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2013 / Wijk aan Zee

Take either knight

Levon Aronian — Viswanathan Anand

Anand offers both knights. Aronian captures one and then wins a rook, but Black’s pieces connect their threats and recover the escaping knight.

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Levon Aronian — Viswanathan Anand

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    Rashid Nezhmetdinov — Oleg Chernikov▶ 24 s

    1962 / Rostov-on-Don

    No queen. Still attacking.

    Rashid Nezhmetdinov — Oleg Chernikov

    The bishop draws out a rook and the rook draws out the king. A knight fork wins the queen and transforms the material balance.

    Sacrifices · Piece coordination · Calculation

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    S. Lurie / E. Wagenheim — J. Bastin / O. Bolotow▶ 20 s

    1898 / Riga

    The rook hides a check

    S. Lurie / E. Wagenheim — J. Bastin / O. Bolotow

    The rook blocks its own bishop’s diagonal. The queen draws the king out, and the rook clears the diagonal with double check before a protected mate.

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    Alexander Alekhine — A. Fletcher▶ 30 s

    1928 / London

    Alekhine’s knight windmill

    Alexander Alekhine — A. Fletcher

    The queen takes a knight and is offered to a pawn. Then bishop and knight alternate checks, a rook falls and the knight delivers mate.

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