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IM Jack Rudd wrote:The motive is that black wants to win. Are you sure that is the word you want?

"Motif" might be more appropriate in this context?

IM Jack Rudd wrote:The motive is that black wants to win. Are you sure that is the word you want?

I mean what's White weakness?

soheil_hooshdaran wrote: I mean what's White weakness?

John Nunn once used the mathematical term "diagonalise" to describe the effect of a Bishop pair working on adjacent diagonals. The term Harrwitz Bishops is also used.

https://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/harwitz-bishops

Sacrificing on f2 or f7 to draw the King out into the open is also a frequent enough idea. The first sacrifice in the opening that many players learn is 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke6

What's this mating pattern called?
[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1q3rbk/Q5pp/8/3P4/1r3n2/R3N3/2B2PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 1"] 1... Ne2+ 2. Kh1 Qxh2+ 3. Kxh2 Rh4# *

Anastasia's mate.

Very few books discuss types of center, why?

What is the logic or this combination?
[Event "?"]<br> [Site "?"]<br> [Date "????.??.??"]<br> [Round "?"]<br> [White "?"]<br> [Black "?"]<br> [Result "*"]<br> [SetUp "1"]<br> [FEN "1rq2rk1/1b1nppbp/p1n3p1/1p1NP3/2p1BP2/4BQNP/PPP3P1/R4RK1 w - - 0 1"]<br> <br> 1. Ba7 Ra8 2. Nxe7+ Nxe7 3. Bxb7

Its about deflecting the rook from the defence of the B on b7, without which the combination would not work.

Should somebody correct the topic header?

You could correct it yourself to -

Why did he do so?

However, in doing so you would lose your trademark foreign delivery and sound too much like an honourary Englishman.

"However, in doing so you would lose your trademark foreign delivery and sound too much like an honourary Englishman."

Or even "honorary". "Honor" is American, "honour" is English, but "honorary" is both... Anybody would think we want to confuse people.

.. particularly those immigrant Scots trying to lose their foreign delivery sounding trademark.

Do wah, did me, did me dumb did me do

How would you find this combination?
What's the motif?

[Event "?"]<br> [Site "?"]<br> [Date "????.??.??"]<br> [Round "?"]<br> [White "?"]<br> [Black "?"]<br> [Result "+-"]<br> [SetUp "1"]<br> [FEN "r2br1k1/pp1b1p1p/2pq1PpB/3pn3/1P1N2PQ/P1PB4/7P/4RRK1 w - - 0 1"]<br> <br> 1. Rxe5 Qxe5 2. Bxg6 Bxf6 3. Bxh7+ Kxh7 4. Bg5+ Kg8 5. Bxf6 Qe3+ 6. Kg2 Qe4+ 7.<br> Rf3 Qh7 8. Qg5+ Kf8 9. Rh3 +-

soheil_hooshdaran wrote:How would you find this combination?

I think you have to see that sacrificing the exchange on e5 allows the pseudo sacrifice on g6, after which, subject to correctly calculating the forcing lines, White will break through.