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A knight on the sixth

Outposts

Diagram 5 · White to move

Black's king just crept to f7, defending the e7-knight and aiming for g8. That was the first of two king moves needed to walk from e8 to g8; the h8-rook still has to be untangled separately. White's knight stands proudly on d4. Improve it.
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, Hastings 1895
sealed

Diagram 5

Coach