Brilliant Chess Combinations
Monday, July 4, 2016
No Where to Hide!
A move reversing the balance of the position and eventually favors white. A classic game displaying the strength of the legendary Bobby Fisher!
Fischer - Schweber (Argentina, 1970)
White to play and win.
Solution: 1. Rxe4 QxQ 2.RxN Black Resigns. A pawn down for black and his queen is no where hide 2. Qg4 3.RxQ BxR 4.Bxg6.. . A quality of piece exchanges.. A bishop pair and pawn on f6 gives the advantage for white. Although the game is still playable for black, after pawn rolling to f7 nothing more that black can do other than resign unless his strength and level of play is comparable to that of the "legendary" Bobby Fischer.
Pawn Passer
A bishop move that allows a pawn passer.
Fischer-Finegold (USA, 1963)
White to play and win.
Solution: 1. Bg6 gxB 2. h7 Black Resigns.
Grind
Bent Larsen is a Danish champion.
Larsen-Lengyel (Austria, 1964)
White to play and win.
Solution: 1. d5+ cxd 2. exd Kxd 3. Rd7+ Kc4 4.Rd4+ Kc3 5. Re4+ Kd2 6.Bc3+ KxB 7. RxR Black Resigns.
Thursday, June 30, 2016
A Hole for the King
Not everyone has the skill as displayed by Alexander Alekhine. In this game, Alekhine calculated the series of moves with precision.
Alekhine-Yates (London, 1022)
White to play and win.
Solution: 1. Nf6 Rgf8 2.Rxg7 RxN 3.Ke5 Black Resigns. (3. Rf8 4. Rh7+ Kg8 5.Rcg7+ mate).
Forbidden Gift
Emmanuel Lasker is a German champion who reigned the chess scene for quite a long time. In this game against Euwe, the old Lasker demonstrates that he is still the best in the world.
Lasker-Euwe (Germany, 1936)
White to play and win.
Solution: 1. b4 Bxb4 2.Nc2 Black Resigns. Black’s bishop and knight are en prise.
Positional Attack
A positional attack demonstrated by Gary Kasparov. Exchanging pieces to create an overwhelming position for white.
Kasparov-Browne
White to play and win.
Solution: 1. Bh7+ KxB 2. QxB Black Resigns. 3. Rxf7+ is the next killer move.
Double Attack
White’s rook move decides the game.
Kasparov-Ricardi
White to play and win.
Solution: 1. Rb3 RxR 2.h7 Black Resigns.
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No Where to Hide!
A move reversing the balance of the position and eventually favors white. A classic game displaying the strength of the legendary Bobby Fi...
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White is threatening Qc8+ mate with a double attack to black’ unprotected knight. Find a connecting assault to break white king’s quite so...
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Bent Larsen is a Danish champion. Larsen-Lengyel (Austria, 1964) White to play and win. Solution: 1. d5+ cxd 2. exd Kxd 3. Rd7+ Kc...
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A bishop move that allows a pawn passer. Fischer-Finegold (USA, 1963) White to play and win. Solution: 1. Bg6 gxB ...









