| notyetagm: Mamedyarov vs Carlsen, 2007 <ounos: Ha! In your face! 28. ... Bd4+!> Position after 28 ...  g7-d4+!:
click for larger viewHere the exceptional Magnus Carlsen plays an excpetional version of the <INTERFERENCE> tactic that even the tactical wizard Mamedyarov has missed. The White d7-rook is <LOOSE>, attacked by the Black d8-rook while being defended by the White d2-rook. For the White d2-rook to continue to <DEFEND> the White d7-rook, the line d2-d7 must stay open. Magnus' brilliant 28 ... g7-d4+! is a stupendous <INTERFERENCE> shot, cutting off the line of life-giving force from the White d2-rook to the <LOOSE> White d7-rook with <TEMPO> from <CHECKING> the White g1-king. Since the defending line piece (White d2-rook) is already on the line, normally the <INTERFERING> piece (Black g7-bishop) would need to be supported by some other Black piece controlling the d4-square. But here Magnus saw that his Black c3-knight does exactly that, since the <CHECK> ...  c3-e2+ means that the Black knight controls the d4-tactical target from the e2-tactical base. <<<<<Magnus saw that the Black c3-knight's control of the d4-tactical target could be used to support the Black g7-bishop going to d4 to <BLOCK> the critical line d2-d7.>>>>> White loses the exchange in all lines:
29  d7xd4 d8xd4 <x-ray> 30 d2xd4 c3-e2+ <knight fork> and 31 ... e2xd4 29 d2xd4 c3-e2+ <knight fork> and 30 ... e2xd4 | 
