Discovered Attack - Learn Chess Tactics (John Nunn) - 2
As you may have previously read , I am currently working through "Learn Chess Tactics" by John Nunn . It's a beautiful book and you should get it. There is one game listed in the exercise section of the chapter on Discovered Attack, that I wanted to share for its sheer beauty. The position is from the game Anand - Lautier 1997 . Here is the position ( Lichess link ), with white to move. Remember the theme is discovered attack: In this position, I saw that the white and black queen were lined up and a check with the light squared bishop would win the queen. So I considered 1. Rxf7 as a possibility, because if 1... Kxf7 , then 2. Bg6+ wins the queen. However, Kxf7 isn't really forced, and black could instead just protect their queen. The solution, which Anand played in the game, was the incredible 1. Bg6!! . Black is unable to win white's queen, because if 1... Qxd1 2. Rxe6+ (f pawn is pinned) , Kf8 3. Bxh6+, Kg8 4. Bxf7# In the actual game, the continuation ...