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ArcaMax Editor's Note: Thank you to the readers who wrote in about missing images with puzzles. The problem should be fixed and puzzle images that were missing should be updated on the Web site.

We’ve been looking at miniatures of late. Today’s game started out: Cheah-Dada, Manila, 1992: 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7 4.e6 fxe6 5.d4 g6 6.h4 Nf6 7.h5 Nxh5 8.Rxh5 gxh5 9.Qxh5+ Kd7 10.Nf3 Qe8 11.Qe5 Rg8. How do you continue here as White?


Solution:

The knight sacrifice starts things off 12.Nxd5 Qd8 ( since 12…exd5 13.Qxd5 mate! Or 12…Nc6 13.Qxc7 mate.) 13.Nf4 Black Resigns since 13….Ke8 14.Qh5+ Kd7 15.Ne5+ Kd6 16.Nf7+ and the Black queen is lost.

 

Send questions and comments to PTamburro@aol.com.


 

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