Yuri Yakovich vs Sergey Dolmatov (1996)

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Yuri Yakovich vs Sergey Dolmatov
Russian Championship (1996), Elista RUS, rd 5, Oct-20
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation. Modern Defense (E73) · 1-0

White to move.

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Jun-04-23		perfidious: The opening salvo of 19.Rxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxf6 is a quite familiar motif, but matters became far more difficult after the obvious defence 20....Qg7.

Jun-04-23		Brenin: 19 Rxh7+ forces 19 ... Kxh7 20 Qxf6, with the threat of 21 Rh1+ Kg8 22 Rh8 mate, e.g. 20 ... Qg7 21 Ng5+ Kh8 (Kg8 22 Bc4+ d5 23 Rxd5) 23 Qf4 Rxe2 24 Rh1+ Kg8 25 Qc4+ d5 26 Qxe2, and White is a P ahead, with a much better position.

Jun-04-23		King.Arthur.Brazil: For me, potd is "normal": 9. Rxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxf6 Rxe2 21. Rh1+ Kg8 22. Rh8#. I guess many will reach the same quickly.

Jun-04-23		mel gibson: I saw that straight away. White gets a pawn and a Knight straight back and then has a King hunt underway. The Black King is too exposed behind an isolated pawn and many pieces can attack him. Stockfish 15 says: 19. Rxh7+ (19. Rxh7+ (Rh1xh7+ Kg7xh7 Qc3xf6 Kh7-g8 Rd1xd6 Qd7-f7 Qf6-g5 Re8xe2 Rd6xg6+ Kg8-f8 Rg6-f6 Bb7xf3 Rf6xf7+ Kf8xf7 Qg5-f4+ Kf7-g6 Qf4-g3+ Kg6-h6 Qg3xf3 Ra8-e8 Qf3-f6+ Kh6-h7 Qf6-f5+ Kh7-h6 a2-a4 Re8-e4 Kc1-d1 Re2-e1+ Kd1-d2 Re4-e2+ Kd2-d3 Re2-e7 Kd3-c2 Re1-e6 Qf5xc5 Re7-f7 Kc2-b1 Re6-f6 f2-f3 Kh6-h7 Kb1-a2 Rf6-g6 Qc5-d5 Rg6-f6 Qd5-d4 Kh7-g6 Ka2-a3 Rf6-f5 b2-b3 Kg6-g5 Qd4-e4 Kg5-h6 Qe4-d3 Kh6-g5 Qd3-d4 Kg5-g6 Qd4-d8 Kg6-g7 Qd8-d3 Kg7-h6 a4-a5 Kh6-g7 b3-b4 Rf5-f6 Qd3-d4 Kg7-h6 Ka3-a4 Kh6-g6 Qd4-d5 Kg6-g7) +8.06/44 492) score for White +8.06 depth 44.

Jun-04-23		jrredfield: I saw 19 Rxh7+ quickly enough but wasn't sure what should follow after 19 ... Kxh7 (19 ... Nxh7 is illegal) 20 Qxf6. Maybe 20 ... Kg8 21 Rxd6. Still not bad for a Sunday.

Jun-04-23		An Englishman: Good Evening: A little too easy for Sunday--i.e., solved it. Thus endeth my strangest 5/7 week ever. Solved Saturday and Sunday. Flubbed Thursday--and Monday. Flubbed Monday. Anyone know where one might get a decent price on a slightly used brain?

Jun-04-23		stacase: I'm happy to get the first three moves on a Sunday puzzle (-:

Jun-04-23		scormus: First two moves 19 Rxh7+ Kxh7 20 Qxf6 were easy to find, but then what does B do, and W after that? I thought if 20 ... Kg8, then 21 Rxd6. But after 20 ... Qg7 21 Ng5+, I expected 21 ... Kg8. After the text, ... Kh8, I wasn't sure, perhaps 22 Rh1+ or maybe Qh4+. When I saw 22 Qf4, allowing... Rxe2, it all became a bit of a mystery to me, and I gave up trying to guess the moves.

