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Henrique Mecking vs Zahar Efimenko
Corus Group B (2009), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 1, Jan-17
Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (D38)  ·  0-1

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Jan-18-09  AliMatok: What should I say, ah nice name, Enrique with H!
Jan-18-09
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  Chessical: A very accurate game by Efimenko who plays a defence which appears new to his repertoire, and then exploits Mecking's white square weakness and in particular weak <d3> square to the maximum.

The pawn push <17.f3> leaves <d3> very weak, but Mecking wants to play <e4> as soon as possible to gain central play and space.

<17.Rfe1> seems more solid although after: 17...Na4 18.e4 Nxc3 19.exd5 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Bd7 21.Nxc4 Nxd5 Mecking has no advantage. 17.f3 seems to have been too ambitious. <17.f3> also proved an unhappy experience for White in M Lomineishvili vs T Kosintseva, 2007

<25.Re3> Nd3 26.Rd1 is even worse, White has no space and even fewer prospects as his pieces are tangled up.

After <25...Nd3!> Efimenko appears to have a winning position. Mecking cannot get rid of the <d3> pawn and this cripples his position. The presence of opposite coloured Bishops does not help him at all.

<54...g3> would also win for Efimenko: <55.Be1> g2 56.Bf2 Kc6 57.Kd2 Kb5 58.Bb6 Kb4.

Jan-21-09  Abdooss: Mecking was a Promising young GM in the 70's.. predicted to be one of the Top Contenders for the World Championship (from Karpov's hands).. Predicted By GM Keene himself.

Chessgames stated <These and other tournament victories vaulted him to third place on FIDE's world rankings list in 1977, behind only World Champion Anatoli Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi.

In 1979, Mecking was attempting his third consecutive Interzonal victory (Rio de Janerio) when he was forced to withdraw from the tournament, having been stricken with near-fatal illness (myasthenia gravis). It took 12 years for him to recover enough to resume his chess career. He still lives in Brazil and maintains a high rating, although he has not yet managed to rejoin the world's elite.> We have been robbed of another American Latin Chess Promise - so much potential, yet an illness took it away.. now Mecking is trying to capture his youthful form. Give him credit for that!

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