Mikhail Botvinnik vs Victor Goglidze
Mikhail Botvinnik met Victor Goglidze in a game that features a beautiful mate. Can you find the four moves required for White to finish the game?
Roll over to see the solution: 1. Rh8+ Bxh8 2. Qf8+ Kd7 3. Qxc8+ Ke7 4. Qe8#
FEN: 2bk4/6b1/2pNp3/r1PpP1P1/P1pP1Q2/2rq4/7R/6RK w - - 1 0
About the players
Mikhail Botvinnik was a Soviet and Russian grandmaster who held five world titles across three different reigns. He was the first world-class player to develop within the Soviet Union. He also worked as an electrical engineer and computer scientist.
Botvinnik developed early computer chess and received an honorary mathematics degree for this work. After World War II, he helped design the World Chess Championship system. He was a member of FIDE.
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