Everybody loves you until you become the competition…

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Proyer,E  (1948)

Baier,Pat  (1964)

TCh-AUT  2014.11.29  Position after 18 moves. A typical position arising from the King’s Indian Attack.  Black’s counterplay has been a bit slow in gaining momentum, while White has faced little difficulty in placing quite an armada on the Kingside.  This game is but one more example of the general principle that a successful defence needs one less piece than the attacker…Here the attacker has 4 minor pieces; the defender has just two (the Bishop on e7 and the Knight on f8)

WHITE TO PLAY AND CRUSH!

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Nguyen,Thi Nhac  (1847)

wfm  Tran Le Dan Thuy  (2074)

Resolution ch-VIE w  Bac Giang VIE  2014.12.6  Position after 15 moves of play.  Black has , once more, allowed White to build up an attack on the Kingside.  Black’s last move was 14…Rfd8 (?), removing an important defender…

WHITE TO PLAY AND CRUSH!

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TCh-AUT  2014.11.29 Baier,Pat–Proyer,E: 19.Nf6+! ( Most precise.  In the actual game White played the less precise, but also deadly 19.Nxh7)  gxf6 ( After 19…Bxf6 20.exf6 e5 21.fxg7 exf4 ( 21…Kxg7 22.Qg4 Ng6 23.Bd2 White wins without much gore ) 22.gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 23.Nxh7+ with a crushing attack ) 20.exf6 Bd6 21.Qh5 and a quick mate to follow

Resolution ch-VIE w  Bac Giang VIE  2014.12.6  Tran Le Dan Thuy–Nguyen,Thi Nhac: 16.Nxf7! Kxf7 17.fxe6+ Kxe6  (Nothing better.  17…Kg8 allows the simple win of 18.PxN RxP (18…NxP 19.Qh5!) 19. Bf5 etc)  And now instead of the move played in the game ( 18.Bxh7) White has a forced win with the direct  18.d5+ Kf7 19.Qh5+ Kg8 20.Bxh7+! Kh8 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Rxf6 Bxf6 23.Bf5+ and mate follows