By Chess Player
Date 2022-08-01 15:22
Murphy,Conor E (2404) - Bluebaum,Matthias (2673)
1.e4 c6 2.Sf3 d5 3.Sc3 dxe4 4.Sxe4 Sf6 5.De2 Sxe4 6.Dxe4 Sd7 7.Lc4 Sf6 8.Se5 e6 9.De2 b5 10.Ld3 Dc7 11.a4 Ld6 12.Sxc6 b4 13.Sd4 a6 14.Sf5 Le5 15.Sxg7+ Kf8 16.Sh5 Sxh5 17.Dxh5 Lb7 18.Dh4! Lxg2 19.Tg1 [ Don't go for 19.Dxb4+? Ld6 20.Dd4 e5-+] 19...Tg8 20.Lxh7 [ Don't go for 20.Dxh7? Th8 21.Dxh8+ Lxh8 22.Txg2 Td8-+;
Of course not 20.Dxb4+ Ld6 21.Dc3 Dxc3 22.dxc3 (22.bxc3 Lxh2 23.La3+ Ke8=) 22...Lxh2 23.Lxh7 (23.Lh6+ Ke7=) 23...Lxg1=] 20...Lxh2
r4kr1/2q2p1B/p3p3/8/Pp5Q/8/1PPP1Pbb/R1B1K1R1 w Q - 0 1
21.d4! Lxg1 22.Lh6+ Ke8! 23.Lxg8 Dxc2
r3k1B1/5p2/p3p2B/8/Pp1P3Q/8/1Pq2Pb1/R3K1b1 w Q - 0 1
[ Black should play 23...Dh2! 24.Df6 Lxf2+ 25.Dxf2 Dh1+ 26.Ke2 Dh5+= 27.Kd3 Dg6+ 28.Kc4 Ld5+ 29.Kxb4 e5] 24.Df6! Df5 25.Lxf7+! Kd7 26.Dxf5 exf5
r7/3k1B2/p6B/5p2/Pp1P4/8/1P3Pb1/R3K1b1 w Q - 0 1
27.Lf4 [27.d5!+- Lh2 28.Tc1] 27...Tf8 [27...Th8] 28.Ke2 Txf7 29.Txg1 Tg7 30.Ke3 Tg4 31.Tc1 Lc6 32.a5 Th4 33.Tc5 Th1 34.d5 Lb5 35.Le5 Th4 [35...Te1+ was necessary. 36.Kf4 Ke7] 36.Tc7+ Kd8 37.f3 Th1+- [37...Tc4 38.Tf7 Ld7] 38.d6 Td1 39.Kf4 Td3 40.Lf6+ Ke8 41.Le5= [ Weaker is 41.Kxf5 Txd6 42.Te7+ Kf8;
41.Ke5+-] Line