I was watching the following game in the final round of the 2025 NSW Open. White played a nice exchange sac in the middlegame and built up a crushing attack. After 33.Qf4 White had a number of mate threats, including some that started with 34.Rh8+ So when Black played the 'desperado' 33 ... Rxf3 it wasn't a shock. I assumed White would play Qxf3 and just organise the mate anyway. So when Lane played 34.Rh8+ anyway I was a little surprised. 34. ... Kxh8 35.Qh6 Kg8 36.Qh7+ Kf8 37.Qf7+?? doesn't work due to the rook on f3, but as Lane played these moves I realised that he had always intended 37. g7+ as the finisher, which did result in resignation.
Bur after the game he said that he noticed my expression after the rook sac, and for a fleeting moment wondered if he had missed something. It turns out he wasn't the one who did.
2025 NSW Open Sydney, Australia (7.7), 10.06.2025
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