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U.S. master Brian Wall posted a great Sergey Karjakin game on facebook. With this position, he embarked on a winning kingside attack. What would your plan be? To really count as a plan, you should be able to give the first four moves. To be a grandmaster, you should see it all to the end!


Solution: This was the finish to the game: 1.Nxg7 Kxg7 2.Bh6+ Kxh6 3.Qd2+ Kh5 4.g4+ Nxg4 5.fxg4+ Qxg4+ 6.Kh1 d6 7.Rf6 Qg5 8.Be2+ Bg4 9.Bxg4+ Kxg4 10.Rg1+ Kh4 11.Qxg5+ Kh3 12.Rh6#

 


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