Today’s 5-second tactics
”No pressure, no diamonds.”
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“True character is revealed in the choices a human being makes under pressure …”
Robert McKee
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“Let pressure pass over and through you. That way you can’t be harmed by it.”
Brian Herbert, House Atreides
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TACTICAL ENDING!
gm Norwood,David
im Macias Murillo, Bryan
From the Andorra Open taking place right now. Position after White’s 45th move (45.d5). The English grandmaster has a positional advantage with his passed c3-pawn and well entrenched King and Knight. White’s last move seeks to eliminate the dangerous pawn, hoping that Norwood will trade it for the White d-pawn.
Norwood finds a very original solution to the task on hand:
45…. Bxb4! 46.axb4 Nxb4+ 47.Kb1 Nxd5 48.Bg5 Kb3 49.Ne1
49… Nb4!
The real point of Black’s 45th move. This move stops Nc2 and intends to advance the a-pawn in most lines. White’s next move is not the most resistant, but White is lost in any case.
50.Kc1 Nd3+! 51.Nxd3 exd3 52.Bd8 d2+ 53.Kd1 c2+ 54.Kxd2 Kb2 0-1
David Norwood (born in England, 1968) became an IM in 1985 and a GM four years later. David is also a well known chess author. He currently plays for Andorra.