The first edition of the 8-player Geneva Chess Masters, held recently, was incredibly strong. In the preliminaries, Alexandra Kosteniuk created a sensation when she beat 2-0 reigning French champion Romain Edouard rated almost 200 points higher. In the position on the left, try to see the winning move that Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk played with White to move. Can you see all the way to checkmate?

Here is the solution in a commented game video of the position with comments by GM Almira Skripchenko.

Don’t forget to read 12th Women’s World Chess Champion’s blog post on the event at www.chessqueen.com.

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