BRUCE PANDOLFINI WINNING WAYALSO iy Bib PAP Orb The ABCs of Chess Keponninig Chess Bobby Fischer's Outrapeons Chess Moves The Chess Dov tor aps ane Zaps Chess Openings: Chess Target Practice Chess Thinking Kasparov and Deep Blue More Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps 2 More Chessercizes: Checkmate! Pandolfini’s Chess Complete Pandolfini’s Endgame Course Power Mates Square One Weapons of Chess The WINNING THE HOW, WHAT, AND WHY OF OPENING STRATAGEMS se Bruce Pandolfini A FIRESIDE BOOK Published by Simon & SchusterCONTENTS HR INTRODUCTION LL How To Reap CHEss MovEs IN ALGEBRAIC NOTATION 15 / Bevor You Starr 19 1, Qh3/Qh4 a1 2: QadQas 40 3: Qd5/Qd4 56 4: Qb3/Qb6 65 5: QR/OF6 79 6: Queen Gallimaufry 88 7: Bxf7/Bxf2 and NxeS/Nxe4 10L 8: Knight Discoveries and Exploiting the e-file 125 9: Smothering Knights and Cross-Firing Bishops 143 10: Pieces and Pawns 163 AprenDix I: Orenincs InpEx 181 Aprenbix IL Tactics Inpex 185 APPENDIX HL INDEX oF LINES OF ATTACK 187INTRODUCTION BR The Winning Way is about winning chess games—quickly, in the first ten or twelve moves. In this sense it’s an opening book, presenting variations by standard beginning moves. To win quickly, you need to rely on tactical maneuvers—sudden attacks and threats such as forks, pins, and skewers The Winning War is also about tactics. I trust you will find it handy to have both an opening book and a tactical book in this compact vol- ume, There are other books of short games that sort material according to opening, class of tactic, or both. What distinguishes The Winning Way from these is its chief method of classification, which is te emphasize the actnal winning move rather than the category of that move. This bock does refer to standard categories, such as the names of openings. But since opening lines can diverge enor mously within the first few moves, the sarne names can indicate totally unrelated variations. These terms (Queen’s Gambit, En- glish Opening, etc.) therefore reduce to mere words, providing no special aid te students who are trying to assimilate winning techniques into their own play. For this reason, because they lack specificity, the names of openings have not been made integral to The Winning Way's organization. Nor does this book place great emphasis on the class of tactic used, such as forks or pins. Just as the names of openings have dubious educational value, it's questionable how truly help- ful it is to clump stratagems into tactical groups. There are many different types of forks, and their relation may be tangential at best. No, for students who really wish to put into practice what MWread-—imiost of us only have so much time—it makes e to pore over amorphous, shapeshifting generalities that can’t be applied in practice. (Try it. See how far you get.) » This is where The Winning Way comes in. Rather than underscoring unrelated moves whose only connection is that they fall into the same overall class, it groups tactical ideas by the same specific winning move. Thus, by learning a particular move, the reader also develops familiarity with all the connective routes and target squares, all the ploys and ruses, that lead up to it. Most chess instructors know that concrete moves, shown over and over, can be memorized for actual use, whereas generalities and platitudes don’t make the same impression. General ideas can be remembered, but they don’t usually help when you're trying to find your next move. : To this end, The Winning Way delivers about twenty of these strong, particular moves. They form the bedrock of the book, and the book’s message is clear: Learn these moves and you will be armed to the teeth in your own personal battles for chess supremacy. - These winning moves are listed in ten chapters. Some chap- ters focus on a single move, others on several, and each chapter contains eight or more examples. There are 150 examples in all. presented one per page, with each introduced by a descriptive phrase that encapsulates the winning method. . These descriptive phrases are cardinal to the instruction, In uncomplicated, sormetimes colorful, language, they emphasize Just the necessaxy information in a manner that’s easy to recall. In fact, as a handy review, I recommend turning from caption to caption, trying to quickly remember what each phrase signifies. By repeated study, these captions can become convenient re- minders, alerting students to winning moves and methods in their own games. For instance, consider example number two. whose phrase is “Qh5+ forces the king to move,” This sug. gests that if you want to force the enemy king to move in your own games, so that your opponent thereby loses the right to eastle, you should be on the lookout for opportunities to give a 12 Introduction queen check on h5 (or h4 for Black), when the queen is safe and the check can’t be blocked. Just below the caption, on the left, comes the name of the opening (see, you get this anyway). To the right of the opening name is a set of moves in, algebraic notation to introduce the opening variation. Play these moves out and you will arrive at the position in the diagram that appears underneath the opening moves, The diagram illustrates a situation just prior to a strong move. You should try to visualize this move being played on the hoard, then turn to the next section down the page, titled “Win- ning way.” Herein lies the answer to the problem, including the key move and a light analysis. In most instances the move to be used is implied by the caption at the top, as well as by the chapter itself. For example, the second chapter revolves around the move Oad (Qa5 for Black), so there’s a good chance that this move is paramount to the diagram. (One proviso: Some chapters offer several related moves, so the answer is not always auto- matic.) Finally, the last section on the page, “How, what, and why,” explains what happened and what to loo for in your own play. In addition to the ten chapters of related winning moves, you will find several appendices at the back of the book that classify the material by openings and general tacties. These will be helpful if you also want to follow a more traditional approach to your studies. ‘And don’t overlook the final appendix, covering fines of attack, It offers a means to study stratagems that capital- ize on the same key