Mating attack in the endgame II

As we recently saw in the Jermuk Grand Prix (article of 25.8.), there was once
again a nice mating attack in an endgame in the Grand Slam Final in Bilbao.
Sergey Karjakin obviously underestimated the dangers threatening his king in
the simplified position after the exchange of queens. After 22. … Qxf3
23.Qxf3 Rxf3 Aronian started with 24.Re7 – an attack which
came like a bolt from the blue and soon forced a resignation. Here’s
GM analysis of Aronian-Karjakin
All
ChessBase reports on Bilbao
CBM Magazine Online.

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