[Event "Mahrisch-Ostrau"] [Site "Mahrisch-Ostrau"] [Round "0"] [White "Rubinstein"] [Black "Hromadka"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "kb1r2r1/pp2qpp1/2p4p/P3p3/2B1Pn2/2PP1R1P/1PK2QP1/R5B1 w - - 0 23"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Benko Opening"] {A potpourri of files and diaganals What is the most important feature of this position for White? Is it the open f-file? Is it the diagaonal from g1 to the left? Is it the a-file which is yet to be opened? Will the half-open d-file be valuable to Black? The answers are given in the form of a sparkling combination} 23. g3 $3 Nxh3 24. Rxf7 Qd6 (24... Nxf2 25. Rxe7 $16 { White's Rook control the seventh rank}) 25. Qb6 $3 {One of the most staggering moves in the whole of chess. Is it an accident that the only right square for this move is b6, a sort of commont factor of all the lines and diagonals mentioned above? Very definitely not!} 25... Rd7 (25... axb6 26. axb6+ Ba7 27. Rxa7+ Kb8 28. Rfxb7+ Kc8 29. Ba6) 26. Bc5 $1 {This is the reaal point} 26... Rxf7 27. Bxd6 Rf2+ 28. Qxf2 Nxf2 29. Bc5 $1 1-0