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Pete Tamburro on

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Hope you had a nice three day weekend. This is a position option taken from a game Euwe won in 1934.


Euwe - van dem Bosch, Game analysis, 1934

Needless to say, but we will, you should not have your two knights way over on the queenside when the other player is gathering his forces against your king on the other side of the board. 1..Bxh6 gxh6 1...f5 2.Nxg7 with an easy win 2.Nf6+ Kg7 3.Qh7+ Kxf6 4.Qxh6 mate

 


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