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Nick de Firmian vs Yasser Seirawan
United States Championship (1984), Berkeley, CA USA, rd 11, Jul-??
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation. Main lines (B18)  ·  1-0

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Jul-26-12
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  LoveThatJoker: Nice straight-forward win from today's Player of the Day, GM DeFirmian!

LTJ

Jul-26-12  Shams: <27.g5> is a nice stab at Black's king shield.
Jul-26-12  master of defence: Someone can show me how white wins after 40...Kxe6 41.Nf4+ Kf5 42.Nxh5 Kxg6?
Jul-26-12
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  perfidious: < master of defence: Someone can show me how white wins after 40...Kxe6 41.Nf4+ Kf5 42.Nxh5 Kxg6?>

There are doubtless other ways home, but one reasonable continuation runs as follows: White plays his knight to e2, his king to d3, then creates a passed pawn on the queenside with his extra pawn.

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