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Black resigned.
Borislav Ivkov 2485
Judit Polgar 2630
Monaco 1994
Black to move
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Borislav Ivkov 2485 Judit Polgar 2630 Monaco 1994 Black to move
The knight and bishop are unstably placed, and understanding this allowed Black to find a long queen move:
10...Qg5!
White must lose a piece.
11.Nd5 exd5 12.exd5+
White gets some compensation for the piece in the form of control of the open files, an advantage in development, and the fact that Black has not castled. Even so, the compensation is insufficient and Black won.
Ivan Sokolov 2642
Dariusz Swiercz 2631
France 2013
White to move
What do you think of 17.Na4?
17.Na4?
The continuation 17.d5 Ne5 18.dxe6 Bxe6 19.Nf4 promised approximate equality.
17...Nxd4! 18.Rxd4 Bxa4 19.Rb4
It turns out that after 19.Rxa4, there follows the double attack 19...Qb5 20.Rb4 Qxe2 21.Bxb7 Rad8 – White’s position is worse, because of the weakness of his pawns and the activity of the black pieces. The attack on the f2-pawn will be very unpleasant.
19...Qa5 20.Bxb7 Rab8 21.Qf4
This is also a double attack, but without consequences for Black – White has a bishop hanging.
21...Qe5 22.Rc1 Rfd8 23.Qxe5 Bxe5 24.f4 Bf6 25.Rxa4 Rxb7 26.b4 Rd2 27.Kf1 Rbd7 28.Ke1 Bd8!
Transferring the bishop to its strongest square on b6.
29.b5 Bb6 30.Re4 Ra2 31.a4 Kg7 32.g4 Rd3 33.Rec4 Rf3
White resigned.
Smbat Lputian 2565
Margeir Petursson 2560
Luzern Wch 1993
Black to move