ranks, files, and diagonals-—to my know!l- edge, a methodology of classification tendered in no other chess book. "That's it-—not hard to understand, and really easy to exploit for your own use. How should you proceed? Just get to it. Start with section one, example one, and begin working your way through. And when you get back to your own play, see if at least some of these winning moves don’t pop up. There's nothing like taking new ideas and making something of them, especially those that help you win real chess games. Introduction BBHOW TO READ CHESS MOVES IN ALGEBRAIC NOTATION ] To understand algebraic notation you must view the chessboard as an eight-by-eight grid. Every square on the grid has its owa name, based on the intersecting file and rank. Files, the rows of squares going up and down, are lettered a through h. Ranks, the rows of squares going across, are num- bered 1 through 8. THE STARTING POSITION Squares are designated by combining those letters and numbers. For each name, the letter is lowercase and appears first, before the number. Thus, in the diagram of the starting position, White’s queen occupies d1 and Black's d8. ‘There is only one perspective in the algebraic system: White’. 5All squares are named from White's side of the board. For example, the a-file is always on White’s left and Black’s right. The first rank is always the one closest to White and farthest from Black. The algebraic grid below gives the names and positions of all the squares. You might find it helpful to photocopy it and use it as a bookmark so it’s always there as a reminder. THE ALGEBRAIC GRID. EVERY SQUARE HAS A UNIQUE NAME. Other Symbols You should also familiarize yourself with the following symbols: SYMBOL MEANING =S Am wo A king queen rook bishop knight pawn (not used in algebraic notation) moves to 16 How to Read Chess Moves in Algebraic Notation SYMBOL x + # PP 1? P ep. i O-L MEANING captures cheek checkmate castles kingside castles qneenside good move bad move brilliant move bhinder probably a good move probably a bad move en passant White wins Black wins Note that though P stands for pawn, it is not used in alge- braic notation (though it is used in descriptive notation, which is not nes ssary for this hook). If no indication of the moving unit is given in algebraic notation, the move is a pawn move. How to Read Chess Moves in Algebraic Notation izBEFORE YOU START a Bear in mind that, under comparable conditions, what succeeds for White also works for Black, Thus if a tactic hinges on White playing the queen to d4, a similar tactic for Black would require playing the queen to d5, (Just remember that in algebraic nota- tion Black’s pieces start on the higher numbers. White’s begin on the Ist and Qnd ranks, Black’s on the 7th and 8th.) While we have provided a fair number of stratagems for White and Black, each example actually applies to both colors. So if a winning shot is given from the Black perspective, remember that in your own games you may find the opportumity to play an analogous tactic for White. 419CHAPTER ONE w@ Qh5/0h4 Our first section contains cighteen examples based on winning by moving the queen to king-rook-five. In algebraic notation, that’s Qh5 (queen to h5) for White and Qh4 (queen to h4) for Black. From this square (h’ for White, h4 for Black) the queen is in line to diagonally attack (along the e8-h5 diagonal for White or the el-h4 diagonal for Black) the uncastled enemy king on its original square. If the opponent has castled kingside, the queen can fuel a deadly kingside attack. So positioned, the queen also assails points across the fifth rank (the fourth for Black) and along the conjoining h-file. Most of the situations lead to check- mate or the issuing of a winning double attack by hitting the king and other opposing units along the connective routes.1 Qh5 steals the pawn on eS BISHOP'S OPENING 1. e4 5 2. Be4 Be? WHITE TO MOVE Winning way: The queen sortie 3. Qh5! gives a double attack, to #7 and e5. Black will have to stop the mate, say by moving the pawn to g6, and White then takes the e-pawn for free, How, what, and why: Black's second move is a mistake. In playing the bishop to ¢7, the defenders thinking too defensively. Such passive play is uncalled for, and by blocking e7, Black is unable to move his queen to that square in order to guard {7. The backbreaker is White’s aggressive bishop at c4, poised to com- bine with the queen to usurp £7. 22 Bruck PANpOLFINi 2 Qh6+ forces the king to move Center Game lied 05 2. d4 6 3. dxeS fied f WHITE TO MOVE Winning way: White scores with 4. Qh3+. Black must move the king to e7, for blocking with the g-pawn loses the rook at h8 to White's follow-up queen check at 65. So White gains the king- pawn with check, and Black is in big trouble. How, what, and why: Black neglects development, opting to defend the menaced ¢-pawn the worst way, with the f-pawn. This exposes the e8-h5 diagonal. But White needs a second target (the other is the king), so he exchanges in the center to fix the weakness at e3. This is essential, for if the e-pawn is not captur- able for free, White's queen check at h5 is nota true fork and fails to win anything. [n fact, it would only waste time, for Black could block the check with g7-g6, forcing the queen to withdraw without any gain. Thus, if White checks at h3 on the second niove instead of the third, he winds up throwing away the initia- tive. The Winning Way 233 Qh4; wins the cornered rock at hi KING’s GamBir DECLINED 1. ef e3 2 fA Bod 3, fxe5?? BLACK TO MOVE Winning way: The finishing move is 3... - Qh4+. If White moves the king to e2, the queen takes on e4 and it’s mate. So, in ordex to avert mate, White must make a huge concession and play 4. g3. This loses the rook at hl by 4.... Que¢+. How, what, and why: Black declines the gambit, introducing the king-bishop to c5, so that if cuts across the center, deep into the heart of White's camp. The best third move for White is to develop the king-knight to {3, where it guards the sensitive square h4 and gets off the bishop’s line of attack, But taking the king-pawn, 3. fxe5P?, loses immediately. It doeswt protect against the queen check at h4 and actually opens up the fourth rank, giving Black’s queen a red carpet to the unprotected e4- pawn. 24 BRUcE PANDOLEINI 4 Qh5-- forces g6, which can be taken Owen’s