Training Session 4 Notes - 15 February 2024

The training session was on smothered mates.

Finding Checkmates – Master Play

Diagram 1

Find the winning move for white in diagram 1.

NN- Gioacchino Greco 1620

1. e4 e5

2. Nf3 Nc6

3. Bc4 Bc5

4. O-O Nf6

5. Re1 O-O

6. c3 Qe7

7. d4 exd4

8. e5 Ng4
   

1. cxd4 Nxd4

2. Nxd4 Qh4

1. Nf3
   

Find the winning combination for black.

Once you have found the winning combination, go back over the game and find out where white might have played a better move.