Combinations have always been the most intriguing aspect of Chess... They are the poetry of the game; they are to Chess what melody is to music. They represent the triumph of mind over matter.
🔸Reuben Fine (1948). “The World's a Chessboard”
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🔸Reuben Fine (1948). “The World's a Chessboard”
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Congratulations Magnus Carlsen on winning the #TataSteelChess Tournament for the seventh time!
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29.b4! [White takes advantage of an opportunity to remove the weakness of the b-pawn.]
29...Rad8? [29...axb3?? 30.Qxf7+ Kh8 31.Qxg7#; ¹29...Qd5 30.Nf3 △Re7 30...Re6 31.Rxe6 Qxe6 32.Qxc7 Bd5 33.Ne5±]
30.Qg4! [to provoke a weakness into his opponent's King.]
30...g6 31.Qh4 Kg7 32.Qe7 Qd5 33.Qxc7 [¹33.Rf3! Rf8 34.Qxc7+–]
33...Re8 34.Kh2 Rd7 35.Nxd7 Rxe1 36.Re3 Rf1 37.Re2 Qxd4 38.Rxa2 Rxf2 39.Rxf2 Qxf2 40.Qe5+
1–0
29...Rad8? [29...axb3?? 30.Qxf7+ Kh8 31.Qxg7#; ¹29...Qd5 30.Nf3 △Re7 30...Re6 31.Rxe6 Qxe6 32.Qxc7 Bd5 33.Ne5±]
30.Qg4! [to provoke a weakness into his opponent's King.]
30...g6 31.Qh4 Kg7 32.Qe7 Qd5 33.Qxc7 [¹33.Rf3! Rf8 34.Qxc7+–]
33...Re8 34.Kh2 Rd7 35.Nxd7 Rxe1 36.Re3 Rf1 37.Re2 Qxd4 38.Rxa2 Rxf2 39.Rxf2 Qxf2 40.Qe5+
1–0