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Miguel Najdorf vs Harry Golombek
Moscow Olympiad Final-A (1956), Moscow URS, rd 3, Sep-12
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. King's Knight Variation (A15)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Sep-07-12  DrGridlock: Position with White to move at move 19 would make a good Sunday puzzle.

In "The Modern Chess Self-Tutor" Bronstein gives the answer:

"The secret of White's failure was that the attempt to continue the attack by playing his bishop to c1 would have unpinned the black pawn and allowed ... f6-f5. But had he not been in a hurry to celebrate a swift victory and had simply withdrawn his bishop into safety with 19 Bb1, then Black's position would have collapsed of its own accord. To withstand the pressure of two united bishops in the adjacent a1-h8 and b1-h7 diagonals is beyond the powers of any grandmaster."

May-04-17  Count von Twothree: ...except that Bronstein is wrong. Had Najdorf spotted 21.Bf5, this could have been one of the finest games ever played, e.g. 21...Rg8 22.Qh5+ Kg7 23.Qh7+ Kf8 24.Bc1 Bb4 25Bxc8 Qxc8 26.Re1 Bxe1 27.Ba3+ Ke8 28.Qxg8+ Kd7 29.Qxf7+ Kc6 30.Qxd5+ Kc7 31.Qd6 mate. It is a pity that neither Najdorf nor Bronstein managed to find this beautiful line. They would both have loved it.
Oct-22-17  ughaibu: Black can interpose the queen, in response to Ba3. He'll get rook and two bishops for it.
Oct-22-17
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Stockfish analyzes the best move as: +3.24 (26 ply)

<21.Bf5> Rg8 22.Qh5+ Kg7 23.Qh7+ Kf8 24.Bc1...

analysis of move 21.?

Dec-27-17  Count von Twothree: In the 21.Bf5 line, I agree that interposing the queen on move 27 is more prosaic, but it still loses: 27...Qc5 28.Bxc5+ bxc5 29.Qh6+ Rg7 30.cxd5 30...Kg8 31.Qxf6 Ba5 32.Qe7 and the passed d-pawn is too hot to handle. In this line, Black can't play 30...Bxd5 because after 31.Qxf6 the twin threats of mate and forking the bishop lead to loss of material.

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