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Gata Kamsky vs Igor Novikov
United States Championship (2006), San Diego, CA USA, rd 7, Mar-09
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Poisoned Pawn Variation (B97)  ·  1-0

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Mar-10-06  suenteus po 147: 41.Bxh6 was a gutsy sac by Novikov for the draw. It's a pity it didn't pay off.
Mar-10-06  capablancakarpov: Poor Novikov, he lost only by one move !!! If he would have been in the 93th move, he could have claimed the 50 move draw rule....
Mar-10-06
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  keypusher: 89 Qf7+!! is pretty startling...was 88...Qc6 the losing move?
Mar-13-06  AdrianP: This 7. ...Qb6 8. Nb3!? will soon be known as the Kamsky Variation of the Poisoned Pawn...
Sep-15-11  technical draw: Players at my level would have kept on playing with 2 pawns for the knight.
Feb-27-20  Howard: NIC commented in a 2006 issue that Kamsky played this line frequently once he came back from his temporary retirement from chess. It also mentioned that he'd lost to Vellejo in 2005 with this line, but then he improved upon it in this game--and won.

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