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Leili Piarnpuu vs Yury Shulman
Mikenas Memorial Open (1997), Vilnius LTU, Jun-??
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation. Positional Defense (E94)  ·  0-1

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May-16-20
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  al wazir: I figured that after 30...Bxc2 the continuation would be 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Re1 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 Bd4 34. Kf2, clearly winning.

I didn't foresee the game line.

May-16-20
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: Solved it, but don't neglect the rest of the game. Shulman played quite creatively, esp. with the ...Nf6-h5-f4-e6-d4 excursion.
May-16-20
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  al wazir: I like white's chances after 22. Bd4, winning a ♙: 22...Qe6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qxc3+.
May-16-20  Cheapo by the Dozen: I didn't stick with the puzzle long enough to see the ... Bd4 shot. So of course I also didn't foresee Black's cool final move.
May-16-20  stacase: I saw 31...Bd4 but went for 31...Rxe3
May-16-20  agb2002: White threatens Rxe7.

The alignment of three white pieces on the diagonal a7-g1 suggests 29... Bxd3 30.Rxd3 (30.Rxe7 Bxc2 31.Rxe8+ Rxe8 wins) 30... Qxe3 31.Rxe3 Bd4:

A) 32.Rb7 Rxe3 (threatens Re1#)

A.1) 33.Kf1 Rf8+ wins.

A.2) 33.g(h)3 Re2+ wins.

A.3) 33.Qf2 Re1#.

B) 32.Kf1 Rxe3 with the double threat Bxa7 and Rf8+.

C) 32.Qa4 Bxe3+ 33.Kf1 Bxa7 34.Qxa7 c2 35.Qa3 Rxc4 36.Qc1 Rb8 wins.

D) 32.g3 Rxe3 33.Qa4 Re1+ 34.Kg2 Bxa7 35.Qxa7 c2 wins.

E) 32.Kf2 Bxe3+ 33.Kf3 Bxa7 wins (34.Qxc3 Re3+).

May-16-20  Brenin: 31 ... Rxe3 loses to 32 Qf2, threatening Qxe3 and also mate with Qf7+; 31 ... Bd4 is the only move that works for Black. After that, White might have tried the swindle 32 Qxc3, hoping for Bxc3 33 Rxc3 d5 34 c5, with a slight advantage; instead, 32 ... Bxa7 is the killer.
May-16-20  mel gibson: I saw that after about 1 minute.

Stockfish 11 agrees with the text:

29... Bxd3

(29. .. Bxd3 (♗e4xd3 ♖d1xd3
♕e7xe3+ ♖d3xe3 ♗g7-d4 ♕c2xc3 ♗d4xa7 c4-c5 ♗a7xc5 ♕c3xc5 d6xc5 ♖e3-c3 c5-c4 ♔g1-f2 ♔g8-g7 ♔f2-f3 ♔g7-f6 ♖c3-c2 ♔f6-e5 ♖c2-e2+ ♔e5-d4 ♖e2-d2+ ♔d4-c5 ♖d2-c2 ♖e8-f8+ ♔f3-g4 ♔c5-d4 ♖c2-c1 c4-c3 ♔g4-g5 ♖f8-e8 ♔g5-h6 ♖c8-c7 h2-h4 ♔d4-d3 g2-g4 ♔d3-d2 ♖c1-g1 c3-c2 h4-h5 ♖e8-e1 ♖g1-g2+ ♖e1-e2 ♖g2-g1 g6xh5 ♔h6xh5) +12.47/37 224)

score for Black +12.47 depth 37

May-16-20  Predrag3141: I liked the queen sac, guessing up through 31 … Bd4 and crossing my fingers the queen would not reach the 7th. A few factors like a strong passed pawn, an exposed white king and a passive white queen (tied down to the passed pawn in this case) make it a good deal.
May-16-20
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  chrisowen: Is There A Doctor In The House?
May-16-20  RandomVisitor: 29.Ra7 was an idea that should have been tried earlier:


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Stockfish_20051519_x64_modern:

<55/35 03:29 0.00 26.Ra7 Rd7 27.Rxd7> Bxd7 28.Bd4 Bxd4+ 29.Rxd4 Qf6 30.Qxc3 fxe4 31.Qd2 exf3 32.gxf3 Bc6 33.f4 Qf5 34.h3 a4 35.Rxd6 Qe4 36.Rd8+ Rxd8 37.Qxd8+ Kg7 38.Qc7+ Kf6 39.Qd6+ Kf7 40.Qc7+ Ke6 41.Qc8+ Ke7 42.Qc7+ Ke6

May-16-20  RandomVisitor: After 23.Qf2 there is 23...Qe7


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Stockfish_20051519_x64_modern:

<45/74 07:15 -1.14 23...Qe7 24.g3 Ba4> 25.Rc1 Rb8 26.Bd3 Rxb6 27.Bxb6 Rb8 28.Qe3 Qe5 29.f4 Qh5 30.Be2 Qh3 31.Bd4 Bxd4 32.Qxd4 Rb2 33.Re1 Rxa2 34.Qxc3 Bd1 35.Qe3 Bxe2 36.Rxe2 Rxe2 37.Qxe2 Qc8 38.Qc2 Qc5+ 39.Kf1 Kf8 40.Ke2 Ke7 41.Qc3 Qb6 42.e5 dxe5

May-16-20  Brenin: <RandomVisitor>: I agree: 26 Ra7 was White's last chance of equality. After 26 Bd3 fxe4 27 fxe4 Re8 White's position is falling apart, and 28 Ra7 Rc7 29 Rxc7 Qxc7 no longer looks good enough to hold the fort.
May-16-20
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  DakotaFlint: I found the first move but after that...sigh.
May-16-20
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  chrisowen: Dogged affable folks an d3!
May-16-20
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  saffuna: Leili Piarnpuu

Answer to the question: What do you look for when hunting the wild Piarn?

May-16-20
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  Jimfromprovidence: I liked the final move 34...c2. it is much better then 34...Rf8+ because it moves the queen off of the a2-g8 diagonal if play had continued as 34...c2 forces 35 Qxc2.

If 34...Rf8+ instead white has 35 Rf7, below, and black eventually wins just a bit of material.


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May-16-20  goodevans: An exquisite combination.

On move 17 black's pawn captures a N on c3 and 17 moves later it finally moves forward to force white's resignation.

May-16-20
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  PawnSac: < Predrag3141: I liked the queen sac, guessing up through 31 … Bd4 and crossing my fingers the queen would not reach the 7th. A few factors like a strong passed pawn, an exposed white king and a passive white queen (tied down to the passed pawn in this case) make it a good deal. >

the key to the Q sac is seeing that after 34.Kf1 the move ..c2! is the perfect DEFLECTION play. 34.Kf1 Rf8+ 35.Rf7! defends, but after c2 the Q can no longer support the Rf7 defense. Black had to see this after 30.Rd3

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