Beautiful Minature!
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kevinspraggettonchess
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Published April 21, 2021
· Updated April 22, 2021
Game of the day!
The following miniature was played at the Ukraine Championship between the future grandmaster Sergey Fedorchuk and the well known trainer Dmitry Stets. The year was 1998 and the place was Alushta (Ukraine).
The game started off with a typical Sicilian Opening. At some point Black got a bit carried away with his Queenside initiative and this gave Fedorchuk the opportunity to uncork a surprisingly strong attack on the other side of the board. The finish was absolutely brilliant!
Fedorchuk,S – Stets,D Alushta 1998
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4
O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.h3 Bd7 10.O-O Rc8 11.f4 a6 12.Nf3 Qc7 13.Qe1 b5
14.a3 e6 15.Qf2 Rb8 16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.Ng5 Na5$6{[#] <strong style="color:red;">Better to delay this move</strong>} 18.e5!{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} Ne8{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} 19.Nxf7!!{[#] <strong style="color:red;">A brilliant sacrifice that Stets had no doubt underestimated. Black’s Kingside collapses.</strong>}
Kxf7{[#] <strong style="color:red;">There is little better</strong>}
( 19...Nxb3 20.exd6! Nxd6 ( 20...Qc8 21.Nxd8 Na5 22.Nxe6
Bxe6 23.Bd4$18 ) 21.Nxd8! )
20.f5!!{[#] <strong style="color:red;">This fine move is the point of Fedorchuk’s sacrifice.</strong>} gxf5{[#] <strong style="color:red;">The game can not be saved</strong>}
({<strong style="color:black;">A: </strong> } 20...Kg8 21.fxe6 Nxb3 22.Qf7+
Kh8 23.e7! Bc8 24.Qf8+! )
({<strong style="color:black;">B: </strong> } 20...Nxb3 21.fxg6+ Kg8 22.Qf7+ Kh8
23.Qe7 hxg6 24.Rf8+! Bxf8 25.Qxf8+ Kh7 26.Ne4! )
21.Qxf5+{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} Kg8{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} 22.Qf7+{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>}
Kh8{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} 23.Nd5!!{[#] <strong style="color:red;">Fedorchuk is precise to the very end!</strong>} Qb7{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>}
({<strong style="color:black;">A: </strong> } 23...exd5 24.Bxd5{<strong style="color:black;">and avoiding the mate on g8 will be very expensive! </strong> } )
( {<strong style="color:black;">B: </strong> } 23...Nc6 24.Nxc7 Nxc7
25.Bg5{<strong style="color:black;">and the roof collapses </strong> } )
24.Ne7{[#] <strong style="color:red;">Black throws in the towel. He loses a lot of material or gets mated (or both!)</strong>} 1-0
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Tags: Dmitry Stets Sergey Fedorchuk
