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Terry J Free vs Arthur Pomeroy
Correspondence Tt (1973) (correspondence), New Zealand
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Polugayevsky Variation Simagin Line (B96)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
1-0

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Jan-20-25
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  Richard Taylor: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 b5 8.e5 dxe5 9.fxe5 Qc7 10.Qe2 Nfd7 11.O-O-O Bb7 12.Nf5 exf5 13.e6 Nf6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Qh5 Bb4 16.Bxb5+ axb5 17.exf7+ Kf8 18.Rhe1 Nd7 This line by White is wrong but Computers and perhaps Nunn's book were not around. Around here Pomeroy drifts. The lines in the Najdorf and particularly the Polugaevsky and complex and dangerous for both sides...

(18...Qf4+ 19.Kb1 Qg4 20.Re8+ Kg7 21.Qxg4+ fxg4 22.a3 Bc5 23.Nxb5 Rf8 24.Nc7 Ra7 25.Ne6+ Kxf7 26.Rxf8+ Bxf8 27.Nxf8 Kxf8 28.Rd8+ Kg7 29.Rxb8 Bxg2 30.Rb4 f5 31.Ka2 Rd7)

19.Qxf5 Ne5 20.Qxf6 Nxf7 21.Nxb5 Qc6 22.Nd6 Bxd6 23.Rf1 Bf4+ 24.Qxf4 Qg6 25.Rd6 Qg7 26.Rd7

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