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Emil Sutovsky vs Sergey Grigoriants
European Championship (2012), Plovdiv BUL, rd 4, Mar-23
Spanish Game: Closed. Bogoljubow Variation (C91)  ·  1-0

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Mar-23-12  fligorna: What a lovely combination! Splendid!
Mar-23-12  luzhin: Indeed it is, fligorna. After 34...gxf6 35.Qh5+ and mate next move (while of course if 33...Qxf3 34.Rh5 mate.)
Mar-23-12  Gilmoy: Looks like they both saw about four moves ahead, but Black pruned his tree and thought it safe, while White had time to leisurely peck away at it.

<31..Qd5> makes the ol' <hook and ladder> possible: they both see that, and that Black will decline, and <32..Kh7> dodge into the Bc2-g6 pin. Examine the moves that dogpile on pins: Qh5 is obvious (and boy it's strong), Ng4 can vanish-sac itself.

Black sees that h5 is covered sideways. Here I am reminded of predator lope/prey flight asymmetry: a failed hunt isn't that important to the predator (he fails 90%+ anyways), but a failed escape is a huge deal to the escapee. You're running for a snack, I'm running for my life. In chess, proving that you don't-lose-by-X still leaves you with many other lines to squeeze into your clock, but proving (correctly) that X-wins-for-you lets you blitz out the rest of the combo.

Hence, a complete proof has unequal payoff. White exploits this to invest more clock on the attack: surely there's something, a pattern or concept to dredge up ... aha, <interference> cuts your line. <33.R1e5> forces Black to give Q or <33..Nxe5> self-block 5.

Apr-08-12  eyalbd: Sutovsky never cease to amaze!

Final mate is really beautiful:


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(After the moves 34.. ♔h6 35.♘g8+ ♔g5 36.♖xe5+ ♕xe5 37.♕g4# )

Apr-14-12  notyetagm: Game Collection: SUTOVSKY'S BRILLIANT COMBINATIONS

Sutovsky vs Grigoriants, 2012

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