White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
21.Nh6+!! gxh6 22.Bxg6 d4 23.Bxf7+ Kxf7 24.Qc4+ Kf6 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.Bxd4+ Qxd4 27.Qxd4+ [Black should have resigned here, but he probably wasn't happy about losing to a player behind him in the tournament standings. White's last move shows he was a bit peeved at Black uselessly hanging on, and basically told Black, "Hey, I can give up my queen and still have an easy win." Black got the message and resigned.]27...Kf7 28.Qd5+ Kg7 29.Qxb7+ Be7 30.f5 Kh8 31.f6 Bxf6 32.Qxa8!1–0
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