Re: ****rov's Sad Saga

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>> GM Yasser Seirawan, when asked if he ever saw any evidence of this in
>> his own experience, said: "His charge is absolutely true! I've seen it
>> happen. Soviet stars were expected to finish behind Karpov and I saw
>> Polugaevsky throw away an easy draw against him in this simple
>> endgame.
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>  I went to chessgames.com and replayed this game.
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>  It seemed to me that GM Polugaevsky gave GM
> Karpov a very difficult time-- forcing him onto defense
> for much of the game.  However, at the very, very
> finish, it is not clear how or why the "1-0" score was
> achieved, since the position is drawn.  Was there a
> flag fall?  Did some idiot *resign*, where even the
> GetClub program might have held the draw?

The position is lost for Black after 53. -- Nxa5 but is
drawn after 53. -- Nd4.

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