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The Mammoth Book of World’s Greatest Chess Games tells an interesting story in annotating Petrosian’s win over Spassky in game 10 of the 1966 world championship. Petrosian found himself in today’s position ten years before the match in another match with Simagin. The finish with Simagin was a little bit more complicated, but the idea was the same. What did he play against Simagin?


Even though the third move is spectacular, the set up with the second move is what wins the game: 1.Qa8+ Kg7 2.Bxe5+ Qxe5 3.Qh8+ Kxh8 4.Nxf7+ Kg7 5.Nxe5 and wins a piece and the game. Simagin resigned. You always have to be alert for the value of knight forks.

 


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