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Alexandra Kosteniuk vs Antoaneta Stefanova · 2006 · move 22.
Which bishop capture attacks White’s queen on f3?
Kosteniuk sacrifices a knight near the black king, but Stefanova keeps active central pieces. The bishop capture on d5 and the checking capture on f2 let Black turn the attack around. The rook’s arrival on h8 is effective because the other pieces already control the king’s escape squares.
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