Ekaterina Atalik – Volkan Sevgi
59th Turkish Chess Championship; Antalya, November 14, 2020
8/6p1/3Rpp1k/r6p/4PP1P/3p4/5PK1/8 w - - 0 40
59th Turkish Chess Championship; Antalya, November 14, 2020
8/6p1/3Rpp1k/r6p/4PP1P/3p4/5PK1/8 w - - 0 40
Position after 39. ... Ra3xa5
White is to move in the diagram position, and after, say, 40. Rxd3 e5= the game couldn’t end in anything but a draw, but just in time Atalik takes a venomous bite: 40. Rxe6?? Rd5! 0 : 1. For after 41. exd5 d2 Black queens.
Breathless, from behind a plexiglass panel. Photo courtesy of Turkish Chess Federation. |
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