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Dubov - Steinberg, Titled Tuesday 28 February 2023, Round 5. PGN: 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 f6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 h5 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3 e6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qc2 g5 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Kf7 14. d5 Nc5 15. dxe6+ Kg7 16. Qf5 Qd3 17. Qxd3 Nxd3 18. Bg3 Nxb2 19. Rab1 Ba3 20. h4 gxh4 21. Nxh4 b6 22. Rfc1 Na4 23. Rd1 Rhd8 24. Bc7 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nc5 26. Nf5+ Kg6 27. Ne7+ Kh7 28. Nxc6 Nxe6 29. Rd7+ Kh6 30. Bd6 Bb2 31. Rxa7 Rc8 32. Ne7 Rxc4 33. g3 Ng5 34. Nf5+ Kg6 35. Nh4+ Kh6 36. Bf8# 1-0

Efimenko - Lokander, chess bundesliga 2022/2023 round 8 PGN: 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. f3 Bg6 9. Bd2 a5 10. Rc1 Be7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. g3 Bd8 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Nd6+ Qxd6 15. Qxb7 Nfd7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qxa8 Rxh2 18. Rxh2 Qxg3+ 19. Kd1 Qxh2 20. Kc2 g5 21. Bd3 Qg2 22. Re1 Qxf3 23. e4 Kf8 24. Qb7 1-0

Kupreichik - Sunye Neto, Palma de Mallorca 1989 PGN: 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.Nf3 b5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb7 6.Bd3 e6 7.O-O Qc7 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.Nxc6 Qxc6 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Nf6 12.Bc4 Bd6 13.Rd1 Bc5 14.Bh6 O-O-O 15.Bb5 axb5 16.axb5 Qd6 17.Nxf6 Qf8 18.Bxg7 Qxg7 19.Qc4 d6 20.Rxd6 Qg5 21.Nd5 exd5 22.Qxc5+ Kb8 23.Rc6 1-0

Krasenkow - Sveshnikov, Tal Memorial 1992. PGN: 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 Nxg4 8.Rg1 Nh6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Nf5 13.O-O-O Nf6 14.Bd3 O-O 15.Rg2 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Qf6 17.Ne5 Rd8 18.Ng4 Qe7 19.Bxf5 exf5 20.Nh6+ Kh8 21.Rxg7 Kxg7 22.Rg1+ Kh8 23.Qe2 1-0

So - Aronian, WR Chess Masters 2023, Round 6 PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 c4 10. Bxh7+ Nxh7 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. b3 a5 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. Rb1 Ra6 15. e4 Re8 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qd2 b5 18. Ba3 Nf6 19. Ng3 Ng4 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Rxb4 Nxh2 22. Kxh2 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Rh6 24. Rfb1 Bg4 25. Qxh6 Qxh6 26. Nxb5 Rc8 27. R4b2 Rb8 28. Nf1 Rb6 29. Ne3 Qh5 30. d6 Bd7 31. Nd5 Rxb5 32. Rxb5 Bxb5 33. Rxb5 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qh5+ 35. Kg1 1/2-1/2

Aronian - Giri, WR Chess Masters Round 5. PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. a4 Be7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf1 e4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 d5 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be2 O-O 14. d4 Re8 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qd7 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. b3 Qe6 20. Bd2 Qg6 21. f4 f5 22. b4 Qe6 23. c3 c5 24. bxc5 Bxc5+ 25. Be3 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Rc8 27. Rb1 Qc6 28. Qd4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Kh2 Red8 31. Re3 Qc4 32. Rg3 Qxd4 33. cxd4 Rc4 34. Rxb5 Rxd4 35. Rb7 g6 36. Ra3 Rxf4 37. Raa7 Re4 38. Rg7+ Kf8 39. Raf7+ Ke8 40. Rxh7 Rh4 41. Re7+ Kf8 42. Rhf7+ Kg8 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. Rxg6 d4 45. Rd6 Rc8 46. Rf7 Rf4 47. e6 Kg8 48. Rdd7 1-0

Starting position (FEN): 2b4r/pp2kpp1/4p2p/1B6/3B1qPP/P7/1P3P2/1KR4R w - - 1 2 Put the FEN here: https://lichess.org/analysis Solution: After 1. Bc5+ Kf6 2. g5+ Kf5 3. Bd3+ the line continues like that: 3...Ke5 4. Rhe1+ Kd5 and 5.Red1 According to the engine this is winning. The threat is Bh7+ (engines lol) and after the black king move Be3+ wins the black queen. I mean ok.

