[Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2021"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.10.31"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Saric, Ivan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2659"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] {[%evp 0,60,21,21,21,21,25,25,8,-6,8,10,12,15,15,16,-1,-4,76,62,75,-41,47,0,8, -19,0,-16,23,48,37,-18,48,33,18,7,-20,-31,-2,-28,-37,-67,-64,-179,-186,-183, -174,-227,-242,-295,-295,-276,-271,-429,-432,-409,-427,-435,-412,-561,-574, -951,-861]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 { An old favorite of Shirov's.} 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 Bb7 (11... O-O {is more common overall, but it looks like the trend is with Shirov's move.}) 12. Be3 Nxe4 13. Re1 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. Nbd2 Ne7 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 $146 ({In six previous games - including one of Saric's -} 17. Ng5 {has been played. This is the computer's preference, but 17.Ne5 is also acceptable and may have had more surprise value.} Bd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Rc1 ( 19. Nxe4 O-O 20. Qf3 f5 21. Nd2 f4 22. Bxf4 Qxd4 23. Qb3+ Qd5 24. Be3 c5 25. Rad1 c4 26. Qc3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Nf5 28. Qe4 Rbd8 29. Qxd5+ Rxd5 30. Nf3 Ne7 31. Rxd5 Nxd5 32. Re6 Rf6 33. Re8+ Rf8 34. Re6 Rf6 35. Re8+ {1/2-1/2 (35) Saric,I (2690)-Lagno,K (2560) Caleta 2019}) 19... Qd7 (19... Rc8 20. Nxe4 O-O 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Qd7 {This was from a blitz match in June of this year. The earlier game was won by Black, the later one by White.} 23. Qf3 (23. Qg4 f5 24. Qf3 c6 25. Bf4 Nd5 26. Be5 Rce8 27. Rec1 Re6 28. h4 h6 29. h5 Kh7 30. g3 Rf7 31. Qd3 Kg8 32. Qb3 Kh7 33. Qd3 Kg8 34. Qc2 Nb4 35. Qb3 Nd5 36. Re1 Qe8 37. Qf3 Qd7 38. Kh2 Kh7 39. Rec1 Kg8 40. R1c2 Nb4 41. Re2 Nd5 42. Qd3 Qe8 43. f4 Rd7 44. Qf3 Rf7 45. Rec2 Nb4 46. Rc1 Nd5 47. Kg2 Qd7 48. Kf2 Rf8 49. Qb3 Kh7 50. Rg1 Qe8 51. Qd1 Qd8 52. Qf3 Qxa5 53. g4 Qd2+ 54. Kg3 Ne3 {0-1 (54) Ivic,V (2581)-Maurizzi,M (2503) Chess.com INT 2021}) 23... c6 24. h4 Nd5 25. h5 h6 26. Bd2 Rfe8 27. Rec1 Re6 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 Re8 30. Bd2 Re6 31. g3 Qe8 32. Qg4 Kh8 33. Rc1 Qd7 34. Qf3 Rf6 35. Qe4 Re6 36. Qf3 Kg8 37. Kg2 Qe8 38. Qd3 Qd8 39. Qf3 Rf6 40. Qe4 Re6 41. Qf3 Qe7 42. Qg4 Kh8 43. Qf3 Rf6 44. Qd3 Qe6 45. Re1 Qd7 46. Qe2 Re6 47. Qf3 Rxe1 48. Bxe1 Nf6 49. Bc3 Qe6 50. Kg1 Qd5 51. Qe2 Qxh5 52. Qe7 Qd5 53. Bd2 Ne4 54. Be3 Kh7 55. Qe8 Nd6 56. Qa8 Nf5 57. Qxa6 Nxe3 58. fxe3 Qf3 59. Qb6 Qxg3+ 60. Kf1 Qf3+ 61. Ke1 Qxe3+ 62. Kd1 Qd3+ 63. Kc1 Qc4+ 64. Kb1 Qd3+ 65. Kc1 b4 66. a6 b3 67. Qxc6 Qf1+ 68. Kd2 Qf2+ 69. Kd3 Qg3+ 70. Kc4 Qb8 71. Qb7 Qh2 72. a7 Qc2+ 73. Kb4 Qd2+ 74. Kxb3 Qd3+ 75. Ka2 Qc4+ 76. Ka3 Qd3+ 77. b3 Qxd4 78. a8=Q Qa1+ 79. Kb4 Qd4+ 80. Kb5 Qe5+ 81. Qd5 Qe2+ 82. Qc4 Qe5+ 83. Qad5 Qb8+ 84. Kc5 Qa7+ 85. Kb4 Qb6+ 86. Qcb5 Qf2 87. Qbd3+ g6 88. Qc5 Qf4+ 89. Qdd4 Qb8+ 90. Kc4 Qa8 91. Qce5 Qg8 92. Qde4 f6+ 93. Q5d5 Qc8+ 94. Qc6 Qf8 95. Qd7+ Kh8 96. Qee8 {1-0 (96) Ivic,V (2581)-Maurizzi,M (2503) Chess.com INT 2021}) 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh4 f5 22. Bf4 Nd5 23. Be5 Rg8 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 