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I agree it's surprising to achieve this position in a real game.

But... it's pretty simple. If I were black, I would quit right before the Queen moves.

Does anybody have the full game?

... to make your opponent think he has lost the game  

... , if your opponent has composed such a beautiful position, to let him finish the painting

When a position is CLEARLY lost, but might be extended for another 20 or 30 moves or so, it can be quite annoying when someone does that. On the other hand if there is good possibility that the winning party might still make a mistake, one cannot blame the "loosing" party to keep on playing.

I wouldn't surprised if it was not a real game. Yes, I know stranger things have happened, and I usually give such positions the benefit of the doubt. But two unknown Russian players in an isolated location is often suspicious.

I remember seeing an Edmar Mednis article in which he analyzed an endgame with similarly anonymous information from the 1970s. I immediately recognized the position as identical to one used by Fred Reinfeld in a book published fifteen years before the game was supposedly played.

Of course, maybe Reinfeld was psychic.

Good use of materiel...just when you think you have it another wrinkle...some surprising moves and twists...kept trying to offer up her maj for some reason...good finish..