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Viktor Korchnoi vs Evgeni Vasiukov
4th Soviet Team-ch final (1955), Voroshilovgrad URS, rd 4, Sep-??
Benoni Defense: Hromadka System (A57)  ·  1-0

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Aug-01-09
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  Chessical: Korchnoi plays with great aggression and overwhelms Vasyukov on the K-side.

<17...Ndf6> seems a better defence as after <18.Bxc8> Qxc8 19.Qh2 Nh5 20.Bh6 Qf5 (not <20...Re8> 21.Rxh5 gxh5 22.Qxh5 Kh8 23. Bg5+ =) 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 Black has a clear advantage.

Or <18.Qh2> (Korchnoi) Nh5 19.Bxh5 Bxh3 20.Bh6 Bf5 21.Bxf8; again with advantage to Black.

Aug-29-20
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  nizmo11: Is the game score correct? 34.Ke3 is a strange move allowing 34...f6. Instead of this 34.Ne5 Nf8 35.Ke4 was an easy win.
Aug-29-20
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  beatgiant: <nimzo11>
On 34...f6, what did you find after 35. gxf6+ Nxf6 <36. Ne5> which at first sight looks winning?
Aug-30-20
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  nizmo11: <beatgiant>
After 34...f6! 35.gxf6 Black has 35...Kf7! and 36.Ke4?? even loses after Nxf6+, and 36.Kf4 Nxf6 is and easy draw, Black King now stops the pawn.
This was pointed out by Stockfish and is not very simple, so both may have missed this.
But still 34.Ne5 seems to me much more natural move to play. Perhaps Korchnoi in time trouble played 35.Ke3 to maintain the position to adjourn the game, and avoided the 'committal' 34.Ne5, where the pawn end game needs to be calculated.

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