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Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush vs Georgy Ilivitsky
USSR Championship (1948)  ·  Catalan Opening: Open Defense (E04)  ·  1-0
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-26-09
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  GrahamClayton: Black guards against 23. Rd4 and 24. Nf6+, but misses the mate threat on e7.

Bernard Cafferty called 22..Rg6?? possibly the worst blunder in all 58 USSR Championship tournaments.

Bernard Cafferty and Mark Taimanov "The Soviet Championships", Cadogan, 1998

Mar-29-09  starper277: 21... Rd8??
Fritz8 suggests an instructive defensive resource:
21... h5! 22.Nd5?? exd5
23.exd5 Rg4!( )
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