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Sebastien Pucher vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
French Team Championship (2015), Le Grau-du-Roi FRA, rd 4, Jun-02
Indian Game: Anti-Grünfeld. Alekhine Variation (D70)  ·  0-1

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Jun-04-15  tonsillolith: If you're a timid player, then <31...a5> might not feel like a good move as Black, because it exposes your b5 pawn to attack, and it liquidated the a6-b5 shelter protecting all your pieces. However the move is absolutely essential for winning the game just 7 moves later. Just goes to show.
Jun-04-15
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  perfidious: Vachier's 31....a5 is an obvious move to consider in such positions, if not necessarily to play: here, once the position is opened, his pieces will be far more active than his opponent's, the factor which led to the speedy denouement.

At the finish, White cannot even play 39.Nb2, as 39....Qxb2 wins on the spot.

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