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April 20, 2008

[FEN 5rk1/1p3rpp/2bpp3/p1q5/1PP1P3/P1QR2P1/6BP/4R2K b - b3 0 25]

Black to move and win

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Today's position is taken from
GM Raymond Keene's article:
An Appreciation of Rudolph Spielmann

Rubinstein,A - Spielmann,R
San Sebastian (10), 1912

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 Nf6 5.g3 0-0 6.Bg2 d6 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Nbd7 9.Qc2 c5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Nf3 Nce4 12.0-0 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Rc8 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Qb3 Rc7 16.Ne1 Nc5 17.Qb4 f4 18.Nd3 fxg3 19.fxg3 Nxd3 20.Rxd3 Qf2+ 21.Kh1 Bc6 22.e4 Rcf7 23.Re1 a5 24.Qc3 Qc5 25.b4 [diagram]

25...Bxe4 26.Rxe4 Rf1+ 27.Bxf1 Rxf1+ 28.Kg2 Qf2+ 29.Kh3 Rh1 30.Rf3 Qxh2+ 31.Kg4 Qh5+ 32.Kf4 Qh6+ 33.Kg4 g5 34.Rxe6 Qxe6+ 35.Rf5 h6 36.Qd3 Kg7 37.Kf3 Rf1+ 38.Qxf1 Qxf5+ 39.Kg2 Qxf1+ 40.Kxf1 axb4 41.axb4 Kf6 42.Kf2 h5 0-1

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