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Paul Ascolese vs Tania Kranich-Ritter
Nassau Chess Club Championship (1993), Mineola, NY USA
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. Mikenas-Carls Variation (A15)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
0-1

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Dec-11-23
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  chrisowen: I must its yearn Rxg2+ arrived its odd fag;
Dec-11-23  Saniyat24: Tania's tasty fritters...!
Dec-11-23  Brenin: White's material-grabbing with 25 Rxe7 and 26 Rxd7 was very negligent, allowing 26 ... Rxg2+ 27 Kxg2 Rb2+ 28 Kf1 (surviving longer than after Kg1 or Kh1) Qe3, and after a few spite checks White has no defence against mate, e.g. 19 Qe1 Qf3+ 30 Kg1 Qg2 mate.
Dec-11-23  vajeer: The bonus puzzle is like a black version of today's main puzzle that delivers win by an exchange sacrifice also while exploiting weakness in the back ranks.
Dec-11-23  mel gibson: Pretty obvious today.

Stockfish 16 says:

26. .. Rxg2+

(26. .. Rxg2+ (1. ... Rxg2+ 2.Kxg2 Rb2+ 3.Kf1 Qe3 4.Ra8+ Kg7 5.Rxf7+ Kxf7 6.Ra7+ Kf6 7.Rf7+ Kxf7 8.Qd2 Rxd2 9.g4 Qf2+) +M9/106 30)

Black wins _ mate in 9.

Dec-11-23  Refused: Classic sac 1 rook, bring in second rook and win.

26...Rxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Rb2+ 28.K somewhere Qxg3 and it's gone.

Dec-11-23
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  scormus: Disappointed that W resigned instead of playing it out to the bitter end. But I suppose by then it was already bitter enough for most people
Dec-12-23
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  al wazir: 32. Qf1 Qe4+ 33. Kd1 Qc2+ 34. Ke1 Qd2#
Dec-12-23  TheaN: <scormus: Disappointed that W resigned instead of playing it out to the bitter end. But I suppose by then it was already bitter enough for most people>

Meh, in this case I understand it, given 32....Qh2+ is just carnage with #5. It's still an unwritten rule in chess how to end a game by choice, ranging from resigning early to resigning one move before mate after an awesome combination (mind I did not include actual checkmate, as that's ending the game by rule, not choice).

Both of those are 'wrong' to most players, so when can we actually decide it's wrong to resign or continue playing? The conventions are to play out a mating combination and to resign a rook or more down without compensation, but the grey area is huge.

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