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Chess puzzle

Puzzle

9 December 2017

9:00 AM

9 December 2017

9:00 AM

White to play. This position is from Timman-Short, Tilburg 1990. Can you spot Timman’s classic finish? We regret that this is not a prize puzzle owing to Christmas deadlines.
 
Last week’s solution 1 Nxd6
Last week’s winner Ray Fisher, Buxton, Derbyshire

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