Black to Play
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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