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Loek van Wely vs Vasilios Kotronias
European Team Championship (2005), Gothenburg SWE, rd 8, Aug-06
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation. Bayonet Attack Sokolov's Line (E97)  ·  0-1

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Aug-08-05  Koster: Outstanding game by Kotronias.
Aug-08-05  mazetas: i check his profile and as "AdrianP" noticed, Kotronias had some good results with King's Indian.
Aug-08-05  Montreal1666: Kotronias found an improvement over their very recent game:

Van Wely vs Kotronias, 2005

Aug-28-05  freedpig:

Analysis by Fritz 8:

1. = (-0.13): 20.b5 Kh7 21.Rad1 Rc8 22.Bf1 e4 23.fxe4 fxe4 24.Nxd5 Ncxd5 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Rxd5 Nxd5 27.Qxd5 2. = (-0.25): 20.Rad1 b6 21.cxb6 axb6 22.b5 d4 23.Na4 Qb8 24.Ba3 Re8 25.Bc4 Qa7 26.Bd6 3. ³ (-0.32): 20.a4 a6 21.b5 Rd8 22.Rad1 Kh7 23.Ba3 e4 24.a5 axb5 25.Bxb5 Nc6 26.Ba4

Dec-14-05  EmperorAtahualpa: If you like this game, you should also check out Van Wely vs Radjabov, 2005

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