ANNOTATED GAME

A famous ending
E. Z. Adams (Amateur) vs. Carlos Torre (GM)
Annotated by: last_archimedean (1564)
Chess opening: Philidor (C41), Boden variation
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20... Qb5 21. a4
The Queen must stay on the diagonal, but cannot move to B3 or Q2. So...

 
21... Qxa4
Forced.

 
22. Re2e4
22... QxR would be answered by 23 RxQ, and Torre cannot capture either the Queen or Rook without allowing mate.

 
22... Qb5 23. Qxb7
23... QxQ, Q-R5, Q-B3 and Q-Q2 are all ruled out. Mate is unstoppable, so Torre resigns.
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