- Chúc An Đặng
- Jul 16
- 1 min read
Updated: Aug 10
Defeat Magnus Carlsen - the GOAT!
Answer
The key move is Ne7.
Explanation
The key move is Ne7.
In the riddle, Magnus says, "The weakest person is one protected by others, as their only shield cannot protect them for long." Here he is hinting a piece that is weakly protected on the table. In this case, it is the white knight being protected by the white queen and rook, but also being attacked by black knight and rook.
By playing Ne7, you're attacking the white rook that is guarding the white knight, forcing it to move and therefore, cannot protect the knight anymore! Now, you have 2 attacking pieces on the knight (queen and rook) while Magnus only has one defending piece (queen).
Free Talk
This is actually from one of the old matches I played on chess.com :)) I was the black player
It was actually quite hard to look through thousands of matches.. but I'm happy I found the perfectly medium-level position for this puzzle!
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