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Brilliant Queen Sacrifice
J. Rejfir, one of the leading Czechoslovakian masters, died recently at the age of 55 in a Prague hospital. Here is one of his last games, played in the Czech championship.
(a) A move adopted by Leonhard about half a century ago. It disappeared completely until about 1930 when the Russian theorist Sosine wrote extensively about B-B4. Now Bobby Fischer has brought it back with a bang. The idea: attack on the diagonal QR2-KN8.
(b)The natural reaction is to barricade the horizon of the White Bishop. Fatal would be 6…P-KN3?: 7.NxN, PxN; 8. P-K5, as Black cannot play 8 … PxP: cause of 9. BxPch. After 6 … B-Q2, followed by P-KN3. White maintains the best attacking chances.
(c) Doesn't care for an eventual NxKP for Black, NxN, P-Q4.
(d) Stops White's immediate P-KB4, as then NxN, QxN, P-Q4 and B-B4 would decide matters.
(e) Wishes to use the open QB file, feeling that the double pawn is not going to affect matters much. The game has taken a positional character, the inconveniences are more or less evened: White has a weak pawn on K4, whereas Black has a weak square on his Q4, and that is why Black cannot permit B-N5 with exchange of the Knight on KB5, followed by N-Q5, where the Knight would stand well.
(f) Well-played! The phase that follows will show the vain effort of White to save the dam.
(g) One breakthrough has been plugged, but the water will flood through on many fronts.
(h) Threatens mate on KR8. If 30. K-B1, R-Q1 wins.
(i) White has no choice. QxR, KxQ; leads to an easy win for Black.
(j) Prepares the entry to an easily won pawn ending. White could have resigned here.
