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Originally posted by Von Bardeleben
i think we all see that, the solution involves in checkmate
I didn't say mate, I just said "win" I'll try to be less misleading next time.

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Originally posted by Von Bardeleben
omg what bull, i thought you wanted us to checkmate the king in like 5 moves or so...
I just copied what the problem said. 🙁

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My first instinct is to take the knight after threatening the queen with my knight

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Originally posted by idioms
My first instinct is to take the knight
That was my idea when I was working on it, but it isn't right. 🙁

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So not Nc6 then Rxf6?

.. actually it looks to me that Rxf6 wins if the queen moves?

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Originally posted by idioms
So not Nc6 then Rxf6?

.. actually it looks to me that Rxf6 wins if the queen moves?
haha, yeah that's the right answer. 😛

I thought you meant Rxf6 immediately.

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Originally posted by cmsMaster
haha, yeah that's the right answer. 😛

I thought you meant Rxf6 immediately.
Sorry .. been playing way to much blitz recently and my ability to articulate is severely damaged 😉

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Originally posted by cmsMaster
I was just working on some tactics which Tal used to win games, and I found this one to be very aesthetically pleasing. 🙂

[fen]r1bb1r1k/p4ppp/2p2n1N/7Q/2p5/2B2N2/qPP2PPP/2KR3R w - - 0 1[/fen]


White to play and win.
Tal - Smyslov 1959, Pretendents tournament in Yugoslavia.