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Vladimir Makogonov vs Kolobov
Kislovodsk (1927), Kislovodsk URS, Jul-??
Bogo-Indian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation (E11)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
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Mar-02-21  Delboy: 29. Qxh7+! An unusual, but very effective, way to win a piece and the game. A future Tuesday puzzle?
Jun-03-23  Gaito:


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BLACK TO PLAY

21...Na7?

Obviously Black was eager to activate his bishop, but in order to do so he rendered this knight on a7 a completely useless piece. Is there any future for this knight on such a poor square? Even if it should go to c8 later it would still be out of the game. Maybe a sounder course would have been something like 21...Rxd1 22.Rxd1 f6 23.Bb6+ Kh8, and eventually that knight would get into the game via c6-d8-e6 with approximate equality

Jun-03-23  Gaito:


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WHITE TO PLAY

25.Qd3 was a good move, sufficient to win, but the engine (SF15.1) points out that a quicker way to win was 25.Bxg6! hxg6 26.d6! cxd6 27.cxd6 Rxd6 28.Nxe5! (see diagram below):


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Then, there might have followed:
A) 28...Rxd1 29.Nxg6+ Kh7 30.Qxd1 Qd8 31.Qh5+ Kg8 32.Ne7+, and mate in a few more moves, or else:

B) 28...fxe5 29.Rxd6 Qxd6 30.Re3, and Black must give up his queen to avoid checkmate (diagram)


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Jun-03-23  Gaito:


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A nice chess puzzle with the label:

White to move and win.

Solution: 29.Qxh7+!! Nxh7 30.Ng6+ Kg8 31.Nxe7+, and White is a rook up.

Jun-03-23  Gaito: In the classical collection of Botvinnik's own annotated games (Шахматное творчество Ботвинника), the patriarch of Soviet chess spoke very highly of Makogonov, and compared his style with that of Rubinstein (games 126 and 137 of Botvinnik's annotated games) "Makogonov loved clarity and precision" wrote Botvinnik. Vladimir Makogonov (1904- 1993) was awarded an honorary Grandmaster title in 1987.

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