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Assiac, in his book The Pleasures of Chess, put this not so pleasurable position in one chapter on bad luck and missed opportunities. White here played 1.Qf4 and eventually lost. How should he have continued his attack on the Black king?


- Solution: 1.Qxc7 Nxb3 [1...Qxc7 2.Rxe8+ Rxe8 3.Rxe8#; 1...Ne6 2.Rxe6 Rxe6 (2...fxe6 3.Qg7#) 3.Qxb8+ Qc8 4.Qxc8+ Bxc8 5.Bxe6 Bxe6 6.Rd1 with an easy win]2.Qxb7 Nd4 [2...Qxb7 3.Rxe8+]3.Qxc6 Rxe3 4.Qd6 Rxe1+ 5.Kf2 Re2+ 6.Kf1 Rbe8 7.Qxd4 f6 8.Qxf6 R2e7 9.Qxa6 and White easily triumphs. Between the passed a-pawn and the possible mate threats on g7, Black is in a really bad way.

 


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