Benjamin Franklin

The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it.

If you are reading this instead of viewing a chess puzzle or game, then you must enable JavaScript on this website.

[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fischer"]
[Black "Shocron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "1r1q2k1/4bp1p/2R1n1p1/4p1P1/B1p1P1Q1/2P1B1P1/5PK1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Rxe6 Qc8 { Does black pin and win the rook? } ( { Black can try: } 1... fxe6 2. Qxe6+ Kf8 3. Qxe5 Kf7 4. Bd4 Ra8 5. Bb5 Ra5 6. Bxc4+ Ke8 7. Qh8+ Kd7 8. Qxh7 { White has a lasting winning initiative. } ) 2. Bd7 Qxd7 3. Rxg6+ hxg6 4. Qxd7 Kf8 5. Qc7 Rb1 6. Qxe5 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0