A tactic a day keeps the losses at bay!
[FEN “4r1k1/pp1q1pbp/3p1n2/1NpP1pN1/2P2Q2/8/PP4PP/5RK1 b – – 0 21”]
How should Black follow-up on 21…Ng4 22.Nxd6?
Brinck Claussen,Bjorn – Littlewood,John Eric
Varna ol (Men) fin-B Varna (6), 1962
King’s Indian Four Pawns [E77]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.exd5 Re8 10.0-0 Ng4 11.Re1 Ne3 12.Bxe3 Rxe3 13.Qd2 Re8 14.Bd3 Rxe1+ 15.Rxe1 Nd7 16.Ng5 Nf6 17.f5 Bxf5 18.Bxf5 gxf5 19.Qf4 Qd7 20.Nb5 Re8 21.Rf1
22…Qxd6! (Or 22…Bd4+ first.) 23.Qxd6 Bd4+ 24.Kh1 Nf2+ 0-1 If 25.Kg1 Ne4+ and …Nxd6.
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