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Igor Zaitsev vs Pal Benko
Szolnok (1975), Szolnok HUN, rd 13, Oct-??
Benko Gambit: Zaitsev Variation. Nescafe Frappe Attack (A57)  ·  0-1

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Sep-04-10  Hesam7: Kasparov mentions this game in his book "Revolution in the 70s" as a 'historic battle'. Here are his comments:

<after 11 Qe2?! Ra5! (threatening ...Ba6) 12 e5?! (12 Qc2) 12...Ba6 13 exf6 Bxb5 14 fxe7 Bxe7 15 Bxe7 Qxe7 16 Qxe7+ Kxe7 17 Bxb5 Rxb5 Black obtained a favourable endgame (weak d5-pawn!). The sharp 11 e5 (Zaitsev) or the simple 11 Bd3 was better, but, at any event, the popularity of this unusual variation went into decline.>

Aug-03-11  atarw: whats so wrong with the position? after 27.Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5, white's up a knight.
Feb-10-18
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  MARXVONAZULAY: El libro My Life,Games and Compositions Pal Benko página 255 la jugada 27 de las blancas es Nd2? Y termina 27 ...Nc3 28.Nxc4 Nxd1,0-1.
Jul-20-22  Eleuthero: @atarw

After RxN and RxR black wins by just marching the c pawn. In the end, white will be forced to sac his knight whereupon black will have a passed d pawn and a much more active rook.

Jul-20-22  Muttley101: <Eleuthero: @atarw
After RxN and RxR black wins by just marching the c pawn. In the end, white will be forced to sac his knight whereupon black will have a passed d pawn and a much more active rook.>

This being 27. R:d5 R:d5 28. R:d5 after 26 ... R:b2, black either promotes the pawn or wins more material than just the knight for the c-pawn.

Jul-20-22
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  offramp: <Hesam7: Kasparov mentions this game in his book >

I wonder if he mentions the Nescafé Frappé.

Jul-20-22
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  Open Defence: An interesting alternative is 18.O-O-O Nb6 19.b3 Ra8 20.Rhe1+ Kf8 21.Re2


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and I wonder if White has some hope

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