Chess For Dummies by James Eade

Author:James Eade
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Published: 2011-08-29T21:00:00+00:00

Figure 11-19: Setting up Morphy’s mate.

From the starting position, white makes a surprising move to inevitably produce checkmate. By capturing the black bishop on f6 with the queen (1. Qxf6), as shown in Figure 11-20a, white forces the black pawn on g7 to capture the queen (1. ... gxf6); see Figure 11-20b. Otherwise, the white queen could take that pawn, which is protecting the black king, on the next move. (Note how the white bishop on b2 is providing support along that long diagonal.)

This move by black creates a line to the black king along the now open g-file. The white rook on a1 heads for g1 (2. Rg1+) to put the black king in check (see Figure 11-21a), forcing the black king into the corner (2. ... Kh8); see Figure 11-21b.

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