Very good morning! Well, I'm not going to reveal the secret of the silicon monster. I could take a little peep at it myself though.

However, since we're getting at a point where GMs are sneaking around in the background at fora like this to scoop up revelant info which they might use for their practices, especially when it comes down to opening theory, I'm like: yeah right.

I sort of put it *to the test* you see.

"Because getting what people say is one thing, yet getting what they don't say could be a totally different horse. Then we are speaking of things like elections.."

34.Re1 <almost saves everything!>

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Black has at least three plans:

- 34..Qxh1 35.Qxh1 <but see below> Nxh1 36.Rxh1 Rd2, up two pawns and a mobile King.

- 34..Rd2 <with the idea Qf5+> 35.Kc1 <whoops ok maybe not>

- 34..Qf5+ 35.Ka1 Qc2 (or Rd2)

I think White can always defend b2 in time (with Rb1), so Black has no easy mate hunting sideways. Black can deep-think to find a win by force, else shrug and take the "easy" endgame win ...

... except that it's not quite so easy, since (in the 1st line) White's Q recapture isn't forced. White can return the exchange for a perpetual try, with primitive :) tactical shots:

- 34..Qxh1 35.Qxf2!? Rd1+ 36.Kc2[] <36.Rxd1 Qxd1# -- he knows he's offering the R> Rxe1 <so that Black's Q overprotects e4!> 37.Qf5+:

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Now it's the Qf5-Qc8 perpetual. Black can return the R to deflect the Q to a worse diagonal:

37..K(g8,h8) 38.Qc8+ Re8!? <he knows he's getting it back> 39.Qxe8+ Kh7 <there is no Qe8-Qe4 perpetual because Black's Q-sees-e4!>

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