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Simon Winawer vs Wilhelm Steinitz
Paris (1867), Paris FRA, Jun-25
Sicilian Defense: French Variation (B40)  ·  1-0

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Sep-06-05  YouRang: In this endgame, we get a closed position in which the bishops on both sides are quite limited. But from moves 57 to 61, the white knight casually hops its way from e4 to capture the pawn on d4, while the hapless Black pieces can only shuffle around and watch. The pawn capture gives white a decisive 2-pawn advantage. Black gives up 4 moves later.
Sep-06-05  Juan De Pisto: with this game one really believes in that all positons can be defended in chess. nice 5 moves of the white knight after the Qs were exchanged. after all this position was always suitable for a knight.
Jul-23-24
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  Honza Cervenka: A frustrating game for black, who lost it after being better for a long time but who was pushing too much and too hard, ruining his game in the end. It was necessary to avoid trades of major pieces. The ending was one of best examples of situation, when a Bishop pair is worse than Bishop and Knight. But 50.Nd2 was a serious inaccuracy, which could save black after 50...Ba5!
Jul-24-24
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  nizmo11: <But 50.Nd2 was a serious inaccuracy, which could save black after 50...Ba5!>
True, the critical variation to see is 50...Ba5! 51.Ne4 Bxe1 52.Kxe1 Bxe4 53.fxe3, and now 53...f3! that draws.

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