[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2019"] [Site "Caleta"] [Date "2019.01.25"] [Round "4.57"] [White "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"] [Black "Anand Nadar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2512"] [BlackElo "2373"] [Annotator "Reeh,Oliver"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.09.11"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. g3 Bb7 8. Bg2 c5 9. O-O Qc8 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d3 dxc4 12. bxc4 Nc6 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Nc6 16. f4 a6 17. g4 Ne8 18. g5 b5 19. Rf3 Qd7 20. Rd1 Nd6 21. Rh3 g6 22. Qf3 f6 {[%tqu "En","How can White initiate a strong attack?","","","g2h4","You've found it, great! Once this move is on the board, White's follow-up is crystal clear - and yet so difficult to prevent!",4,"De","Wie kann Wei? einen starken Angriff einleiten?","","","g2h4","Sie haben's gefunden, klasse! Wenn dieser Zug einmal auf dem Brett steht, ist die Folgeidee von Wei? glasklar - und doch so schwierig zu verhindern!",4]} 23. Nh4 $1 {[%csl Gh4][%CAl Rh4g6,Gd7e8,Ge8g6,Gg8g7,Gh3h6]} fxg5 $1 (23... Qe8 24. Nxg6 hxg6 (24... Qxg6 {[%tqu "En","","","","h3h6","",2,"f3c6","",0]} 25. Rh6 $1 $16 {[%CAl Gg5f6,Gf3c6]} (25. Qxc6 $6 fxg5 $11 {[%csl Rg5,Rg6][%CAl Rg6g1,Rg5f4]})) {[%tqu "En","","","","c3e4","",3]} 25. Ne4 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Gf6,Rh3][%CAl Rb2h8,Gh3h8,Rb2f6,Re4f6,Rg5f6,Ge7f6]} (25. gxf6 $4 {Stockfish dev-20230412-acb0d204:} Bxf6 26. Qg2 Bg7 27. Rf1 Ra7 28. Nd1 bxc4 29. dxc4 Bxb2 30. Nxb2 Rh7 31. Rxh7 Kxh7 $19 {-2.19}) 25... Nxe4 26. Qxe4 $18 {[%csl Gg6][%CAl Gh3h6,Rh6g6,Re4g6,Rg5f6]}) (23... Kg7 $5 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 $16 {[%csl Rb2,Re4,Rh3,Rh4][%CAl Rb2g7]}) {[%tqu "En","Follow-up, please.","","","h4g6","Like I said, crystal clear! White pries open the h-file.",2,"De","Fortsetzung, bitte.","","","h4g6","Wie gesagt, kristallklar! Wei? rei?t die h-Linie auf.",2]} 24. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 {[%tqu "En","The next key moment. Please take your time to find White's continuation.","","","c3d5","Bravo! White offers a second knight sacrifice, opening the bishop's long diagonal to h8. Three replies to be considered: A) 25...exd5 B) 25...Nf7 C) 25...e5 26.fxe5 g4 Can you already see White's winning move in each line?",5,"De","Der n?chste Schl?sselmoment. Bitte suchen Sie in Ruhe die wei?e Fortsetzung.","","","c3d5","Bravo! Wei? bietet ein zweites Springeropfer an, gleichzeitig ?ffnet er die lange L?uferdiagonale nach h8. Drei Antworten sind zu erw?gen: A) 25...exd5 B) 25...Sf7 C) 25...e5 26.fxe5 g4 Sehen Sie schon ?berall den wei?en Gewinnzug?",5]} 25. Nd5 $3 {[%csl Gg8][%CAl Gb2h8,Rh3h8]} (25. Ne4 $2 e5 $1 $19 {[%csl Re5]} {Stockfish dev-20230507-65e21505:} 26. Rh6 Qe6 27. fxg5 Nxe4 28. Qxe4 Kg7 29. h4 Rd6 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Rxf8 Kxf8 32. cxb5 axb5 33. h5 Qf5 34. Qxf5+ gxf5 35. g6 Kg8 