This is a wonderful game I had. In the last 15 moves I felt like I'm playing in a chess pazzle and not in a real game. Both me and my oppenent were one or two steps from checkmate for a very long time. I was way behind in material but at the end I made the winning move.

I will start with the winning move. try to solve this pazzle:

And now the full game. I will be happy for any comments. One last note: it is a great thing that a man from Iran and a man from Israel can play chess together. unfurtanetely it is possible only online:

nice, it is a great feeling to have such a result.  A pity that all problems can't be solved by making intelligent moves. or can they? 

Sorry to say but I dont think your tactic works...

40. Rxg7 Qd7+! Bd5? Bxg6 Qh4? Qg7. 0-1

well, if you are talking about problems outside of the board, i guess that intelligent moves are not enough. in real life you have feelings and passions that are sometimes much stronger than any reasoning.

Nice game! Too bad the only reason you were able to continue the game is because your opponent missed checkmate! It's funny how psychological chess can be. Lots of times, both players miss the same move, only because they are in the heat of battle. At any rate, nice Queen sacrifice!

 I didn't follow you: move 40 was the last one. Qd7 is not a check. what did you meant to write?

He meant 38...Qd7+, when the queen's no longer hanging, and he can just take the rook with impunity, eg. 39. Kc3 (as you played in the game after Rd8+) Bxg6 0-1.

In the puzzle position, I assumed the solution was going to be 1. Rxh6+! Kxh6 2. Rxg6+! Bxg6 3. Qxc7, but even then I think Black has fair chances to win, what with the two rooks and the two passed pawns.

it is my mistake Blackkadder. you were talking about the pazzle - i write move 40 there, but in the full game it was move 37. you were right - if he moves Qd7+  instead of taking the queen he would have win the game. thanks.

 Sorry, not move 40, but move 38.

38. Rxg6 Qd7+ (not Rad8+, as played in the game) Bd5? Bxg6 Qh4 Qg7...0-1

 yes. nice idea - it is two rooks for queen and pawn. but i agree with you, black has more than fair chance to win.

This looks like a draw.  :)

It's actually two rooks for a queen, a bishop and a pawn, so you're effectively regaining that piece you lost earlier in the game. Just looked at it again, and there's only the one passed pawn, which is covered by the white-squared bishop. This coupled with the fact that the queen is a lot more active than black's rooks, and I'd rather be playing as white in that endgame.

The Qd7+ refutation doesn't force a win for black that I can see... White responds with the simple Rd6 and now Black has to find a way to save his Queen and answer Rxh6#... hmmm... Black has Qg7+ -- Qxg7 Kxg7 Rhxh6... and there's still a game here!

Oh, there's another line after the Qd7+ save that seems pretty tricky, too but I think White hangs on: Rd6 Qxd6+ Qxd6 Rad8 Rxh6+ Kg7 Kxe4 Rxd6... and it's not clear to me who is winning...

 yes. it is queen against two rooks, bishop and pawn. but still I am not sure  white position is better than black.

 yes. that was also the computer choice in the game analisis.

very goood  hah u've made it ALAS

 thanks. very nice ideas. Rd6 after Qd7+ seem to solve the problem. the second line looks very intersting and very comlicated. hard to say who will turn up winning.

it's quite an interesting position, i decided to see if it works, apparently not, it draws, but that's good enough considering you were down in matereal...

oh, darn, forgot a pawn on e3... changes the whole thing... :(

just whasted 45 minutes of my life...