notyetagm: Position after 36 c1-c6!!:
 click for larger viewNavara's 36 c1-c6!! puts his White c1-rook on a square where it can be captured by three(!) different Black pieces and is not defended at all(!!!). The tactical point is that not one of the Black pieces that appears to control the c6-square can actually capture the White c6-rook 1) 36 ... b7x c6 37 e5-e6# since the bishop capture <BLOCKED> the 6th rank and stopped the Black a6-rook from <DEFENDING> the e6-mating square  click for larger view2) 36 ... a6x c6 37 e5-d5+ c6-e6 38 d5x e6# since the rook capture <BLOCKED> the a8-h1 diagonal and stopped the Black b7-bishop from <DEFENDING> the d5-checking square  click for larger view3) 36 ... e8x c6 37 e7-e8= + c6x e8 38 e5x e8# since the Black e8-queen is needed to <BLOCKADE> the White e7-passed pawn  click for larger viewNavara's 36 c1-c6!! is so brilliant that I want to give it the illegal !!!-annotation. Oh, what the hell. 36 c1-c6!!!
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