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Viktor Korchnoi vs Boris Spassky
Spassky - Korchnoi Match (2009), Kalmykia RUS, rd 7, Dec-25
Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation (E11)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)6...Nbd7 was played in I Sokolov vs Hracek, 1996 (0-1)better is 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 O-O 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O = +0.43 (24 ply)= -0.10 (21 ply)better is 10...c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.O-O O-O 13.Bd2 h6 14.Rfe1 Qc7 = +0.04 (21 ply) ⩲ +0.57 (24 ply)better is 26...Rf8 27.Rac1 Nd7 28.Nxd7 Qxd7 29.Qe2 Rfe8 30.Qd2 Qd6 = -0.47 (22 ply)better is 27.d5 Nd7 28.Nxd7 Bxb2 29.Rab1 Bxd7 30.Rxb2 exd5 31.Nxd5 = +0.08 (25 ply) ⩱ -0.52 (21 ply)better is 30...f6 31.Qd3 Rb8 32.Rec1 f5 33.Qc3 Rbc8 34.a4 Bxa4 ⩱ -0.57 (23 ply)better is 31.Nf1 b5 32.Bxe5 Bxe5 33.Qxe5 Qxe5 34.Rxe5 bxc4 35.Rxb8 = 0.00 (29 ply)better is 31...Qc5 32.Rc1 Rbc8 33.Ne3 Re8 34.Qd2 Qd6 35.Qd3 f6 ⩱ -0.68 (23 ply)= 0.00 (31 ply) after 32.Nc3 f5 33.Nb5 Bxb5 34.cxb5 e4 35.Bxg7 Kxg7 36.Rbc1 37...Ra3 38.Re4 Bd7 39.Re7 Bxa4 40.Ra7 Bb3 41.Rc1 Rd8 ⩱ -0.93 (24 ply) 38.Re4 Rbc8 39.f3 Rd3 40.g4 Rd2 41.Rd1 Rxd1+ 42.Nxd1 f5 = -0.08 (28 ply) ⩱ -0.92 (32 ply) 39.f4 Rd8 40.Rxb6 Rxd6 41.Rc7 Rdd3 42.Rxc3 Rxc3 43.Kf2 ⩱ -0.82 (27 ply) ∓ -1.67 (25 ply)better is 41...Rcc3 42.Kf2 Rd2+ 43.Kg3 Bb3 44.Nf1 Rxd6 45.Re3 Rxe3 ∓ -1.80 (29 ply) ⩱ -1.25 (28 ply)better is 46.Kf2 Rc1 47.g5 Rd3 48.Ng4 Rdd1 49.Ne5 Kb7 50.Rf4 Ka6 ∓ -1.57 (23 ply); 46...gxh5 47.Rh2 Rdc6 48.Kf4 Bd7 49.Nf5 hxg4 50.fxg4 Rf6 ∓ -2.20 (25 ply)0-1

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Dec-25-09  whiteshark: It looks like a premature resign. Maybe the score is incomplete?
Dec-25-09  Kangaroo: White lost on time, but the position is almost lost anyway...
Dec-25-09  whiteshark: <Kangaroo> Thanks.

I think the game ran out of balance when White played <38.d6?>. He lost the pawn three moves later.

With <38.Re4!> ♙d5(+♙a4) remains protected and the position seems to be with balanced chances.


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Dec-25-09
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  Chessical: <39. f3> proves to be insufficient, but the alternative <39. Nd5!?> also seems to fail after:

<39... Rc1+> 40. Re1 Rxe1+ 41. Rxe1 Rc6 42.Nf4 Bf5 43. Rd1 Ke8 44. Re1+ Kd7 45. Re7+ Kxd6 46. Rxf7 h5

Dec-25-09  waustad: I was watching (on the net) and white's clock went all the way down. Spassky's clock got down to a few minutes too and then the official site stopped responding. I don't read Russian beyond being able to sound out some names, so an explanation wouldn't have helped much.
Dec-25-09  talisman: These guys must really be close to spend Christmas together!
Dec-25-09  Petrosianic: Let's just say that Kalmykian night life is not the swingingest. They not only roll up the sidewalks after dark, but the buildings too.
Dec-28-09  arnaud1959: We know how much Korchnoi is dangerous when he starts pushing his central pawns but it seems that Spassky wasn't impressed so much by them.
Dec-29-09  Ulhumbrus: 13 Ned2 undevelops the N to avoid exchanging pieces. An alternative is 13 0-0.
Aug-18-19  Lander: Me encanta como lleva Spassky el rey al flanco de dama así libera la torre que tiene alcance más largo.
Nov-07-22
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  HeMateMe: Didn't know they had played a match in 2009. The final decisive game in the DB here between the two warriors.

Not a particularly good game, but VK must have been in his mid to late '70s. Two giants of the game.

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