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Pete Tamburro on

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This is a good lesson for beginners on how to conduct a kingside attack. There are lots of little side variations that force beginners to think about what options their opponent has in meeting the attack.


Schlechter-Wolf, Vienna, 1894:1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.Nf3 An old attacking system. Another one back then was 6.e5 Be7 7.Qg4. 6...0–0 7.e5 Be7 8.Bd3 Bd7 French Defense players need to get this move in as soon as possible: 8...c5 9.h4 f6 10.Ng5 fxg5 Taking the bait. Much better was 10...h6 Now White finishes the game off with a forced mating attack: 11.Bxh7+ Kxh7 12.hxg5+ Kg8 12...Kg6 13.Qh5+ Kf5 14.Rh3 Bb4 15.Rf3# 13.Rh8+ Kf7 [13...Kxh8 14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.g6 Rf5 16.Qh7+ Kf8 17.Qh8#] 14.Qh5+ g6 15.Qh7+ Ke8 16.Qxg6#

 


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