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[FEN “r5k1/ppQb1pp1/2n2q1p/8/3rR2P/P1NB4/1P3PP1/2KR4 b – – 0 21”]
How should White respond to 21…Rc8?
Olafsson,F (2570) – Tal,M (2620)
Moscow Ale mem (1), 1971
Symmetrical English [A32]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Ndb5 0-0 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.e3 Rd8 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Qd4 Qg5 14.h4 Qf5 15.Bd3 Qe6 16.0-0-0 Nc6 17.Qf4 d4 18.exd4 Rxd4 19.Qc7 Bd7 20.Rhe1 Qf6 21.Re4 Rc8
22.Qxc8+! 1-0 [If 22…Bxc8 23.Re8#]
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