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Nc7, followed by Qd5
Nezhmetdinov’s attack in this game was certainly ooh and ahh and flash and glitter. But was it sound? Kotkov’s 24…Qd8?? allowed a mate in two. Wouldn’t 24…Bg5 have allowed Black to consolidate and win with his extra piece?
Nope, 24…Bg5 still loses in the long run.
25.g3! Rc8!
26.h4 Bc6
27.Re8+! Rxe8
28.Qxc7 Re1+
29.Bf1 Bxd2 30.Qxd6 and white is winning
And incidentally, the whole attack, barring some unplayable side variations is:
1. Nxc7 Qxc7
2. Qd5+ Kh8
3. Re8 Nf6
4. Rxf8+ Bxf8
5. Bb2 Bg7 (Kg7 probably loses to Bc4)
6. Bc4 Bd7
7. Bxf6 Bxf6
8. Qf7 should win.
If black plays something awful like 8…Qd8, then 9. Re8+ is the right deflection to force mate.
DoubleUp,
Your line certainly does win for White, but Black’s play hardly looks forced.
Maybe my esthetic meter is out of tune, but I don’t find White’s play here all that convincing.
I can’t find this game in Megadatabase by name or position. What’s its source?
Russian database.
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
Thanks for this Susan I did not check last days your blog and now seeing this game was very nice I first saw this one. The line given by “len” in his post is what the game actually played as 🙂 And Kotkov played Qd8. At this point Fritz 10 suggests 24. …Bg5 but still white is winning after Bg5, too. A complete brilliancy of Nezh.