Devense 1. e4 b6 2. dd Bb? 3. Bd3 4. oxi Byy2 5. QhS+ g6 6. fy NIG WHITE TO MOVE Winning way: The terminator is 7. gxh7+1, Black’s knight must take White's queen, and a version of the Fool’s Mate (an unblock- able check on the e8-h5 diagonal) ensues with the bishop’s entry to g6. How, what, and why: Eyeing White’s rook at hi, Black riskily moves the fpawn, trying to lure the e4-pawn off the b7-g2 diagonal, This exposes Black's king to a queen check at h5, and though the check can be blocked, White's Fpawn is able to capture the g-pawn. At this point, White threatens discovered mate by any movement of the g-pawn. Black attempts to shoo away White’s queen, forgetting that once the h-pawn is taken, White doesn’t need the queen to mate, for the bishop can fulfill the same function by occupying the wide-open e$-h5 diagonal at 26. The Winning Way 25 Qh5+ forces g6 with BxgG-- to follow CanO-KANN DEFENSE 1 e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3, Bd3 NG 4,05 Nid? 5. c6 feb WIUTE TO MOVE Winning way: ‘There’s an end in sight via 6. QhS-+. After the requisite block on 26, White mates in two moves by taking on g6 with either the bishop or queen and then retaking with the remaining piece. How, what, and why: Black misses an opportunity on the third move. Instead of developing mechanically, he should exchange pawns. After White takes back with the bishop, Black could then develop the king-knight with a gain of time. Invigorated by Black’ oversight, White uses the still extant e-pawn to advance on the knight, turning the attack back on the opponent. Black retreats the knight to a stuffy position at 47, leaving the Black king gasping for air, The final failure is taking the e-pawn onee it moves to e6, This punctures the e8-bh5 diagonal, and White's queen grabs the chance, checking at h5 and hooking up with the bishop at the g6 crossroads. 26 BRUCE PANDOLFINE 6 Oh4.- forces g3, and the knight on e4 can take Dory DEFENSE 1. d4 NfG 2. c4 06 3. N&R Ned 4. NEI2 Bb4 5. a3 O% 6 8 Oha+ 7. 8 BLACK TO MOVE Winning way: White loses alter 7.... Nxg3!. The intrusive knight menaces the rook at hl, which is lost anyhow, for the h-pawn is pinned by the queen. But to take the knight is suicide, for Black’s queen takes back with a Fool's Mate. How, what, and why: White's wit! ndrawing knight move to d2 is designed to get rid of Black’s knight. He should follow with 5. Qc2, but instead pushes the a-pawn, weakening his position and wasting time. White then tries to defend F2 by scaring off the e4- knight with the fpawn, which bares the el-h4 diagonal. A queen check follows at hd, White blocks at g3, and Black's knight busts through, taking the g-pawn, and accosting the rook, Instead of trying to clear some room for the king, however, White takes the knight and is mated at g3. Note that if the White knight stays at 13, the Black queen moves to £6 and h4 would both flop. The E-file would remain blocked, and h4 would still be guarded. The Wirming Way 27nner 7 Qh5.. and NxgG is repulsed by Qxe4+ DAMIANO’S DEFENSE Led eS 2.NG £6 _ 8. Nxcd Qe7 4. Qhd+ gh 5. Nxgé BLACK TO MOVE ath a fork sheck Winning way: Black counters with a forking queen check, Bea. Orett No matter how White gets out of check, Black adds the g6-knight to his trophy case. How, what, and why: White naturally is encouraged to be aggressive after Black's weak f-pawn move. But the queen check at b5 fails in this case. It looks strong because of the pin on the h-pawn, but White overlooks the ideal defensive position of B queen, which can stop the action by capturing on ed with ‘The froe move that Black gets forcing White to move out of check, and the forking centralization, turn the once peerless g6-knight into a sitting duck. 28 Bauck PANDOLFINE 8 QhS. and Ng6.- wins the exchange ALAPIN’S OPENING 1, e4 €35 2. Ne2 {6 3. £4 exf4 4, Nxf4 Bd6 5. Qh5+ KB WHITE TO MOVE Winning way: White garners the exchange (a rook for a minor piece) by 6. Ng6+. This move forks the king and the confined h&-rook. Black's best response is to chomp the knight, and White's queen takes the rook, a gain of approximately two points. How, what, and why: Once again, the weakening f-pawn move proves costly. Here it appears that Black can get out of check by moving his king, Otherwise he'd have to block with the g-pawn, which could then be captured by the f4-knight with impunity because of the queen’s pin. But even with nothing on g6, White's knight goes there with advantage, for the pin on the h-pawn exisis nonetheless, Note that the same knight check succeeds whether Black’s king is on e7 or £8. ‘The Winning Way 209 Qh3+- wins on cS Ruy Lopez 1. e4 &5 2 NS Ne6 3. Bb5 a6 4, Bsc6 dac6 5, 0-0 6 6. d4 exdd 7. Nxd4 Bed WHITE TO MOVE Winning way: Black seems to gain time for evelopment by attacking White’s d4-knight, but its White who gains time and more, expropriating the c5-bishop with the fork 8. Qh5+. Re- gardless of how Black deals with the check, White eats the bishop without any indigestion. How, what, and why: This is a normal line in the Exchange Variation (4. Bxc6) of the Ruy Lopez. Black's f-pawn advance does not lose here, Rather, it’s the flub on the seventh move that fails. As a rule, when the fifth rank is clear, be careful about placing the king-bishop on ¢5 ifthe f.pawn has moved, especially to f6. A queen check could cost you. 30 BRUCE PANDOLFINI 10) Qh5+ and Qxc5 are set up by taking on 04 Ruy Lorez Led e5 2, Nf Ne6 3, BbS Nf 40-0 Nxed 5. d4 exdd 6 Rel & 7. Nxd4 Bed WHITE ‘TO MOVE Winning way: White breaks through with 8 Rxe4+. After Black takes back with the f-pawn, cleaning out the fifth rank, White's queen checks at h5 and picks up the bishop on o3 nest move. Thus, White barters a rook for two minor pieces, How, what, and why: To guard the knight on e4, Black ad- vances the f pawn two squares. This blocks up the fifth rank, so that a queen check at h5 does not attack 5 directly. In some similar cases, the defender can cope with Qh5+ merely hy blocking with the g-pawn. So White sacrifices the exchange, realizing that when Black recaptures on e4, he exposes the c5- bishop along the horizontal row. A queen check at h5 is then a fork, and the bishop dies in ignominy, ‘The Winning Way 3one 1s QhS + wins on cB after exchange on 06 Led eS 2.NOS Neb 8. Bet BS 4. d4 exd4 5,00 NOB 6. 