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Max Euwe vs Miguel Najdorf
Wertheim Memorial (1951), New York, NY USA, rd 8, Jun-12
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense. Alekhine System (D28)  ·  0-1

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Jan-24-13
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  Jonathan Sarfati: Amazing that Najdorf played a similar strategy to that of the great destroyer of I♕♙s, Karpov in Kamsky vs Karpov, 1996, but in the year Karpov was born!
Jul-29-13
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  offramp: Why not 23.Bxd5?
Jul-29-13  Nerwal: <Why not 23.Bxd5?>

Computers may like or assess it as relatively best but humans are reluctant to do this kind of thing because positionally it's an absolutely terrible move.

Oct-01-13  jerseybob: Nerwal: 23.Bd5 wouldn't change the most important thing: white's got a lousy game. Black's minors have ideal posts, and the white rook is pathetically trapped on the k-side. What to do?
May-19-15  zydeco: Euwe repeats Najdorf's strategy from the round before: Najdorf vs Fine, 1951 but it goes badly wrong for him.

Probably a4 and Nbd2-c4 is all a little too precious and takes time. White never gets any kind of kingside initiative going before black counterattacks in the center.

May-19-15
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  keypusher: <zydeco> Najdorf discusses both these games in his notes to Boleslavsky vs Kotov, 1953 in his book about the 1953 Candidates, which I suspect you'd really enjoy if you don't have it.
May-19-15
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  MissScarlett: There are whole libraries that I've enjoyed not reading.
May-19-15  zydeco: <Keypusher> Cool. Thanks! I've read the book -- didn't remember Bronstein's notes about this game.

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