White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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David Howell mopped up with A. Bitalzadeh at Wijk aan Zee III in 2009 with: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Re1 b6 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Qg4 Kh7 SEE DIAGRAM 16. Bxh6 Kxh6 (16... gxh6 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Bd3+ Kh8 19. Qe4) 17.Qh3+ Kg6 18. g4 Black Resigned as mate or heavy material loss follows.
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