Sep-15-06 J Grefe vs Najdorf, 1976 
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| Polak: It's rare to see a combination based on pawn c6, when black's king seems to be hidden safely on kingside. Who could suspect this? A brilliancy, though. |
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Jun-21-06 G Frintrop vs A Barskij, 2001
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| Polak: Nice example of offside knight. Barskij made numerous mistakes: ...Nc8, ...g6, ...R:f6. He must have overlooked final combination, which is pretty, but not forced: noone ordered him to take bishop on g6. |
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Jun-21-06 A Al-Rakib vs M Mohammed Abdul, 2006
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| Polak: 14...Nb6 15. Ne5 e6 16. Qc7 Q:c7 17. R:c7 Be7 18. R:b7 Nfd7 19. N:d7 N:d7 20. Ra7 etc. |
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Jun-13-06 J Degraeve vs J Tomczak, 2006
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| Polak: That's what happens when you badly want to capture at least one hanging piece. I'm pretty sure 12...N:e4 was a cruical mistake here. I don't know why 15...f6 was played instead of 15...f5, or 15...h6. With so isolated queenside Tomczak should have been very, very careful. |
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Jun-09-06 S Polgar vs P Hardicsay, 1985
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| Polak: Might have beeen played: 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qb3 Bc8 with simple repetition. Not 10...Qc7, because 11. B:d6 costs an exchange. To prolong the game black should either play 9...Kf8!?, thinking about an artificial castle, or 10...Ra7!?, an strange, but useful move. |
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Jun-09-06 Fischer vs Panno, 1970
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| Polak: I red about this game few years ago. Indeed, Panno was protesting, because the rules of drawing pairs were changed during the tournament. I don't remember exactly, but Panno was somehow harmed with this. However, after this stunning battle he cheered up disappointed spectators by ... |
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