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Pete Tamburro on

Published in Chess Puzzles

About 60 years ago, Bondarevsky took advantage of White not castling in time. How did he do it?


Every chess player has to watch out for back rank mating threats. 1...cxd4 2.Rxc8 2.Qxe7 Rxc1# or2.Nb3 Qxa3 3.bxa3 Rxc1+ 4.Nxc1 Rc8 5.Nb3 d3 6.exd3 Rc2 7.0–0 Rxa2 8.Ra1 Rxa1+ 9.Nxa1 Bxd3 2...Rxc8 3.b4 Qxb4 and White Resigned because of 4.Qb3 Rc1+ 5.Qd1 Rxd1+

 


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