Hewitt - Steinitz, London 1866 PGN: 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 f5 3.d3 Nf6 4.Ne2 Bc5 5.c3 Nc6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 fxe4 8.Bf4 d5 9.Bb5 Bxd4 10.Qxd4 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Bg5 Qe8 14.Qb3 Ng4 15.Bh4 e3 16.O-O Qh5 17.Bg3 e2 18.Re1 Rxf2 19.Nd2 Raf8 20.c4 Rxg2+ 21.Kxg2 Qh3+ 22.Kxh3 Ne3+ 23.Kh4 Ng2+ 24.Kg5 Rf5+ 25.Kg4 h5+ 26.Kh3 Rf2# 0-1

Krasenkow - Nakamura, Casino de Barcelona 2007 PGN: 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 a5 7. Nc3 c6 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. e4 Ba6 11. Nd2 c5 12. exd5 cxd4 13. Nb5 exd5 14. Nxd4 Rc8 15. Re1 b5 16. Bb2 Re8 17. Qd1 bxc4 18. bxc4 Qb6 19. Rb1 dxc4 20. Nc6 Rxc6 21. Bxf6 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Bc5+ 23. Kf3 Rxf6+ 24. Kg4 Ne5+ 25. Kg5 Rg6+ 26. Kh5 f6 27. Rxe5 Rxe5+ 28. Kh4 Bc8 0-1

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Shuvalova - Kosteniuk, Women World Championship Blitz 2022. PGN: 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 d6 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Be3 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 Bg4 14. O-O Qe7 15. f3 Qe3+ 16. Kh1 Rxf3 17. Re1 Rf2 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. Re4 Bxb2 21. Rae1 Bd7 22. Re7 Rf7 23. R7e2 Be5 24. Rb1 b6 25. Rbe1 Raf8 {0 - 1}

Carlsen vs Gulbrandsen, Nordstrand PGN: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qa4 Qb4 13. Qc2 Qc5 14. Qe2 Be7 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Bg5 Qd8 17. Qe3 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Qe7 19. Rac1 h6 20. Qxa7 Rb8 21. Qxb8 Nxb8 22. Rxc8+ Kd7 23. Rxh8 Nc6 24. Nf3 f6 25. Bb5 fxe5 26. Bxc6+ bxc6 27. Nxe5+ Kd6 28. Re1 Kc7 29. g3 Qb4 30. Re2 d4 31. Rd8 Qb5 32. Rd7+ Kc8 33. Re4 c5 34. Rf4 Qxd7 35. Nxd7 Kxd7 1-0

Mamedov - So, Airthing Masters 203 Semifinals, Game 2. PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxf7 Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qxc5 d5 10. O-O dxe4 11. c3 Qd6 12. Qxd6 cxd6 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nc3 Bg4 15. Nxe4 Nc2 16. Nxd6+ Ke6 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bg3 Nxa1 19. Rxa1 Rhd8 20. f3 Bf5 21. Re1+ Kf6 22. h4 h6 23. Be5+ Ke6 24. g4 Bh7 25. Bg3+ Kf6 26. Be5+ Ke6 27. Bg3+ Kf6 28. Be5+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

Beerdsen - Burg, Chess Bundesliga 2023, Round 6

Lenderman - Grischuk, Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters 2023 PGN: 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Bg4 7. c3 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bc8 11. Rd1 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 Qc7 15. Nc4 Ba6 16. Qc2 Nxe4 17. Ncxe5 Nc5 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. b4 axb4 22. cxb4 Bxa1 23. Qa2+ d5 24. Qxa1 h6 25. Nf3 Ne4 26. Ne5 Bb5 27. a5 Qd6 28. f3 Ng3 29. Ng4 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Ng3+ 31. Kg1 g5 32. Be3 Nef5 33. Bc5 Ne2+ 34. Kh1 Nfg3+ 35. Kh2 Nf1+ 36. Kh1 Qh2+ 37. Nxh2 Nfg3# 0-1

