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[FEN “Q7/1pq2kpp/4bp2/3r4/2B5/P3P3/1r3PPP/R3K2R w KQ – 0 31”]
How should Black respond to 31.Rc1?
Baturinsky,Victor Davidovich – Romanovsky,Peter Arsenievich
URS-sf Moscow (3), 1945
Classical Nimzo-Indian [E37]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6 9.e3 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qxc5 11.b4 Qe7 12.Bc1 a5 13.b5 Ne5 14.Bb2 Ng4 15.Nh3 Ngf6 16.Be2 0-0 17.Nf4 Bd7 18.cxd5 Rfc8 19.Qd1 e5 20.d6 Nxd6 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.Qxd5 Be6 23.Qxe5 f6 24.Qd4 Rc2 25.Bd3 Nxb5 26.Bxb5 Rd8 27.Qa4 Rxb2 28.Qxa5 Rd5 29.Qa8+ Kf7 30.Bc4 Qc7 31.Rc1
31…Rd1+!! 32.Rxd1 [32.Kxd2 Qd6+] 32…Qxc4 33.Rd2 Qc1+ 34.Rd1 Qc3+ 0-1
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