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Murali Karthikeyan vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Gibraltar Masters (2019), La Caleta GIB, rd 10, Jan-31
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation. English Attack Anti-English (B90)  ·  1-0

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Feb-01-19  gokusano: Murali Karthikeyan, the guy to watch this year. Here he is, demolishing Lagrave's vaunted Sicilian Najdorf.
Feb-07-19  Saniyat24: After 29.Be4 the board looks picturesque, with Karthikeyan's two bishops and MVL's trademark double rooks, perhaps 29...Bf4 might have been a safer option than 29...h4...!
Feb-09-19  Ilkka Salonen: Nice game! MVL is out-played it is fair to say. This is gotd material, save player's name's aren't easiest for puns.
Mar-16-19
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  PawnSac: Ouch! a costly loss. Murali's rating was 2570 at the time of this game. His high was 2617 May 2018 and he dropped 47 pts by Feb 19. His March 2019 rating is 2583

< gokusano: Murali Karthikeyan, the guy to watch this year. >

Maybe. a fluke win. he was actually in decline at the time of this game. So we shall see.

< Here he is, demolishing Lagrave's vaunted Sicilian Najdorf. >

looks to me like MVL torched his own game.

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