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White to Play

Pete Tamburro on Dec 22, 2023

Holiday Chess School #15! This is another one of those “Look at the vectors” positions. What square is the initial target?

A game won by Botvinnik. 1.Nxg6 Kxg6 1...Nf6 2.Nxf8+ Bxf8 3.Nxf6+; 1...Rf5 2.Ra1 Qb4 3.Bd2 Qxd4 4.Bc3 Qd5 5.Ne7 Bxc3 6.Nxd5 cxd5 7.Nxc3 Kh8 8.Nb5 2.Bh5+ Kxh5 2...Kh7 3.Nf6+ Kh8 4.Qh7#; 2...Kf5 3.g4# 3.Ng3+ Kh4 4.Qe4+ Rf4 5.Qxf4#

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