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Strange is in the comments...

As a problem, the obvious is almost always a blind... so let go the heavy-weights, enter the light-weight: i.e., the pawns, and they got the job done.

White threatens 39.Qxb4.

The white king protects the queen. Therefore, 38... f5+:

A) 39.gxf5 gxf5+

A.1) 40.Kd3 Q(R)d2#.

A.2) 40.Kxf5 Qxd4 - + [Q+P].

A.3) 40.Kf4 Qxd4+ wins also the rook.

B) 39.Kd3 Q(R)d2#.

For a White improvement, <RV> posted a Rybka 3 analysis in 2010 indicating 19. a3 = would have held it level, and Deep Fritz 14 in 2015 confirms that assessment.

For an earlier idea for White, instead of 9. Bc4 I slightly prefer the Fritz suggestion 9. 0-0-0 as in Topalov vs Lu Shanglei, 2015.

In looking at more recent games, seems to me the Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack (B77), as employed here, is no longer so strong and fearsome a weapon as it one was against the Sicilian Dragaon.

In the Yugoslav attack's hey day, strong GMs often used it to crush opponents daring to employ the dragon against them. A case in point is Fischer vs Larsen, 1958.

However, today, with deep computer analysis enhancing opening preparation, it appears to me well prepared dragon players can hold their own against the once feared Yugoslav attack.

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