Chess tactics 27 in Chess Tactics Chess Training on February 13, 2017 January 29, 2019 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Chess tactics 27 [White " TAL - RANTANEN, TALLINN, 1979 "] [Black "White to play and win"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "1rq1rb1k/5R1p/p2p1p2/2p1p3/2P1P1b1/1P2B1Q1/P5PP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1"] {In the position above, White has a winning attack, starting with:} 1 Qh4! Bg7 {The only sensible defence.} ( 1... h5 2 Qxf6+ { is easily won.}) 2 Bh6! 2... Bxd1 {Nothing else is better.} 3 Bxg7+ Kg8 {But now it seems that White has overstreched himself. He is material down and he should find something decisive. But what is the move? Utilizing both g7 and h7 simultaneously helps:} 4 Bh8!! {A key move of the whole problem. Mate on h7 is threatened. If Black takes the rook, than he gets mated on g7 instead.} 4... Kxf7 5 Qxf6+ Kg8 6 Qg7 mate your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts Chess tactics Previous Post← Best chess endgame books Best chess endgame books Next PostChess study 8 – Bukhuti Gurgenidze study → Chess study 8 - Bukhuti Gurgenidze study You May Also Like Chess Tactics Chess Training Chess tactics 62 View Post Chess Tactics Chess Training Chess tactics 67 View Post Chess Tactics Chess Training Chess tactics 22 View Post