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Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs John van der Wiel
Hoogovens (1986), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 10, Jan-29
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack (E76)  ·  1-0

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May-26-05  Whitehat1963: The value of pawns is always difficult to assess, especially early in the game. Interesting game that features the Opening of the Day.
Mar-26-06  zev22407: Great game, Ljubojevic sacs a rook in the openning! .He has a lasting initiative and a dominative position in return and a paralizing pawn on e7.
Feb-10-07  zev22407: Another master piece by the great Ljubojevic
Jul-13-15  wordfunph: "Only a few minutes before he played it, I noticed a smile appearing on his face. I am convinced that he found this idea over the board, as he also claimed himself."

- GM John van der Wiel (on 9.cxd6)

Source: New In Chess Magazine 1986 #2

Nov-01-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  An Englishman: Good Evening: This game deserves Game of the Day honors, but can't think of a decent title or pun. Any ideas?
Jan-13-25  Delboy: Another remarkable facet of this remarkable game, the killer white pawn sat on e7 for 35 moves. What is the record for pawns waiting on the 7th rank? I can imagine endgame situations where this can persist for very long, but this is basically all in a middle game
Jan-14-25
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  nizmo11: Wonderful game! Are there any contemporary analysis? I see that van der Wiel repeated the variation 9 years later in H A Gretarsson vs Van der Wiel, 1995, when white found the stronger 15.Ng5

In the Ljubo's game computer shows, he could have played 27.Rxd3, when after 27...Rc2 28. d6 Rxd2+ 29.Rxd2 Qb5 30.Be3 Qd7


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white has the winning shot 31. e6! (the only move to win)

Jan-14-25
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  Open Defence: 8...Qxc5 might have been safer for Black

Also on move 13 Black has an alternative of 13...Nc5 instead of 13...Nc6 as in C Garcia Palermo vs G Vescovi, 1995

probably Black should have played 23...Qc7 instead of Rac8

but Bd5 was probably the error, Black could have tried Qc7

White could have gone for the jugular with 27.d6 instead of 27.Qxd3

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