Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Narrow Road

In the given position, the idea of black’s bishop penetrating the narrow road via Bg5-h4 makes this game wonderful. Yudovich-Katalimov (USSR, 1968)
Black to play and win. Solution: 1. Bg5! (Threatening h4+, Qh1+ mate) 2.h4 Bxh4+ 3.KxB Qh1+ 4.Kg3 h4+ mate. Fantastic!.
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