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38...Kh8!
removing all threats and freeing the Be6.
The end of the game probably took place amidst time-trouble, and there followed instead 38...Be5+? 39.Kg2 (White wins with 39.Kh4!! Qe8 40.Bc6) 39...Bxd5+ 40.Rxd5 Qb7? (with mutually correct play, after 40...Qe6 41.Rxe5 Qxe5 42.Nxh6+ Kg7 43.Nf5+ Kh8 44.Qf2 Qd5+ 45.Kh2 Rf7 46.Qf4 Rh7+ 47.Kg3 Ne4+ 48.Kg2 Ng5+ 49.Kg3, a draw could result) 41.Ne3, and White won.
39.Bxe6 Qxe6 40.Rde1 Qg6
Black has a decisive attack.
Training position
Konstantin Sakaev
White to move
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Training position Konstantin Sakaev White to move
The black king is in an exceptionally dangerous position, under the fire of the white pieces. The white knight attacks numerous important squares, his queen is ready to penetrate to the eighth rank, he has pressure on the f-file, and the epawn can advance. However, immediate checks or direct attacks lead to nothing. Unfortunately, in the event of the bishop taking the knight on f6, the black queen recaptures with check. Reasoning along these lines, one can appreciate that the white king is poorly placed on b2, and there is a square where he would not be subject to checks:
35.Ka3!!
White’s attack comes to a dead end after 35.Ne6+ Kg8 36.Qb8+ Qe8.
Another false trail is the tempting 35.Re6 Qf5 36.Qxf5 Nxf5 37.Bxf6, because of 37...h6!.
All of Black’s pieces are tied to the defence of something or other, and the only move that does not lose at once is to move out of one pin into another.
35...Ke8
However, in this case, the winning path for White is already not so difficult:
36.Ne6 Kf7 37.Qb8 Ne8 38.Re3!
The rook joins in the attack with decisive effect.
38...c4 39.Rf3+ Nf5
On 39...Nf6, the most effective move is 40.Nf8.
40.Nd4 Rxd4 41.Bxd4 Qd6+ 42.Qxd6 Nexd6 43.Be5 Ke6 44.Bxd6 Nxd6 45.bxc4 Nxc4+ 46.Kb4
With play on both flanks. The rook easily outplays the knight, and White wins.
Jan Timman 2610
Anatoly Karpov 2700
London 1984
Black to move