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Leonid Yudasin vs Joel Benjamin
HB Global Chess Challenge (2005), Minneapolis, MN USA, rd 8, May-22
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange. Rubinstein Variation (B13)  ·  1-0

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May-30-05  Whitehat1963: Interesting and complicated. The rook sac, 23. Rxf7+ is quite a shot!
Aug-07-05  grogygrmln: I've been struck by the R sac since I saw the game in the last Chess Life. I haven't seen any analysis whether Benjamin would have been just better off taking the Q's off after 27. Qe7+ with 27. . .Qxe7. Sure, white gets a N back right away, and materially W has more than enough comp for the exchange . . . but B doesn't look like he's getting mated right away, either. What am I missing?
Sep-09-05  beenthere240: According to Gulko in the 9/9 chess column in the New York Sun. white went wrong almost immediately by playing 25. Qd6 instead of 26. Bxc6. (Getting the move order wrong).

27. ...Qxe7 does in fact draw, but Gulko thought that Benjamin believed he had a chance to win with the extra material. 28....Rc7 was the losing move, with either 28....Nb6 or Rf6 being better, at least according to Gulko. The point is that this was a very intuitive and speculative rook sac.

Sep-09-05  aw1988: <beenthere240> You mean Yudasin went 9/9 in this tournament?
Sep-12-05  beenthere240: No I mean September 9th issue of the New York Sun. Yudasin got the brilliancy prize in this game and took second place. The first prize winner, Isoria, got $50,000. This tournament had a $500,000 purse, supposedly the richest ever. No wonder Benjamin decided to take his chances and go for the win!

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