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Ilya Smirin vs Yochanan Afek
Israel 1992  ·  Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (B30)  ·  1-0
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May-08-05  soberknight: See http://www.angelfire.com/nf/chess/B... for commentary. The writers advise 7...Nf6! instead of ...a6?
Dec-23-05
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  notyetagm: The Black side of the Sicilian can be such junk. Here a GM totally loses control of the position and goes down in flames in just 10 moves. You would never see Black lose a Ruy Lopez so quickly.
Dec-24-05  THE pawn: He is not a GM, if my memory's good. But it's still a slauther all the same.

ouch this is ugly...after e6, Nxe6 Qe8 or Qe7 he eventually loses the queen with a discovered on Nc7+ or Nd8+ or Nxf8+

Mar-03-06  McCool: Black played some pretty disgusting moves here.
Apr-30-06  soberknight: I don't know if Afek is a GM, but he is most famous in the chess world as a composer of endgame studies.
May-29-06  catfriend: Afek is a master, and far from being a top Israeli player. Also, he's way over 50, IIRC.
Sep-02-06  Nikita Smirnov: Well the continuation is:
10...e6 (10...Kg6 11.Be2 with mate on h7) 11.Ne6 and the continuation is Ng5 or Nf4.
Nov-23-06  aazqua: This game is ridiculous. Black deserves his fate.
Dec-31-06  Nikita Smirnov: This game should be game of the day!It is a brilliant attack play by Smirin!
Jan-21-07  James Bowman: Perhaps too many endgame compositions and not enough opening theory ;o]
Feb-20-09  swarmoflocusts: This is one of Smirin's notable games? The entire game is just his opponent playing a few inaccurate moves (I count two), a major blunder, and a few minor blunders (two) -- in just nine moves. Impressive, but a very far cry from good chess.

<The Black side of the Sicilian can be such junk.>

This is a little bit unfair. Afek completely misplayed this game. He played the first two moves correctly, then started messing around, then started blundering. I don't think you can pin this one on the Sicilian.

Oct-25-12  murty: After 10...Kg6 what is the quick finish? The best I see is 11. Ne6 Qe8 (or else the Q is lost, or the B with check) 12. Qf5+ Kh6 (Kf7 13. Ng5#) 13. d3+ g5 and mate in 2 with Bxg5, Qxg5
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