Chess study 7 – Mihail Kroitor study in Chess Studies Chess Training on February 5, 2017 January 29, 2019 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email CHESS STUDY 7 MIHAIL KROITOR STUDY In front of you is an endgame composition by Mihail Kroitor, from the year 2007: [White "Mikhail Kroitor Study"] [Black "White to play and win"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "5k2/8/3p2K1/P2R1Np1/8/6p1/4p3/8 w - - 0 1"] {The main motive behind this study is the epaulette mate. First moves are kinda obvious:} 1 Rb5 e1Q 2 Rb8+ Qe8+ 3 Rxe8+ Kxe8 {Still, it is not clear how White should win. But there is a very nice tactical way.} 4 a6!! {Going for the queen and letting the g-pawn queen.} 4... g2 5 a7 g1Q 6 a8Q+ Kd7 7 Qb7+ Ke6 {And now comes the whole point of the study.} 8 Nd4+!!! {An amazing solution. Black has only two possible moves:} 8... Qxd4 (8... Ke5 9 Nf3+ {wins the queen}) 9 Qf7+ Ke5 10 Qf5 { and we have arrived to the afore-mentioned epaulette mate. Very nice.} 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 studies Previous Post← Chess tactics 25 Chess tactics 25 Next PostChess tactics 26 → Chess tactics 26 You May Also Like Chess Studies Chess Training Chess study 39 View Post Chess Studies Chess Training Chess study 37 View Post Chess Studies Chess Training Chess study 17 – Vasily Platov study View Post