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Hi there.

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White has an amazing combination hair which leverages the so-called Blackburne mating pattern named

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after a British player, Blackburne very, very strong British player.

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So I wonder if you can spot it.

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If I give you five seconds for the video clue, this burcham is kind of x raying some escape squares

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of the opponent's can.

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Also that escapes who has been taken by both bishop and queen.

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So there's not too many squares for the king to escape to in principle.

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So sometimes when that happens, when there's a lack of escape squares, we're looking to deliver a

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killer check.

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The scene is set.

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So I wonder if you can spot it.

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Five seconds here.

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What would you play in this position?

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OK, all checks, even totally outrageous ones, Queen six 87 check very limited replies to calculate

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night takes and the liberation effect of that move.

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When you calculate variations in general, even if you didn't know this mating pattern, it opens up

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the bishop.

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So you're looking at weakness of the last move, kellow, common squares and also kind of in effect

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clause.

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In effect, you've opened up the bishop to the HHS.

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So the effect of that move isn't just taking on that --, but now we can play.

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Bishop takes H7 and it's checkmate.

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So a key feature.

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The bishops are working together to deliver that checkmate.

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And here the night is controlling that escapes quite as well.

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So it's working with the bishops to checkmate the opponents.

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King like this, the Blackburne mating pattern, something to be aware of.

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OK, have you got that one?

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That's how much.