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Savielly Tartakower vs Fred Dewhirst Yates
New York (1924), New York, NY USA, rd 3, Mar-18
King's Gambit: Accepted. Tartakower Gambit (C33)  ·  1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-29-04  refutor: 39.Bxf5! a nice tactic
Apr-21-05  aw1988: Sorry, but what is the point behind Bxf5?
Apr-21-05  Milo: Wins a pawn thanks to 39...gxf5 40.Rh6+
Apr-21-05  Milo: What the hell am i saying...
Apr-21-05
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  samvega: No, you're right Milo. White then wins a second pawn for the piece.
Apr-21-05
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  samvega: (and exchanges rooks, after which the g pawn can't be stopped)
Apr-21-05  aw1988: And you're saying there's no way black can win?
Apr-21-05  aw1988: The g-pawn can be captured with the h-pawn.
Apr-21-05  Milo: No, that works, maybe 40...Kd7 41.Rxh7+ Kc8 42.Rxb7 Kxb7 and 43.Ke5, I think.
Apr-21-05  aw1988: Ah, I overlooked the simple Ke5. Nice sac!
Apr-21-05  Milo: 43.g6 might win, for all I know, but it looks hard. Threw me too for a while.
Jun-16-12  Howard: A recent column on the ChessCafe website, studies a few of Tartakower's better-known endgames....including this one.
Jun-23-14  King.Arthur.Brazil: Let's see: after 39... gxf5 40.Rh6+ Kc7 41.Rxh7+ Kc8 42. Rxc7 Kxc7 43.Ke5 Nd7+ 44.Kxf5 Nf8 (or any) 45.g6 and win! Beautiful Tartakower combination!
Dec-09-19  Straclonoor: I wanna add some more analysis about bishop sacrifice 39.Bxf5

Analysis by Stockfish 051119 64 BMI2:

1. +- (2.18): 39...Rf7 40.Bd3 Rxf4+ 41.Kc3 Rf7 42.Rb1 Nd7 43.Kb4 Re7 44.Rh1 Ne5 45.Kb5 Nd7 46.Rh3 Kc7 47.Rh6 Rf7 48.Rh1 Re7 49.Ra1 Re5 50.Bf1 Re3 51.Ra7+ Kd6 52.Ra6 Kc7 53.c5 Nxc5 54.Rxb6 Ne4 55.Rc6+ Kd8 56.Kb6 Nxg5 57.Rc7 Rf3 58.Bb5 Rf6+ 59.Kb7 Ne4 60.Rd7+ Ke8 61.Kc7 h5 62.d6 Kf8 63.Bc6 Nxd6 64.Rxd6 Rxd6 65.Kxd6 h4 66.Be4

2. +- (11.40): 39...gxf5 40.Rh6+ Kc7 41.Rxh7+ Nd7 42.Rh8 Ra7 43.g6 Ra1 44.g7 Rd1+ 45.Kc3 Nf6 46.Rf8 Rg1 47.Rxf6 Rxg7 48.Rxf5 Re7 49.Rf6 Re3+ 50.Kb4 Re1 51.Rc6+ Kb7 52.f5 Rd1 53.f6 Rb1+ 54.Kc3 Rd1 55.Re6 Kc7 56.Re8 Rf1 57.Re7+ Kd8 58.Re6 Kc7 59.Rc6+ Kd7 60.Rxb6 Rd1 61.Re6 Kc7 62.Kb4 Rf1 63.c5 Rb1+ 64.Kc4 Rf1 65.c6 Kb6 66.Kd4 Rf2 67.Ke5 Rxc2 68.Kd6 Kb5 69.f7

Aug-20-21  CopyBlanca: the last move is R-a7 which is shown in the book of the 1924 tournament written by Alekhine..

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