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Rudolph Ermakov (Goldstein) vs Vladimir Savon
Ukrainian Championship (1962), Kiev URS, rd 10, May-20
Modern Defense: King Pawn Fianchetto (B06)  ·  0-1

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Apr-09-25
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  takebackok: Monday like easy Wednesday wining exchange with dominating position. 17... Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Qxd1+ 20. Nxd1 Ne2+ 21. Kh2 Nxg3 etc. If instead 19. Rd7 Be6 20. Rxc7 Ne2+ 21. Nxe2 Qxe2 blacks up a piece for a pawn gg.
Apr-09-25  mel gibson: I saw that after about 20 seconds.

Stockfish 17 says:

17. .. Rxd1+

(17. .. Rxd1+ (1. ... Rxd1+ 2.Rxd1 Bxc4 3.Rd7 Be6 4.Rxc7 Ne2+ 5.Nxe2 Qxe2 6.Qe3 Qxe3 7.fxe3 Bc8 8.Kf2 Bf8 9.Bf6 Bd6 10.Rc3 Kf8 11.Rd3 Be7 12.Bxe5 Ke8 13.Bd4 Bd7 14.e5 Bc6 ) +4.47/44 323)

score for Black +4.47 depth 44.

Apr-09-25  Walter Glattke: What I found is preparing Ne2-fork with 17.-Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 19.Nxd1 and now 19.-Ne2+ 20.Kh2 Nxg3 21.Kxg3 wins the quality. Give a bishop for attack with 17.Bxc4 Rd2 18.Ba6 Qe3 is not better.
Apr-09-25  stacase: <mel gibson: I saw that after about 20 seconds.>

Took me much much longer than that, but I did see the potential Queen King fork. It was just a matter of how to get rid of the defenders of e2 to make it work.

Apr-09-25
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  perfidious: This is not at all difficult, but, unlike <mel>'s usual claim, I did not see it in a nannysecond.
Apr-09-25
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  Breunor: I saw the knight fork; so then it comes down to preparing it.
Apr-09-25
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  Check It Out: Fairly straight forward combo. I averted my eyes from the puzzle whilst I set my timer and then tackled this med/easy puzzle. Scanning the territory for 15.4 seconds, I spotted the main themes. Another 4.5 seconds and it all fell into place,19.9 total seconds beating the previous record of 20 seconds.
Apr-09-25  DutchDefensefromNL: Easy, just trade the rooks, remove the defender and fork.
Apr-09-25
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  chrisowen: I wack its q nt fa its vue its hold pj Rxd1+ aeo its oo aib its sub be ay its a aif its sufi Rxd1+ face
Apr-09-25  King.Arthur.Brazil: Gosh! I find the whole line... believe it or not? I did DELETE the previous msg since it was a repetition of the game... and many saw that too... The king was only more one. Good!
Apr-09-25
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  al wazir: I would have played on a few more moves: 23. Bb4 Rd8 24. Ne3 b6 25. Nd5.

White is an exchange down, but the position is pretty solidly closed.

Apr-09-25  King.Arthur.Brazil: I guess whole W opening is too artificial and weak. It seems that he played 11. b3 to win a quality, but then realized after playing that the his Q side would be so damaged, that try to mend things. Supposing he did so: 12. Ba3 Qg5 13. Bxf8 Bxf8 14. Nc3 Nf4 15. Qf3 Bxh3 16. Kh2 Bxg2 and the mate comes near. Also if 16. g3 Bg4 17. Qe3 Qh5 18. gxf4 Bf3 or 16. g3 Bg4 17. gxf4 Qh5 18. Qg3 Bf3 19. Qxf3 (otherwise mate) Qxf3 (♕ x ♘+♖ endgame).
Apr-09-25  FM David H. Levin: <<King.Arthur.Brazil>: [...snip...] It seems that he played 11. b3 to win <a quality>>

Hi, <King>. Have you been reading my transcription of Philidor's "Analysis of the Game of Chess" (which uses "quality" in this way)? 8^)

Apr-09-25
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  dheilke: <al wazir>: stubborn defense, but after your line of 23. Bb4 Rd8 24. Ne3, wouldn't black just cash in with 24. ... Rd4! instead of allowing the blockade with 24. ... b6?! 25. Nd5. In fact, once the jig is up and black plays 20. ... Ne2+, white's 21. Kf1 is a mistake that isolates the e pawn in an already busted position. Better would have been 21. Kh2 and 22. Kxg3. Then the e-pawn could be supported via 25. f3 and the defence would be even more stubborn!!
Apr-09-25
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  beatgiant: <al wazir>,<dheilke> I'm actually not seeing the blockade after, say, 23. Bb4 Rd8 24. Ne3 b6 25. Nd5 <f5>. How would White keep it closed?

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