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Alexandr Hilário Takeda Sakai dos Santos Fier – Jean-Christophe Thiry
International Chess Open; Reykjavík, March 10, 2015
Queen’s Gambit Declined D51

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nd7 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. f4!? For 8. Nf3 a6 9. 0-0 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nb1 see Taimanov – Bondarevsky, 19th USSR Chess Championship, Moscow 1951. 8. ... h6 9. Bh4 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Nxc3 11. Qg4 Kxe7 12. bxc3 Nf6 13. Qf3 Qa5 14. Ne2 b6 15. 0-0 Ba6. Also after 15. ... Rd8 16. Rc1 Kf8 (artificial castling!) 17. g4 White has a powerful initiative. 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. f5 Rhf8. If 17. ... exf5 then 18. Ng3 g6 19. Nxf5+ gxf5 20. Qxf5 Nd7 21. Qxf7+ Kd6 22. Rf5 and White’s attack compensates for the sacrificed Knight. 18. Nf4 exf5 19. Nxd5+ Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qd3. Desperately striving for counterplay, Black falls into an abyss. 21. Rxf5 f6 22. Qb7+ Ke6 23. Raf1 Rad8 24. e4 Rd7 25. Qc6+ Rd6 26. d5+ Ke7 27. Qc7+ Rd7

28. Re5+! 1 : 0. For if 28. ... fxe5 then 29. Qxe5+ Kd8 30. Rxf8 mate.