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15…f×g4
15…×g4 16 h5! a3 17 b1 c5 18 h4
(18 dg1?? ×f3 19 ×f3 d2+) 18…g2
19 h2 g4 20 a1! and no more tricks: the
Black queen is trapped.
16 g5 b5
16…c5 17 ×h7+ h8 18 c2 d3+ 19
×d3 c×d3 20 ×d3 is also much better for
White.
17 ×e4 d×e4 18 ×e4 b8 19 hg1!
19 dg1 b7 20 ×g4? (20 ×b7 ×b7 21
×g4±) 20…×e4 21 ×g7+ ×g7 22 ×h5
×h1 23 h6+ h8 24 ×f8 ×f8 and the
lone white queen is not enough for the win.
19…h8
Before continuing the game I would like to
show you two positions from my previous
practice which helped me to find the decisive combination using analogous ideas
between the games.
G J Meszaros
O A Schneider
Hungarian Teams, 2001
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+r+-+0
9zpp+-zpp+k0
9-+p+-+pzp0
9+-+q+-+n0
9-+-zP-+-+0
9+-zPLwQP+-0
9PzP-+-zP-zP0
9tR-+-+-tRK0
xiiiiiiiiy
After acquiring an advantage in the opening,
my opponent has played a little carelessly and
given me counter-chances on the open g-file.
Black threatens …e7–e5 and it may appear
that White has no time to continue his attack.
21 g4! e5 22 ag1! e6?
A move made while in shock! Black cannot take
the d4 pawn:
(a) 22…e×d4? 23 ×g6! f×g6 (23…d×e3 24
g7+ h8 25 h7#) 24 ×g6+ g8 25 ×h5+
h7 (25…f8 26 f4+ e7 27 g7+ e6 28
g4++–) 26 g6+ g7 27 ×e8+ f8 28
×h6+ ×e8 29 g7 ×f3+ 30 g1 d1+
31 g2+–
(b) But he should try to bring the knight back
to the defence: 22…g7 23 ×g6 f×g6 24
×g6+ g8 25 ×h6 ×f3+ 26 g2 d1+
27 g1 f3+=.
23 d×e5 g8? 24 c4
Game over. Black has lost the exchange. 1–0 in
36.
The next example was played in the Hungarian Team Championship of ten years
ago. Black, now a strong grandmaster, has
not played the middlegame well, and is just
waiting for the coup de grace:
G J Meszaros
O G Szabo
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+rwqrvl-mk0
9+-+n+pzpp0
9-+-+-zp-+0
9+-+p+NzP-0
9pzppzP-sN-zP0
9+-+-zP-+-0
9PzPP+-zP-+0
9+K+Q+-tRR0
xiiiiiiiiy
1 g6! f×g6 2 ×g6+
In time trouble, my opponent played:
2…g8?
Play might have continued 2…h×g6 3 ×g6
g8 4 h5 threatening h6+ h7, f7+,
winning the black queen. 4…a5 5 h6!
There is no defence against the mate: e.g. 5
hg1! also wins after 5…g×h6 6 g1+ h8 7