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Marcos Luckis vs Paul Keres
Buenos Aires (1939), Buenos Aires ARG, rd 4, Oct-06
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense. Polerio Defense Yankovich Variation (C58)  ·  0-1

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May-05-04
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  tpstar: telgopar-tpstar0 (Yahoo 5/3/04): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. ed Na5 6. d3 h6 7. Nf3 e4 8. Qe2 Nxc4 9. dxc4 Bc5 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Nd2 Bg4 12. f3?! ef 13. gf Re8 14. Nde4?! Nxe4 (14 ... Bb4 15. Bd2 Bxc3 & 16 ... Rxe4, or 15. fxg4 Rxe4 16. Be3 Nxg4, so instead 14. Nce4 induces 14 ... Nxe4) 15. Nxe4 Qh4+ 16. Kd1 Bxf3 (16 ... Bh5! 17. Kd2 Bxf3, since 17. Be3?? Rxe4) 17. Qxf3 Rxe4 18. Bd2 Rae8 19. Rf1 Qxh2!? 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Bc3 Qe2+ 22. Kc1 Be3+ 23. Kb1 Bd4 24. a3 (24. Bxd4 Qe1+ mates) Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qxc4 26. Kb2 Qb5+ (26 ... Re3) 27. Ka2 Qc4+ 28. Kb2 Re3 29. Kc1 Qxc3 0-1.
Jan-22-18  Nic Olas: This seems to be an unusual line in the two knights. Never seen a game like this. Got here from the great chess24 write-up on Keres. https://chess24.com/en/read/news/pa...
Jan-23-18
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  Retireborn: <Nic> Another interesting game in this line is

Salwe vs Marshall, 1908

Reinfeld analyzed this game in his Keres book, but I am not sure if it was him who recommended the blockading move 17.Be3 for White. After 17...e3! White's king has no refuge and he is close to lost already.

Nov-15-23
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  plang: 6 d3 is referred to as Morphy's variation and was popular in the 19th century but nowadays is considered inferior to the main line 6 Bb5+. 13 c3 is considered to be the best move though Black is considered to have good compensation for the pawn; Luckis' 13 Nc3?! was new but has not been repeated. 17 Bd2?..e3! led to a winning attack for Black; better would have been 17 Be3..a5 18 a4..Nf7 with the idea of ..f5 with Black having strong compensation for the pawn. 18 Bxe3..Ne4 would also have been powerful for Black. Again, 19 Bxc3..Ne4 would not have helped White.

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