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Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa vs Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
Prague Masters (2024), Prague CZE, rd 5, Mar-02
English Opening: King's English. Four Knights Variation Fianchetto Lines (A29)  ·  1-0

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Mar-02-24  goodevans: I thought Black was winning this. Maybe Vidit did too!
Mar-02-24
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  perfidious: At first glance, certainly the heavy piece ending looks winning for Black, but with the rook out of play and his king bereft of defenders, matters were not so clear.
Mar-03-24
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  offramp:
<We have been reading it for more than a century and each reading renews the enigma, the shock.>
- Rimbaud.

Here is a really funny ending for every human on the planet except for Vidit Santosh Gujrathi.
44. Rxd4.


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Here is the basic problem: Vidit Santosh Gujrathi <THINKS> he is playing an <ENDGAME>.
He is dreaming about steadily advancing the connected passed queenside pawns.
He is about to get a shock. He is still in the <Middlegame>.
44...axb4?


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45. Re4!! It's an incredible move - I mean, the whole <idea> boggles the mind. After Black played 44...axb4 many people would simply have recaptured, with 45. Rxb4.
It also seems crazy that the white rook is walking into a strong pin:
45...Qd5.


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46. Kh2! A simple sidestep from the pin.
<It's just a jump to the left
And then a step to the right
With your hands on your hips
You bring your knees in tight...>

After 46. Kh2! White is threatening 47. Qc8+, like in the game.

But if Black had played 44...Rb3, then he could have played 46...<♖>xb4:


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<That> would prevent the ♖ check at h4.

After 46. Kh2 White has an unstoppable attack. We are still in the middlegame.

Mar-03-24  Rdb: <offramp><45. Re4!! It's an incredible move - I mean, the whole <idea> boggles the mind>

Indeed. Brilliant move .

44...axb4? was a blunder . Before this move , position was almost equal . And after this blunder , white found the right moves to clinch the game

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