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Yury Shulman vs Le Quang Liem
SPICE Cup (2011), Lubbock USA, rd 1, Oct-15
Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Modern Exchange Variation (D85)  ·  0-1

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Oct-25-11  shivasuri4: Shulman missed a win with 39.Rhf7 threatening mate with Rf4(Kh5 Rh7#).Had he played that,black would have had to continue 39...Qd2+ 40.Be2 Qxe2+ 41.Rxe2 Bxe2.Time pressure,probably...
Oct-26-11  Skakalec: Hm... or, after, in your variation, 41....Bxe2 he couldn't see the winn.

Neither do I.

Oct-26-11  shivasuri4: Well,the endgame is undoubtedly complex.While I can't calculate too deeply,I believe white should win after 42.Rf4+ Kh5 43.Re4 Bc4 44.a3(important to preserve the pawn)a5(or any sensible Bishop move) 45.Re5+ and the c5 pawn falls.Note that 45...Kg4 is not possible because of further mating threats after Kg2(depending on other intermediate moves,of course.).
Oct-26-11  4tmac: Cool position at the 39th. Probably was time pressure, white is thinking that the Bishop check first is more forcing & all of a sudden he is the one in a mating net.
Oct-27-11  nummerzwei: <shivasuri4> What about 42.Rf6 in your line?
Oct-27-11  shivasuri4: <nummerzwei>,it may work,but I am not so sure.42.Rf6 Bd3 43.Rxa6 c4,perhaps?The c-pawn will start rolling and white will feel quite a bit of pressure.I don't have an engine,so I can't answer your question with a high degree of certainty.
Oct-27-11  Riverbeast: Black's best after 39. Rhf7 may be to just put his king back on h5

Then maybe white tries 40. Be2+ Bxe2 41. Rxe2

White looks better, but black can still cause problems

Oct-27-11  nummerzwei: <shivasuri4: <nummerzwei>,it may work,but I am not so sure.42.Rf6 Bd3 43.Rxa6 c4,perhaps?The c-pawn will start rolling and white will feel quite a bit of pressure.I don't have an engine,so I can't answer your question with a high degree of certainty.>

After further analysis, I've come to the same conclusion, especially since your original line is a clean win for White. Incidentally, Black could also try 42.Rf6 c4!? 43.Rxg6+ Kf3 to get counterplay.

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