John Nunn vs Jan Smeets (2006)

John Nunn vs Jan Smeets
Youth vs Experience (2006) · Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense (C65) · 1-0

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Aug-22-06		Dr. Funkenstein: I'm curious as to the winning line for white after Nxh4 or f6. Maybe someone with better tactical sense than me could point out what I'm missing

Aug-22-06		tpstar: 1) 32 ... Nxh4 33. Ne7+! Qxe7/Rxe7 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qh8# 2) 32 ... f6 33. Qxg6+ Ng7 34. Ne7+! (34. Qh7+ works but is slower) Qxe7/Rxe7 35. Rh8+! Kxh8 36. Qh7#

Aug-22-06		luzhin: And if 32...Rxe5 White carries out his threat: 33.Qh7+ Kf8 34.Qh8+ Nxh8 35.Rxh8 checkmate.

Aug-22-06		booboo23: What about 28. Nxg6..f7xg6 29. Qxg6+ ..Kf8 30. Rh4 which leaves white with great offensive potential imo!!

Aug-22-06		booboo23: revise above post; starts with the 29th move ;) 29. Nxg6..f7xg6 30. Qxg6+ ..Kf8 31. Rh4 which leaves white with great offensice potential imo.

Aug-25-06		dehanne: Suggested pun for this game "Nunn shall pass!"

Sep-03-06		Albertan: < booboo23: revise above post; starts with the 29th move ;) 29. Nxg6..f7xg6 30. Qxg6+ ..Kf8 31. Rh4 which leaves white with great offensice potential imo.?> In your line Black can blunt the White attack by playing the move 30...Qg7 instead of 30...Kf8. Also as you can see in the variation I have posted below, Black can play 31...Bxc4 and 36...Rxg4 to bring any attack force White had to extinction: 29. Nxg6 fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Qg7 31. Qxf5 Bxc4 32. Bxc4 Qh6 33. Re4 Ra7 34. Rg4+ Rg7 35. Bxa6 Rf8 36. Qe4 Rxg4 37. Qxg4+ Kf7

Nov-03-10		splatty: Wow this is quite a brilliant attack, nice.

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