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David Bronstein vs Ludek Pachman
Moscow - Prague (1946), Moscow URS, rd 2, May-??
Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84)  ·  1-0

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Aug-30-04  mack: 27.Rxd5! is the obvious killer move; the c-rook just adds that bit more pressure to the capturing piece and black is doomed.
Aug-14-07  wolfmaster: I've never seen the 10.Ba2 variation of the Lopez before.
Aug-14-07  Wolfgang01: That's your first look!!
Apr-26-10  DrGridlock: Interesting "win" for White.

Bronstein writes in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice,"

"The main lesson: don't get into time trouble! I had no time to find a direct win and Black had no time to claim a draw by repition of moves."

The position near the end of the game with White's knights on g5 and e5, and Black's king on g8 occurs three times.

Apr-26-10
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  paulalbert: <DrGridlock> Thanks for your comment. I had not focussed on Bronstein's final sentence in his comments on this game while reading "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". Actually this is a very instructive example to emphasize that it's 3 times repetition of position ( not necessarily consecutive and even if the moves that effectuate the repeated position are different ), that enables one to claim a draw; obviously, especially when in time trouble, not easy to discern the 3 times repetition resulting from different moves in this position even though the 3 repeats here are consecutive . I wonder whether either Bronstein or Pachman realized their respective errors, worth a 1/2 point, right after the game, only later, or an observer pointed it out to them. Paul Albert
Aug-16-11  rustyj: Why doesn't black take the white Rook after 27. Rxd5 with 27...bxd5?
Aug-16-11
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  perfidious: <Paul> The triple repetition must also have the same player on move in each case.

<rustyj: Why doesn't black take the white Rook after 27. Rxd5 with 27...bxd5?>

The outcome is even worse than the game continuation after either 28.Bxd5+ Kf8 29.Ne6+ or 28....Kh8 29.Nf7+ Kg8 30.Nxd8+.

Apr-25-14  ericdokmo: This game has incorrect ECO code. The correct code is C88 and not C84.

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