Sally Simpson: Hello,
Came here following a link from:
Game Collection: Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player Famous game this one. Here, Black has just played 12...fxe6.  click for larger viewThe Allies were in another room consulting, Tarrasch said to the spectators if White plays 13.f4 here they will get mated on g2. White did and 49 moves later there were indeed mated on g2. The link from whence I came is from 'Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player' by Lev Alburt, Sam Palatnik. They make a mistake in their notes here after Tarrasch's Exchange Sacrifice.  click for larger viewHere they suggest the move 26.g3 is an error due to 26...Qh5 followed by 27...Qd5. This is wrong, as spotted by Fred Reinfeld 40+years earlier. Fred gave 26...Qh5 a ? because of the reply. 27.Qe2  click for larger view27...Qd5 or 27...Qh3 meets 25.Qxe6+ and Queens off.
The correct move, again given by Fred (That is 'Fred the Unread' as far as Alburt and Palatnik are concerned.) is 26...Bb7!  click for larger viewAnd the Queen lands on c6 hitting g2 and h1. Now Qe2 and Qxe6+ is just a check. Instructive note that one. The backward attacking move. |