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Roman Toran vs Arthur Henry Trott
Hoogovens (1953), Beverwijk NED, rd 6, Jan-12
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation (C03)  ·  1-0

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Mar-15-24  Whitehat1963: Powerful finishing combination!
Mar-15-24  King.Arthur.Brazil: The king tried 19. Bxf6, Bxh6 and even Rh3. And the last move has few interesting lines, but B escaped easily. Therefore, my guess is: 19... h4, looking at: hxg5 20. hxg5 Nd7 21. Qh5 Nxe5 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8#. Or best, 21... g6 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Bxg6 Nf8 24. Rh3 Nxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kf8 26. Rh8#. However, B is not forced to hxg5.
Mar-15-24  King.Arthur.Brazil: In my short analysis on Bxh6, I though on the reply: 21...Bd6 22. Qxh6+ Ke7 23. Rg7 Bxe5... when the attack on f7 seems to lose strength, so I gave up. Nevertheless, continuing this line: 24. dxe5 Rf8 25. Qxf6+ Ke8 (26. Ba4+ b5 ) 26. Bg6 fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kd8 28. Rxb7 Bxb7 29. Qxe6 and W attack must also decide the game.
Mar-15-24
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: Another "trust your intuition" sacrifice to me; probably a routine 10-move combination to Toran.
Mar-15-24  stacase: I thought it was straight forward until it got wild and wooly
Mar-15-24  Cecco: According to the engine with 24. ... Kd7 winning for white would have been more complicated. E.g. 25. Nxf8+ is bad.
Mar-15-24  mel gibson: I only guessed that it might be that.

Stockfish 16 says:

19. Bxh6

(19. Bxh6 (1.Bxh6 Rac8 2.Rg3 Bf8 3.Bb1 Be4 4.Bxe4 Nxe4 5.Qxe4 Qxe4 6.Rxe4 f6 7.Nd3 Kf7 8.Bd2 Rc4 9.Kf1 a5 10.Ke2 a4 11.Rge3 Rcxd4 12.Rxd4 Rxd4 13.Ne1 e5 14.Rc3 Ke6 15.Be3 Re4 16.Kf1 Rb4 17.Nd3 Rh4 18.Rc1 Kd5) +5.03/42 309)

score for White +5.03 depth 42.

Mar-15-24
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  chrisowen: Gap full brew it's kim ton q it's he c z it's x u v Bxh6 acrid it's mid it's coffin abe it's leeway it's dub it's chi it's aoc jack Bxh6 it's do
Mar-15-24  King.Arthur.Brazil: On SF line: <19. Bxh6 Rac8 20. Rg3 Bf8> the move 21. Qd3? leads to: Be4 22. Rxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxd4 25. Bd3 f6 or 25. f3 f6, the situation is not good for W. No good ♕ move right now.

Imagining 21. h4 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Ne4 23. Rg4 f5 B seems to have some counter play. Maybe this justifies SF'move 21. Bb1!?

But the variant <21... Be4?! 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 f6 25. Nd3 Kf7 26. Bd2 Rc4 27. Kf1> Rcxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Ke2 Bd6 30. Rh3 leaves W with an extra ♘.

I saw two moves for B: 21... b5 and 21... Rc7. Both can be replied with 22. Bg5 Be7. The fight continues.

Mar-15-24
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  Check It Out: I hate when chess engines don't accept the sac like a proper gentleman.

I anticipated most of the attacking moves, but certainly didn't foresee the combination. Like <An Englishman> said, it'd be a gutsy intuitive attack for most.

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