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Sonja Graf-Stevenson vs Vera Menchik
Menchik - Graf (1937), Semmering AUT, rd 7, Jul-04
Queen Pawn Game: Steinitz Countergambit (D00)  ·  1-0

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Feb-24-21  Petrosianic: Graf seems in big trouble right out of the blocks in this one.

I hate 4. Qxd4, which concedes a great center to Black for no good reason.

But a couple of moves later, White seems a lot better. Not sure where Black went wrong. Maybe 9...f5 instead of O-O, to prevent e4 and threaten f4.

Not wild about 12. O-O-O, even though it may not be objectively bad. It seems a little drafty there.

In the next couple of moves, Black goes very wrong. 12...Bb6 seems to give up the pawn for nothing. Not sure what the point of 13...Kh8 is, either, but White looks much better after it.

16. Bd3 threatens a 2-move win of the exchange, which Menchik misses, but things were looking bad anyway. After 18. Bd6 you can stick a fork in it.

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