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Attack with a queen–bishop battery

Queen and bishop can share a diagonal toward the king.

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Raymond Keene – Anthony Miles

Hastings 1975/76 · 1976.01.12 · 1-0

19... fxg6 · White to move

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What to notice at 19... fxg6

Keene’s 20.Qb1 aimed along the b1–h7 diagonal after the kingside exchanges. The move’s strength depended on the cleared lines and the rook already near the king.

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Your thinking first

Name the signal, choose a plan, and test the opponent’s most challenging response.

What do you notice?What is your plan, and why?How could the opponent resist?

Recall and explain

1. Queen and bishop can share a diagonal toward the king. How would you apply “attack with a queen–bishop battery”, and which defensive reply must you check?

Explain it in your own words before revealing.

Make it memorable

Line up, clear the line, check the exit.

Teach this to a friend in one minute. Then return to a different example and look for the same signal without being told its name.

Reflect and revisit

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Connect the ideas

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