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White has just sacrificed a knight on c3, how should he follow-up on 25.Qxc4+ Bf7?
Kogan,A (2540) – Arencibia,W (2542)
Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (5), 11.05.2002
Queen’s Gambit Declined [D35]
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.Qc2 g6 8.Ne5 Bf5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.f3 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 0-0 12.g4 Be6 13.h4 Nd7 14.Bg3 Nb6 15.e3 f5 16.g5 Bf7 17.0-0-0 Nc4 18.Bxc4 dxc4 19.Be5 b5 20.d5 Qa5 21.d6 Rfd8 22.h5 b4 23.hxg6 Bxg6 24.Qd4 bxc3 25.Qxc4+ Bf7
26.Qxf7+!! Kxf7 27.Rxh7+ Ke8 (No better is 27…Kf8 or 27…Kg8.) 28.Rxe7+ Kf8 29.Bg7+ Kg8 30.Rh1 1-0
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