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22...Rf8
On 22...Rxh6 23.Qg8+ Bf8 24.Nf5 wins back the rook, preserving a much better position.
23.f5 b4 24.axb4 axb4 25.Nd5 Nxb3 26.Nxe7 Kxe7 27.Nxb3
White should have had a winning advantage, but his much higher-rated opponent eventually escaped with a draw.
Andrey Volokitin-Alexander Bortnik
Loo 2014
Black to move
A brave decision from Ukraine's star.
20.fxe3 Qe8 21.b4?
Ukraine's former rising star goes wrong. Now the a5 -knight will soon have a more active future.
21...Qxe3+ 22.Kh1 cxd4 23.bxa5 dxc3 24.a6
24...Rxa6!
A double exchange sacrifice!
25.Bxa6 Bxa6 26.Nc1 d4 27.Nd3 Bb7 28.Nf2 Bh4 29.Rf1 Ne6
Black's attack is unstoppable. White soon lost.
Roeland Pruijssers-Eric Hansen
Wijk aan Zee 2015
Black to move
“You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances”
Bobby Fischer
Unity Chess Club
Roeland Pruijssers-Eric Hansen Wijk aan Zee 2015 Black to move
The missing fianchetto bishop is an invitation: ladies first!
15…Qd7!
16.Kh1 Qh3 17.f4