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As a result of a forcing combination, two black bishops are under attack.
34...Be6 35.Rxf8 Bxa2 36.Rc8
Black resigned.
Sopio Gvetadze 2377
Salome Melia 2422
Tbilisi ch-GEO W 2009
Black to move
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Sopio Gvetadze 2377 Salome Melia 2422 Tbilisi ch-GEO W 2009 Black to move
The correct decision is not to drive the white king further towards the corner, but to draw him out into the centre:
16...Bh3+!
In the game, Black missed the win and chose the quiet developing move 16...Rad8?. White was not up to the task, and after 17.Re5? (she could have avoided loss of a piece with the only move 17.Kg1! Qg5 18.c4 Bxd5 19.cxd5 Rxd5 20.Qxa7 Rd2 21.Qe3 Qd5 22.Qe4=) 17...Rxd5 18.Qxd5 Bxd5 19.Rxe7 Bxh1 20.c4 Bc6, lost anyway.
17.Bg2 Qxe1+! 18.Kxe1 Bxg2
Driving the king into the open.
19.Rg1 Rae8+ 20.Kd1 Rd8–+
Training position
Konstantin Landa
White to move
1.Qh6+!! Kxh6 2.hxg6+ Kg5 3.Rh5+!! Kxh5 4.f4+ Nxe2
4...Qf3+ 5.Bxf3+ Nxf3 6.Rh1+ Nh4 7.Nf6+ Kh6 8.Rxh4+ Kg7 9.Ne8+ Rxe8 10.Rxh7+ Kf6 11.Rxf7#.
5.Nf6+! Kh6 6.Rh1+ Kg7 7.Ne8+!!
Deflecting the rook from f8.
7...Rxe8 8.Rxh7+ Kf6 9.Rxf7#
Michal Krasenkow 2668
Hikaru Nakamura 2648
Barcelona 2007
Black to move
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Michal Krasenkow 2668 Hikaru Nakamura 2648 Barcelona 2007 Black to move
White had been counting on exploiting the tactical motif of the X-ray of the Rb1 on the black queen. However, he failed to appreciate the vulnerability of the f2-square, a pawn defended only by the king.
20...Rxc6! 21.Bxf6