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Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa vs Arjun Erigaisi
Superbet Poland Blitz (2024) (blitz), Warsaw POL, rd 4, May-11
French Defense: Tarrasch. Closed Variation (C05)  ·  0-1

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May-12-24
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  tamar: Embarrassment of riches for Pragg after 16...Ne5. He bypasses the two obvious crushers 17 Qe2 and 17 Qh5, to settle on 17 Bf4 which should win too.

It however blocks the rook attack on f7, which Erigaisi uses for a grand swindle by putting the Queen on f6 and then threatening on the g file.

To see how big White's advantage was, here are Stockfish top three lines.

1) +4.98 (39 ply) 17.Qe2 Qe7 18.Qxe5 f6 19.Qxf6 Qxf6 20.Rxf6 e5 21.Ne6 Bxd4+ 22.cxd4 Ke7 23.Nc5 Kxf6 24.Nxd7+ Ke6 25.Nxe5 Rac8 26.Bd2 Rc2 27.Re1 Rg8 28.g3 b6 29.Bf4 Kf6 30.Nd7+ Kf7 31.Nxb6 Rd8 32.Rf1 Kg8 33.Rf2 Rc6 34.Na4 Rc4 35.Nc5 Rxd4 36.Bd2 Rc4 37.Bxa5 Rf8 38.Rxf8+ Kxf8 39.Nd3 Ke8 40.Ne1 Rc1 41.Kf2 Kf7 42.Bd2 Rb1 43.Bc3 Ke6 44.Nf3 Rd1 45.b4 Kd6

2) +2.59 (38 ply) 17.Qh5 Qe7 18.Nh3 Nc6 19.Bg5 Qf8 20.Rae1 Rg8 21.Nf4 Rxg5 22.Qxg5 Nxd4 23.cxd4 Bxd4+ 24.Kh1 Qg7 25.Qxd5 Bc6 26.Nxe6 Bxd5 27.Nxg7+ Kf8 28.Rd1 Bc4 29.Ne6+ Bxe6 30.Rxd4 Rc8 31.Rfd1 Kg7 32.Kg1 b5 33.R1d2 Rc5 34.Kf2 Rf5+ 35.Ke3 Re5+ 36.Re4 Rc5 37.h3 Kg6 38.Rf4 h5 39.Kf2 Rg5 40.Rfd4 Rf5+ 41.Ke3 Rg5 42.Rd6 Kg7 43.Rb6 Bc4 44.Kf4 f6

3) +1.95 (38 ply) 17.Bf4 Rg8 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Qh5+ Nf7 20.Bd6 Qg5 21.Qxf7+ Kd8 22.Bg3 Qg7 23.Qf2 Kc8 24.b4 Bb6 25.Rfe1 Ra6 26.Be5 Qh6 27.Rab1 a4 28.Kh1 Bc7 29.Bxc7 Kxc7 30.b5 Rb6 31.Rb4 Qf8 32.Qe2 Qg7 33.g3 Re8 34.Qe3 Qf6 35.Nf3 e5 36.c4 dxc4 37.Qc5+ Kb8 38.Nxe5 Rxe5 39.Qxe5+ Qxe5 40.Rxe5 Re6

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