Today’s winning 5-second tactics
————————-
Haga,H (2000)
fm Haubro,M (2340)
TCh-NOR Oslo 2014.3.22 Position after 10 moves. Clearly Black has played the opening a bit friskily, and now finds it hard to get his King out of the centre. The question , from White’s point of view, is how to best use his chances here in this position before Black starts chopping wood (on d5) and gets castled. White must be careful, as rushing things can easily backfire: 11.Bf6? NxN 12.Bxg7 Nb4! winning.
WHITE TO PLAY AND CRUSH!
————————
gm Berkes, F
gm McShane,L
TCh-HUN Paks 2014.4.13 Position after 24 moves of play. Clearly Black is not happy in this position, but he does seem to have built a semi-solid trench around his pieces. However, his open King position is a very serious worry….
WHITE TO PLAY AND CRUSH!
———————–