Today’s 5-second tactics!
“Time is a storm in which we are all lost.”
― William Carlos Williams
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gm Savchenko,Boris
gm Jobava,Baadur
Bronstein Mem Open. Minsk 2014.2.15 Position after 32 moves of play. White has played very creatively (like Bronstein in his youth!) and aggressively sacrificing an exchange. The Black King is without pawn shelter, for the moment covered only by a Rook; but more reinforcements are on their way…Jobava must take immediate action!
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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gm Ehlvest,Jan
gm Tiviakov,Sergei
Bronstein Mem Open Minsk 2014.2.14 Position after 34 moves of play. The theme is ‘passed pawns’. Unfortunately for Black, the White pawn on a7 is so much more dangerous than Black’s passers in the centre. Add to this the consideration that Black’s pieces are terribly disorganized (the Queen is NOT a good blockader), and we should not be too surprised with what happens next…
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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im Crouch, Colin
Dorrington, Chris
4NCL 2014.2.15 Position after 16 moves of play. Black has played badly the opening and now his Kingside is threatened with being over run. White must proceed accurately, as rushing things with 17. Qh3?!, then 17…RxN! followed by 18…Ne6 allows Black to put up stiff resistance.
HOW DOES WHITE WIN QUICKLY?
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SOLUTIONS
Bronstein Mem Open Minsk 2014.2.15 Jobava, Baadur–Savchenko, Boris: 33.Bg6!! Qxg6 34.Qh8+ Kf7 35.Rf1+ 1-0
Bronstein Mem Open Minsk 2014.2.14 Tiviakov, Sergei–Ehlvest, Jaan: 35.Qxc8!! Qxc8 36.Bxc7 Qa8 37.Bxd8 With three pieces for the Queen and the Black Pawns blocked, Black can only sit and wait. 37… d4 38.Bc7 1-0 As Fischer would have described it, ‘’The rest is mopping up’’ Black threw in the towel.
4NCL 2014.2.15 Dorrington, Chris –Crouch, Colin: 17.Nxg6!! hxg6 and now the simplest continuation 18.Qh3! eyeing heading to h8. There is no defence and Black can only delay the inevitable by giving away his pieces