Thoughts upon a position: 6. Strong Combinational Vision

Michail Botvinnik himself has often blamed his “old illness” – weak combinational vision – for many lost games of his late career. As a matter of fact we do admire Botvinnik for his positional play, yet when he was younger he was able to produce beautiful combinations as the one I ask you to find. The game was played in 1930. The move is not important. The idea behind it, is what offers great enthusiasm. More than that, it comes from my childhood memories and my uncle, who was Botvinnik’s admirer. I asked him recently “Why a Botvnnik’s combination?” and he replied: “When you are ten, you don’t understand much about strategy, don’t you?”

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a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

I’m waiting for your comments.

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