“Move of the year” so far …?

Whilst you might imagine that this would have been made by a Bedford club player, the current holder of this award must surely be Russian GM Denis Khismatullin for his spark of genius to beat Ukraine’s Pavel Eljanov in the recent European Championships, played in Jerusalem (!).

If you haven’t already seen it already, have a quick look at the following position and try to find the best continuation for White (I wouldn’t spend too long on it though!).

 

Click move of the year for the reasoning behind this master stroke.