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Ilia Kan vs Isaac Boleslavsky
"Another Brick in the Boleslavsky Wall" (game of the day Jun-22-2025)
USSR Championship (1952), Moscow URS, rd 6, Dec-07
King's Indian Defense: Normal. King's Knight Variation (E60)  ·  0-1

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May-11-04  Benjamin Lau: 14. g4?! The thing about playing g4 in the KID Samisch is that it inhibits ...f5 to a great degree, however once ...f5 is finally played, it disrupts the white center to a greater extent. 16...f5! easily cracks open the weakened white kingside. 17. gxf5 is unfortunately met with 19...Ned3! An inspiration for players having trouble attacking the king in the Samisch.
Oct-10-08
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  offramp:


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Instead of 19.Rxd3, white could have played
19.Nce2 Ne1 20.Qd2 Ncd3 21.Qg5 Nxc1

The knights have run amok. And they are not finished!


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The game could continue
22.Qxe7 Nxe2+ 23.Nxe2 Nxf3+ 24.Bxf3 Rxe7 and black probably going to win.

Jul-26-14  jerseybob: Was 8.Rd1 meant to be a trap, hoping black would carelessly leave e5 unguarded, or did Kan hallucinate that he was playing Re1? Whatever, if white wants to play a future e4, as he does, it becomes a lemon, leading to a future lemon, 13.f3?(which is not, <Benjamin Lau>, the Samisch). And finally 14.g4? puts the position beyond recovery.
Jul-27-23
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  kingscrusher: Incredibly nice exploitation of a slightly weak back row when the rooks not connected. Leads to an absolute pin which leads to dark square tactics. Very inspirational game in my view by Boleslavsky.
Jun-22-25
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: Much has changed since 1952, if the DB is any indication, because White has fared very well in games with 10.e4. 12.h3, 13.f3 and 14.g4--that trio turns over the advantage to Black, rather drastically so.

For me, the most interesting position occurs after 17...gxf5. White could have tried 18.f4 hoping for 18...Ng6: however, Boleslavsky seems the sort of chap who would drop the Knight with 18...fxg4; 19.fxe5,Bxe5 or gxh3. Sound? Don't ask me; have no idea.

Also after 17...gxf5--White didn't play 18.Nxf5 to try and keep his pawns intact. Did he fear 18...Bxf5; 19.Qxf5,Rf8?

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