Oct-05-12 Saidy vs C Brasket, 1972 
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tcostin: PhonyBenoni: very nice, thwarted twice now :) I was about to post another line countering Rxd7, but Qa6 is much stronger and makes Rxd7 into a blunder as opposed to merely suboptimal.
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| | Oct-04-12 R Liiva vs U Haavisto, 1993
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tcostin: It seems to me White's play is not justified, but 18... Nh5 is a blunder leading to the mate. What if 18.. Qxc4? I can't find any mate for White in this line.
If 19. dxc4 Kxf7, Black is ahead in material and White's threats are gone. 20. Rf1+ can be safely answered with Kg8 and ...
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| | Aug-09-12 Yermolinsky vs J Fang, 1994
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tcostin: Edit: in the above line, 35. Kf2 is an instant loss. 35. Ke2 g1Q+ 36. Bf2 seems like a solid fortress.
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| | Jul-22-12 K Rodriguez vs P Alzola Tovar, 2002
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tcostin: Black can probably postpone his demise with 31..cxb2 32. Qxc5+ Kg8 (.. Ke8 33. Qe7#) 33. Qg5+ Kf8 34. Qg7+ Ke8 35. Bxc2 but even so, White's position is winning. I wonder how this would play out if Black had moved 29.. Rfc8 instead of b8.
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| | Mar-08-12 Gligoric vs C W Pritchett, 1967
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tcostin: After 16...Qb6(?), black's camp suffers from a number of weaknesses. The Nf6 has to protect against Qxh7#, the Be7 is undefended, and the Qb6 is misplaced, allowing for a possible killer fork with Nd7. White can exploit all this at once with 17. Nxd5!
17 ...exd5, 18.Nxc6 wins a ...
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