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Semyon Alapin vs Amos Burn
5th DSB Congress, Frankfurt (1887), Frankfurt am Main GER, rd 20, Aug-01
French Defense: Classical. Alapin Variation (C14)  ·  1-0

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Oct-14-05  Autoreparaturwerkbau: I guess 57...Rh3 was better?
Jun-24-06  percyblakeney: 73. ... d4 is the losing blunder, Kd4 would save the draw.
Mar-13-13
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  GrahamClayton: <Autoreparaturwerkbau>I guess 57...♖h3 was better?

57...♖h3 58. ♔d6 ♖f3 59. ♖xh6 ♔e8 60. ♔c7 ♖f7+ 61. ♔b6 seems winning for White. He will pick up the a5-pawn and have a pawn majority on both sides of the board.

Aug-24-18  Straclonoor: <73. ... d4 is the losing blunder, Kd4 would save the draw.> According to Schredder 6-man TB only 73....a4 hold the draw. 73....d4 and 73....Kd4 loses as well.
Nov-18-19
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  woldsmandriffield: @Straclonoor you are absolutely right that 73..a4 draws. The mystery though is why Burn rushed to capture the h-pawn when it was still on the 6th rank. Instead 68..b6 (for instance) gains several tempo to push the Q-side pawns.
Oct-19-20
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  Chessical: It appears that Burn pushed the wrong pawn with <74.>...d4, but I believe that there was a subtle wrinkle which needed to be appreciated.


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<73>...a4! 74. Ra7 Kb4 75. Kf4 a3 76. Ke3 Kb3 77. Kd3 e2 78. Rb7+ Ka3 79. Kc2 and when he promotes all is lost to the Rook check, unless:

<79> a1=N!!

80. Kd3 d4!


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