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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
In order to swap the defender on c6.
1...Nxb4 2.Qxb4 Ka8 3.Rc3! Rxf4 4.Bxa6!?
A tempting sacrifice to intensify the attack;
4...Qxd1+ 5.Ka2 bxa6?
Black overlooks 5...Qd5 6.Qb6 Rxe4 , when White has to settle for a draw by 7.Bb5 , followed by Qa5-c7-a5.