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November 15, 2009

Black to move and win

[FEN "k3rb1r/P1p3pp/b1p5/3pP2q/5B1P/1N2Q1P1/PP6/2R1K2R b K - 0 21"]

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Timman,J (2610) - Karpov,A (2700)
London (3), 04.1984

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6 9.Qe4 Nb6 10.Nd2 0-0-0 11.c5 Bxf1 12.cxb6 Ba6 13.bxa7 Kb7 14.Nb3 f6 15.f4 fxe5 16.fxe5 Re8 17.Bf4 Qh4+ 18.g3 Qh5 19.Rc1 Ka8 20.h4 d5 21.Qe3 [Diagram] 21...g5 22.Bxg5 Bb4+ Notice the crossfire of the bishop pair & the queen, strafing the white king's position from every angle. 23.Kf2 [23.Rc3 Rxe5 24.Qxe5 Re8-+] 23...Rhf8+ 24.Kg2 [24.Kg1 Rf3] 24...Rxe5 25.Qxe5 Qf3+ 26.Kh2 Qf2+ 0-1

White resigns because of:
26...Qf2+ 27.Kh3 Bc8+ 28.g4 Rf3+ etc.