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A composed position for following a sacrifice and recognising its tactical idea.
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Video, explanations and animations by RookHabit. Pieces by Colin M. L. Burnett, distributed with python-chess (GPLv3+).
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1893 / Nuremberg
Siegbert Tarrasch — Romberg
Tarrasch starts without the a1-rook. He sacrifices his queen, opens his bishop’s diagonal twice and offers his last rook to complete the mating net.
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▶ 24 s
1962 / Rostov-on-Don
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.
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1898 / Riga
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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