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Aurelien Dunis vs Ivan Manolov
Maitre de la Cote d'Azur (2001), Cannes FRA, rd 10, Feb-12
Benoni Defense: Czech Benoni Defense (A56)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
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Jan-17-25  mel gibson: Black can't avoid losing its Queen.

Stockfish 17 says:

32. Qh3+

(32. Qh3+ (1.Qh3+ Kg8 2.Nh6+ Qxh6 3.Qxh6 Rf1+ 4.Kc2 Rf2+ 5.Kb3 Rf3+ 6.Ka4 Rd3 7.Qe6+ Kf8 8.Qc8+ Kf7 9.Qd7+ Kg6 10.Qxa7 Kg5 11.Qxb6 Rd4 12.Ka5 d5 13.exd5 e4 14.Qe6 Kf4 15.b6 Rd1 16.Kb5 e3 17.Kc6 Rd3 18.b7 Rb3 19.d6 Kg3 20.d7 Kg2 21.Qg4+ Kf2 22.Qf5+ Kg1 23.Qxc5 Kg2 24.Qd5+ Kg1 25.Qd1+ Kf2 26.d8Q) +10.19/45 232)

score for White +10.19 depth 45.

Jan-17-25
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  chrisowen: X <>
Avoid like the plague I ah Qh3 met
Jan-18-25  King.Arthur.Brazil: It seems simple: 32. Qh3+ Kg6 33. Qh6+ Kf7 34. Qh7+ Ke8 (Kf6 35. Qg7#) 35. Ng7+ Ke7 36. Nxe6+ Kxe6 37. Qxa7 or Kg8 33. Nh6+ (Kg7 34. Qxe6 win the ♕) Qxh6 34. Qxh6 also win.
Jan-18-25
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  Fusilli: Wow, this game is a tour de force. I wonder where black went wrong but at first sight it looks like this quick all-out attack leaves black in ruins pretty brutally.
Jan-20-25
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  Teyss: More interesting than it first seems as there is a false lead. Check the checks first: makes sense here as the BK is exposed.

I thought 32.Qh5+? was best since the BK only has one square available. But after 32...Kg8 33.Qg4+ Kf7 (Kh8 of Kh7 34.Qg7#) 34.Qg7+ Ke8 (diagram) I couldn't find anything conclusive: e.g. 35.Qxa7 Rxf5! (-0.2 at 51 ply) 35.Qc7? Qd7 (-5.7 at 33 ply).


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Back to the drawing board. Patzer sees another check: 32.Qh3+. Now the BK has two available squares but aha 32...Kg8 33.Nh6+ wins the BQ. So 32...Kg6 it is, 33.Qh6+ Kf7 34.Qh7+ (not 34.Qg7+ as above) Ke8.


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Now 35.Ng7+ wins the BQ as the g7 is vacated for the Knight as opposed to the previous variation.

Lesson #18.1: when checking, it seems natural to go close to the opponent's King to restrain its moves, but it's not always a good idea.
Lesson #18.2: when checking, keep other ideas in mind, here the discovery check Nh6+. "The threat is stronger than the check."

Jan-20-25
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  Teyss: Small correction to the end of my post: after 32.Qh3+ Kg8, 33.Nh6+ is not a "discovery check", because in correct English it should be a <discovered> something and it's actually a discovered <attack> on the BQ.

For memo in the game line, at the end if 34...Kf6, 35.Qg7# so 34...Ke8 35.Ng7+ is forced.

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