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Emil Sutovsky vs Alexander Morozevich
Russian Team Championship (2012), Sochi RUS, rd 3, Apr-11
Spanish Game: Closed. Bogoljubow Variation (C91)  ·  0-1

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Apr-11-12  hellopolgar: white is a 2700+ player...can you believe that?
Apr-11-12  messachess: It would seem likely to have been some time trouble for white at the end. Or, he just wanted to out-Moro. the Moro. with his loosey goosey 36.Nf7. Why not simply 36.Nxe3? White must have been tempted by the insecure-looking position of black's king.
Apr-11-12
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  Sastre: If 36.Nxd3, 36...Bg5 wins.
Apr-11-12  Layson: 36. Nxd3 Bg5 and white can say so long to its queen, thanks for the fish. From the time Morozevich had a passed supported extra pawn on the d file, all that was left for Sutovsky was desperation.
Apr-11-12  haydn20: I thought maybe 15. e5 was better than the game, e.g., 15...Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6. In any case it seems Black has little to fear in this line. Also 22. Ne5 Bxc2 23. Qxc2 c5 24. Qxc5 Nf5 25. Qc3 might have been better for White. This seems like a basic butt-kicking by Moro.
Apr-11-12  Gilmoy: <16..Bg6> leaves Black totally solid: looks drawish. White pushes too hard.

<23..c5> is already unanswerable: Black is fully active and owns e4, White has 3 at home, his Q a little old grandmother getting evicted from her apartment.

Maybe Sutovsky's team was already losing, and a draw wouldn't have changed anything.

Feb-13-16  clement41: 15 e5 looks good and natural to me, retaining the pawn center duo, seizing central space, removing the Nf6 and activating the Bc2 (both adding pressure to f7), also preventing black from creating white an isolani (although it may not be a weakness for white). Also, why not 16...Bxf3 either winning d4 or ruining white's pawns. Why 17...Re8 allowing Bxg6 damaging a bit black's pawns. Why 23 Ng4 allowing to damage structure and why does black not go for it.why not 24 Nxf6+ damaging structure. In short, this game escapes me

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