Tactics from Marcel Sisniega’s games!
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
SOLUTIONS AT BOTTOM!
1.
SPILLER,A
gm SISNIEGA
From Santa Monica, 1974. White is up a piece but Black has a lot of threats (…Qf4+) besides having a strong passed d-pawn. Notice also that the White Knight is seemingly out of play and in danger of being picked up by a cross check.
HOWEVER, the Black back-rank is weak and this gives the young Sisniega the opportunity to impose!
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN IN JUST 2 MOVES!
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2.
gm VERA
gm SISNIEGA
1991, Mexico. Black had just captured on e5 with his pawn, threatening the White Bishop on d4. The opposite-side castling means that tactical opportunities are intensified, and this gives Sisniega the idea to refuse to defend but instead to attack!
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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3.
gm ILLESCAS
gm SISNIEGA
1988, the Thessalonika Olympiad. Position after White’s 19th move (19.Nb4). White has a comfortable position but Black is perfectly fine. The Spanish grandmaster should now play safely with 19…Rbc8 or 19…Be8, awaiting further developments. HOWEVER, Illescas wanted very much to challenge Sisniega’s well known tactical calculating skills by taking the e-pawn.
ILLESCAS realized that he could not take the e-pawn with his Bishop as 20.RxB! NxR 21.Qd4! White will get 2-pieces for the Rook because of the threat of Ra7. THEREFORE, Black took the e-pawn with the Knight:
19…NxP?! 20.Qe3!
Threatening to win a piece
20…Nc5 21.NxB! NxN
Illescas had calculated up to here and felf that Black was fine
22.b4!
A surprising move that Sisniega had forseen earlier
22..Na4 23.Nxe6!
All of a sudden Illescas must have realized that he had provoked a lion when he took the e-pawn!
23…PxN 24.Qxe6+ Kh8 25.Bxc6! QxB
26.Bxg7+!
It is forced mate!
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4.
gm RISTIC,N
gm SISNIEGA
From Graz, 1978. A World Junior Championship no doubt! Sisniega has a nice and harmonious development and wants to take advantage of the Queen being over on the queenside.
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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5.
im FREY,K
gm SISNIEGA
1983, Mexico City Position after Black’s 17th move (17…Nc2). It seems as though Sisneiga must have overlooked something as he will now lose an exchange.
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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6.
Marcel’s win over Anand at the World Open in Philidelphia 1987 was a blow-out from start to finish! Anand was quite strong at the time, already having defeated numerous famous grandmasters. He would later that same year win the World Junior, ahead of many easternbloc stars. ENJOY!
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7.
gm SISNIEGA
SANTOLINI
1981, Reggio Emilia. White is threatening mate in one move two ways!
BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN!
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SOLUTIONS:
Sisniega M–Spiller A :34.Ne7+! Kh8 35.Nd5! 1-0
Sisniega M–Vera R: 27.g6! Black is defenceless! The game continued:27… hxg6 28.hxg6 Bc5 29.Bxc5 Rxc5 30.Qxc5 Na3+ desperation 31.bxa3 bxa3 1-0
Sisniega M–Ristic N : 20.Nxg7! with a crushing attack The game continued:20… Bf8 21.Nxe8 Rxe8 22.b4 Nd7 23.Bxh7+ Kxh7 24.Qh5+ 1-0
Sisniega M–Frey K: 18.Nf6+! Kh8! 19.Nxh7!! Nxa1 and now the simples win is 20.Ng5! when Black must give up the Queen to avoid mate, leaving White with a relatively simple technical win.
Santolini L–Sisniega M: 24…Bxf2+! 25.Kxf2 Nd5+ 0-1