Daily Chess Improvement: Brilliant Attacking Chess!

Susan Polgar

This is from a famous game between young Bobby Fischer and Ruben Shocron at Mar del Plata in 1959.

White to move! How should white proceed?

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No. 1-2

mvaneerde

Oct 5

White is up a piece but his rook is pinned

Bd7 breaks the pin and buys time for the rook to escape (to c6, say)
Black cannot take the bishop because then 2. Rxg6+ discovers an attack on the Queen

melvich

Oct 1

1 B a7-R a8 2 B c6-Rxa7 3 Rxg6+ Wins the Queen

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