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1965 / Bled

A bishop for one square

Mikhail Tal — Bent Larsen

Tal offers a bishop with an attack on the queen. Capturing it leaves e6 unguarded by her: rook and queen enter with check, then combine against f8.

Sacrifices · Piece coordination · Calculation

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    Video, explanations and animations by RookHabit. Pieces by Colin M. L. Burnett, distributed with python-chess (GPLv3+).