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Mikhail Botvinnik vs Salomon Flohr
USSR Championship (1945), Moscow URS, rd 1, Jun-01
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense (D22)  ·  1-0

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Feb-24-11  shalgo: Flohr is under some pressure at move 23, but his attempted combination 23...Bxf4? just doesn't work.
Jul-11-19
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  plang: Botvinnik identified 16..Ne5? as the losing move comparing it to ..Ne5 in Botinnik-Ragozin 1947. He recommended 16..Qe5 17 Rg2..g5!.

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