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James Tarjan vs Predrag Nikolic
Kostic Memorial (1983), Vrsac YUG, rd 5, Sep-22
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation. Open System Main Line (C09)  ·  1-0

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Feb-22-09  zdigyigy: Anyone know how the queen dominates the rook in the final position?
Nov-16-10  Albertan: Zdigvigy, according to Chessbase Megadatabase 2010, the final moves in this version of the game on CG are wrong. Instead the game ended as follows: The move 87...Rh7+ was played by Nikolic, not 87...Kh7 as appears above. ie.
87...Rh7+ 88.Kg6 Rg7+ 89.Kf6+ Rf7+ 90.Ke6 1-0
Nov-16-10  Albertan: 97...Kh8 (only move)


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98.Qa7


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98...Rg8


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99.Qc7


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99...Rf8+


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100.Kg6


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100...Rg8


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101.Kh6


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101...Black rook moves
102. White can play checkmate

Nov-16-10  Albertan: Zdigvigy, this is the final position of the game according to Chessbase Megadatabase 2010:


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Tarjan could have checkmated Nikolic by the following sequence of moves (according to endgame tablebases): 90...Rf3


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91.Qe5


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91...Rf8


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92.Qd4


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92...Rf7


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93.Qd5


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93...Rg7


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94.Kf6+


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94...Kh7


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95.Qh1+


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95...Kg8 (only move)


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96.Qh5


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96...Rg1


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97.Qf7+


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Mar-24-15  Howard: Nick Defirmian stated in a 1988 issue of Inside Chess that he and Tarjan spent several hours (!) analyzing the adjourned position, around the 68th move.

Too bad they didn't have tablebases back then!

Mar-24-15  Howard: Nikolic, incidentally, didn't put up the stiffest possible resistance, according to the tablebase. But then chess ain't no easy game.

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