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Pete Tamburro on

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Black has just taken White’s knight on d4. What should White do about that? From a game Karf-Lugatsch, Berlin, 1937.


Solution:

You have to see the “airplane checkmate” in the variation: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4 cxd4 5. Nf3 f5 6. Qg3 Nc6 7. Be2 Bd7 8. Nxd4 Nxd4?? 9. Bh5+ and Black Resigned as after 9… 6 (9... Ke7 10. Qa3!#) 10. Qxg6+ hxg6 11. Bxg6+ Ke7 12. Bg5+ Nf6 13. Bxf6#

 


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