Jansa - Harestad, World Senior 2017 PGN: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 Qc7 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Rb8 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc4 b5 14. Ne3 Nb6 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Ng4 Qc8 17. Ng5 Qe8 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. exf6 e5 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Rd6 h6 22. Ne4 Nd4 23. cxd4 exd4 24. fxg7 Bxe4 25. gxf8=Q+ Nxf8 1-0

Mamedjarov - Shankland, World Blitz 2022 No PGN sorry.

So - Shimanov, Titled Tuesday 31 Jan, Round 10 PGN: 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe5+ 4. Be2 Bg4 5. d4 Bxe2 6. Ngxe2 Qa5 7. O-O Nf6 8. b4 Qh5 9. Qd3 e6 10. Ng3 Qg6 11. Qb5+ Nbd7 12. Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qxc7 Bxb4 14. Nce2 O-O 15. Nf4 Qg4 16. h3 Qh4 17. Nge2 Rbc8 18. Qxa7 Rxc2 19. Qa4 Rxe2 20. g3 Qh6 21. Nxe2 Qxh3 22. Nf4 Qg4 23. Qxb4 e5 24. Ng2 Qh3 25. f3 Qxg3 26. dxe5 Nd5 27. Qd4 1-0

Mishra - Pechac, Tata Steel Challengers 2023, Round 12 PGN: 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 d3 Bc5 5 c3 d6 6 O-O h6 7 Re1 O-O 8 Nbd2 Bb6 9 b4 Ne7 10 Bb3 c6 11 a4 Ng6 12 d4 d5 13 a5 Bc7 14 exd5 exd4 15 Nxd4 Nxd5 16 Ne4 Re8 17 h3 Be5 18 Ra2 Bxd4 19 Qxd4 f5 20 Bxh6 Qd7 21 Nf6+ gxf6 22 Rxe8+ Qxe8 23 Qxf6 Qe1+ 24 Kh2 Qe5+ 25 Qxe5 Nxe5 26 Re2 Nf7 27 Bxd5 cxd5 28 Re8+ Kh7 29 Bf4 b5 30 a6 Nh8 31 Kg3 Ng6 32 Bd6 Kg7 33 h4 Kf7 34 Rd8 f4+ 35 Bxf4 Ne7 36 h5 Nc6 37 Rd6 Ne7 38 Rd8 Nc6 39 Rh8 Kg7 40 Re8 Kf7 41 Rh8 Kg7 42 Rh6 Ne7 43 Kf3 Bf5 44 Rd6 Kf7 45 g4 Be6 46 Be3 Rf8 47 Bd4 Rg8 48 Bxa7 Bxg4+ 49 Kf4 Bxh5 50 f3 Rg3 51 Bd4 Rxf3+ 52 Kg5 Rf5+ 53 Kh4 Bd1 54 a7 Rh5+ 55 Kg3 Nf5+ 56 Kg2 Rg5+ 57 Kf1 Nxd6 58 a8=Q Ne4 59 Qb7+ Kg6 60 Qxb5 Bb3 61 Qe8+ Kf5 62 Qf7+ Kg4 63 Kg2 Rf5 64 Qe6 Bd1 65 b5 Ng5 66 Qxf5+ Kxf5 67 b6 Bf3+ 68 Kg1 Ne6 69 b7 Nxd4 70 cxd4 1-0

