”For every problem that can  solved by intelligence, there are 10 more problems waiting to be solved by imagination.”

–Amit Kalantri

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gm  Banusz, Tamas

 gm  Siebrecht, Sebastian

Bundesliga Dortmund 2014.10.19  The famous Bundesliga, this past weekend.  This one is easy: a good way to start the week! Position after White’s 25th move.  Ofcourse, White’s position is a disaster and Black must win.  BUT, he should not rush: neither 25…Nxc4 nor 25…c2 26.Rc1 Nxc4 will convince White of the hopelessness of his situation and convince him to resign.  BE CALM! Reflect a bit and find the move that convinced White to resign!

BLACK TO PLAY AND CRUSH!

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im Meister, Peter  (2411)

gm  Saltaev, Mihail

Bundesliga Dortmund 2014.10.19  Position after 28 moves of play. What can one say?  White is all over Black!  Are you up to finishing the job?

WHITE TO PLAY AND CRUSH!

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im  Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando (2476)

gm  Pruijssers, Roeland

Bundesliga Dortmund 2014.10.19  Position before Black’s 20th move. I like this example! Opposite side castling carries with it risks that are better evaluated BEFORE castling than after!  Here Black is well ahead in the race…

BLACK TO PLAY AND CRUSH!

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gm Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter

im  Lauber, Arnd  (2441)

Bundesliga Dortmund 2014.10.19  Position after 24 moves. A curious and highly entertaining game up to now…a famous grandmaster being completely outplayed by a much lower rated player. Ofcourse, Black must be lost as the Rook on a8 is out of play.  But how to put Black away?  Nisipeanu is known for his very resourceful play in bad positions…

WHITE TO PLAY AND CRUSH!

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KNIGHT MARES!

gm  Baramidze, David

gm  Firman, Nazar

Bundesliga Dortmund 2014.10.19 Position after 34 moves in a Spanish Opening.  Black had just played 34…Qb6, attacking the White Rook.  This move turns out to be the fatal error, but who can blame him for missing White’s brilliant attacking concept?

WHITE TO PLAY AND CRUSH!

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Bundesliga Dortmund 2014.10.19 Siebrecht, Sebastian–Banusz, Tamas:  25…Nc6!  0-1 (!) Because after  26.Bf3 c2 27.Rc1 Re1+!! and the roof collapses

Bundesliga Dortmund 2014.10.19  Saltaev, Mihail–Meister, Peter: 29.Rxf7! Thematic! 29…Kxf7  and now, instead of the move played in the game 30.Nc7, White can win most precisely with 30.Neg5+, leading to a forced mate, as the readers can readily verify.

Bundesliga Dortmund 2014.10.19 Pruijssers, Roeland–Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando: 20…Bxd4! 21.Ba4 It is necessary to take the Black Knight out of action.  Immediate defeat follow 21.cxd4 Nxd4 22.Qd3 Rxg2+ and mate is not far off ) 21…b5! Now 22…Ne5 is threatened.  22.e5!?  What else? 22…Rg3! 23.Qh5 (23.Qd5 f3! )23… Rh3! 24.Qd1 f3 25.cxd4 Qg4 0-1 (25…Rxg2+! Is even stronger)

Bundesliga Dortmund 2014.10.19  Lauber, Arnd–Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter: 25.Bxd6!!  The first point is that  25…cxd6 goes off immediately to  26.Rxb7!!, as the readers can verify. The game continued: 25…RxB 26.Re8+ Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Kxd8 28.Rf8+ Ke7 and now instead of 29.Rxa8 (which is good enough to win) the most precise way to win is 29.Qb4+! Kd7 30.Qb5+ Kd6 (30…Ke7 31.d6+ Kxf8 32.Qxh5 Bd7 33.dxc7 etc) 31.c5+ Ke7 32.RxR (only now!) 32… Qxd5 33.Qe2+ etc.

Bundesliga Dortmund 2014.10.19  Firman, Nazar–Baramidze, David: 35.Nh6!! The first point is that if 35…QxR 36.d6! sets up a mating net.  The game continued: 35… Bxh6  36.Nxe5!! 1-0 After 36…NxN 37.Qh8+ wins the house!