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Ahmed Adly vs Marie Sebag
Essent 2008  ·  Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation. Shabalov Attack (D45)  ·  0-1


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Nov-01-08
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  notyetagm: A tremendous win by Sebag in the Latvian Gambit line against the Semi-Slav, annotated by 1 d4 d5 specialist GM Ruslan Scherbakov in Chess Today.
Feb-10-09
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  notyetagm: A magnificent game on the Black side of a Semi-Slav by Sebag.
Feb-10-09
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  notyetagm: 17 ... ?


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17 ... Bb7xNf3!


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17 ... Bb7xNf3! is an excellent move by Sebag.

The tactical point is that after 18 Be2xNf3,

18 Be2xBf3


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she has taken away a defender from both the e5-square (White f3-knight, <DESTRUCTION>) and the d3-square (White e2-bishop, <DEFLECTION>), making possible the move 18 ... Bd6-e5!, based on the <KNIGHT FORK> 19 Qd4xBe5?? Nc5-d3+.

18 ... Bd6-e5!


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(VAR)
19 Qd4xBe5?? Nc5-d3+ <knight fork>


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Lovely!


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