The June clinic can be found here and features another collection of lockdown internet games. A few important opening and strategic points were covered in a very mixed sample.
Here's a finish from one of the games in which White (K. A.) has penetrated down the e-file with his rooks and Black has just played 28...b4, trying to break through with his rook on the c-file. What should White do (see diagram)?
White found the lethal 29.Rxf7!, which leads to mate after 29...Kxf7 30.Re7+ followed by 31.Qxg7. Black resigned after 30.Re7+ and should have played 28...Qf8 instead of 28...b4, though this too would not have saved him because White has 29.Rd7 intending to double on the seventh rank.
Nigel Davies
