Saturday 29 December 2012

Brilliancy


A brilliancy is a spectacular and beautiful game of chess, generally featuring sacrificial attacks and unexpected moves. Brilliancies are not always required to feature sound play or the best moves by either side.

In the following middlegame puzzle from Magnus vs. Groenn 2005 of very difficult patterns, it is White (Magnus Carlsen) to move. How should Magnus proceed?


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