Deflection on the chessboard!

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Now this is a beautiful example of deflection.


White to play.

Analysis by GM Sam Shankland

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2016"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2016.03.02"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Wen Yang"] [Black "Artemiev, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2609"] [BlackElo "2674"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2016.03.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 {White passes up his opponents invitation to contest the mainlines of the open Sicilian. But this does not mean he does not want to go king-hunting!} a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. Nh3 (6. Nge2 {Looks like a more natural development scheme, but I like Yang's move}) 6... d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 (9. f5 $5 {White could consider striking immediately as well}) 9... Be7 $6 {One mistake and the game just ends. White attacked with unbelievable energy in the following moves} (9... Qc7 {I prefer White but Black is solid enough. The engines call it equal}) 10. e5 $1 {Boom. White goes for it} dxe5 11. fxe5 Nd7 12. Qg4 g6 $2 (12... O-O $1 {In light of how the game went, Black definitely should have tried this} 13. Bh6 g6 14. Bxf8 Qxf8 { Black will take e5, and have one pawn for the exchange. He is worse but can fight on}) 13. Rxf7 $3 $18 {And the punches start coming} Kxf7 (13... Ndxe5 14. Qxe6 Nxf7 15. Bxc6+ $18) (13... Ncxe5 14. Qxe6 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxf7 16. Nd5 $18 { A gorgeous position. Black is up a rook and completely stalemated, unable to do anything about a simple threat like Rf1}) 14. Rf1+ Ke8 15. Qxe6 {Now both mate on f7 and Bxc6 are threatened} Ndxe5 {It looks like Black is almost to stabilize the position, but White has it all worked out} (15... Qc7 {This almost holds, but...} 16. Nd5 $1 Qxe5 17. Nf6+ $3 {And the queen falls} Nxf6 18. Bxc6+ Bxc6 19. Qxe5) (15... Rf8 16. Ne4 $1 {And Nd6 is coming}) 16. Ne4 ( 16. Bxc6+ {The computer prefers this move, but I see no problem with the move that was played} Nxc6 17. Ne4 {and Nf6 is going to hurt}) 16... Qc7 17. Nf4 Bc8 $2 {It looks like White is out of steam, but now comes the beautiful finish that I imagine Wen probably saw when he took on f7:} (17... Kd8 {Might have offered more resistance, but Black's position is still very bad} 18. Nxc5 $16) 18. Nf6+ $1 Kd8 19. Qd5+ $1 Qd6 20. Bxc5 $3 {and Black resigned, since Qxd5 is met with Bb6 mate. A fine miniature over an extremely strong opponent.} 1-0

Source: http://worldchess.com/2016/04/12/game-o ... -knockout/