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Khosro Harandi vs Rafael Vaganian
Rio de Janeiro Interzonal (1979), Rio de Janeiro BRA, rd 1, Sep-23
French Defense: Winawer. Advance Variation General (C16)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
0-1

rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-12-05  Knight Pawn: 34. Rcb1 looks like a waste of time, as it only brings black's king closer to where it wants to be.

Also, instead of 35. Kf1, 35. h4 may be better as it prevents black from contricting white, and there is a trap with 35. h4:

35. h4 Rd7 36. Rd1 Rxa7? 37. Rxa7 Rxa7 38. Rxd3 followed by g3 achieving the book drawn position of R + 4 ps, vs R + 3 ps on one side. Admittedly, in this line, Vaganian probably wouldn't play 36. ... Rxa7?, but rather 36. ... e5, in which case, white would be forced to play f3. This is still unclear, but still much better than what white actually played

May-06-11  Everett: Nice technique by Vaganian in the endgame.
Apr-09-14  Howard: Pal Benko analyzed this very interesting endgame back in 1981 in his monthly endgame column. It was yet another example of how the endgame rook-and-four-pawns vs rook-and-three-pawns (all pawns on the same side of the board) is usually a draw....but not always !

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