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Weaver Adams vs Arnold Denker
USA-ch (1944), New York, NY USA, rd 8, Apr-23
Sicilian Defense: Dragon. Fianchetto Variation (B70)  ·  0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-18-21
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  Phony Benoni: Gemerally, whm <American chess Bulletin> and <Chess Review> print the same game, the scores will be identical. This game contains one of the longest variants I've seen.

After <53.Bd4>:


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Chess Review (April 1944, p. 11) gives the line we have here. The sequence in American Chess Bulletin (May / June 1944, p. 57) goes:

<53...Bc1 54.c5 dxc5 55.Bxc5 Kf6 56.Bd4+ Ke7 57.Be5 Kd7 58.Bf4 Bb2 59.Ke2 Bf6

And the positions from the two lines are identical.

Now, my observation is that, in cases where ACB and CR disagree about the score, modern databases seem to more often choose the CR variant. Personally, I don't feel this is because of quality, but simply because Chess Review was more available than ACB to those transcribing the games.

I think I slightly prefer ACB's version, but it's certainly no enough to be sure. More research -- and probably a good deal of luck -- is needed to make a decision.

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