Gyula Sax vs Efim Geller (1982)

Gyula Sax vs Efim Geller
Moscow izt 1982 · Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Delayed Exchange (C85) · 1-0

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Oct-30-03		Eggman: This game is from the last round of the 1982 Moscow Interzonal. This loss eliminated Geller from candidates contention.

Oct-30-03		drukenknight: Wow! Geller desperately hanging on in a bad position. He tries to get pressure on the K with those Q moves but it's no use. What if 39...Bc5? pinning the f pawn and threatening Rg3. maybe worth a shot in a desperate situation.

Oct-31-03		Cyphelium: 39.- Bc5 40. Rxb3

Oct-31-03		drukenknight: TYPO ALERT....38...Bc5 sorry, I was wondering how stupid I am after you took my Q, but I do remember last night moving the B before Geller had moved the h pawn. Sorry for the typo, it was late.

Nov-02-03		Cyphelium: Yes, I thought that it must be a typo. Anyway, 38.- Bc5 39. Qa8+ does not seems so good either. Black has to retreat with 39.- Bf8 (39.- Kf7 40. Qe8+ Kf6 41. Re6+ Qxe6 42. Qxe6 mate.), but then 40. Re8 Qf7 41. Rae1 with the threat of 42. Rxf8 Qxf8 43. Re8 is very annoying.

Nov-03-03		drukenknight: surely black is going to give check before all that....? 40 Re8 Rg3+ yes? I have not calculated it, but....

Nov-03-03		Cyphelium: <druken> After 38.- Bc5 39. Qa8+ Bf8 40. Re8 Rg3+ 41. fxg3 Qxg3+ 42. Qg2 black doesn't even have a check. (If he doesn't want to give up his queen, that is.)

Nov-03-03		drukenknight: yeah, I totally forgot the B was back there. Maybe Bc5 should come much earlier, gonna put this down for now.

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