05 d5 7. oxf6 dyed 8. Rel+ Be6 9. NgS Qxfé Max LANGE ATTACK Writ TO MOVE ‘Winning way: The blinds are opened by the blunt 10. Nxe6. If Black takes back, 10.... fxe6, which is the natural retort, at- tempting to maintain material balance, White checks on h5 with the queen, adding the ¢5-bishop to his cache a move later. How, what, and why: In this wild position, which is an old book trap, Black gets the pawns and White obtains clear lines for attack, most notably the open e-file and the queen's unblocked channel to h3. Stil, after the rock checks at el, the e-file is stopgapped by the bishop at 6. Moreover, _ the f-pawn remains on its original square, f7, keeping the 28-h5 diagonal tippered. ‘The knight's intrusion, to 5, and the follow-up capture on 6, change all that, and the ¢5-bishop winds up back in the box. 32 Bavce PanpoLvint 12 Qh4+ wins on d4 -e4 06 264 d& 3,05 oS 03 Ne6 5. £4 16 6. NB fed » fkeS exd4 8. add B44 | Bd2 Bad2+ 10. Nbxd2 Frency DEFENSE eat ke BLACK TO MOVE Winning way: The d-pawn is pilfered by 10... Nxd4. White can take the infiltrator with the f8-knight, but a Black queen check at h4 ensues. White ends the check and Black gets the d4- knight with his queen, Black has won a pawn, and the damage is not over. How, what, and why: The problems set in for White with the unnecessary and quite risky advance of the f-pawn. A wiser policy is the simple development of the king-knight to {8. This secures the center adequately without incurring the integral difficulties that stem from overextensive pawn moves, White's final error is taking back on d2 with the queen-knight instead of with the queen. This recapture looks as if it builds White’s game, but actually it obstructs the queen's defense of d4. A simple exchanging combination follows, and the d-pawn vanishes. The Winning Way a3eminem 13 Qh5 to bS wins on b7 Qumten’s Campit AccerreD 1. d4 db 2. 04 dxed 3. NES Bed 4. Ned Bo6 Bet (6 6. QhS+ 6 7. Nag BET WHITE TO MOVE Winning way: White's queen extricates itself from the pin by 8. Qb5+. if Black blocks the check with the e-pawn, the queen takes on b7. However Black responds, White is going to acquire at least the exchange (rook for minor piece) by capturing one of the rooks, How, what, and why: Whenever the c8-bishop moves early, the b7-pawn is unprotected and therefore vulnerable. A typical way to shoot at it with the Black king still on its original square is to shift the White queen from hd to b5 with check (the queen also tends to came from e2). Here, this transfer is particularly pro- pitious because it enables the queen to escape the pin with a gain of time, se that Blackis unable to take the g6-knight without first replying to the check. In the end, White wins by delivering and maintaining double threats. 34 BRUCE PANDOLFINI 14 Qh5- supports attack at ad CARO-KANN DEFENSE 1, ef c6 2. d4 5 3. Nc3 dxed 4, Nued Nd? 5. Ng5 hé6 6. Ne6 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Ob6 8. Bad feb WHITE TO MOVE Winning way: White wins big with 9, Qh5+. If Black blocks the check with the g-pawn, White’s bishop takes and renews the threat, forcing the king to d8. The king could also move to d8 directly, without first blocking. In either case, White pins and wins the Black queen, placing the dark-square bishop on the protected square a5, guarded by the queen on h5, How, what, and why: The impetus for White's onslaught is Black’s pawn move to h6. This advance attacks the lmight, though itweakens g6. White tries to blow away the rest of the e8- bb diagonal’s shelter by a diverting knight sacrifice on e6. Black gains salvaging time by checking on a5 and repositioning the queen to swipe at b2. But Black winds up accepting the prof- fered e6-knight. and White wins the queen by checking on hi in order to support a pinning lance on a5. ‘The Winning Way 3515 QS forks g5 and {7 HUNGARIAN DEFENSE 1. e¢ ¢3 2. NIB Neb 3. Bod Be7 4. d4 exd4 5.3 NIG 6. e3 Ned 7 Bdd Ngo WHITE TO MOVE Winning way: White augments the score by 8. Nxg5. After Black takes back with the e7-bishop, White's queen invades on h5, threatening both the bishop at g5 and mate at f7, To thwart the mate threat, Black must forsake the dark-square bishop. How, what, and why: Black's quict third move is designed to control g, especially against the intrusion of a White knight. But in allowing his king-knight to be driven from £5, Black renders b5 quite inviting to the enemy queen. It appears at first that the queen's path to h5 is blocked by the {S-knight, but a simple exchange on g5 unblocks the line and leads to chessic disaster. 36 Bruce PANDOLEINE 16 = @h4+. guards against intrusion on h6 Krve’s INDIAN Derense L. dd N&B 2. cd 96 3. .Ne3 Bg7 4.64 d6 5. 0.0 6. Bed e5 7. dd NeS 8. Qd2 & 9. Bhé BLACK TO MOVE Winning way: Black seems to be on the defensive, but not in reality, for 9.... Qh4-+ tums the point of view. It’s a double attack, and after White gets out of check, Black can capture White’s bishop on hé for zilch. How, what, and why: Here we see typical strategies. White tries to trade off bishops to weaken Black’s kingside, and Black aims to attack at the base of White’s pawn chain (e4) by the thrust 47-45. But it's White’s king that’s exposed along the el-h4 diago- nal, and it's easy to overlook that a queen check at hd can defend along the h-file, going backward to safeguard h6. Black’s invasive queen is omnipresent. The Winning Way 3717 Qe5-- centralizes the attack Ruy Lorez 1, e4 e3 2. NfS Ne6 3, BbS Qf 4. Nc} Nd4 5. Nad4 ead 6, Nd5 Qd8 7. Qhd 06 WHITE TO MOVE Winning way: White's queen dominates from the central over- look with 8. Qe5+. Black’s best retort is to block with the bishop at e7. Even though White's bishop and knight are forked by the pawn on c6, he comes out ahead materially when his queen gobbles the g7-pawn, menacing the h8-rook. How, what, and why; Sometimes planting the queen on bs is not done for immediate tactics so much as to exert annoying pressure, including the option of shifting to the center for total dominance. Note that after White’s queen checks on e5 in the diagram, Black cannot block on e7 with the g8-knight, for White then checks on ¢7 with the d5-knight and Black must surrender his queen. Using h5 as a base to transfer to a domineering position is a typical winning motif. 