Very nice presentation. I've always wondered what Gligorić thought when Fischer entered this line. Hmmm, could this 15 year old have prepared an improvement, or is he just unfamiliar with the Goteberg tournament?
The Argentine Tragedy
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Fischer was well-known as a hard worker on chess from a young age. For example, in a game against Taimanov at similar age, played, for him a rather poor game. This game went into a bishop endgame a pawn down, which Fischer suddenly started defending with instant, very accurate moves. It turned out the endgame had been analysised in a Russian magazine, which Fischer had read, probably about an old Capablanca endgame. So Gligoric would have been pretty certain prep.
Think Kasparov looked at this line in one of his books, and found improvements for white before 13...Rh7. Doubt has more information than OP's post, but will check later...
Hey Guys,
I just like to share a previous article written by IM SIlman. Here is the link: https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-amazing-argentinian-chess-tragedy
Cheers,
Glenn G.
Let’s study some of the most critical lines with the help of the chess engine: Stockfish 9.
A.The Safer Alternative
Black does not need to go through complications and it is possible to take a safer route.
10… Nh7! Same idea (pin prevents gxh6) and play might continue 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.0-0 0-0 14.Rad1 hxg5 15.Bg3 Qa5 16.Kh1! [Black sets up a little trap. If 16.Bxd6 Bxd6 17.Rxd6 Qc5+ loses the rook.
B. Geller’s 13th move brilliance
13. Bb5! is a prophylactic solution against white’s checkmating ambitions. 13… Ne5? 14.Bg3! Nbd7? 15.Bxd7 Bxd7 16.Bxe5! dxe5 17.Rf1+ Bf6 18.Rxf6+ and black has to give up his queen to prevent checkmate.
FM Viktor Kruglov tried 13.Bb5 Kg7 14.0-0 Ne5 15.Bg3 Qg8 against FM Valentin Lyaskovsky in their round 8 encounter at Moscow Open 2008 but 16.Bxe5+! dxe5 17.Be8! Rh7 18.gxh6+ Rxh6 19.Rf7+ [+ -] and black has to give up his queen and face checkmate in a few moves.
Combining the idea of …Kg7 and …Ne5 is also a bad idea. 13.Bb5 Ne5 14.Bg3 Rh7?! 15.Bxe5 dxe5 16.Rd1 forces black to block his queenside completely 16…Nd7 17.Rf1+ Kg8 18.g6 Rg7 19.Bc4 Qb6 Notice that this move does not come with check. The point of white’s 17th move. 20.Nd5 Qc5 21.Rf7?! Inaccurate. 21.Rd3 is better 21…Bg5 [21…Qxc4 22.Nxe7+ Rxe7 23.Qh4 Qxc2 24.Qxe7 Qc1+ 25.Ke2 Qc2+ 26.Ke3 Qc5+ 27.Qxc5 Nxc5 28.Rd8+ Kg7 29.Rff8 + -] 22.Nf6+ Bxf6 23.Bxe6+ Kf8 24.Qxh6 Ke7 25.Rxf6 Kxf6 26.Bh3 Qb4+ 27.Kd1 Rxg6 28.Qh8+ Rg7 29.Rf3+ + - Black’s king will not survive long.
Chinese GM Lu Shanglei (2526) tried 15… Ng6! against FM Rout Padmini (2288) Parsvnath Open New Delhi India 2013 16.gxh6+ Rxh6 17.Rf7+ Kxf7 18.Qxh6 axb5 19.Rf1+ Ke8 [19… Bf6? 20.Qh7+ Ke8 21.Qxg6+ Kd7 22.Rxf6 + - does not look good for black] 20.Qxg6+ Kd7 21.e5 (21.Rf7!? might be a better try according to Stockfish 9 for instance 21… Nc6 22.Nd5! exd5 23.Qxd6+ Ke8 24.Qg6 with a very promising attack) d5 22.Qd3 Qb6+ 23.Kh1 Qc5 and lost (34)
