Sunday, May 27, 2007

Solution to Problem # 47


This position occurred in the game Langer-Perelshteyn from the first round of the 2007 U.S. Championship. White won two pawns, and ultimately the game, with 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Qxe6+ Kh8 16.Qxa6. Here is the complete game score:

Langer,Michael (2334) - Perelshteyn,Eugene (2611)
The Frank K. Berry 2007 US Championship Stillwater United States (1), 15.05.2007
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qd3 b6 6.Qe3 Ba6 7.Bxa6 Nxa6 8.Bd2 Nf6 9.0–0–0 0–0 10.Nge2 Rc8 11.Be1 Be7 12.Nf4 b5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Qxe6+ Kh8 16.Qxa6 b4 17.Nb5 Qd7 18.Bg3 Rc6 19.Qxa7 Qxa7 20.Nxa7 Rb6 21.Rhe1 Ng8 22.c4 bxc3 23.a4 Rxb2 24.Nb5 Bg5+ 25.f4 Rxf4 26.Re3 Rxd4 27.Nxc3 Rxd1+ 28.Nxd1 Re2 0–1

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