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John Curdo vs Christopher Chase
57th New England Open (1997), Framingham Mass, rd 4, Aug-31
Modern Defense: Standard Line (B06)  ·  1-0

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Jul-04-13  RookFile: After 25...Rcd7 26. Rxg5 white is piling up too many threats. Qh6 invites white to chose which tactical shot he wants, featuring a discovered attack on the queen from the bishop on c1.
Jul-04-13
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  Joshka: I played John in a simul way back in the late 70's when I was first discovering chess books, ect., believe he was the first player I played in a simul. He's also 20 years to the day my senior!:-) What happens after 25...Nd5?
Jul-05-13  Revenant: If 25... Nd5, then 26. Bxd5 wins easily, so maybe you meant on the previous move? If 24... Nd5, then 25. c4 wins the pinned knight, since 25... Rdc8 (hoping to net the c1 bishop) is parried by 26. Bd2.

Black's only other try at move 25 was 25... e5, but then 26. dxe5 is crushing again, e.g. 26... Ne8 27. e6 fxe6 28. Rxg5 Qf7 29. Nf5 (threatening Nh6+) Kf8 30. Nxg7 Nxg7 31. Rg4 Ke8 32. Bf4 Rcd7 33. Be5 Nf5 34. Rg8+ Ke7 35. Qg5+ Qf6 36. Qxf6#. As RookFile indicated, although it takes several moves for all the tactics to unfold, white has simply aimed too much firepower at the black king for any hope of survival.

Stockfish seems to pinpoint 15... Nc4? as the first obvious mistake (it just drops a pawn for nothing). 15... Ne4 or 15... Nc6 would have held, but white still had the advantage. I believe this calls into question black's whole idea of 4... d5 and the sequence that followed.

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