Oct-17-21 Kraidman vs Fischer, 1968 
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| N.O.F. NAJDORF: It seems that after
73 Rb5 Kg6
(73 ... Bd8
74 Rb7)
74 Rf5
white soon wins a piece and mates the black king: (1) 74 ... Nd8+
75 Kd7 Bb6
76 Rf6+
(2) 74 ... Nh6
75 Rxg5+ Kh7
76 Nf6+ Kh8
77 Rh5 Kg7
78 g5
(3) 74 .... Nh8
75 Rxg5+ Kh6
76 Rh5+ Kg7
77 Nf6 |
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Oct-16-21 Capablanca vs Janowski, 1911
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| N.O.F. NAJDORF: < pawntificator: 53...Qh1+ 54 Ka2 Nxe5 55 moves ...Qg2 and Janowski could have took it. > That line allows white to queen his pawn with check. |
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Oct-16-21 Yanofsky vs Botvinnik, 1946
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| N.O.F. NAJDORF: 49 Nf5+ gxf
50 Qh5 Bd7
51 Qg5+ Kf7
(51 .... Kh8
52 Rf6)
52 Rf6+ Ke7
53 d6+ Kd8
54 Rf8# |
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Oct-09-21 J Penrose vs Filip, 1963
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| N.O.F. NAJDORF: As Capablanca noted, the most important thing in the opening is the coordination of the pieces! |
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Oct-07-21 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985
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| N.O.F. NAJDORF: 63 ... Re7
64 Rf4+ Rf7
65 Qc5+ Qe7
66 Qc8+ Qe8
67 Rxf7+ Kxf7
68 Bg6+ wins the queen |
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Oct-03-21 Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999
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| N.O.F. NAJDORF: After 24 ... Kb6
25 Nb3 Bxd5
material would have been level, but could not black even have gotten away with 25 ... cxd
26 Qxd4+Kb7
27 Na5+ Kb8
28 Re7 Nd7
29 Rxd7 Rxd7
30 Bxd7 Qxd7
31 Qxh8+Ka7 ? |
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Oct-02-21 M Peretz vs I Veinger, 1977
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| N.O.F. NAJDORF: 40 Bd1 Rg1
41 Kc1 Bg5 +
42 Kc2 d3+ |
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Oct-02-21 M Peretz vs B Jansson, 1970
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| N.O.F. NAJDORF: ... and if
22 ... Qd6
23 Nab7
wins the exchange and the black queen has to retreat to f8 |
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Sep-27-21 L Levy vs Pinkus, 1942
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| N.O.F. NAJDORF: Nice finish! |
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Sep-27-21 Karpov vs Spassky, 1974
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| N.O.F. NAJDORF: Compare
Yanofsky vs J F Donovan, 1942 Black's bishops and king pawn are on different squares, but Yanofsky plays Rf2 and Bg4, as did Karpov 32 years later! |
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