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Emory Tate vs John Hechtlinger
90th US Open (1989), Chicago, IL USA, rd 7, Aug-11
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Modern Variation General (B83)  ·  1-0

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Dec-01-23  macer75: Mr. Tate's unmatched perspicacity and sheer indefatigability were on full display in this game!
Dec-02-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  fredthebear: Are you related to the Shaw clan by chance?
Dec-02-23  macer75: <fredthebear: Are you related to the Shaw clan by chance?>

What is that? No, my last name is not Shaw.

Dec-02-23
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  fredthebear: It's a lot like dusty old sour vinegar forgotten on a dark shelf. Blah!

Why the brackets when we're the only two about?

Oh, Tate was quick to trade down. Doesn't seem to fit his reputation, but White was never in trouble, had the better ending.

Dec-02-23  stone free or die:

<Black to move after 22.Rgd1>


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Dec-02-23
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  perfidious: From the diagram, Black's best chance likely lay in 22....Rxc3+; whatever its consequences, they could hardly have been worse than the actual continuation, which offered Black no succour in what eventually proved a lost ending.
Dec-02-23  stone free or die: <<perf> whatever its consequences> yes best, and gives Black equality at least.

Other moves don't lose, of course, but Black is defending much more.

(I call these decision points - you have to commit, like here, trading R for B+2P)

Dec-02-23
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  perfidious: Defending these IQP positions is damnably unpleasant, the more so in an ending which offers only prospects of an arduous draw.

The only reason I would not have plumped for the idea I suggested was being able to analyse some variations which proved that it lost by force.

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