Laszlo Szabo vs Gedeon Barcza (1937)

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Laszlo Szabo vs Gedeon Barcza
Merenyi Memorial? (1937), Budapest HUN
Spanish Game: Closed. Balla Variation (C88) · 1-0

White to move.

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Jul-18-23		perfidious: Though the obvious line 24.Rxe7+ Qxe7 25.Qxb3 leads to a winning position, it is difficult to call this Tuesday POTD material.

Jul-18-23		Brenin: After 24 Rxe7+ Qxe7 (Kf8 25 Rd7+) I would have played 25 Qb8+ Qd8 26 Qe5+ and 27 Qxf5, or if 26 ... Be6 then 27 Qxg8 Rf8 28 Ba3.

Jul-18-23		King.Arthur.Brazil: I saw the line: 24. Rxe7+ Qxe7 25. Qb8+ Qd8 26. Qe5+ Qe7 27. Qxf..; but I don't know if this is enough to win. If Black play 27... Nc5 28. Ba3 and the ♘ is captured too, while 27... Qd6 28. Bc4. It seems Black position is very bad, although I didn't find a check mate.

Jul-18-23		Allderdice83: I would say Black erred with 25 ... Bxb3. 25 ... Be6 looks stronger. After 26. Qb8+ Qd8 27. Qxd8+ Kxd8 28. Bxa6, I certainly think White is winning, but Black should not trade pieces. Of course, 26 ... O-O?? is simply a blunder.

Jul-18-23		PawnSac: this is a very basic reduction of material R for B+N. black castled into the skewer.

Jul-18-23		Gregor Samsa Mendel: The Computer says that 26..f6 just delays the loss of the exchange by a few moves.

Jul-18-23		jrredfield: Definitely easier than yesterday's POTD. 24 Rxe7+ Qxe7 25 Qb8+ Qd8 jumped out right away. I wasn't sure after that. Perhaps 26 Qe5+ but then wasn't sure between 26 ... Qe7 or 26 ... Be6. Either way, White's chances are very good indeed.

Jul-18-23		mel gibson: Easy today. it took me under 20 seconds. Stockfish 16 says: 24. Rxe7+ (24. Rxe7+ (Re4xe7+ Qd8xe7 Qb4-b8+ Qe7-d8 Qb8-e5+ Bf5-e6 Qe5xg7 Ke8-d7 Nf3-e5+ Kd7-c7 Ne5xf7 Be6xf7 Qg7xf7+ Qd8-d7 Qf7xb3 Rh8-e8 Qb3-c4+ Qd7-c6 Qc4xd4 Re8-e1+ Kg1-h2 ) +6.63/45 519) score for White +6.63 depth 45.

Jul-18-23		Mayankk: I saw that White can exchange a Rook for two minor pieces. It then has a choice of either keeping its Queen and grab B + N for Rook or exchange Queens and grab 2B for R. The latter doesn't seem good as it frees up Black Rook via 24 Rxe7+ Qxe7 25 Qxe7 Kxe7 26 Bxf5. So I thought the former 24 Rxe7+ Qxe7 25 Qxb3 was superior. However it didn't occur to me that O-O was not possible for Black due to the Bb3 threat. Very sneaky. I also briefly pondered over 24 Rxe7+ Qxe7 25 Qb8+ but only hit road blocks in the lines I considered.

Jul-18-23		saturn2: There is a rule if up in material change off further. But here keeping the queens is better. Still the endgame 2B+N is won against R+N. I went for it.

Jul-18-23		scormus: The text is clearly winning for W, but after 24 Rxe7+ Qxe7 I'm not sure if it's best play by either side. I went for the <Brenin> line which still looks better to me.

Jul-18-23		agb2002: White is one pawn down. Most black pieces are defenseless and White has two options. The first option is the prosaic 24.Qxb3 Bxe4 25.Bxe4, followed by the capture of the d-pawn and a attack against the a-pawn. The second option is the blood thirsty 24.Rxe7+ Qxe7 25.Qb8+ Qd8 26.Qe5+ Be6 27.Qxg7: A) 27... Rf8 28.Ba3 wins decisive material. B) 27... Ke7 28.Ba3+ Kd7 29.Ne5+ looks winning. For example 29... Kc7 30.Nxf7 Bxf7 31.Qxf7+ and 32.Qxb3. Or 29... Kc8 30.Bxa6+ Kb8 31.Nc6+. C) 27... Kd7 28.Ne5+ looks similar to B. I'd play the funnier 24.Rxe7+.

Jul-18-23		AlicesKnight: There seem to be several ways to win 2 minor pieces for R and demolish the Black QP. Like others I assume 26. ... O - O is simply a mistake making a poor position worse. Nothing dramatic, just a clearing-up operation for a 'won game' today.

Jul-18-23		TheaN: Wow, I messed this one up with the second to last move. I tried to switch the moves in a flashy way, but that <fails>. Mind you, it was the first time I saw Ba3 work and played it a bit too quickly. I'm talking about <24.Rxe7+ Qxe7 25.Qxb3 Bxd3 26.Ba3?!>. It definitely has a point, White's preventing Black from castling taking Rh8 out of the game, whilst still threatening to take on d3 and then d4 to go up in material. click for larger view Black to play and hold.

