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Emre Can vs Peter Svidler
"E Can Not" (game of the day Feb-26-2016)
World Cup (2015), Baku AZE, rd 1, Sep-11
Semi-Slav Defense: General (D43)  ·  0-1

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Sep-11-15  Ulhumbrus: 26 ef removes Black's bishop pair but contracts an isolated d pawn. An alternative is 26 f4.

Perhaps White had to gain space earlier by e4 in order to gein compensation for the bishop pair.

Sep-15-15
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  tpstar: A quiet game until White goes for it with 31. Bxd5!? yet 31 ... Nxd4! is an effective reply: 32. Qxd4? Re1+! 33. Kg2 Qxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxc1 wins the exchange. So 32. Bg2 Nb3 with a Knight Fork winning material (33. Qc2 Nxc1 34. Qxc1), except 33. Ne4?! Nxd2 34. Nxf6 Kxf6 and White cannot recapture 35. Rxd2? due to 35 ... Re1+ 36. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 37. Bf1 Bh3.

The Nf5 was well placed here.

Sep-15-15  TheFocus: "Oh, am I playing Emre? On that case, the win is in the can."
Sep-15-15  TheFocus: Saying in Hawai'i: "If can, can. If no can, no can."
Feb-26-16  Kangaroo: <Ulhumbrus: <26 ef removes Black's bishop pair but contracts an isolated d pawn. An alternative is 26 f4.>>

Regrettably for White, after <26. f4 h5> White will need to play either <27. Nxf6+> or the same <27. ef6> because of the loss of exchange due to <27. Nf2 Ne3>!

Feb-26-16  The Kings Domain: Had to play this game for the pun alone (heh). Good one.
Feb-26-16
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  al wazir: My choice for the pun would have been "Own goal." (Emre Can is the name of a footballer who plays center back for Liverpool. He also plays midfield, but the parallel between white's two ♖s and the two center backs presents itself quite forcibly.)
Feb-26-16  swordfish: Actually the pun is not all that great. In Turkish, White's name is actually pronounced like "Jon."
Feb-26-16  lentil: We eat what we can, and what we can't eat, we can.
Feb-26-16  lproyect: Only problem with the pun: the name Can is pronounced Jahn.
Feb-26-16  kevin86: If white takes the knight, black forces mate by 35 ♖xd2 ♖e1+ 36 ♖xe1 ♖xe1+ 37 ♗f1 ♗h3! ... and mates.
Feb-26-16  mruknowwho: I like 24...f6. It looks unnatural but exploiting king side weaknesses isn't easy for White in this position. It puts pressure on e5. The pawn was actually weaker on f7.
Feb-26-16  jith1207: pun is for fun, pronunciation is not.
Feb-26-16  RandomVisitor: <Kangaroo>26.f4 h5 27.Nf2 Ne3 28.Qxg6!


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Komodo 9.3

+1.16/23 28...Nxd1 29.Ncxd1 Re6 30.Qxh5 fxe5 31.dxe5 Qe7 32.Bd3 Bxe5 33.fxe5 Rxe5 34.Qh6 Re1+ 35.Kg2 Rf8 36.Qd2 b6 37.Nc3 Rxc1 38.Qxc1 Qf6 39.Qe1 b5 40.Qd2 b4 41.axb4 axb4 42.Na4 Qe7 43.Bg6 Kg7 44.Bc2

+1.23/23 28...fxe5 29.dxe5 Nxd1 30.Ncxd1 Re6 31.Qxh5 Qe7 32.Bd3 Bxe5 33.fxe5 Rxe5 34.Qh6 Re1+ 35.Kg2 Rf8 36.Nc3 Rxc1 37.Qxc1 Qf6 38.Qd2 b5 39.Kg1 a4 40.Qc2 Qd4 41.Ncd1 Re8 42.Kg2 Qf6 43.Qd2 Rf8 44.Ne3 Qg7 45.Qc2

Feb-26-16  RandomVisitor: The problem with 31.Bxd5 Nxd4 is that there does not seem to be a better move for white... black is squeezing white in space


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Komodo-9.3-64bit:

-0.71/29 31.Bxd5 Nxd4 32.Qf4 Qxf4 33.gxf4 c5 34.Kg2 Bf5 35.Bf3 Be6 36.Bd5 Rf7 37.Bxe6 Rxe6 38.Re1 b6 39.Re5 Rd6 40.Re4 Nf5 41.Rd1 Rxd1 42.Nxd1 Rd7 43.Ne3 Nxe3+ 44.Rxe3 Kf6 45.Kg3 Rd2 46.Rb3 Rd6 47.h4 c4 48.Rb5 Rd3+ 49.f3 Rd6

-0.80/29 31.Qf4 b5 32.h3 Qe6 33.Rd2 g5 34.Qf3 Qg6 35.Bf1 Rf7 36.Qd3 Qf6 37.Qf3 Qe7 38.Qe2 Qxe2 39.Nxe2 Nd6 40.Nc3 Nc4 41.Bxc4 dxc4 42.g4 Kg6 43.Kg2 h5 44.gxh5+ Kxh5 45.d5 b4 46.axb4 axb4 47.Ne2 cxd5 48.Ng3+ Kh4 49.Rxd5 Bxh3+

-0.89/29 31.Bf1 b5 32.b4 a4 33.Qf4 g5 34.Qf3 Nd6 35.Qxf6+ Kxf6 36.Kg2 g4 37.Bd3 h5 38.Nb1 Nc4 39.Bxc4 dxc4 40.Nc3 Be6 41.d5 Bxd5+ 42.Nxd5+ cxd5 43.Rxd5 Re5 44.Rd6+ R8e6 45.Rd8 Re1 46.Rxe1 Rxe1 47.Rf8+ Kg6 48.Rg8+ Kf7 49.Rg5 Ra1 50.Rf5+ Ke7 51.Rxb5 Rxa3 52.Rf5

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