
WHITE to move: |
GRECO'S MATE
Named after Greco, a famous Italian player of the early 17th century.
In the general structure of the pre-mating position (typically as shown, left) Black
has castled behind an advanced KBPawn and White is already in a
position to be able to control the diagonal
QR2-KKt8 (a2-g8) but is lacking command of the file
KR1-KR8 (h1-h8). |