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Tony Miles vs Dennis Monokroussos
"Breaking the Mono-Tony" (game of the day Jan-10-2024)
100th US Open (1999), Reno, NV USA, rd 6, Aug-??
Reti Opening: Anglo-Slav. Capablanca Variation (A12)  ·  1-0

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Jan-10-24
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  offramp: Miles was a genius at endgames.
Jan-10-24
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  piltdown man: The other guy wasn't a genius at knowing when he was kaput.
Jan-10-24  Granny O Doul: Never took his eyes off Black's toenail, as Nunn once observed of Andersson.
Jan-10-24  Teyss: After 54...h5? nice Wednesday puzzle (54...Ke6 or 54...Ne4 was equal according to SF). Would be nice to have some endgame POTDs from time to time. Dear CG, if you're reading this... make it Sunday so I can solve a weekend puzzle for once.

Was Black expecting 55.gxh5_? But then 55...Nxh5 56.Nxd5 still wins so apparently he completely overlooked Nxd5.

Funny pun fitting both players' names, albeit not Tony's style which was eclectic, notably his openings. And his list of favourite spirits.

Jan-10-24  goodevans: <54...Ke6 or 54...Ne4 was equal according to SF>

54...Ne2 was the other way to save it. The N gets back via ...Nd4+.

<Was Black expecting 55.gxh5_? But then 55...Nxh5 56.Nxd5 still wins...>

<54...h5?> was a truly bizarre move. Unlike Miles, I'm no endgame genius and I expected to see <55.g5>. "Surely that's got to win", I thought. SF confirms I was right.

So White has at least three winning responses to 54...h5. What was he thinking?

Jan-10-24  paavoh: It could have been interesting to see an unbalanced end game resulting from:

30...Nxg4 31. hxg4 Qxg4+ 32. Ng3 exd4 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. exd4 Qxd4 35. Qxd7 Qxd2 36. Qxf7 Qxa2 37. Qf5+ Kh8 38. Qxd5 Qa1+. With so few White pawns left, getting rid of the Queens might give Black a chance to draw.

Jan-10-24
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  hansj: What a game! A battle right to the end. Look at those knights!

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