A tactic a day keeps the losses at bay!
[FEN “1n3rk1/r4p2/p5p1/2p5/1p2q3/1QB1P3/PP3P2/2KR2R1 w – – 0 22”]
How should White follow-up on 22.Rd6 Kh7?
Zaitsev,Igor – Spassky,Boris
Rostov on Don, 1960
Queen’s Gambit Accepted [D25]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Qb3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 b6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.d5 exd5 10.Nxd5 0-0 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.Bd2 a6 13.Rg1 b5 14.Bd5 Ra7 15.Bc3 g6 16.h4 c6 17.Be4 Nxe4 18.fxe4 Qxe4 19.h5 c5 20.0-0-0 b4 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Rd6 Kh7
23.Qc4!! 1-0 If 1…f5 (1…Qxc4 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Rh8#) 2.Qxe4 fxe4 3.Rh1+ Kg8 4.Rh8+ Kf7 5.Rf6+ Kg7 6.Rfxf8+.
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