White to Play
Published in Chess Puzzles
Mikhail Tal, who arguably was the greatest chess player ever, made it all look easy at times. Here’s a finish against Benko in 1964. OK, be the former world champion!
1.Rd8+ Ke7 [1...Kxd8 2.Nxf7+ Ke7 3.Nxe5]2.Rxh8 Qxg5 3.Qd2Black Resigned because of 3...Nd5 4.c4 and White will be a whole rook up.
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