Jul-18-23		Socrates2: The last move of black was not really forced.

Jul-18-23		chrisowen: I felt jar pod q knock it wash it is z u v Rxe7 abridge it is lug doh it is awooga jog bob bot v Rxe7 edict :)

Jul-18-23		Lambda: I went for 25.Qb8+ Qd8 26.Qxd8+ Kxd8 27.Bxf5 with the idea that the king gets in the way of defending the d-pawn, so it falls and you just get straight two bishops vs rook.

Jul-18-23		vajeer: <Lambda> yep I went with the same line. It may not be the best, but it simplifies the position more quickly and leaves white with a won game.

Jul-18-23		Andrew Chapman: The engine on lichess gives 24.Re1. Remarkably white ends up a piece up. For example, if Bxd3, then Qxb3, and threatens Ba3. So black castles and white picks up the bishop on d3 as well as the knight. The perils of an uncastled king on an open file.

Jul-18-23		King.Arthur.Brazil: After <24. Rxe7+ Qxe7 25. Qc8+ Kd8 26. Qe5+ Be6 27. Qxg7 Rf8? 28. Ba3 and Black lose material. Therefore, he is obliged to 27... Kd7 28. Nxd4 A- Nxd4 29. Qxd4+ Kc7 30. Qc5+ Kb8 31. Be5+ Kb7 32. Be4+ B- Kc8 29. 29. Nxe6 Qxd3 30. Qxf7... ( Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qd6+ 32. g3 Rd8 33. Nxd8). C- Re8 29. Nxe6 (Kxe6 30. Bc4+ ) or Rxe6 30. Bf5. I don' t analyse much but seems White has also big chances do win, since Black pieces are unconnected. After: <24. Rxe7+ Qxe7 25. Qxb3 Bxd3 26. Ba3> Maybe, you are talking about 26... Bc4, I guess thinking about the line: 27. Qxc4 Qxa3 28. Qc8+ Ke7 29. Qxh8 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 d3 which give some chances to Black. I wonder the same line before, 27. Qb8+ Qd8 28. Qe5+ (Kd7 29. Qxd4+ Ke8 30. Qxc4) Be6 29. Qxg7 Kd7 30. Qxd4+ Kc8 31. Qc3+ Kb7 32. Nd4 The case of 30. Ne5+ Kc8 31. Nxf7?! 31... Bxf7 (other moves can be dangerous to Black) 32. Qxf7 Ke8 and White attack is over. For this reason, I would like to simplify with 24. Rxe7+ Qxe7 25. Qxe7+ Kxe7 26. Bxf5, you get the pair of B and attack the d4 ♙ and Black still has big problems. After <24. Rxe7+ Qxe7 25. Qc8+ Kd8 26. Qe5+ Be6 27. 27. Qxg7 Rf8? 28. Ba3 and Black lose material. Therefore, he is obliged to 27... Kd7 28. Nxd4 A- Nxd4 29. Qxd4+ Kc7 30. Qc5+ Kb8 31. Be5+ Kb7 32. Be4+ B- Kc8 29. 29. Nxe6 Qxd3 30. Qxf7... ( Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qd6+ 32. g3 Rd8 33. Nxd8). C- Re8 29. Nxe6 (Kxe6 30. Bc4+ ) or Rxe6 30. Bf5. I don' t analyse much but seems White has also big chances do win, since Black pieces are unconnected. After: <24. Rxe7+ Qxe7 25. Qxb3 Bxd3 26. Ba3> Maybe, you are talking about 26... Bc4, I guess thinking about the line: 27. Qxc4 Qxa3 28. Qc8+ Ke7 29. Qxh8 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 d3 which give some chances to Black. I wonder the same line before, 27. Qb8+ Qd8 28. Qe5+ (Kd7 29. Qxd4+ Ke8 30. Qxc4) Be6 29. Qxg7 Kd7 30. Qxd4+ Kc8 31. Qc3+ Kb7 32. Nd4 The case of 30. Ne5+ Kc8 31. Nxf7?! 31... Bxf7 (other moves can be dangerous to Black) 32. Qxf7 Ke8 and White attack is over. For this reason, I would like to simplify with 24. Rxe7+ Qxe7 25. Qxe7+ Kxe7 26. Bxf5, you get the pair of B and attack the d4 ♙ and Black still has big problems.

Jul-19-23		TheaN: <KAB: After: <24. Rxe7+ Qxe7 25. Qxb3 Bxd3 26. Ba3> Maybe, you are talking about 26... Bc4, I guess thinking about the line: 27. Qxc4 Qxa3 28. Qc8+ Ke7 29. Qxh8 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 d3 which give some chances to Black. > The idea is correct, execution isn't: after 30....d3? 31.Qxg7 +- and White's in time for the defense of the king and stopping the d-pawn. No, at that point it's a simple perpetual with 30....Qf4+ 31.Kh1 (g3? Qxf3 -+) Qc1+ and now Kh2 repeats, but 32.Ng1 d3= is also a draw as the knight's out of the game, White can't stop d2 and will have to resort to a perpetual himself.

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