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Dec-21-23 X Zhao vs Aronian, 2005    Brenin: <beatgiant>: 36 Rf4 certainly kills <An Englishman>'s 33 ... Rxb2 24 Nxb2 Ng4 35 hxg4 Be5. After 36 Rf4 Qxa3 White is going to lose a piece on b2 anyway, so instead of 37 R4f3 he can try the more agressive 37 Rf6, e.g. 37 ... Qxb2 38 Qxb2 Bxb2 39 Rxd6 Bxg4 40 Rxa6 Rxe4 41      Dec-21-23 K Bischoff vs J Nogueiras, 1998    Brenin: Black's resignation seems premature: 40 ... Ra7 41 gxh7+ Kxh7 42 Rg7+ Rxg7 43 hxg7+ Kg6, and Black is a P down, but with g8 well covered, and opposite Bs, there are drawing chances.      Dec-15-23 Bacrot vs Mamedyarov, 2009    Brenin: 28 Rxd7, and if Qxd7 then 29 Rb8+ Bd8 30 Rxa8, Black is a piece down and still in deep trouble. If 20 ... Kxd7 then 29 Qd1+ is deadly, e.g. 29 ... Qd5 30 Nb6+winning the Q, or 29 ... Ke8 30 Rb8+ with mate. or 29 ... Kc7 30 Ba5+ Kc8 31 Nb6+, similar to the game line. It is remarkable ...      Dec-14-23 E Moradiabadi vs Lenderman, 2023    Brenin: 18 Nxd5 Nxd5 (if 18 ... Qd8 then 19 Nxf6 Nxf6 20 Bxf6 Qxf6 21 Nxh7+ wins the Q) 19 Nh7+ Ke8 20 Qf3 and the pinned N on d5 will fall (21 ... Nb6 22 a5).      Dec-14-23 C Lutz vs Ftacnik, 2001    Brenin: 32 Qxf6+ Kxf6 (else 33 Rg8 mate) 33 Rg6+ fxg6 (Ke7 is no better) 34 Rxg6+ Ke7 35 f6+ Ke8 (or Kf8) 36 Rg8 mate. A very economical mate.      Dec-13-23 I Salgado Lopez vs A Rosell, 2013   Brenin: <An Englishman: Good Evening: Thought Black had a large advantage after 13...Bd6. Optical illusion? In any case, 14...0-0-0 looked too ambitious.> I thought it was fairly even after 13 ... Bd6, but that Black missed a chance with 18 ... gxh4 or Nf4, either move giving up the N ...      Dec-12-23 G Guseinov vs D Saduakassova, 2013    Brenin: 28 Qh3, attacking the N on e6 and threatening Qh6+, looks like the most promising move. If 28 ... Kxf7 then 29 Qxh7+ Kf6 (not Ke8 30 Bxe6 Qxe6 31 Ra8+, with mate to follow) 30 e5+ Kxe5 (Kg5 leads to mate, as in the game, and Kf5 fails to 31 Re1 followed by Bc2+) 31 Re1+ Kd6 32 Rxe6+ ...      Dec-12-23 M A Tabatabaei vs S Sargsyan, 2022    Brenin: <Socrates2: Perhaps 39....Nc5 going for a4 square could be considered as better.>: 39 ... Nc5 40 Kd2 Na4 41 Ba3 looks like a dead draw. If 41 ... b2 then 42 Kc2 and if 41 ... Nb6 then 42 Kc3, both winning the P. White's B is free to keep the Black K from invading his K-side Ps.      Dec-11-23 P Ascolese vs T Kranich-Ritter, 1993    Brenin: White's material-grabbing with 25 Rxe7 and 26 Rxd7 was very negligent, allowing 26 ... Rxg2+ 27 Kxg2 Rb2+ 28 Kf1 (surviving longer than after Kg1 or Kh1) Qe3, and after a few spite checks White has no defence against mate, e.g. 19 Qe1 Qf3+ 30 Kg1 Qg2 mate.      Dec-11-23 N Tolstikh vs S Ionov, 2000    Brenin: Rook sac Monday! 39 Rxf8+ Kxf8 40 Qa8+ Ke7 (Rc8 41 Qxc8+) 41 Qe8 mate

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