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Welcome to Chess Summer School! We’re in the third week of king side castled position attacking possibilities. This week is about possibilities when there’s a pawn on h6. This particular position is interesting in that it’s an advanced form of the previous position. It’s more complex, so you have to figure out black’s options to white’s moves.


From Geller-Portisch, Moscow 1967: 1.Bg5 Qd7 [1...hxg5 2.Ng6 Nxb3 3.Qh8#; 1...Qxg5 2.Qxf7+ Kh7 3.Qg8#] 2.Rad1 Bd6 3.Bxh6 gxh6 [3...Nxb3 4.Bxg7 Kxg7 5.Nf5+ Kg8 6.Qg5+] 4.Qg6+ Kf8 5.Qf6 1–0

 


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