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thecanadian7

Hello all just thought I'd share a nice little set of moves that came to me in a game a few days ago. Let me know waht what you think!

N00bCr3w

 Nice combination

Sambirder
N00bCr3w wrote:

 Nice combination

Technically, you cannot call it a combination because no material was sacrificed

However, still, great finish.


tarikhk

no its not. a combination has a sac in it. This is a tactic, i.e. taking advantage of an opportunity granted to you by the position. all combinations are tactics, but not all tactics are combinations. Or, altrernatively, you can call it a move order. There is a flaw in this definition though( favoured by Lasker and Seraiwan) as, I think the offer of a sac, or a declined 'passive' sac( or even two),as, for example, in this game (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1012326) counts as being part of a combination as long as there is a forced response.

marietree

nice, thanks for sharing!

tarikhk

 I find it rather interesting.Chess has its own language, and as a construct built to explain perceived elements of a game, solid definitions that everynoe agrees with are hard to find.