38 Bruce PANDOLFINE 18 Qh5 combines with bishop and knight to win an [7 Gruoco Piano 1. e4 5 2. NOS NeG 3. Bed Bed 4, d3 Nge7 5. NgS 0-0 6. Qh5 h6 TNMT Qe8 WHITE TO MOVE Winning way: White mates with 8, Nxh6-++. This gives double check and forces Black to scurry with his king to the h-file. White's knight then jumps back to £7, uncovering check from the queen, The king retreats to g8 and White's queen, protected by the f7-knight, mates on h8, How, what, and why: Black’s troubles set in after the bleak developing move of the king-knight to 67. At e7, instead of the more natural perch, f6, the knight does not protect h7 and h5. This renders h5 accessible to White's queen, which can enter the scene with a double threat to f7 and h7 whenever there's a supporting knight on g5 and bishop on ¢4. As a rule, prefer placing the knight on {6 to putting it on e7. Its more aggressive and wards off these possibilities. The Winning Way 39ar CHAPTER TWO a Qa4/Qa5 In this second section, the key move also involves the queen, moving it to queen-rook-four, which is Qad (queen to a4} for White and Qa5 (queen to ad) for Black. On queen-rook-fout, the queen is placed to attack the uncastled enemy king on its original square along the a4-e8 diagonal (or the a5-el diagonal for Black), combining this assault with correlating aggression along the fourth tank for White (the filth rank for Black) and the a-file, Unlike the previous chapter, where many of the onslaughts lead directly to mate, here the chief way to win is through some form of double attack, For instance, 2 White queen may be able to move to a4, checking the Black king at ¢8 while also menacing a Black bishop stationed at b4. 40 1s Qa4+ wins the bishop on b4 QueEn’s Camair DECLINED 1. d4 d5 2 cf 06 3. Ne} NIB 4. Bg Bb4 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bxf6 Nxfé WHITE TO MOVE Winning way: The gain is immediate and decisive. White forks the opposing king and bishop by 7. Qa4+. No matter how Black replies, White’s queen plucks the hapless bishop. How, what, and why: Whenever the c-pawn moves early, the queen has access to the queenside along the a4-d diagonal (the a5-d8 diagonal for Black). The result is that the queen can often move to a4 with a forking check, swiping at additional points along the fourth rank and the a-file. The villain here is Black's sixth-move take-back on {6, which unnecessarily opens the a4-e8 diagonal. Black should recapture with the queen, not the lnight. He could also save the b4-bishop by taking the c3-knight with check before retaking on f6. Either of these work. The Winning Way Al—— 20 Qa4+ wins on b4 or c6 CATALAN OPENING E d4 dS 2. ct 06 3. 63° b6 4, exd5 exd§ 5. Ned Bhd WHIrk TO MOVE Winning way: White wins with 6. Qa4+, forking the king and b4-bishop. Black can save the bi shop by blocking on 6 with th he knight, but that merely substitutes the loss of one rainor piece for another, as White’s queen takes on 6 for free. How, what, and why: Sometimes the check on a4 can be dealt with by blocking on c6 with a knight, saving the b4-bishop. This counter seldom succeeds, however, if c6 is weakened by b-pawn, advance. Black’s first mistake is to enfeeble the queenside light squares by pushing b7 to b6, which makes the second error, developing the bishop to b4, a real lemon. 42 Bruce PANDOLFINI 21 = a4 forces Nc6, which can be taken Caratan Oreninc 1. dd d5 2. NR NIG 3. c4 Bgt 4, Ned BE 5. g3 h6 6. Bg 6 7. 0-0 Qc& 8. Ne Bb4 WHITE TO MOVE Winning way: Black's last move is punished by 9. Qa4+. If Black blocks with the knight on c6, White’s knight takes Black’s. And if Black then tries to salvage the hanging bishop by taking on 03, White retreats the o6-knight to e5, unveiling a check from the queen that insures material profit. How, what, and why: Developing the bishop to b4 is an out- right blunder, but Black was already going astray. While Black wastes time guarding b7, White uses the tempo to castle. If White remains uncastled, Black might be able to save the b4- bishop, inserting a capture on. ¢3 with check before recapturing onc6. But alas, White is safely castled when the hit occurs. The Winning Way22 Qa4-+ forces Ne6, which loses te d4-d5 PONZIANI OPENING J. e4 e3 2.03 Bed 3. NB dé 4.4 exd4 5, exd4 Bb4+ 6 Nc3 NfG 7. Qad+ Ne6 boc doe f£ g hb WHITE TO MOVE Winning way: White cashes in on the pin with 8. d5, Black can save the b4-bishop by taking on 3 with check, But after White takes back, Black cannot break the pin on the o6-knight in time to come to its rescue. The d5-pawn gets it. How, what, and why: Black is actually able to uphold the b4- bishop, but at a cost: He must submit to a pin on the c6-knight. While White cannot capture the knight at once, the pin along the ad-e8 diagonal incapacitates it. White’s d-pawn advances and reduces it to Silly Putty. What was Black’s losing bungle? Omit- ting to exchange bishop for knight on move six. 44 BRUCE PANDOLFINI 23 Qa5- wins on eS Siciuian DEFENSE J. e4 cS & d4 cadé 3. NB 65 4. Nxed BLACK TO MOVE Winning way: White's e5-lnight is fodder after the forking 4... Qa5+, White cannot both disentangle himself from the check and save the knight with the same move. How, what, and why: White blunders tactically by taking the pawn on 5, but it also doesn’t make sense to first offer a pawn and then switch gears to take one. In the Sicilian Defense, Black has indirect sway over the fifth rank becanse his queen can often shift to a5 with check. So here e5 doesn't need direct protection. Rather than taking on €5, a more intelligent approach for White is to play 4, ¢2-03, trying to open lines for attack. This tickling pawn push would soon prove the weakness of Black's two-square advance of the e-pawn. The Winning Way 4524 Qa5-+ is set up by c7-c& Ruy Lopez l.e4 eS 2. Nf3 NoG 3. BLS NG 4.d3 Ne7 5. Nxed 6 6. Bet BLACK TO MOVE Winning way: The winning move is 5... . c6. After the bishop retreats, Black has 6, .. . Qa5+ at his disposal. The fork to the enemy king and knight flypapers the knight on the next move. How, what, and why: This is a devilish old trap. It looks as if Black has hung the e-pawn, so White takes it with the {3-knight. ‘The satanio rejoinder is to move the c-pawn one square, jabbing at White’s bishop and clearing the a5-d8 diagonal for the queen. ‘The bishop naturally moves to safety, but this leaves the fifth rank vulnerable, and Black’s queen usurps it. After White gets out of check, the queen enthralls White’s arrant knave on 5. (On 6. Ned, threatening a smothered mate on d6, Black triumphs by moving the d-pawn to d5, leaving White with two attacked minor pieces.) 