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Subject: Re: Do you have pos. of truly unexpected sac. which is sound? Does it exist?

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 08:56:33 11/02/02

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On October 31, 2002 at 22:09:10, James Robertson wrote:

>IIRC Topalov missed a draw here, as he should have declined a rook (1st or 2nd,
>I'm not sure). For Kasparov to win this "Game of the Century", he required a
>little bit of help from his opponent; however, once the rook was taken it is
>won for white.

Even if black declines, Rxd4 is still objectively the best move.
This is what makes this position so nice.

--
GCP



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