One of the big questions amateurs ask when looking at all these mating attacks presented here is “How do you get to these positions?” Here’s a game that will show you one way it’s done. Grandmaster Michael Adams defeats G. Morrison in a very instructive game.

Solution:

For you more serious students, the game went like this-- 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.0–0–0 0–0 9.g4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 e5 11.Bxe5 Bxg4 12.f3 Be6 13.Rg1 Rc8 14.Bd4 Qa5 15.f4 Rxc3 16.Bxc3 Qxa2 17.f5 Bd7

See Diagram

18.Rxg7+ Kxg7 19.Qg4+ Kh8 20.Qh4 Rc8 21.Bxf6+ Bxf6 22.Qxf6+ Kg8 23.Bc4 Qa1+ 24.Kd2 Qa5+ 25.c3 and White Resigned. He’s run out of useful checks. One possible continuation was 25…Be6 26.Rg1+ Kf8 27.Bxe6 Qc7 28.Qg7+ Ke8 29.Qg8+ Ke7 30.Qxf7+ Kd8 31.Rg8#

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