Position after 15 Ke7?
Position after 19 Rxd7! thrusting a spear to the heart; now d6 square is vacated for the Knight to use, or c7.
Position after 35 ... Ng5+ and mate in 5 follows after Kh6
September 2003 - Tournament Round 4 - Game 1
Position after 15 Ke7? |
PGN: 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Qf3 d6 5.h3 Be6 6.Bxe6 fxe6 7.Nc3 Rhf8 8.Be3 Bxe3 9.Qxe3 Nc6 10.O-O-O Nb4
11.g3 Qd7 12.Nge2 b6 13.d4 exd4 14.Nxd4 c5 15.Ndb5 Ke7? (o-o-o maybe best; not Nxp ch, NxN, QxN takes the Q out
of the game) 16.Rxd6! (more forcing than Nxc6) Qc8 17.R1d1! (a quiet waiting move, and bringing more firepower
to the open file) a6 18.Qg5 (the point of R1d1) Kf7 19.R6d7+! Nxd7 20.Nd6+ Kg8 21.Nxc8 Raxc8 22.Rxd7 Rf7 23.Rxf7
(possible was Qd2, then Nc6 Qd6 Ne5! and this prolongs the fight) Kxf7 24.Qh5+ Kg8 25.Qe5 Re8? (Kf7 26.
Qd6 Nc6! resists longer) 26.Qd6 Rb8?? 27.Qxe6+? (oops! Should have been Qxb8+ - but now its just a matter of time,
and the N on B4 is lost). Kh8 28.a3 a5 29.axb4 cxb4 30.Nb5 h6 31.Nd6 Rf8 32.Nf7+ Kh7 33.Qf5+ g6 34.Qd7 h5 35.Ng5+
Kh6 36.h4 (with mate in 4) Rh8 37.Qf7 a4 38.Ne6 (with mate in 2) [1-0] |
Position after 19 Rxd7! thrusting a spear to the heart; now d6 square is vacated for the Knight to use, or c7. |
Position after 35 ... Ng5+ and mate in 5 follows after Kh6 |