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Karoly Honfi vs Levente Lengyel
Hungarian Championship (1963), Budapest HUN, rd 9, Jan-24
Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation. Accepted (C47)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Aug-23-22
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  GrahamClayton: It looks like Honfi has a lost position due to the poor placement of his rook on c5, but he finds an ingenious stalemate combination.
Aug-23-22  Blak TikToker: Cool! GrahamClayton brought this old game back to life!
Oct-25-22
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  Sally Simpson: Nice piece chess here (mentioned in Dave Smerdon's 'Swindles.')


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I can see me looking 47.Bc8 but knocking it back right away due to 47...Rb1+ and Kxc5. I would not have gone deeper with the idea of g7 and Bg4.

Then you look around for another move and the best chance (having failed to spot the stalemate) is 47.Be6 Kxe6 48.Rc7 hoping for 48...Ba8 49.g7 but even that looks lost. (48...Kd6! 49.Rxb7 Rb2+)

In the game after 47.Bc8 a5+ would have removed the stalemate.

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