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Paul Keres vs Yakov Estrin
Simul (1941) (exhibition), Moscow URS
King's Gambit: Falkbeer Countergambit. Charousek Gambit Keres Variation (C32)  ·  0-1

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Feb-22-04
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  Honza Cervenka: Excellent attack of Yakov Estrin. 23...Nd6 threatening 24...Re4 with next 25...Nf5+ 26.Kh5 g6# was another possible finish.
Aug-02-04  Jesuitic Calvinist: Yes, excellent. Estrin took on Keres on his home ground, opening-wise, and won beautifully.
Feb-14-06  malbase: This is another suspicious game.
When did Keres ever play Estrin.
There is no record of the above game anywhere else.
In Vol. 21 of World History of Chess, the game does not appear.
Jun-15-06  bernardchinshin: What happens if 20. Qe4. I cannot see a win for Black.
Apr-08-10
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  DytnTD: Not a suspicious game at all. You can find it in Estrin's book GAMBITS. It was a game from a simultaneous exhibition. Estrin and Keres 'debated' the variation for number of years afterward.
May-18-18
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  OhioChessFan: <What happens if 20. Qe4. I cannot see a win for Black.>

I just have to pass that off to simul fatigue, <bc>. The move is sure sitting there waiting to be played, though.

Apr-21-19  birimbombum: GOTD this game
Sep-03-23
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  GrahamClayton: <DytnTD>
Not a suspicious game at all. You can find it in Estrin's book GAMBITS. It was a game from a simultaneous exhibition. Estrin and Keres 'debated' the variation for number of years afterward.

<DytnTD>
"In the spring of 1941, Grandmaster Keres gave a simultaneous exhibition in the Moscow Hall of Pioneers, and I had the opportunity to test the results of my research".

In Shakhmaty v SSSR, 1950, Keres suggested 8.Qb5 Nc6 9. c3 instead of 8.c3, but Estrin responded in Shakhmaty v SSSR, 1951 that 9...a6 keeps Black's advantage.

Sep-03-23  Captain Hindsight: Better would have been < 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. Rxb2 >


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and a materially unbalanced position but with opportunities on both sides.

Sep-03-23  Captain Hindsight: Already < 13. Qd2! Nf6 14. Bc5 Rxf4+ 15. Nf3 Ne4+ 16. Kg1 >


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would have resulted in a superior white position.

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