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Henrique Mecking vs Brazil
"Coup d'Etat" (game of the day Dec-20-2023)
Mecking vs Brasil (2001), Internet, Xadrez Online, rd 1
Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (D38)  ·  1-0

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Mar-01-12
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  Penguincw: Wow. Mecking beat his country.
Dec-20-23
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  FSR: <Penguincw> I'll bet at least half of Brazil didn't show up to play.
Dec-20-23  Nosnibor: When Mecking first appeared on the scene of international chess a good friend of mine stated that this young player was "mecking a name for himself."
Dec-20-23  goodevans: I enjoyed this game a lot. Brazil proved quite a hard nut to crack.

Here's the position where the tactics really started to flow:


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Black has just grabbed a pawn with <33...Bxd5?!>. A dangerous thing to do in such a complicated position and White's reply <34.Qb5> wins material in all lines.

After the game's <34...Re5 35.Nf3> Black was right to cede the exchange with <35...Qe6> as retreating the R would have lost a piece to 36.Qd3.

The only attempt to avoid losing the exchange worth even condidering would have been <34...Rg4>. Against that White would have had <35.Qe8+ Bg8> (35...Qf8? loses the R to 36.Qh5) <36.Nf5>.


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Wherever the Black Q goes, <Rd8> followed by <Bb3> will bring the house down so Black did well to avoid this.

Even after losing the exchange Black's fate wasn't obvious and the tactics kept flowing until the trade-off to a winning endgame. Good fare indeed.

I liked the pun too, avoiding the obvious which is something I failed to do.

Dec-20-23
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  offramp: He was Brazil's biggest earning Grandmaster.

He was on the tour called <Top Mecking Cents>.

Dec-20-23  whiteshark: Life is what happens while you are busy Mec♔ other plans.
Dec-20-23  rogl: <offramp> Now you are just a talking head.

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