Jun-02-09 Tukmakov vs Speelman, 1994 
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| MrMojo: 23...f5 would be better to thwart Qh4, but after 24.Rxc8 fxg4, 25.Rxd8+ White will have two rooks and knight for his queen, not to mention the passed d-pawn. |
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May-29-09 A Bykhovsky vs D Oltean, 1990
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| MrMojo: I gave up on 24.bxh6 because I couldn't see a clear answer to 24...c4, which has the virtue of thwarting White's followup Qg6 (or, after 25...gxh6, Qg6+). Never ever considered 25.Rd6!!, that was a beaut. |
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Jan-29-09 E Ilfeld vs Halb, 1993
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| MrMojo: You don't need to work thru the whole line to see that 11.Bf6
puts Black in a bind--I'd have played that in a heartbeat. White threatens mate on g7 after the exchange of the defending Nf5. In the game Black defended as well as he could, while White's attack proceeded naturally ... |
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Dec-30-08 N Lisicic vs D Arsic, 2008
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| MrMojo: I first saw a longer sequence, all forced:
35.Qf8+ Kxf8
36.Bh6+ Ke7
37.Bf8+ Kxf8
38.Rd8+ etc.
before I realized that the bishop checks weren't necessary. I think White got the better of the exchange in this game: The Nf6 allowed him to threaten on both the f and d files--with |
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May-23-08 Harris vs S Weeramantry, 1972
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| MrMojo: White may have been better off trying 21.Rg4, which appears to me to save the rook. If 21...Qxh6, 22.Rxd2. Or if 21...Be5+, 22.g3 Qxh6 23.Rxd2. Either way, he has R and N for his Q. |
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Mar-05-07 I Goutioudi vs L Rogule, 2006
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| MrMojo: White's final situation is comical: He has 3 pieces available to interpose on 5 squares, all to no avail. |
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