Watch the famous game, then train the tactics that made it work.
The lesson is not just the tactic — it is how the position made the tactic possible.
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Find the rook lift. White has one calm move that overloads Black before the final knight jump. What would you play?
Pause before grabbing material: king safety, development, and forcing moves decide the tactic.
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Can you find it?
Find the queen move that overloads Black before the final knight jump.
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The answer is a overloaded defender idea. Start by checking forcing moves.
Solution: Qg6 — Qg6 puts direct pressure on the king side. The queen, bishop, knight, and rook-lift pressure mean Black cannot cover every defender and escape square.
Can you find it?
Find 41. Bxf7+. What is the idea?
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The answer is a check idea. Start by checking forcing moves.
Solution: Bxf7+ — Bxf7+ is a forcing move. It keeps initiative by using check pressure, so the defender has to respond before solving the larger king-safety problem.
Can you find it?
Find the rook lift that starts the third-rank attack. What is White preparing?
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The answer is a rook lift idea. Start by checking forcing moves.
Solution: Ra2 — Ra2 is the rook lift. White prepares to swing across the third rank, so Black has to defend the queenside files and the kingside at the same time.
Can you find it?
Find 15. axb5. What is the idea?
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The answer is a capture / material decision idea. Start by checking forcing moves.
Solution: axb5 — axb5 is a forcing move. It keeps initiative by using capture / material decision pressure, so the defender has to respond before solving the larger king-safety problem.
See why the tactic worked in the original game.
Train the same motif before revealing the answer.
ChessCoach finds similar mistakes and chances in your own play.
[Event "Nice olm fin-A"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "1974.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2535"] [ECO "C98"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.d5 Nd8 14.a4 Rb8 15.axb5 axb5 16.b4 Nb7 17.Nf1 Bd7 18.Be3 Ra8 19.Qd2 Rfc8 20.Bd3 g6 21.Ng3 Bf8 22.Ra2 c4 23.Bb1 Qd8 24.Ba7 Ne8 25.Bc2 Nc7 26.Rea1 Qe7 27.Bb1 Be8 28.Ne2 Nd8 29.Nh2 Bg7 30.f4 f6 31.f5 g5 32.Bc2 Bf7 33.Ng3 Nb7 34.Bd1 h6 35.Bh5 Qe8 36.Qd1 Nd8 37.Ra3 Kf8 38.R1a2 Kg8 39.Ng4 Kf8 40.Ne3 Kg8 41.Bxf7+ Nxf7 42.Qh5 Nd8 43.Qg6 Kh8 44.Nh5 1-0
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