Light summer mate V

by Oliver Reeh
7/13/2018 – No time to waste! 36.Rc7!! in the diagram position is the only move to give White an advantage, although Black's counterplay on the back rank might send a shiver down one's spine. However, after 36...Ng3+ 37.Kh2 Nf1+ 38.Kh3 Qg1 you are to checkmate in 7 - enjoy!
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White strikes first

All five examples of the "Light summer mate" series can be seen in "Tune your tactics", the weekly show with Oliver Reeh and Pascal Simon. 

 
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.Qb3 Ra7 8.Nge2 e6 9.Nf4 Bg6 10.h4 Bf5 11.Bd2 Be7 12.Be2 h6 13.Rc1 Nbd7 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.f3 h5 16.Nd1 0-0 17.Bb4 Bxb4+ 18.Qxb4 e5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Qd4 Qb8 21.0-0 Nc6 22.Qd2 Qe5 23.Re1 Raa8 24.Nf2 Rfe8 25.Bd1 Rac8 26.Bb3 Red8 27.Red1 Ne7 28.e4 dxe4 29.Qxd8+ Rxd8 30.Rxd8+ Kh7 31.N2h3 Bxh3 32.Nxh3 g6 33.Rf8 Qd4+ 34.Kh1 Nf5 35.Ng5+ Kh6 36.Rc7!! in the diagram position is the only move to give White an advantage, although Black's counterplay on the back rank might send a shiver down one's spine. However, after 36...Ng3+ 37.Kh2 Nf1+ 38.Kh3 Qg1 you are to checkmate in 7 - enjoy! 36.Rc7‼ Tightening the mate net around Black's king. Ng3+ 37.Kh2 Nf1+ 38.Kh3 Qg1
Black threatens checkmate, but White strikes first! Mate in 7 - I wish you good luck. What's White's first move?
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Koch,T2472Szuhanek,R24961–02016D1032nd ECC Open 2016

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Oliver Reeh has been working for ChessBase for many years as a translator and presenter of the internet show TV ChessBase, and he also looks after the tactics column in ChessBase Magazine, for which he has also been responsible as editor-in-chief since 2019. The International Master has contributed to the CB "MasterClass" series and is the author of the DVDs "Strike like the World Champions" and "Master Class Tactics - Train your combination skills!" Volumes 1 & 2. Oliver Reeh lives in Hamburg.

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