Kateryna Lahno vs Mieke Maeckelberg (2006)

Kateryna Lahno vs Mieke Maeckelberg
37th Chess Olympiad 2006 · Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation. Main Line (B05) · 1-0

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May-21-06		syracrophy: After 25...Rxc8 26.Nd6+ with a piece of advantage

May-22-06		notyetagm: A good example of <REMOVE THE GUARD>: 24 x <DESTROYS> one defender of the d6-forking square 24 ... x <DEFLECTS> a second defender of the d6-forking square 25 x! <DESTROYS> the third defender of the d6-forking square and after 26 d6+ and 27 x White will be up by a piece. The only question is whether or not the White knight on c8 is trapped.

May-22-06		THE pawn: It is not. I checked everything I could.

May-22-06		dehanne: The knight will escape via a7 after capturing the rook.

May-22-06		notyetagm: <dehanne: The knight will escape via a7 after capturing the rook.> That's what I thought: either the knight escapes via a7 aided by the White e3-bishop or White can play fxe5 and make an outpost for his knight on d6. But I would have played the combination regardless because even if the knight were trapped, it would become a <DESPERADO> that could win the a7-pawn. Then with White a,b-pawns versus a Black b-pawn, White would be able to create a passed a-pawn (a rook's pawn) with pawns on both sides of the board in a same colored bishops ending, which is almost certainly a win.

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