Chapter 26: Greco's Mate
I am reading How to Beat Your Dad at Chess by Murray Chandler. I am blogging to create supporting puzzles in studying the content.
When 
sneaks into g6, we may have the makings of Greco's Mate. It was given to this name in The Art of the Checkmate by Georges Renaud and Victor Kahn, first published in English in 1953. While this name could apply to a wide range of positions where White opens the h-file by means of a knight sacrifice on the g-file, Italian chess writer Gioacchino Greco (1600-c.1634) published a lot of ground-breaking content on the maneuver.
112) In the basic pattern the 
sacrifice allows for a lethal switchback.
113) From this position, 
nudges to h8 to set up the pattern.
nudges 
to h8 to set up the pattern.
114) With already in place, black can use the same pattern by correctly placing in a pinning position.
115) Black's pinning allows to strategically advance prior to the sacrifice.
Chapter 26: More Queen g6 Bombshells | Chapter 25: Queen and Bishop Mate
already in place, black can use the same pattern by correctly placing 
in a pinning position.
115) Black's pinning 
allows to strategically advance prior to the sacrifice.
