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22.Rxf6!
A brilliant queen sacrifice.
22...Qxg4 23.Rxf7 Kh8 24.Rxe7
For the queen, White has rook, bishop and two pawns, but Black’s biggest problem is the weakness of g7. The attack is unstoppable.
24...Rc8 25.Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.d5!
Black resigned.
Grigory Ravinsky
Georgy Ilivitzky
Riga 1952
White to move
White blocks the f-pawn from moving.
21...Bxf6 22.e5 Nxd3 23.exf6 Nf2+ 24.Kg1 Nh3+ 25.Kf1!
But not 25.gxh3 Qc5+ 26.Kh1 Qc6+ 27.Kg1 Qc5+=.
25...Bc4+
On 25...Qc4+, White wins with 26.Ke1 (or 26.Ne2+–).
26.Ne2
Not 26.Ke1 Qe5+, and Black wins.
Black resigned. There could follow 26...Bxe2+ 27.Ke1 (of course, not 27.Kxe2 Rfe8+ 28.Kf3 Qc6+ 29.Kg4 Qxg2+–+) 27...Qa5+ 28.b4, with inevitable mate.
Robert Fischer
Pal Benko
New York ch-USA 1963
White to move
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Robert Fischer Pal Benko New York ch-USA 1963 White to move
Black’s hopes are exclusively tied up with advancing the f-pawn. The following typical blockading sacrifice prevents this.
19.Rf6! Kg8 20.e5 h6 21.Ne2
Black has no way of meeting the white attack, and so he resigned.
Viktor Kortchnoi 2650
Anatoly Karpov 2660
Moscow ch-URS 1973
Black to move