Have You Seen Grischuk’s Smothered Mate?

Here is a brilliant game played by Russian GM Alexander Grischuk vs Ukranian GM Ruslan Ponomariov where in the end Grischuk announces a smothered mate! Of course Ponomariov saw that coming, he could resign earlier but decided to lose graciously and allow his opponent to make this game memorable! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Alexander Grischuk (2606) vs Ruslan Ponomariov (2630)
3rd Int (2000), Torshavn FAI, rd 5
Alekhine Defense: Modern. Keres Variation (B04)
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7
7. a4 a5 8. Ng5 e6 9. f4 dxe5 10. fxe5 c5 11. c3 cxd4 12. O-O
O-O 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf3 f6 15. Nc3 fxe5 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. dxe5
Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxe5 21. Bd8 Qc5
22. Ne4 Qb4 23. Ng5 Kh8 24. Qf7 Bd7 25. Bxe6 Rxd8 26. Qg8+
Rxg8 27. Nf7#
1-0
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