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A tactic a day keeps the losses at bay!
[FEN “8/1bq3kp/p5p1/1pb1pp2/4P2P/2PQ1PP1/1P5B/5N1K b – – 0 36”]
How should White follow up on 36.Rg3 Re6?
Mednis,Edmar John (2455) – Minic,Dragoljub (2475)
FRG-ch int Mannheim (5), 1975
Moscow Sicilian [B52]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Ne5 7.d3 Nxf3+ 8.Qxf3 g6 9.0-0 Bg7 10.Qe2 Nf6 11.f4 0-0 12.Bd2 Ne8 13.f5 Nc7 14.Bg5 a6 15.Rf3 Bd4+ 16.Be3 f6 17.fxg6 hxg6 18.Bxd4 cxd4 19.Nd5 Rae8 20.Rg3 Kf7 21.Rf1 Nxd5 22.exd5 e5 23.dxe6+ Qxe6 24.Qf2 d5 25.Qxd4 dxc4 26.dxc4 Rd8 27.Qf2 f5 28.b3 Rfe8 29.Rh3 Qe4 30.Qg3 Rd2 31.Qg5 Qd4+ 32.Kh1 Kg7 33.Qh6+ Kf7 34.Qg5 Kg7 35.Qh6+ Kf7 36.Rg3 Re6
37.Rxf5+!! gxf5 38.Qh7+ 1-0 And mate next move. 37…Ke7 leads to mate in five.
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