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Wlodzimierz Schmidt vs Garry Kasparov
Dubai Olympiad (1986), Dubai UAE, rd 14, Dec-01
Benko Gambit: Declined. Sosonko Variation (A57)  ·  0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-28-04
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  OlimpBase: One might be fairly surprise to discover that this win gave the Soviets yet another gold and deprived England of their first Olympic gold, unreachable until today. I don't believe actually White put up enough resistance, although the game looks more or less balanced along.
Sep-13-04  Giancarlo: What do you expect? Garry was just to good for the guy.
Jun-02-18  Howard: Interesting final position, at least.
Dec-10-18  Howard: Kasparov claims in the Informant that after 18 moves, he already had a won game !
Dec-20-22
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  saffuna: In "Kasparov's Fighting Chess" he (or his co-authors Speelman and Wade) writes that 28....Rc4 was a blunder, that 28...Nbd7 was winning.

They also point out that the tempting 29...Nf3+ loses immediately to 30. Qxf3. Turns out having pawns on f7, g6 and h7 without a dark-skinned bishop is risky.

Apr-03-23  syracrophy: A funny and cheerful gesture of resignation by Schmidt: https://youtu.be/jAyO2cxbSvM (minute 2:00)
Apr-03-23  Aminda: After 56…Nf5, it is mate in 58 (SF). Kasparov saw it all. :-)

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