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⚫️#132 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Hoang Thanh Trang (2448)
🔸Danielian,E (2426)
🔸WCh Women 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS
15...Rac8?! [15...Nb4! In order to exchange White's most important minor piece that leads to equality. 16.a3 (16.Bb1? Ba6 17.Qd1 Bxf1µ) 16...Nxd3 17.Qxd3 a5 18.Qb3 Ba6 19.Rfe1 Rfb8 20.Rc3 Qd8 21.Rec1 Nh6 22.Rc6 Rc8=; 15...Rfc8 16.a3 Rc7 17.Nb3 Rac8 18.Rc3 Nb8 19.Rxc7 Rxc7 20.Re1 Rc8 21.Nbd2 a6 22.Nb1 g6 23.Nc3 b5 24.Qd2 Nc6 25.Na2 Qf8 26.Qf4 h5 27.Rc1 b4 28.axb4 Nxb4 29.Rxc8 Bxc8 30.Nxb4 Qxb4 31.Ng5 Nh6 32.Qc1! Bd7 33.Bxa6 Qa4 (33...Qxd4?? 34.Nf3 Qa4 35.Qxh6) 34.Bf1+/=]

16.a3! f6 17.exf6 [17.b4 f5 18.Nb3+/=]

17...Qxf6+/=

1–0
⚪️ #132 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Atalik,E (2445)
🔸Cori T.,D (2406)
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29.Bb2! [29.g4 Be6 30.g5 Nc1 31.Bb2 Nd3 32.Ba3 Nxf2 33.Bxe7+ Kg8 34.Kg3 Ng4 35.Ra8 Rxa8 36.Bxa8 f6=; 29.Bh3 Rd8 30.Bb2 Nd4 31.Ba3 Re8 32.Bd7 Nb5 33.Bxb5 Bxb5 34.g4 f5 35.Kg3 fxg4 36.Kxg4 h6 37.Kf4 Kf7 38.Ke5 Bc6 39.Bb4=]

29...Be6 30.Ra8 f6?! [30...Rxa8! 31.Bxa8 f6 32.f4 Bc4 33.Bf3 Kf7 34.Kg2 e5 35.fxe5 fxe5 36.Bxe5 Nc1=]

31.Rxc8+ Bxc8 32.Bf1 Ba6 33.Kg2 e5 [33...Kf7 34.f3 h5 35.Kf2 Nxg3 36.Bxa6 Nf5 37.f4 Nxh4 38.Bc4++/=]

34.f3 Bb5 35.Kf2 Nd4? [35...Nxg3 36.Bxb5 Nh5 37.Bc1±]

36.Bxd4 Bxf1 37.Bc5+

1–0
Zürich Candidates, 1953. Mark Taimanov and his second, Salo Flohr.

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