h5 26. Bd6+ Kf7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Bxc7 Rbc8 29. Qg5 {1-0 (29) Ter Sahakyan,S (2640)-Sargsyan,S (2596) Yerevan 2021}) 17... O-O 18. Qg4 (18. Rc1) 18... Bd5 19. Bxd5 (19. Bh6 Ng6 20. Bg5 Qd6 (20... f6 $2 21. Nc6 $1 Qd6 22. Bxd5+ Qxd5 23. Qxe4 $1 Qxg5 24. Nxa7 Rbe8 25. Qc6 $14) 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 Rbe8 24. Rae1 f5 25. R4e2 Bxd4 26. Nc6 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Bc5 $15) 19... Qxd5 20. Rac1 $6 (20. Qd7 $1 Rfe8 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Nc6 Ra8) 20... c5 $1 $15 21. dxc5 $4 (21. Nd7 $4 f5 $19) (21. Qd7 $1 Rb7 $1 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. dxc5 Rc7 $1 24. Rcd1 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 Bxc5 26. Rxe4 Re8 27. Ng6 $1 Rcc8 $1 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Nf4 Bb4 30. Nd5 $1 Bxa5 31. Ra1 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Bxe1 33. Nc7 {leaves Black marginally better, but it should be a straightforward draw. It's critical that after} Bb4 34. Nxa6 Bd6 {Black does not quite have enough time to round up White's knight.} 35. Kf1 $8 Kf8 36. Ke2 $8 Ke7 37. Kd3 $8 Kd7 38. Kc3 $8 Kc6 39. Nb4+ $8 {and it's a draw.}) 21... Qxe5 $19 22. Bf4 Qxb2 23. Qd7 {Saric may have hoped that with so many Black pieces under attack, he'd have to have *something* here. Turns out...he doesn't.} (23. Bxb8 Bxb8 24. Qxe4 Ng6 $19 { is much worse for White than the standard textbook count would suggest. White's c-pawn can be neutralized, his a-pawn will drop, and then Black's minor pieces and passed b-pawn will decide the game.}) 23... Ng6 24. Bd6 e3 $1 25. Rf1 exf2+ 26. Kh1 Rbe8 27. Rcd1 Bb8 28. Bxf8 {Finally taking something, but he remains down a considerable amount of material without any compensation. } Kxf8 29. g3 Bxg3 30. c6 Qc2 {Threatening ...Qe4#, and that's not White's only problem.} 0-1 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2021"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.10.31"] [Round "5.7"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Howell, David W L"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2658"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] {[%evp 0,67,38,21,25,21,25,25,25,13,29,6,-17,-5,-7,-16,-10,-55,-29,-26,14,-10, 0,-11,-6,-49,11,7,4,-3,-3,-29,-10,4,13,9,23,7,7,7,54,47,65,95,99,94,99,61,65, 68,72,68,76,63,62,77,113,125,112,79,93,93,95,102,143,145,149,150,157,164]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Nbd2 Qf6 {This position hasn't come up much the last several years, though Howell himself has had it at least twice. White's usual move has been 11.Kh1, but Caruana goes for a different approach.} 11. Bxc6 (11. Kh1 Qg6 (11... Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nf4 14. N4b3 Neg6 15. f3 a6 16. Nxc5 axb5 17. Ncb3 c5 18. Nc1 b6 19. Ne2 b4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. cxb4 Ba6 22. Nc3 Bxf1 23. Qxf1 cxb4 24. Nd5 Qxb2 25. Nc4 Qg7 26. Ncxb6 b3 27. a4 b2 28. Rb1 Qd4 29. Qg1 Qxg1+ 30. Kxg1 Ra5 31. Rxb2 Rb8 32. Rc2 Ne5 33. h3 Ra6 34. Nc8 Rxa4 35. Nxd6 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Rab1 37. Nc4 Nd3 38. Rd2 R8b3 39. Ra2 Rc1 40. Ra8+ Kh7 41. Nf6+ Kg6 42. Ng4 Kh7 43. Nf6+ Kg6 44. Ng4 Kh7 {1/2-1/2 (44) Bruzon Batista,L (2659)-Kramnik,V (2777) Baku 2015}) 12. Bc4 (12. b4 Bb6 13. Bc4 Kg7 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Ba7 16. b5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Ne7 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Be5+ dxe5 22. Nxe5 Qf6 23. Qxh5 Bxd4 24. Ng4 Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Rxf7 26. Ra4 h5 27. Nf3 hxg4 28. Nxd4 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxa5 30. Be2 Ra2 31. Bxg4 Raxf2 32. Rxf2 Rxf2 33. Kg1 Rf8 34. Bf3 c6 35. h3 Be6 36. Rd6 Kf6 37. Bxc6 bxc6 38. Rxc6 Ke5 39. Rc2 Bd5 40. Kh2 Ra8 41. Rc3 Ra1 42. Rg3 Kf5 43. Rd3 Be4 44. Rg3 Rc1 45. Rg4 Rb1 46. Rg3 Ra1 47. Rg4 Bd3 48. Rg3 Be2 49. Re3 Ra2 50. Re8 Bc4 51. Re3 Be2 52. Re8 Bh5 53. Rf8+ Ke5 54. Kg1 Ra7 55. Kh2 Bf7 56. Rc8 Kd4 57. Rc2 Bg6 58. Rf2 Be4 59. Kg3 Ke3 60. Rb2 Bd3 61. Rb4 Ra5 62. h4 gxh4+ 63. Rxh4 Be2 64. Kh2 Rg5 65. Ra4 Rg8 66. Kg1 Bd3 67. Ra7 Be4 68. Ra3+ Kf4 69. Ra2 Rb8 70. Kh2 Ke3 71. Kg1 Bd5 72. Ra5 Rb1+ 73. Kh2 Rd1 74. Ra3+ Kf2 75. Ra6 Rd2 76. Rf6+ Ke3 77. Rg6 Ra2 78. Kg1 Be4 79. Rg8 Ra1+ 80. Kh2 Kf4 81. Rf8+ Bf5 82. Rf7 Ra8 83. Rg7 Be6 84. Kg1 Bg4 85. Kh2 Rh8+ 86. Kg1 Kg3 87. Ra7 Bf5 88. Rg7+ Kf4 89. Rf7 Rh5 90. Rg7 Rh8 91. Rf7 Rg8 92. Kf2 Rg5 93. Rf8 Kg4 94. Re8 Rg7 95. Re3 Ra7 96. Rg3+ Kh4 97. Rg8 Ra1 98. Rg7 Bd3 99. Ke3 Bb5 100. Kf4 Rf1+ 101. Ke3 Rf8 102. Rg6 Bd7 103. Kd4 Bg4 104. Rg7 Kg3 105. Ke5 Rf2 106. Ra7 Re2+ 107. Kf6 Kxg2 108. Ra3 Bf3 109. Ra5 Kg3 110. Kg5 Rh2 111. Re5 Rh8 112. Re1 Rh5+ 113. Kf6 Kf4 114. Ke6 Rh6+ 115. Kd7 Be4 116. Kc7 Ke5 117. Kd7 Rh7+ 118. Ke8 Ra7 119. Re2 Kd5 120. Kf8 Bf5 121. Re7 Ra1 122. Re2 Kd6 123. Kf7 Rf1 124. Rd2+ Bd3+ 125. Kg7 Rf3 126. Rd1 Ke5 127. Rg1 Be4 128. Rg5+ Bf5 129. Rg1 Rf2 130. Rg3 Ra2 131. Re3+ Kf4 132. Re1 Kg5 133. Re7 Ra6 134. Rb7 Rh6 135. Re7 Be6 136. Rc7 Rf6 137. Rc5+ Bf5 138. Rc1 Rg6+ 139. Kf7 Rd6 140. Rg1+ Bg4 141. Ke7 Rd7+ 142. Ke8 Ra7 143. Kd8 Kf5 144. Re1 Kf6 145. Rf1+ Ke5 146. Rb1 Be6 147. Rb6 Rh7 148. Rc6 Rd7+ 149. Kc8 Rg7+ 150. Kb8 Bd5 151. Rc7 Rg1 152. Rd7 Ke6 153. Kc7 Rc1+ 154. Kd8 Ra1 155. Re7+ Kf6 156. Rd7 Be6 157. Rd2 Rc1 {1/2-1/2 (157) Bartel,M (2620)-Howell,D (2688) Doha 2015}) 12... a5 13. a3 Kg7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Bb6 17. Bd5 Ne7 18. Bb3 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. d4 e4 21. Ne1 Nxg3+ 22. hxg3 d5 23. Nc2 c6 24. Ne3 Be6 25. b5 Nf5 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Qa6 Bc7 28. Qxc6 Bb8 29. Bxd5 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Qh5+ 31. Kg1 Bxg3 32. Qb7+ Rf7 33. Rxf7+ Bxf7 34. Qxf7+ Qxf7 35. Bxf7 Kxf7 36. Nxe4 Bb8 37. g4 {1-0 (37) Svidler,P (2751)-Howell,D (2685) Tallinn 2016}) 11... bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. e5 Qg7 14. cxd4 Bb6 15. a4 $146 {A novelty, suggested by the engine.