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Black overlooks 5...Qd5 6.Qb6 Rxe4 , when White has to settle for a draw by 7.Bb5 , followed by Qa5-c7-a5.
6.Qb6 Bb7 7.Na5! Rb8 8.Nc6! Qg1 9.Qxg1 Bxc6 10.Rxc6 Rb7 11.Qe3 Rg4 12.Rc8+ Rb8 13.Qc3
Black resigned.
Kotronias - Baburin
Calvia Olympiad 2004
White to move
Swapping the main defender of Black's kingside.
1...bxc5 2.Bxe7 Qxe7 3.Ng5
Now that Black's dark-squared bishop is gone, this knight cannot be exchanged.
3...cxd4 4.Rxh7 Qb4 5.Ke2!
This quiet move connects the rooks with decisive effect.
Black resigned in view of 5.Ke2 Qxc3 6.Qxc3 dxc3 7.Rah1 and the mate is inevitable.
Beliavsky - Gufeld
Novosibirsk 1976
White to move
Eliminating the main defender of Black's kingside.
1...Nxd5 2.exd5 Qb7?
Underestimating White's attack.
Correct was 2...Be5 3.Qf2 Rf8! 4.Qh4 Rf7 with chances for a defence.
3.Qh2 Kf7 4.Qf4+! Kg8 5.Rxh7! Qxd5
5...Kxh7 6.Qf7 with the inevitable 7 Rh1+ next.
6.Rxg7! Kxg7 7.Nf5+ Bxf5 8.Qh6+ Kf7 9.Rxd5 Bxc2+ 10.Ka1
White soon won the game.