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Jan Adamski vs Stefan Mohr
"Wanting It Mohr" (game of the day Oct-25-2019)
Berliner Sommer (1984), Berlin West FRG, rd 3, Aug-20
French Defense: Winawer Variation (C15)  ·  0-1

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Dec-19-03  morphyvsfischer: 7 Bd2 is a little too passive for me
Adams delayed the kside pawn storm too long and he should have taken a rook on move 32.
May-06-05  soberknight: Mohr or less
Nov-24-17
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  naresb: <morphyvsfischer> Agreed with everything.
Oct-25-19
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  al wazir: 36. Kf1 gives white a playable game, though a ♙ down:

36...Qxe1+ 37. Kxe1 Nxh3 38. Nxd8 Rxd8 39. Rxh3 axb4.

Oct-25-19
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  NM JRousselle: 36... Qe1 37 Ke1 Nh3 38 Nd8 Rd8 39 Rh3 ab leaves White 2 pawns down in a totally lost position.
Oct-25-19  Cheapo by the Dozen: Cool game!
Oct-25-19  goodevans: <morphyvsfischer: [...] he should have taken a rook on move 32.>

It was already too late to save the game by then.

The succession of threats and counter-threats between 27.Rhe1 and 31...Qa4 is so complicated it's difficult to see exactly where Adams loses this. I.'ve an inkling it may have been <31.Ne6> because it allowed the black Q to invade with <31...Qa4>. Here's the position at that point.


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White might have been ok with <31.Qh5> intending to meet <31...axb4> with <32.Ne6> since now <32...Qa4? 33.Qxg6> wins for white because of the mate threat.

Of course black has other options on both move 31 and move 32 but this course seems to hold out more hope for white than the move played.

Oct-25-19
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  keypusher: < goodevans: <morphyvsfischer: [...] he should have taken a rook on move 32.> It was already too late to save the game by then.>

Right. 32.Nxd8 Qxa3+ 33.Kd2 Qc3+ (33....Nf4 is the even stronger SF move) 34.Ke2 Nf4+ -+.

Oct-25-19
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  rookchat9: Adam's missed 17. Re1!
Oct-25-19  smendel: I don't blame Adams in the slightest for not taking a rook on move 32, but 16. Qe3 seemed a particularly weak move, and 19. Bb5 is a move most club players would have made without thinking. Adams's choice, 19. dxc5, reminded me of the quote along the lines of 'you have to be some kind of genius to do something that stupid'. The gods of chess will often get themselves into the sort of pickles that we mortals wouldn't dream of attempting. No doubt Adams saw the d4 response, saw that Qd7 was hanging and he'd be a pawn up after bxc5 Bxh7+; but simply missed that after his elegant manoeuvre his position is terrible...

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