Miniature of the Month - February 2013

If I am trying to hack my opponent, then a move like Nce4 is usually a signpost on the road to success. It normally happens when the kings knight is already on g5, although it sometimes occurs in the reverse order (Ne4 followed by Nfg5). Courtesy of Chess Today comes an example of such an attack, with both knights charging the kingside, before the queen and bishops finishing the job.


Schnider,Gert (2311) - Poenisch,Eckehard (2203) [B12]
17th Lienz Open 2013 Lienz AUT (9.4), 16.02.2013

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 Na6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. h3 Nh6 7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nf7 10. d5 fxe4 11. Nxe4 e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Nfg5 Qd7 14. Nxh7 Kxh7 15. Nf6+ Bxf6 16. Qh5+ 1-0