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[Event "Doha 2006"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2006.12.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ronald Dableo"]
[Black "Murtas Kazhgaleyev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]

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1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. e4 e6 6. Re1 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. e5 h6 10. d4 Qb6 11. b3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nf5 13. Bb2 f6 14. Na3 fxe5 15.
dxe5 g5 16. Nc2 Bd7 17. Ne3 Rf7 18. Ng4 Rd8 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. exf6 d4 21. g4
Nh4 22. Nxh4 gxh4 23. g5 Qc5 24. Re4 Qf5 25. Bc1 h3 26. Rf4 Qe5 {Can you guess
Dableo's next move?} 27. Qh5 {Wow! For a patzer like me, I could never think
of such a move. Look, Dableo is simply offering his Bishop.} 27... hxg2 28.
Qg6+ Kh8 29. Rh4 Rh7 30. Bf4 Qf5 31. Qxf5 exf5 32. g6 {Dableo must have seen
this move when he made the 26.Qh5 sacrifice. Wow! That was 5-moves deep!!}
32... Be6 33. gxh7 Bd5 34. Bxh6 Kxh7 35. f7 Ne5 36. Bf4+ Kg6 37. Bxe5 d3 38.
Rd4 Kxf7 39. Rxd3 Ke6 40. Re1 1-0