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Alexander Moiseenko vs Alexandr Predke
Russian Team Championship (2013), Loo RUS, rd 1, Apr-07
Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack (D37)  ·  1-0

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Mar-25-25  mel gibson: I got the first ply - the Rook on f7
had to be distracted for an attack to commence.

Stockfish 17 says:

21. Bxf4

(21. Bxf4 (1.Bxf4 Bf8 2.Bxh6 Ne7 3.Be3 Rf5 4.R6g5 Bb7 5.Be2 Rb8 6.Nd4 Rxg5 7.Rxg5 Kg8 8.Bg4 Bd5 9.Rh5 g6 10.Rg5 Bg7 11.h5 Qd7 12.Kf1 a5 13.Kg1 Rb7 14.a4 b5 ) +4.00/39 298)

score for White +4.00 depth 39.

Mar-26-25
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  chrisowen: Lo its hey its wan q u Bxf4 ace its me its coffin abe its leeway its dub its chi ghoul aoa ja Bxf4 cuff x
Mar-26-25  alshatranji: 23. Qd2 is stronger.
Mar-27-25  FM David H. Levin: <<alshatranji>: 23. Qd2 is stronger.>

If after 23. Qd2, Black replies 23...Bg5,


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how do you think White should continue?

Apr-01-25  unspiek: <<FM David H. Levin>> I hope this finds you well. 24. Ng5: Kg7: 25. Ne4+ looks pretty strong. Whether this is better for White than the game line is too deep a question for me at the office.
Apr-01-25  FM David H. Levin: <<unspiek>: <<FM David H. Levin>> I hope this finds you well. 24. Ng5: Kg7: 25. Ne4+ looks pretty strong.>

Indeed it does: 23. Qd2 Bg5 24. Nxg5 Kxg7 25. Ne4+ Kh7 <Apparently the best of a bad lot.> 26. Nf6+ Rxf6 27. exf6 Qf8 28. Rg7+ Qxg7 29. fxg7


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<If now 29...Kxg7, then 30. Qd7+ picks up the knight.> 29...Rd8 30. Qf4 <Again preventing ...Kxg7, owing to Qc7+...>, and White is winning.

If 24...hxg5 (instead of 24...Kxg7), then 25. R7xg5 Qf8 26. Rxf5 exf5 27. Qg5


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27...Qf7 28. Qh6+ Qh7 29. Qf6+ and mate next.

If 24...Rxe5+ (instead of 24...Kxg7 or 24...hxg5), then 25. Be2 hxg5 26. R7xg5 Qf8 27. Rg8+


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<If now 27...Qxg8, then 28. Qh6+ and mate in two.> 27...Kh7 28. Qc2+ <If now 28...Rf5, then 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Bg4 will increase White's material advantage.> 28...Qf5 29. R3g7+ Kh6 30. Qd2+,


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leaving Black with only useless interpositions.

But I find the game's 23. Qe4 beautiful: it gives Black a tempo to try to defend everything, yet he can't.

Apr-01-25  unspiek: <FM David H. Levin> <But I find the game's 23. Qe4 beautiful: it gives Black a tempo to try to defend everything, yet he can't.>

Yes, minimizing the blunt-force trauma used is very attractive!

Apr-02-25
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  PawnSac: < alshatranji: 23. Qd2 is stronger. >

and Qc1 slightly better as it conveniently also guards a3. As for 23...Bg5 the rest is the same;

<unspiek: 24.Ng5 Kg7 25.Ne4+ looks pretty strong.>

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