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Apr-24-25 Grischuk vs E Najer, 1999   Cellist: I failed to see the correct continuation to 29. Nxg5, although of course I considered this move. I thought the straight-forward 29. Rc7 was winning (it is, +5); even 29. Bxe7 gives White a strong advantage (+3).      Apr-23-25 D Kononenko vs G Oparin, 2011    Cellist: 29. g6 also wins, but less strongly.      Apr-18-25 P Maletin vs A Drygalov, 2018    Cellist: I reversed the move order, with bxc6 first, and only then the exchange sacrifice on c4. This also works. The engine gave this as its first choice. 1.bxc6 bxc6 2. Rxc4 dxc4 3. Nxc6 Qb3 4. Qxb3 cxb3 5. Nxa7 Ra8 6. Bxa8 Rxa8 7. Nb5 (+3.45).      Nov-15-24 Y Dokhoian vs Shabalov, 1994    Cellist: I saw a different solution: 22. Rxh5, followed by Bg5 or Rf5. The engine agrees that it is winning +4.45 (25) ply, although a bit less strong than the text move. The engine sees Black's best defense as follows: 22. ...Rh8 23.Bg5 Rxg5 24.Rxh8 Rxg2 25.Kxg2 Qg7+ 26.Kf1 Qxh8 27.Qd2 If ...      Sep-24-24 E Book vs V Ingerslev, 1929    Cellist: The position is so strong for White that moves like 15.Rh3 or Rg3 also win, albeit in a more complicated way.      Sep-06-24 D Deshmukh vs A Novitckii, 2017    Cellist: I also wanted to play 26.Rf1. It is good enough. The engine likes it (+10 for W).      Aug-09-24 D Marovic vs B Enklaar, 1973    Cellist: I chose Qxd4, but I did not see the full winning combination. It turns out that Qxd4 works as well. The engine gives this continuation, ending a minor piece ahead: +5.14 (25) ply: 25. Qxd4 cxd4 26. Ne4 Bd7 27. Ne6 Qb8 28. Bh6 Bxe6 29. dxe6 d5 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. e7 Qe5 32. e8=Q+ Rxe8 ...      Aug-01-24 R Filguth vs J Sunye Neto, 1978    Cellist: 25. Ncd5 also works. The engine gives the following line: 25. ...g5 26.Nxf6 gxf4 27.exf4 Nxc6 28.bxc6 Kf7 29.Kh1 Rg8 30.Nxg8: +9.13 (26) ply. Taking the N is even worse.      Jul-04-24 Duda vs J Adamski, 2014    Cellist: I would have followed up with 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Rf1+. It also wins clearly (+12) but is less direct than the text.      May-28-24 E Goldenberg vs R Byrne, 1961   Cellist: 34. ... e3 also wins, albeit less powerfully: -7.33 (27) ply 35.Kd1 Rae8 36.Rc2 exd2 37.Qxd2 Rxe1+ 38.Qxe1 Rf7 39.Kc1 Qg5+ 40.Kb2

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