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Paul Motwani vs Viktor Korchnoi
Thessaloniki Olympiad (1988), Thessaloniki GRE, rd 13, Nov-27
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Variation (C11)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Aug-11-19  whiteshark: Paul Motwani has annotated the game in his book <C.O.O.L. chess>*:

"Try never to play a move without at least a momentary pause to ask oneself something like <'Am I missing anything better, perhaps a check or capture?'>. I had already seen earlier that Black's position would be in a critical state after <28 Ng6+! Kg8 (forced) 29 Rxa6 Re8 30 e6.> In the excitement, I picked up my rook on d6 without thinking and captured on a6. I immediately realised what I had done and was very disappointed about throwing away a probable win, but now I had to calm myself down and make sure I did not actual1y lose."

* (1997, Batsford, game 4, p.26-31)

Aug-11-19  whiteshark: where Paul may have overestimated his position a little after <27...Rxf8 28.Ng6+ Kg8 29.Rxa6 Re8 30.e6>:


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Black to move

1) +0.32 (28 ply) 30...Ne3 31.h4 Nxc2 32.e7 h5 33.Rxa5 Kf7 34.Nf4 Rxe7 35.Nxh5 Nd4 36.Nf4 Ne2+ 37.Nxe2 Rxe2 38.h5 Kg8 39.Kh2 Kh7 40.Ra6 Re3 41.g4 b3 42.axb3 Rxb3 43.Kg2 Rb4 44.Kg3 Rb3+ 45.Kh4 Rb4 46.Rc6 Ra4

2) +0.33 (27 ply) 30...Kh7 31.Nh4 Ne3 32.Kf2 Nxc2 33.Nf5 a4 34.g4 b3 35.axb3 axb3 36.Rb6 g6 37.Rb7+ Kh8 38.Ng7 Rf8+ 39.Ke2 Nd4+ 40.Kd3 Nc6 41.e7 Nxe7 42.Rxe7 Rf3+ 43.Kd2 Rf2+ 44.Kc1 Rxh2 45.Ne8 h5 46.gxh5 Rxh5 47.Rb7 Rh2 48.Rxb3 Re2 49.Nd6 Re6 50.Nb7 Kg7 51.Kd1 Kf6 52.Rf3+ Kg5

3) +0.57 (27 ply) 30...Na3 31.Nh4 Nxc2 32.Nf5 g6 33.Nxh6+ Kg7 34.Ng4 Re7 35.Rxa5 Rxe6 36.Ra4 Re2 37.Kf1 Re4 38.h3 Re7 39.Kf2 Ne1 40.Ra6 Nd3+ 41.Kf3 Nc5 42.Ra5 Rc7 43.Rb5 Nd3 44.Ke4 Ne1 45.Rxb4 Nxg2

6.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 9 v010218

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