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Sergey von Freymann vs Ilia Kan
USSR Championship (1934/35), Leningrad URS, rd 6, Dec-14
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Main Line (D63)  ·  0-1

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Mar-19-09
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  Phony Benoni: An exciting finish, albeit erratic, arose after <25.Qg4>:


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No, it just looks like White is about to recover his sacrificed piece with a continuing attack: <25...Nxc3> dispelled that notion in a hurry. With 26.Rxf4 Ne2+ in the air, the game continued <26.Rcxc3 Rxc3>, now with a bank rank motif. After <27.Rxc3> the knight was safe, but Black got a little idea and played <27...Rd8>.

White walked right into it with with <28.g3>, and Black followed him with <28...Nh3?? 29.Qxh3 Qxe5>. Apparently sensing another back rank mate, White played <30.Qh7+??>, completely overlooking that after 30.dxe5 Rd1+ 31.Qf1 he would remain the exchange up!

Or maybe he just miscounted. At any rate, the comedy finished with <30...Kf8 31.Re3 Rxd4>, and White, feeling he had seen enough back rank mates (both real and imaginary) for one day, resigned.

One hopes time pressure was involved.

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