Friday’s 5-second chess tactics!
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
gm MIKHALEVSKI
gm IVANISEVIC
From Skopje the day before yesterday. A very interesting game up to now. Here White played 40.Be6+ throwing away all of his advantage and soon agreed to a draw ( a few moves later, by perpetual check). HOWEVER, in the position above White has MUCH better!
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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gm KOZUL
im RAZNIKOV
From Skopje just the other day! A wild game with the advantage changing sides several times. Now however, things are about to end, as the White King finds itself in a very compromised situation.
BLACK TO PLAY AND MATE IN TWO!
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(gm) KLOVANS
im RAVINKSY
From a tournament in Moscow, 1959. The not-yet grandmaster from Riga has a strong position, but White thought that he had everything undercontrol. He was mistaken…
BLACK TO PLAY AND GET A DECISIVE ADVANTAGE!
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gm LPUTIAN
gm KLOVANS
From a game in Latvia, 1978. Position after 12 moves. An unusual line of the French Defence, one that Lputian’s countryman Petrosian popularized. HOWEVER, the young Lputian , unknowingly, had made a serious mistake on his last move…
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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im OZOLINSH
gm KLOVANS
From Riga, 1984. A Spanish Opening where fate has it that the White King-Bishop finds itself on the a2-g8 diagonal (instead of the usual b1-h7 diagonal). White has managed to place a Knight on f5 and his last move was Ng5, to which Black has just replied with 17…h6, politely asking the Knight to declare its intention….
Taking on f7 now looks interesting, but White has something more brutal in mind!
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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gm MIKENAS
gm KLOVANS
From a correspondence game in 1988. Black had just played 16…h5, planning to trap the White Queen with …Rh7. White’s position looks desperately hopeless!
Good luck trying to figure out how Klovans not only saved his Queen but even managed to get a decisive advantage!
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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SOLUTIONS:
Ivanisevic, Ivan–Mikhalevski, Victor: The game continued 40.Be6+ Kh6 41.Kxg4 Qb6 42.Qh4+ Kg7 43.Qe7+ Kh6 44.Qh4+ Kg7 45.Qe7+ 1/2-1/2; HOWEVER, there was a win to be had: 40.Be8+ ! Kh6 ( 40…Kg8 41.Qf7+ Kh8 42.Qf8# ) 41.Qf8+ !Kh5 42.Qf5+! Kh6 43.Qxf4+ Kg7 44.Qf7+ Kh6 45.Qf8+ Kh5 46.Qf5+Kh6 47.Qg5+ Kg7 48.Qe7+ Kh6 49.Kxg4 with a crushing position.
Raznikov, Danny–Kozul, Zdenko: 35…Bh3+ 0-1 After 36.QxB Qf2++
Klovans, Janis –Ravinsky, Grigory I: 17… Nxd3! 18.Qxd3 Bxd2 19.Qxd2? (19.RxB is forced, though Black answers the same way and should win eventually)19… Nc4 0-1;
Klovans Janis –Lputian Smbat G : 13.Nfxd5 ouch!! 13…exd5 14.Nxd5 Bg7 15.Nxb6 1-0 Further resistance is futile.
Klovans Janis–Mikenas Alius: 17.g4!! fxg4 (if 17…Rh7 then 18.Pxf5 Qf7 19.e6!) 18.f4!! Nce7 19.e6 Qxe6 20.Rde1 Qg6 21.Re5 Kb7 22.Rg5 Qf7 23.Rg7 Qf8 24.Re1 1-0