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Vsevolod Rauzer vs Grigory Levenfish
Leningrad International tournament (1937), Leningrad USR, rd 1
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack (B10)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Oct-17-19  Retireborn: Much chopping of wood eventually leads to high drama in the endgame.

One wonders if Levenfish looked at 60...axb4 61.Kxb4 Bc6 62.Bxc6 Kxc6 with a potential ...e4, fxe4 g4 trick; then 63.Kc3! is White's only move to draw.

So he plays 60...Bc6 61.Bxc6 Kxc6 instead. Now White can draw with 62.b5+ Kc5 63.Kc3 e4 64.fxe4 g4 65.Kd3 g3 66.Ke3 Kxc4 67.e5 Kd5 68.Kf3 Kxe5 69.Kxg3 Kd4 70.Kf3 Kc4 71.Ke4 Kb4 72.Kd5! (but not 72.Kd4 Kxa4) Kxa4 73.Kc6 Kb4 74.Kxb6=.

Alas! Rauzer blunders with 62.bxa5? and further alas! Levenfish automatically recaptures, not noticing that this is the moment when 62...e4! would win for him.

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