Gregorio Idigoras Guisasola vs Oscar Panno (1955)

Gregorio Idigoras Guisasola vs Oscar Panno
Mar del Plata 1955 · King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto. Panno Variation (E63) · 1-0

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Jun-22-09		Benzol: <LPeristy> Game No:85

Aug-04-11		50movesaheadofyou: A case of a low-rank known for one great game. but what a game.

Aug-04-11		50movesaheadofyou: a pun: "Oscar en la Hoya"

Aug-04-11		50movesaheadofyou: I just learned it won a brilliancy prize. well deserved.

Mar-23-13		SirChrislov: <23.Nxg6!!> Annotators of the 50's were baffled by this move. Its strength did not lie in forcing variations leading to mate or material gain but rather a calmly increasing attack. 37...Bg7 allowed a quick finish. Perhaps more appropriate was 37...Qc5+ 38.Kf1! (not Kh1, ...Qf2!) ...Qb5+ 39.Re2 Qe8 40.Nh7+ Nxh7 41.Qxh7. IM Bolbochán back then analyzed a win for white with 41...Bxb2 42.e5 Bxe5 43.Rxe5 Nf7 44.Re4 and Rg4. But this fails to 44...b3!, after which white's king seems too exposed. A more mundane but surer win is in 42.Rxb2! Nf7 and the g-pawn decides-43.g4! In Ye Olde [Chess Review], master annotator Hans Kmoch was most impressed by 23.Nxg6: "The power of the sac appears only gradually, some ten or 15 moves later-and herein lies the beauty of this game." Some 45 years later G. Burgess annotated the game (partially) in Chess Highlights of the 20th Century. He gave the move 23.Nxg6 a risky !? but didn't explain why. He only annotates "A risky sac that leads to dangerous play."

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