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[FEN “1q5b/4pp1k/6pP/2pPPb2/8/2N1Q3/P7/K5R1 b – – 0 35”]
How should Black follow up on 35…Bxe5 36.Qxc5?
Byvshev,Vasily Mikhailovich – Tolush,Alexander V
URS-ch sf Leningrad, 1954
Sicilian Najdorf [B94]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 g6 8.h4 Bg7 9.Qd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Ne5 11.Bb3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.h5 Nxh5 14.g4 Nf6 15.Bh6 Bh8 16.g5 Nd7 17.Bxf8 Qxf8 18.f4 Nc5 19.Rh4 h5 20.gxh6 Kh7 21.Rg1 Bf6 22.Rh2 a5 23.Qe3 a4 24.Bc4 Rb8 25.e5 Bh8 26.Bd3 Qd8 27.Qg3 Nxd3+ 28.cxd3 dxe5 29.fxe5 a3 30.Qe3 Bf5 31.d4 c5 32.d5 axb2+ 33.Rxb2 Rxb2 34.Kxb2 Qb8+ 35.Ka1 Bxe5 36.Qxc5
36…Qa7!! 0-1 [If 37.Qxa7 Bxc3#; if 37.Qb4 Qxg1+]
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