May-04-07 Maroczy vs Tartakower, 1922 
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PEANUTS: The critical line might be 21. Qc3 Nh5 22. Rg2 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Ng3 24. Rh2 Qg5 25. Rf2 Nf5, when some (Nunn for instance) say White's position is hopeless, but 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. d5 leads immediately to counterplay which need not favour Black. The prepatory 25.. Bd7 26. Bg2 Nf5 is ...
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| | May-04-07 Smyslov vs Tal, 1964
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PEANUTS: In the line 26. Qc1 Rg2+ 27. Kf1 Rxh2 28. Ne1 Bd5, White could play Nxc5 (maybe after g4 to prevent Nxf5). Play might go: 29. g4 gxf5 30. Nxc5 Rc8 (bxc5 allows the queen to activate and is hopeless) 31. Qa3 Nb5 32. Qa4 Rxc5. Black might still claim an advantage, but the queen has ...
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| | Apr-25-07 Nunn vs Van der Wiel, 1982
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PEANUTS: Nunn gives 35. Qe5 an exclam, and claims that Rd8 is then forced, but I prefer 35.. Rh5, 36. Bg5 Qb6 (Nunn gives only Rh8), 37. Qf6 Kb8, 38. Qf4+ Ka7, 39. Qd2 Qc7/Ka8 40. Be3 Ka8/Qc7 41. Qxb4 with some drawing chances (the rooks help Black I think). After 35.. Rd8, Black is lost ...
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| | Apr-19-07 Anand vs Karpov, 1996
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PEANUTS: In the variation 23.. f6 24. Rh3 fxe5 25. dxe5 Qc4 26. Re1, Black plays Qb4 to draw (Gurevich). The line 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. e6+ Kf6 28. Bg5+ Kxe6 29. Re1+ Kd7 30. Qxg7+ Kc6 31. Rc3 is a better winning try, though I might prefer the pawn advantage after 21. Rxd5 --- with Karpov in time
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| | Apr-18-07 Beliavsky vs Nunn, 1985
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PEANUTS: After 20.Qc3 Bg7 21.Qb3 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Qe1+ 23.Kc2 Qxa1 24.Qxf3 Qxb2+
25.Kd1 Qa1+ 26. Nc1 Bh6 27. Qa3 Rf8 28. Be2 b5!, Black should win.
For instance, 29. cxb5 c4 30. Kc2 Qe5, then 31. Rd1 Rf2 32. Kb1 Rxe2,
while 31. Rf1 Qe4+ 32. Kd1 Qxd5+ 33. Kc2 Rxf1 34. Bxf1 Qf5+ forces Bd3,
and ...
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| | Apr-18-07 S Atalik vs Sax, 1997
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PEANUTS: Following the Mammoth book, I like 21... Rxf2, but then after 22. Kxf2 Nc2!? as a possible try. Best might be 23. Bf7 Qe1+ 24. Kf3 Qd1+ 25. Kg3 Kg7 26. e6+ Kf8, and now I think 27. Bc3 Qe2 28. Bb4+ Nxb4 29. Qxb4+ wins, while 27... Qc1 is not so clear. Probably Black has to sac the ...
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