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Peter Svidler vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
World Cup (2017), Tbilisi GEO, rd 5, Sep-15
English Opening: Symmetrical. Three Knights Variation (A34)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Sep-15-17
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  An Englishman: Good Morning: The caffeine has not kicked in yet--can't see why White didn't play 38.Rb4.
Sep-15-17
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  beatgiant: <An Englishman>

I don't think White is actually winning a pawn.

38. Rb4 Ra5 39. Rxa4 Rxa4 40. Nxa4 <Nb5>, or 38. Rb4 Ra5 38. Nxa4 Nb5 39. Rb3 <g6> and Black wins back the pawn.

Sep-15-17  kelu: The black night moves 6 times in a row during the opening ! 7 times in the first 9 moves !
Sep-15-17  JimNorCal: To my eyes white looks better throughout and even at the end. Seems like he can safely play i and stress his opponent.

His rook can immobilize the black rook by threatening the a-pawn. His rook can check the black king as needed. The d3 pawn protects his king from checks. The king can attack the h and g pawns.

Sep-15-17  JPi: True White is slightly better throughout the game but to win such ending you need a major mistake from black. However Black had a lot of time at his clock, the position is quite simple thus difficult to imagine a 2800 player to make a major mistake here. Deciding for a draw seems to me reasonable.
Sep-16-17  JimNorCal: <JPi>, stockfish agrees with your assessment
Sep-16-17  JPi: <JimNorcal> Indeed this line starting with 9.h4!? is quite embarrassing. I fail to see a way with a complete equality for Black. But who knows MVL should have find it during this night. He is incredibly talented able to find an ingenious new approach.
Sep-16-17  Marmot PFL: Svidler plays the line with black also so he should know its vulnerabilities rather well. The most dangerous approach for black seems to be 9 b4 cb4 10 Ne2 and 11 d4 but Svilder would likely decline the pawn with 9...g6 and aim for a Grunfeld setup, so possibly h4 is played to discourage this plan.

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