Duelling mate threats
In effect, 17.♕h5+ (instead of the simple 17.♖xa5) boils down to a piece sacrifice, but White's decision to trust in his initiative soon proved to be right. Kudos!
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.0-0 0-0 10.h3 Rb8 11.Qf3 Re8 12.Bf4 Ba5 13.Rad1 Rxb2 14.Nxd5! Nxd5 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Rxd5 Qf6 17.Qh5+ 17.Rxa5 Rxc2 18.Rxa7 17...Kg8 18.Be5 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Notkevich,B | 2485 | Ernst,T | 2342 | 1–0 | 2019 | C47 | Nordic Chess Championship 2019 | 5 |
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