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Vladimir Malakhov vs Alexander Grischuk
World Championship Candidates (2007), Elista RUS, rd 1, May-28
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. Queen's Indian Formation (A15)  ·  1/2-1/2

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May-28-07  Eric The Great: Why did Malakhov play 30. Nc2 giving back the extra pawn? It seems like 30. Nd3 would have been better, with the possibility of later going to c5.
May-29-07
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  tamar: <It seems like 30. Nd3 would have been better, with the possibility of later going to c5.>

Malakhov had to expect 30 Nd3 Rxd3 31 exd3 Ne5 when White has to be careful not to lose.

May-30-07  acirce: Not a very good game, but a lot of things happened in it. Malakhov had a great position early on, lost the thread, but then Black made mistakes in time trouble allowing White to take over the game again but still letting Black escape.

<30.Nc2? One could improve the bishop first: 30.Bc5! Qd7 31.Nc2, and now 31...Rd1+ 32.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 33.Ne1 leads to a position with a big advantage to White.> - Scherbakov, http://www.fide.com/news/CandidateM...

47.Qf3 Qe5 48.Be7! winning another pawn is one missed win pointed out. 48.Nf5+ gave great attacking chances and is perhaps still winning.

Jun-01-07
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  Peligroso Patzer: Here is repeated a comment that was originally posted on the page covering the entire Grischuk-Malakhov match:

<euripides: The crucial resource for Grischuk is probably ... a4 after the pawn exchange, when bxa4 gives a rook pawn inside the square hence a draw. Otherwise Kxa5 will eventually win for White.>

For a more complex example of a sacrifice of a Rook pawn (forcing the opponent to end up with his only passed pawn on a Rook file) as a drawing resource, see: Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Botvinnik, 1938

The pawn sacrifice was not actually played in the 1938 Botvinnik game (the players having agreed a draw before reaching the relevant position), but see the final variation in the notes posed Aug-28-05, especially 71. ... h4!=.

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