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Viktor Korchnoi vs Artur Yusupov
Chess Classics Masters (1998), Frankfurt, rd 10, Jun-17
English Opening: King's English Variation. Botvinnik System (A26)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
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1-0

rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1
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Nov-09-04  kevin86: How about this for an unusual finish-black promotes-and resigns!!!
Nov-09-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sneaky: If he was going to resign anyhow, he should have taken a bishop just for a laugh.
Apr-26-06  Mating Net: Why doesn't Black exchange his worst piece, the h5 Knight, for the strong Bishop that dominates the b8-h2 diagonal? Black could have played 28...Nxf4+ and eased his defensive task considerably. White made the exchange sac 24.Rxc7, in part, to activate his dark squared Bishop.
Jun-01-09  arsen387: Was black's position holdable before 36..a5? seems like white can do no progress because of his open K (there's a perpetual if white N and B go for the pawns) if blacks keep on playing only Ka8 to b7 and back. An interesting game though
Oct-26-11  master of defence: What happens after 38...Qxe8?
White has a mating combination?
Oct-26-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sastre: If 38...Qxe8, 39.Qxb6+ Ka8 40.Qa7#.
May-09-13  Wyatt Gwyon: I don't think I've ever seen a promotion followed immediately by resignation. Interesting game.
Feb-19-19  Garech: Great game from Korchnoi!
Feb-20-19
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  HeMateMe: Pure korchnoi, wild open ended chess. Black seemed to be in it all the way to the end.

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