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Sergey Dolmatov vs Anton Korobov
European Championship (2003), Silivri TUR, rd 10, Jun-10
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation. Keres Attack (B81)  ·  1-0

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Oct-05-04  refutor: (psst...patzer2 this isn't a correspondence game, while IECC is a leading correspondence website, the 4th IECC was the fourth European Chess Championship 4th IECC (2003) )
Oct-05-04  patzer2: <refutor> Thanks! I just went by the acronymn and didn't realize there was another possibility.
Oct-05-04  patzer2: Study of this GM game might be useful for those planning to employ the Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack (B81), 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5!? White gets a very strong attack that appears difficult to counter. Perhaps the subsequent lack of Master level attempts from the Black side in this opening line, following this game, is a testemant to the strength of the Keres (B81) attack.
Jun-05-05  MoonlitKnight: <Perhaps the subsequent lack of Master level attempts from the Black side in this opening line, following this game, is a testemant to the strength of the Keres (B81) attack.> Good point. When a GM gets massacred like this while the other player is producing doing normal, natural moves, other master players must think twice before allowing the Keres attack. On the other hand, 6...h6 is considered stronger than 6...Nc6. After 7.g5, the attack almost rolls by itself.

The ending is pretty. After 26...fxg6, white wins right away with 27.Rxg6! bxc3 (27...Kxg6 28.Rg1+ mates) 28.Qf5! and black cannot avoid the discovered check and h7#. Even such a move as 27.Nb5 would probably win, which just goes to show how much quicker the white attack was.

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