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Ding Liren vs Tong Qiu
Chinese Team Championship (2001), Suzhou, Jiangsu CHN, rd 9, Apr-04
Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch. Closed Variation (B29)  ·  1-0

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Jun-02-09  luzhin: I hereby nominate this as "The immortal tripled-pawn game". The final move of the trio makes the point, avoiding 108.c8=Q stalemate!
Jun-03-09  Gilmoy: But it lacks the elegance of being an only-move, as any of three underpromotions also mates easily, with no stalemate.

White had only a draw until <73..g5?!> fixed his h4-weakness, and turned the endgame into a track meet. The other guy's blunder doesn't warrant a fancy nickname. As this game showed a pulse for only the first 20 moves and the last 35, maybe it could be a <Cryogenic Game>, or the <Rice-Vampiric Tripled-Pawn Game>. Earthbound, surely.

Jun-03-09  luzhin: I wasn't being entirely serious, Gilmoy! After all, 108.c8=Q is the only move on the board which doesn't win; if White didn't want to celebrate his weird pawn structure I imagine he would have played 108.Kc6
Feb-28-14  joddon: why would black even think of moving his g pawn up...too desperate to win, happens all thetime in tournaments but you have to think of a draw too sometimes!!

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