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Sang Cao vs Vitali Golod
European Championship (2001), Ohrid MKD, rd 2, Jun-02
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Anderssen Variation (C77)  ·  1-0

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May-13-18  patzer2: According to the computer, White's decisive mistake was 24...f6?, allowing 24. axb3 +- (+3.20 @ 20 ply, Stockfish 9).

Instead, 24...Rxb3 = (0.00 @ 23 ply, Stockfish 9) holds it level.

May-13-18  mel gibson: I saw the first move straight away.
It causes Black to lose the black square Bishop when White has a black square Bishop near the Black King.

Stockfish 9 says:

26.Rxf6

(26. Rxf6 (♖f3xf6 ♗h8xf6 ♖f1xf6 ♖e8-e6 ♕d2-f4 ♕b8-a7+ ♔g1-h1 ♕a7-a1+ ♘g3-f1 ♕a1xc3 ♖f6-f8+ ♔g8-h7 ♗h6-g5 ♖b5xg5 ♕f4xg5 ♔h7-g7 ♕g5-d8 ♖e6-e8 ♖f8xe8 ♗d7xe8 ♕d8xe8 ♕c3-d3 ♕e8-e7+ ♔g7-g8 ♕e7-f6 ♕d3xe4 ♕f6-d8+ ♔g8-f7 ♕d8xc7+ ♔f7-e6 ♕c7-g7 ♕e4-d3 ♔h1-g1 ♔e6-d5 ♕g7-f7+ ♔d5-d4 ♕f7-c7 ♔d4-d5 ♕c7-e7 ♔d5-c5 ♕e7-a7+ ♔c5-d5 ♘f1-e3+ ♔d5-e6 ♔g1-f2 ♕d3xb3 ♕a7-d4 ♕b3-b7 ♘e3-c4 ♕b7-f7+ ♔f2-g3 ♕f7-e7 ♕d4-e4+ ♔e6-f6 ♕e4xc6 ♕e7-e1+ ♔g3-g4 ♕e1-e2+ ♕c6-f3+ ♕e2xf3+ ♔g4xf3 ♔f6-e6 ♘c4-d2 ♔e6-f6) +3.71/37 75)

score for White +3.71 depth 37

May-13-18
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: Second consecutive 7/7, but had focused on variations after 27...Qd8, which looked better than 27...Re6 as played. Still felt that White had more than enough compensation.
May-13-18  morfishine: I assume the exchange sac <26.Rxf6> is what categorizes this Sunday problem as "insane", but for all intents and purposes, this seems quite normal

For the exchange, White nets a pawn while removing Black's only nearby King defender, his DSB

This all seems very normal. In fact, it would be insane if White passed on such a juicy opportunity

Well played remaining 15 moves by both sides

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May-13-18
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  takchess: Got the first move...
May-13-18  areknames: What <morfishine> said. Hardly insane, but who knows what I have missed.
May-13-18  Marmot PFL: White is playing for a king side attack so the exchange sacrifice 27 Rxf6 seems a good place to start. For one thing there aren't too many other aggressive moves.

28 Qf4! i didn't find, a tricky move since it allows black to counterattack with his queen and white has to block with the knight. I wonder if either player saw through the complications to the end, or if white simply figured with the black king exposed the tactics would work out as they usually do.

May-13-18
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  Jimfromprovidence: I liked 32 Bg5 a lot.


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It forces exactly what white wants, 32...Rxg5, because of the threat 33 Qh4+ with mate next move.

And it also prevents 32...Kg7 because of 33 Qf7#

May-13-18
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  Breunor: First few moves are obvious, but getting all of these moves is crazy hard.
May-13-18  messachess: Yes, that is difficult. I think that was a speculative sacrifice. It worked out
May-13-18  agb2002: I haven't found the time for this puzzle today but I think I'd play 26.Rxf6 based on the line 26... Bxf6 27.Rxf6 Rxb3 (27... Kh7 28.Rf7+ and 29.Rxd7) 28.Rxg6+ Kf7 29.Qf4+ Kxf6 30.Qg5+ Kf7 31.Qg7+ Ke6 32.Qg6+ Ke5 33.Bg7+ Kf4 34.Qh6+ Kg4 35.h3+ Kxg3 36.Qg5+ Bg4 37.Qxg4#.
May-13-18  ShadowMaker: 26. Nf5 gxf5 27. Rg3+ Bg7 28. Qf4 fxe4 29. Rxg7+ Kf8 30. Qg4 Bxg4 31. Rxf6#

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