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How should Black follow up on 18…Qxc4 19.Nd1?
Smolenskiy,Yuriy Andreyevich – Leotard,Christophe
W-ch M corr ICCF corr, 1993
Irregular Opening [A00]
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.Be2 d5 7.Nf3 Re8 8.0-0 Bf5 9.Qc1 Nh5 10.Re1 Be4 11.c4 d4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Nf4 14.exf4 Qxd4 15.Nc3 Bc6 16.Bg4 Qxf4 17.Bh3 Bc5 18.Rf1 Qxc4 19.Nd1
19…Qxf1+ 0-1 Mate is force upon 20.Kxf1 Bb5+.
SHOULDN’T BLACK’S 20TH MOVE BE BB5+?
Yes, you are right!