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Oct-31-12 Spassky vs Larsen, 1968   Mateo: < 29...Nh6? was the decisive mistake according to Lysenko.> Yes. It seems that Spassky could take the pawn with 28.Qxb7. For instance, 28...Qc1+ 29.Kf2 Qd2+ 30.Ne2 Nf5 31.Qb8+ Kg7 32.Qe5+. Thus, 27...h6 should be more accurate than 27...g6 (?), as White doesn't have the check on      Sep-10-12 A Sokolov vs Vaganian, 1986    Mateo: The last move is strange. 65...Rh1+ gives drawing prospects to Vaganian. Maybe the score is wrong.      Jul-12-10 Hebert vs Smejkal, 1979    Mateo: An interesting game for those who want to learn about chess strategy. At the end Black just needs to bring his Bishop to a3, and then to e7 and his Rook to c2.      Jun-02-10 M Gagunashvili vs Carlsen, 2004    Mateo: The game is very interesting and desearves many posts, like wrote <Montreal1666> and could be an interesting 'game of the day' for <chessgames.com>. But I can't agree with <thechesskid> to say <this was great defending by Carlsen>. At some point, Gagunashvili ...      May-27-10 Grischuk vs Kasparov, 2001   Mateo: 36.b4?? was simply a blunder. Grischuk had to play 36.Kg4.      May-12-10 Eljanov vs Akopian, 2010    Mateo: A very interesting ending. Akopian made an inacurracy allowing Eljanov to win a pawn (39...Kd7?! instead of 39...Kg7). Eljanov eventually won a pawn, but the result of the Knight ending was unclear. I would say that 46...f5? was a clear loss. Maybe 46...Kd4 gives drawing hopes.      May-11-10 Topalov vs Anand, 2010    Mateo: 42.Nxe7? Rh4+!.      May-09-10 Anand vs Topalov, 2010    Mateo: 49.Rd2 was completely unexpected. Anand sacrifices a pawn.      May-07-10 Topalov vs Anand, 2010    Mateo: It's time for Topalov to play his joker : Fd3, h4 and h5.      May-06-10 Anand vs Topalov, 2010    Mateo: <Nigel Short: 42...b4 wasn't the best move at all.> Well, I don't get it, Nigel. It seems to me that this move is played according to a well known general principle : passed pawns are to be pushed, or something like that. I like 42...a5 as well as 42...b4.

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