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We have a whole game today. It is one of the best examples of what happens when you don’t develop your pieces. In this case, Black only moved his king! What should you do as White to punish Black, and can you see it all the way through to the end?


Krogius-Ojanen, Helsinki, 1944: 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 e5 4. c3 dxc3 (Although White would be a bit better still, Black should have chosen development: 4... Nc6 5. cxd4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bc4) 5. Nxc3 d6 6. Bc4 h6 (Another wretched non-developing move.} SEE DIAGRAM 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Nxe5+ Ke7 (8... dxe5 9. Qxd8) 9. Nd5+ Ke6 10. Qg4+ Kxe5 11. Bf4+ Kd4 12. Be3+ Ke5 13. Qf4+ Ke6 14. Qf5 mate.

 


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