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Alexander Morozevich vs Vladimir Fedoseev
Nutcracker Match of the Generations (2014), Moscow RUS, rd 2, Dec-21
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Noa Variation (E36)  ·  1-0

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Dec-21-14  ManicSquirrel: I'm a bit surprised there are no comments to this very smooth and interesting Moro win. A bit of a contrast to the style he is known for but a really impressive game nonetheless.
Dec-22-14  scholes: What if 20 e4, how does black saves night?
Dec-22-14  Layson: <scholes: What if 20 e4, how does black saves night?>

If 20. e4, black responds with Nf4. Then if white takes the rook black gets a perp with Nxg2+ and Ne3+.

Dec-25-14  patzer2: You'd think that after the gambit sacrifice of the pawn following 7...b6 8. Bf4 Ba6 9. Qxc7 Qxc7 (not 9...Qxd4?? 10. Rd1! Nd5 11. Rxd4 Nxc7 12. Bxc7 ) 10. Bxc7 Black might have enough activity to make up for the pawn deficit and equalize.

Results prior to this game seem to support that contention. The chessgames.com opening explorer shows six games prior to this one with five of them resulting in draws.

The one game where White won, prior to this one, was in the Super GM contest Carlsen vs Adams, 2007.

Apparently with 10...0-0, Black was trying to improve over Adam's result with this very same move (i.e. 10...0-0).

At first glance, it might appear Morozevich's and Carlsen's wins put this entire pawn gambit line in doubt for Black.

However, there would seem to be room for improvement in Black's play in both of those games.

In this game, Black might improve over 12...Nd5 with 12...Rfc8 when Fritz 12 indicates strong play could go 12... Rfc8 13. Kd2 Rc7 14. e4 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Rbc8 16. Rb1 Rc2+ 17. Kd3 Rxg2 18. Ne2 Kf8 19. Rbg1 Rxg1 20. Rxg1 g6 =.

Dec-25-14  patzer2: Fritz indicates the losing move for Black was 19...Rd7?? (instead Black should play 19...Kf7 ), allowing 20. Ne2! , a subtle winning move which might make for a good future weekend puzzle.
Apr-23-15  rodrigochaves: http://en.chessbase.com/post/the-nu...

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