Chess tactics 75 in Chess Tactics Chess Training on November 14, 2017 January 29, 2019 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Chess tactics 75 The following problem is taken from the book Tactics in the Sicilian. WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN [Event "Tactics #75"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017.11.14"] [Round "?"] [White "Tactics #75"] [Black " Geller - Yap, Moscow, 1986 "] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2r2rk1/2q1bp2/p3n1pp/1p1pP3/3B4/3B2Q1/PPP3PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 22"] [PlyCount "15"] 22. Rxf7 $3 {[pgndiagram] Is the winning sacrifice here} Rxf7 (22... Kxf7 {Is obviously even worse} 23. Qxg6#) 23. Qxg6+ Kf8 (23... Rg7 {Is even worse} 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 {[pgndiagram] And it is easy to see that White is winning here. The most direct way is} 26. Bf5 $1 Rf8 27. Be6+ Rff7 28. Bxf7+ Rxf7 29. e6) 24. Qxh6+ $1 Ke8 (24... Ng7 {Is impossible due to} 25. Qh8#) 25. Qxe6 {[pgndiagram] And now, since White has established material equality as well, Black is completely lost} Qc6 26. Qg6 Qxg6 27. Bxg6 Kf8 28. Bxf7 Kxf7 29. c3 {And here Black resigned in the actual game.} 1-0your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts Chess tactics Previous Post← Steinitz – Chigorin World Championship Match 1889 Steinitz - Chigorin World Championship Match 1889 Next PostChess study 24 – Alexander Kuznetsov study → Chess study 24 - Alexander Kuznetsov study You May Also Like Chess Tactics Chess Training Chess Tactics 95 View Post Chess Tactics Chess Training Chess tactics 54 View Post Chess Tactics Chess Training Chess tactics 27 View Post