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Forgotten Genius - The Life and Games of Grandmaster Albin Planinc

I'll never forget that finish against Vaganian; we set it up out of mischief, when he came to play a simul against us.

Interesting article. In the game below, I'm wondering why, in the variation with 32. Qg7, the BCN annotator thinks 32... Bb6 is the best move. My computer couldn't work it out either, flitting between every possible Bishop move on the g1-a7 diagonal for a long time before settling on a different move.

[Event "Boris Kostic Memorial"] [Site "Vrsac"] [Date "1971.09.??"] [White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Black "Planinc, Albin"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "1971.09.20"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. e5 Ne4 10. c3 d3 11. Qxd3 Nc5 12. Qg3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qe7 14. Bg5 Qe6 15. f4 f6 16. exf6 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 gxf6 18. Re1 O-O-O 19. Rxe6 dxe6 20. Qe1 fxg5 21. Nd2 gxf4 22. Qxe6+ Kb8 23. Nf3 Rhg8 24. c4 b4 25. Rf1 Rg6 26. Qf5 Be3 27. h3 Rg3 28. Qxh7 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Bg1+ 31. Kh1 Rg7 32. Qh8+ (32. Qxg7 Bb6+ 33. Kh2 Bg1+ 34. Kh1 Bd4+ 35. Kh2 Bxg7) 32... Kb7 33. Rd3 Re1 34. g3 Bd4+ 35. Kh2 Rge7 0-1