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Kassa Korley vs Matthias Bach
Politiken Cup (2009), Helsingor DEN, rd 5, Jul-21
English Opening: Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Variation (A31)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Aug-28-09  sharkbenjamin: This is a wild draw! I do not know if the opening is standard fare. I have seen black's intial pawn sacrifice before. Please comment if you know more about the opening phase or any analysis of the game. Thanks!
Aug-28-09  levelzx: I agree, this i exciting, though I think both sides could do much better.

Myself, I would never play 5. Nb5, despite it seems to be plausible. This Knight goes nowhere, and from b3 it would observe c5 square, preventing Queen+Bishop battery.

I dislike 10. f3, further weakening the Kingside. I would play 10. Be2 instead, even if 11. Bh3 is annoying. Actually, it looks like 10. g3 was poor as well.

Later, I'd consider 20. f4! I believe this is a strong move, possibly winning an exchange. I guess further exposing the King was the last thing White would consider, so they went other way.

After 26...Ne6, maybe 27. Qh4? And after 29...Nf4+ taking is the worst possibility IMO. Why not 30. Ke4? Seems e5 pawn must fall in this variation.

These are just brief suggestions, I made no analysi at all, but I'd like to see what you think about them.

Nov-22-09
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  Chessical: Some examples of top-class players using this line:

Aronian vs Sutovsky, 2007
Korchnoi vs D Gurevich, 2007

<levelzx>'s suggestion of <20. f4!?> is a strong move, but it does not win the exchange, for example:

<20...exf4> 21. Bd4 Bg5 22.Kf1 Nfd7 (this is better than 22... Na6 23. h4 Bh6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. d6 Rab8) 23. h4 Bh6 24. Bf3 a5 with advantage to White

I believe that White should have won with:

<32.Qa6!> Rc7 33. Ke5 Rb6 34. Qd3 Rc8 35. c7

Jun-02-15  Moszkowski012273: 17...Nxd5 and black is winning.

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