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Alexander Grischuk vs Evgeni Stepashkin
Kasparov Cup op (1996), Moscow, rd 4
French Defense: Tarrasch. Closed Variation (C05)  ·  0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-26-20
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  PawnSac: < 31. Rd1 ? > I'm not a fan of abandoning the F pawn. 31. Rax7 looks better. Time to load Stockfish.

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Stockfish_11_x64: 53/61 12:40 1,270,836k 1,670k -1.03 Rb7xa7 f5-f4 Ra7-a8+ Kg8-f7 a3-a4 Re2-a2 Ra8-a6 Kf7-g6 Ra6xc6+ Kg6-h5 g3xf4 Ra2xa4 Kg1-g2 Ra4xf4 Rf1-h1+ Kh5-g5 Rh1-g1 Rf4-g4+ Kg2xf3 Rg4xg1 Kf3-e3 Rg1-g2 Ke3-f3 Rg2-g4 Rc6-c7 Kg5-h4 Rc7-c1 h6-h5 Rc1-b1 Kh4-g5 Rb1-b5+ Kg5-h6 Rb5-b6+ g7-g6 Rb6-b1 Rg4-a4 Rb1-c1 Kh6-g5 Rc1-c5+ Kg5-h4 Rc5-c1 Ra4-a2 Rc1-g1 Ra2-a6 Kf3-g2 Kh4-g5 Rg1-c1 Ra6-a4 Rc1-c6 Ra4-f4 f2-f3 Rf4-b4 Kg2-g3 h5-h4+ Kg3-h3 Rb4-a4 Kh3-g2 Ra4-f4 Rc6-c5+ Kg5-h6 Rc5-c6


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Stockfish_11_x64: 43/73 30:13 2,833,885k 1,563k +7.45 Re2xf2 Rb7xa7 Rf2-c2 g3-g4 f5-f4 Rd1-d7 Rf3-g3+ Kg1-f1 Rg3xg4 Ra7-a8+ Kg8-h7 Rd7-f7 h6-h5 Ra8-a4 Rg4-h4 Kf1-g1 Rc2-c1+ Kg1-f2 Rh4-h2+ Kf2-f3 Rc1-f1+ Kf3-e4 Rh2-e2+ Ke4-d4 h5-h4 Ra4-a7 Re2-g2 Rf7-f5 f4-f3 Ra7-a8 Kh7-g6 Ra8-f8 Rf1-d1+ Kd4-c5 h4-h3 Rf5xf3 h3-h2 Rf8-h8 h2-h1Q Rh8xh1 Rg2-c2+ Kc5-b4 Rd1xh1 Kb4-b3 Rh1-h2 Rf3-g3+ Kg6-f7 a3-a4 Rc2-a2 Rg3-g5 Ra2-b2+ Kb3-a3 Rb2-c2 Ka3-b3 c6-c5 a4-a5 Rc2-b2+ Kb3-c4 Rh2-c2+ Kc4-d3 c5-c4+ Kd3-e4 c4-c3 Ke4-d3 g7-g6

Well, i think we've identified the losing moment. Although I must say that Grischuk's position was already difficult. He may have played a desperation move, hoping for better results for the A pawn.

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