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Boris Spassky vs Arturo Pomar
Palma de Mallorca (1968), Palma ESP, rd 10, Dec-05
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation. Main lines (B18)  ·  1-0

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May-27-15  ToTheDeath: Nice endgame. White made the most of Black's pawn weaknesses.
Aug-28-19  Chesgambit: study caro-kann
Jun-17-20  Straclonoor: Pawn ending after 32....Bxh4 33.gxh4


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Lost for black

Analysis Stockfish 300520 64 BMI2

33... Kd6 34. Kd3 Ke6 35. Kc3 Kd6 36. b3 f4 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Ke4 Kd6 39. Kf5 f3 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. Kf4 Kf6 42. Kxf3 Kf5 43. Ke3 Ke6 44. Kf4 Kd6 45. Kf5 c5 46. d5 Kd7 47. Ke5 Ke7 48. Kf4 Kd7 49. Ke3 Kc8 50. Ke4 Kc7 51. Ke5 Kd7 52. f3 Kc7 53. Kf5 Kd6 54. Kf4 b5 55. axb5 g6 56. Ke4 gxh5 57. Kf5 Ke7 58. f4 b6 59. Ke5 Ke8 60. Kf6 Kf8 61. d6 Ke8

Jun-17-20  Atking: A great game. Seeing Spassky's games I often get the strange impression when he plays 1.e4 he does it with the weighting of 1.d4 and when he chooses 1.d4 he does it with the force of 1.e4. Here the pawn d4 stays there until the end in a dominant fashion.

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