LEONARD BARDEN
An unusual move
Alisa Maric v Sopio Keshelashvili, women’s world championship, Delhi 2001. Typical bread and butter attack, the type which masters win while brushing a speck of dust off their kings. Material is level, but white’s queen, rook and bishops are zoned at the black king . You do need a precise third move to ensure Black’s speedy resignation. What happened?
Solution
Solution: 1 Bxg6! hxg6 2 Qxg6+ Kh8 3 Qh5+! (stops the BK’s escape via f7) Kg7 4 Rf3 Resigns. Rg3+ soon leads to mate.