36. Rh7 Bg5 37. Rc7 Bxe3+ 38. Kf1 Re6 $19 {-2.54}) 25... Nf7 (25... exd5 {[%tqu "En","Black has accepted the knight sacrifice. Quickest way to checkmate?","","","f3d5","White's queen checks on the diagonal to g8.",2,"De","Schwarz hat das Springeropfer angenommen. Schnellster Weg zum Matt?","","","f3d5","Die Dame gibt ein Schach auf der Diagonalen nach g8.",2]} 26. Qxd5+ {[%csl Gd5][%CAl Gd5g8]} Nf7 (26... Kf8 27. Rh8#) {[%tqu "En","Finale!","","","h3h8","Checkmate - the Nf7 is pinned!",1,"De","Finale!","","","h3h8","Schachmatt - der Sf7 ist ja gefesselt!",1]} 27. Rh8# {[%csl Gf7,Gg8,Rh8][%CAl Gb2h8,Rd5g8,Rh8g8]}) (25... e5 26. fxe5 g4 $2 (26... Nf7 $5 {[%tqu "En","","","","d1f1","",3]} 27. Rf1 $3 {[%csl Rf1,Rf3,Gf7][%CAl Rf1f7]} Ncxe5 ({Stockfish dev-20230507-65e21505:} 27... Ncxe5 28. Qe4 Re8 (28... Qxh3) 29. Rhf3 {[%csl Rf1,Rf3][%CAl Rf3f7,Rf1f7]} Qg4+ 30. Qxg4 Nxg4 31. Rxf7 Bf8 32. Rc7 Rac8 33. Rb7 Rb8 34. Rff7 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 Re6 36. h3 Nxe3 37. Nf6+ Rxf6 38. Bxf6 g4 39. hxg4 Nxg4 40. Be7 bxc4 41. dxc4 Bh6 42. Bxc5 Ne5 43. Ra7 Nxc4 44. Kf2 a5 45. Kf3 g5 46. Kg4 Bg7 47. Kxg5 Bc3 48. Kf5 Ne5 49. Bd6 Nf3 50. Ke4 Ng5+ 51. Kf4 Bd2+ 52. Kf5 Nf3 53. a4 Nh4+ 54. Ke4 Be1 55. Be5 $18 {[%eval 374,37]}) 28. Qe4 $1 {[%CAl Re4g6]} Qxh3 29. Nxe7+ Kh7 $4 (29... Kf8 {[%csl Rb2,Re4,Ge5,Gf7][%CAl Rb2e5,Re4e5]} 30. Bxe5 $18 {Stockfish dev-20230507-65e21505:} Qe6 31. Nxg6+ Kg8 32. Rf6 Qe8 33. Ne7+ Qxe7 34. Rg6+ Kf8 35. Bg7+ Ke8 36. Re6 $18 Ra7 37. Bf6 Qxe6 38. Qxe6+ Kf8 39. Bxd8 Nxd8 40. Qb6 Rd7 41. cxb5 axb5 42. Qxb5 $18 {+5.08}) 30. Rxf7+ $1 Nxf7 31. Qxg6#) {[%tqu "En","Walk the walk, please.","","","e5e6","Reopening the long diagonal, threatening both 28.Rh8++ and 28.exd7. Game over.",1,"De","Bitte lassen Sie Taten sprechen.","","","e5e6","Macht die lange Diagonale wieder auf, es droht sowohl 28.Th8++ als auch 28.exd7. Game over.",1]} 27. e6 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Re6,Rf7,Gg8,Rh3][%CAl Gh3h8,Re6d7,Ge6f7]} (27. Rh8+ $4 {Stockfish dev-20230314-f0556dcb:} Kxh8 28. e6+ Nd4 29. Qxg4 Qb7 30. exd4 bxc4 31. Nxe7 Qxb2 32. Nxg6+ Kh7 33. Qh5+ Kg7 34. Kh1 Qxd4 35. Rg1 Kf6 36. Rf1+ Kxe6 37. Qh3+ Nf5 38. Rxf5 Kd6 39. Qg3+ Kd7 40. Rf7+ Ke6 41. Re7+ Kf6 42. Re4 Qa1+ 43. Re1 Qxe1+ 44. Qxe1 Kxg6 45. dxc4 Rac8 46. Qe6+ Kg5 47. Qe3+ Kh5 48. Qe5+ Kh6 49. Qf5 Re8 50. Qf6+ Kh7 51. Qh4+ Kg6 $11 {[%eval 22,28]}) 27... gxf3 (27... gxh3 28. exd7 $18) (27... Bh4 28. Qxg4 $18 {[%CAl Re6d7,Rg4g6,Rh3h4,Rg4h4]}) 28. Rh8#) {[%tqu "En","The game continuation, Black has overprotected the h8-square with 25...Nf7. What now?","","","f3e4","Centralisation par excellence! Black has no defence against the threat 27.Qxg6+, followed by a quick mate.",2,"De","Die Partiefortsetzung, Schwarz hat mit 25...Sf7 das Feld h8 ?berdeckt. Was nun?","","","f3e4","Zentralisierung par excellence! Schwarz hat keine Verteidigung gegen die Drohung 27.Dxg6+ nebst schnellem Matt.",2]} 26. Qe4 $1 {[%csl Re4][%CAl Re4g6]} Nce5 (26... exd5 