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33. Qc4 Nxg3+ 34. hxg3
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{White is now winning easily.}
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34...Qd8 35. Qc1 Rb3 36. Kg2 Qf8 37. Qc7
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1-0
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[Event "?"]
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[White "Capablanca"]
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@@ -115,4 +114,179 @@
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25. Bf3
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25... f4 {Desperation.}
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26. exf4 {Black resigned. If 26... Qxf4 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 28. Rxb6.}
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1-0
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[Event "?"]
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[Site "Hastings"]
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[Date "1895"]
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[White "Pillsbury"]
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[Black "Tarasch"]
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[Result "1-0"]
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1. d4 d5
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2. c4 e6
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3. Nc3 Nf6
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4. Bg5 {It was Pillsbury who first demonstrated the
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strength of the this move, which today is routine}
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4..Be7
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5. Nf3 Nd7
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6. Rc1 O-O
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7. e3 b6 {In order to develop the Queen Bishop on
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Bb7. This was the most popular way of defending the
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Queen's gambit declined at the time.}
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8. cxd5 {Depriving Black of the opportunity to play
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dxc4 when the diagonal b7-g2 would be open for his
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Queen Bishop.} 8...exd5 ({The classical
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continuation more common today is} 8..Nf6xd5 {which
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accomplishes some exchanging after} 9. Bxe7, Qxe7 10.
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Nxd5, e6xd5)
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9. Bd3 Bb7
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10. O-O c5 {A strategical necessity. Otherwise, this
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pawn will remain backward and vulnerable to White's
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Rook on the half open Queen Bishop file.}
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11. Re1 {Whatever the purpose of this move, it turns
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out to be a loss of time, for the Rook later goes
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back to f1.}
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11...c4 {This move releases the
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tension in the center in order to commence a queen
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side attack. White will counter this by an attack on
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the other wing.}
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12. Bb1 a6 {In order to play b5. Black's plan is to
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advance his queen side pawns with the ultimate aim of
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obtaining a passed pawn.}
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13. Ne5 {The knight is here aggressively posted in the
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neighborhood of Black's King.} 13...b5
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14. f4 {This move furthers White's attack in several
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ways. Should Black ever play Nxe5, White will
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recapture with the Bishop Pawn and open his King
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Bishop file. The White's King Bishop Pawn may later
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in the game advance to f5, threatening to break up
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Black's kingside by f6. White's King Rook now can
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advance to Black's kingside by Rf1-Rf3 and Rg3 or
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Rh3.} 14...Re8 {To be able to bring his Queen Knight
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to Nf8, where it is an excellent defensive piece.}
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15. Qf3 {Bringing the Queen to the attack.} 15...Nf8
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16. Ne2 {Transferring the Knight to the kingside.}
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16...Ne4 $1 {Black blocks the White King Bishop
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diagonal and exchanges off his King Bishop. Each
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exchange favors Black, for they lessen the vigor of a
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kingside attack. Queen side attacks, by contrast,
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are concerned with obtaining a passed pawn, which is
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even more advantageous in the end game then the
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middle game.}
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17. Bxe7 {Black was threatening to win a piece with
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f6} 17...Rxe7
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18. Bxe4 {White is not happy to give up his King
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Bishop, but there is no way to drive away Black's
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Knight at e4, and as long as it remains there it is
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more effective than the Bishop, whose diagonal itblocks.}
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18...dxe4
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19. Qg3 {Black is not the only one who has gained
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something from these exchanges. Now that Black's
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Queen Bishop Pawn no longer has the support of a
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Queen Pawn, he is much less free to advance his queen
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side pawns, and his attack on the queen side is thus
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slowed. White's backward King Pawn, which previously
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was indirectly under pressure by Black's King Rook,
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now has shelter behind Black's Pawn at the latter
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e4.} 19...f6 {This slightly weakens Black's
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kingside, but it is worth it to prevent White's King
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Bishop Pawn from ever advancing to f6.}
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20. Ng4 {Threatening 21. Nxf6+.} 20...Kh8
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21. f5 {Cramping Black's kingside and vacating his f4
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which can now be occupied by a Rook or a Knight.}
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21...Qd7
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22. Rf1 {See note at move 11.} 22...Rd8 {Preparing
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Qd6 to defend his f6 pawn a second time.}
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23. Rf4 {White is embarking upon a plan to attack
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Black's isolated King Pawn , and tie up Black's
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pieces to its defense.} 23...Qd6
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24. Qh4 Rde8
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25. Nc3 Bd5 {To be able to guard the King Pawn again
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by Qc6.}
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26. Nf2 Qc6
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27. Rf1 {White must be careful now about removing any
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pieces from the queen side, for Black can play b4,
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followed by Qa4, menacing White's queen side pawns.}
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27...b4
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28. Ne2 Qa4 ({If Black tries to advance his c Pawn with} 28..c3 {there follows} 29. bxc3, bxc3 30. Nd1, c2 31. Ndc3, Bc4 32. d5, Bxd5 33. Rc1
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{and Black loses his Queen Bishop Pawn.})
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29 Ng4 Nd7 (29...Qxa2? 30. Nxf6 g7xf6 31.
