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Boris Gelfand vs Vladimir Malakhov
Russian Team Championship (2005), Sochi RUS, rd 3, Apr-21
Slav Defense: Chameleon Variation (D15)  ·  1-0

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Sep-22-10  freakclub: Nice win by Gelfand. A classic case of Good Knight vs Bad Bishop.
Jan-08-14
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  Domdaniel: A beautiful finish. Gelfand offers to exchange Knight for Bishop several times, each time leading to a won pawn ending for White. In the final position, the Bishop is lost.
Jan-08-14
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  Domdaniel: If 48.Nf6+ Bxf6 49.Kxf6 Kd7 50.Kf7 Kd6 51.Ke8! (51.Kf6 is a draw) ...Kc6 52.Ke7 wins.
Feb-11-20  tigreton: What a game! A masterpiece by one of the greatest successors of Rubinstein. One advantage is transformed into another one until the position is won: domination of the c-file, space and, eventually, a much better minor piece and a more active King.
May-14-24
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  plang: 11 Be2 had been played in a 2001 game but it had been Gelfand's intention when playing his rook to c1 to retreat the bishop to b1 keeping it aimed at the e4 square. Gelfand thought that Black could have equalized with 12..dxc! 13 Ne5..Ba6 14 Nxc4..Nfd5 15 Bxe7..Qxe7. 13..Ne4 would have been more active. 18..Qxb3 19 Bd6..dxc 20 Bc2..Qb2 21 Bxf8..Rxf8 22 e4 would have favored White but still might have given Black better chances than what happened in the game. Gelfand missed the opportunity to use an idea learned from Karpov-Unzicker 1974 Nice(Ol)by playing 22 Bc7! when after 22..Nc5 (22..Ra7 23 Bd6!) 23 dxc..Rxc7 24 cxb with a decisive advantage. 31 Be5 would have allowed Black to close the c-file with 31..Rxc2 32 Qxc2..Nc6 when it would not have been easy for White to make progress. After 33..Kxb8 White had a winning endgame. One of the reasons was that the Black king was too far away from the action; had the king been on e7 he would have had good drawing chances.

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