Polgar, Susan – Hort, Vlastimil (Monaco, 1994)
White to move. How should White proceed?
3B4/2N1bk2/P1b2p2/3p1B2/1p1Pp2p/1Pn1P2P/3K4/8 w – – 0 51
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1. Bg6+ Kxg6 (… Kf8 2. Ne6+) 2. Bxe7 Nb5 3. Nxb5 Bxb5 4. a7 Bc6 5. Bxb4
White threatens to march the b pawn up supported by the King, and pick off the h pawn with the Bishop. Black needs his king to defend both threats, and cannot do both at the same time.
Another puzzle from that long ago year of 2008. And a Susan Polgar tactic!
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