Giri - Rapport, Tata Steel Masters 2023 Round 13 PGN: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 g6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bc4 Bg7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd3 Rc8 13. Nd5 Re8 14. c3 Bd7 15. Bb5 Bc6 16. Bc4 Bd7 17. Rfe1 f5 18. Bb3 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Bf5 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qd2 Be6 22. Rd1 Qd7 23. h3 b5 24. Qf4 Rc5 25. Ne3 Be5 26. Qe4 Kg7 27. f4 Bf6 28. g4 h6 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Rc4 31. Qf3 Qe6 32. f5 gxf5 33. Nf4 Qe5 34. Nh5+ Kg6 35. Rxd6 Kg5 36. Rd5 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Be7 38. Rxf5+ Kh4 39. Qg3+ 1-0

So - Carlsen, Tata Steel 2023 Round 11 PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Qa4 Na5 18. Qf4 18... Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. h3 Nc6 22. a4 Qd7 23. Kh2 Qe7 24. Qf3 Qe8 25. b3 h6 26. Qd5 Qe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Kg3 Kf7 29. Kf4 e5+ 30. Kf5 h5 31. Bd2 g6+ 32. Ke4 Ke6 33. Bc3 a6 34. f3 b5 35. g3 b4 36. Be1 Nd4 37. Bxb4 Nxb3 38. a5 Nd4 39. Bc3 Nb3 40. Bb4 Nd4 41. g4 Ne2 42. Bd2 Ng1 43. h4 Ne2 44. Be1 Nc1 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Bc3 Nb3 47. f4 Nc5+ 48. Ke3 Nd7 49. fxe5 Nxe5 50. Kf4 Ng6+ 51. Kg5 Nxh4 52. Kxh4 Kd5 53. Kxh5 Kc4 54. Bg7 Kb4 55. Bf6 Kxa5 56. Bd8+ Kb5 57. Kh6 a5 58. Bxa5

Carlsen - Magsoodloo, Tata Steel 2023 Round 10. PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bg4 8. Qa4+ c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qc2 c5 12. g4 cxd4 13. exd4 Bg6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Qxg6 Nxg4 16. Qe6+ Rf7 17. hxg4 Bxh4 18. Nf3 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd5 Nc6 21. Rd1 Re8+ 22. Ne3 Re4 23. d5 Nb4 24. d6 Nc2+ 25. Ke2 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Rxg4 27. Rd5 Rd7 28. Rf1 Bxb2 29. Rd3 Bf6 30. Rd5 Rb4 31. Rfd1 Kf7 32. R1d3 Ke6 33. Nd2 Ra4 34. a3 Rxa3 35. Rxa3 Kxd5 36. Rxa7 Kxd6 37. Ne4+ Kd5 38. Nxf6+ gxf6 39. Ra5+ Kc4 40. Rf5 Rd6 41. Rf4+ Kb3 42. Rf5 Ka4 43. Rf4+ Ka5 44. Rh4 b5 45. Rxh6 b4 46. e4 Ka4 47. e5 Re6 48. Rxf6 Rxe5+ 49. Kd1 Rc5 50. Ra6+ Kb3 51. Rd6 Ka3 52. Ra6+ Kb2 53. Rd6 b3 54. Rd8 Kb1 55. Kd2 b2 56. Ra8 Rd5+ 0 - 1

So - Giri, Tata Steel Masters 2023, Round 10. PGN: 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bd2 a5 13. Qd3 Bb4 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Qc2 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Be4 17. Qd1 b6 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Kxg2 Ne4 21. Qd3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Rad8 23. Red1 c5 24. Qf3 cxd4 25. cxd4 b5 26. axb5 Qxb5 27. Rdb1 Qd5 28. Qxd5 Rxd5 29. e3 e5 30. dxe5 Rdxe5 31. Rb7 Ra8 32. Ra4 Kf8 33. h4 h5 34. Kf3 1/2-1/2

Erigaisi - Rapport, Tata Steel Masters, Round 9, 2023 PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. b3 Qh4 11. Bb2 Be4 12. Qd2 g5 13. h3 g4 14. O-O-O Rg8 15. Qe2 Qh5 16. Rg1 Nd7 17. Qe1 gxh3 18. Be2 Qh6 19. gxh3 O-O-O 20. Rg4 f5 21. Rxg8 Rxg8 22. h4 Rg2 23. h5 f4 24. f3 Qxh5 25. Bf1 Rc2+ 0 - 1