Svetozar Gligorić travels to Leningrad with Yugoslavia for the 1957 match against the USSR. Across the board sits Alexander Tolush, known for his attacking play. Gligorić has White in an encounter between two chess traditions and two strong national teams.
Tolush had a reputation as one of the most dangerous Soviet attackers, but here it was Gligoric who drew his sword first, and away from home in Leningrad at that. After a quiet build-up of the heavy pieces comes 28.Rxf7+!, a rook sacrifice that forces open the king's cover, and then the bishop and queen weave a mating net with no way out. Best of all: Black resigns although he is nominally a whole rook up, because on the board it is not material that counts but tempo, and mate is unavoidable.