Diagram 6.7.1- white is under an inconvenient threat of Bxf3 ruining the kingside pawn structure. A possible tempting solution might be Ng5, with an attack on h7 while answering the threat. However, after the simple reply h6 the knight has no good squares to go and is forced to the h3 square, with limited options. This “attack” backfires against white because white wasn’t ready to attack on the kingside at all.
Challenge: can you find a better answer to the Bxf3 threat?
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Diagram 6.7.1- white is under an inconvenient threat of Bxf3 ruining the kingside pawn structure. A possible tempting solution might be Ng5, with an attack on h7 while answering the threat. However, after the simple reply h6 the knight has no good squares to go and is forced to the h3 square, with limited options. This “attack” backfires against white because white wasn’t ready to attack on the kingside at all.
Challenge: can you find a better answer to the Bxf3 threat?