46 BRUCE PANDOLFINE 25 Qa4. is set up by d5 PONZIANI'S OPENING 1, e4 €5 2. NSB Ne6 3. 03 NIG 4,d4 d6 5. Bed Nxe4 WHITE TO MOVE Winning way: Material is plundered by 6. d5, stabbing the knight at c6. If it moves to safety, White checks on a4 with the queen and adds the knight on e4 to his coffers. How, what, and why: In the heart of the Amazon, on move five, it appears that Black’s knight can take White's undefended king- pawn without consequence. But this is a jungle, and the pawn is indirectly ensnared in protection. The key lines of conjoining attack, the fourth rank and the ad-e8 diagonal, can be cleared by the immediate thrust d4-d5. After this, Black must lose one of his knights. In this game you must stay alert, fora sudden movement can render the terrain treacherous, ‘The Winning Way atTI 26 Qa5= wins on gS Stav DEFENSE 1, d4 d5 2, ct c6 3. No Nf 4, BgS Ned 5. Nxed dxed 6. 63 BLACK TO MOVE Winning way: [vs all over for the bishop after 1.... Qai-+r. White can reply to the check in several ways, but none of thers rescue the piece on g5. low, what, and why: The Slav Defense (2... . 6) opens the seat diagonal to Black’ queen, and the fifth rank also unblocks after the recapture on e4, Nonetheless, a Black queen check On. a5 doesn’t gather in the g5-bishop ifthe cl-h6 diagonal remains 9 freeway, for the bishop can then be saved by blocking on d2 with either queen or bishop. The criminal is White's sixth move, ¢2- 3. This impedes the bishop's retreat and the White queen's possible defense. 48 Bruce PANDOLFINI 27° «= Qa5 leads to a winning discovery to g5 Quwen’s Gamprr DecuineD 1, d4 dd 2, c4 6 3. Ne3 NfG 4. BgS Nix? B.NB 06 6 63 Qad Ned 8. Bd3 BLACK TO MOVE Winning way: Black harvests a minor piece with 8... . Nxg5. If White recaptures with the f3-knight, Black takes on o4 with the d5-pawn, and White must abandon cither tho bishop on d3 or the knight on g5. How, what, and why: This is a variation of the Cambridge Springs line, which draws its name from the Pennsylvania town, the site of a farnous 1904 tournament. With the Black queen on. a5, White is susceptible to a fifth-rank discovery to g5. On move seven, White could safely exchange bishop for {6-knight. An- other reprieve is offered by retreating the kingside knight to d2, breaking the pin on c3. But developing the bishop to d3 fails when Black swaps his way to a winning double attack. The Winning Way28 QaS+ wins on dS after preventing Nc3 Catalan Orentnc 1. d4 dS 2. ct 06 3. ond oxdd 4.93 BO 5. Bg? Nd7 6, Badd BLAck TO MOVE Winning way: First Black removes the queen-knight, 6.... BxbL. After White takes back, Black acquires the d5-bishop bya forking queen check at a5. White can get out of check, but can’t save the bishop. How, what, and why: Since Black’s fifth move, developing the knight to d7, obstructs the queen’s defense of the d-pawn, White thinks he can take on d5 for free. White sees the queen check at a5, but concludes that it can be handled by blocking on c3 with the knight, securing the d5-bishop at the same time. What he overlooks is that the intended c3-blocker—-and defender of d5-—can be destroyed by simple capture, an in-between move, BESxbl, before it ever gets to c3. White then loses a piece. Hither he doesn’t take back on bl, and Black's b1-bishop retreats to safety, or he does take back and the queen check at a5 gains the d5-bishop. 50 BRUCE PANDOLFINE 29 Qa4- wins on c4 Newzovicu DEFENSE I. cd Ne®B 2. d4 dé 3.05 Ned 4. 4 Nxct Winre To MovE Winning way: The Black knight is minced by 5. Qa4+. This forks the Black king and knight. Only the king can be saved, Long live the king. How, what, and why: Black gets greedy, and Black gets pun- ished. Whenever knights surrender the center to enemy pawns in the opening, it’s easy for the pawns to run roughshod. Here, White's pawns stampede Black’s queen-knight, and the defender fails to grasp that White’s c4-pawn doesn't need direct protection with White's queen armed for a forking check at a4. If you attack ; pawn, and your opponent seems to ignore it, maybe he really asn t. The Winning Way BL30 a4. wins on a6 after trading bishops FrencH DEFENSE 1. e4 e6 2.d4 db 3.5 b6 4.03 Ba6 WHITE TO MOVE Winning way: Start by trading bishops, 5. Bxa6. After Black takes back, White forks the king and a6-knight by checking on at with the queen. The knight falls on the next move. How, what, and why: In the French Detense, Blacks “problem child” is the queen-bishop, which is often choked by the e6- pawn. If given the opportunity, Black would love to trade his queen-bishop for White’s king-bishop. This explains Black's at- tempt to develop the bishop on the flank, to offer an exchange at a6. Note that to win on a6, White must first exchange and then check with the queen. If he checks with the queen first, before taking on a6, Black can save the day by blocking the check with his own queen. White must then respond to Black's threat to his queen, and lacks the time to capture the a6-bishop safely. 52 BRUCE PANDOLEINI 31 Qa4+- wins on a6 after sacrificing the exchange QurEn’s GaMBIT ACCEPTED 1. d4 d5 2. 04 dxed - 4 BS 4. ad 06 » axb5 oxbS . bred bxed WHITE TO MOVE Winning way: White's win begins with 8. Rxa6, temporarily offering a rook for a bishop. After Black takes back on a6, White fires a queen salvo at a4 and wastes the a6-knight on the next move. White gets two pieces for a rook. How, what, and why: Black veers from the principled path when he weakens the queenside by risky pawn advances, at- tempting to hold on to the gambit pawn. White's pawn moves, on the other hand, exploit this overextension. ‘They open lines for attack, including the dl-ad and a4-e8 diagonals, as well as the afile. But an immediate queen check on move eight doesn’t succeed. First a6 must be weakened by an exchange sac. Then the queen check at ad grosses the knight at a6, resulting in White gaining two pieces for a rook. ‘The Winning Way32 QaS. wins on a7 after exchange sacrifice Simian Duvense 1,64 05 2 NB d6 3. dé. oxdé . 