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Alexander Motylev vs Evgeny Najer
Russian Team Championship (2015), Sochi RUS, rd 6, May-06
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack. Mindeno Variation Exchange Line (B11)  ·  0-1

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May-06-15  Nerwal: Awesome finish.
May-06-15  luzhin: The fireworks began after 23...Bb4!! with the stunning point that 24.Nxh8 is answered by 24...Bd2+!! forcing mate in 3.
May-06-15  KingsGambiteer: Love the finish. Wonderful how Najer got every piece involved in the attack.
May-09-15
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  tpstar: Beautiful double Rook sacrifice!

<24. Nxh8 Bd2+!!> An incredible resource.

May-25-15
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  Breunor: Black's 27th is the puzzle in the New York Post yesterday. Good puzzle , I guess for us here Saturday or Sunday? (I know I didn't get it!)

Wonderful game!

Oct-07-17  clement41: Why did black avoid the natural-looking 10...Nd5 ? The final combination is delightful
Sep-30-18  SpiritedReposte: The finish is almost morphy-like!
Apr-10-20  Messiah: Three rook sacrifices! Very nice finish! I was a little bit sloppier than usual in this analysis, but as no one will read it anyway, it's irrelevant.

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6 6.d3 e6 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.O-O-O d4 9.Ne2 c5 10.e5 Nfd7

<L Dominguez vs M Rodshtein, 2014 saw 10.Nd5.>

11.Qe4 Nc6 12.f4 O-O-O 13.c4 h5

<13...dxc3 causes more problems.>

14.g3

<The secure continuation is the Kb1-Re1 idea.>

14...f5 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.Qxe6+ Kb8 17.Ng1 Re8 18.Qf5 Nb4 19.Bxb4 cxb4 20.Nf3

<I prefer 20.Rh2 with a tiny bit better prospects for White.>

20...b3 21.axb3

<21.a3 is the logical move here, but the capture is objectively not bad, either. 21.Kb1 is also not entirely wrong, but it is not for the faint-hearted!>

21...Re3 22.Ne5

<22.Bg2 Bb4 23.Rh2 h4 24.g4 Rd8 25.Kb1 is equal, but White needs lots of precision.>

22...Qxb3 23.Ng6??

<Miscalculating the bishop's devilish plan on the a5-e1 diagonal. This unnecessary knight jump is the losing move, one single tempo (or two, from a different standpoint). 23.Rh2 Bb4 24.Nd7+ Nxd7 25.Qxd7 Rc8 26.Qxd4 is equalish, 23.Nd7+!? Nxd7 24.Qxd7 Bc5 25.Rh2 a5 26.Re2 is a tiny bit better for Black. Neither of these lines is easy.>

23...Bb4!

<The first rook sacrifice.>

24.Rh2 Rc8 25.Ne5 a6 26.Nd7+ Nxd7 27.Qxd7 Rxc4+!

<The second...>

28.dxc4 Rc3+!

<...and the third!>

29.bxc3 Ba3+

<With an easy checkmate to follow.>

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Aug-02-23  Gaito:


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WHITE TO MOVE

The move played by White 23.Ng6? looks good and logical, yet it proved to be a tactical mistake. According to the machines, White ought to have played 23.Nd7+ Nxd7 24.Qxd7 Bc5 25.Rh2 when Black's attack is contained.

Aug-02-23  Gaito: Sorry to duplicate an old comment. I had not seen that three years ago Kibitzer Messiah already ponted out the same thing (23.Ng6? being a mistake). Next time I'll try to read the other Kibitzers' comments before writing anything myself.
Aug-02-23  syracrophy: <luzhin: The fireworks began after 23...Bb4!! with the stunning point that 24.Nxh8 is answered by 24...Bd2+!! forcing mate in 3.>


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