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Black to move
Date:
White: Minev
Black: Portisch
Combination strength: 7
Game section Endgame
Decisive material advantage Pawn promotion
Mate combination -
Description: Diagonal opening.
  1. -- ♙f4 !! (Diagonal opening.)
  2. ♗e4 ♙fxg3
    • 2. ♙gxf4 ♗g4+ 3. ♔d2 ♘xd3 4. ♔xd3 ♗d1 ! -+
  3. ♘g2 ♗g4+
  4. ♔d2 ♘xc4+ ! (File opening by a deflection.)
  5. ♗xc4 ♙b3 (File opening by a deflection.)
  6. ♗b1 ♗f5 ! (Deflection.)
  7. ♔c3 ♗xb1
  8. ♔xb3 ♔e5
  9. ♔xa3 ♗e4
  10. ♘e1 ♙g2
  11. ♘xg2 ♗xg2
  12. ♔a4 ♔d4
  13. ♔b5 ♗f1 !
    • 13. ♙d6 ♔xc4 14. ♙d7 ♗c6+ -+
  14. ♙d6 ♗xc4+
  15. ♔b6 ♗e6
  16. ♙a4 ♔d5 (White resigns. Minev — Portisch Halle, 1967)