This position has a twist on the Bxh7+ theme in that Ng5 doesn’t happen on the next move, but when does it happen??

From Barcza-Golombek, Stockholm, 1952: 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 A long-winded result comes from 1...Kf8 2.Nh4 Rxd5 3.Qc4 Bc5 4.Re1 Qd6 5.Ng6+ Kf7 6.a3 Nc6 7.Qh4 Ne5 8.Qh5 Ke6 9.Bg8+ Kd7 10.Bxd5 Bxd5 11.Rd1 Nd3 12.Qh3+ and wins another piece. The point is that the black king has been flushed out of its castled position and, as usual, is fatally vulnerable.2.Qe4+ Kg8 3.Qxe7 Nxd5 Black was threatened by the white queen.4.Qe6+ Kh8 5.Qh3+ Kg8 6.Ng5 Five moves after Bxh7+, but still very effective!6...fxg5 7.Qe6+ Kf8 7...Kh8 8.Qh6+ Kg8 9.Qxg7#; 7...Kh7 8.Qf7 Rg8 9.Qh5# 8.Ba3+ Rd6 9.Bxd6+ Ne7 10.Bxe7+ Ke8 11.Ba3+ Kd8 12.Qe7# Again, ideas in attacking don’t always come in a neat order, but once you get that king out of its comfortable castle, anything can happen!

Send questions and comments to PTamburro@aol.com.