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Alexander Tolush vs Igor Bondarevsky
USSR Championship (1945), Moscow URS, rd 17, Jun-??
Indian Game: General (A45)  ·  0-1

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Apr-23-20
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  fredthebear: Interesting battle won by the less exposed king, as usual, and the more active queen. FTB did not care for 27.f4?!, but White wants to hurry things along since Black has a passed c-pawn.
Oct-21-23
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  chrisowen: Noze its huv pluck ram Rxd2 abate auld imbibe its aea oar canal click its Rxd2 doh x
Oct-21-23  Brenin: It was not hard to see this one: the pin Rg6 is tempting, provided the R on g2 can be neutralised, so deflect it first with 37 ... Rxd2 38 Rxd2, then fork it and the K with 38 ... Qxe3+, forcing a self-pin 39 R(either)f2, and only now 39 ... Rg6 winning the Q. After 40 Qxg6 fxg6 Black has Q+B+2P for 2R, a clear win.
Oct-21-23  mel gibson: I saw the first few moves straight away.

Stockfish 16 says:

37. .. Rxd2

(37. .. Rxd2 (Rd7xd2 Rg2xd2 Qb3xe3+ Rf1-f2 Re6-g6 Qg4xg6 f7xg6 Rd2-c2 Qe3-d4 Rc2-d2 Qd4-a1+ Kg1-g2 Qa1xe5 Kg2-f1 Bf8-e7 Rd2-e2 Qe5-d6 Re2-e3 c5-c4 ) +7.97/45 513)

score for Black +7.97 depth 45.

Oct-21-23  Brenin: 37 ... Rxd2 38 Rxd2 is obvious, but why 38 ... Qxe3+ and not an immediate 38 ... Rg6? Is it just to grab a P before pinning the Q? No, there's more to it than that: if 38 ... Rg6 then 39 Qxg6 fxg6 40 Rd8, and Black is in danger of being mated with Rfxf8+ Kh7 Rh8. He can't get the Q back to defend the pinned B, so he must give it up and save his K with g5. He's probably still winning, but no longer convincingly.
Oct-22-23
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: Calling it 11.5/14 for the week; above average for me five remaining brain cells, giving them the rest of the weekend off.
Oct-22-23
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  offramp: Very well played by Boleslavsky, or Bondarevsky, or whatever. Who cares?

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