why not 10... Nc7 instead of 10... Nf7 ?
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10... Nf7 Be8 '''''' Bxf7#
a study by who is this?
umm dunno =P
i like it very much
i wonder if one could go that deep in analysis
scotland-yard wrote:
i like it very much
i wonder if one could go that deep in analysis
me 2
This is amazing, I remember seeing it before, with a story attached.
A very strong English player, (IM or GM) whose name escapes me, but I think it might start with "P", and a mathematician by profession (OK enough info, sure someone will tell me who it is) showed this position to some of the top GM's at a tournament somewhere, around 1980 I think.
None of them could solve it. Amongst the GM's was Mikhael Tal, who had a look at the position, and promptly went for a walk in the nearby bark. An hour later he came back with the solution.
Dunno if it's true, but it would be nice if it was.
what this?
It was first seen (That I know of) it when British GM Jim Plaskett who presented it at the tournament in Brussels 1987 (Kasparov and Ljubomir won with 8.5/11, Karpov was second with 7/11). None of the grandmasters at the tournament could solve it, except for Tal who looked at it for a few minutes and went for a walk in the park. He came back with the solution.
Lord-Chaos wrote:
what this?
It was first seen (That I know of) it when British GM Jim Plaskett who presented it at the tournament in Brussels 1987 (Kasparov and Ljubomir won with 8.5/11, Karpov was second with 7/11). None of the grandmasters at the tournament could solve it, except for Tal who looked at it for a few minutes and went for a walk in the park. He came back with the solution.
That's the one :)
rooperi wrote:
This is amazing, I remember seeing it before, with a story attached.
A very strong English player, (IM or GM) whose name escapes me, but I think it might start with (extra space here) "P", and a mathematician by profession (OK enough info, (I'm )sure someone will tell me who it is) showed this position to some of the top GM's at a tournament somewhere, around 1980 I think.
None of them could solve it. Amongst the GM's (no need for apostrophe) was Mikhael Tal, who had a look at the position, and promptly went for a walk in the nearby bark. An hour later he came back with the solution.
Dunno if it's true, but it would be nice if it was.
im not sure if its true, but he certainly didn't go for a walk in a nearby bark.
Whee Haw Whee Haw! Spelling Police.... lol
i don't usually post other puzzles that are not mine on, but ive seen this one before and ill make this one an exception, because i want to share it with you all that havn't seen it before (don't complain old timers and clever people).