During this year alone ChessCafe.com published 216 columns and features, with 684 pages of content, including 26 ebooks, 25 videos, and 90 puzzles!
Member Benefits
Members enjoy access to all content, including PDF and Ebook archives! There are two ways to join: place a $50 order in our shop and we will send your log in details, or join here receive a $50 coupon for our shop.
A tactic a day keeps the losses at bay!
[FEN “r3r3/1p4p1/p3Pqkp/P1p5/2Bbn1p1/8/2Q2P1P/1K1RR3 w – – 0 24”]
How should White follow up on 24.Rxe4 Kg5?
Tolush,Alexander – Furman,Semen
URS-ch24 Moscow (9), 1957
Tarrasch Defense [D32]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e4 dxe4 6.d5 f5 7.Bf4 Bd6 8.Bb5+ Kf7 9.Nh3 Nf6 10.Bc4 a6 11.a4 Re8 12.Qd2 Qe7 13.a5 Nbd7 14.Ng5+ Kg6 15.Ne6 h6 16.g4 fxg4 17.0-0-0 Ne5 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Qc2 Qf6 21.Rhe1 Bxb2+ 22.Kb1 Bxe6 23.dxe6 Bd4 24.Rxe4 Kg5
25.Rxg4+ Now it is mate in eight at most. 25…Kxg4 But this brings it to mate in five. 26.Qe4+ 1-0 Black resigned because of 26…Qf4 27.Rg1 Kh5 28.Be2+ with mate to follow.
Leave a Reply