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Isaac Kashdan vs Arnold Denker
United States Championship (1942), New York, NY USA, rd 8, Apr-19
Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Variation (D37)  ·  1-0

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Apr-25-21
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  Phony Benoni: In chess, as in life, what you have may not be as important as what you do with it.

Consider the set-up of White's heavy pieces after <20.Qa2>


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Doesn't seem to be an awesome power formation over there, but that's not the point. White is going to take Black's c-pawn, after which Black will have to retaliate by taking White's a-awn -- and, suddenly, the world makes sense again.

And there's a nice little shot after <39...Qf6>:


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After <40.Bxd4> the bishop is immune since 40...Qxd4 allows a surprising mate-in-two starting with <41.Bxg6+>.

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