} (15. Qa4 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Qxc6 Rb8 18. Qc2 Bb7 19. Rad1 Bd5 20. Rfe1 Rbe8 21. Qd3 Qh7 22. Qc3 Qf7 23. b3 Nh5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. a4 g4 26. Ne1 Nf4 27. Bxf4 Qxf4 28. Nd3 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Bxd4 30. Kf1 Bc3 31. Nc1 Bf7 32. f3 gxf3 33. Nxf3 Re4 34. Rd3 Bf6 35. Ne2 Rb4 36. Nd2 Be5 37. Kf2 Bg6 38. Rh3 Kg7 39. Nc4 Bf6 40. Rf3 d5 41. Nd2 Bg5 42. Ke1 c5 43. Rc3 Be7 44. g3 Bf7 45. Rd3 d4 46. Nf4 Bd8 47. Kd1 Ba5 48. Rf3 Rb8 49. Nc4 Bc7 50. Kc2 Bxf4 51. Rxf4 Bxc4 52. bxc4 Rb4 53. Kd3 Rxa4 54. Rf5 Ra3+ 55. Ke4 Re3+ 56. Kf4 Re7 57. Rxc5 Rd7 58. Rd5 Rxd5 59. cxd5 Kf6 60. Ke4 a5 61. Kxd4 a4 62. g4 a3 63. Kc3 Ke5 64. h4 Kxd5 65. g5 hxg5 66. hxg5 Ke5 67. Kb3 Kf5 68. Kxa3 Kxg5 {1/2-1/2 (68) Ter Sahakyan,S (2567)-Schreiner,P (2444) Athens 2012}) 15... a5 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Rc1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bxc4 {A small concession, but much more manageable than the most "correct" move.} (18... g4 19. Nh4 Rfd8 {is Stockfish's top choice, and White doesn't seem to have anything here. Unfortunately for Howell, proving it at the board isn't easy, and it's even harder to know while calculating, *even if* one plows through all the variations below and *even if* one assesses them all correctly, that one hasn't missed something somewhere.} 20. exd6 (20. Nxb6 cxb6 21. Rxc6 dxe5 22. Qe1 Rxd4 23. Rxb6 Rxa4 24. Rb5 $44) (20. f4 $5 {is yet another possibility in need of careful examination.}) (20. Re1 {is also possible - it's not much fun for Black to play this way.}) 20... Bxd4 21. dxc7 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qg5 24. Nd6 {This could be the line that scared Howell away from 18...g4. It seems that Black is alright, but that's a judgment that's only trivial when one is running an engine.} (24. Nb6 Rf8 25. c8=Q Bxc8 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Rd7 Rf8 $11) 24... Qe7 $8 25. c8=Q+ (25. Nxf7 {is still another headache for a player trying to navigate the maze at the board.} Qxc7 (25... Bxf7 26. Nf5 Qxc7 27. Nxh6+ Kh8 28. Nxf7+ Kg7 $11 {Could one really say this is just equal while considering this at the board? Bear in mind that we're 11 moves in, and this is just one variation of many.}) 26. Nxh6+ Kh7 27. Re1 Qxg3 28. Rxe6 Qxh4 29. Nf5 Qg5 30. Rh6+ Kg8 31. Rg6+ Qxg6 32. Ne7+ Kg7 33. Nxg6 Kxg6 34. Rc2 Rb8 35. Rxc6+ Kg5 $11) 25... Rxc8 (25... Bxc8 $11 {is also possible.}) 26. Nxc8 Bxc8 27. Nf5 Qg5 {followed by ...Be6, ...Kh7, and ...Bd5 is equal. White can swap the minor pieces with} 28. Nxh6+ Qxh6 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Rxc8 {, and were it not for the abundant perpetual check ideas in the position it might lead somewhere. } Qc1+ 31. Rf1 Qc5+ 32. Kh2 Qh5+ 33. Kg1 Qc5+ 34. Rf2 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qh6+ $11 { etc.}) 19. Rxc4 Rad8 $2 {The most natural move in the world, but a mistake.} ( 19... c5 $1 {had to be played, not fearing the hideousness of his bishop after} 20. d5 {- or at least not fearing it more than what happened in the game.}) 20. Re1 $16 Rfe8 21. exd6 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Rxd6 23. Rxc6 (23. b4 {is a good alternative, aiming to create a passed pawn ASAP.}) 23... Rxc6 24. Qe8+ Kh7 ( 24... Qf8 $142 25. Qxc6 Kg7) 25. Qxc6 Qg6 $1 26. Qd7 $1 $18 Kg7 $2 (26... Qb1+ $142 27. Kh2 Qg6) 27. Ne5 {Now Black is definitely gone.} Qe6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Nc4 Kf6 (29... Bxd4 30. Nxa5 Bxb2 31. Nc6 $18 {is trivial, with the a-pawn zipping up the board.