Sunday’s chess tactics
“Fate loves the fearless.”
― James Russell Lowell
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Vastrukhin, Oleg (2402)
Demianjuk, Alexander (2359)
Polugaevsky Mem Samara 2014.7.5 Position after 24 moves of play. Despite being a pawn down , White has super active pieces. And notice that Black’s King position is a bit open. But what Black should really worry about is that ALL of his pieces can be attacked thru the centre squares (d4,d5,e4,e5)…much as in Bowling, it is easier to knock them down when they are all neatly lined up for you(!)
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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im Vlassov, Nikolai
fm Mokshanov, Alexey
Polugaevsky Mem 2014.7.10 Position after 27 moves. White has a nice positional advantage along the e-file, while Black is struggling to coordinate his pieces. For the moment Black seems to have his e-pawn defended…
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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gm Timofeev, Artyom
fm Bochkarev, Alexey
Polugaevsky Mem 2014.7.7 Position before Black’s 23rd move. Black is very active, especially his Rooks and Queen. For the moment White seems to have everything undercontrol and has no weaknesses…the key point being the word ”seems”.
BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN!
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gm Grover, Sahaj
gm Gupta, Abhijeet
Commonwealth Ch Glasgow 2014.7.4 Position after 23 moves of play. A curious position: both sides have assymetrical defects in their setup; Black has a better pawn structure than his rival, while White has the more active pieces. In this example, it is all about who moves first…
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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Polugaevsky Mem Samara 2014.7.5; Demianjuk, Alexander–Vastrukhin, Oleg: 25.Rxg7+! Kxg7 26.Qxe5+ Kg8 27.Bd5+ Rxd5 28.Qxb8+ Kf7 29.Qb7+ Ke6 30.Qc6+ Ke5 31.f4+ 1-0
Polugaevsky Mem 2014.7.10 Mokshanov, Alexey–Vlassov, Nikolai: 28.Nxe6! Rxe6 29.Qxf5 Qg6 30.Qxd5! Black can not avoid losing material. The game ended quickly: 30…c6 31.Qd7! 1-0
Polugaevsky Mem 2014.7.7 Bochkarev, Alexey–Timofeev, Artyom: 23…Rd2! (Now 24.NxR RxN 25.Qc1 Be5! Wins. White tries a trick…) 24.Ra8!? Rxd1! 0-1 White comes ahead a piece
Commonwealth Ch Glasgow 2014.7.4 Gupta, Abhijeet–Grover, Sahaj: 24.Rxe7! Rxe7 25.Qc8+ Kg7 26.Bg5! The point of White’s play. Black is helpless 26… Nc6 27.Bf6+ Kh6 28.Qg8 1-0 It is mate in three moves!
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