Ulysses' Solution #5

Pete:    Okay, Ulysses.  We've been waiting for a couple of months now.  Tell us how Nimzowitsch staved off defeat and forced his opponent to resign.

Ulysses:      He played 32...Rh8!!, planning to meet 33.Bxg7+ with the simple 33...Kxg7, with the White queen pinned against her own king.  And any other bishop move will get met by 33...Kg8, again pinning the queen.  Or if White tries to break the pin by playing 33. Kg2 (or g1), Black pins the bishop against the queen with 33...Kg8.  And finally, if White breaks the pin by moving his queen off the h-file, Black will simply play 33...Bxh6 and say "Thanks for the bishop!"

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