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Just two lines by Garfield

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韦奕 (Wéi Yì) – Vladimir Alekseevič Potkin
77th Tata Steel Chess Tournament; Wijk aan Zee, January 11, 2015
French Defence C11

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. Bd3 b4 10. Na4 c4 11. Be2 c3 12. Qd1 cxb2 13. Nxb2 Be7. The alternative was 13. ... Nb6, e.g. 14. 0-0 Be7 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Ng5 g6 17. Rf3 Na5 18. Rh3 Nbc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Bc1 Ba4 21. Qe1 Qb6 22. Qf2 Na3 23. Bb2 Nc4 24. Bc1 Na3 25. Bb2 Nc4 ½ : ½ Nakamura – 王皓 (Wáng Hào), Moscow 2010. 14. 0-0 0-0 15. Bd3 f5. Probably safer was 15. ... a5, e.g. 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. fxg5 Ne7 18. a3 Ba6 19. axb4 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Nf5 21. Bf2 axb4 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. g4 Ne7 24. Nxb4 Qa4 25. c3 Qxd1 26. Rxd1 Ra8 27. Rb1 Kf8 28. Kg2 Ke8 29. Rb2 Ra1 30. Nc2 Ra7 31. Ne3 Rc7 32. Be1 Nc8 33. Kf3 Ncb6 34. Ra2 Rc8 35. Ke2 Nb8 36. Kd3 Nc4 37. Nxc4 Rxc4 38. Bd2 Kd7 39. Bc1 Nc6 40. Bb2 Ne7 41. Kc2 Rc7 42. Ra8 Rc8 43. Ra7+ Rc7 44. Ra8 Rc8 45. Ra7+ Rc7 46. Ra8 Rc8 47. Ra1 Nc6 48. Kd3 Rb8 49. Kc2 Rc8 50. Kd3 Rb8 51. Bc1 Rb7 52. Ra8 Rb8 53. Ra2 Rb1 54. Kc2 ½ : ½ Motylev – 王皓 (Wáng Hào), 广州 (Guǎngzhōu) 2010. 16. g4! A bold attacking move, played in the Romantic style of the Nineteenth century. 16. ... a5. If 16. ... fxg4 then 17. Ng5 with good attacking chances. 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. Kh1!! In the footsteps of Morphy and Fischer! See L. Paulsen – P. C. Morphy, New York 1857 and R. J. Fischer – U. Andersson, Siegen 1970. 19. ... a4 20. Rg1 a3 21. Nd1 Na4 22. Rg3 Rf7. “22. ... Be6 was better”, International Master Sagar Shah writes. 23. Qg2 Nc3? “The Knight on d1 is not such a great piece. It makes no sense to go out of the way and exchange it. But it is not so easy to suggest an improvement for Black. White has a simple plan of Nd1-f2 followed by Ra1-g1, Nf2-h3 and putting a Knight on g5”, Sagar Shah writes. 24. Nxc3 bxc3 25. Bb5 Qb6 26. Rg1 Bf8

27. Rh3!! “A brilliant resource that leaves Black helpless to stop what happens in the game. The immediate threat is 28. Rxh7! Kxh7 29. Qg6+ and 30. Nf3-g5 with a mating attack. If Black tries to stop this with 27. ... Ne7, then 28. Rxh7! (anyway!) 28. ... Kxh7 29. Ng5+ Kg8 30. Be8! and it is all over”, Grandmaster Kevin Spraggett writes. 27. ... g6 28. Ng5!! “Not just attacking the Rook, but threatening to allow the Queen into the game via d5. After some thought, Potkin decided that he had nothing better than to accept the Bishop on d5...”, Spraggett writes. 28. ... Qxb5 29. Nxf7. “And Black is dead lost! Taking the Knight allows 30. Rxh7+ and 31. Qg2xg6+. In the game Potkin tried his best, but it is hopeless”, Spraggett writes. 29. ... Ne7 30. Nh6+. 30. Qg5 Kxf7 31. Rxh7+ Ke8 32. Qf6 was an even quicker way to win. 30. ... Bxh6 31. Rxh6 Ra7 32. Qh3 Qe2 33. Rxh7 Qxc2 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Qh7+ Ke6 36. Rxg6+ 1 : 0. For if 36. ... Nxg6 then 37. Qxg6+ Kd7 38. Qd6 mate; if, instead, 36. ... Kxd7 then 37. Qxe7+! Kxe7 38. Rg7+ Ke6 39. Rh6 mate.