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Bent Larsen vs Eigil Pedersen
"Copenhagen Snuff" (game of the day Sep-15-2010)
Copenhagen (1956), Copenhagen DEN, rd 2, Aug-03
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Opocensky Variation (B92)  ·  1-0

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Sep-15-10  donehung: I wouldn't consider 17 Nc4 be a sac so much as i would consider 13..Nxe4 a ?.
Sep-15-10
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: Black has the threat of ...f4-f3 in play for several moves after 23...exf4. What makes Larsen's play so impressive is that he indirectly makes the threat unplayable and simultaneously advances his own attack at the same time. For example, 27.Ne5 renders 27...f3? ineffective because the Knight can take the pawn (unless 28.Nf7+ is even better), while bringing the horse into the attack at the same time. Also, 30.Rae1! prevents 30...f3?; 31.Qh7+,Kf7; 32.Rxf3+. Very cunningly played.
Sep-15-10  babamjan: could someone please explain move #15 by black for me??? I don't understand 15.d4. when he could've played 15. d8 to b6.

thank you

Sep-15-10
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  Sastre: <15...Qxb6 16.Nxe6 d4 17.Nxf8 Bxf8 18.Bxh6 gxh6> is good for White.
Sep-15-10  fab4: <babamjan>.. after Qb6 Larsen has either Ne6 or Nd7, which net at least the exchange and much better game.
Sep-15-10
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  alexrawlings: Can anyone explain the reason for 23 f4? Would it not have been better to leave black with double isolated pawns on the e file?
Sep-15-10  kevin86: Black has triplet pawns on the e-file for a flash at move 17,by move 26,they were all gone.
Sep-15-10  Starf1re: Call 911 there's been a premeditated murder in Stockholm.
Sep-15-10  estrick: <(unless 28.Nf7+ is even better)>

Is this tongue in cheek?
27. ... f3 28. Nf7+ leads to mate in three, ye olde Philidor's chesnut

Sep-15-10  DarthStapler: Wrong, as black can play 30...Nxg8 and then 31...Qxf7
Sep-15-10  benjaminpugh: babamjan: if 15...Qxb6 then 16. Nxe6 (which was the move played anyway) taking Black's bishop, attacking Black's King side rook and opening a discovered attack on Black's Queen by white's Bishop. 16...d4 closes off the diagonal.

alexrawlings: 23. f4 works for many reasons but primarily because White wants to keep the b1-h7 diagonal open for its Bishop to cover the Queen's moves to g6 and h7 and thus doesn't want Black moving that leading d-file pawn to e4. If 23...e4 anyway, then 24. Bxe4 and white's f4 pawn blocks Black's rook from capturing White's Bishop.

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