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Qxf6+ Kg8 (31..Rg7 32. Rg4) 32. Rg4+ {winning} )
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30. R4f2 $1 {Defending the Queen Rook Pawn by a
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clever combination.} Kg8
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(30..Qxa2 31. Nf4, Bf7
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32. Ng6 $1, Bxg6 33. f5xg6 h6 (33..Nf8 34. Nxf6, g7xf6 35.Rxf6, Kg8 36. Rf7
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{forces mate.}) 34.Nxh6, g7xh6 35. Qxh6+, Kg8 36. Rf5 $1 { and black is
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defenseless against 37. Rh5 and Qh8} )
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31. Nc1 {Guarding his Queen Rook Pawn. If he had done
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this on move
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twenty-nine, Black would have had the crushing reply
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Qc7.} 31...c3
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{Black gets a passed Pawn.}
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32. b3 Qc6 {Both sides now have clear cut plans.
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Black will advance his
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Queen Rook Pawn to a4, exchange pawns and bring a
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Rook to a3 winning White's Queen Knight Pawn. White
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will counter by advancing his King Knight Pawn to g5
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and opening up his King Knight file.}
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33. h3 {Making room for the Knight at h2.} 33...a5
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34. Nh2 {White's attack looks slower than Blacks, but
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White has a
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stroke of genius prepared.} 34...a4
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35. g4 axb3
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36. axb3 Ra8 {With hindsight, the defensive 36..h6
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might have been
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better.}
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37. g5
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37..Ra3 (37...fxg5 38. Qxg5 Nf6 (38...Qf6 39. Qg3 -- 40. Ng4 ) 39. Ng4 {taking advantage
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of black's pinned Knight, Followed by 40. Ne5, when the Knight will be devastatingly
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powerful.} )
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38. Ng4 Bb3 ({At this moment neither Tarasch nor the
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onlookers had any doubt that white was finished. In
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the February 1971 issue of Chess Review, Frank
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Rhoden relates that Mr. E.G. Taylor, a Hastings chess
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club member who actually witnessed the game, told him
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that after Tarasch made his 38th move, "The
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spectators began to drift away, thinking there was
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nothing more to see." But now comes one of the most
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dramatic surprises ever seen on a chessboard. With
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hindsight, several annotators have advocated that
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black play 38.. Rxb3, which sacrifices the exchange
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for a pawn. Black would then have his Bishop
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available for the defense and obtain two dangerous
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connected passed pawns. But 38...Rxb3 is no better
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than the move played.}
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38..Rxb3 39.Nxb3, Bxb3 40. Rg2, Kh8 41. g5xf6, g7xf6 42.
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Ne5 $1, Nxe5 43.dxe5 c2 (43..Rxe5 44. Qh6
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{ threatening mate at both g7 and f8 wins.}) 44. e6
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{and black is finished. If then} 44.. Qc3 45. Qh7
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{These variations were given by Horowitz and Reinfeld
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in their revision of R.N. Cole's book, Battles Royal of the Chessboard.
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})
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39. Rg2 {Threatening to win a piece with 40. gxf6,
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Nxf6 41. Nxf6+}
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39...Kh8
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40. gxf6 gxf6 {If 40...Nxf6 41. Ne5 followed by
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42. Ng6+}
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41. Nxb3 Rxb3
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42. Nh6 Rg7 {White threatened 43. Rg8#, and if
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42...Re8, 43. Nf7#}
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43. Rxg7 Kxg7
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44. Qg3 $3 {The move that turns the
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tables....If 44..Kf8 45. Qg8+ 46. Qxb3} Kxh6
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45. Kh1 $1 {Threatening 46. Rg1 and 47. Qh4#. The only
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was for Black to prevent this is to play as he does.}
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45...Qd5
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46. Rg1 Qxf5
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47. Qh4+ Qh5
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48. Qf4+ Qg5
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49. Rxg5 fxg5
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50. Qd6+ Kh5
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51. Qxd7 c2
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({A blunder, but Black was lost. If}
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51..Rb1+ ( 51..Kg6 52. Qe6+ ) 52. Kg2, Rb2+ 53. Kg3, Kg6 54. Qc6+ Kf5 55. d5 {wins
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easily.})
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52. Qxh7#
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1-0
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1-0
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