Monday, March 24, 2008

King Hunt II

We're returning to Nunn and Cozens' The King Hunt today and another example of a king chop from a player not using the opening that bears their name.

It's Matschego-Falkbeer, Vienna 1853. Same format as on Friday - try to work out the mate from the diagram. Scroll down for an easier version or if you just want to enjoy playing through the game.



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Easier



1 comment:

ejh said...

You often see these nineteenth-century games where somebody laucnhes themselves into some magnificent combination ending with the king halfway across the board in a mating net formed by the other side's last two or three pieces.

I find myself wondering how typical these were and how often the attacks proved to be entirely speculative, woefully unsound and ended with the resignation of the sacrificing party a few moves after the combination began...