Originally posted by Exuma Sorry clandarkfire - I was following tomtoms advice and just replaced the pgn tags with fen tags - that was the fen diagram that appeared.
Wow, thats weird. You would think it would just be the usual "invalid fen".
Ah - so the Nc3 is not there to be taken by the rook in this variation. And its an easier mate in 8 to have a chance of spotting since most of the moves are forced checks by black to stop the mate in 1.
[FEN "3q1rk1/pp1bppbp/3p1np1/8/2rNP1P1/2N1BP2/PPPQ4/2KR3R w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"]
{-------------- . . . q . r k . p p . b p p b p . . . p . n p . . . . . . . . . . . r N P . P . . . N . B P . . P P P Q . . . . . . K R . . . R white to play --------------} 1. Bh6 Nxe4 2. Qe3 Rxc3 3. bxc3 Nf6 4. Bxg7 Kxg7 5. Qh6+ Kh8 6. Nf5 Rg8 7.Qxh7+ Nxh7 8. Rxh7+ Kxh7 9. Rh1
[fen]3q1r1k/pp1bpp1p/3p1npQ/8/3N2P1/2P2P2/P1P5/2KR3R w - - 0 6[/fen]
is discussed on page 65 of the Yugoslav Attack by Miles & Moscow.
They look at 21.g5 and 21.Rh2.
They don't look at the Nf5 idea promoting someone to write that perhaps
Miles saw it and was saving it ...[text shortened]... xc3 3. bxc3 Nf6 4. Bxg7 Kxg7 5. Qh6+ Kh8 6. Nf5 Rg8 7.Qxh7+ Nxh7 8. Rxh7+ Kxh7 9. Rh1[/pgn]
That is a pretty mate!
You said - (Black must play Bxf5 instead of Rg8)
Doesn't Bxf5 lead to g5 and mate anyway as in other lines, or am I missing the point and it was just the fantastic double sac you were pointing out.
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26 Feb '10 05:15
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