Jun-04-04 V Soultanbeieff vs V I Borodin, 1943 
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| davedude: Black certainly ran out of options in a hurry. I looked through the Opening Explorer, but wasn't able to find a refutation to the White attack that begins with 13. Nxc6. Any ideas? |
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Jun-04-04 N Dimova vs T Plachkinova, 2001
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| davedude: In Soultanbeieff vs Borodin, 1943, White played 13. Nxc6 in this position. With his black-squared bishop holding the g-pawn it was only a few moves before he was able to push the f-pawn with devastating results. |
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Apr-23-04 Karpov vs Topalov, 1994
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| davedude: Topalov resigned because he was down the Exchange (Rook vs. minor piece), <ruylopez>. And contrary to <myratings> preference for knights, Karpov's rook is enormously more mobile, enabling it to attack any backward black pawn at any time. Black's minor pieces will ... |
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Apr-08-04 Szabo vs A Bisguier, 1955
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| davedude: I'm not too familiar with this line, but it seems to me that black goes wrong as early as 10...Bb4+, trading off a developed piece for an undeveloped one. By the time white plays 13.Ne5, he already has a big advantage in space, a big lead in development, and his pieces are all ... |
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Apr-03-04 Najdorf vs J H Donner, 1950
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| davedude: <rochade18: Bb5 wins if the Knight moves away.>
Even if the Knight goes to b8? It seems to me that after 10...Nb8 11Bb5 bxc6 White still has 2 pieces hanging. Does White have another trick up his sleeve or is there a better reply to 10...Nb8? |
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