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Miroslav Filip vs Ludek Pachman
Czechoslovak Championship (1953), Prague CSR, rd 1, Nov-15
Formation: King's Indian Attack (A07)  ·  1-0

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Jul-22-07  benba57: What a game!
Apr-10-10  acirce: White had a very good position anyway, but Pachman said he missed 40.Re6 fxe6 41.Qg6+ Kf8 42.Qxf6+, easily winning. Sure, but even this is not nearly as convincing as 40.Re8! threatening among other things 41.Qg6+ fxg6 42.Rg8+ Kh7 43.hxg6# !


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Other threats are 41.Bxf7 and 41.Be4, and Black simply cannot defend. For instance 40..Rd8 41.Bxf7! Rxe8 42.Qg6+ Kf8 43.Qg8+ or 41..Qc6+ 42.Kh2 Rxe8 43.Bd5 or 41..Be7 42.Rxe7 (or 42.Bd5) Qxe7 43.Qg6+.

Jul-21-10
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  GrahamClayton: Pachman includes this game in his book "Modern Chess Strategy". He thinks that Black's decisive error was 31...♔g7, planning h6} & (g5. Black wants to move his pawns of white squares to avoid attack by the White bishop, but the weakness of the white squares is highlighted after the pawn advances. 31...h5 was a better move.
Dec-30-13  zydeco: I think black could have had a slight advantage with 16.....Rfd8 and if 17.Qe2 Qxd3 18.Qxe7 Nd5 19.Qa7 and maybe 19.....Be5.

It seems illogical to play 10.c3 and 11.e5 together -- creating a weakness on d3.

Nice variation <acirce>! For a grandmaster to miss two wins at move 40 suggests that Filip was in extreme time-trouble and just moving around to make the control.

Feb-22-25
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  Breunor: I really don't understand puzzle difficulty ratings? I just found this puzzle to be pretty obvious.
Feb-22-25
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  Check It Out: I predicted the moves through 53.Qxg4, but after that...
Feb-22-25  mel gibson: I saw the first few moves.

Stockfish 17 says mate in 39:

50. Rxd8+

(1.Rxd8+ Qxd8 2.Qxh6+ Kg8 3.Be4 Rd7 4.Bh7+ Kh8 5.Bf5+ Kg8 6.Qh7+ Kf8 7.h6 Ke7 8.Qg7 Qa8+ 9.Be4 Qa6 10.h7 Rd8 11.h8R Rxh8 12.Qxh8 Qe6 13.Qg7 Qd6 14.Qxg4 Kf8 15.Qh5 Kg7 16.Qh7+ Kf8 17.Qh8+ Ke7 18.Qg7 Qd7 19.Qe5+ Kd8 20.Qxc5 f6 21.Qd5 Ke7 22.Qxd7+ Kxd7 23.Kf3 Kd6 24.Kf4 Ke6 25.c5 b3 26.Bg2 Kd7 27.Bd5 Ke7 28.Kf5 Kd8 29.Ke6 Kc7 30.c6 f5 31.Ke5 f4 32.gxf4 Kd8 33.Kd6 Kc8 34.Be6+ Kb8 35.c7+ Ka7 36.c8Q Kb6 37.Qc5+ Kb7 38.Qc7+ Ka6 39.Bc4+) +M39/66 1,143)

White wins _ mate in 39.

Feb-22-25  vajeer: Black needs that f7 pawn but it also locks the position so badly. Once you spot that, it's not difficult to find the right moves.
Feb-22-25
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  Teyss: Seeing the combination up to move 34 and the finale with B+2Ps vs R is not too difficult. The difficult part is then correctly assessing the position and seeing the h-Pawn is strong enough either to promote or to concentrate Black's forces on the Kside so the BK is exposed to attack on the Qside.
Feb-22-25
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  chrisowen: I ah its v its z Rxd8 abridge its lug its huh its adagio its nug bridge its Rxd8 its ed;
Feb-22-25  King.Arthur.Brazil: One possibility is 50. Rxd8+ Qxd8 51. Qxh6+ Ke7 52. Qg5+ Kd7 53. Qf5+ Kd6 54. h6 Qh8 55. h7 Re7 56. Qf4+ Kd7 57. Qxg4+ Kd6 58. Qg8 Re8 59. Bxf7... it seems that B can't avoid this plan though is very hard to believe it on CB.

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