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Can you find the brilliant move in this position? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Ragdoll_X to c/[email protected]

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[–] Ragdoll_X 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Answer

Bxe6

PGN

e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e6 $6 4. Nf3 Ne7 $6 5. Bc4 $6 O-O 6. Bg5 $6 d5 7. Bb3 dxe4 $6 8. Nxe4 b6 $6 9. Nf6+ Kh8 $6 10. c3 $2 Bb7 $9 11. O-O $4 Nd7 $9 12. Nxd7 Qxd7
Ne5 Bxe5 $2 14. dxe5 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Nc6 $2 16. Bf6+ Kg8 17. Rd7 Rac8 18. Bxe6 $3 fxe6 $2 (18... Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rce8 (19... fxe6 20. Rg7+ Kh8 21. Rxg6+ Rf6 22. Bxf6#) 20. Rxc7 Rxe6 21. Bf4 Bc6) 19. Rg7+ $1 Kh8 (19... Kh8 20. Rf7+ {+3.60} 20... Kg8 {+1.37} 21. Rg7+ {+1.50} 21... Kh8 {+1.47} 22. Rf7+ {+1.47} 22... Kg8 {+1.47}) (19... Kh8 20. Rf7+ Kg8 21. Rg7+ Kh8 22. Rd1 Nxe5 {+3.60} 23. Bxe5 Rf5 (23... c5 24. Rxg6+ Rf6 25. Bxf6#)) 20. Rxg6+ $2 Rxf6 21. Rxf6 Nxe5 22. Rxe6 $2 Ng6 $9 23. Rfe1 Bd5 $2 24. Re8+ $1 Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Kg7 26. Rd8 $2 Bxa2 27. Rd7+ $2 Kh6 $2 28. Rxc7 a6 29. Rc6 a5 30. Rxb6 a4 31. Ra6 Kh5 $6 32. Rxa4 Bb1 33. b4 Bc2 34. Ra5+ Kg4 35. c4 (35. f3+ Kf4) 35... Nf4 36. h3+ (36. f3+ Kh4 37. g3+ Kh3 38. gxf4) 36... Kh4 37. g3+ Kxh3 38. gxf4 h5 39. Rxh5+ Kg4 40. Rg5+ Kf3 41. Rg3+ Ke4 42. b5 Bd1 43. b6 Bh5 44. b7

[–] Sunrosa 1 points 2 years ago

THAT'S BEAUTIFUL

[–] teotwaki 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What is the meaning of all the dollar signs? Not familiar with those in PGN.

[–] ColoradoBoy 2 points 2 years ago

I’ve never seen it either but maybe this is what it is:

Numeric Annotation Glyphs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeric_Annotation_Glyphs

[–] Ragdoll_X 0 points 2 years ago

I'm not sure, I just copied what chess.com gave me.

It looks like Lemmy might've messed up the formatting of the PGN, but I tried copying and pasting it into Lichess' board editor and it still worked ¯\_(ツ)_/¯