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Weaver Adams vs John Curdo
8th New England Open (1948), Portsmouth, NH USA, Sep-06
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation (B12)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Aug-07-11
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  perfidious: This is an opening I never saw Curdo play in his mature career, his preference against 1.e4 generally being 1...e5, with an occasional 1....Nc6 in opponent-specific situations. We had a number of games in both of these in the 1980s, in contradistinction to my usual choice of either 1.d4 or 1.c4 when facing master-level opposition.
Aug-08-11
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  NM JRousselle: Can Black win by trading all the pieces after 25 b4? The play would then go 25 b4 Bd4 26 Qd4 Qd4 27 cd Rc2 28 Rc2 Rc2 29 Kc2 b5. White is pretty much in zugzwang as his bishop must keep the Black knight from taking the a pawn. Black's King would invade on the king's side by h6 followed by Kh7, g6, h5. If White takes after h6, Black plays g6 and advances the king as mentioned above.

Does this win for Black?

Aug-08-11
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  perfidious: <JR> In your suggested line where White plays gxh6 g6, he can then try Bh4-g5 and I don't think Black gets anywhere.

It seems stronger to play ....f6, forcing gxf6 gxf6 when Black keeps control, as he runs his king to f5. White runs into difficulties, as he is often unable to go into the pure pawn ending, with his king offside.

Jun-09-25
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  FSR: <perfidious> This is the only game in the database where Curdo played the Caro-Kann. Repertoire Explorer: John Curdo (black).
Jun-09-25
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  perfidious: <FSR>, another opening choice unique in John's praxis (game not yet in DB) came vs Harry Lyman in the 1970s when he opened 1.c4, as he had no wish to face a Schliemann in the Spanish, given Harry's tactical adeptness. I remember leafing through the pamphlet containing all the games from that event in the 1980s and being floored. One day I will submit it.
Jun-10-25
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  keypusher: In <Forty Years at the Top> Curdo writes that Adams was winning even at the end (the engine agrees) but let Curdo off with a draw, which was enough to give Adams first place. "He was a gentle man."

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