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Gyula Sax vs Vasyl Ivanchuk
Tilburg Interpolis (1989), Tilburg NED, rd 8, Sep-24
Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation. Main Line (B05)  ·  1-0

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Jun-20-05  Whitehat1963: Great little puzzle finish after 40...h6.
Jul-02-13  wordfunph: this is one of the reasons why i like Chucky..

<Ivanchuk, still suffering from his loss to Kasparov in the fifth round, played Alekhine's Defense for the first time in his life. Sax completely outplayed him, but then blundered in time pressure, allowing Ivanchuk an immediate win. The young Soviet overlooked it - and blundered himself with 4O.h6 instead of 4O.g6. When Sax then KO'd him by winning his Queen, Ivanchuk ran away from the playing hall to tournament director Jan Renning's room. He banged his head against the wall and collapsed in a chair for a quarter of an hour, gazing glassily like a punch-drunk boxer. It was quite clear that he was really suffering, and that chess can be cruel. Finally, he returned to his board and resigned.>

- Inside Chess Magazine 1989 #23

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