C. Fischer’s Ingenious Solution 13… Rh7!
C1 The Forced Draw
This is the line where the whole kingside is liquidated but white does not have enough material left to fuel his attack and he’s forced to take a perpetual check. 14. 0-0+ Kg8 15.g6 Rg7 16.Rf7! Bxh4 17.Qxh6 Rxf7 18.gxf7+ Kxf7 19.Rf1+ Bf6 20.Qh7+ Ke8 21.Qg6+ Kf8 22. e5 dxe5 23.Ne4 Qb6+ (23…axb5? 24.Qh7+! Kf8 25.Nxf6 Qb6+? [25…Qxf6 26.Qh8+ Ke7 27.Rxf6 Nxf6 28.Qxc8 Nfd7 29.h4 Ra4 =] 26.Kh1 Nxf6 27.Rxf6+ Ke8 28.Rf7 1-0 Naiditsch-Enders Germany 2004) 24. Kh1 axb5 (24… Qxb5? 25.Rxf6+! Nxf6 26.Qxf6+ Ke8 27.Nd6+ 1-0) 25.Nxf6 Ke7! (25… Nxf6 26.Qxf6+ Ke8 27.Qf8+ Kd7 28.Rd1+ Qd4 29.Rxd4+ exd4 30.h4 +- passed pawn is unstoppable 1-0)
These moves have been played tons of times by masters. White can surely draw using one of these lines:
Line 1: 26.Qg7+ Kd8 27.Qg8+ Kc7 28.Ne8+ Kd8 29.Ng7+ Kc7 30.Ne8+ Kd8 31.Ng7+ Kc7 = Perpetual Check (Balogh-Negi Dubai 2011)
26.Qh7+ Kd8 27.Qg8+ Kc7 28.Ne8+ Kd8 29.Nd6+ Kc7 30.Ne8+ = Zhigalko-Safarli Nakhchivan Open 2012
Line 2: 26.Rd1! (29.Qe8+ Kd6 30.Qxc8 unclear, an interesting attempt to complicate the position) 26…Nxf6 27.Qg7+ Ke8 28.Qg6+ Ke7 29.Qg7+ = Perpetual Check (Zivkovic-Martinovic Zenica 2008)
C2 The Queen Exchange Sacrifice
[13.Bb5 Rh7 14.0-0+ Kg8 15.g6 Rg7 16.Rf7 Bxh4 17.Qxh6 Qf6 (17…Bf6 18.Bc4 Nf8 19.Rf1 Rxf7 20.gxf7+ Kxf7 21.e5 dxe5 22.Ne4 Nbd7 23.Be2 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 =)]
In order to avoid the path to “forced draw” black contemplated to sac his queen for 3 pieces. Material imbalance disturbs the balance and complications arises. If white can continue generating a strong pressure and win material then he wins but if his attack loses steam and black is able to stabilize and build a solid fortress (defensive perimeter) then he will slowly control space and activate the initiative. ( Please see Shabalov-Sadvakasov | Steiner-Panajotov | Malinin-Weetik )
D Supplementary Games
Geller-Panno Gothenburg Interzonal 1955
