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Originally Posted by Noir_Desir
just browsing twic i came across this gem from the current leader of the chinese championship:
http://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game...r.php?id=43144
Didn't check the correctness of that game but 16. Bxd6 in the depicted position is pretty sick, followed by more fun moves. Probably black should really stick to the Ne8 idea in the Sämisch Nimzo not allowing Bg5.
Games like this are of course beautiful regardless of whether or not a computer later proves them "correct", but it's a nice bonus when they do prove to be sound. I did a detailed study of this game with Houdini and am pleased to report that while black could of course have delayed things with a sharper defense at one or two points, white's attack WAS sound, and WAS winning.
Houdini actually finds 16. Bxd6 to be second best behind a different sac*, but still grades it, at depth 22, as a sound and winning sacrifice, with an evaluation of roughly +1.1. After that, every single move by white was, in fact, Houdini's first choice. Rather remarkable for a combination so deep. This game is both beautiful AND sound. And, for that matter, subtle. Houdini does NOT yet recognize Bxd6 as correct at depth 18, so the complications involved are obviously quite complex. Huge kudos to the winner.
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