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22...Qe6 23.Bxg7 Nxg7 24.Qg5 Qe5 25.Nh6+ Kh8 26.Qxe5 dxe5 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Nxf7++–.
23.Nxg7 Nxg7 24.Bf6!
This move had to be foreseen earlier – here, the bishop is invulnerable, also preventing moves by the black f-pawn, and a mating attack on the dark squares is inevitable.
24...Kh8
On 24...Ne6, White wins with 25.f4, followed by f4-f5.
25.Qg5 Rg8 26.h4!
The white pawn calmly advances to h6, as the black pieces need too much time to come to the aid of their king.
26...Rde8 27.h5 Re5 28.Bxe5 dxe5 29.Qf6 Nc8 30.h6 Ne7 31.Rd2
Black resigned.
Anatoly Karpov 2725
Wolfgang Unzicker 2510
Bad Kissingen 1980
White to move
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Anatoly Karpov 2725 Wolfgang Unzicker 2510 Bad Kissingen 1980 White to move
White realises that Black can be checked and pinned along the 7th and 8th ranks, which prompts thoughts of the following idea:
32.Nxa5!!
If White plays prosaically and blockades the a-pawn with 32.Ra4, then after 32...Nf6 33.Nc5 e5!, the solidity of White’s central construction is broken, and he does not win the a5-pawn.
32... e5
The point of White’s idea is revealed after 32...Rxa5 33.Qxa8+ Rxa8 34.Rxa8+ Kh7 35.Rb7 – the Nd7 is lost, as on 35...Qd6 there follows a pin from the other side — 36.Rd8.
33.Nb3 Rxa1 34.Nxa1 Ra2 35.Nc2 exd4 36.Qc8+ Kh7 37.Qc4 Ra8 38.Qd3+ Kg8 39.Nxd4
With the presence of knights, White’s winning chances are very considerable, and in a long battle, he succeeded in realising his extra pawn.
Levan Pantsulaia 2461
Mladen Palac 2561
Greece 2003
White to move
After 28...Rxd6 29.Nxd6 Qc6 30.Nxc8 Qxc8 31.Rd8+, Black loses all his pieces.