Talk:Windmill (chess)

fischer

's game of the century featured a knight-rook windmill, iirc, or is that not a windmill? if it is, should it be mentioned? Cannibalicious! 11:33, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nimzovich's "Rook Windmill"

In My System" Nimzovich describes the following position, if I remember right:

This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.

5

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

Nimzovich wrote that White wins after 1.Rh7+ Kg8 2.Rfg7+ Kf8 3.Rxc7! threatening 4.Rh8#. Black has no choice but to return with 3...Kg8 in order to avoid mate. White then chops off another Black pawn with 4.Rcg7+ Kf8 5.Rxb7!, and then the knight goes after 5...Kg8 6.Rbg7+ (and not 6.Rxa7?? a1=Q) Kf8 7.Rxa7! Rxa7 8.Rxa7 and White next move captures Black's a-pawn. Normally this is not considered a windmill however.