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7(The Argentines' idea was to win the square e5 for the knight. It didn't take Geller long to find a knight sacrifice.)11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qh5+ Kf8 (Geller recalled that at this point Miguel Najdorf walked by and told him: "Your game is lost. We analyzed it all." The gamesmanship of the old fox did not last long. Geller threw in another piece.) 13.Bb5!!(After this astonishing move the Argentines fell to pieces. Black can't establish his knight permanently on the square e5 anymore.)Ne5(The other two games continued 13 . . . Kg7 14.0-0 Ne5 15.Bg3 Ng6 16.gxh6+ Rxh6 17.Rf7+ Kxf7 18.Qxh6 axb5 19.Rf1+ Ke8 20.Qxg6+ Kd7 21.Rf7 Nc6 22.Nd5 Rxa2 and here Spassky chose 23.h3 [Keres played 23.h4 and after 23 . . . Qh8 24.Nxe7 Nxe7 25.Qg5 Najdorf gave up.] 23 . . . Qh8 24.Nxe7 Nxe7 25.Qg5 Ra1+ 26.Kh2 Qd8 27.Qxb5+ Kc7 28.Qc5+ Kb8 29.Bxd6+ Ka8 30.Bxe7 Ra5 31.Qb4 and his opponent, Carlos Pilnik, resigned. In 1958 Bobby Fischer came up with 13 . . . Rh7! that still seems to hold the black position today.)14.Bg3! Bxg5?(Black now collapses quickly. Protecting the knight on e5 with 14 . . . Nbd7 is met by 15.Bxd7! -- Geller's point! But 14 . . . Rh7!? is playable.) 15.O-O Ke7 16.Bxe5 Qb6+ 17.Kh1 dxe5 18.Qf7+ Kd6 19.Rad1+ Qd4 20.Rxd4+ exd4 21.e5+ Kc5 22.Qc7+ Nc6 23.Bxc6 1-0
Keres-Najdorf Gothenburg Interzonal 1955
1.e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. fg5 Nfd7 11. Ne6 fe6 12. Qh5 Kf8 13. Bb5 Kg7 14. O-O Ne5 15. Bg3 Ng6 16. gh6 Rh6 17. Rf7 Kf7 18. Qh6 ab5 19. Rf1 Ke8 20. Qg6 Kd7 21. Rf7 Nc6 22. Nd5 Ra2 23. h4 Qh8 24. Ne7 Ne7 25. Qg5 1-0
Gligoric-Fischer Portoroz Interzonal 1955
1.e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e67. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. fxg5 Nfd7 11. Nxe6 fxe612. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Bb5 Rh7 14. Qg6 Rf7 15. Qxh6+ Kg8 16. Qg6+Rg7 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. O-O-O Ne5 20. Qd5 Bg421. Rdf1 Bxg5+ 22. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 23. Kb1 Qe7 24. Qd2 Be6 25. g3Rd8 26. Rf4 Qg5 27. Qf2 Kg8 28. Rd1 Rf7 29. b3 Qe7 30. Qd4 Ng631. Rxf7 Qxf7 32. Qe3 1/2-1/2
Kagramanianz-Pugachov Chervonograd UKR 2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Bb5 Rh7 14.O-O+ Kg8 15.g6 Rg7 16.Rf7 Bxh4 17.Qxh6 Rxf7 18.gxf7+ Kxf7 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.Rf1+ Bf6 21.Nd5 {This move secures the draw.} ( 21.e5 dxe5 22.Ne4 Qb6+ 23.Kh1 Qxb5 - + ) (21.Bxd7 Qb6+ 22.Kh1 Nxd7 23.e5 dxe5 24.Ne4 Qb5 25.Kg1 Qb6+ 26.Kh1 Qb5 27.Kg1 Qb6+ 28.Kh1 = {with a perpetual} ) 21...exd5 22.Qh8+ Ke7 23.Qh7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2
