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Joined 02 Feb '06 Moves 8557 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.
Joined 02 Feb '06 Moves 8557 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. 🙁
Sydney
Joined 30 May '05 Moves 16100 My first instinct is to take the knight after threatening the queen with my knight
Joined 02 Feb '06 Moves 8557 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. 🙁
Sydney
Joined 30 May '05 Moves 16100 So not Nc6 then Rxf6?
.. actually it looks to me that Rxf6 wins if the queen moves?
Joined 02 Feb '06 Moves 8557 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.
Sydney
Joined 30 May '05 Moves 16100 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 😉
Riga
Joined 05 Jan '05 Moves 24932 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.
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