Monday’s 5-second tactics
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Fang, Yan
gm Lalith, Babu M.R
Asian Continental, UAE, on the 24th of this month. Position after Black’s 29th move (29…Rxe2). Black has been struggling since the opening and seized upon the opportunity to re-establish material equality. Unfortunately for him, he has walked into a clever trap.
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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im Nezad, Husein Aziz
gm Ni, Hua
The Asian Continental in the UAE. On the 18th of this month. Position after 27 moves of play. White has a very active position. Unfortunately for Black, even though he has all of his pieces defended, one of them is over-worked, giving rise to a clever tactic that allows White to win material. Do you see it?
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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Raes, Abdul Kader
im Khader, Sami
Yet one more from UAE! Played on the 25th of this month. Black has just captured the pawn on h4 (26…Rxh4). There is a lesson to be had in this example: a number of Black’s pieces are awkwardly posted (his Rook on a5, his Knight on g8, for examples). In such situations it is usually dangerous to go pawn grubbing…
HOW DOES WHITE GET A CLEAR EDGE?
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im Idani, Pouya
gm Negi, Parimarjan
You will like this! From the Asian Continental on the 22nd of ths month. Position after 32 moves. A sharp position. Both sides have threats, but it is White to move and that makes all the difference. First analysis of the position reveals the difficulty in find a win. For example, if 33.gxh6+ KxP! and Black’s troubles are behind him. Or if 33.Qd8 Qe1+ gives Black a perpetual after 34.Kg2 f3+!. Next, the flashy 33.Qd7 loses to 33…Qe1+ followed by taking the Queen, because in the end there is a check on e4 that will snare the Rook. Finally, 33.Rg8+ Kh7!! allows Black to escape after the study-like 34.Re8!? Rxe8 35.Qd7+ Qg7 36.Qxe8 fxg3 37.Qd7 gxf2+ 38.Kxf2 h5 and White can not make any progress.
BUT don’t dishearten! There is a way to win! Keep digging…
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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im Nezad, Husein Aziz
Shyam, Sundar M
The UAE Continental on the 24th of this month. Position after 30 moves. The game is dynamically balanced, with correct play should be a draw. Black is down an Exchange but has two strong pawns for it. Best now is 31.Rc6! Black has a weak backrank (no luft!) and for this reason White decided to tempt fate and play for trick:
31.Rd7?
Hoping for 31…Rxa3? 32.Rd8+!
BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN!
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13th Asian Continental Sharjah UAE 2014.4.24 Lalith, BabuM.R.–Fang, Yan: 30.Rg5+ 1-0 Black atleast a Rook after 30…Kf8 (30…Kh8?? 31.Bd4+) 31.RxR and 32.Bc5+
13th Asian Continental Sharjah UAE 2014.4.18 Ni, Hua–Nezad, Husein Aziz: 28.N6xd5! Winning an important pawn. The idea is that 28…PxN? Is met decisively by 29.NxN+. Relatively best is 28…NxN, but White should win easily enough. The game abruptly ended after the desperate 28… Nxd4?! 29.exd4 exd5 30.Nc6+ 1-0
13th Asian Continental Sharjah UAE 2014.4.25 Khader, Sami–Raes, Abdul Kader: 27.Nc6! Bxc6 28.dxc6+ Kxc6?! Relatively best is retreating the King, but after 29.Nd5 White is still way on top. 29.Rxh4 Qxh4 30.Qd5+ Kd7 31.Qxf7+ and White has a winning attack. The game ended: 31… Ne7 32.Nd5 Kd8 33.Qf8+ Kd7 34.Rf1 Ne6 35.Nf6+ Kc6 36.Qxe7 Qh3 37.Rc1 Nf4 38.Ne8 Ra7 39.Bxa4+ Kc5 40.Rd1 Qxg4 41.Nxd6 1-0
13th Asian Continental Sharjah UAE 2014.4.22 Negi, Parimarjan–Idani, Pouya: 33.Re8!! 1-0 After 33…Rxe8 34.Qd7+ Kh8 35.Qxe8+ Kh7 36.Qf7+ Qg7 ( 36…Kh8 37.Qxg6 Qe1+ 38.Kg2 fxg3 39.Qf6+ Kg8 40.Qf7+ Kh8 41.e7 ) 37.Qxg7+ Kxg7 38.gxh6+ and one of the Pawns queens
13th Asian Continental Sharjah UAE 2014.4.24 Shyam, Sundar M.–Nezad, Husein Aziz: 31.Rd7? ( 31.Rc6! ) Be5! 32.Rb1 ( 32.Rd1 Nc5 ) Nc5 33.Re7 Bd6 0-1 The trapper trapped!
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