Shak's Move

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Shak's Move

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Been so busy following the American Cup that I have been missing the other two events! :D

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Black to Move

PS: Don't know if I would call it Move of the year.
Game Notes from Chess.com wrote:
[pgn]
[Event "Aimchess Rapid | Prelims"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2022.10.15"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "chessvibes"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 (4... Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 a5
8. a4 Re8 9. Re1 h6 10. Na3 Bd7 {Rapport,R (2776)-Anand,V (2751) Warsaw 2022})
5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bg2 e4 (6... Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3
11. Bxf3 O-O-O {Rapport,R (2763)-Mamedyarov,S (2767) Baku 2021}) 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Ng5 Bg4 $146 (8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Nxe4 O-O-O 11. f3 Rhe8 12. Be3 Qa5
{Zvjaginsev,V (2627)-Motylev,A (2640) Moscow 2019}) 9. Qd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O-O
11. O-O Ne5 12. c4 $6 ({Strong was} 12. Qe3 $1) 12... Qd4 13. Rb1 h6 14. Qb4 $2
{Underestimating the potential of Black's open h-file.} ({Much better was} 14.
Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qb4 b6 16. Be3 Qd7 17. dxe4) 14... hxg5 $1 15. Qxb7+ Kd7 16. Bb2 $6
{[%c_effect b2;square;b2;type;Inaccuracy;persistent;true]} ({White had to try
e.g.} 16. Bxg5 {but he remains a piece down for nothing.}) 16... Rxh2 $3
{[%c_effect h2;square;h2;type;Brilliant;persistent;true]} (16... Rxh2 17. Bxd4
({or} 17. Kxh2 Rh8+ 18. Kg1 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bxf3) 17... Rxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Bf3+ 19.
Kg1 Rh8 {and White only has a few checks left.}) 0-1
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Re: Shak's Move

Post by swami »

That's a wonderful move. Near impossible to find it in real game, but easy when given a task of solving it in a puzzle.

That's the beauty of Chess.