6/4/2011 – By giving up his passed pawn with 33.d6, White can force 33...Bxd6 34.Nxd6+
Qxd6 and make the black king vulnerable to checks. This...
A) ... leads by force to the win of Black's rook or queen;
B) ... results in a balanced position/perpetual check;
C) ... ultimately just blunders a pawn.
The solution is here,
but first ponder over it with a larger version of the diagram.
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By giving up his passed pawn with 33.d6, White can force 33...Bxd6 34.Nxd6+
Qxd6 and make the black king vulnerable to checks.
This...
A) ... leads by force to the win of Black's rook or queen;
B) ... results in a balanced position/perpetual check;
C) ... ultimately just blunders a pawn.
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