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Following our selection of Morgan-picked positions where one move brings about resignation, here is one with a future world champ on the wrong end: Dementiev,Oleg I - Karpov,Anatoly [B04] URS-ch38 Riga (15), 1970 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.h3 0–0 9.Be2 Nc6 10.0–0 Bf5 11.b3 d5 12.c5 Nc8 13.Bf4 b6 14.Bb5 Qd7 15.Rc1 a6 16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.cxb6 Nxb6 18.Na4 Qb7 19.Nc5 Qa7 20.Re1 Bc8 21.Qd2 Re8 22.Ne5 Bb7 23.a4 Rad8 24.Qb4 Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Bc8 26.Nd3 Na8 27.Nc5 Nb6 28.Nxa6 Bxa6 29.Rc7 Qa8 30.Qxb6 Rb8 31.Qc5 Rxb3 32.Rxe7 Bd3 and now what did White play to encourage Karpov’s resignation?


Solution:

The big ouch came from 33.Qxd5!.

 


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