Konstantin Maslak vs Csaba Balogh (2007)

Konstantin Maslak vs Csaba Balogh
6th Aeroflot Festival 2007 · English Opening: King's English. Four Knights Variation Fianchetto Lines (A29) · 1-0

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Feb-24-07		Domdaniel: A very, very nice blockade game. The <Spirit of Saint Nimzo> award for this month goes to Maslak. The alternation between the a- and h-files before the final breakthrough at g7 (initiated on the far side of the board with 53.b6+!) is really excellent.

Feb-24-07		mack: Delightful; I wish I'd been white, it would have an awful lot of fun. I presume if 53...Kxb6 then 54.Bxa5+ Kxa5 55.Qb2 or 54...Ka6 55.Qa2

Feb-24-07		Domdaniel: Yep, 53.b6+! is when the fun really starts, but it took a lot of the old boa constriction to get there. I'd probably have dimly gone 53.Bxa5+? and drawn horribly. If 53...Kxb6, yes, 54.Bxa5+ is murderous. 54...Kxa5? 55.Qb2 Bd7 56.Ra1+ Ba4 57.Qb5#, for example. Or 54...Ka7 55.Qa2 b6 56.Bxb6+ and Black is toast. I like the way the white queen zips from a8-a1-h1-h7 to deliver the coup de grass. If ...Qf8, then Bh6 forces the g-pawn through. Hmm. I like this better the more I look at it...

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