Friday’s winning 5-sec tactics
Friday’s Winning Tactics!
How are you today? Below I present some 6 tactics from the first rounds of the Batumi Olympiad for you to test your skill against. The pgn can be downloaded at the end. Good luck!
Baules,J-gm Nakamura
Batumi 24.9.2018
Black to play and force mate!
gm Tari,A – gm Mchedlishvili
Batumi 25.9.2018
White played a move here and Black resigned on the spot! What is the move?
gm Georgiev – fm Sanchez,RC
Batumi 26.9.2018
White to play and crush!
gm Fier,A – im Aloma Vidal
Batumi 25.9.2018
This is a cute theme that I have taught my students but have never seen occur in a grandmaster game. White to play and crush!
fm Burovich,R – Mulenga,P
Batumi 27.9.2018
White to play and win!
gm Tomczak – gm Kramnik
Batumi 27.9.2018
Up to Kramnik’s last move (Rd5) it was a tough fight. What did Kramnik overlook? White to play and crush!
How did you do? You can download the pgn HERE.