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Nikolay Minev vs Miomir Radojevic
Parcetic Memorial (1966), Sombor YUG, rd 4, Aug-28
Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation (B40)  ·  1-0

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Jun-13-24  mel gibson: Difficult but I did consider that move.

Stockfish 16.1 says:

35. Rxg5

(35. Rxg5 (1.Rxg5 Bxg5 2.Ne4 Qf4 3.Nexg5 Rbc8 4.g3 Qf6 5.d5 Qa6 6.Qxa6 bxa6 7.c6 f6 8.Ne6 Rd6 9.Rd4 Kf7 10.Nc5 Ke7 11.Nb7 Rcxc6 12.dxc6 Rxc6 13.Rd2 Rc3 14.Kg2 Rc7 ) +5.14/49 977)

score for White +5.14 depth 49.

Jun-13-24  newzild: A simple fork - 35. Nxg5 doesn't work because the knight is pinned against the king, so 35. Rxg5 must be played.
Jun-13-24
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  PawnSac: < mel gibson: Difficult but I did consider that move. 35. Rxg5 >

White has nothing better.


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The pin on the Nf3 is problematic. If white does not play Rx, he must find some other improving move that answers black's threat of ..Nxf3 and I don't see a good one.

But Rxg5! Bxg5 Ne4 fork doubles up on the B, so white wins a B + N for the R while also solving the pin problem.


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But after the exchange we're at this position with black to move, and since we don't know what black will do, and since also nothing is forced, we simply have to wait and see what black does. So the puzzle is necessarily in 2 parts:

1. Get settled on Rxg5 as being best
(white has a strong center passer and 2 knights vs a rook in the middle game, with no obvious counter threats), so just trust your assessment of the position and play the exchange, then...

2. See what black plays, and find the win from there. Otherwise, over the board your clock is running while you calculate endless possibilities.

So 37. ..Rd5 is an obligatory freebee. After seeing blacks move, we can calculate further.


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Black appears to be trying to block the white Q's diagonal, in order to play ..f6 kicking the knight. In this position I chose Re1 with the idea answering ..f6 with Re5! hitting the Q. if then ..fxe5 Qxd5+ Kh8 white can gobble up another pawn if there's nothing better. but of course, it's a tricky position. I'd be watching for forks, and try to get a N on f7 to guard the d-pawn advance, or force a discovered check with a knight hop.

Jun-13-24
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  chrisowen: Mug jo its vey its Rxg5 abridge lug gg its a cuff muff bubbled its v dub x Rxg5 edict;
Jun-13-24  King.Arthur.Brazil: The king saw that W win the quality with: 35. Rxg5 Bxg5 36. Ne4 Qf5 37. Nxg5, although one could doubt if this enough to win. Some lines: 37... Rd5 38. Nh3 g5 39. Nf2 g4 40. Nd2 Rbd8 41. Nb3 or 40. Ne5?! Rbd8 and while W can capute g4, loses the main ♙ on d4, which is very bad. That's why the passive 40. Nd2. I don't think this is an easy end-game. Maybe, I miss something better.
Jun-13-24  King.Arthur.Brazil: 40... Re8?? Even me, I couldn't play such a terrible move. Time pressure, I guess. Without other considerations on Nf6+. Even 40...Rf8 41. Nd6 Qh5 42. Re4 and B could lose the ♕ on Rh4 or the ♖ on d5. My proposed line seems better for B.
Jun-14-24  devere: 35.Rxg5 is quite obvious. What is not as immediately obvious is how badly Black stands after losing the two minor pieces for the rook.

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