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Efim Geller vs Borislav Ivkov
Capablanca Memorial (1963), Havana CUB, rd 18, Sep-20
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Chigorin Defense (C97)  ·  1-0

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Jun-19-04
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  Chessical: Ivkov's pawns are just not advanced enough to save him.

If: <59...h5> 60.Rc1 b3 61.Rb1 b2 (61...Kxh3?? 62.Rh1#) 62.Rxb2 Kxh3 63.Rc2 and now:

(a)<63...h4> 64.Re2 g4+ 65.Kxf4 g3 66.Kf3 g2 67.Rxg2 e2 68.Rg1 Kh2 69.Re1 h3 70.Rxe2+ Kg1 71.Ra2 Kh1 72.Kg3 Kg1 73.Ra1 mate; or

(b)<63...g4+> 64.Kxf4 g3 65.Kxe3 g2 66.Kf2 h4 67.Kg1 with a win

Jun-01-05  shakespeare918: Great game.Great middish endgame:)
Oct-02-16  dadian: Ivkov finally went wrong with 51...f4? He could have kept the draw in hand with 51...Rg1+! 52.Ke2 Rc1 53.Nxe3 b3!

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