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Carl Schlechter vs Semyon Alapin
Prague (1908), Prague AUH, rd 10, May-30
Slav Defense: Winawer Countergambit (D10)  ·  1-0

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Apr-25-09  vonKrolock: <34.♕h7>


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...♕b6??

Aug-19-09  chessenthus: haha what a fool Black was!!!Better was 34...Qa5!
Feb-24-10  randomsac: I was wondering how white could pull off a win with those horrible pawns. Too bad for black.
Feb-24-10  Shams: <chessenthus> 34...Qa5 doesn't lose on the spot but you don't get an exclam just for avoiding the fork. What's the rest of your idea?

After 35.Ng4+ (protecting f2) Kg6 37.Qxg7:


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Black's h-pawn is a goner (37...h5? 38.Qe5+ will win the pawn with tempo) and unless he can swap queens black looks helpless against the rapid advance of white's own h-pawn.

After 37...Qd2 38. Nxh6 (38.Qxh6 Qxh6 39.Nxh6 leaves white two pawns up instead of one but might be giving black his best shot, with a central king and white's crippled pawns ripe for plucking) Qe1+ 39.Kh2 Qxf2 40.Qe5+ Kd7 41.Qf5+ Qxf5 42.Nxf5 white looks simply better.


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42...Ke6 43.g4 and the white king's entry should decide.

Feb-25-10  markwell: chessenthus is a moron and shouldn't be rewarded by commentary
Feb-06-19
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  Mateo: From move 29 until the end Schlechter played the best moves. It has to be noticed that 33.Qg8! was much stronger than the simple 33.Qxa7?! which wins a pawn but White could not take advantage of it as his Queen Side majority would be useless. After 33.Qg8! and 34.Qh7!, White wins at least a pawn on the King Side and gets a wealthy pawn majority.
May-22-19  zydeco: Jeez. Alapin had a problem with gross blunders at this point in his career. See also this game Dus Chotimirsky vs Alapin, 1908 from the same event.

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