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Bg7+ $1 Ke8 (28... Kg8 29. Qh7#) 29. Rh8+ {[%csl Rf7,Gh8][%CAl Gg6e8]} Bf8 30. Rxf8+ Ke7 31. Qf6#) 27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Nxe7+ Qxe7 29. Qxe5 $18 Qg7 30. Qxe6+ Qf7 31. Rh8+ 1-0 [Event "85th Tata Steel Masters 2023"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2023.01.27"] [Round "11.4"] [White "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2719"] [Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/R7/6pk/1p3p2/4pP1b/1B5P/6K1/2r5 w - - 0 42"] [PlyCount "22"] [EventDate "2023.01.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.09.11"] {[#]} 42. Ra6 {[%CAl Ra6h6] [#] Opposite-colored bishops favor the attacker. Pure opposite colored bishop endings have a large drawish tendency, but with rooks they favor the attacker, like in the middlegame:} {[%tqu "En","","","","c1c3","Black is clearly winning.",10]} Rc3 $5 {[%csl Gb3,Rc3,Gf4,Gh3][%CAl Gc3g3,Rc3b3,Rc3h3] Black is clearly winning.} 43. Be6 {[%CAl Re6f5]} (43. Bf7 {is met by} {[%tqu "En","","","","c3c2","",10]} Rc2+ 44. Kf1 Rf2+ 45. Kg1 {[%tqu "En","","","","e4e3","",10]} e3 46. Rxg6+ Kh7 47. Re6 {[%tqu "En","","","","e3e2","",10]} e2 $19 {[%CAl Gf2f1,Ge2e1]}) {[%tqu "En","","","","c3c2","",10]} 43... Rc2+ 44. Kh1 Bf6 {Precisely calculated.} ({Stockfish dev-20230412-acb0d204:} 44... Kg7 45. Ra7+ Kf8 46. Ra3 b4 47. Rb3 Kg7 ({Stockfish dev-20230507-65e21505:} 47... Bf2 $5 48. Kg2 (48. Rxb4 $2 {Stockfish dev-20230507-65e21505:} e3 $19 {[%CAl Ge3e2,Ge2e1]}) 48... Be1+ 49. Kf1 Bc3 50. Bc4 Rh2 51. Kg1 Rxh3 $19 {-6.41}) ({Stockfish dev-20230507-65e21505:} 47... Be1 48. h4 Bxh4 $19 {-6.41}) 48. Bd7 Be1 49. h4 Bxh4 50. Ba4 Be7 $19 {-5.57}) ({Stockfish dev-20230412-acb0d204:} 44... Kh7 45. Ra7+ Kh8 46. Ra8+ Kg7 47. Re8 Rf2 48. Kg1 Rxf4 49. Bd5 b4 $19 {-5.41}) ({Stockfish dev-20230412-acb0d204:} 44... Rc1+ 45. Kg2 Rc2+ 46. Kg1 Bf2+ 47. Kf1 Kg7 48. Bb3 Rb2 49. Bd5 Bd4 50. Re6 Rf2+ 51. Ke1 Rxf4 52. Re7+ Kf6 53. Re6+ Kg5 54. Rd6 Bc3+ 55. Ke2 b4 $19 {-5.36}) ({Stockfish dev-20230412-acb0d204:} 44... Rc5 45. Ra2 b4 46. Kg2 Rc3 47. Ra6 Rc2+ 48. Kh1 Kg7 49. Bb3 Rf2 50. Ra4 e3 51. Ra7+ Kh6 52. Bg8 Rxf4 53. Ra2 Be1 $19 {-5.21}) 45. Bd7 (45. Bxf5 {is met by} gxf5 46. Rxf6+ Kg7 47. Rxf5 b4 {and the pawns win the rook by force, e.g.} 48. Rb5 e3 49. Rxb4 e2 50. Rb1 Rd2 51. Rg1+ Kf6 52. Re1 Rd1 $19) 45... Kg7 46. Bxb5 Rf2 47. Ra7+ Kh6 48. Ra6 Bd4 49. Be8 $6 (49. Rd6 $5 {is more tenacious, but also loses after} Bc5 50. Rd1 Kh5 $19 {[%CAl Rf2f4]}) 49... e3 50. Rxg6+ (50. Bxg6 e2 51. Re6 Bc3 $19) 50... Kh7 51. Rg1 e2 52. Bb5 Rh2+ {[#] A beautiful final point.} (52... Rh2+ 53. Kxh2 Bxg1+ 54. Kxg1 e1=Q+ $19) 0-1 [Event "New York Rosenwald"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1956.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Byrne, Donald"] [Black "Fischer, Robert James"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D97"] [Annotator "Reeh,Oliver"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1956.10.