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Gerrit van Doesburgh vs Geza Maroczy
Zandvoort (1936), Zandvoort NED, rd 5, Jul-23
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Rubinstein Attack (D64)  ·  1/2-1/2

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ANALYSIS [x]
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Oct-18-08  MarkThornton: A smooth positional crush by Black... but White just wriggled out at the end!

At move 42, it looks like Black should win, but I cannot identify a mistake that let the win slip.

Dec-20-09  capanegra: <MarkThornton> Funny, the position you cited reminds me the recent (and tragic) Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2009 with the difference that Carlsen's supporting Pawns were too far for the rescue. This ending also looks won for Black at first sight, but a draw seems to be the only possible outcome with best play by both players.

However, instead of 59…Qg6 Maroczy could have tried a last trap with 59…Qf6 hoping for 60.h7?? (60.Kh7 draws) Qe5! 61.Kg8 Qe8#.

Dec-20-09  ounos: 54. ...Qg5 55. g8Q, cute
Dec-08-11  master of defence: What happens after 60. h7?
Dec-08-11
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  Sastre: 60.h7 Qe8+ 61.g8=Q Qe5+ 62.Qg7 Qe8+ =.
Dec-11-11  master of defence: Interesting how the inmediate 43...a5 loses. After 43...a5 44.fxg6 hxg6 45. h5 gxh5 46. gxh5 white wins.
Dec-11-11  Gilmoy: Here, the breakthrough trick 46.h5 to save 1 tempo (with 48.g6 vs <49.g6> as played) is trumped by letting Black <queen with check>, which gives the tempo back. Then Black wins the Q-vs-P endgame by the standard trick of forcing repeated Kg8s to trundle his own K forth.

Hence <46.Kg7> is correct: winning the h-pawn is just enough to hold, because White's free h-pawn can eat up loose tempi, and Black's Q can't force White's K to self-block g8 every other turn.

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