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Monika Socko vs Jennifer Shahade
Bled Olympiad (Women) (2002), Bled SLO, rd 9, Nov-04
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation (E46)  ·  1-0

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Jun-16-05
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  perfidious: This ending is only the third I've seen with BB vs N- Timman-Speelman, Linares 1992 and Delva-Soltis, from Canadian Open, c 1980 being the others.
Feb-12-07  kellmano: And this games a tragedy. White makes absolutely no progress (in fact goes backwards) until black blunders away the knight.
Jul-08-08  4tmac: Tablebase says black loses in 63 at the point of pawnless endgame. It is close to the 50 move rule till black loses his knight. Both players played fairly well and black just might have made it up to 95. ...K-h5? trapping himself. Either N-g4 or the counterintuitive K-g7 was better.
Jul-08-08  Hector Maluy: < perfidious: This ending is only the third I've seen with BB vs N- Timman-Speelman, Linares 1992 and Delva-Soltis, from Canadian Open, c 1980 being the others.>

Mikhail Tal won against Botvinnik like this.
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1961

Apr-26-09  WhiteRook48: 95...Ng4 is better
Feb-18-13
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  FSR: Jen was so close. She only had to make it to move 105. Probably if not for 95...Kh5?? she would have done it. The best defensive setup is to have your knight planted on one of the fianchetto squares (b2, g2, b7, g7) with your king hovering outside it (for example, N on b7, king moving between b6 and c7). If your opponent manages to break down that semi-fortress, pack your bags and move to another N2 square. P Popovic vs Korchnoi, 1984, played a few years before computers proved this ending to be a theoretical win, is a good example of successful defense. Play it out from move 70 on.
Feb-18-13
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  perfidious: <Hector Maluy> Yes-I had forgotten about that rather obvious one!

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