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Anatoly Karpov vs Henrique Mecking
Najdorf Memorial 2001  ·  Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (D11)  ·  1-0
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Feb-23-03
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  skakmiv: what about 24.e6!?
Feb-23-03  mdorothy: After 24.e6?? the white rook is attacked twice and defended once.
Feb-23-03
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  skakmiv: yea.. But White is threatning mate on g7...?
Feb-23-03
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  drukenknight: okay I'll play along. 24...g6? moving the f pawn looks bad in view of 25 Rd7
Feb-23-03
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  Bears092: 24... fxe6.

The Queen defends g7.

Feb-23-03
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  drukenknight: we are getting killed in this and its YOUR FAULT!

Why are we not playing 24...Qg5??

The French is such a counterattacking game, isn't it?

Feb-23-03  mdorothy: I'm really sorry.. thats the dumbest thing I've said in a long time. 24...fxe6 looks good to me.
Feb-24-03
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  drukenknight: dont worry, I was agreeing w/ you. :(
Jan-12-09  M.D. Wilson: Surely Karpov and Mecking played more than three times?
Aug-18-10
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  Ulhumbrus: An alternative to 22...Qe7 is 22...Qf5 heading for g6

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