Black can play for perpetual checks in seemingly crushing lines like 41. Rg1 Qe4 42. Kf1 Kb6 43. h5.
Oct-17-09  WhiteRook48: I don't see a way out

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