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White to Play

Pete Tamburro on Sep 20, 2009

Okay, we have another actual tournament position. This time it's Sveshnikov-Scherbakov, Moscow, 1991. All you know is that's it's your move. Will you chose the same series of moves that White did? Let's see...

Solution:

1.Qg7+ Kxg7 2.Nf5+ (Ah, the power of a double check!) Kg8 3.Nh6# [3.Ne7# works, too.]

Send questions and comments to PTamburro@aol.com.

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