Here's what Happened Next...
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What Happened Next 1
Guseinov-Fedorov, Elista Ol 1998.
          
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White seems to have the upper hand. What should he play next?
1 Qxg7+ 1-0
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What Happened Next 2
Speelman-Uhlmann, Leningrad 1984.
 
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Black has set up his traditional kingside attack, to which White has responded g2-g4, trying to block things up. Here is the critical position. What should Black play next and why?
After 19...Nf4!! White realised that his plan was in jeopardy. There followed 20 gxf4 gxf4 21 Bh4 Bf6!! 22 Bxf6 Nxf6 23 Kf2 Rh2:
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when Black's attack proved strong enough to win.
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What Happened Next 3
Adler-Vecenovic, Switzerland 1990.
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Can White take on g7, with positional advantage or does Black have something up his sleeve?
White should indeed take on g7 e.g. 1 Bxg7! += Qg5?? (1...Nxe2+ 2 Qxe2 Kxg7 3 Rad1 +=)
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2 Qxf4!! Qxf4 3 Nd5 Qd2 4 Bc3 Qg5 5 Bf6+-:
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In the game White found only 1 Kh1?!
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What Happened Next 4
Larsen-Lopez Garcia, Berg en Dal zt 1960.
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Black has just played 16...c5?, oblivious to danger. What should White play now and why?
After 17 Ne6!!:
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fxe6 18 Bxe4 Qb6 19 Qa4 Re7 20 d6 Bd7 21 Qc4 Ree8 22 Be3:
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White had a massive advantage and easily converted.
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What Happened Next 5
Khuzman-Yurtaev, Tashkent 1987.
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White seems to have pressure and was probably astounded by 14...Nxe4!?. What is the correct evaluation of the position after 15 Bxd8 Nxc3 16 Qd2 Raxd8:
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Black has ample compensation. The game continued 17 Rae1 c5 18 Ne3 d5 19 cxd5 Nbxd5 20 Nxd5 Rxd5 21 Qc1 b5
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... and drawn in 25 moves.
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What Happened Next 6
Averbakh-Kotov, Zurich Candidates 1953.
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A famous position. Can you see what Black played next and how the game SHOULD have continued ?
30...Qxh3+!! was the brilliant answer, dragging the White King out into the open. Then came 31 Kxh3 Rh6+ 32 Kg4 Nf6+ 33 Kf5...:
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...and now best was 33...Ng4!! (Stahlberg ), denying White g5.
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In the game Kotov, beleaguered by time trouble played 33...Nfd7 and although Black won, a further eighteen moves were played.
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What Happened Next 7
Rodriquez-Gligoric, Skopje Ol 1972.
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What is Black's clearest way to continue?
Gligoric found 24...Bxc3! 25 bxc3 Na4! 26 Kf2 Nxc3 27 a3 b5!! -+:
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going on to win.
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What Happened Next 8
Szabo-Timman, Amsterdam 1985.
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All seems in order for Black, but Szabo is about to unleash a surprise. What was it?
After 25 Nxe6!! Rf5+ (25...Qxh6 26 Nxd8+ +-)...
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26 Nf4+!! Kh8 27 Ncd5 Qe4 28 Be2 Ne6 29 Bf3 Qc4+ 30 Kg1 Nxf4 31 Ne3:
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Black was wrecked. Timman cannot protect all his pieces. The conclusion was 31...Qe6 32 Nxf5 Qxf5 33 Re1 Ne6 34 Bg4 1-0
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What Happened Next 9
Sorokin-Sutovsky, Villa Martelli 1997.
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White thought he has everything covered but Black showed him the error of his ways. How?
After 31...Bd4!!...
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...suddenly White saw that 32 Rxd4 Rxf2+! was a disaster for him e.g. 33 Kxf2 Qh2+ 34 Kf1 Rf3#:
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The game continued 32 Qxd4 but White couldn't even spin it out e.g. 32...Rxd4 33 Nxd4 Qd5 34 Rec1 Kg7 35 Kg1 Kh6 36 R1c3 e3+ 37 f3 Rf4 0-1
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What Happened Next 10
Noguieras-Huerta, Cuba 1982.
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Not an everyday position! Can White, to move, win?
Yes! With 1 Nd7+ !!:
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...when Black has the following miserable choice:
a) 1...Kh6 2 Nf7+ Kxh5 3 Nf6+ Kh4 4 f4!! +-:
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b) Kg8 2 Bg4!!:
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Re8 (2...Qxa2 3 Be6+ Qxe6 4 Nxe6 c2 5 Bb2 +-) 3 Nf6+ Kf8 4 Be6!:
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Remarkably, Black has no further defense, e.g. a) 4...Re7 Ngxh7+ Kg7 6 dxe7 or b) 4...Rxe6 5 Nxe6+ Kf7 6 c7 Qf5 7 Ne4+-:
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Unfortunately,in the game Noguieras got confused, played 1 Ng4+ and went on to lose.
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