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Alexander Grischuk vs Rustam Kasimdzhanov
4th FIDE Grand Prix (2009), Nakchik RUS, rd 3, Apr-17
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation. Alekhine System (D20)  ·  1-0

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Apr-17-09  vonKrolock: <8.♘e2> 8.e5-e6!? Bronstein vs A Lukin, 1982

<10.a3> 10.0-0 Mecking vs R D Da Silva, 1995

<13.♘a4> a novelty

<17...♕c8>!? release the pin, and in order to play the ♕ to 'a6' if white sacrifice the exchange

Apr-17-09  whiteshark: I'd prefer immediate action with <12...h4>, e.g. <13.h3 f6 14.exf6 gxf6> and Black stands very well.


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Apr-17-09  SEANESS: can black play 39 Rh4 here to try and hang on?
Apr-18-09
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  Open Defence: I thought Rustam Kasimdhzanov might try the Meran....
Apr-19-09  waustad: I'm getting "malformed URL exception" for many of these games.
Apr-19-09
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  Open Defence: <Waustad> do you use a Mac with Safari as your browser, it happens to me on my Mac but chessgames.com has not come up with a fix...
Apr-19-09  Woody Wood Pusher: This game works fine on my Linux
May-04-09
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  Mateo: The turning point was 25...Qb7?!. Black has to play 25...Qa6! to impede a4, disrupting his pawn structure in front of his King.
Dec-23-16  Saniyat24: Tremendous defense by Grischuk facing dangerous counter attack of Kasimdzanov. A memorable finish...!

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