Oct-19-24 B Gurgenidze vs Petrosian, 1963 
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| Resignation Trap: Position after White's 23rd move: [DIAGRAM]
At this point, Black should try 23...Bxf1 24. Rxf1 e5 with a really impressive Pawn phalanx. |
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Oct-19-24 David Moody
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| Resignation Trap: <LIFE Master AJ>: I was a frequent opponent and traveling companion to David for many years. He had diabetes and kidney disease in his later years. Some of the best years and tournaments of my life were spent with him. For many years, he depended on other chess ... |
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Mar-14-24 Yates vs Schlechter, 1910
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| Resignation Trap: With 32. Rb2?, Yates lost a Pawn in a very elementary fashion. It was all downhill from there. |
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Feb-29-24 Karpov vs Smyslov, 1977
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| Resignation Trap: Position after 41. cxb4 Ne6:
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Here, Karpov's 42. Rf2? was weak, as it allows 42...g5!
Now if 43. fxg5? Rd8! 44. Qf3 Nxg5 45. Qe3 Nxe5+ and Black wins. |
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Dec-28-23 Kholmov vs M Knezevic, 1967
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| Resignation Trap: Position after 31. Bg3-d6:
[DIAGRAM]
31...Bxe3+ was a blunder. Perhaps Knezevic intended to reply 32. Qxe3 with
32...Qxd6 33. Qe8+ Qf8. But 34. Bxf7+ forces mate. |
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Dec-19-23 Lutikov vs Gufeld, 1959
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| Resignation Trap: Position after 22. R(f7)xg7:
[DIAGRAM]
Here, Black should get his King out of the pin by 22...Kc6, although White emerges with an extra Pawn (or two) after 23. Bxd7+ Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25. Nxb5. |
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Dec-19-23 Bronstein vs Lutikov, 1959
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| Resignation Trap: Position after 29...Bf6-g7.
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Now instead of the dramatic 30. Qxg7+, White should try 30. Qh4 Bf6 31. Qf2 Bd3 32. Rxe5! Bxe5 33. Re1. And here, if 33...Rf5? (better is 33...Nc7), then 34. Nf3, and White wins. |
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Dec-19-23 Tal vs Kholmov, 1969
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| Resignation Trap: There's a typo in the score of this game. Here, after 27. Bg6+ [DIAGRAM]
Black actually played 27...Kf8, <not> 22...Kg8. |
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Dec-17-23 O Neikirch vs Szabo, 1958
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| Resignation Trap: Szabo qualified for the Candidates Tournaments in 1959, 1953 and 1956. He was badly out of form for this tournament. 22...Bxc3? and 23...Bb4? were blunders which left him without any hope of survival. |
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Dec-17-23 Canadian Open (1956)
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| Resignation Trap: The player listed as Laszlo Szabo was really S Szabo , first name Sylvester, a strong player from Winnipeg, and Champion Of Manitoba 1959. GM Szabo was representing Hungary at the Moscow Olympiad at the time of the Canadian Open. |
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