Froewis-Platzgummer Oberwart AUT 2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Bb5 Rh7 14.O-O+ Kg8 15.g6 Rg7 16.Rf7 Bxh4 17.Qxh6 Bf6 18.Bc4 Nf8 19.Rxf6? (a mistake better was 19.Rf1 Rxf7 20.gxf7+ Kxf7 21.e5 dxe5 22.Ne4 Nbd7 23.Be2 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 = Both 24...Ke7 and …Ke8 are playable.) 19...Qxf6 20.Rf1 Qxg6 0-1
Balogh- Grigoryan Dubai Open 2011 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6 8.Bh4 Be7 9.Qf3 g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Bb5 Rh7 14.O-O+ Kg8 15.g6 Rg7 16.Rf7 Bxh4 17.Qxh6 Rxf7 18.gxf7+ Kxf7 19.Rf1+ Bf6 20.Qh7+ Ke8 21.Qg6+ Kf8 22.Qh6+ Kf7 23.Qh7+ Ke8 24.Qg6+ Kf8 25.e5 dxe5 26.Ne4 Qb6+ 27.Kh1 Qxb5 28.Nxf6 Nxf6 29.Qxf6+ Kg8 30.Qg5+ Kh8 31.Qd8+ Kg7 32.Qf8+ Kh7 33.Qf7+ Kh8 34.Rf3 1-0
Balogh-Negi Dubai Open 2011
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Bb5 Rh7 14.O-O+ Kg8 15.g6 Rg7 16.Rf7 Bxh4 17.Qxh6 Rxf7 18.gxf7+ Kxf7 19.Rf1+ Bf6 20.Qh7+ Ke8 21.Qg6+ Kf8 22.e5 dxe5 23.Ne4 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 axb5 25.Nxf6 Ke7 26.Qg7+ Kd8 27.Qg8+ Kc7 28.Ne8+ Kd8 29.Ng7+ Kc7 30.Ne8+ Kd8 31.Ng7+ Kc7 32.Ne8+ 1/2-1/2
Kagramanianz- Pugachov Chervonograd UKR, Closed IM 2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Bb5 Rh7 14.O-O+ Kg8 15.g6 Rg7 16.Rf7 Bxh4 17.Qxh6 Rxf7 18.gxf7+ Kxf7 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.Rf1+ Bf6 21.Nd5! This move secures the draw. (21.e5 dxe5 22.Ne4 Qb6+ 23.Kh1 Qxb5 - + ) (21.Bxd7 Qb6+ 22.Kh1 Nxd7 23.e5 dxe5 24.Ne4 Qb5 25.Kg1 Qb6+ 26.Kh1 Qb5 27.Kg1 Qb6+ 28.Kh1 = with a perpetual) 21...exd5 22.Qh8+ Ke7 23.Qh7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2
Kleijn- L'Ami Max Euwe Challenge, Amsterdam NED 2010
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Bb5 Rh7 14.Nd5 exd5 15.O-O+ Kg8 16.g6 Rg7 17.Qxd5+ (17.Bxd7 Nxd7 18.Qxd5+ Kh8 19.Rf7 Nf6 20.Qb3 Rxg6 -/+ ) 17...Kh8 18.Rf7 Qb6+ (18...Nf6 19.Qb3 (19.Rxg7 Nxd5 20.Rh7+ Kg8 21.Bc4 Be6 22.Bxe7 Qb6+ 23.Kh1 Qxb2 24.Rf1 Nd7 25.exd5 Qxc2 26.Bb3 Qd3 27.Rd1 Qxg6 28.dxe6 Nc5 29.Rf7 Nxb3 30.Bf6 Nc5 31.Rg7+ Qxg7 32.Bxg7 Kxg7 33.Rxd6 Re8 - + ) 19...Rxg6 -/+ ) 19.Kh1 Qxb5 20.Qd2 Qh5 21.Bxe7 Qxg6 22.Rxg7 Qxg7 23.Rf1 Nc6 24.Bh4 Kh7 25.Qxd6 Nde5 26.Bf6 Qd7 27.Qf8 Ng6 28.Qc5 Qf7 29.Kg1 Be6 30.h4 Rf8 31.h5 Nge5 32.Rf4 Nd7 0-1
