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David Navara (2656) - Jan Timman (2560) [C42]
Czech Coal/Karlovy Vary (5) 2007
72... h2? 72... Rb1 73. Kc7 (73. g7 Rxb6+ 74. Ka7 Rg6) 73... h2 draws 73. g7 h1=Q 74. Rf8+ Ke5 75. g8=Q Qh2 76. Rf7!? It's surprising that Black doesn't go for the simple 76. Qh8+ Qxh8 77. Rxh8 with a theoretical win. 76... Kd4+ 77. Rc7 Rxc7 78. bxc7 Tablebase says mate in 24 here. 78... Kc5 79. Qg5+ Kc6 80. Qg6+ Kd7 81. Qf7+ Kc6 82. Qf3+ Kc5 83. Qc3+ Kb6 84. Qb4+ Kc6 85. Qc3+ Kb6 86. Qb3+ Kc6 87. Qc2+ 1-0
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Sergei Movsesian (2667) - David Navara (2656) [C88]
Czech Coal/Karlovy Vary (6) 2007
38... Qf4?? 38... Rh1+ 39. Kxh1 Qh5+ and Black can try to win without any risk. Perhaps Black forgot about the knight on e3 protecting g2. 39. gxf4 1-0
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Alexei Shirov (2735) - Vladimir Akopian (2708) [C89]
Czech Coal/Karlovy Vary (7) 2007
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
22... Bd6 23. Bf3 Kh8 24. Nb7 Bb8 25. a4 Ra7 26. axb5 Rxb7 27. Rxa6 fxg3 28. fxg3 Nf6 29. Bxc6 Bh3 30. Bg2 Bxg2 31. Qxg2 Rxb5 32. b4 Qh5 33. Rf1 Nd7 34. Rxf8+ Nxf8 35. Rf6 Nd7 36. Rf1 Qg6 37. Qf3 Kg7 38. Qe2 Rf5 39. Qe7+ Qf7 40. Qxf7+ Rxf7 41. Bxg5 Nb6 42. Rxf7+ Kxf7 43. Kf2 Ke6 44. Ke2 Kd5 45. Kd3 Nc4 46. Bf4 Bxf4 47. gxf4 Nb2+ 48. Kc2 Nc4 49. b5 h5 50. Kb3 h4 51. Kb4 h3 52. f5 Nd6 53. f6 Ke6 54. b6 Kd5 1-0, Galkin-Nielsen, Dresden 2007
23. Qe2 Raf8 24. Qh5 Qf6 25. g4 White has managed to prevent Black from opening a file on the kingside. Still, it's not completely clear yet.
25... Bg6 26. Qh3 Re7 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Bf3 Re8 29. Qf1 Ne3? Not correct.
30. fxe3 fxe3 31. Be1 Rf8 32. Qe2 Bf7 33. Qg2 Bc4 34. b3 Rxf3 35. Qxf3 Bd5 36. Qf5 e2 37. Qc8+ Bd8 38. Bf2 Qf6 39. Qf5 Qh6 40. Re1 Qh3 41. Ne4 1-0
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Viktor Laznicka (2594) - Ruslan Ponomariov (2706)
Czech Coal/Karlovy Vary (7) 2007