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17... g6
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Black decides to put a stop to the mating thread, but now, in an almost forced continuation, he will lose material. |
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18. Bh6+
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Taking advantage of the weakened black squares. |
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18... Kg8
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If the king goes to e8 or e7, black loses material as well. For instance, 18. ...Ke8, 19. Qe5 Kd7 (otherwise 20. Qxh8), 20. Bxd5 Re8, 21. Bxb7 Rxe5, 22. Nxe5 Ke6, 23. Rfe1. |
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19. Qe5
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Of course black now has to prevent checkmate on g7. |

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19... Qf6
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There is no better way: If 19. ...f6? 20. Qe6 checkmate, if 19. ...Nf6? 20. Qxc5 loses the bishop. |

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20. Bxd5
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Now precise play was important. 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 and white has nothing. |
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20... Qxe5
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And again: 21. Nxe5 Bxd5 and white has nothing. But fortunately there is the possibility for an in-between-move, the famous "zwischenzug"! |

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21. Bxf7+
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The bishop is lost anyway, why not grab a pawn on the way, with check? |

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21... Kxf7
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And more importantly, now white takes on e5 with another check, keeping the tempo and the initiative! |
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22. Nxe5+ Ke6 23. Rfe1
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At last the time has come for white to claim the e-file, menacing a discovered check. |

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23... Kd5 24. a3
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This is to prevent Bb4 and rule out every possibility of counter-play for black. |
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24... Rhe8 25. Nd7
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Black has to do something against the knight's fork 26. Nf6 . |

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25... Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1
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Keeping the e-line in possession, whereas blacks king is in the middle of the board. The attack is not over yet. |

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26... Rc8
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Taking the c-file, but white has a strong attack. |

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27. Nf6+ Kc6
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If 27. ...Kd6, 28. Bf4 Kc6, 29. Re6 Bd6, 30. Rxd6 winning a piece. |

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28. Re6+
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Black is defenseless. If 28. ...Kc7, then white plays 29. Bf4 Kd8, 30. Re8# |

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28... Bd6 29. Bf4
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Taking advantage of the pin. |

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29... Rd8
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Black tries to defend, but white has still another piece ready to attack the bishop on d6. |

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30. Ne4
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So black resigns as he is going to lose a piece. I thank fondrak for the game and thank you for watching. |
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