[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Answer to the last "Tactics Time": Here's what Nezhmetdinov, Suetin and Tal missed

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Answer to the last "Tactics Time": Here's what Nezhmetdinov, Suetin and Tal missed
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1185158538.shtml


   In this position, presented in a [1]post a couple of days ago, it's
   White (Nezhmetdinov) to move and win:
   [nezh_suetin_1947_2.jpg]
   How does White win? Nezhmetdinov played Rd7 and won, and Tal endorsed
   it in [2]Attack with Mikhail Tal* (co-authored with Iakov Damsky).
   That means two of the greatest tacticians ever got it wrong, and so
   did Suetin, a strong master (then a young master; later a grandmaster
   and trainer to world champion Tigran Petrosian).
   The right move is Nd7, which works quite similarly to the Rd7 Bxd7
   Nxd7+ line in the game. The real point of this exercise is determining
   why Rd7 is incorrect. The spectacular answer is [3]here.
   *If you follow the link and click "Search Inside", you'll find the
   example on pages 5-6.

References

   1. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1184921265.shtml
   2. http://www.amazon.com/Attack-Mikhail-Tal/dp/1857440439
   3. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/nezh_suetin_1947.htm