We looked at one type of Bxh7+ sacrifice with a follow-up of Ng5+. Here’s another type of bishop sacrifice from the game Toth-Szigeti, Budapest, 1946. Can you see it all the way through to the mate or win of a lot of material?

Solution:

One of the advantages White had in this position is that he had performed a rook lift to d3. It’s nice to be able to slide a rook across the third rank to assist in the attack: 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh3+ Kg8 [Yes, Black could interpose and lose the queen with 2...Qh6 3.Rxh6+ gxh6, yet it still requires an coordinated attack on White’s part: 4.Qh5 f5 5.Nxf5 Rf6 6.Ne7 Kg7 7.dxe5 Rf7 8.Qg6+ Kf8 9.e6 Rxe7 10.Rd1 Ba8 11.Rd4 and another rook lift gets Black after all.] 3.Qh5 Qh6 4.Nf5 Qxh5 [Also mate after 4...Nf6 5.Nxh6+ Kh8 6.Qf5 Bc8 7.Ng4+ Kg8 8.Nxf6+ gxf6 9.Qh7#] 5.Ne7+ Kh8 6.Rxh5#

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