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A tactic a day keeps the losses at bay!
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How should Black respond to 21.Ne4?
Meitner,Philipp – Albin,Adolf
Vienna, 1904
Albin Counter Gambit [D08]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.dxe5 Qxe5 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Qa5 7.e3 Bg4 8.Bc4 Nf6 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Qb3 0-0 11.a3 Bd6 12.Qxb7 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.g3 Rab8 15.Qg2 Qh5 16.Re1 Be5 17.Ra2 Rfd8 18.f4 Bd6 19.Be2 Bc5 20.Bxg4 Nxg4 21.Ne4
21…Rd1!! 22.Rxd1 Nxe3 23.Bxe3 Bxe3+ 24.Nf2 Qxd1+ 25.Qf1 Bxf2+ 26.Kxf2 Qd4+ 0-1 The a2-rook will be lost. Source: “Adolf Albin and the Genesis of the Albin Counter Gambit Part I” by Olimpiu G. Urcan, ChessCafe.com Skittles Room
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