Monday, 24 May 2010

US Championship

The US championship is coming to a close with a last round showdown today between Gata Kamsky and Yuri Shulman , these two players are a point ahead of the field.
Current champ Hikaru Nakamura yesterday lost his chance to remain in contention after going down to a killer move from Shulman. The position shown is from this game just before the axe fell. After being checked white has just played his king to h1, can you find the tactic for black?

Nakamura - Shulman, 2010 US Championship, St. Louis.
Position after 26. Kh1