Position Tactics -- Position 4

This is actually interesting, because for the most part, it doesn't result in what you think it might result in.

If you do a search on any reasonable database the positional fragment of the knight on f7, the King on e8 the Queen on d8 and the rook on h8, you will find a number of games, a large, large quantity of those games are not a simple fork of the Queen and Rook, but the beginning of a knight sacrifice of some sort.

However, the threat and the positional tactic remain perfectly valid. And so it gets added to the list.

The included is a version of the Traxler Attack in which white eventually wins.


[Event "Adolfo Pedrido mem"]
[Site "Vilagarcia de Arousa"]
[Date "2006.08.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bouza Brey Teijeiro, Gonzalo"]
[Black "Abal Cores, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "1964"]


1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Nf6
4. Ng5 Bc5
5. Nxf7











Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 7. Kg1 Qh4 8. g3 Qf6 9. Qf1 Qxf1+ 10. Kxf1 Rf8 11. Kg2 h6 12. d3 Nc5 13. c3 Ne6 14. Nxh6 gxh6 15. Bxh6 Rf6 16. Be3 b6 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Bd5 Nf8 19. Ne4 Rg6 20. Rhf1 Na5 21. Bf7+ Kd8 22. Bxg6 Nxg6 23. Bg5+ Ke8 24. Kg1 Bxe4 25. dxe4 Nc4 26. Rf6 Ne7 27. Raf1 1-0

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