Best of luck of with today's puzzle:
In this critical position, Black played 1...b1=Q. (i) What happened now? (ii) Was there a better first move for Black?
Here is the solution to yesterday's puzzle:
Taimanov - Smyslov
USSR Championship, 1967
White won by 1.Bf3! b5+! (and not 1...Bxf3? 2.h7 - still less 1...Bh7 2.Bc6 mate), 2.Kc3 (2.Kxb5? Nd4+ 3.Kxc5 Nxf3), 2...Ng5! 3.h7! (3.Bxe4? Nxe4+ 4.K moves Ng5), Resigns. 3...Bxh7 4.Bc6 mate or 3...Nxh7 4.Bxe4 Nf8 5.Bc6+ Nd7 6.Bxb5 c4 and White mates in four by 7.Kd4 (7.Kxc4?? stalemate), 7...c3 8.Kd5 c2 9.Kd6 c1=Q 10.Bxd7 mate.
A beautiful piece of play by both sides. This position is a reminder that even if Taimanov did lose 6-0 to Fischer he is a very strong Grandmaster.
1 comment:
How about:
2. e7+ Kf7 3. Rg7+ Kxf6 4. e8=N+ Kf5 5 Rg5 mate.
Better 1 ... Rg4 2. Rh6 b1=Q 3. Rh8+ Rg8 4. e7+ Kf7 5 Rxg8 Qf5+, which seems to win. Not 2 ... Rg8 3. Rh7 b1=Q 4. e7+ & 5. f7+ winning.
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