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Peter Svidler vs Jonathan Speelman
2nd Principe de Asturias rapid (1992) (rapid), Oviedo ESP, Dec-??
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation. Open System Euwe-Keres Line (C07)  ·  1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-19-11
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  Domdaniel: To put this in context, Svidler was a promising 16-year-old, still two years away from the GM title. Speelman, by contrast, was firmly in the world elite, beating Seirawan and Short in the previous Candidates' cycle, before Short got revenge en route to beating Karpov and playing Kasparov for the title. But Speelman was way up there, and Svidler had yet to make his mark. It's all so different now, of course.

This line of the Tarrasch - meeting 4.Ngf3 with ...cxd4 and ...a6 - is actually more than OK for Black: I've never lost with it.

But with all four Bishops lined up to attack, Speelman goes wrong. 22...Rh5 is an over-optimistic lunge to which Peter finds the great rejoinder 23.Rd7! ... and it's one-way traffic from there, despite Speelman's attempt to get play by giving up his Queen.

Speelman could have got some play on the h-file by going to the g-file first, nagging the White Queen. 22...Rg5 instead of ...Rh5 seems to give Black a slight edge, though 23.Qf3 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 Rh5 would perhaps, um, peter out to a draw.

Sep-19-11
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  perfidious: This one just got added to a co-llek-shun! cha-CHING!

Svidler's 23rd move is one anyone else would dream of playing.

Sep-20-11
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  FSR: Svidler's 23.Rd7! reminds me a little of 23.Rd7! in Menchik vs Graf-Stevenson, 1937. In each case, White prefaces a king-side sacrifice that would not be good immediately by deflecting Black's queen with Rd7!, forking queen and bishop, and throwing away the rook to Qxd7 in order to make the sacrifice of the other piece work.

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