World class tactic

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  jcheyne says:

  November 28, 2008 at 4:43 am

  I’m not so sure about this one.

  1. Nxg7 Kxg7 puts the Black king on the White bishop’s diagonal, allowing
  2. Qf5 (threatening Rxd7) Rad8
  3. Qg5+ Kh8
  4. Ne5 Nxe5
  5. Bxe5 Qc8
  6. Bxf6+ Bxf6
  7. Qxf6+ Kg8
  8. Qg5+

  White is up a pawn. I doubt that this the best line, but I enjoy how White’s pieces spring into action after the sacrifice.

  Who else has something? I’ll keep looking

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  Anonymous says:

  November 28, 2008 at 6:09 am

  This game won the brilliancy prize at Manila in ’92. Kasparov played the same line and won. Another interesting move from the same game is 12. fxe3!?

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  From Turkiye says:

  November 28, 2008 at 10:57 am

  This position really is a masterpiece and I calculated for at least half an hour. I completely admire this position. My choice of move in this position is 1.Nxg7!! Kxg7 2.Qf5! (threatening Rxd7) 2…Nf8 (Other moves Ne5 followed by Ng4 come) 3.Ne5 h6 (Stopping the Qg5; 3…Ng6 4.Ng4 Qc8 5.Rd7 Rd8 6.Bxf6+ Kf8 7.Bxe7+ Nxe7 8.Rxd8++-; 3…Kg8 4.Rhf1 and attack on the f6 isn’t parry.) 4.Ng4 N8h7 5.Rd7 Qc8 6.Rf1 Thanks for the problem. It’s really a wonderful choice and I hope to meet such beautiful positions every day.