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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Wesley So
Sinquefield Cup (2021), St. Louis, MO USA, rd 8, Aug-25
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. Rio Gambit Accepted (C67)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Aug-26-21  Ulhumbrus: After 14 ...Nf5 GM Ashley gave (amongst other things) 15 Bxf8 Nxd4 16 Qxf6 !! Then one way for Black to lose is 16...gxf6 17 Be7 Qd7 18 Bxf6 Ne6 19 Re3 Nf8 20 Rg3+ Ng6 21 h4 Kf8 22 h5 Ne7 23 Re1 Ng8 24 Bg7 mate
Aug-27-21
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  keypusher: What in the hell is the Rio Gambit, and at what point is it Accepted?
Aug-27-21
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  chancho: <Scott> 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O <Nxe4.>

Not to be confused with the Open Ruy:

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4

Aug-28-21
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  keypusher: <chancho: <Scott> 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O <Nxe4.>>

Thanks! Not every line needs a name, and Rio is much too glamorous for 4....Nxe4 IMO. :-)

It's also not really a gambit, since Black can't hang on to the pawn. I suppose you could say the same thing about the Queen's Gambit, but they didn't know that back when it got its name.

Aug-23-24  EvanTheTerrible: <Ulhumbrus>, MVL was able to uncork the line with Qxf6 in a tie-breaker game against Nakamura in the Rapid Chess Championship a year after this.

See here: https://www.youtube.com/live/xWEB6y...

Aug-23-24  EvanTheTerrible: Also, played in a classical game this year. https://chessgames.com/perl/chessga...

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