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Pete Tamburro on

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You may not get this whole attacking line, but after you look at the answer, run it through your head as you look at the diagram. Stop when you can see it all. Good brain exercise!


Solution:

In Mamedyarov-Adams, 2017 it went 1.Nxf7 Qxf7 2.Bg6 Bf5 3.Bxf5 Nxb4 4.Qe4 Nd5 5.Be6 Qf6 6.Rxb8+ Rxb8 7.Qh7 g5 8.Qg8+ and Black resigned as he saw he would be mated after: 8...Ke7 9.Bf5+ Be5 10.Rxe5+ Kd6 11.Qxb8+ Nc7 12.Qb4+ c5 13.Qxc5# An important aspect to remember about this is how White kept the Black king from escaping to g8.

 


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