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Nigel Short vs Bent Larsen
Nimzowitsch Memorial (1985), Naestved DEN, rd 1, Sep-14
Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian. Open (B32)  ·  0-1

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Sep-20-02
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  Honza Cervenka: 24.Qd3 Rd2... very nice game!
Mar-02-04  731: the accelerated dragon strikes again.
Oct-06-10  zev22407: 23)..b5! the white queen is over worked.
Mar-05-16  whiteshark: < zev22407: 23)..b5! the white queen is over worked.> Not really.

♙c5 is pinned. <24.Qd3 Rd2> is a double attack and <24.Qxe2 Qxd4+> is a double attack, too.

Mar-05-16  Everett: 20.c5, allowing the opening of the d-file, was the beginning of Whites problems. Larsen pounces, and Short's 23.Qc5 (perhaps Bf2 is a try) walks into a nice tactical refutation.

This would be a nice puzzle.

Mar-31-22  Z truth 000000001: Nice shot by Larsen to finish the game, would make a good tactical:

<Black to move after 23.Qa4-c4>


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I'm sympathetic to the overloaded ("over worked") tag. Wonder how long Larsen spent before playing his finale.

Mar-31-22  Brenin: Black's 23rd and final move would make a nice POTD (Tuesday level?), with the inconspicuous P on b7 providing the solution.
Mar-31-22  areknames: <Brenin> Would be a great potd, perhaps even (soft) Wednesday level: 23...b5 isn't the easiest move to find.
Mar-31-22  Brenin: <areknames>: Agreed: it took me a while to see 23 ... b5, even with the diagram before me.

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