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Teemu Laasanen vs Vladimir Bagirov
"A Game to Die for" (game of the day Nov-09-2022)
Jyvaskyla op 10th (2000), Jyvaskyla FIN, rd 4, Jul-20
English Opening: English Defense. General (A10)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
1-0

rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1
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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-26-05  aw1988: Bagirov's last game... is this the one he died in? White does not look to be winning.
May-27-07  willyfly: According to <Bill Wall> Bagirov had a heart attack and died "right after time pressure and his flag fell." This must be his last game since the score shows he lost while the position shows black with the advantage of a pawn. Whatta way to go if you're a Chess Grandmaster - to lose due to time while holding an advantage.

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Oct-29-09
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  alexmagnus: Bagirov had a heart attack, yes. But he didn't die at the board. He still survived that day and died on the day after.
Dec-09-10  wordfunph: <alexmagnus: Bagirov had a heart attack, yes. But he didn't die at the board. He still survived that day and died on the day after.>

correct..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladim...

Mar-05-11  tjipa: For those who read in Russian, here is a very insightful article on Bagirov's life - http://www.chesspro.ru/_events/2011.... When I was an aspiring amateur, I did, for a couple of times, see Bagirov in Riga chess events in the 1980s-90s. What a presence. A great man.
Nov-09-22  Chris Bennington: It strikes me that while black is up a pawn, White actually has the advantage. After the exchange of queens, the black rook is going to be pinned to the defense of the pawn at C7, and the white king is going to make it to the center of the board first. What am I missing?
Nov-09-22  Brenin: <Chris Bennington>: I think that Black has the advantage at the end, as he can bring his K to e6, then play d5 and Kd6, relieving his R from defending the c-pawn. Then his central pawns should win the game. Earlier, Black missed an easy win with 26 ... Rxg3 (a curious echo of today's POTD).
Nov-09-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  Breunor: Computer has black up about half a pawn in the final position..
Nov-09-22  paavoh: <He still survived that day and died on the day after.> Close enough in my book...
Nov-09-22  Chesschronicle22: RIP Vladimir Bagirov, he will be remembered(yes he died 22 years ago). But he wlil always be my chess player.
He lived and died for chess.

RIP Vladimir Bagirov

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