Chess Tactics: Attacking castled King with the classic Bishop sacrifice Part 4

2 July, 2009 (10:35) | Chess News | By:

Position of white pieces
Before considering the sacrifice of light squared white bishop, it has to be ensured that:

the light squared white bishop is in the diagonal b1-h7 and there should not be any pieces hindering the movement of the bishop to h7 – if this is not fulfilled, there is no possibility for this attack [...]

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