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July 4, 2010

White to move and win

[FEN "2r2k2/1bq2ppQ/1p2Pb1p/p3N3/8/PB5P/1P3PP1/3rR1K1 w - - 0 30"]

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Anatoly Karpov - Jan Timman
Moskva, 1981

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.a3 cxd4 10.exd4 Bf6 11.Be4 Nce7 12.Qd3 h6 13.Ne5 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 Nf5 15.Be3 Nd6 16.Bf3 Bd7 17.Qb4 Bb5 18.Rfe1 a5 19.Qb3 Ba6 20.Rad1 Nf5 21.Be4 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Qd6 23.Bc2 Rfd8 24.Qe4 Rac8 25.Qh7+ Kf8 26.h3 b6 27.Bb3 Bb7 28.d5 Qc7 29.dxe6 Rxd1 [diagram] 30.Ng6+ Black resigns in light of 30...fxg6 31.e7+ Ke8 32.Qg8+ Kd7 33.Rxd1+ Kc6 [33...Kxe7 34.Qf7#; 33...Qd6 34.Qe6+ Kc6 (34...Ke8 35.Qf7+ Kd7 36.e8Q#) 35.Qxd6+ Kb5 36.Qd3+ Kc5 37.Qc4#] 34.Qd5# 1-0

White to move and win

What Otteson missed was the beautiful double deflection beginning with: 33.Rc7 Qd2. Best, according to Herr Fritz, is 33...Bxg4 34.Rxc1 Bxe2 when Black has a bishop and a passed pawn for the queen. It's not enough. 34.Rc2 and Black can resign now...

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