Mar-30-22 Ftacnik vs K Georgiev, 1976 
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| visis: Vermit: But 35.Qc7 is not check as the black bishop is still on g7.
Benjamin 1981: Your variations seems to be correct. IMHO both players missed the possibility not to take the bishop on g7. |
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Aug-10-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Navara, 2017
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| visis: 9...d4? is serious mistake. Even stronger was 11.Nxe5! |
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Jan-24-21 Smyslov vs Petrov, 1940
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| visis: Resignation Trap: That´s true but 39...Ra8 should be even stronger than Qe3. 40. Qf1 Bc5. But fatal mistake was 40...Be7 when 40...Bc5! was still winning for black. |
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Jan-17-21 Smyslov vs A Konstantinopolsky, 1939
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| visis: I like 13.d4!. For black its hard to find the only good continuation 13...Bg4. 18.Bxd5 is objectively not the strongest. Smyslov realized that 18.Bc2 could be stronger move creating threats on the b1-h7 diagonal but he played for ending according his nature and proverb a bird in hand ... |
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Oct-06-20 A Yusupov vs Shirov, 2012
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| visis: Richard Palliser in his book on Torre Attack suggests 20.Bxf7+ Qxf7 21.Qxb7 Re8 22.Qxf7 instead 20.Rf4 which move designes he by questionmark. But according Stockfish the arising positions are equal. The bishops pair of black is still powerful enough to equalize against rook and four ... |
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Sep-17-14 Anand vs B Badea, 1990
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| visis: This opening truly is not B90, but Fischer-Sozin B87 ECO. |
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