This is a position supposedly reached by the great attacking player Adolf Anderssen against an equally formidable Johannes Zukertort at Breslau in 1862. “Allegedly” comes up because it isn’t in the database, although that doesn’t mean it wasn’t played. It may have been an offhand game. In any event Anderssen managed a draw from this position, but years later B.H. Wood found a win. See if you can find the win Anderssen did not.

Solution:

1.Bxg6 h6 [You also have to account for the captures: 1...Qxe5 2.Bxh7+ Kh8 3.Bxe5 Bc8 4.Be4+ Kg8 5.Bf4 Rfe8 6.Bh6 Rxe4 7.Nxe4 Kh7 8.g4 Kg6 9.Bg5 Rd5 10.Rh6#; 1...fxg6 2.f7+ Kxf7 3.Rxh7+ Kg8 4.Qg7#; 1...hxg6 2.Qg5 Qd2 3.Nf5 Rfe8 (3...Qxg5 4.Ne7#) 4.Ne7+ Rxe7 (4...Kf8 5.Rh8#) 5.fxe7 Qxg2+ (5...Qxg5 6.Rh8#) 6.Qxg2 Bxg2 7.Rh8#] 2.Qxd6 [2.Rxh6 Qxe5 3.Bh7+ Kh8 4.Bxe5 also works.] 2...Rxd6 3.Nf5 fxg6 4.Nxh6+ Kh7 5.Nf5+ Kg8 6.Nxd6 Rf7 7.Nxf7 Kxf7 8.Rh7+ Ke6 9.f7 Kd5 10.f8Q Nc6 11.Rd7+ Ke4 12.Qf3#

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