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Black to Play

Pete Tamburro on

Published in Chess Puzzles

This game, from the World v. USSR in 1970, is one of the most famous miniature games in chess history. Bent Larsen, a world class Grandmaster, has the White pieces against world champ Boris Spassky. Spassky stuns Larsen with a game that lasts just 17 moves! The fun starts with Black to play in the diagram.


Solution:

Larsen-Spassky, World v. USSR, 1970:1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 Bc5 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Qc2 Qe7 9.Be2 0–0–0 10.f4 Ng4 11.g3 h5 [Also interesting is: 11...Nxe3 12.dxe3 Bxe3 13.Qc3 Qc5] 12.h3 (see diagram)12… h4!! 13.hxg4 hxg3 14.Rg1 Rh1!! 15.Rxh1 g2 16.Rf1 [If 16.Rg1 Qh4+ 17.Kd1 Qh1] 16...Qh4+ 17.Kd1 gxf1=Q+ White Resigned after: 18.Bxf1 Bxg4+ 19.Kc1 Qe1+ 20.Qd1 Qxd1#

 


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