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Paul Keres vs Miguel Najdorf
Alekhine Memorial (1956), Moscow URS, rd 9, Oct-23
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Variation (B68)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Mar-20-21
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  Honza Cervenka: I suspect that the order of moves in the opening is not correct here. Well, sometimes it happens that both players play the opening on "autopilot" forgetting to insert something important, or they switch order of moves of chosen line in a way that gives their opponent an opportunity to play something very unpleasant for them, and that the opponent operating in the same mode misses the given chance, but for me it is hard to believe that such an expert on Sicilian like Najdorf could have played 7...Bd7?? in the main line of Rauzer forgetting to play obligatory 7...a6, and that Keres, who was an opening expert of world extraclass, would not have replied it happilly with obvious 8.Ndb5! +-.
Mar-20-21  Granny O Doul: I suspect you are right, though of course we all remember that J. Polgar-Spassky game.

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