Alexander Beliavsky vs Larry Christiansen (1987)

Alexander Beliavsky vs Larry Christiansen
Mikhalchishin,A 1987 · Catalan Opening: General (E00) · 1/2-1/2

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Nov-12-06		FSR: OMG! I'm the first person to kibitz on this wonderful game? This is one of the greatest swindles ever. It should emphatically be a game of the day. It is far better than Evans' so-called "Swindle of the Century" against Reshevsky.

Nov-12-06		MrPatzer: Unbelievable. After 39. Kxh2, black plays Rg2+, and there's no way to avoid the draw. If the rook is captured, it's stalemate; if not, it's perpetual check.

Jul-11-07		FSR: By the way, I annotated the last nine moves of this masterpiece of swindling at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swindl...

Sep-20-08		tpstar: Tisdall notes that 38. Rh7+! Kxh7 39. Qxf6 would have won, while 38. Qxf6?? led to the stalemate swindle.

Jan-09-09		WhiteRook48: wow what a Stalemate!! The rook has the last word: perpetual or stalemate.

Mar-01-09		WhiteRook48: 37...Qxf6!!! is great.

Apr-15-09		Honza Cervenka: This reminds me a game W Wittmann vs A Rodriguez, 1980 though there white missed a beautiful stalemate combo in the end and resigned.

May-27-09		WhiteRook48: 38...Rh2+!!

Aug-26-09		returnoftheking: Hahaha..

Oct-06-09		Steven87: <FSR I annotated the last nine moves...> What a conicidence, it's how I found this game again.

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