Grandmaster tactic

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  Anonymous says:

  March 30, 2008 at 2:43 pm

  1.Nd7!! Re8
  (1…Dxd7 2.Lxf7+)
  2.Lxf7 Kxf7
  3.Dd5+ Kg6
  4.g4!
  and white should win

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  Anonymous says:

  March 30, 2008 at 2:47 pm

  Rc1 🙂

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  Anonymous says:

  March 30, 2008 at 3:13 pm

  1.Nd7!! Re8
  (1…Dxd7 2.Lxf7+)

  After:

  1.Nd7 Bg5
  2.Nxf8 Bxf4
  3.Ne6

  … White’s better, but does he have a forced win?

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  egaion says:

  March 30, 2008 at 3:38 pm

  This is an amazing tactic. Thank you Andreas and Susan.

  p.s I went for 1. Qh5 and completely missed the Nd7 shot.

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  Pharaoh says:

  March 30, 2008 at 3:43 pm

  ”1.Nd7 Bg5
  2.Nxf8 Bxf4
  3.Ne6”

  3.g3! Bh6
  [If 3…Bc7
  4.Nxh7! Kxh7
  5.Qh5+ Kg8
  6.Qxf7+ K moves
  7.Qh5 ++]
  4.Ne6 fxe6
  5.Bxf6+ K moves
  6.Bxc8 and White has clear advantage

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  Anonymous says:

  March 30, 2008 at 4:20 pm

  Just to point out that this is game 3 of their match and only an analysis variation because black played Nxe5 instead of Rc8.

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  Anonymous says:

  March 30, 2008 at 4:27 pm

  White has clear advantage

  Agreed. (5.Bxe6+, right?) Also bad for Black is:

  1.Nd7 Bg5
  2.Nxf8 Bxf4
  3.g3 Bg5

  … after which White just continues as in your line.

  I don’t really see that 3.Ne6 is particularly better or worse than 3.g3. Either move gives White a clear edge. I’m just wondering if White has anything immediately decisive.

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  Pharaoh says:

  March 30, 2008 at 5:08 pm

  ”I don’t really see that 3.Ne6 is particularly better or worse than 3.g3.”
  More or less is the same, 3.g3 may be a bit more strategic since the dark-square Bishop stays on the board and g3&h4 or f4 cover the dark squares.

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  artichoke says:

  April 3, 2008 at 11:57 pm

  I am not so comfortable saying 2 rooks plus a pawn is a clear edge over 3 minor pieces. White is better unless he gets checkmated in the middle game!

  The following gives a small safe edge with two bishops in an open position:
  1. Nd7! Bg5!
  2. Bxg5 Qxd7, and now perhaps
  3. Ba2 followed by f3 sometime to close the a8-h1 diagonal. Black has no dark bishop to exploit dark squares.