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KID Brilliancy? Alas, No

I played a blitz game (5 0 u) in the King's Indian Defense as White against Dio wherein I discovered a sac that the computer doesn't find (at least in a quick analysis)... but I failed to follow up in the right way. Instead of a potential brilliancy no-prize, I went down in defeat. It seemed so natural to follow up with Nxh5 with the idea of Nxg7 and only then to invade with the Queen. But Qxh5 was the proper follow up, with many strong threats. I will remember this the next time I get this kind of position (I do see a lot of KIDs!)

 



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  • 11 months ago

    FreeRepublic

    Thanks for the game and analysis! Also promising for white would be 17Qxh5 Qe8 (to cover g6 one more time) 18Nb5. For example, 18...Rb8 19Nc7 Qd8 20g6 fxg6 21fxg6 Nxg6 22Qxg6 Qxc7 23Nh5 e5 24 Rxf8+ Kxf8 25Rf1+ wins. If 19...Qd7 20g6 fxg6 21fxg6 Nxg6 22Qxg6 Qg4 (the idea behind 19...Qd7), 23Rxf8+ Kxf8 24Qe8! checkmate.

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