A nice puzzle by L. Silaev (1983)

White wins. White to move.
Author: L. Silaev (1983)

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X-mas puzzle

Black is to move and mates in two.
(It is possible!)

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Szabolcs County Team Ch. (Bakk vs. Tóth Tibor)

the position after White's 26th move ->

[Event "Szabolcs County Team Ch."]
[Site "Nyíregyháza (Hungary)"]
[Date "2007.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bakk, Zoltán"]
[Black "Tóth, Tibor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[WhiteTeam "Lokomotív SzSE 2."]
[BlackTeam "Volán-Sényő Sport Club"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. a3 Nc6 5. e3 dxe3 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bxe3 Nxe5 8.
Nc3 Ne7 9. Rd1+ Bd7 10. Be2 a6 11. f4 N5c6 12. Bg4 f5 13. Bf3 Ke8 14. Nge2 Be6
15. Nd5 Rc8 16. O-O Kf7 17. b4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nd8 19. Nd4 g6 20. Rfe1 Bg7 21.
Ne6 Bf6 22. Nc5 Bb2 23. Bd4 Bxd4+ 24. Rxd4 Re8 25. Rd3 Kf8 26. Rde3 Kf7 27. d6
cxd6 28. Nxb7 Nxb7 29. Bxb7 Rc7 30. Bxa6 Ra8 31. Be2 Nd5 32. Bf3 Nxe3 33. Bxa8
Ng4 34. a4 Nf6 35. g3 Rc4 36. Rb1 Ke7 37. a5 Ne4 38. Bxe4 fxe4 39. b5 Kd7 40.
b6 Kc8 41. a6 Ra4 42. Rc1+ Kb8 43. Rc6 Rxa6 44. Rxd6 Kb7 45. Rd7+ Kc8 46. b7+
Kb8 47. Rxh7 Re6 48. Kf2 Re8 49. Ke3 Ka7 50. g4 Kb6 51. Rg7 1-0

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Major improvements:
* 27.Bd1 (instead of d6) in connection with 28.Ba4 (or Bb3)
* 42.b7+ (instead of Rc1+) 42..Kb8 43.Rb6 is much stronger

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