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,82,41,14,14,4,36,37,37,33,33,30,13,7,-5,10,-2,22,50,19,22,22,24,-7,-14,-26,-39,-119,-119,-119,-1,-135,-99,-114,-120,-136,-132,-496,-505,-489,-510,-508,-507,-508,-516,-508,-516,-518,-526,-531,-521,-563,-580,-577,-604,-611,-609,-658,-680,-692,-695,-690,-686,-696,-732,-844,-770,-828,-766,-1136,-1180,-1540,-1841,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29999,-30000]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bf4 d5 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 c6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. Qc5 Bg4 11. Bg5 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]} Na4 $1 {Uprooting White's imposing centre. Hebelt das imposante wei?e Zentrum aus.} 12. Qa3 (12. Nxa4 {[%csl Ga4]} Nxe4 {[%csl Gc5,Gg5]} 13. Bxe7 (13. Qc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxg5) (13. Qxe7 Nxg5 14. Qxg5 Re8+ 15. Be2 (15. Kd2 Bxf3 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. gxf3 Rxd4+ $19) 15... Qxg5) 13... Nxc5 14. Bxd8 Nxa4 {[%csl Gb2]}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 {[%csl Ga3,Ge7,Gg5]} Nxe4 $1 14. Bxe7 (14. Qxe7 Qxe7 15. Bxe7 Rfe8 {und die e-Linie entscheidet.}) 14... Qb6 15. Bc4 {[%CAl Ge1g1]} (15. Bxf8 Bxf8 {[%csl Ga3]} 16. Qb3 (16. Qc1 Re8 {[%CAl Ge8e1]} 17. Be2 Nxc3 {[%CAl Gf8b4]} 18. Rd2 (18. Qxc3 Bb4) 18... Nxe2 19. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 20. Kxe2 Qb5+ 21. Kd2 (21. Kd1 Qd3+ 22. Qd2 Bxf3+) 21... Bh6+) 16... Qxb3 17. axb3 Re8 $1 {[%csl Gc3,Gg3]} 18. Be2 Nxc3 {[%csl Ge2]} 19. Rd2 Ne4 {[%csl Gb4]} 20. Rc2 Bb4+ 21. Kf1 Nd2+ 22. Nxd2 Bxe2+ 23. Kg1 Bd3 $1) 15... Nxc3 $1 {[%csl Gc3,Ge4,Ge7,Gf6][%CAl Gf8e8] Opening the e-file. ?ffnet die e-Linie.} 16. Bc5 {[%csl Gb6,Gc3,Gf8]} (16. Qxc3 Rfe8 {[%csl Ge7]} 17. Qe3 Bxf3 (17... Qc7 $4 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ng5+ Kg8 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Qg8+ Rxg8 24. Nf7#) 18. gxf3 Qc7 $19) 16... Rfe8+ 17. Kf1 (17. Kd2 Ne4+) 17... Be6 $3 {[%csl Gf1] Black conquers the diagonal b5-f1! Schwarz erobert die Diagonale b5-f1!} 18. Bxb6 (18. Bxe6 Qb5+ 19. Kg1 (19. Ke1 Qe2#) 19... Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Ng3+ 21. Kg1 Qf1+ 22. Rxf1 Ne2#) 18... Bxc4+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Nxd4+ {[%csl Gd4][%CAl Gg7b2] Pocketing as much as material as possible while opening the diagonale of the ?g7 - square c3. Nimmt alles Material mit und ?ffnet die Diagonale des ?g7 - Feld c3.} 21. Kg1 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nc3+ {[%CAl Gc3e2,Ge2d4,Gd4e2,Ge2c3]} 23. Kg1 axb6 {[%csl Gd1]} 24. Qb4 (24. Qd6 Nxd1 25. Qxd1 Rxa2 26. h3 Ra1 $19) 24... Ra4 $1 25. Qxb6 Nxd1 $19 26. h3 Rxa2 27. Kh2 Nxf2 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Qd8+ Bf8 30. Nxe1 Bd5 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Qb8 b5 33. h4 h5 34. Ne5 Kg7 35. Kg1 Bc5+ 36. Kf1 Ng3+ 37. Ke1 Bb4+ 38. Kd1 Bb3+ 39. Kc1 Ne2+ 40. Kb1 Nc3+ 41. Kc1 Rc2# 0-1