Magnificent OTB Combination!

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Avatar of JG27Pyth

This is apparently a famous combination but I just ran across it for the first time and it blew my hairpiece off! It's hard to believe it was found over the board once, but perhaps it was found twice.  You can read about the controversy here:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess/rxb2.htm

 

But before you read the story... check out the combination -- presented here as a puzzle:

Avatar of Minato

thats an amazing find for anyone, and over the board too thats sweet.......

Avatar of gibberishlwmetlkwn

That is so genius!  No matter the response...  Black will come out on top!

Avatar of shuttlechess92

holy cow!

Avatar of easyb

It's combinations like these that inspire me to play better.  Incredible.

Avatar of bombmeself

thats really awesome Surprised

Avatar of Narz

Very nice. Smile

Avatar of Timmeh_86

what about Nxa5?

Haven't really thought about it... just putting it out there :p

Avatar of Eniamar

Nxa5 fails to c1=Q+ Kf2 7. Qd2+

Avatar of scuttlebutt94

impressed!