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Black is winning.
Viktor Bologan 2652
Vladimir Akopian 2678
Moscow match rapid 2002
Black to move
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Viktor Bologan 2652 Vladimir Akopian 2678 Moscow match rapid 2002 Black to move
Both sides have very exposed kings, but it is Black’s move and he has a queen pointing at the white king. The rook on f3 stops a deadly check on f2, so the solution is easy to find:
49...Re3! 50.Qb7+ Kh8 51.Rf1 Qxe5 52.Qb6 Qg5 53.h4 Qxh4
White resigned.
Kaido Külaots 2581
Michal Krasenkow 2628
Warsaw Ech rapid 2012
White to move
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Kaido Külaots 2581 Michal Krasenkow 2628 Warsaw Ech rapid 2012 White to move
How can the rook ‘hurdle’ the knight and give a deadly check on d8? One needs to find the square where the knight will be most effective in the attack, even if that square is empty:
24.Nf5!
The knight is invulnerable (24...exf5 25.Qf6), and by comparison with other squares to which it could have jumped, from here it attacks g7 and e7.
24...Bb7 25.Qc7 exf5 26.e6! fxe6 27.Rd7 Ke8 28.Bd6
Black resigned.
Alexander Alekhine
Akiba Rubinstein
Karlsbad 1923
White to move
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Alexander Alekhine Akiba Rubinstein Karlsbad 1923 White to move
It is clear that White needs to find a way to bring his queen to the h-file, but how can he do this, as his own bishop is in the queen’s way? The most convincing way is to remove the ‘unnecessary’ piece in such a way as to create additional threats:
25.Bg6!
The bishop puts itself en prise, but Black has no time to take it.
25...Qe5
A) 25...Bb7 26.Qc4 Rd4 27.Nxf7+ Kg8 28.Qxe6+–;
B) On 25...fxg6, there follows 26.Qe4 or 26.Qg2.
26.Nxf7+ Rxf7 27.Bxf7 Qf5 28.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Qxf7 30.Qxc8 Kh7 31.Qxa6 Qf3 32.Qd3+
Black resigned.
Garry Kasparov 2715
Anatoly Karpov 2705
Moscow Wch match 1985 (11)
White to move