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Gabor M Kovacs vs Rainer Barth
"The thin white line" (game of the day Nov-02-2024)
Balatonbereny open (1994), Balatonbereny HUN, rd 8, Sep-??
Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian Variation (B02)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Dec-03-14
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  Bubo bubo: According to Tim Krabbé's chess records is this the game with the longest living quadrupled pawns.
Dec-03-14  whiteshark: Thanks for uploading this unique game!

Game Collection: 56_IPC = Irish Pawn Centre/middlegame-structure

Sep-10-16  ASchultz: Strictly speaking, White should probably have played Nd6 before Bxc4 to try to force cxb3. But on the other hand, we wouldn't have had a game like this with quadrupled pawns for so long.

And also 26. Rff7 instead of Rd6 looks more powerful. Bh8 Rxh7, or Bf8?? Nf6+. But after rooks are exchanged, the c5-pawn can't be taken. White has an interesting bind after this, and Black can't really get his pawns going. Fritz finds all sorts of mating threats.

Feb-12-19
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  Penguincw: Wow, record for longest lived quadrupled pawns. And I thought the tripled pawns from Kavalek vs Fischer, 1967 was impressive.
Nov-02-24
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  offramp: A very good pun by the great Beckmesser.

She doesn't come around much nowadays.

Nov-02-24  BxChess: The wall to end all walls.
Nov-02-24  ahmed566: It is draw,
In 4.Bc4 was played why Nc3 doesn't take Nd5
It is better to prevent dooubled pawns .
In 15.fXg6 why h7 takes the pawn instead.it is better In18.....b5
I see the decision to exchange queens by Ned4 is not correct it is better to leave my queen more time on the board because it is the most powerful peice on the board So i see qcf4 was better
Nov-02-24  goodevans: An interesting novelty which would have been even better if it had produced a victory for White.

If he had won this, which perhaps he should have, it might well have created a fashion for quadrupled pawn walls. This one certainly gave Black a bit of a headache for much of the game.

Jun-19-25
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  louispaulsen88888888: Nimzovich would have liked the final position. White, 3 pawns up, can’t win. A knight blockades 4 pawns single-handedly

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