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Oct-03-25 A Vuilleumier vs E Prie, 2011    Cellist: The situation is already pretty much lost for White before move 25. I thought of 25. ... Qxg3 but believed 25. ... Rxh3+ would be better. My preferred move works, too, albeit less well than the text move. The engine also sees 25. ... Rh4 as winning, with doubling up the rooks on the      Sep-24-25 M Erwich vs R Potze, 2003    Cellist: I chose Re1, threatening mate via Re7 and Rh7# if Black moves the R to b2 and promotes the pawn on a1. Black has to move the king to g7, and then c5 wins here, too (the engine rates this as +4). But the text solution is better.      Sep-22-25 N Miezis vs A Danin, 2009    Cellist: I also chose 38. Rd3. It works, too, as <morea> pointed out. White should probably avoid trading queens, but the game is clearly lost either way.      Jul-24-25 V Bernadskiy vs Y K Erdogmus, 2025    Cellist: <Olinart>: Your solution, which I also favored, does not work because White can play g4 after the Q check, and g4 is now defended by the White K. So after 44...Rxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Qh5+ 46. g4, Black looses quickly. The combination you outline only works if White withdraws with 46. ...      Apr-24-25 Grischuk vs E Najer, 1999   Cellist: I failed to see the correct continuation to 29. Nxg5, although of course I considered this move. I thought the straight-forward 29. Rc7 was winning (it is, +5); even 29. Bxe7 gives White a strong advantage (+3).      Apr-23-25 D Kononenko vs G Oparin, 2011    Cellist: 29. g6 also wins, but less strongly.      Apr-18-25 P Maletin vs A Drygalov, 2018    Cellist: I reversed the move order, with bxc6 first, and only then the exchange sacrifice on c4. This also works. The engine gave this as its first choice. 1.bxc6 bxc6 2. Rxc4 dxc4 3. Nxc6 Qb3 4. Qxb3 cxb3 5. Nxa7 Ra8 6. Bxa8 Rxa8 7. Nb5 (+3.45).      Nov-15-24 Y Dokhoian vs Shabalov, 1994    Cellist: I saw a different solution: 22. Rxh5, followed by Bg5 or Rf5. The engine agrees that it is winning +4.45 (25) ply, although a bit less strong than the text move. The engine sees Black's best defense as follows: 22. ...Rh8 23.Bg5 Rxg5 24.Rxh8 Rxg2 25.Kxg2 Qg7+ 26.Kf1 Qxh8 27.Qd2 If ...      Sep-24-24 E Book vs V Ingerslev, 1929    Cellist: The position is so strong for White that moves like 15.Rh3 or Rg3 also win, albeit in a more complicated way.      Sep-06-24 D Deshmukh vs A Novitckii, 2017    Cellist: I also wanted to play 26.Rf1. It is good enough. The engine likes it (+10 for W).

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