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Yakov Estrin vs Julius Nielsen
7th Correspondence World Championship (1972) (correspondence), ICCF
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense. Ulvestad Variation (C57)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
1-0

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Jan-29-04  ughaibu: Estrin lost a famous game to Berliner in the correspondence championship won by Berliner, Estrin vs Berliner, 1965 A few years later Estrin himself won the championship including this game. Against Berliner, Estrin had played 14.Rf3
Jan-29-04  TrueFiendish: A very interesting opening. If instead of 8...Qh4 black plays 8...Ne6, the books mostly give 9.Bxb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 and then a line involving ...Be7 and 0-0, which is not good enough for black to equalize. But Be7 is insipid. Black has better...
Dec-20-04  InspiredByMorphy: 14.Qb3 is a novelty move. Maybe black had a better continuation after 14. ...Bxg3 15.hxg3 Qxg3 14.Rf2 Nf5 .
Aug-05-05  aw1988: Two Knights Defense opening. Crazy as usual, White has the game decided in his favour not by the hungry pieces, but by the unsuspected pawns.
Apr-08-06  RandomVisitor: After 14.Qb3 perhaps best is fxg2 15.Qxd5 gxf1=Q 16.Bxf1 Rb8 17.d3


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Black should play h6 to avoid the Bishop fork Bg5+. Now white plays Nc3 or Qg2 and stands better +0.80.

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