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Mohamed Saleh Yahya vs Daniel Gormally
Turin Olympiad (2006), Turin ITA, rd 1, May-21
King's Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation. Normal Defense (E81)  ·  0-1

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May-21-06  Andrew Chapman: What is wrong with 35...Bxd5?
May-21-06  Assassinater: <What is wrong with 35...Bxd5?>

36. Nxd4

May-22-06  jamesmaskell: Powerful use ot the bishop pair by Gormally.
May-28-06  Andrew Chapman: <36. Nxd4>Oh dear, perhaps I thought the knight was pinned against its own king.
May-18-10  mack: Did you spot what Gormally missed on move 27?
May-18-10  Jim Bartle: Had to ask my computer program for that move. I would never have found it on my own.
May-18-10  vodkaboris: 27...Qa2 surely causes white no end of problems?
May-18-10  Gilmoy: <mack: what Gormally missed> <vodkaboris: 27..Qa2> Right idea, but it's not <weak-back-ranking> enough. 27..Qc2!! After all, <both> White pieces are defending e1 from the #Δ, so <neither of them can move>. 28.Red1 Qxd2 29.Rxd2?? fails to WBR, 28.Qd1 Qxc1!! fails to WBR.

Study the WBR pattern until you get over the blind spot of parking your Q in front of an R. Eventually you want your pattern-recognition to see the move <instantly>, at least as a candidate. Then you can spend a few seconds to double-check it; but you must <see> it first. (In fact, to prove correctness, we do have to see that <Re8 is protected>, else White might have weaseled out with 28.Rxe4 Qxd2 29.Rxe8+ Kf7 30.Rce1. But since Black has 29..Bxe8, Black's attack on White's Q is unanswerable.)

Another way is to maintain the blindfold player's protection-graph of all pieces and squares. e1 is attacked twice, defended twice, and is a mate threat; hence <any deflection wins>. Qc2 isn't hanging your queen, it's <forking two defenders>. Then just examine all White desperados (because White can't touch your Q, nor escape), eliminate them, and conclude: win.

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