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Pete Tamburro on

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This position came up in a 5-minute game I recently played. I had an obvious advantage here. Since the clock was ticking away, I didn’t have much time to think and played 1.Qe1 and went on to win. However, there was a longer line that won more quickly, but you have to take the time to see how it plays out. You have time here. See if you can figure it out to the end.


Missing a slightly more advanced version of an old theme. Best is 13.Bxh7+! Kxh7 14.Ng5+ Bxg5 15.Qxh5+ Bh6 16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Ne4 Nxc4 18.Rf6 Nxf6 19.Nxf6+ Kg7 20.Qg4+ Kh8 21.Qf4 Kg7 22.Qg3+ Kh8 23.Qd3 and it’s past time for Black to Resign.

 


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