Tactics Chess Position: White Wins
Your mid-week puzzle is a neat position from the game Aisenstadt – Margolis, Leningrad, 1957. White has a nice tactic to get a winning position. Can you see how?
Aisenstadt – Margolis
Result: 1-0
Site: Leningrad
Date: 1957
[…] 1.¦a8 ¦xa8
(1…h6 2.£e6+ ¢h7 (2…¢h8 3.¦xe8+) 3.¦xe8)
2.£d5+ …
(2…£f7 3.£xa8+ £e8 4.£xe8# (0:00:06) 2.Qd5+)
(2…¢h8 3.£xa8+ £e8 4.£xe8# (0:00:08) 2.Qd5+)
Quite an optical illusion there giving a Rook just like that. I love such chess positions.