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Alexandra Kosteniuk vs Koneru Humpy · 2004 · move 27.
Which rook capture takes the knight on d4 while the b5-knight is aligned with its queen?
This 2004 Olympiad game shows why a central counterstrike can be stronger than defending one wing passively. Humpy opens the d-file, exploits a knight’s alignment with its queen and later coordinates both knights in a queen-and-minor-piece position. The tactical gain grows out of the changed pawn structure.
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