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[FEN “2r5/5ppp/2B1b1k1/4P3/RB2P3/3q4/6PP/5RK1 w – – 0 30”]
How should Black respond to 30.Bd5?
Lebedev,Sergey F – Chigorin,Mikhail
Correspondence, 1900
Queen’s Gambit [D07]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.d5 Na5 5.Qa4+ c6 6.b4 cxb3 7.axb3 e6 8.Bb2 Qb6 9.Qxa5 Qxb3 10.Rb1 Bb4 11.Qa1 Nf6 12.dxc6 Ne4 13.Rc1 a5 14.Nf3 a4 15.Nd4 Qd5 16.e3 a3 17.Bxa3 Nxc3 18.Bxb4 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Na2 20.Bb5 Kd8 21.Ba5+ Ke7 22.0-0 e5 23.e4 Qxd4 24.Rxa2 bxc6 25.Bxc6 Be6 26.Ra4 Qd3 27.Bb4+ Kf6 28.f4 Rc8 29.fxe5+ Kg6 30.Bd5
30…Rc1!! 0-1 [If 31.Rxc1 (31.Be1 Qe3+ 32.Bf2 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Qd3+ 34.Ke1 Bg4-+) 31…Qe3+ 32.Kf1 Qxc1+ 33.Be1 Qf4+ 34.Kg1 Bxd5-+]
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