A tactic a day keeps the losses at bay!
[FEN “r1r5/3npkb1/1q1p2p1/pP1P4/P1p1PPp1/2N5/2QB2PK/1R3R2 b – – 0 26”]
How did Black follow-up on 26…Bd4 27.g3?
Chandler,Murray G (2380) – Gruenfeld,Yehuda (2430)
Lone Pine op (7), 1979
Modern Defense [A42]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.f4 Qb6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.d5 Nd7 8.Na4 Qc7 9.Bd2 Ngf6 10.Bd3 0-0 11.Rc1 cxd5 12.cxd5 Qb8 13.b4 b5 14.Nc3 a6 15.0-0 Nb6 16.a4 Nc4 17.Bxc4 bxc4 18.Rb1 a5 19.b5 Nd7 20.Qc2 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Rfc8 22.Ng5 h6 23.Nxf7 Kxf7 24.h3 h5 25.hxg4 hxg4 26.Kh2 Bd4 27.g3
27…Rh8+ 28.Kg2 Bg1!! 0-1
Checkmate is imminent, for instance, 29.Rxg1 Rh2+!! 30.Kxh2 Qf2+ 31.Rg2 Rh8#. White had to play 27.Kg3 to survive.
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