Forgács — Cohn

St Petersburg, 1909

• Leó Forgács (1881–1930)Hungarian master, national champion in 1907, and his country's second-best player after Maróczy in the 1900s. He finished third at San Remo 1911 and was a chess journalist for many years.
• Erich Cohn (1884–1918)German master who won or shared first in five Berlin tournaments (1902–1914) and finished second to Alekhine at Stockholm 1912. He was killed on the Western Front in 1918.

In the position that has arisen, the e4 square is an ideal "transfer point" for moving pieces to attacking positions:

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1. 13.
2. The queen heads for h5, where it will badly trouble the black king and from where it cannot be driven off: the e5-pawn denies the knight the important f6-square
3. 13.
4. 14.
5. 15.
6. 16.
7. 17.
8. The second piece "exploits" the e4-square
9. 17.
10. Black tries to remove one of his enemies — the knight on c3, which is ready to charge into the attack through that same square. This does little for Black, though
11. 18.
12. 19.
13. There would have followedHowever, White is in no hurry
14. 19.
15. 20.
16. 21.
17. The third piece uses the "transfer point"!
18. 21.
19. 22.
20. 23.
21. Threatening mate in two
22. 23.
24. 24.
25. Black resigned. There is no defense against the threat of 25. ♕g5 followed by ♖xh6+