Jan-11-18 A S Rasmussen vs Robson, 2009 
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zebekias: White could draw with 39. Ra1 by threatening to get the rook out of the jail, thus forcing the 40. .. Nc2. Here is the idea: 39. Ra1 39. Ke1 40. Ra3 Nc2 41. f6 gxf6 42. gxf6 Nxa3 43. bxa3 Rd2 44. Bxc4 Rc2+ 45. Kb1 Rxc3 46. Bxf7 Rf3 47. Kb2 Kd2 48. Bxb3 Rxf6. and this position is a ... |
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Mar-30-14 Y Gusev vs E Auerbach, 1946 
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zebekias: AylerKupp, I had spent days on this position and I have no doubt white forces the win. I have the main variations at: http://www.mockbites.com/articles/p... The engines can not "see" the forced win immediately after Qxe5. You have to progress a bit down the line, and eventually the |
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Apr-06-13 Adams vs Carlsen, 2007
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zebekias: Adams had the right idea with 65. h5 but he didn't execute the win. Actually he had the win from move 64: 64. h5 gxh5 65. Qxh5+ Ke7 (65. .. Kg8 66. Kb4 Be7 (66. .. Bh6 67. Ka5 Kf8 68. Kb6 Bg7 69. Qg5 Qb3+ 70. Kxc6 Qa4+ 71. Kd6 Qa6+ 72. c6 Bxe5+ 73. Kxe5 white wins) 67. Qh8+ Kf7 68. |
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Apr-06-13 Golden Executive / Houdini vs Hosea / Schiller / Wall, 2011 
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zebekias: For the record, Houdini 3 instantly prefers 25. Ra1-b1 and sees it as a draw. At a ply depth of 23 it evaluates 25. Be3 as -0.17, which ranks as the 8th choice!! lol Chess software has gotten a lot better. |
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Mar-31-13 Bird vs Morphy, 1858 
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zebekias: Morphy's 5. ...d6 seems to be innacurate because 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7.
Qh5+ g6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qxg6+ Kd7 10. Qf5+ Ke8 11. Qe5+ Be6 12. Qxh8 and black is in trouble! |
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