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Arthur Pope vs Haydn J Barber
Australian Championship (1971/72), Melbourne AUS, rd 4, Dec-30
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Amsterdam Variation (B93)  ·  1-0

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Jan-08-17  morfishine: Black gets his baptism on the battlefield at the hands of the Pope, but after the tempting <16...Re6>, finds himself excommunicated by the surprising retort <22.Rxf7>, a truly devilish move one must confess, after which, there is no salvation

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  perfidious: <morf>, do you know of any reason Black was not granted a papal dispensation? Were his earthly sins so great as to put him beyond expiation?
Jan-08-17  morfishine: <perfidious> Thats a great mystery here, what with the Pope showing no mercy whasoever
Jan-08-17  TheFocus: You'd think the Pope would treat his Barber a little better than this.
Jan-08-17  ChessHigherCat: I think the Barber could have absolved himself of the Papal "bull" at least temporarily with 22...Nf2+. If 23. RxN, QxR, 24. BxR+ Kh8, or if 23. Kg1 Ng5 wins the Q

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