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Tal – Gligoric Portoroz 1958 Black to play Do any sacrifices come to mind? How should White respond?
Black got play with 1 … Nf4!. White can’t accept the pawn because 2 Nxf4 exf4 threatens … Bxc3 (and 3 Kb2? Na4+! 4 bxa4? Qb4+ is death).
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Chandler – Ward Redbus 2002 White to play How can White draw?
1.h7?? A fatal blunder that costs White the game.
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Nikolic - Ivkov Sarajevo 1967 Black to move
1...Be8! Heading for g6 to seize the b1-h7 diagonal.
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Timman - Ikonnikov Dieren 2009 White to move
1.c4!
Clearing the long diagonal for the bishop, where there is no black counterpart.
Clearing the long diagonal for the bishop, where there is no black counterpart.