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Chess Quest No.891 - need help.

Chess Quest No.891 - need help.

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greenpawn34

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In Tales of the Unexpected: 'The best chess player in the world.'
here is a link to full episode.



This position appears (White to play)

I am wondering if anyone has seen this combination or one very like it.
I have been though loads of DataBases even just looking at the
bones of the position, things like this:


But still no luck. Anybody help.

I think it came from a Queen Rook Odds game. But Recreating the
game means you have to give Black a few clumsy moves.

The game ends:

venda
Dave

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If you can't find it Geoff,nobody can!!

greenpawn34

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Hi venda,

I have been in touch with the chess advisor for that episode
but he cannot tell me where the game/position came from.

I think it is a composed position from a puzzle book. I have most of the pre
1984 positions from well known books in a D.B. (6600+) but this one is not in there.
I was hoping someone....somewhere...recognised it.

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An old friend (Fat Lady) has found it.

Kislov - Viktorov, Vornezh (Russia) 1971.

It is puzzle No.43 here

http://www.akronchessclub.com/Games/tactics/checkmatehard.htm

Paul Leggett
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@greenpawn34
I would love to have been a fly on the wall to see his expression when he found the data.

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