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Pete Tamburro on

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The “big guys” miss great moves, too. In this game between Psakhis and Sygulski in 1987 found them in this position. Psakhis played 14.Bd3 and eventually won. How could he have earned a brilliancy prize here?


Solution:

Here’s the whole game: 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d4 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 c6 9.Bf4 Nd5 10.Qd2 Nxf4 11.Qxf4 Nd7 12.0–0–0 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Qc7 and now White could have played 14.Nd5! Qb8 [14...cxd5 15.Qa4+ Kd8 (15...Qd7 16.Bb5) 16.Rxd5+ Kc8 17.Qe8+ Qd8 18.Qxd8#]15.Qd2 Qxe5 16.Nf6+ Qxf6 17.Qd7#

 


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