White to Play
Published in Chess Puzzles
Solution:
This game was actually played between two grandmasters, Reti as White and Tartakower as Black. Here’s how it went: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Qd3 e5 [better was 5...Na6 6.Bd2 g6 7.Nxf6+ exf6 8.Qe3+ Qe7 9.Bxa6 Qxe3+ 10.fxe3 bxa6 11.e4, but White has a slight edge due to Black’s damaged pawn structure] 6.dxe5 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qxe5 8.0–0–0 Nxe4 [again, a better chance was 8...Be7 9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.Nf3 0–0 11.Bg5 Qe6 12.Kb1 Bxg5 13.Nxg5 Qf5 14.Qe3 h6 15.Ne4 Be6 16.Nd6, and White is better because of his nicely posted pieces.] 9.Qd8+ Kxd8 10.Bg5+ Kc7 [Mate also comes after 10...Ke8 11.Rd8#] 11.Bd8# It’s good to play over whole games with beginners, so they see how a game develops.
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