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Troitzky
Study 1916
White to move
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Troitzky Study 1916 White to move
One can see the most beautiful and accurate mating nets in endgame studies. It seems that White clearly has insufficient resources to win this position, but by exploiting mating possibilities and the fact that he has the move, he manages to win:
1.Qd4+ Kg5
1...Kf5 2.Qd3++–.
2.Qf6+ Kg4 3.Qf3+ Kg5 4.Qg3+! Bg4
Otherwise, the queen is lost. But what now?
5.Qh4+!!
Drawing the king into the trap.
5...Kf4
5...Kxh4 6.Bf6#; 5...Kf5 6.Qf6+ Ke4 7.Qd4+ Kf5 8.Qd3++–.
6.Qf2+ Kg5 7.Qf6#
Andrei Vovk 2388
Mikhail Golubev 2467
Illichevsk 2006
White to move
15.hxg6!
On 15.Be3?, Black had prepared 15...a4 16.Bd5 b4„.
15.hxg6! exd4
On 15...hxg6, there is 16.Be3 a4 17.Bh6!. Opening the h-file has given White a large advantage.
16.Bxf7+! Kh8!?
After 16...Rxf7 17.gxf7+ Kxf7 18.Ne2! followed by Nxd4, the black king faces a difficult future.
17.Qxd4 Rxf7
17...h6? 18.Qxd6 b4 19.e5 Ng8 20.Ne4+–.
17...b4? 18.Qxf6 Qxf6 19.Rxh7#.