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White to Play

Pete Tamburro on

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Here it is—chess summer school Monday. This is a simple yet very useful chess lesson for beginners. What should White play here? This is from Berger-Chigorin, Barmen, 1905.


Solution:

There is only one move that wins! It shows how a bishop can dominate a knight on the open board: 1.Be5 Ng7 2.Bxg7 Kxg7 3.Kxc6 Kf7 4.Kd7 and queens the pawn. Moves that don’t work: 1.Bg5 Ng7 2.Kxc6 Ne6 and 1.Bh6 Nf6 2.Kxc6 Ne4 Can’t let that knight get that pawn

 


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