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A tactic a day keeps the losses at bay!
[FEN “r1r1qnk1/1b2b2p/p3p1p1/3p1PP1/1p1RP3/1B2B1NQ/PPP5/1K5R w – – 0 24”]
How should White follow up on 24.exd5 Bxd5?
Hunt,Harriet (2315) – Blazkova,Petra (2215)
WYCF Girls U18 Cala Galdana, Menorca (9), 1996
Sicilian Scheveningen [B82]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Qf3 Be7 8.g4 Nfd7 9.g5 Qc7 10.Be3 b5 11.0-0-0 b4 12.Nce2 Bb7 13.Ng3 Nc6 14.Kb1 0-0 15.h4 g6 16.h5 Nxd4 17.Rxd4 Rfc8 18.Qg2 Qa5 19.hxg6 fxg6 20.Bc4 Nf8 21.Bb3 Qb5 22.Qh3 d5 23.f5 Qe8 24.exd5 Bxd5
25.Rxd5! 1-0 25…exd5 26.fxg6+-; If 26.Bxd5+ Kh8, not 27.Bxa8, but 27.Bd4+ with mate.
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