4, Nad4 06 5. Bed NGG 6.13 Be? 7NbS 0-0 8. Nxa BLACK TO MOVE i hi for his pawn-grabbi hen Black Winning way: White pays for his pawn: grabbing wh sacries the exchange, 8.... RxaZl, White’s e3-bishop can capture the rook, but a forking queen check at a5 consigns the bishop to a less than noble fate. How, what, and why: A sure way to lose in the opening is to invest time and resources to pick up a wing pawn at the expense of position and development. Here, White's bishop and knight zero in. on Black's a-pawn, which is protected directly only by the 48-rook, But White misses that Black has a forking queen-check at a5, with the queen attacking backward along the acfile to a7. Black loses a rook but grabs the star-crossed bishop and knight. A good deal by chess standards. 3a BRUCE PANDOLYINE 33 Qa4 sets up discovery along the a4-e8 diagonal Stciuian Derense 1. e€ 3 2 NSB Ne6 3. dé exdd 4. Nxd4 NfG 3. Ne3 ¢5 6. Ndbd dé 7. NdS Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9, c4 a6 a boc die gob WHITE TO MOVE Winning way: White wins by the unobtrusive 10. Qa4t. Black is in trouble no matter what. Ifhe takes the knight, White's queen removes the a8-rook. If he pins White's knight with the queen, Qd8-d7, the knight checks on 7, and suddenly Blacks queen is frozen helplessly. Farewell, rook. That leaves 10.... Bd7, in which case White’s knight takes on d6, smothering mate. How, what, and why: In the end, Black makes the error of assuming that he has time to drive away White’s advanced knight by advancing the a-pawn one square, But White's incisive queen inove to a4 pins the a-pawn, and Black is tied up jn knots. To save himself, Black must try a different ninth move, perhaps switch- ing the knight to g6. This unclogs things and restores the 18- bishop’s protection to d6. The Winning Way BBCHAPTER THREE This is a small section of only eight examples, all of which revolve around a central queen move, queen to queen-five. In algebraic notation, that’s Qd5 (queen to d5) for White and Qd4 (queen to d4} for Black. This is right in the hoards middle. From d5 (Blacks d4), the most typical stratagem is for the queen to deliver a multiple attack, often involving a check to the opposing king at £7 or g8 (2 or gl for Black’s queen). Connection points include squares along the fifth rank (the fourth rank for Black) and the a8-hi diagonal (for Black, the ai-h8 diagonal). In fact, the center is so fertile that it’s not unusual to see a queen move there to attack three or four pieces in a kind of superfork. 56 34 Qd5 wins along a8-d5 diagonal SiciAN Devense Led c5 2. NB d6 3. dd b6 4. decd bxed WHITE TO MOVE Winning way: There's nothing to this one. The brazen 5. Qd5, installing the queen at the central hub, wins at least a piece. In order to save the rook at a8, Black must jettison either a knight (Nb8-c8) or a bishop (Bc8-b7). How, what, and why: Black misfires early when he fails to exchange the c-pawn for White’s d-pawn, a primary objective in the Sicilian. By defending with the b-pawn, Black allows White to take on c5 with advantage. Either Black must take back with the d-pawn. (d6xc5), permitting an unfavorable queen swap at 8, or abandon a piece by recapturing toward the center, b6xc5, Be wary of premature wing advances. They incur weaknesses and expose diagonal routes to the vulnerable corners. ‘The Winning Way 8738 Qd4 forks al and eS SicitaN DEFENSE 1. e4 05 2. NES Ne6 3. Bbs d6 4,63 N& 5, BxcO+ bxeG 6 e5 deed 7. Nxed BLACK TO MOVE, Winning way: Black is victorious and White is vanquished by 7.... Qd4, a two-timing fork to the al-rook and the e5-knight. One of the two must leave River City. How, what, and why: Although a queen in the middle of the board is often subject to a variety of attacks, the corollary is that a centralized queen is a powerful weapon, which can issue radial threats in all eight directions, Here, thanks to the early move- ment of White’s b-pawn, the al-e5 diagonal is quite ripe for queenly exploitation, especially after White ers with e4-e5, allowing an exchange that opens the d-file. What should White do about his attacked e-pawn? He should defend it, either with his queen-knight (6. Nb1-c3) or queen-pawn (6, d2-d3). 58 BRUCE PANDOLFINE 36 Qd5.. hits g8 and c5 Ruy Lopez 1. e4 e3 2 NB Ne6B 3. BbS 4,03 Bed 5. 0-0 Nge7 6 No3_ fred 7. deed 0-0 8. Bxc6 Nxo6 WHITE TO MovE Winning way: White hits two pieces—the opposing ki r is evas—| pposing king and the dark-square bishop—and rebuffs Black’s apparent attack by the squelching 9. Qd5+. Next move, White collects the bishop. How, what, and why: The eye-opener is the advance f7-£5. It’s perfectly aeceptable when Black plays it on move three, but moving the pawn in general entails a certain amount of bag- gage: namely, vulnerability along the a2-g8 diagonal once Black castles Kingside. Put an unguarded Black bishop on 5, and a White queen check at d5 is bad news. , ‘The Winning Way 5037 Qd4+ wins on c4 after clearing d4 Hinn’s Oreninc L. & dS 2, NB cB 3. e3 Neb 4. Bed g6 5.00 Bg? 6. Nod dd 7. exd4 Nxd4 8. Bed BLACK TO MOVE Winning way: This is a two-mover. First Black trades knights, 8... NW3+. Assuming White takes back (what else?), Black follows with a queen fork at d4. White will have to get ont of check, and Black pillages the ¢4-bishop next turn. How, what, and why: The road signs are there: White is castled kingside, the f-pawn is moved, and White's light-square bishop occupies 4, undefended. Furthermore, the d-flle is available to Black's queen, but d4 remains an obstacle, blocked by a Black Imight. Eurekal Black exchanges the knight for an equivalent White piece with check. The check freezes the action, and Black has time to follow with another check, a forking one at d4. Voila! 60 Broce PaNDOLTINE 38 Qd5 threatens mate at {7 and the knight on e4 EVANS GAMBET ACCEPTED 1. e¢ 03 2. NE Nob 3. Bed Bed 4. b4 Bubé 5.03 Bod 6. 