Black to Play

Pete Tamburro on Apr 30, 2025

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Some of you more experience solvers will realize that the white queen has just taken a rook on h8 leaving a bishop that can’t move because of the loss of yet another rook; however, if you don’t know this theme, then you will learn an important to attacking concept.

From a Blackburne win from long ago 1...Ng4 2.h3 Bxf2+ 3.Kh1 Bf5 4.Qxa8 If 4.d3 Rxh8 with a decisive material advantage. 4...Qxh3+ 5.gxh3 Bxe4#

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