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Rafael Vaganian vs Efim Geller
New York Open (1990), New York, NY USA, rd 5, Apr-??
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense. General (D58)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
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Jul-03-05  ughaibu: How about 24....Nh5?
Jul-03-05  Kangaroo: If <24....Nh5>
then <25. Nxa8 Nxf4. 26. Rb8> and White has the advantage
Jul-03-05  ughaibu: Are you sure? 26....Nd3 looks okay.
Jul-03-05  ughaibu: Mind you, 24....Nh5 25.Qh4 looks good for white.
Jul-03-05  Kangaroo: If <24....Nh5>
then <25. Nxa8 Nxf4 26. Rb8 Nxd3 27. Rcxc8> and White wins
Jul-04-05  ughaibu: Kangaroo: 27....Re1 is mate.
Jul-04-05  Kangaroo: To <ughaibu>: OK. Then I have to agree that your suggestion <24... Nh5 25. Qh4> remains the only reasonable continuation of the game leaving White with some advantage, in my view.

Regrettably, <24 ...Nh5 25. Nxa8 Nxf4 26. Rb8 Nxd3 27. Rcxc8> was followed by <27 ... Re1#>

And <24 ...Nh5 25. Nxa8 Nxf4 26. Rb8 Nxd3 27. Rbxc8> would cause the same sad response: <27 ... Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxc8>

Thanks for your patience and persistent comments - I did not look at the board making my suggestions - blunders are common when playing blindfolded.

Jul-04-05  ughaibu: Thank you too. It looks like Qh4 is good as 25....Re1 26.Re1 Qh4 27.Re8 is mate for white, so maybe 24....g5 was as good as was available. (If you use sjkbase there's no need for a board, the pieces can be moved around.)
Jul-04-05  euripides: A very elegant game; Vaganian is able to secure a big advantage around moves 17-23 with piece play despite the almost symmetric pawn formation.

27 Kh1 !! is a very neat quiet move leaving Black at a loss.

One nice line is 27...Ra7 28 Rxc8 Qxd4 (the queen is threatend by Ne8+ and the king can't move; Rxc7 survives with material loss) 29 Ne8+ Kh8 30 Nf6+ Kg7 31 Nh5 mate.

After 30...Qxa8 31 Re8 White wins the bishop, so he gets to keep his material.

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