Sunday’s 5-second tactics
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gm Galliamova, Alisa
gm Gunina, Valentina
Women’s Candidates Tournament going on right now in Russia. Position after 34 moves. Black was better a few moves before, but did not react properly when White’s Queen infiltrated on h7. Now Black must pay the price…
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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wgm Dzagnidze, Nana
gm Hou Yifan
Same tournament as above…position after 19 moves of play. Black looks solid enough, but the current female World Champion shows why she is the World Champion!
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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gm Grishchenko, Sergey1
gm Nepomniachtchi, Ian
Russian Team Championship going on right now. Position after 28 moves of play. What can one expect? Black has weak pawns and his King is still stuck in the center. Expect the worse!
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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SOLUTIONS
TCh-RUS w 2014.4.11 Gunina, Valentina–Galliamova, Alisa: 35.Rxe8+! Black’s pieces are caught misplaced. 35…Kxe8 36.Nxg7+ 1-0
WGrand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk 2014.4.11: Hou Yifan–Dzagnidze, Nana: 20.f5! Decisive. White’s Bishops will tear apart the Black Monarch’s defences 20… exf5 21.Rxf5! Qb6 22.Qh6! gxf5 23.e6 Nf6 24.Qg5+ 1-0 Forced mate!
TCh-RUS 2014.4.11 Nepomniachtchi, Ian–Grishchenko, Sergey1:29.Rxd5!! exd5 30.Rxd5 Nd6 Black has nothing better. Now White’s passed pawn will dominate the play and White won quicily: 31.exd6 O-O 32.Nd4 Re8 33.d7 Rf8 34.Rxh5 Rf7 35.Rd5 Ra6 36.Qxb5 1-0