Monday, December 17, 2007

December 07 : Chess Tactics #2

White to play and win



In this position, the former world champion Mikhail Tal uncorked a magnificent combination.
White has to act fast otherwise Black will complete his development with Bd7-Bc6.

Solution ( Main Line ) :

1 Bh7 + Kh7 2 Rh3+ Kg8 3 Nf5 Qg5 4 Qh5!! Qh5 5 Ne7+ Kh8 5 Rh5#

Replay solution here with board + annotations:

http://geocities.com/thechesscorner/talnn1.htm

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