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The pawns are the soul of the game, but chess combinations are what fill the souls of players. Chess without combinations would be sooo boring…
In the long history of chess, many spectacular combos have been played. From the first world champion, Wilhelm Steinitz, to the current one, Magnus Carlsen, the best players have enriched chess culture. In this video, GM Eugene Perelshteyn will show you the 8 most incredible chess combinations. Are you ready to see them?
Let’s look at some of them:
Georg Rotlewi vs Akiba Rubinstein, Lodz, 1907
Combinations: Rubinstein – RotlewiWe will start with one of the most beautiful and well-known games. If this is the first time you’re see this position, you’re in for a treat!
Black has all his pieces on active squares. His bishops are on the best diagonals, the rooks on the open files, the knight and queen putting pressure on the h2-square. But White is threatening the black queen and to play Bb7, hoping to exchange some pieces. That’s something Black would love to avoid…
Give yourself 10 or 15 minutes to calculate the winning combination Black has.
Black played the astonishing 22…Rxc3!! 23.gxh4 Rd2!!, and White is losing! Amazing! 24.Qxd2 Bxe4+ 25.Qg2 Rh3! were the last moves of the game, and White resigned, being unable to avoid …Rxh2.
You will have to watch the complete video (or click on the diagram) to see the full analysis.
Robert James Fischer vs Samuel Schweber, Buenos Aires, 1970
Combinations: Fischer – SchewerThe second example is less-known, perhaps less spectacular, but not less beautiful.
Fischer was dominating the entire game, when he allowed his opponent to reach this position. Black was surely very happy to force the queen exchange, which would lead to a very good endgame. But Fischer had prepared a surprise…
Can you discover White’s shocking move?
White took advantage of the fact that Black’s king and queen were on the same diagonal, and played 23.Rxe4!! (threatening Bf4) 23…Qxg3 (forced) 24.Rxd4! and the Black queen doesn’t have any good square available! If she moves on the h2-b8 diagonal, then 25.Bf4 recovers the queen, with material advantage. So, Black played 24…Qg4, but after 25.Rxg4 Bxg4 26.Bxg6 White had two pawns for the exchange. The f6-pawn later decided the game.
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