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By now, it is our hope that you are getting a feel for attacking play. Here, we are going to give you the first move of this brilliant attack by Miguel Najdorf vs. a team of consultants in Sao Paulo in 1947. See if you can visualize in your head all the subsequent checks that lead to mate! Remember: just checks! White's first move here is 20.Rxh7!! (the move number in the game). By the way, Najdorf was playing blindfolded for this game!


Solution:

20.Rxh7 Kxh7 21.Rh1+ Kg8 [21...Bh3 22.Rxh3+ Kg8 23.Rh8+ Kf7 24.Qf6+ Ke8 25.Rxf8+ Kd7 26.Qxd6#] 22.Rh8+ Kf7 23.Qf6+ Ke8 24.Rxf8+ [Najdorf, blindfolded, could be excused for "not seeing" 24.Qxf8+ Kd7 25.Qxd6#] 24...Kd7 25.Qg7+ Bf7 26.Qxf7#

 

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