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Jeroen Piket vs Ilia Smirin
European Team Championship (2001), Leon ESP, rd 9, Nov-15
Rat Defense: English Rat (A41)  ·  1-0

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Jul-12-15  checkjopie: I was totally surprised by the queen sacrifice. I checked it with Stockfish and Stockfish gives white an edge. Even though Kf8 is not the best. Kh8 and black has good chances to survive.
Jul-12-15  checkjopie: The final position is difficult enough to keep on playing. The position does not offer a clear win after 34 ... Dd6 35 Rf7 Ke8 36 Rb7 Rc8(!) and it is not easy to see how white can make progress.
Jul-12-15  Nerwal: 34... ♕d6 35. ♖f7+ ♔e8 36. ♖xb7 ♖c8 37. ♗f7+ ♔d8 38. d5 h5 39. ♖d1 ♖c2 40. ♗e6 ♖c7 41. ♖xc7 ♕xc7 42. d6 ♕c6 (Ribli) looks winning for White (as he can create another passed pawn on the queenside), but some care is still needed. I am far less sure about 36... ♕c6!? 37. ♖h7 ♕xc4 38. ♖h8+ ♔d7 39. ♖xa8 ♕e2 40. ♖c1 f4!; Black has good practical chances to save the game.
Feb-23-19
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  plang: The game score is incorrect - Black's 33rd move was the blunder 33..Kf6? which explains why he resigned.

8..d5!? is quite committal and leads to Black having a vulnerable d-pawn. 10..Ng8 was a new move (10..Nc6 and 10..Be6 had been played previously) and looked strange but, for instance, 10..Nc6 11 Nf4..Ng8 12 h4 would have been powerful for White. 14..Rf6 would have been more accurate so as to be able to answer 15 Qb3 with 15..Na5. 17 Bf1! was the second strong move in the game returning a piece to its original square. 19 Ncxd5?..Nxd5 20 Nxd5..Nxd4! 21 would have been winning for Black - a rare instance where a double check is not helpful - ie. 21 Nxe7+..Kh8 22 Nxc8..Nf3+ 23 Ke2..Qd2#. Black (and apparently the computers) underestimated Piket's queen sacrifice. 27..Rc8? 28 Rxc8..Nxc8 29 Rc1..Ne7 30 Rc7! would have been very strong for White. Piket's 31 Ncxd5? was mis-timed and gave Black defensive chances; better was 31 Be2 followed by Nb5. As mentioned above Black's 33rd move was a blunder losing on the spot; after 33..Kh8! 34 Bc6..Qd6 35 Bxb7..Qxc7 36 Bxa8..Qa7 37 Bc6..Qxa3 38 b5..Kg7 39 Rd1..Kf6 40 d5..Qd6 Black is holding.

A very nice game by Piket.

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