Tonight’s position comes from a 1966 game played between Sven Johannessen (White) vs Bobby Fischer (Black) in Havana, Cuba. Johannessen has just played 26. Nf4. What did Bobby Fischer play here?
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So I was just playing a game of #chess and then this happened! 35
Black just played Bxf3. How should white respond?
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White to move and draw (D. Lolly, 1763).
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White to move and win!
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White to move and mate in 4 (Milan Vidmar – Max Euwe, 1929).
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White to move and mate in 3.
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Today I share a beautiful endgame study/mate-in-4 that I have come across in a couple of books. Carel Christiaan Wilhelm Mann has placed black in zugzwang (1…f5 2.Qh4# or 1…Kf5 2.Qd5#) but has white to move. The resulting solution is sure to entertain!
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White to move and mate in three (Samuel Loyd, 1863).
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White to move and mate in 4 (Georges Legentil, Le Journal de Rouen, 1910).
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White to move and mate in 2 (Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen, 1953).