White is truly loaded for bear here. All his pieces are ready to participate in the action. Black, however, has a good many men in the neighborhood ready to defend, so it will take drastic measures to break through the castled position. Have fun planning this attack! In fact, as a training exercise, get a piece of paper out and write down all the different variations you see and compare them with the main ones in the solution.

Solution:

Whenever you storm a position, you have to pretty much take it for granted that you will have to sacrifice material. This attack is a great lesson from which to learn. There are so many different mating lines here, it would be cumbersome to give them all, but do play through all the variations with the pins, rook sacs and discovered checks. It’s very informative! 1.Rxh7 Kxh7 [1...Bxd4 2.Qxg6+ Rg7 3.Qe6+ Kf8 4.Rh8+ Rg8 5.Rxg8#; 1...Nf6 2.Bxf6 Rxf6 3.Rdh1 e6 4.Bxg6 e5 5.Bf7+ Kf8 (5...Qxf7 6.Rh8#) 6.Qxg7+ Ke7 7.Bh5+ Kd8 8.Rh8+ Rf8 9.Rxf8#; 1...e5 2.dxe6 Rf6 3.Rdh1 Rxe6 4.Qd5 Qd7 (4...Qf7 5.Rh8+ Bxh8 6.Rxh8#) 5.Bxg6 Rc7 6.Rh8+ Bxh8 7.Rxh8#] 2.Qxg6+ Kg8 3.Rh1 Nf6 4.Bxf6 Rxf6 5.Rh8+ Kxh8 6.Qh7#

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