Bogdan Lalic vs A Summerscale
Bogdan Lalić has a three-move combination to bring the game against A. Summerscale to an elegant finish.
Roll over to see the solution: 1. Rh8+ Bxh8 2. Qg8+ Kh6 3. Qxh8#
FEN: 3Q1R2/pp4bk/6p1/6p1/2B1b1q1/P7/1P4P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
About the players
Bogdan Lalić is a Croatian grandmaster born in 1964 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. He earned the International Master title in 1985 and became a grandmaster three years later.
He once held the record for the longest unbeaten streak in FIDE rated classical chess. Lalić went 155 games without a loss, though GM Zhou Jianchao eventually beat this mark in 2026. His highest current rating is 2403 in blitz.