Saturday’s 5-second tactics
I will post more examples as the day progresses. GOOD LUCK!
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gm Efimenko, Zahar
gm Wojtaszek, Radoslaw-
Lublin international tournament yesterday. Position after 27 moves. White castled Queenside in the opening and then both sides advanced their pawns. It was a race, but then Black made a serious imprecision and that gave the Polish superstar the advantage. Here in the position above, Black is holding on by a thread. White now has the opportunity to put Black away…do you see it?
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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wgm Shen, Yang
wgm Wang, Jue
4th CHN w Masters 2014.5.8 Position after 19 moves of play. White had sacrificed a piece in the opening to keep the Black King from castling. Now as the smoke clears, it is clear that White has obvious compensation, as Black’s minor pieces have no play. More than that, however, White has all of his pieces in play and the clouds have gathered around the Black monarch…
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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im Guliev, Logman
gm Savchenko, Boris
Nakhchivan AZE Open 2014.5.5 Position after 28 moves. A very strange game where Black was better, if not much better, has suddenly turned critical as Black voluntarily returned his King to the centre. Now White has the opportunity to strike a decisive blow.
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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gm Smirnov, Pavel:
im Dastan, M.B
Nakhchivan AZE Open 2014.5.5 , once more! Position after Black’s 18th move (18…Bd7?!) With Black’s last move , surprisingly, all of a sudden he is lost! (Necessary was 18…Qc8! with a tough game with chances for both sides) Now a golden opportunity has arisen for White, based on the a2-g8 diagonal, with the help of the Rook on h3. Do you see it?
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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Lublin GM 2014.5.9 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw–Efimenko, Zahar: 28.Bxh5! gxh5 29.Nxh5 Qxg5 There was no good way to avoid what comes next. If instead 29…Kg8 the 30.Nf6+ follows; OR taking the Knight loses a handful of pawns for nothing after 30.Rxh5+, 31.Qg6+, 32.Qxe6+ etc. The game ended: 30.Nf4+ 1-0 Black loses his pieces if he blocks the check, or is mated after 30…Kmoves 31.Qh7+ and mate next move.
4th CHN w Masters 2014.5.8 Wang, Jue–Shen, Yang: 20.Bxg7!! Kxg7 21.Qe5+ ( The quickest and most precise win is 21.Qh5! Rf8 22.Re7 etc. ) 21…f6 22.Qg3+ Kf7 23.Re7+ Qxe7 24.dxe7 Kxe7 Black has 3 pieces for the Queen and would not be so bad off except for the next move 25.c5! This wins a piece. It cuts off the King from the d6 square and threatens Qg7+ 25… Kd8 26.cxb6 axb6 27.Qd6 Re8 28.Rxf6 Bc8 29.Rf5 Ba6 30.Kf2 Kc8 31.g4 1-0
Nakhchivan AZE Open 2014.5.5 Savchenko, Boris–Guliev, Logman: 29.Nd4!! There is nothing to be done about the simultaneous threats of Nc6+ and Rxf7+. The game ended quickly after 29…Rxd4 30.Rxf7+! Ke8 31.Qc6+ 1-0
Nakhchivan AZE Open 2014.5.5 Dastan, M.B–Smirnov, Pavel: 19.Nd5!! A neatly calculated move that wins. Everything seems forced now… 19…exd5 20.Bxd5+ Kh8 21.Qf3! The key move! Threatening mate with Rxh7+. 21…Rf6 22.Qh5! h6 23.exf6 Nxf6 24.Qg6 Ng4 25.Bd4 Bf6 26.Rxh6+!! Now it is forced mate. 26…gxh6 27.Bxf6+ Nxf6 28.Qxf6+ Kh7 29.Re1 1-0