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Svetozar Gligoric vs Vladimir Liberzon
Moscow (1963), Moscow URS, rd 1, Oct-29
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto. Long Variation (E68)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Mar-04-11
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  Phony Benoni: <62...?>


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A different kind of puzzle. The score gives <62...Ra6>, with the game promptly agreed drawn. This seems at least two improbabilities too many. What do you think Black actually played?

Mar-04-11  ughaibu: Rh6?

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Mar-04-11  Nilsson: Nicbase and Chessbites have the same
62..Ra6 and a draw. The most logical explanation should be 1-0.(63.h4#) /JN
Mar-04-11
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  Phony Benoni: Here's a copy of the crosstable from RusBase, which indicates a draw:

http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1963/...

Their copy of the score also indicates 62...Ra6. I'm inclined to think <ughaibu> is right, and Black actually played <62...Rh6> (R-KR6) instead of <62...Ra6> (R-QR6). However, I don't know how to verify this outside of common sense; if it is a mistake, it appears to have been universally perpetuated.

By the way, <62...Rh6> is the only move to draw for Black. After 63.Bxh6+ Kxh6, White must use his knight to hold the b-pawn. Black wlll able to win White's pawn by attacking it with his king and using the f-pawn to lure White's king away.

Mar-04-11  Nilsson: Thank You Phony Benoni. In that case I also beleive in 62..Rh6. 61..Kg5? much better is 61..h5 with winning chanses for black. /JN
Mar-04-11  ughaibu: On the subject of typos, shouldn't it be "unleash her curses. . . ."?
Mar-04-11
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  Phony Benoni: <ughaibu> Hmmm. I thought Google Translator seemed a little tipsy.
Sep-07-12  sneaky pete: According to the Deutsche Schachzeitung, February 1964, the last move was 62... Rh6 (correction submitted). The typo 62... Ra6 may come from the original Moscow tournament bulletin, if there was one, and was repeated in the (first and only?) tournament book by Bozic and Matanovic, published in 1964.

The DSZ also mentions that some kibitzers claimed that a move earlier 61... Rb6 62.Bd4! b2(?)


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would have been winning, and asks: is this true?

The answer, of course, is no.

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