Go Partner 1680X - Study Position 3: White to Play and Draw; Study Position 4: White to Play and Win; Study Position 5: White to Play and Win; Study Position 6: White to Play and Win

6 th rank, white can check with the rook,
promote a pawn, and win very easily.
The black king and black rook are forced
into a fatal line-up along the 7th rank,
after which white uses a deadly skewer
to win the black rook. Without knowing
this tactic, white could not win the game,
despite a 3- pawn advantage.
Study Position 5: White to Play
and Win
Study Position 5 was taken from the
game Capablanca-Tanerow, New York,
1910. The white queen is attacked by
Tanerow’s black bishop on E5.
Capablanca, who was the world chess
champion from 1921 to 1927, took just a
few brilliant moves to defeat Tanerow.
Can you find them?
Study Position 6: White to Play
and Win
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Study Position 6 was taken from a game
between the American genius Paul
Morphy and the Duke of Brunswick, which
was reported to have taken place during
an opera! Even after you have found the
correct attack, you should play through
Study Position 6 more than once, since
the computer will try different defenses
for black.
Study Position 7: White to Play
and Win
Study Position 7 was taken from the
game Alekhine-Grunfeld, Carlsbad, 1923
(with the colors reversed), which “some
competent critics have considered the
finest ever played,” according to chess
grandmaster Reuben Fine. Since the
computer will try different defenses for
black, you should play through Study
Position 7 more than once.
Study Position 8: White to Play
and Win
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Study Position 8 was taken from the
game Edemas-Torre, New Orleans,
1920, and contains a series of astonish¬
ing sacrifices of great beauty and origi¬
nality. White could give a “back-rank
mate” if square E8 were not so well
protected. Therefore, white attempts to
divert the black queen or the black rook
on C8 from their defense of this square.
If you do not understand the moves the
computer plays for black, try playing
other moves against the computer. Se¬
lect Study Position 8, press PLAY, make
a different black defensive move, then
press PLAY, again. You will soon realize
why black was so cautious!
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