Sunday’s 5-second tactics!
THE CHASE
im CODENOTTI,Marco
gm HANSEN,Eric
From Friday’s round at the Italian tournament in Ortisei. Position after 32 moves of play. Hansen has put his opponent under a lot of pressure for the whole game, and now , just when it seems the worse is over, Hansen finds a clever idea that destroys any illusions that Black might have had of saving the game…
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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BACK-RANK THEMES
im COLLUTIIS,D
gm LEVIN,Felix
Also from Ortisei, yesterday’s round to be exact. A Benko Gambit. Position after 25 moves. Black had just recovered his pawn. Black must have been feeling good here, especially with White’s Knight dangling on b5. But it is funny how chess is at times…appearances can be deceiving!
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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SOLUTIONS
Hansen, Eric–Codenotti, Marco: 33.Rxc5!! Rxc5 34.Be6+ Kf8 35.Qh5 Ra5 36.Qh8+ Ke7 37.Qxg7+ Kd8 38.Qf8+ Kc7 39.Qc8+ 1-0
Levin, Felix–Collutiis, Duilio: 26.h6+! forcing the King back 26…Kf8 (If 26…Kf6 then 27.Nc3! R-moves 28.e5+! winning 27.Rb1! Qa5 28.Na3! 1-0 Black loses material because of the mate on the backrank. Note that 28.Nd4 is also good enough