Black has just played R(a) to e8. If White plays
Rxe8, Black follows with Qg2 mate. Black also has the threat of
capturing (Rxe2) and then if White recaptures there is Qg1#.
What's a poor girl to do?
1.Re7+ Rxe7
1...Kc8 2.Rxe8+ Rxe8 3.Rxe8+ Kd7 4.Rd8+ Kc7 5.Bf4 mate.
Analysis Diagram: after 5.Bf4
mate
Isn't the coordination of White's
pieces a beautiful thing to behold? The rook covers d7 & c8; the
knight protects the rook and also covers b8; the a6-pawn covers b7,
and the bishop gives mate. Now - try explaining the beauty of
this to a non-chessplayer.
2.Rxe7+ Kc8
3.Nxa7+ Kd8
3...Kb8 4.Bf4+ Ka8 5.Bg3 Re8 (5...hxg3
6.Nc6 g2+ 7.Kg1 Black cannot avoid the mate on a7) 6.Rxe8+ Kxa7
7.Re7+ (7.Bb8+ Ka8 8.Bd6+ Ka7 9.Re7+ Ka8 10.Re8+ Still no way out
of the endless checks!) 7...Ka8 8.Bc7 h3 9.Re8+ Ka7 10.Bb8+ Ka8
11.Bg3+ Ka7 12.Bb8+ Here too, as in the game, Black cannot
escape the endless checks.
4.Nc6+ ½-½
Draw by perpetual check. Black swallows hard and shakes White's
hand.
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