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David Janowski vs Georg Salwe
Ostend (1906), Ostend BEL, rd 17, Jun-25
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation. Normal Line (D55)  ·  1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-25-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Chessical: An excellent game with Janowsky in his best form. <29.Qxe4> is a beautiful Queen sacrifice. Salwe under constant pressure makes the one mistake that Janowsky needs to unleash his combinational talent and his d pawn.
Jan-15-08  Whitehat1963: What's the finish?
Jan-15-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: <Whitehat1963> The finish is 33.Bf7+, Black resigns.

Oh, you're wondering what happens if Black plays on? Well, 33...Kf5 34.Bh5+ is out, which leaves 33...Kh7 34.h5 when the threat of 35.Bg6+ is decisive (34...g6 35.Rh8#).

Feb-27-11  Ulhumbrus: On 30...Rf7 Black might like White to play 31 Bxf7+? Qxf7 32 Rxf7 Kxf7 33 d7 Ke7 stopping the d pawn but instead White uncorks another little bit of beauty by 31 d7! and wins
Mar-08-15  kyg16: "Georg Salwe The Queen"
Jun-28-24  Mayankk: For some reason, the combination appeared not so difficult to spot.

White wants to have a discovered check via d6 and one option for it is to push 29 d6+ Kh7 30 d7 but that gives White a couple of moves to organize a defense. On the contrary 29 Qxe4 fxe4 30 d6+ Kh7 31 Rxf8 suddenly leaves Black defenseless. Black Queen doesnt have many squares to escape and 32 Bg8+ Kh8 33 Bf7+ seems crushing. So we can have 31 ... Qg4 32 Bg8+ Kg6 33 Bf7+ Kh7 34 h5, threatening 35 Bg6#. And Black has no hopes for a perpetual as well since 34 ... Qd1+ 35 Kh2 leads nowhere.

So while the combination is long, there aren't many sidelines to consider. That makes it one of the 'easier' difficult puzzles.

Jun-28-24  King.Arthur.Brazil: The king believes that many will find the answer: 29. Qxe4 fxe4 30. d6+ (if Rf7 31. Rxf7 Qxf7 32. d7 and promotes... e.g. Kf8 33. Bxf7 Ke7 34. Be8 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Bc7) Kh7 31. Rxf8 Qg4 32. Rf7 Qc8 33. Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Rc7# or Kg8 33. Rxg7+ Kf8 34. Rg8#. I guess B must play 29... Kh8 30. Qf4 and W has an extra ♗. It could continue as: 29... Qe8 31. e4 Qb6+ 32. Kh1 Qg6 34. exf5 Qh5 35. f6!
Jun-28-24  mel gibson: I saw that - a Queen sac offered.

Stockfish 16.1 says Black declines the Queen:

29. Qxe4

(29. Qxe4 (1.Qxe4 Kh7 2.Qf3 a5 3.Bc2 Rf7 4.h5 Qg5 5.Bxf5+ Rxf5 6.Qxf5+ Qxf5 7.Rxf5 Bxd5 8.Bxg7 Be6 9.Rxb5 Kxg7 10.Rxa5 Bg4 11.a4 Kf6 12.Ra6+ Kg5 13.a5 Bxh5 14.Rb6 Be2 ) +7.17/44 403)

score for White +7.17 depth 44.

If I force SF to accept the Queen:

29. Qxe4 fxe4
30. d6+

(30. d6+ (1.d6+ Kh7 2.Rxf8 Qg4 3.Bg8+ Kg6 4.Bf7+ Kf5 5.Bh5+ Kxe5 6.Bxg4 Kxd6 7.Rg8 Bd5 8.Rxg7 a5 9.Rg6+ Ke5 10.Rxh6 a4 11.Rb6 Bxa2 12.Rxb5+ Bd5 13.Ra5 a3 14.Rxa3 Bc4 15.h5 Kf6 16.Ra7 Kg5 17.Rg7+ Kf6 18.Rg6+ Ke5 19.h6 Bf7 20.h7 Bxg6 21.h8Q+ Kd6 22.Qf6+ Kc5 23.Qxg6 Kc4 24.Qb6 Kc3 25.Bd1 Kd2 26.Qd4+ Ke1 27.Qa1 Kd2 28.Kf2 Kd3 29.Qd4+) +M29/70 674)

White wins _ mate in 29.

Jun-28-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  chrisowen: I most are v q jug Qxe4 abridge lug its coffin its abe leeway its dub its chi afford pad Qxe4 its over;
Jun-28-24  FM David H. Levin: An immediate 32.h5 could be met by 32...Bd5! 33.Bxd5 Qd1+ and 34...Qxd5. The text's 32.Bg8+ and 33.Bf7+ prepare 34.h5 by first putting the bishop where its threat would start with moving <off> the a2/g8 diagonal.
Jun-28-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  chrisowen: Um popcorn alter

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