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Murtas Kazhgaleyev vs Predrag Nikolic
"Drag Race" (game of the day May-27-2025)
European Club Cup (2007), Kemer TUR, rd 6, Oct-08
Zukertort Opening: Lisitsyn Gambit (A04)  ·  0-1

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Jun-25-18  weisyschwarz: Drag Race!
May-27-25
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  OhioChessFan: No idea what the pun means....
May-27-25
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  WannaBe: <OCF> Pre<drag>, maybe?
May-27-25
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  WannaBe: And it's race before white's pawn queens?
May-27-25  grasser: It seemed to me that White was winning most of the game. A shocking loss.
May-27-25
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  Honza Cervenka: It was better to force trade of Queens by 25.Qe4 or 25.Qd4. 35.Nh7 was a mistake leading to loss.
May-27-25
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  offramp: Both players were dressed as women.
May-27-25
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  dheilke: I've never seen the annotation 43. ... ♕a1#?? checkmating one's opponent is marked as a BLUNDER? Stockfish has gone coo-coo bananas! (along with the computer annotation that the "correct" move was ... Qa1#)
May-28-25  Walter Glattke: Fake news?. 25.Qe4!? Nc3+ 26.Nxc3 Bxe4/ 26.bxc3 Bxe4 27.Rd8# therefore 26.-Bxb5 Qxe3 25.Qe4 b6 26.Qxe3 Nxe3 27.Rd8+ and RxB 25.-Be7 26.Qxe3 Nxe3 27.Nxa7 Kc6 (27.-Kb8? 28.Nxc6+ bxc6 29.Re1

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