… was the situation in this recent game from the German Bundesliga, where White to play had to calculate the consequences of
27.Rf7-f4+. How would you assess the position after that (diagram)?
A) White is better;
B) the position is balanced;
C) Black has the advantage.
The solution is here,
but first ponder over it with a larger version of the diagram.
If you are following our Christmas puzzles you will know that a new one is
being posted every day and can be viewed by going to the index
page (we do not post daily alerts). Number three showed a thrilling win,
number four a clever positional draw, both theoretically very difficult for
computers to comprehend. Some positions require a little lateral thinking by
us humany. Give
it a try.