Rook opens the mating diagonal
Objective: Black to move. Remove the defender of g2 and finish the attack with mate.
Position and task condition
The white king has only an apparent pawn shield. Black must first remove the piece defending the key square near the king.
FEN
6k1/5ppp/Q1b3q1/2P5/PP6/5NB1/3r2rP/5R1K b - - 0 1Theme: Removal of the defender
Heikki Westerinen – Mikhail Tal · 1982 · Moscow