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Finish the net by checking every king escape

A direct mating move appears available but must be verified.

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Raymond Keene – Anthony Miles

Hastings 1975/76 · 1976.01.12 · 1-0

25... Bxg7 · White to move

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What to notice at 25... Bxg7

Keene’s 26.Qxg7 is recorded as checkmate. Unlike examples ending in resignation, this checkpoint can be verified directly as a terminal mating position after the move.

A legally replayed historical example, not a claim that every move is best. A game’s result does not prove every defensive position was lost or drawn.

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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. A direct mating move appears available but must be verified. How would you apply “finish the net by checking every king escape”, and which defensive reply must you check?

Explain it in your own words before revealing.

Make it memorable

Capture, block, escape: test all three.

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

This is your self-assessment, not an engine grade or a promise of mastery.

Connect the ideas

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