Lyaskovsky- Kruglov Moscow Open 2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Bb5 Kg7 14.O-O Ne5 15.Bg3 Qg8 (15...Ng6 16.gxh6+ Rxh6 17.Rf7+ Kxf7 18.Qxh6 axb5 19.Rf1+ Ke8 (19...Bf6 20.Qh7+ Ke8 21.Qxg6+ Kd7 22.Rxf6 + - does not look good for black) 20.Qxg6+ Kd7 21.Rf7 (21.e5 d5 =) 21...Kc7 22.Qh5 (22.Nxb5+ Kb6 23.Nc3 Nc6 24.Bf2+ Kc7 ~ unclear but equal with best play for both sides)16.Bxe5+ dxe5 17.Be8 Rh7 18.gxh6+ Rxh6 19.Rf7+ Qxf7 20.Qxf7+ Kh8 21.Qxe7 Nd7 22.Rf1 b6 23.Rf7 1-0
Malinin-Weetik ZAZ Cup, Zaporozhye UKR 2004
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Bb5 Rh7 14.O-O+ Kg8 15.g6 Rg7 16.Rf7 Bxh4 17.Qxh6 Qf6 18.Rf1 axb5 19.e5 Qxe5 20.Qxh4 Nc6 21.Ne4 d5 22.Nf6+ Nxf6 23.R1xf6 Qe3+ 24.Rf2 Qe1+ 25.Rf1 Qxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Rxf7+ 27.gxf7+ Kxf7 28.Qh7+ Kf6 29.Qh8+ Kf7 30.h4 Ne7 31.h5 Ra4 32.h6 Rf4+ 33.Kg1 Rg4 34.Qe5 Ng6 35.Qg7+ Ke8 36.h7 e5 37.Qxg6+ Rxg6 38.h8=Q+ 1-0
Naiditsch- Enders Hoeckendorf GER 2004
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Bb5 Rh7 14.O-O+ Kg8 15.g6 Rg7 16.Rf7 Bxh4 17.Qxh6 Rxf7 18.gxf7+ Kxf7 19.Rf1+ Bf6 20.e5 dxe5 21.Ne4 axb5 22.Qh7+ Kf8 23.Qh8+ Ke7 24.Qh7+ Kf8 25.Nxf6 Qb6+? (25...Qxf6 26.Qh8+ Ke7 27.Rxf6 Nxf6 28.Qxc8 Nfd7 29.h4 Ra4 =) 26.Kh1 Nxf6 27.Rxf6+ Ke8 28.Rf7 1-0
Padmini- Lu, Shanglei Parsvnath Open New Delhi IND 2013
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Bb5 Kg7 14.O-O Ne5 15.Bg3 Ng6 16.gxh6+ Rxh6 17.Rf7+ Kxf7 18.Qxh6 axb5 19.Rf1+ Ke8 20.Qxg6+ Kd7 21.e5 d5 22.Qd3 Qb6+ 23.Kh1 Qc5 24.b3 Nc6 25.a4 bxa4 26.Nxa4 Qa5 27.c4 Kc7 28.Rf7 d4 29.h4 Bd7 30.Qh7 Qb4 31.Kh2 Re8 32.Rf3 Rf8 33.Qd3 Na5 34.Qxd4 Nxb3 0-1
Schoppen- L'Ami Dutch Open 2017
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Bb5 Rh7 14.e5 Nxe5 (14...dxe5 15.O-O+ Nf6 16.gxf6 ) 15.O-O+ Kg8 16.g6 Rg7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 (17...Rxe7 18.Bd3 Nbd7 19.Qxh6 Rg7 20.Rf4 Nxd3 21.cxd3 Ne5 22.Raf1 ) 18.Ne4 Nbd7 19.Bxd7 Nxd7 20.Qxh6 Qe8 21.Rf7 1-0
Shabalov- Sadvakasov Continental Open Los Angeles, USA 2000
