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Daniel Fridman vs Sebastien Maze
"Maze of Complications" (game of the day Jun-06-2018)
Marseille Open-A (2006), Marseille FRA, rd 8, Jul-06
Slav Defense: Czech Variation. Krause Attack (D17)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
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Mar-24-07  Whitehat1963: Neither Sebastian nor I can find our way through the Slavic maze after 16...Nf6. What's best play, and what's the finish? Help!
Dec-21-12  Everett: After 24..Bxf4 25.Re1+ Kf8 26.Rxd8#
Jun-06-18  paavoh: <...Slavic maze after 16...Nf6. What's best play...>

I feel Black made an error much earlier, misplaying the Knights' positions around moves 7-10.

After 16.- Nf6, 17.Qb3 seems very good too because the King is vulnerable from checks on the a4-e8 diagonal.

Jun-06-18
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  offramp: If you play ...Nd7 often enough it's bound to be right sometimes.
Jun-06-18
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  Check It Out: <offramp> you are definitely in the running for the Caisser funniest kibitzer award.
Jun-06-18  goodevans: Restless knights...

Black made seven knight moves in a row. Is that some kind of record for the opening?

Jun-06-18
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  Richard Taylor: It seems that Black's error started with 8. ... Nfd7 which is a good plan but too early.

Instead 8...a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 Bg6 12. Be3 e6 and it seems o.k.

5. a4 looks like a good plan.

Jun-06-18  takchess: 1) +4.89 (23 ply) 21...Rxb7 22.axb7 O-O 23.Rc8 Qxc8 24.bxc8=Q Rxc8 25.Rxa7 Nf6 26.Rxe7 Kf8 27.Rb7 Nd5 28.Bd3 Ra8 29.Kf1 Ra4 30.b3 Ra1+ 31.Ke2 Ra2+ 32.Kf3 Nxe3 33.fxe3 Rd2 34.f6 gxf6 35.Bxh7 . Line if black castles.
Jun-06-18  Once: 24. Bf4 is a fun finish, but white also wins with 24. Bxb6.
Jun-06-18  whiteshark: Mazeltov, Daniel Grigoryevich!

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