1.Bf6! | |
The threat is Qd8+ and Rxd8#. Black must take the bishop as neither 1... Be7 or 1... Be6 works, because of 2.Bxc6+ bxc6 3.Qd8+ | |
1... | Qxf6 |
2.Rhe1+ | Be7 |
If 2... Be6 3.Qd7# or 2... Ne7 3.Qd8# or 2... Qe7 3.Bxc6+ bxc6 3.Qd8# | |
3.Bxc6+ | Kf8 |
4.Qd8+! | Bxd8 |
5.Re8# | |
Nimzowich-Alapin (1912) |