0-0 Nf 7. dd Bb6 8, dxe3 Nxeq WHITE TO MOVE Winning way: White has several ways i s vs to go, the strongest bei 9. Qd5. After Black rules ont getting mated at £7, say by cating White's queen freely captures Black's e4-lnight. % How, what, and why: One potential drawbacl lack i ur nanchored e4-knight. Another nightmare is Whites ragoceal light-square bishop at 04, posted to support threats to 7, Both handicaps are linked in a losing complex by the centralizin invasion of White’s queen to d5. Since the mate threat must he roa the knight falls victim to the queen's universal radius of er. ‘The Winning Way GL39 Od4 indirectly defends e5 in the Ruy Lopez Ruy Lopez L.o4 5 2 N&B NeG 3, BbS Bed 4,43 NIG 5. Bxo6 dxoB 6, Nxed BLACK TO MOVE Winning way: The best course of action is to give a double attack, 6.... Qd4. This threatens both mate at {2 and the capture of the e5-knight. Regardless how White wards off mate, Black increases his worth (as a chessplayer). How, what, and why: In the Ruy Lopez (1. ed e5 2. Nf Ne6 3. Bb5), the usual way Black upholds his king-pawn, once White's bishop takes the c6-knight, is by d7xe6, taking away from the center, This opens the ¢-file, keeping in reserve the double attack Qd8-d4. The idea of this queen sortie is to hit the unde- fended points e5, e4, and £2. The f2-square counts when Black has a supporting bishop at c3 and when White has not yet castled. It also helps when the e5-knight cannot retum to 43. Such is the storyline here. 62 Bruce PANDOLFENI 40 Qd5 superforks a8, ¢5, e4, and £7 Ruy Lovez 1. e4 ¢5 2 NB Nc6 3, BbS a6 4, Bad NIB 5,00 bS 6 Bb3 Bcd 7, NxeS5 Nxe} 8 d4 Bd6 9, duc Bred 10, f¢ Bd6 21. eS BeS+ 12. Khl Nod WHITE TO MOVE Winning way: It scems like everythingi i ' r yh > everything in the chessboard’s phys- ical universe is forked by 13. Qd5. There's a mate threat it n the a8-rook and the e4-knight are hanging, and the c5-bishop is tenuous, held only hy a free-falling knight. Something must go. How, what, and why: Black’s problems stem from the destruc- tion of his center by White’s fork trick, starting on move seven (White first sacs a knight on e5, then gets it back bya pawn fork on dd). Note how three critical lines of attack—the a8-h1 diago- nal, the a2-g8 diagonal, and the d-file—all converge at d5, and a queen vaults there at once, The radiant flex of a central een! The Winning Way 63al Qd5 threatens a5 and mate at [7 Danisu Gait Led 05 2. dd exdd 3. 3 dxe3 4, Bod Bb4 5. bxod Bad a boc doe £ h WHITE TO MOVE i ay: Double trouble it is after 6. Qd5. Black can Yelena ean the mate at £7, but only air holds up a5. The bishop is vaporized on the next move. How, what, and why: Black’s undoing begins with his fourth move, BI8-b4, True, this threatens a discovery, 3 Xb2+ : but it’s easily frustrated by b2Xc3. ‘This forces Black to admit his mis- take and retreat the b4-bishop. Unfortunately, a5 is not a haven, Its just as if the bishop has been sent below. 64 BRUCE PANDOLEINE CHAPTER FOUR et Qb3/0b6 All thirteen illustrations in this section concern the movement of the queen to queen-knight-three (b3 for White, b6 for Black), with the queen typically moving from its original square. From queen-knight-three, the queen can do several things, including threatening the enemy king along the 22-28 diagonal (the a7-g1 diagonal for Black) and attacking different opposing units on the I-file. A favorite motif is to form a battery of queen and bishop at 4 (65 for Black) aimed at £7 (f2 for Black), When this is coupled with a direct threat to the enemy’s undefended b-pawn (at b? for White, b2 for Black) it tends to signal at Ieast the gain of a pawn, ifnot much more. R42 Qb3 combines with Bc4 to win on {7 Huncarian DeFense 1. ef e5 2. NEB Ne6 3, Bet Be? 4.063 dé 5. d4 hé WHITE TO MOVE ‘Winning way: Black must cede a pawn after 6, Qb3, for it can’t be satisfactorily guarded (on Be8-06, White captures twice on e6), And if the f-pawn moves out of attack, White wins the g8- knight with a double strike along the a2-g8 diagonal. How, what, and why: Black loses material, not for any reason in particular, but for a couple of them in combination. Black’s fifth move is an outzight error, which fails to deal with White's threat. Better is to develop the king-knight, followed by castling. Also note the position of Black’s dark-square bishop at e7, ’s okay in avacuum, but here it im: s the queen's possible defense of {7. Chess abhors a vacuum. This way makes no sense. 66 BRUCE PANDOLFINE 43 Qb6 doubly attacks [2, winning a piece or mating at e3 FRENCH DEFENSE I. e4 eG 2. d4 d5 3, Nd2 05 4, dxe Brod 3. Ned BLACK TO MOVE Winning way: White is helpless after 5... Qb6, when mate can be averted only by sacrificing a knight, either Nd2-c4 or Ne2-d4, On other knight moves, the bishop enters on £2 and the queen mates at 63. How, what, and why: This is similar to the previous problem in that the defending queen’s access to the attacked square, here f2, is denied because of the obstruction of friendly forces. The knights at d2 and ©2 are insurmountable hurdles, even for the White queen, which can’t move to guard £2. This militates in favor of the active principle of knight development, Generally, it’s better to position them on the third rank, where they have decent scope, rather than on the second rank, where they step on each other's hooves, ‘The Winning Way 67a4 Ob3 with Bcd mates at e6 PARIS DEFENSE 1. e4 c3 2. Nf8 Neb B, Bed dG 4.03 Bgd 5. Qb3 BxfB WHITE TO MOVE Winning way: Taking the king-bishop-pawn with check does the magic. After 6, Bxf 7+, Black is mated by Qb3-e6, regardless of whether his king moves to d7 or e7 How, what, and why: White's fifth move wins at least a pawn, for Black can’t guard both b7 and {7 with the next move. An adequate defense is to play Qd8-d7. This protects f7 and also the c6-knight, so that if White’s queen takes on b7, Black merely bas to save his a8-rook (instead of having to worry about the o6- knight as well), But taking on £3 completely ignores White's mate threat. Probably Black assumes that White has to take back—but he doesn't. A tipoff to Black's difficulties is the early development of the queen-bishop. It leaves b7 undefended, Thus, when ‘White’s queen goes to b3, it's a double attack. 68 BRUCE PANDOLEENE c) Qf3-b3 with Bc4 wins on b7 or £7 PuILipon DEFENSE Led 25 2.N8 dé 3. d4 Bed 4. deed Bx3 5. Ox cheS 6. Bed NfG WHITE To MOVE, Winning way: The b7pawn disappears 5 ft nin, ippears soon alter 7. Qb3, which forks b7 and 7. Black can save ff and cope rida danger to his king by Qd8-e7. White then takes the b-pawn, tax- free. How, what, and why: This example shows another route for the queen to reach b3 and double-attack heaven, Instead of. going to 53 along the a4-di diagonal, it can also get there by shifting across the third rank. How does Black save his comered as-rook once White’s queen captures on b7? By checking along the diagonal at b4, which forces a trade of queens, Still, after the queen trade, White is a pawn ahead with superior chances. The Winning Way 69