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Today's position is inspired by GM Ray Keene's  A National Disgrace - No Chess On UK TV. from Keene on Chess series: 1.b4  Deflecting the c5 pawn and establishing unrivaled control over d4.  Herr Fritz slightly prefers the f-pawn push immediately: 1.f4 Rh7 (1...Rxg3??) 2.Rh1 Rxa5 3.Rxh7 Ra2+ 4.Ke1 Kxe3 5.Rhxe7++- etc.  1...cxb4  1...Rc6 2.b5 Black is toast.  2.f4  This move deprives the king of the e5 square and creates threat of mate via Ra1-d1-d4 or if left unattended, Rxe7.  2...Rc6 3.Rd1 Rxc4  Black's best chance was 3...e5 but that's pathetic, too.  4.Rc7  The Rook is decoyed from the defense of the critical square d4!  4.Rc7 Rc2+ (4...d5 5.Rxc4+ dxc4 6.Rd4#; 4...Rxc7 5.Rd4#) 5.Rxc2 Rxg3 6.Rc4#  1-0

Keene - Mortensen Arhus 1983 White to move

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