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Yakov Rovner vs Viktor Korchnoi
Leningrad (1945)
Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation (C45)  ·  1-0

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Jul-12-04  beenthere240: what happens after 17...Qxe1?
Jul-12-04  acirce: Very good question, apparently Black wins. Strange game, anyone knows anything about it?
Jul-12-04  Bobsterman3000: I don't see what you're seeing. I see this ending:

16. Bc4 Qxe5 17. Rhe1 Qf4+ 18. Qxf4 Nxf4
19. Rxe8+ Kg7 20. Rdd8 1-0

Jul-12-04  acirce: Yes, but what if Black plays 17..Qxe1 instead? Looks just winning.
Jul-12-04  Bobsterman3000: Yep, a commanding position for black after 17...Qxel and 18. Rxe1

According to Fritz 8:

18...Kd2 is -3.5
18...Kb2 is -3.78

Viktor Korchnoi must have been a mere 40 or 50 years old back in 1945, so he can hardly be expected to make all of the most precise moves... lol

Jul-12-04  zb2cr: For those not in the know, <Bobsterman3000>'s comment re: Korchnoi's age is not to be taken seriously. Korchnoi was 45 when he defected in 1976, so this game was when he was 14.
Feb-01-05  suenteus po 147: I don't see how black wins after 19...Kd2. Or is it that the knight and two rooks compensate for the lost queen? I could understand how a fourteen year old (even Korchnoi!) might not get that.
Feb-01-05  iron maiden: <Or is it that the knight and two rooks compensate for the lost queen?> Yes, and then some.
Mar-11-06  themindset: black was winning if he played 17...Qxe1!!

it's not even complicated, he keeps the piece and gets two rooks for the queen.

Jul-05-09  JIRKA KADLEC:

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bg5?! O-O?! ( 6...h6 ) 7. Be2?! ( 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Qd4 = ) 7... h6 8. Bh4?! ( 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 ) 8... Re8?! ( 8...g5 9.Bg3 Nxe4 10.Qd3 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qe7 12.Kf1 Bxc3 13.bxc3 c5 14.Qd3 d5 ) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd4 ( 10.f3 ) 10...Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 g5 12. e5 Nd5?! = ( 12...c5! ) 13. Bg3 d6 14. O-O-O?! ( 14.h4; 14.Qc4 ) dxe5!? ( 14...Qe7! ) 15. Bxe5? ( 15.Qc5 ) Qe7 16. Bc4 Qxe5 17. Rhe1 Qf4+?? ( 17...Qxe1! 18.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 19.Kd2 Re6 20.Bd3 Rd6 ) 18. Qxf4 Nxf4? ( 18...Rxe1 ) 19. Rxe8+ Kg7 20. Rdd8 1-0

Sep-02-18  NBZ: Is it at all possible that Korchnoi had been looking at 17. Rde1 (not Rhe1), when 17. ... Qf4+ 18. Qxf4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Nxf4 is winning for Black? And then when White played 17. Rde1, Black instantly played 17. ... Qf4+ (with the unshakeable confidence of a 14-year old) only to realize, too late, that 18. ... Rxe1 is no longer check?
Jan-06-21  Messiah: Very interesting game.
Jan-18-22
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  Stonehenge: From https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A...

<Rovner's son Yakov (1929-1970) also became a chess player. In 1969 he was awarded the title of Master of Sports of the USSR. Ya. D. Rovner is best known for the devastating game that he won in 1945 in one of the Leningrad youth tournaments against V. L. Korchnoi. In the databases, this party is erroneously attributed to the father>

Jan-18-22
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  Stonehenge: OK, I've changed the name.

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