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Viktor Korchnoi vs Vasyl Ivanchuk
Melody Amber Rapid (1992) (rapid), Roquebrune-Cap-Martin FRA, rd 4, Feb-04
English Opening: King's English. Four Knights Variation Korchnoi Line (A28)  ·  0-1

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Dec-24-07  pawnofdoom: Wow is this a record? How many times do you see a grandmaster (Ivanchuk) have 3 whole games in this database where someone plays out the whole queen ending checkmate!
Dec-24-07
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  Phony Benoni: <pawnofdoom> I notice that all three of those games used rapid time limites. Probably Ivanchuk's flag was hanging and his opponents hoped to salvage a half-point on forfeit. It's still a good sized coincidence, though.

However, the ultimate in optimistic playing-on long predates the rapid chess era: H Wolf vs Duras, 1907

Jan-03-09  WhiteRook48: Korchnoi plays it out, hoping his master opponent will blunder (quite a feeble hope)
Jan-10-09  WhiteRook48: and doesn't resign until unavoidable checkmate- or not at all.
Feb-14-09  WhiteRook48: Ivanchuk missed 91...Kc6 92. Ka6 Qa4# 0-1

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