Tal–Timman 1972 — A Winning Middlegame Combination

Objective: White to move. Task goal: find the winning combination and maintain a +2.0 advantage for 5 moves.

Position and task condition

White has active pieces around Black's king, but the black knight has just landed on e5 and appears well placed. Tal found a concrete combination that completely changes the balance of the position. Calculate several moves ahead and look for a way to exploit the activity of White's knights and Black's exposed pieces.

Mikhail Tal – Jan Timman · 1972 · 20th Chess Olympiad, Final A, Skopje 1972

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