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Vlastimil Babula Sr vs Anish Giri
"Babula Rouser" (game of the day May-28-2016)
European Club Cup (2015), Skopje MKD, rd 2, Oct-19
Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation (D31)  ·  1-0

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Oct-19-15  Garech: An energetic try from Giri, but ultimately too much it seems...

-Garech

Oct-20-15  iking: lost in translation ...
Oct-20-15  Mehem: It looks like Black just pushed the wrong pawn on move 24.
Nov-01-15
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  Domdaniel: Very nice finish by Babula.
May-28-16  der623: This opening transitioned into the Noteboom variation of the Triangle Slav which is interesting since Giri's wife has since done a series of videos on the Triangle Slav for Chess24.
May-28-16  ajile: <Mehem: It looks like Black just pushed the wrong pawn on move 24.>

Yep.


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Analysis by Rybka 3 32-bit :

1. (-0.89): 24...a3 25.Be5 b3 26.fxg7 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Qxc4 28.Rf2 a2 29.Rbf1 Qd5 30.Kg2

2. (-0.59): 24...Bxf3 25.Rxf3 Rd2 26.Qf1 Qf5 27.Ba1 b3 28.Rc1 b2 29.Bxb2 Rxb2 30.fxg7 Kxg7 31.c5 Rc2 32.Rc3 Rxc3 33.Rxc3 Qxf4 34.Rf3 Qc7 35.Qa1+ e5 36.Qxa4 Qxc5 37.h3 Rd4 38.Qa6 Rd6 39.Qb7

May-28-16  wrap99: Why does black resign in final position? What if just Kg8.
May-28-16
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  perfidious: <wrap99: Why does black resign in final position? What if just Kg8.>

White's king runs to the queenside and picks off the passed pawns, after which the win is very easy.

May-28-16  Ratt Boy: <perfidious: <wrap99: Why does black resign in final position? What if just Kg8.>

White's king runs to the queenside and picks off the passed pawns, after which the win is very easy.>

Runs?
On the contrary; White's king saunters to the queenside. He takes a relaxing stroll.

May-28-16  thegoodanarchist: The past few days have been very weak, as far as pun quality goes.
May-28-16
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  perfidious: <Ratt Boy> Whaddya say 'bout 'sidles'?
May-28-16
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  playground player: I tried so hard (and failed) to understand this arcane pun, I couldn't follow the game.
May-28-16  johnlspouge: Tabula rasa.

IMHO, the pun is pretty good.

May-28-16  Moszkowski012273: 32.Qe3... eyeing the pawn on h6 is also incredibly strong if not stronger.
May-28-16  Moszkowski012273: Hey <playground player>... What are some of your favorite spots to play out there in Jersey?
May-28-16  wrap99: <perfidious> thanks. sort of simple -- i guess I need mate in one to understand resignations.
May-31-16  kevin86: white will win eventually!
Oct-02-17
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  scutigera: "Rabble rouser" as well as "tabula rasa"; neither pun is great, but we've all seen worse, and punning both at once qualifies for "acceptable" to this critic.

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