White to play and deliver mate

White wins with the forcing sequence

  1. Rh8+  Bxh8 ( If Kg7  2. Qh7 is mate )
  2. Qh7  and mate is unaviodable on either g8 or f7

Following on from our exciting game of the week, here is a link to the same game, this time analysed by one of the protagonists.

George Hollands (aka Journey2FM) has started a very interesting blog, describing his efforts to reach the FM title. Having known George for many years I have no doubt that he has both the talent, and, more importantly the work ethic to achieve his goal.

It has often been said that the most insightful games annotations come from the players themselves, as they can let the reader know what they were thinking during the game, rather than just a clinical assessment made ‘post mortem’

Please enjoy George’s analysis and please let me know if anyone else has games to be shared

https://journeytofm.com/

The Thanet League started a new event this week. The Early Summer Swiss

Our Game of the Week was played in that competition yesterday, and is a fascinating King’s Indian. To see what happened, and how wild a game can get, please look below

Here is the game, with a few notes:

 White:  Journey2FM       Black:  pm5

Thanet Early Summer Swiss

 

White to Move

The winning move is

Rxf7+, if Kh8 then Rxh7 is mate so

  1. Rxf7+   Rxf7  2. Nh5+ Kf8  3. Qd8 mate ( All other King moves after Nh5+ result in mate after Qd8