Today’s 5-second tactics
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im Alonso Moyano, Jonathan
gm Adhiban, Baskaran
TCh-ESP Div Honor Linares 2014.9.4 (From yesterday’s round! The Honor division of the the Spanish team championship is one of the top three team championships in the world.) Position after 29 moves of play. There had been a lot of cat and mouse play up to now, but Black’s last move (29…Bg6) is a very subtle error, giving White an unexpected opportunity.
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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gm Oparin, Grigoriy
gm Fressinet, Laurent
TCh-ESP Div Honor Linares 2014.9.4 Position after White’s 37th move, 37.Ne7+. It has been a hard fought game up to now, both players showing ambition and skill, but now the players are with little time left to make the first time-control (move 40) . Imagine that you are Black…Where do you move the Black King?
To h8 or h7?
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fm Santos Latasa, Jaime
gm Romero Holmes, Alfonso
TCh-ESP Div Honor Linares 2014.9.4 Black had just played 13…Ng4, attacking the h-pawn. How would you defend this pawn? With h3 or g3 ?. Romero played:
14.h3?
It was absolutely necessary to play 14.g3, when White should be able to hold on. Now Black, one of the top junior prospects in Spain, has the opportunity to break White’s resistance with some energetic play…
BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN!
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