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Viktor Korchnoi vs Yuri Sakharov
Leningrad (1951), Leningrad URS
Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations. Main Line (B57)  ·  1-0

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Nov-27-14  Bartacus: White's 23rd is a delightful queen sacrifice, and is more forcing than 23 f6, which also wins.
Dec-18-20
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  Tabanus: Hmm. No Sakharov in xtab http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour....
Oct-06-22  andrewjsacks: Great game, though little-known.
Oct-06-22  sudoplatov: 24.Nf6+ mates in 3.

23.Qh3 also wins.

Thanks to Stockfish.

Oct-06-22  lentil: It's a pity that B did not allow the picturesque mate 28. ... Ke8 29 Nd6+ Kd8 30 Nxe6#.
Oct-06-22  0ZeR0: It never ceases to amaze me just how many fine and interesting games players like Korchnoi, Smyslov, Karpov, etc. have. I consider Korchnoi one of my very favorite players yet I still regularly find relatively undiscovered gems by him all the time. If one were to measure these greats by everything they have given to chess, then no description seems too monumental. Perhaps the analogy of a never ending well is appropriate.
Oct-06-22
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  HeMateMe: Is the famous dissident Sakharov who was also a chess player?
Oct-06-22
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  perfidious: That was Andrei Sakharov.

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