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Julio Granda Zuniga vs Gata Kamsky
Donner Memorial (1996), Amsterdam NED, rd 9, Aug-27
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto. Check Variation Intermezzo Line (E15)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply) 18...Rxc2 19.Qxc2 b5 20.Nc6 Qd7 21.Nxe7+ Qxe7 22.Qc6 Qd7 = 0.00 (26 ply) ⩲ +1.15 (28 ply) 19...Qxc8 20.Nc6 Bb5 21.Nxb4 Nc3 22.Bxc3 Qxc3 23.Nd3 ⩲ +0.95 (27 ply) ± +1.96 (25 ply) 21.Rd1 b5 22.Qc2 Bh6 23.Nc6 Qe8 24.Rd8 Qxd8 25.Nxd8 Rxd8 ± +1.89 (25 ply) 21...Bd7 22.Rd1 b5 23.Qxb5 Bxc6 24.Qxc6 Qa5 25.Bd4 Bb4 = +0.10 (25 ply)+- +2.80 (27 ply) 22...Bg5 23.f4 Bh6 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Qxa7 Kh8 26.Rd8 Qxd8 +- +2.63 (24 ply)+- +4.34 (25 ply)better is 24.Rd6 Bd7 25.Rxf6 Bxc6 26.Bxc6 Qe7 27.Be4 h6 28.Rxh6 +- +4.59 (25 ply) 24...Qe6 25.Rd6 Qg4 26.Rxf6 Qxh4 27.Ne7+ Kh8 28.gxh4 Bb4 +- +2.62 (24 ply)+- +9.33 (28 ply)+- mate-in-12 after 27...f5 28.Bxf5 Bd2 29.Ne7+ Kg7 30.Qd4+ f6 31.Bg629...Qd1+ 30.Kg2 Qd5+ 31.f3 Qxf3+ 32.exf3 Re8 33.Qh7+ +- mate-in-51-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-13-05  Inf: another great game by granda. sac of important pieces like rooks keeps granda's attack impresive.
Nov-13-05  tayer: I like the game too, but I can't see sac of important pieces, only an exchange sac (27. ♖xd7) when the game is almost over.
Oct-28-08  Jaburu: This game is a historical game! It was in it, there in the distant 1996, that I discovered the concept of "operational hiatus" that tomorrow, October 29, 2008, I will present, for the first time, in lecture at the Curitiba Chess Club, Brazil.
Oct-28-08  Jaburu: Position after 20...Bxd2: the moment of the "operational hiatus"! Only in this moment!
Feb-06-14  wordfunph: "Resignation is the only move left. 1-0"

- IM Robert Bellin

Source: BCM December 1996

Dec-04-17
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  Jonathan Sarfati: Most of the action looks like taking place on the Q-side, but Granda whips up a lightning K-side attack from almost a clear sky.
Apr-04-20  tigreton: I don't think White's attack on the kingside comes out of the blue. Some skirmishes took place on the queenside, that left the black pieces very bad positioned after 22 ... Ba5 (White sacrificed two pawns for that). But the white pieces were always targeting the kingside: Ba1, Nd4-c6, Ag2-e4 and, the star transfer, Qa4-h4. Actually, Granda plays all over the board. Great!
Oct-23-24  Cecco: According to this engine 21. Nc6 is a mistake.

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