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Sergey Karjakin vs Dmitry Andreikin
World Cup (2013) (rapid), Tromso NOR, rd 4, Aug-22
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Variation (C11)  ·  0-1

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Aug-25-13  haydn20: 18. Rd3!? permits 18...Ba6=. 18...f6 is pretty gutsy. In fact, White would have a nice game with 22. Rxf8 Nxf8 23. Rf1: the better minor piece and an open file.
Aug-25-13  haydn20: After 23. h5, I can't find anything wrong with taking the Pawn: 23...Nxe5 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 25. Qe3 Nc6 26. Qxe6+ Qf7 27. Qxf7 (Qxc6?? Qf1+ mates) Rxf7=
Aug-25-13  haydn20: 28. g4?! White suffers from the delusion he can create action, but now the Q is cut off from e6 and 28. Qg5! would be powerful.
Aug-25-13  haydn20: 34.h6 appears to be a dead draw. Perhaps White should have taken it. 35...d4 is a really nice move, and Black may have missed a quick win with 37...Qf2 (worth looking at).
Aug-25-13  haydn20: Andeikin has been playing really well lately, yet no kibitzer has yet mentioned him as a possible winner. I'd love to see a comment or two by some of the stronger posters here.
Aug-27-13
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  PawnSac: < haydn20: 18. Rd3!? permits 18...Ba6=. 18...f6 is pretty gutsy. In fact, White would have a nice game with 22. Rxf8 Nxf8 23. Rf1: the better minor piece and an open file.>

18... f6 is no surprise and a quite normal French break, without which black gets a very passive game.

22. Rxf8+ Nxf8 23. Rf1 Ng6 ( Ra8? 24. Bb6 Qd7 25. Bxa5 Qe7 26. Bb6 is very problematic for black) and if 24. h4 black plays Ra8 25. h5 Rf8 26. Qe2 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Ne7 28. Qf2 Nc6 and Qf7 with good endgame prospects.

Aug-27-13
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  PawnSac: < haydn20: After 23. h5, I can't find anything wrong with taking the Pawn: 23...Nxe5 >

yes curious. Maybe both quickly rejected it thinking Qg3 and the knight is lost, without noticing Rac8 and the threat on c2 lets the knight escape?? but that doesn't seem likely.

or maybe its as simple as ..Nxe5 leads to a draw as you point out, and neither wanted to play for a draw. I didn't look to see if this was the 2nd game with Karjakin, but if he lost the first, maybe Andreikin needed a win at all cost to stay in the competition.

Aug-27-13
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  PawnSac: haydn20: 28. g4?!

yes white's game goes downhill rapidly after this. Re1 made more sense. But as sometimes is the case, a player senses the position is in trouble and in desperation looks for complications, only to end up worse.

Sep-12-13
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  Domdaniel: A classic French victory: Black gradually takes control of the board, reaching a won ending despite giving up the Exchange. Nice play.

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