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Zong-Yuan Zhao vs Mark Machin Rivera
Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad (2010), Khanty-Mansiysk RUS, rd 3, Sep-23
King's Indian Defense: Saemisch. Bobotsov-Korchnoi-Petrosian Variation (E81)  ·  1-0

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Sep-24-10  twinlark: 35. Rb8:


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Black may have been in time trouble when he played 35...Qf6, simply abandoning the LSB, when 35...Re8 would have kept it, and he's still in with a chance to save the game.

Maybe he thought the threat of mate after 36. Qxc8 Qa1+ 37. Bf1 e2:


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was good enough for a perpetual, but missed Zhao's fine rook sac with 38. Rb7+ Kh6 39. Qf8+ Kh5 40. Rh7+ Kg4 41. Rxh4+:


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and mate in two with 41...Kxh4 42. Qh6+ Kg4 43. Qg5#:


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