Tuesday, March 05, 2013

World class tactic review


This was position between Kaidanov (2420) - Anand (2500) in Moscow in 1987. Anand just played 24...Kf8. How should White proceed?

Source: ChessToday.net

27 comments:

Satya said...

Today was easy
1. Qxf7+ Rxf7
2. Ng6+ Kg8
3. Rh8 mate!

1-0

Anonymous said...

Nxf6! 1-0

Anonymous said...

1.Qxf7+!! Rxf7
2. Ng6+ Kg8
3. Rh8#

Anonymous said...

Qxf7+ and mate follows

James I. Hymas said...

25. Q:f7+ R:f7
26. Ng6+ Kg8
27. Rh8#

Anand Gautam said...

1. Qxf7+!! Rxf7
2. Ng6+ Kg8
3. Rh8+ checkmate

Anonymous said...

If only the knight could safely give check on g6....

SSE 1994 said...

1.QXf7!! Rxf7
2. Ng6+ Kg8
3. Rh8#

Mark said...

I saw it pretty fast, from studying lots of similar patterns. Nf6 is not the move.

Mark said...

I saw it pretty fast, from studying lots of similar patterns. Nf6 is not the move.

Anonymous said...

1. Qxf7+ Rxf7
2. Ng6+ Kg8
3. Rh8++

Anonymous said...

1. Qxf7+ Rxf7
2. Ng6+ Kg8
3. Rh8++

Anonymous said...

1. Qxf7+ Rxf7
2. Ng6+ Kg8
3. Rh8++

Anonymous said...

1. Qxf7+ Rxf7
2. Ng6+ Kg8
3. Rh8++

Anonymous said...

One of those positions where you kick yourself for not seeing it quicker! Should have homed in to the f7 pawn straightaway!
1.Qxf7+ Rxf7
2.Ng6+ Kg8
3.Rh8#

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aam@fics said...

1. Qxf7+ Rxf7
2. Ng6+ Kg8
3. Rh8#

mafergut said...

This time I won't fail, like with the checkmate in three from yesterday :-)

1.Qxf7+ (getting rid of the annoying pawn that defends g6)
1...Rxf7 2.Ng6+ (cutting the escape route for the king via e7)
2...Kg8 3.Rh8#

Stelling said...

The straightforward
1. Qxf7+ Rxf7
2. Ng6+ Kg8
3. Rh8#
does the trick.

Stelling said...

The straightforward
1. Qxf7+ Rxf7
2. Ng6+ Kg8
3. Rh8#
does the trick.

davey said...

Easy Queen sac, not world class.

me said...

Qxf7!

AJAX said...

Its an easy mate in 3. But I wonder why this was dug up? He is world champ now and this shows him losing to an IM, long ago. Am sure the Polgar sisters have played much worse :D

Anonymous said...

Nice, I love a good Queen sac!

Oleg Mezjuev said...

1. Qf7+! Rxf7 2. Ng6+ Kg8 3. Rh8#

Anonymous said...

1. Qxf7+ Rxf7
2. Ng6+ Kg8
3. Rh8+#

Anonymous said...

1.Qxf7+ Rxf7 2.Ng6+ and 3. Rh8#

I'm not strong, but would have seen this in blitz!

Cecil Sloan said...

Try a Q sacrifice. g6 is then free for the Knight.