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Richard Rapport vs Evgeny Najer
World Cup (2017), Tbilisi GEO, rd 4, Sep-12
Slav Defense: Exchange Variation (D10)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Sep-12-17
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  An Englishman: Good Morning: Odd game; White always seemed to have exactly enough compensation for his pawn sacrifice, and not one tiny bit more or less. Funny little dance with Knight vs. Bishop at the end.
Sep-12-17
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  tamar: A draw almost like a win for Rapport because after 45...Bd3 46 Nh2 e5 47 Nf3 e4 he faced almost certain loss


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Instead Najer pushed 45...f4 and winded up losing that pawn a few moves later.

Sep-13-17  iterology: <tamar> if 45...Bd3 46 Ne3 seems not as strong as the game continuation. I wonder though about 47 ...e5 instead of 47 ...Bg6, seems to me that the f pawn is immune due to the threat of e4-e3, seems to me this keeps the pressure on
Sep-13-17
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  tamar: <iterology> if 47...e5 48 g3 Rd2+ 49 Kg1 fxg3 50 Rxg3 e4 51 Rh3 Kd6 52 Rxh5 e3 53 Nf3


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White can draw this by giving up the knight for Black's last remaining pawn. For example, 53...Be4 54 Re5 Bxf3 55 Rxe3 leads to a defendable Rook v Rook and Bishop ending.

Sep-14-17  iterology: <tamar> Yeah I came to that conclusion too, I missed that 48 g3 defuses everything. Maybe 45 ...Bd3 46 Ne3 is a better try although black's advantage seems difficult to convert, at the least.
Sep-14-17  iterology: <tamar> Nope, I was wrong. I think you're totally right, 45 ... Bd3 looks like the move. If 46 Ne3 Rd2+ 47 Kg1 (47 Kg3 is no better) Kf6 48 b4 Be4 and white is getting crushed.
Sep-14-17  JPi: A challenging opening. 18.Re3 seems an interesting alternative: 18...Qb6 19.Rae1 (19.Qd2) 19...Nd4 20.NxN QxN 21.f5 e5 22.fg6+ as 22...hg6 23.Bg6+ Kf8 24.Bh7 and Qg6-Qh6 white could answer to 24...e4 by 25.Qd1 (Not 24.Bxe4 dxB 26.Rxe4 Qd6)

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