Saturday Chess Puzzle: White on Rampage!
Saturday chess puzzle coming up. When you’ve got all your chess battery down the opponent’s throat, it’s only about brute force and final kill. This position is from the Khalifman-Serper chess game played in St Petersburg, 1994. White to play and win. Can you spot the bulldozing combination?
Khalifman Alexander (RUS) (2645) – Serper Grigory (USA) (2575)
[…] 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.¤c3 ¥b4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.¥g5 h6 7.¥h4 g5 8.¥g3 ¤e4 9.¤d2 ¤xc3 10.bxc3 ¥xc3 11.¦c1 ¥a5 12.h4 g4 13.e3 (13.£c2) 13…¤c6?! (13…O-O 14.¥d3 c6 15.O-O With compensation for the material) (13…¥f5? 14.£b3 ¥b6 15.¥xc7 ¥xc7 16.£xb7ќ) (13…c6) 14.¥b5 ¥d7 (14…O-O 15.¥xc6 bxc6 16.¦xc6 £d7 17.¦xh6 £b5 18.£c2!) 15.¦c5! £e7 (15…¤e7? 16.¥xd7+ £xd7 17.¦xa5ќ)
16.O-O (16.¦xd5?! £b4 Unclear) (16.¥xc6 ¥xd2+ 17.¢xd2 bxc6 18.¥xc7±) 16…¥b4 17.¦xd5 ¥d6 (17…O-O-O 18.¤c4±) 18.¤c4 (18.¥xd6 cxd6 19.¤c4 ¥e6 Unclear)
18…¥xg3 19.fxg3 O-O-O (19…¥e6 20.¦e5±) (19…O-O 20.¥xc6 bxc6 21.¦e5±) 20.£a4!±
20…£e4 (20…¢b8 21.¦xd7! ¦xd7 22.¥xc6 bxc6 23.¤e5ќ) 21.¦c5 ¢b8 22.¦f4 (22.d5 ¤e5 Unclear) 22…£e8 (22…£b1+ 23.¢h2±) 23.¢h2
24.¦e4 f6 Unclear)
(23.¦f6±) 23…f5 (23…a6 24.¥xa6 bxa6 25.£xa6ќ) 24.¦f2! h5 (24…a6 25.¥xa6ќ) (24…¤e7 25.¦b2±) 25.¦b2 ¦h6
26.d5 ¤e5?!
27.¥xd7 (27.¤xe5 £xe5) 27…¤xd7 (27…¦xd7 28.¤xe5 £xe5 29.£xd7ќ) (27…£xd7 28.¦cb5ќ) 28.¦xb7+! ¢xb7 29.¦xc7+! ¢xc7 30.£xa7+ ¢c8 31.d6 [ A. KHALIFMAN ]
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