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Bb5 Rh7 14.O-O+ Kg8 15.g6 Rg7 16.Rf7 Bxh4 17.Qxh6 Qf6 18.Rxf6 Bxf6 19.e5 Bxe5 20.Bd3 Nc5 21.Rf1 Bd7 22.h4 Nc6 23.h5 Nxd3 24.cxd3 Rf8 25.Rxf8+ Kxf8 26.Ne4 Ne7 27.g4 Ke8 28.Nxd6+ Kf8 29.Ne4 Bc6 30.Qe3 Bxb2 31.Qf2+ 1-0
Shomoev- Bolduc Quebec Open CAN 2007
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Bb5 Ne5 14.Bg3 Rh7 (This is the reason why combining Rh7 and Ne5 defensive idea fails) 15.Bxe5 dxe5 16.Rd1 (This forces black to block his queenside completely.) 16...Nd7 17.Rf1+ Kg8 18.g6 Rg7 19.Bc4 Qb6 (Notice that this move does not come with check. The point of white's 17th move.) 20.Nd5 Qc5 21.Rf7 ?! Inaccurate. Stockfish 9 favors (21.Rd3 Bg5 (21...Qxc4 22.Nxe7+ Rxe7 23.Qh4 Qxc2 24.Qxe7 Qc1+ 25.Ke2 Qc2+ 26.Ke3 Qc5+ 27.Qxc5 Nxc5 28.Rd8+ Kg7 29.Rff8 + -) 22.Nf6+ Bxf6 23.Bxe6+ Kf8 24.Qxh6 Ke7 25.Rxf6 Kxf6 26.Bh3 Qb4+ 27.Kd1 Rxg6 28.Qh8+ Rg7 29.Rf3+ + - (Black's king will not survive long.)21...exd5 22.Bxd5 Qe3+ 23.Kf1 Rxf7+ ?! (23...Kh8 {would have keep white struggling for compensation}) 24.gxf7+ Surprisingly, black resigns in an equal position. After 24...Kf8 25.Qg6 Qf4+ 26.Kg1 (26.Ke2 Bc5) 26...Bc5+ 27.Kh1 Ke7 28.Qe6+ Kf8 29.Qe8+ Kg7 30.Qg8+ Kf6 31.Qh8+ Kg6 32.Qg8+ Kf6 (32...Kh5 33.f8=Q Nxf8 34.Bf7+ Qxf7 (34...Kh4 35.g3+ Kh3 36.gxf4 exf4 37.Qg7 h5 38.Rd3+ Be3 39.Rxe3+ Kh4 40.Qf6+ Kg4 41.h3#) 35.Qxf7+ Kg5 36.Rd5 Ng6 37.Rxc5 + -) 1-0
Tazlar- Safarik TCh-CZE 1 Liga Zapad 2017
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Bb5 Rh7 14.O-O+ Kg8 15.Bxd7 Nxd7 16.g6 Rg7 17.Rf7 Bxh4 18.Qxh6 Rxf7 19.gxf7+ Kxf7 20.Rf1+ Bf6 21.Nd5 exd5 22.Qh7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2
Zelcic- Platzgummer Schwarzach AUT Open 2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Bb5 Rh7 14.O-O+ Kg8 15.g6 Rg7 16.Rf7 Bxh4 17.Qxh6 Rxf7 18.gxf7+ Kxf7 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.Rf1+ Bf6 21.e5 dxe5 22.Be2 Qb6+ 23.Kh1 Ke8 24.Qg8+ Ke7 25.Rd1 (25.Qxc8 is also playable for instance 25...e4 26.Rd1 Bd4 27.Bh5 Nf6 28.Ne2 Be5 29.Bg6 Nbd7 30.Qxa8 Nf8 =+ the bishop is trapped ) 25...Nf8 26.Ne4 Nbd7 27.Nxf6 Kxf6 28.h4 Ng6 29.Bh5 Ndf8 30.Rf1+ Ke7 31.Qf7+ Kd6 32.Rd1+ Kc6 33.Bf3+ Kb5 34.Rd3 Qa5 (34...Qc5 35.Bxb7 Rb8 36.Bxc8 Qxc8 = (Amazingly, black's king survives) 35.Rd5+ exd5 36.Qxd5+ Kb6 37.Qd8+ Ka7 38.Qxa5 Ne6 39.h5 1-0
Prepared by Sir Glenn Garcia 11.01.2018