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20. Rf1
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White could've regained his pawn with Bxc5, but Rf1 threatens to sac on h6 with Bxh6 gxh6 Qxh6 Bg7 Qh7 Kf8 f6 forking the rook and bishop. |
 
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20... Qf8
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Without Re7, Black's queen couldn't have found this defensive square to defend against the sacrifice, but now Bxc5 wins the exchange. |
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21. Qg4
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If Bxc5, then the position becomes unclear where Black's bishop pair advantage interferes with White's material advantage. Instead, White threatens the h-pawn to continue with the attack. |
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21... Ree8
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Black is too concerned about losing the exchange, and maybe should've played Kh7 to stop White's attack. White will still probably be winning after taking the exchange, but White won faster with the kingside attack. |
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22. Rxh6
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Threatening Rxf6, and if the bishop moves, then f6 could be dangerous because now the f1-rook has the f5 square |
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22... Qd6
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Qe7 may be better, because now White gets a tempo for his attack |
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23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Rd7
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Here White has an immediate threat of playing Qh5, which threatens Qxf7# and Rh8#, and if gxh6, then Qxf7 Kh8 Qh7# is still mate. |
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24... Ref8
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Black defends against the immediate threat, but White's attack is still pressuring and Black will run out of defensive resources. |
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25. Rh3
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White wants to play Qh5 for a mate on the h-file, but first he must get the rook off h6 since Qh5 would unpin the g-pawn. |
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25... g6
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Defends against Qh5 |
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26. fxg6
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White has the mate in 1 threat gxf7#, and also if Black takes the pawn, then Qxg6 Bg7 Rxg7# |
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26... Bg7
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Here it seems like Black has defended against everything. Black is down a pawn, and has a lot of weak pawns, so White is winning. Black is hitting the g-pawn, and h8 is well defended, so White has no mating opportunities on the h-file. It seems like White would have to go into a complicated position with only a small advantage, and win later on, but he found this brilliant way to finish the attack, and win the game quickly. |
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27. Rh8+
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Sometimes is just requires some out of the box thinking to complete mating attacks. It doesn't matter how much material is sacrificed, as long as the attack leads to mate in the end. Black cannot take with the king, because of Qh5 and White will play Qh7#. |
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27... Bxh8 28. gxf7+
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Double checks are very strong, because against any double checks, only the king can move. |
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28... Kh7 29. Qg8+
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This stunning move forces the rook to take the queen, so now the pawn's promotion square is clear. |
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29... Rfxg8 30. f8=N#
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Like I said before, double checks are very powerful. If White had promoted to a queen, then it wouldn't be double-check, so Black could simply block and White is lost since he sacrificed too much material. Black played too passively in the opening, so White got a quick attack, and finished it brilliantly. Remember to consider all options when you have a potential mating attack, even if there doesn't seem to be a forced mate. Also check out bakerbaker's other brilliant attacks by going to his profile. Baker is the master. |
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