White to Play

Pete Tamburro on May 5, 2025

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This is from a 5-minute game I recently played. I had about 20 seconds to make my move here, and there are some bad choices here.

27.Ne7! Best! Really bad could have been 27.Nh6?? g3+ 28.Kxg3 (28.Kh1?? g6 29.Qxg6 Qe7 30.Qh5 Rxf4 31.Nf7+ Kg8 32.Qg6+ Kf8 33.Ng5 Bxg2+ 34.Kg1 Qe3+ 35.Kxg2 Qe2+ 36.Kxg3 Qf2#) 28...g6 29.Qxg6 Qe7= 27...g6 28.Nxg6+ Kg7 29.Nxf8 More precise was, interestingly enough was again 29.Ne7 Qxe7 30.Qh7+ Kf6 31.Qg6# 29...Qxf8 30.Qg6+ Kh8 31.Qh7#

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