White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
This game is a fine lesson in why players castle before they attack. Black thought he would cower White with his g5 pawn attack on the kingside. If you were White, how would you show Black why it wasn’t such a good idea. The game started 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Be2 Be7 6.0–0 h6 7.b3 c6 8.Bb2 Qc7 9.Qd2 g5 10.Rfd1 Nf8 11.dxe5 dxe5 SEE DIAGRAM
From Castaldi-Tartakower Stockholm 1937 12.Nxe5! Be6 12...Qxe5 13.Nd5 Qxb2 (13...Qb8 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bxf6) 14.Nc7# 13.Nb5 Qb8 14.Qa5 Bd8 15.Rxd8+ Qxd8 16.Nc7+ Ke7 17.Ba3+ and wins the queen.
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