Black resigned, because after 39...Bxd6 40.Qf7+ Kd8 41.Rxd6+ he is mated.
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Vladislav Nevednichy 2470 Konstantin Sakaev 2555 Moscow ol 1994 Black to move
White’s entire strategy revolves around using the d5-square as an outpost for his pieces. For the sake of this, he has gone in for a positional queen sacrifice. Undoubtedly, if White manages to castle queenside, exchange a pair of knights and entrench his bishop on d5, his pawn structure will be ideal. The e4-pawn and Bd5 will defend each other, and the d3- square will be used as a transfer point to bring a rook to the queenside, to attack the black pawns there.
Therefore, Black plays a counter-sacrifice, to sow disharmony in the white position:
Therefore, Black plays a counter-sacrifice, to sow disharmony in the white position:
This does not help, but after other continuations too, Black puts a rook on d8 and takes the d-pawn.
22...hxg5 23.Bxg5 Rd8 24.Kb1 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 Qxe1+ 26.Kb2 Qb4 27.Rd8+ Kh7 28.c3 Qe7
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Rashid Nezhmetdinov Leonid Shamkovich Krasnodar 1957 White to move
On the d-file, the Bd7 and Qd2 can come under fire, whilst the same can happen to the black king along the f-file. from the threat of opening these lines, after the move...
This allows the f-file, on which the king stands, to be opened, which should not have been allowed in any circumstances. Consequently, a more tenacious defence was 22...exf5, after which the strongest resort is 23.exd6 23...Qxd6 24.Rd1 Qc7 25.Nd5 – the white attack will henceforth develop almost of its own accord.
23.Re2 Qg5 24.fxe6 fxe6 25.exf6 Bxf6 26.Ne4 Bxe4 27.Rxe4 Rxc2 28.Rxe6 Rf2
More tenacious was 28...Kg7, after which the cleanest win is 29.Rexf6 Qxf6 30.Qd3 Rd2 31.Qg3+ Qg5 32.Rf7+ Kh8 33.Qc3+ Qe5 34.Qxd2 Qxh5 35.Rxb7.