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Boris Spassky vs Andreas Dueckstein
Zuerich op (1984), Zuerich SUI, rd 2, Sep-??
French Defense: Winawer. Positional Variation (C19)  ·  0-1

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Jun-13-05  patzer2: Dueckstein's 28...Rxh1! takes advantage of 28. Rh1? to secure two pieces for the Rook as a result of the pin on c6.
Jun-13-05  RookFile: Yeah, this is pretty bad. Spassky
played the opening passively. With
black castling queenside, you have to
wonder why he advanced his h pawn up,
exchanging it off. He is almost
committing sui-mate down the h file.
I don't like 7. Nf3, preferring the
mainline Qg4 or 7. a4, with the idea
of Ba3, as Fischer played.
May-01-08  grasser: I didn't feel it was a dead lost position.
Aug-02-09  binno: Eval:-3,94 36.Kh2 d4 37.Qe2 Qf8 38.Kg1 dxc3 39.Bxc3 Ng3 40.Qf2 Qh8 41.Qh2 Ne2+ 42.Qxe2 Qh1+ 43.Kf2 Qxc1 44.Kg3 Qxa3 45.Qxc4 Qc1 46.Qe2 Qg1+ 47.Kh4 Qh1+ 48.Kg3

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Jun-03-11  hansdrp: what can i say, but spasski should have played on
May-08-12  optimal play: Apart from Korchnoi, it seems Andreas Dueckstein may be the only other person to have beaten Spassky with the French defence.
Nov-21-20  jerseybob: Checking this line at 365Chess, 11.Ng5!? gave white nice chances in several games.
Dec-30-23  FM David H. Levin: <<grasser>: I didn't feel it was a dead lost position.>

<<hansdrp>: what can i say, but spasski should have played on>

Perhaps White resigned because there's no viable way to prevent 36...d4, which would open the long diagonal and threaten 37...Qe7 (or 37...Qf8) followed by a check along the h-file that would mate or lead to mate. Although White could postpone doom by playing Qf1... and Kh2... before Black's queen would reach the h-file (so that White's queen could interpose at h3), White would remain with a weak a-pawn, weak light squares, and no counterplay. This position illustrates the attacking power of a bishop when the opponent lacks its counterpart.

So, given the level of the players involved, White's resignation doesn't seem premature to me.

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