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Exchanging the defender on g7 as a first step to an attack on Black's king.
1...Nd7 2.Qg5 Rxc1 3.Rxc1 Bxh6 4.Qxh6 Rxc8 5.Rxc8+ Nxc8 6.h5! Qd8 7.Ng5 Nf8 8.Be4!!
A fantastic move that finishes off Black's resistance.
8...Qe7
8...dxe4 9.N3xe4 the knight enters decisively on f6.
9.Nxh7! Nxh7 10.hxg6 fxg6 11.Bxg6 Ng5 12.Nh5!
Thanks to the previous sacrifice, the knight reaches the square it was dreaming about: f6.
12...Nf3+ 13.Kg2 Nh4+ 14.Kg3 Nxg6 15.Nf6+ Kf7 16.Qh7+
In view of the mate, Black resigned.
Keres - Taimanov
Moscow 1951
White to move
Exchanging the main defender of Black's kingside.
1...Nxe4 2.Rxe4 Rxe4 3.Qxe4 Qh6?! 4.Ng5! Bd6 5.h4! Nd7 6.Qf5 Nf6 7.Bxf6 gxf6
7...Qxf6 8.Qxh7+ Kf8 9.Re1! g6 10.Nxf7! +-
8.Nxf7! Qxc1
8...Kxf7 9.Qd7+ Kg8 10.Qxd6+-
9.Qxh7+ Kf8 10.Nxd6 Qxd1+ 11.Kh2 Qxd5 12.Nxb7 Qe5+ 13.g3
White soon won.
Garcia Martinez - Smyslov
Sochi 1974
White to move