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Anish Giri vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Biel (2014), Biel SUI, rd 9, Jul-23
Indian Game: Anti-Grünfeld. Alekhine Variation (D70)  ·  1-0

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Jul-23-14  patcheck: If 52. ... Nxg2 53. Nc6 and black can't stop the a pawn.

If 52. ... Kb8 53. Nd4! with two principal lines :

A) 53. ... Nxd4 55. Kxd4 and white will promote the a pawn or pick up the g and h pawns and win.

B) 53. ... Nxg2 (for instance) 54. Kb6 and black can't stop both the a pawn promotion and the mate, for instance: 54. ... Ka8 55. a7 followed by 56. Nc7 #

Jul-23-14  ralph46: <PATCHECK> you made an unfortunate TYPO i am sure you mean 53 Nd5
Jul-24-14  patcheck: Yes, ralph46. I meant Nd5. Thanks.
Jul-24-14  obiesama: Giri was akways a move ahead throughout the entire game
Jul-24-14  Ulhumbrus: 5 cd frees Black's queen's bishop. An alternative is 5 Nc3 at once
Jul-24-14
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  perfidious: Where is that great master <jphamlore>, who was roundly condemning Black's whole game on the tournament page? Out propagating more generalities as opposed to getting down to cases?

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