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19. Qg8+
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I had some difficulty choosing between this and 19.axb5 with the following idea in mind (note how pressuring the move 7.a4 turned out to be!) axb5 20.Rxa8 Bxa8 21.Qg8 . But then I saw 19... cxb5! (I though it was pinned at first) 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Qg8 where I thought I won the h7 rook, but his bishop can retreat! Bishop retreats are the hardest one move tactic to see in chess. 21... Bf8 and my attack fizzles, my rook is hit and 22.Qxe6 loses to 22... Re7 winning my queen. So I chose this line. |
 
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19... Kd7 20. Be4
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His rook is the key blocker of my monster h pawn so I hit it away. The move Qg8 was designed to stop the rook from finding a happy home on h8 where it would still be in the way. |
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20... Rf7 21. h7
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He's done. |
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21... Rf8 22. h8=Q Rxg8 23. Qxg8
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I'm up material, he can't develop and Rh7 is threatened. He resigned. I think it's amazing how completely tied down he was for the entire game. If anyone has thoughts or corrections PM me. If you want to see another game with this line there is a game in the database with 15.Nxg4 which followed the 16... Kd7 line and ended in a draw. |
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