Chapter 8: Damiano'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.
Pedro Damiano published this checkmate in 1512. Some of his writings and that of other chess masters was translated, compiled and annotated by Jacob Henry Sarratt in 1813.
Both white rooks are sacrificed on the empty square h8, then a forcing five-move combination by white administers a series of checks.
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38) Black too can apply the pattern when the opportunity arises. This is initiated here with a knight sacrifice.
