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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
The King Hunt (from recent top GM games)
Three positions where White managed to scalp the opponent's king.
1)White to play Aronian-Volokitin 2008
2)White to play Caruana-Berg 2008
3)White to play Adams-Topalov 2006
2 comments:
Anonymous
said...
position 1: 1. Rh5! (threatening 2..Rxg5*) Nxh5 2. Re5+ Kg4 3. Qxg5+ Kf3 4. Qxh5+ and black has to resign
2 comments:
position 1:
1. Rh5! (threatening 2..Rxg5*) Nxh5
2. Re5+ Kg4
3. Qxg5+ Kf3
4. Qxh5+ and black has to resign
Terrific ! That was not easy to find.
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