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20.Qxh5 Rxh5 21.Ndf3 Bd7 22.cxd5 cxd5 23.Rfc1
Black has a serious lack of space, and his rook is stranded on h5.
23...Nf5 24.Rc2 Nf8 25.Bc1 g5 26.g4 Nh4+ 27.Kg3 Nxf3 28.Nxf3 Rh6 29.Bxg5 Bxg5 30.Nxg5 Rg6 31.f4 Bc6 32.Rh1 a5 33.Bf1 h6 34.Nf3 Kh7? 35.Bd3 1-0
Bent Larsen 2620
Boris Spassky 2630
Tilburg 1978
White to move
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Bent Larsen 2620 Boris Spassky 2630 Tilburg 1978 White to move
If the rook is allowed into e2, Black gets counterplay. But it turns out that White can not only defend but also counterattack:
46.Nc7!
It turns out that because of the small number of flight squares for the black king, Black must retreat his rook along the 8th rank, after which White has a decisive material advantage.
46...Re2
It cannot be said that the move chosen in the game, 46...Rg8, caused White any real problems: 47.Ne6+ Kf6 48.Nxc5+ Ke5 49.Rh6 Kf4 50.Rxh4+ Ke3 51.Ne4! fxe4 52.Rxe4+ Kd2 53.Kf2, and Black resigned.
47.Ne6+ Kf6
Nothing changes after 47...Kh5.
48.Nf4+!
A prepared discovered check – White wins.
Wilhelm Steinitz
Curt von Bardeleben
Hastings 1895
White to move
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Wilhelm Steinitz Curt von Bardeleben Hastings 1895 White to move
Exploiting the unstable position of the black queen on d7, White carried out a decisive attack:
21.Ng5+! Ke8 22.Rxe7+! Kf8
Taking the rook also loses: 22...Kxe7 23.Re1+ Kd6 (23...Kd8 24.Ne6+ Ke7 25.Nc5+) 24.Qb4+ Kc7 25.Ne6+ Kb8 26.Qf4+.
23.Rf7+! Kg8 24.Rg7+! Kh8
Or 24...Kf8 25.Nxh7+.
25.Rxh7+