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Alex Yermolinsky vs Jun Xu
FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2000), New Delhi IND, rd 2, Nov-30
Slav Defense: Chameleon Variation. Advance System (D15)  ·  1-0

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Aug-15-16
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  plang: Played in the second round of the World Championship Tournament; after winning this game Yermolinsky drew the second clinching the match before being eliminated by Adams in the next round. A few months earlier in Gelfand-Movsesian at Polanica Zdroj Black had played 10..Nxf4?! and had lost quickly; 10..e5 was new and was an improvement. 19 Nb6..Bxb3 20 Nxd7..Bd5 would have been fine for Black. The tactics in the early part of the middlegame favored White but 26 Re1? complicated his task; better would have been 26 Bd6..Qe6 27 hxg..hxg 28 Qxd3..Qg4+ 29 Kf1 with a solid White edge. 26..Qxe1+ 27 Nxe1..d2 28 Qc4+..Kf8 29 Qe2..Rxd4 30 Bd6+..Rxd6 31 cxd would have been winning for White. 31..Rcxc5? 32 Ne5+!..fxe 33 Rf3+..Ke6 34 dxc would have given White excellent winning chances. Stronger would have been 37 Rxd5..Kxd5 38 bxc..Kxc5 39 Bc7..Kc6 40 Bb6..Re8 41 Nd3 with excellent winning chances. Was it necessary to retreat the king to the bank rank with 41..Ke8; 41..Kf6 was an alternative. White slowly made progress eventually forcing resignation.

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