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Mikhail Chigorin vs Jules Arnous de Riviere
Chigorin - de Riviere (1883), Paris FRA, rd 4, Jul-23
King's Gambit: Accepted. Bishop's Gambit (C33)  ·  1-0

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Jul-03-13  builttospill: This game is a fine example of converting a space advantage into an easily won endgame.

Chigorin makes very precise and logical moves throughout. Before being exchanged, I counted 9 moves by the queenside knight... 6 with tempo. By the time the knight takes black's light square bishop, white has so much space on the kingside that black's pieces become a tangled mess.

From move 31 onward, the rook on the g file is a certified monster. The black rook is baby sitting the dark square bishop, and when black finally moves the bishop, now the Knight on f6 is tied down to the defense of g8.

Taking the light squared bishop was the winning move, since it moved the knight off the e file, allowing the passed pawn to create a disruption in the coordination of black's pieces, and forces the very favorable rook exchange for a bishop and knight.

The result is an endgame up 3 pawns and with superior mobility on top of all that.

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