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Loek Van Wely vs Alexey Shirov
13th Amber Blindfold (2004)  ·  Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik System (D44)  ·  0-1
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Apr-01-04  justy: ouch!
Sep-24-04
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  refutor: ouch is right...van wely had at least a draw before 39.Rxb2??
Nov-24-10
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  Hesam7: Shirov was very lucky. After 25. h5


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White is winning. Stockfish 1.9.1 gives the following @ depth 24:

25. ... d4 26. Bxb7 Kxb7 27. h6 Rc7 28. h7 c3 29. bxc3 dxc3 30. Rad1 Rh8 31. Qe4+ Qc6 32. Qxb4+ Ka8 33. Qh4 c2 34. Rc1 (+2.34).

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