Beautiful tactics from Geller

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  Anonymous says:

  January 28, 2006 at 6:28 am

  1.R:f8! K:f8 (Q:f8 Bh7+ +-) 2.Qh8+ Kf7 3.Bg6+! Ke6( Kg6 Qh5#) 4. Qc8+ Qd7 5. Bf5+ Ke7 6. Q:d7+ Kf8 7. Qd8+ Kf7 8.e6 mate how to save a move?

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  Anonymous says:

  January 28, 2006 at 6:29 am

  not only that I wasn’t looking at the position after I got to Bf5 and forgot about the bishop on c7 so Qd8 is clearly dubious

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  Samer says:

  January 28, 2006 at 6:47 am

  1. Rxh8+ Kxf8
  (1. …Qxf8
  2. Bh7+ Kh8
  3. Bg6+ Kg8
  4. Qh7#)
  2. Qh8+ Kf7
  3. Bg6+ Ke6
  (3. …Kxg6
  4. Qh5#)
  4. Qg8+ Kd7
  (4. …Qf7
  5. Qxf7#)
  5. Bf5+ Qe6
  6. Qxe6+ Kd8
  7. Qd7#

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  EVMGDM says:

  January 28, 2006 at 10:13 am

  Hi Susan
  1. Rxf8, Kxf8 [ 1. …, Qxf8 2. Bh7, Kh8 3. Bg6, Kg8 4. Qh7# Mate]
  2. Qh8, Kf7
  3. Bg6, Ke6 [3. …, Kxg6 4. Qh5# Mate]
  4. Qg8, Kd7 [ 4. …, Qf7 5. Qxf7# Mate]
  5. Bf5, Qe6
  6. Qxe6, Kd8
  7. Qd7# Mate

  Good day

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  Anonymous says:

  January 28, 2006 at 6:35 pm

  Nice game by Kamsky today. saturday.