Today’s 5-second tactics!
“It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.” ― Leonardo da Vinci
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gm Frolyanov, Dmitry
gm Dominguez Perez, Leinier
Russian team championship Sunday. Position after 43 moves of play. After a long series of manoeuvres, the Cuban grandmaster is now ready for the decisive breakthru…do you see it?WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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BEAUTIFUL GAME!
Shirov, Alexei–Maletin, Pavel:
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nxc3 7.Bxc3 O-O 8.h4! c5 9.d5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 e6 11.d6! Qf6 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.h5 Rd8 14.Rd1 e5 15.hxg6 hxg6 16.Nf3 Bg4 17.Qh6! Rab8 18.Bc4 Rd7 19.Rd3! b5 20.Bd5 Nd8 21.Ng5 b4
gm Maletin,Pavel
gm Shirov, Alexy
After beautifully outplaying his adversary, Alexy here played–probably under time pressure– the inaccurate 22.c4, which, however, was good enough to eventually win. However, in the position above, White has a much simpler way to win the game. Do you see it?
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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TCh-RUS Loo 2014.4.13 Dominguez Perez, Leinier–Frolyanov, Dmitry: 44.Rxc5! dxc5 45.Qg6 1-0 It is mate.
TCh-RUS Loo 2014.4.13 Shirov, Alexei–Maletin, Pavel: 22.Qh7+ Kf8 23.Qh4! The move Alexy missed. The threat is a Knight check on h7 winning the Queen. 23… Kg8 24.Qxg4 Rxd6 25.Rf3 etc,