Afek=Y Minski=M — (+3440.30h7g4) A 0 Be the first one to like this. Please wait… Afek=Y Minski=M 1-0 2.hm Moscow ty 2017 ▼ Click to open. [Event "2.hm Moscow ty"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017"] [Round "?"] [White "Afek=Y Minski=M"] [Black "(+3440.30h7g4)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "q7/5PPK/8/r7/2bP2k1/5R2/2B5/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2017"] {White's pawn pair is ready for action, but some preparatory work is needed first to neutralize Black's sharp threats against the white king.} 1. d5 $1 { A quiet Novotny sacrifice on the intersection of the black line-movers (the rook and the bishop in this case)} (1. f8=Q $2 {loses to} Rh5+ 2. Kg6 Qc6+ 3. Qf6 Qe8+ {etc.}) 1... Bxd5 {Interfering with the black rook.} ({However,} 1... Rxd5 {allows} 2. g8=Q+ Qxg8+ 3. fxg8=Q+ {as the bishop is now interfered.}) 2. f8=Q Be4+ $1 {Reopening the rook's rank.} 3. Rf5 $3 (3. Bxe4 $2 { could be met by:} Qxe4+ 4. Kg8 Qd5+ 5. Rf7 Ra8 $11) 3... Rxf5 $1 ({Instead} 3... Bxf5+ 4. Bxf5+ $18 {is a lot easier for White.}) 4. g8=Q+ (4. Qxa8 $2 { leads White nowhere after:} Rh5+ $1 5. Kg8 Bxa8 $11) 4... Rg5+ $1 5. Qf5+ $3 { A second time on the same square! This stunning cross-check between Black's pieces is the decisive blow!} (5. Bxe4 $2 Qxe4+ 6. Kh8 {is no more than a draw.} ) 5... Kxf5 ({While after} 5... Bxf5+ 6. Bxf5+ Kxf5 { White can safely pick up the enemy queen:} 7. Qxa8 $18) 6. Qxa8 { The pinned bishop can't recapture.} Bxc2 7. Qc8+ Kf6+ 8. Qxc2 $18 { White is winning comfortably in this textbook ending.} 1-0 Practical Chess Beauty 2018 [Event "2.hm Moscow ty"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017"] [Round "?"] [White "Afek=Y Minski=M"] [Black "(+3440.30h7g4)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "q7/5PPK/8/r7/2bP2k1/5R2/2B5/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2017"] {White's pawn pair is ready for action, but some preparatory work is needed first to neutralize Black's sharp threats against the white king.} 1. d5 $1 { A quiet Novotny sacrifice on the intersection of the black line-movers (the rook and the bishop in this case)} (1. f8=Q $2 {loses to} Rh5+ 2. Kg6 Qc6+ 3. Qf6 Qe8+ {etc.}) 1... Bxd5 {Interfering with the black rook.} ({However,} 1... Rxd5 {allows} 2. g8=Q+ Qxg8+ 3. fxg8=Q+ {as the bishop is now interfered.}) 2. f8=Q Be4+ $1 {Reopening the rook's rank.} 3. Rf5 $3 (3. Bxe4 $2 { could be met by:} Qxe4+ 4. Kg8 Qd5+ 5. Rf7 Ra8 $11) 3... Rxf5 $1 ({Instead} 3... Bxf5+ 4. Bxf5+ $18 {is a lot easier for White.}) 4. g8=Q+ (4. Qxa8 $2 { leads White nowhere after:} Rh5+ $1 5. Kg8 Bxa8 $11) 4... Rg5+ $1 5. Qf5+ $3 { A second time on the same square! This stunning cross-check between Black's pieces is the decisive blow!} (5. Bxe4 $2 Qxe4+ 6. Kh8 {is no more than a draw.} ) 5... Kxf5 ({While after} 5... Bxf5+ 6. Bxf5+ Kxf5 { White can safely pick up the enemy queen:} 7. Qxa8 $18) 6. Qxa8 { The pinned bishop can't recapture.} Bxc2 7. Qc8+ Kf6+ 8. Qxc2 $18 { White is winning comfortably in this textbook ending.} 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser.