White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
Solution:
Against Jackelen at Porz in 1988, John finished his opponent off this way: 1.Bxg6! hxg6 2.Rxg6+ Rg7 3.Rxg7+ Kxg7 4.0–0–0 (a terrific lesson for amateurs: he blew the king position open so well that he had time to take a casual break to castle and Black was helpless to stop him. That’s worth remembering because some people might have castled first, losing the most effective way of continuing the attack as Black would prepare a defense with Rg7 and Be8, protecting the g6 point.)4… Bf8 5.Ng5 and mate is unstoppable. Any other 4th move would have led to mate as well.
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