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Alexander Grischuk vs Alexander Morozevich
Amber Rapid (2006) (rapid), Monte Carlo MNC, rd 3, Mar-20
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Zaitsev System (C92)  ·  0-1

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Mar-21-06  Kola: Moro should be awarded a trophy for most interesting chess player.
Mar-21-06  alexandrovm: white needed one tempi by the end of the game. Kd4 on move 74 proves that. 64. c5 seems to be the loosing move for white...
Oct-01-06
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  Open Defence: <64. c5 seems to be the losing move for white...> yes once those connected pawns start moving they are difficult to stop...
Oct-01-06  Brown: 13...b4!?

If 14.cxb4 Nc6, white has d5, b5 and dxe5 options. I think d5 would be the best. White's response prevents the knight from coming strongly to b4, but allows black to fight back with c6.

Wish Karpov was young enough against Kasparov in their last battles to play with this energy in the Zaitsev, or wise enough to work within the solidity of the Breyer.

Then again, though the result is not what one hopes for, his position in another variation of the Spanish shows he can (eventually) adapt.

Anand vs Karpov, 1998

Nov-25-06  euripides: An interestng ending - it's not easy to call the race between connected and separated passed pawns. 73.Kd2 seems to cost a tempo because after Kd4 and c3+ white has to move the king a second time, while he has made Black move his king only once. Does 73.a6 save the game ?

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