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Merijn Van Delft (2402) - Alexandr Fier (2581)
Essent Open (Hoogeveen) (2) 2008
In a typical Sicilian with opposite castling, White's standard bishop sacrifice isn't even a sacrifice here.
26. Bxh6! gxh6 27. Qxf6 Qc7 28. g7?! 28. Bf5! Qe7 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. Bxc8 Bxc8 31. Nd5 should be winning, e.g. 31... Re6 32. Rf2 Rxg6? 33. Rdf1!
28... Qxg7 29. Qf2 Rc5 30. Rg1 Rg5 31. Rxg5?! This helps Black.
After 31. Rf1 the position is highly unclear.
31... Qxg5 32. a3 Bg7 33. Ka2 Qe5 If White didn't lose on time, he resigned because of a technically lost position.
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