Jun-04-23		agb2002: Black threatens Rxe2. The white queen pins the knight. This suggests 19.Rxh7+ Kxh7 20.Qxf6: A) 20... Qg7 21.Ng5+ A.1) 21... Kh6 22.Rh1#. A.2) 21... Kg8 22.Qf4 A.2.a) 22... Rxe2 23.Qc4+ d5 24.Qxe2 wins a pawn at least. A.2.b) 22... Rf8 23.Bc4+ d5 24.Rxd5 Bxd5 (24... Rxf4 25.Rd8#) 25.Bxd5+ Rf7 (25... Kh8 26.Qh4+ and mate next) 26.Bxf7+ wins. A.2.c) 22... Re4 23.Bc4+ Rxc4 (23... d5 24.Qxe4 dxc4 25.Qxc4+ Kf8 26.Ne6+ wins) 24.Qxc4+ d5 25.Qe2 (25.Qxc5 Rc8) wins a pawn at least. A.2.d) 22... Rad8 23.Bg4 looks good for White. For example, 23... Bc8 24.Bxc8 Rxd8 25.Qc4+ Kf8 26.Ne6+ Rxe6 27.Qxe6+ and 28.Qxc8. A.3) 21... Kh8 22.Rh1+ Kg8 23.Qf4, with several threats Rh7, Qxd6, Bg4, looks similar to A.2. B) 20... Kg8 21.Rxd6 B.1) 21... Qg7 21.Bc4+ Kh7 22.Qxg7+ Kxg7 23.Rd7+ wins decisive material. B.2) 21... Qf7 22.Qxf7+ Kxf7 23.Bc4+ Ke7 (23... Kf8 24.Rf6+ Ke(g)7 25.Rf7+ and 26.Rxb7 wins decisive material; 23... Kg7 24.Rd7+) 24.Rxg6 gets three pawns for the exchange, unclear.

Jun-04-23		agb2002: I missed the far stronger 22.Qg5 in my line B.2.

Jun-04-23		chrisowen: I'm dart quick it's won puff Rxh7+ afford position dud axiom jock mini Rxh7+ glock :)

Jun-04-23		stacase: 23.Rh1+..Kg8 Missed this. I thought "Oh no you abandoned support at g5!" 24.Qc4+..d5 Ouch! 25.Qxe2 Oh that was great! Maybe over the board I would have seen that Rook snatching beauty.

Jun-04-23		vajeer: I considered the following lines: 22. Rh1+ Kg8 23. Qf4 Qf8 24. Bc4+ d5 25. Qh4 Qf6 26. Bd3 Re7 27. Bxg6 Rd8 28. Qh6 Rd6 29. Bh7+ Kh8 30. Nf7+ Rxf7 31. Bg6+ Kg8 32. Bxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qxf6+ Rxf6 34. Rh7+ Ke6 35. Rxb7 with a won endgame 21...Kg8 22. Bc4+ d5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. Nf7+ Kg8 26. Qd6 Re1+ 27. Kc2 Re2+ 28. Kd1 Qd4+ 29. Kxe2 Kg7 +- 21...Kg8 22. Bc4+ d5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. Nf7+ Kh7 26. Qh4+ Kg8 27. Ng5+ Re6 28. Bxe6+ Kf8 29. Qf4+ Ke8 +- 21...Kg8 22. Bc4+ d5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. Nf7+ Kh7 26. Qh4+ Kg8 27. Ng5+ Kf8 28. Qf4+ Ke7 29. Qc7+ Kf6 30. Nh7+ Qxh7 31. Qxh7 +-

Jun-04-23		vajeer: In the first line below, 24. Bc4+ is important because it forces 24...d5 and closed the diagonal and takes black's bishop out of the rest of the game.

Jun-04-23		Honza Cervenka: I saw 19.Rxh7+ instantly, and quite quickly I have found a line 19...Kxh7 20.Qxf6 Qg7 21.Ng5+ Kg8 22.Bc4+ d5 23.Rxd5! Qxf6 24.Rd7+ Re6 (forced) 25.Bxe6+ Qxe6 26.Nxe6 +- or 23...Bxd5 24.Bxd5+ Kh8 25.Nf7+ Kg8 (25...Kh7? 26.Qh4+ Kg8 27.Ng5+ Kf8 28.Nh7+ +-) 26.Qd6 Re1+ 27.Kc2 Re2+ 28.Kd3 with decisive advantage but I did not consider 21...Kh8 at all.

Jun-04-23		Breunor: I'm a little surprised this is a 4 star puzzle - the first three moves seem pretty obvious. although without seeing more, it may be hard to play in a real game.

Jun-04-23		Jimfromprovidence: It's tough to find the best move if 20...Kg8 21 Rxd6 Qf7, below. click for larger view White's bishop is en prise and 22 Bc4 is disastrous because the queen can take with check. <agb2002> for one suggests 22 Qg5! below, with the threat of 23 Rxg6+. click for larger view Black has 22...Be4 for example as a defense. Looks difficult from here on.

Jun-04-23		agb2002: <Jim ... Black has 22...Be4 for example as a defense. Looks difficult from here on.> After 22... Be4 23.Ne5 Rxe5 (23... Qxf2 24.Bc4+) 24.Qxe5 White is already two pawns up and threatens Qxe4, Qxc5, Qc3-Bc4, etc.

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