The trap is 1.Qf3? 2 Nxf3 Rxd1+ 3 Ne1! and White wins. White captures Kxh5, then advances his g and h pawns.ġ.c5! 2 Rxc5 Rxc5 3 Qxc5 Qf3! 4 Nxf3 Rxd1+ 5 Ne1 Rxe1 mate. Black’s bishop check forced White to block the d1-d8 file, eliminating the defence Qd5-d1.ġ Nd7+! and Timman resigned in view of the forced sequence 1.Rxd7 2 Rc8+ Rd8 3 Rxd8+ Qxd8 4 Nxe6+ winning the queen.ġ f4! exf3 en passant 2 Bf2! wins. If 1.Ka6 2 Nf3! and 3 Ra7 mate.ġ.Bd4+! and if 2 cxd4 Qb1+ 3 Ne1 Rxe1+ 4 Bxe1 Qxe1 mate. If Bxb5 2 Qxd8 mate, or Qxb5 2 Nd6+ wins the queen, or 0-0 2 Bxd7 with a rook up. If 5.hxg6 6 h6! and White’s h pawn queens.Ģ457 1 Bb5! Resigns. ![]() The game ended 1.f5 2 exf5 gxf5 3 h5 Kxd5 4 g6! e4+ 5 Ke2 and Black resigned. ![]() The bishop sacrifice diverted the b8 rook from guarding the back rank.ġ Rd6! with the decisive threats of 2 Rxd8 or of 2 Qxf8+! Qxf8 3 Ng6 mate.ġ.Rh5+! 2 Kxh5 Ng7+ 3 Kh4 (if 3 Kh6 Rh8 mate) Nf5+ 4 Kh5 Rh8+ 5 Kg4 Rh4 mate.ġ e3! d6 2 Qh5 Bg4 3 e4! Bd1! 4 Qxd1 and we have the diagram.ġ.Qh1+ 2 Kf2 g3+! 3 Ke1 (if 3 Kxg3 Qh4 mate) Qxf1+! 4 Kxf1 Rh1 mate.ġ Rxf6! gxf6 2 Kb2 Rxa4 3 Nc5+ and 4 Nxa4 wins.ġ Qd4! b6 2 Ra3 Qb4 3 c3 traps the queen.ġ g5! If now 1.fxg5 2 hxg5 and White, effectively a pawn up, will soon invade the black defences via the queen’s flank. If then 2 Qxg6!? then not 2.hxg6? 3 Nxg6 mate but 2.Qf1+! and mates.ġ Bb2! Rxb2 2 Rxf6+! Qxf6 3 Qd7+ Kf8 4 Re8 mate. If 3.Kd6 (or 3.Kd4 4 Nf3+ and 5 Nxe1 wins the queen) 4 Qd7+! and if 4.Kxe5 5 Qe7+ and 6 Qxe1 or 4.Kc5 5 Nd3+ and 6 Nxe1 both win the queen.ġ Qc6+ Kb8 (if Ka7? 2 Nb5+ wins) 2 Kc2!! Black is in zugzwang (compulsion to make a losing move) as his queen has no safe squares available to retain the guard against Qb7 mate.ġ.Qf2! wins on material for Black. 1 Qxa3+ Ra4 2 Qxa4+! bxa4 3 Rd5+ Kb4 (giving up the queen by Qc5 only delays mate) 4 Re4+ Ka3 5 Rxa4 mate.Īnand resigned (see main text) because after playing 1 Qb5? he noticed 1.Qxf3+! when 2 Kxf3 Nh4 is mate while 2 Kg1 Qxh3 is hopeless.ġ Ba6! e5 2 Re2! e4 3 Kb5! Kd3 4 Kb4 mate.ġ Rxc6+! Kxc6 2 Ne5+ Kd5 (if 2.Kc5? 3 Nd3+ forks king and queen) 3 Qb7+! and Black resigned.
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