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20 JOHN NUNN 'S CHESS PUZZLE BooK 39 Black to play A typical Tai position; the magici an from Riga has just lobbed the bombshell I .ltd4- b6!? into Black's position. The upshot was not unusual for the victims of Ta l's tactical surprises. Black collapsed comple tely and lost after l ... .ltf4 2 ii'xf4 l lxd2 3 ii'xd2 ii'xb6 4 e7 5 ll:ld5 ..ixd5 6 °i'xd 5+ @g7 7 btxh7+ 'it>xh7 8 °i'f7+ @h6 9 ii'xe8 IO ii'h8+ ®g5 11 h4+ Wg4 12 e8\IW \ !Wfl + 13 'it>h2 \!Wf4+ 14 ®gl 'fi'c I+ 15 'iit>f2 'fi'f4+ 16 'iit>e2 1-0. How should Black have defended? (Hint: see p.116; solution: see p .157) 40 Black to play White's king is rrapped in the com er, but Hubner could not find a way to exploi t it and the move played ( 1 . .. ll:lb5)

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20 JOHN NUNN 'S CHESS PUZZLE BooK

39  Black  to play

A typical Tai  position; the magician from

Riga has just lobbed the bombshell I .ltd4-

b6!? into Black's position. The upshot was

not unusual for the victims of  Tal's  tactical

surprises. Black collapsed completely and

lost after l  ... .ltf4  2 ii'xf4  l lxd2  3 ii'xd2  

ii'xb6

4 e7 5 ll:ld5 ..ixd5 6 °i'xd5+ @g7 7

btxh7+  'it>xh7 8 °i'f7+ @h6 9  ii'xe8 IO

ii'h8+ ®g5 11 h4+ Wg4 12 e8\IW \!Wfl + 13

'it>h2  \!Wf4+ 14 ®gl 'fi'c I+ 15  'iit>f2  'fi'f4+ 

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'iit>e2 1-0. How should Black  have defended?

(Hint: see p.116; solution: see p.157)

40  Black  to play

White's king  is  rrapped in the comer, but

Hubner could not find a way  to exploit it and

the move played ( 1 ... ll:lb5) eventually  led 

to

a draw. Can you do better?

(Hint: see p.116; solution: see p.158)

41 White to play

In  this extremely complex position Black

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has just accepted a sacrificed piece on e3 by

... ll:ld5x..ie3. His  greed certainly 

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tified in the game, as Black  won after only a

few more moves: I .i.xd7+ lllxd7 2 'fi'h5+

'itte7 3 �f7+ @d6 4  lllxd7   lWxd7 5 ifxffi+

<!fie? 6  ll:le2 �f5 0-1.

What  is the best way for White to proceed

from the diagram? Who  is  better?

(Hint:  see p.116; solution: see p.158)

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