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Training position
Konstantin Sakaev
White to move
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Training position Konstantin Sakaev White to move
If we look at the opposition of queens on the e-file from a more imaginative standpoint than the usual one, and note that even though the bishop on e5 is pinned, it can move anywhere, we soon find a nice finish:
24.Bb8!
And the game ends.
Mikhail Botvinnik
Paul Keres
Moscow 1966
White to move
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Mikhail Botvinnik Paul Keres Moscow 1966 White to move
Any means by which White can get his queen to h4 or h5 are good. He finds a way:
27.Rb8! 1-0
27...Qxb8 28.Qxh4 and soon mate.
Paulo Pinho 2128
Joseph Gallagher 2499
Gibraltar 2013
Black to move
The final deflection. White resigned. After any capture, he is mated: 29.Qxe3 Qg2# or 29.Rxe3 Qf1+ 30.Bxf1 Rxf1#.
Training position
Konstantin Sakaev
White to move
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Training position Konstantin Sakaev White to move
It seems that the knight has fallen on c8, because natural kinds of pressure on the bishop on c5 do not bring significant benefits. For example, 15.Rc1 can be met by 15...Nd7, with an uncertain struggle. However, if you connect your imagination, it is possible to find...
15.Qd4!!
Training position
Konstantin Sakaev
White to move
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Training position Konstantin Sakaev White to move
Black’s pieces are scattered and passive, and White’s initiative is very dangerous. Noticing that the black queenside would be indefensible without his queen, one can find...
11.Bg5!
It is rare that with development incomplete, one can make a decisive sacrifice with an already developed piece. This example confirms the rule – White brings his undeveloped bishop out with decisive effect.
11...Be7
If the bishop is taken, then after 11...Qxg5 12.Qb6 Qxg2 (12...Be7 13.Qxa7 0-0 14.g3) 13.Qxa7, White wins.
12.Bxe7 Kxe7 13.0-0-0 Nf6