Paul Keres vs. Arturo Pomar Salamanca
A nice endgame between Estonian Paul Keres and Spanish chess player Arturo Pomar Salamanca. With a sacrifice, Paul Keres gained a strong strategical position and won in four. This happened in Madrid tournament, 1943.
Roll over to see the solution: 1. Rd8+ Qxd8 2. Qe6+ Kc5 3. Nb3+ Kb4 4. Qe4#
FEN: 7R/r1p1q1pp/3k4/1p1n1Q2/3N4/8/1PP2PPP/2B3K1 w - - 1 0
About the players
Arturo Pomar Salamanca (1931-2016) was a Spanish chess player, the first to be awarded the title of Grandmaster. He was national champion 7 times. Hailed as chess prodigy, he was a disciple of World Champion Alexander Alekhine.Paul Keres (1916-1975) was an Estonian chess writer and chess Grandmaster, one of the strongest chess players between 1930 and 1960.
Be careful when you go for the bait, there just might be a hook in it.
1. Rd8+ Qxd8 2. Qe6+ Kc5 3. Nb3+ Kb4 4. Bd2# Nc3 5.Bxc3 Ka4 6.Nc5# or
2. Rd8+ Qxd8 2. Qe6+ Kc5 3. Nb3+ Kb4 4.Qe4#
1. Rh8-d8+ Qe7xd8
2. Qf5-e6+ Kd6-c5
3. Nd4-b3+ Kc5-b4
4. Qe6-e4#
It’s not actually bait, regardless of whether he takes the rook or not, white wins. There’s no entrapment, more of a forced win
Yes, I see it now. Thanks for pointing that out for me.
1. g2-g3 Ra7-a1
2. Kg1-g2 Ra1xc1
3. Rh8-d8+ Qe7-d7
4. Qf5xd7+ Kd6-e5
5. Qd7xd5+ Ke5-f6
6. Nd4xb5 Rc1-e1
7. Nb5xc7 g7-g5
8. Rd8-h8 Kf6-g6
9. h2-h4 Re1-e2
10. h4xg5 Kg6-h5
11. Kg2-h3 Re2xc2
12. Qd5-f3+ Kh5xg5
13. Rh8xh7 Rc2xc7
14. Rh7-h8 Kg5-g6
15. Qf3-e4+ Kg6-g5
16. Rh8-g8+ Kg5-f6
17. Qe4-d4+ Kf6-f5
18. g3-g4+ Kf5-e6
19. Rg8-e8+ Ke6-f7
20. Qd4-e5 Rc7-b7
21. g4-g5 Kf7-g6
22. Re8-g8+ Rb7-g7
23. Rg8xg7+ Kg6-h5
24. g5-g6+ Kh5-h6
25. Kh3-h4
1.Rd8 Qxd8 2.Qe6 Kc5 3.Nb3 Kb4 (3…Kc4 4.Qc6 Kb4 5.Bd2#)4.Bd2#
1.Rd8 Qxd8 2.Qe6 Kc5 3.Nb3 Kc4 4.Qe4