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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Sergey Grigoriants
Aeroflot Open (2015), Moscow RUS, rd 8, Apr-03
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation (E20)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-03-15
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  Penguincw: Wow, what a game. First, white closes the position up, and "gets away" with artifical castling. The position would remain equal though up until 22.f3.

After a bishop sacrifice, black offers a knight sacrifice with 26...Nxf4, hoping for 27.Nxf4 Qh1+ 28.Ke1 Qxa1, and black has a rook and 3 pawns for knight and bishop. However, white smartly plays 27.Qg1, and this game is drawn.

However, the eval on chess24 says black is winning. The continuation listed is 29...Nxe2 30.Nxe2 Nf3 31.Nf4 Qh4 32.Qe3 Qh1+ 33.Ke2 Qxa1 34.Qxf3, and it's back to that "rook and 3 pawns vs. knight and bishop" situation.

I imagine there are some more lines, but this looks to be a black win, so I'm not so sure why it's drawn. Perhaps black was in time trouble (he did only have a few minutes left).

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