22.Kh1!
This quiet move is the way to add fresh impetus to the white attack. It breaks the pin on f2, after which a fearsome new weapon is added to White's arsenal: the line-breaking f-pawn.
22...h5
Bird responds with a pawn advance of his own, but at best it can be supported by the queen and rook on h8, while all White's pieces are at hand to support the f-pawn.
23.f4 h4 24.f5 Qh5 25.Rf4! f6?? 26.Nxf6! gxf6 27.Rg4++-.
If the black king staggers away then a queen check on e7 will mate him in at most three moves.
This quiet move is the way to add fresh impetus to the white attack. It breaks the pin on f2, after which a fearsome new weapon is added to White's arsenal: the line-breaking f-pawn.
22...h5
Bird responds with a pawn advance of his own, but at best it can be supported by the queen and rook on h8, while all White's pieces are at hand to support the f-pawn.
23.f4 h4 24.f5 Qh5 25.Rf4! f6?? 26.Nxf6! gxf6 27.Rg4++-.
If the black king staggers away then a queen check on e7 will mate him in at most three moves.
27.Ne2!!
I don't know what the reader thinks, but I'm always impressed by regrouping moves of this kind. Geller intends a breakthrough with Nf4 and e5-e6 and there is nothing that Black can do about it.
27...Ba5 28.Rf1 Qd7 29.Nf4 Kg8 30.e6! fxe6 31.Qg4!+-
I don't know what the reader thinks, but I'm always impressed by regrouping moves of this kind. Geller intends a breakthrough with Nf4 and e5-e6 and there is nothing that Black can do about it.
27...Ba5 28.Rf1 Qd7 29.Nf4 Kg8 30.e6! fxe6 31.Qg4!+-
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B: f5 – 11
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C: Qe1 – 3
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A: Rc2
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B: f5 – 11
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C: Qe1 – 3
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@mahyarebrahimi1983, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng
A: Rc2
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B: a4 – 4
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@mahyarebrahimi1983, Mieke, @SiNa9849, @SophiaCat_does_Chess
C: Bg5 – 3
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Vincent, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Michael
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A: Qd1 – 8
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Jonas, Gavin, @Afshin3333, Ramesh, Jahanbakhsh, فیروزه, Adhvaith, @Amjedchess
B: a4 – 4
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@mahyarebrahimi1983, Mieke, @SiNa9849, @SophiaCat_does_Chess
C: Bg5 – 3
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Vincent, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Michael
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