}) 30. Nxb6 cxb6 31. g4 e5 32. dxe5+ Kxe5 33. g3 Kd4 34. f4 {Black has no time to chase hares on the queenside, and can't achieve anything on the kingside, either. White's king will take a regal stroll into the action, and once it does the advantage will be easy to convert.} (34. f4 Ke4 35. f5 Ke5 36. Kf2 h5 37. gxh5 Kxf5 38. g4+ {is simplest, and the simplest illustration of how White throws cold water on Black's remaining hopes.}) 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss 2021"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.10.31"] [Round "5.50"] [White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."] [Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2619"] [BlackElo "2510"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2021.10.27"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 {A fun line that Carlsen has used on multiple occasions, and other world champions like Anand, Kramnik, and Kasparov; super-GMs like Nepo, Nakamura, MVL, Grischuk, and Adams; and even ordinary folk like yours truly have tried from time to time. It's no better than 3.d4, of course, but it's not bad as an occasional surprise weapon.} b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bd3 Bb4 10. Qf3 $146 Qb8 $2 { This typical Kan Sicilian move would be fine if White has already castled short, but it doesn't look so good after White castles in the opposite direction.} (10... Rc8 $142) (10... O-O $142) 11. O-O-O $1 $16 Bd6 $2 (11... Qe5 $142 {is better, though it's hard to make such a move.}) 12. g3 $18 Be5 13. Qe3 Ng4 $6 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. f4 Bd4 16. Kb1 (16. Rhf1) (16. Rhe1) 16... O-O 17. e5 {The direct approach is best. With Black's queen irrelevantly placed on b8, White's attack is destined for success.} Bxc3 18. exf6 Bxb2 19. Kxb2 gxf6 $2 ( 19... Qd8 {had to be tried - Black's king has no chance to survive without the queen's help.}) 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qh4 f5 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. g4 $1 Qd8 (23... Bxh1 24. gxf5 Qb7 25. Rg1+ Bg2 26. Bf1 $18) (23... fxg4 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qh4+ Kg6 26. Qxg4+ Kh6 27. Rhg1 Rg8 28. Qh4#) 24. Qh6 $1 {Maintaining a clearly winning advantage. It's the only way; everything else leaves Black at least clearly better.} f6 (24... Bxh1 25. gxf5 $18 {is even worse for Black than the 23... Bxh1 line.}) (24... fxg4 $4 25. Qxh7#) 25. gxf5 Qe7 {Has Black survived? Material is equal, g7 and h7 are protected, and with the queen off the d-file there are no tactical tricks involving White's rook on d1. Obviously White is fine, but is he (still) winning? He is.} (25... Bxh1 26. Rg1+ Kf7 27. Rg7+ Ke8 28. Qh5+ {with mate next move.}) 26. Rhe1 {Also good. White threatens to take twice on e6, taking advantage of Black's overloaded queen. (She needs to keep h7 protected.)} (26. Rhg1+ Kh8 27. fxe6 dxe6 28. Bxh7 $1 {wins, with an idea we'll see below. (I won't spoil the solution for you; see if you can solve it here, before we get to the last move.)}) 26... Bd5 27. fxe6 dxe6 28. Bxh7+ $1 ( 28. Bxh7+ $1 Qxh7 29. Rg1+ {Essentially returning to the 26.Rhg1+ line.} Kh8 { What now?} 30. Qxh7+ Kxh7 31. Rd3 {That's the fatal problem. Black will be ladder (or lawmower) mated by Rh3. He can delay it by a move with 31...Bg2 or 31...Bf3, but it cannot be prevented.} Rg8 32. Rh3#) 1-0