Saturday, December 2, 2017

Layla


Beat Züger – Claude Landenbergue
92nd Swiss Chess Championship; Chiasso, 1991
5rk1/4R3/2pB3b/4Q1n1/2P5/3P2pb/P2NPNBq/5K2 w - - 1 36

Position after 35. ... Bc8-h3

What not to do? Surely what Züger did: 36. Qxg3?? Qh1#. And what would he have done? Surely 36. Rg7+!! Bxg7 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Bxf8+ Kxf8 39. Nxh3 Nxh3 40. Nf3 and the Black Queen is trapped.

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