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0       [Next]	White: A class A player Black: A class A player Where: Tournament game in Indiana around 1990. How should White play?
1       [Next]	After thinking 30 minutes White decides he can give up the knight on d5.
2       [Next]	Black analyzes it for a while and decides that he can safely take the knight.  If he doesn't take it then he has serious problems because Re7 is coming next.
3       [Next]	Force the rook ....
4       [Next]	... to retreat.
5       [Next]	The queen check forces ...
6       [Next]	... Black to block to the queen.  When Black took the knight he had looked at this possibility and wrongly assumed that he was safe here. How should White play?
7       [Next]	Taking exposes ...
8       [Next]	... the king.
9       [Next]	Check.
10       [Next]	The king must move.
11       [Next]	Force ...
12       [Next]	... the queen back.  Black had already resigned by this point because he had seen what was coming...
13       [Next]	Pin the queen and force mate.  No good is Qxe8 because of Qxe8 mate.  The game might continue ...
14       [Next]	Make an escape square.
15       [Next]	Check.
16       [Next]	Run away.
17       [Next]	Force the king into the open.  Also works is Qe8!
18       [Next]	Not much choice.
19       [Next]	Check.
20       [Next]	Only square.
21       [Next]	Mate.

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