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Quest to bust MCO 13

Quest to bust MCO 13

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moonbus
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MCO13 lists the following under Queen's Gambit, Semi-Slav, Line 61:




I couldn't believe Black's 10th move, so I looked up the game in a database. Should be exd5. Nikolic - Beliavski, Sarajevo 1982. 1/2 - 1/2

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Just to show that this line can result in an exciting game (though the odds are against it):

greenpawn34
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MCO 13 differs from MCO 10. When MCO 13 came out Walter Korn had a
lot more source material to call on. Informator was out then.

So a lot of the lines end with another more trusted source other than
Walter's comments or him relying on 1920's and 1930's analysis which
he never went over with a fine toothed comb (and no wonder - have you
considered what a task this out without a database.)

I've found a few typo's and a lot of the more interesting lines
(dodgy sacs but giving play) are not mentioned. It's pretty dry.

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