Ralph Charell

Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gabrielian"]
[Black "Ponkratov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[FEN "2rq1rk1/1p3p2/3pb2Q/p3p2p/Pn2P1p1/1PN2P2/1BP5/1K1R1B2 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. f4 { A pawn storm -- no, a pawn hurricane. } 1... Qh4 ( { Black can try: } 1... exf4 { Opening the long diagonal is not good. } 2. Nd5 f6 3. Qg6+ Kh8 4. Bxf6+ Rxf6 5. Nxf6 Qc7 6. Qh6+ Qh7 7. Qxh7# ) ( { Black can also try: } 1... f6 2. Qg6+ Kh8 3. Qxh5+ Kg7 4. f5 Bg8 5. Bc1 Bh7 6. Bc4 Rxc4 7. Rh1 Rf7 8. Qxh7+ Kf8 9. Qh6+ Ke7 10. bxc4 Kd7 11. Qg6 Qe7 12. Qxg4 Rg7 13. Qe2 Qe8 14. c5 dxc5 15. Qb5+ Ke7 16. Qxc5+ Kf7 17. Qc4+ Ke7 18. Qe6+ Kf8 19. Rh8+ Rg8 20. Rxg8# ) 2. f5 Bd7 3. f6 g3 4. Qg7# 1-0