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Pieter Bierkens vs David Filipovich
Foxwoods Open (2008), Mashantucket, CT USA, rd 7, Mar-22
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack. Modern Defense (B13)  ·  1/2-1/2

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
1/2-1/2

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May-09-08  ProSemi: Giving up on 10) ... e5 because of 11) Nf3 e4 12) Ne5 Bd7 13) Qh5, however 11) ... e:d 12) N:d4 Bd7 leaves Black with a playable game. After the text Black gets into hot water on the light squares.
May-09-08  ProSemi: 14) Q:a7 wins a healthy free pawn, though the text is good too. Somehow this is not an easy move to see.
May-09-08  ProSemi: 15) Q:a7 is a second chance to win a pawn. Also good is 15) h4 followed by an eventual Q:a7. Sometimes when an idea is missed once it can be missed over and over again. However the text still keeps a nice space advantage.
May-09-08  ProSemi: Probably 24) Ra3 is better than the text, though Black is fine after ... Bg7 25) Q:a7 Q:a7 26) R:a7 R:d4
May-09-08  ProSemi: 29) ... Kf7? is played to enable capturing at d4, so that after Qc4 the pawn at e6 is protected. However the d4 pawn isn't going anywhere. Much better is 29) ... B:g5. This would also remove Whites control of the important f6 square, liberate Black's g-pawn, and Black can then regroup to gang up on the d-pawn. 29) ... Kf7? is also bad because two tempos will now be lost in getting a Rook behind the pased f-pawn
May-09-08  ProSemi: An easier win is 34) ... c:b 35) c6 Kg7 36) Q:b5 Rf7. Black is now in time pressure, with about 5 minutes left to get to move 40. The idea to get the rook to the f-file never occurs.
May-09-08  ProSemi: 37) ... R:c6 is hard to resist, and Black should still be winning afterwards, however a nice try would have been 37) ... Kg8! 38) Q:e5? f1(Q) 39) Q:c7 Qf3#
May-09-08  ProSemi: 38) e3 ?? throws away the win. Black has two pieces hanging, but thanks to the threat of f1(Q)+ he has just enough time to solve both problems, though he must start now. The simplest is 38) ... Rc7 39) Kg2 Bd4

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