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Thomas John Beach vs Savielly Tartakower
British Forces versus French Forces match (1945), London, England, Feb-17
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation. Yugoslav Attack Modern Line (B76)  ·  0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-02-25
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  FSR: These days people usually respond to 9.O-O-O with 9...d5! Opening Explorer. Stockfish 17.1 confirms that it is best. If Black, as here, instead plays 9...Bd7 10.g4 Rc8 11.Kb1 Ne5 12.h4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4, he ends up two tempi down on the line 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.Kb1 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Nxc4, since the bishop captures from its home square of f1 rather than wasting time on Bc4-b3. White has gotten in the free moves g4 and h4, so his attack is two moves faster! This (9.O-O-O Bd7 10.g4 Rc8 11.Kb1 Ne5 12.h4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4) thus usually ends badly for Black. Opening Explorer.

Indeed, after 14.h5, as in the game, Stockfish already says White is winning (about +3). The best way of demonstrating this would have been 16.e5! dxe5 (the piece sac 16...Nxg4 is no better) 17.Ne6!, winning material. Beach's greedy 16.Ndxb5?! was inferior but should also have sufficed. Stockfish 17.1 recommends 21.b3! instead of Beach's 21.c3?!, and 22.Nb5! Qd7 23.Na3 instead of his 22.g5? Beach's 23.f4? (23.b3! is still better for White) allowed 23...Ng3!=, which Tartakower didn't play. His 23...a5? allowed 24.b3!, again with a large advantage. Beach's 24.f5? allowed 24...Bxd4! 25.Bxd4 Ng3!, as Tartakower played.

Now Stockfish says White could maintain equality in several ways, the most picturesque being 26.Qh2! Nxh1 27.Be5! Qd7 (27...Qc6 28.Rxh1 h5 29.gxh6 favors White, but 27...Rh4!? is equally playable)


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And now 28.Qxh7+!! Kxh7 29.Rxh1+ with a stunning draw by perpetual check! After 26.fxg6? Qxg6+ Black had a large advantage and went on to win.

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