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Artur Yusupov vs Nikola Spiridonov
EUR-chT (Men) 8th (1983), Plovdiv BUL, rd 1, Jun-24
Rubinstein Opening: Classical Defense (D05)  ·  1-0

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Dec-27-12  igor2000: I don't understand Black's 26...Qa4. Why not ...Qb4?
Dec-27-12  Nerwal: 26... ♕b4 27. ♖d7. ♕a4 was played to prevent that.
Jan-18-25  mel gibson: I thought 22. Rxf6 but I was only guessing.

Stockfish 17 says:

22. Rxf6

(22. Rxf6 (1.Rxf6 gxf6 2.Ng4 Rc6 3.Nxf6+ Rxf6 4.Qxf6 Qc5 5.Kf2 h6 6.h4 Qc7 7.Bg4 Bc8 8.Bxc8 Qxc8 9.Qxh6 Qf5+ 10.Kg3 Qe5+ 11.Qf4 Qxf4+ 12.Kxf4 Rc8 13.Kxe4 Re8+ 14.Kf3 Re6 ) +5.01/42 258)

score for White +5.01 depth 42

Jan-18-25  King.Arthur.Brazil: One possible line is: 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Nd7 Qe7 24. Nxf6+ Kg7 25. Nh5+ (Kg8 26. Qg7# or Kh6 26. Qg7#) Kg6 26. Qg7+ Kf5 27. Bg4#. The best answer for B seems to be: 23... Rc6 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Qxf6 and W attack continues.
Jan-18-25  Mayankk: I saw till 22 Rxf6 gxf6 23 Ne7 Rc6 (else 24 Nxf6+ may lead to nasty discovered checks) 24 Nxf6+ Rxf6 25 Qxf6.

Pretty straightforward so far. No material gain but White has plans to gang up on the f7 pawn (Rd7 and Bh5) while the Black light-squared Bishop is out of play and vulnerable. In some longish lines, White could even march his h pawn forward to threaten mate on the long dark diagonal.

I couldn't guess what Black might play next but it seemed like White should have an answer to most variations.

Jan-18-25  Allderdice83: Why not 25 ... Qc5? 26. Kf2 Qc6
Jan-18-25
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  Breunor: I thought the first two moves were pretty indicated - for me this was easier than Tuesday puzzles.
Jan-18-25
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  scormus: 22 Rxf6 was almost a reflex reaction to seeing the position. I couldn't decide whether to follow with 23 Nb4 or Nd7, and according to SF they come out the same, then the next few moves are rather straightforward. It looks to me like 26 Kf2 is the important move to finish the job. I tried persisting along the lines 26 Qg5+ Kh8 27 Qf6+ etc., but it doesn't seem to lead any further until e3 is protected.

I'm not complaining, but I was expecting something a bit more challenging than this. 21 W to play would been closer to the Saturday level, as Ba3! effectively forced B's reply.

Jan-18-25
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Jan-18-25  vajeer: Easy for a Saturday.
<scormus: It looks to me like 26 Kf2 is the important move to finish the job.> I agree with most of your observations. 26. Kf2 is shown as the best but 26. Qf5 retains a winning advantage as well. White is now ready for a rook lift. 26...Qe7 will lose to 27. Qg4+ followed by Rd7 26...Bc8 then 27. Rd5 Qe7 28. Re5 Qd8 29. Qxe4 etc.
Jan-18-25  alshatranji: I saw the first few moves, not very difficult really. But it seemed that they just lead to an exchange of material. Sure, the black king's position is wakened, and White has the initiative, but I didn't anything definite, especially that it would take some time to mobilize the rook or the bishop to attack the king, and Black has time to regroup. Of course, I didn't see the smart 27.Qg5+Kh8 28.Qe7 maneuver. This settled the game. Well.
Jan-18-25  alshatranji: Another fine point. 23 Ng4 and 23 Nd7 (my choice) seem to lead to the same result. Not according to Stockfish. 23 Ng4 is better at 5+ something. 23 Nd7 allows 23...Qa5, so 24.Qxf6. It's still a good line of attack at +3.5, but 23 Ng4 is stronger.

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