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Ilia Kan vs Boris Verlinsky
National Tournament (1930), Moscow URS, Feb-??
Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Variation (D37)  ·  1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-03-24
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  nizmo11: Kan had a nice winning combination after 15...Nf8?


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16.Rh8+! Kxh8 17.gxf7 Qh5 18.Bg6!,
or 17...Rxe4 18.Rh1!+ Nh7 19.Qxe4 Bf5 20.Qe8+

Aug-05-24  FM David H. Levin: <nizmo11: Kan had a nice winning combination after 15...Nf8?

16.Rh8+! Kxh8 17.gxf7 Qh5 18.Bg6!,
or 17...Rxe4 18.Rh1!+ Nh7 19.Qxe4 Bf5 20.Qe8+>

The second subvariation (16.Rh8+ Kxh8 17.gxf7 Rxe4 18.Rh1+ Nh7 19.Qxe4 Bf5 20.Qe8+)


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seems worth extending a few moves: 20...Bf8 21.Qxa8 Qb4 22.Ne5,


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and Black seems to have no good defense to the threat of 23.g4 Be4 24.f3 (To deflect the bishop from its control of the g6-square).

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