White to Play

Pete Tamburro on May 9, 2012

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In a game between Alfred Brinckmann and Rudolf Keller in 1939 the following position arose. How does White continue his attack here?

Solution:

Here’s the whole game for the serious students. Brinckmann,Alfred - Keller,Rudolf1 [B80]

GER-ch 06th Bad Oeynhausen , 1939

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.0–0 Be7 9.Qe2 Nd7 10.Bf4 0–0 11.Rad1 Qa5 12.Bc4 Ne5 13.Bxe5 Qxe5 14.Kh1 15.f4 Rb8 16.Rf3 e5 17.f5 Qc5 18.Rh3 d5 19.Qh5 h6 20.Rg3 Bg5 21.Bb3 d4 22.h4 Bf4

See Diagram

23.f6 Rxb3 24.Rxg7+ Kh8 25.axb3 dxc3 26.Rxf7 Rg8 27.Rd8 Rxd8 28.Rh7+ Black Resigned

If you played 23.f6, you played what Brinckman played; however, the clever people among you might have looked closer. Kudos if you saw the mate with 23.Qg6 Bxg3 (23...Bg5 24.Rxg5 hxg5 25.f6 Rxb3 26.Qxg7#) 24.f6 Rxb3 25.Qxg7#. The bishop on b3, although lying on the other side of the board, plays a key role because of the pin on the f7 pawn.

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