Combination (chess)

Under a combination in chess is defined as a forced sequence of moves that through meaningful interaction of the figures - often with sacrifice - causes a fast-paced contradiction solution and thus brings about a more advantageous position in the quality of profits or draw meaning. The prerequisite for any successful combination consists in a respective forces, time or space overweight. Alekhine described the combination as "the heart of chess ".

While a combination of the Zugauswahl the opponent is severely limited mostly by the use of tactical coercion (Chess bid, threat, exchange). Not infrequently it is in a certain position, only one train available.

In this way, the variant tree is reduced ( the branching possibilities of the game after each train ) to a few useful features. Depending on the complexity of the situation and skills of the players longer move sequences can be predicted here.

With combinations tactical objectives can be enforced, for example, checkmate, material gain positional advantage, stalemate, perpetual check.

Examples

London 1883

The following combination of the match Zukertort - Blackburne, London 1883 counts Steinitz the finest in the history of chess:

This very well-known combination revolves around the theme of the pawn.

This game should have been played in April 1933 in the 6th round of the Castilian Championships at the Centro Cultural de los Ejercitos y la Armada de Madrid. Ortueta, though, claimed that they occurred in a training game. The position was often printed incorrectly for bad source material, whereby the combination was shown without the farmers on e6 and g5.