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Nikolai Krogius vs Ratmir Kholmov
URS-ch sf Leningrad (1955), Leningrad URS, rd 16, Dec-??
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov. Modern Variation Kasparov Attack (B17)  ·  0-1

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Aug-06-05
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  samvega: Not otherwise an interesting game, but I liked the way Kholmov untangles himself from the pin. He would have calculated up to 53.Bxd5 Ba6# when he played 49..e4.
Aug-07-05
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: Actually, samvega, this is pretty good game and a nice find on your part.

1. The "nest" Black built up on the Queen side of pawns on a7, b6, c6, plus Bb7, Qc7 and Nd7 was mention by Kmock as an important mean for Black to organize his defense.

2. Black's ...c6-c5 give White a Queen side pawn majority while his doubled g-pawns mean an inferior pawn structure on the King side. But he had to play the move. As Soltis pointed out in The Art of Defense, Black needs this move or his pieces will never find counterplay.

3. You can't just play moves versus the Caro-Kann unless you want to die a slow agonizing death without knowing what went wrong. White's planless play allows Black to activate his pieces, direct them at the White King, and even turn his weak King side pawns into a strength. At the point when White blundered a pawn on move 35, Black was ready to sac his forward g-pawn to open the Bb7's diagonal, and allow an eventual ...Qe7-h4.

So this is a pretty good game after all.

Aug-07-05
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  samvega: <An Englishman> You a fan of the Caro-Kan? I got interested in this opening when I noticed that it was often played as black by very tactical players, leading to very interesting games, belying its stodgy reputation. Kholmov played it quite often. You might like, for example, Jansa vs Kholmov, 1976

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