Today’s winning 5-second tactics

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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!

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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!

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TCh-NOR Oslo 2014.3.22 Haubro,M–Haga,H: 11.Ne5!! c5 ( 11…dxe5 12.Qxe5+ Be7 13.Qxg7 Nxd5 14.Qxh8+ Bf8 15.O-O-O! etc ) 12.Nxd7 cxd4 13.N7xb6 axb6 14.Nc7+ wins easily. The game soon ended: 14… Kd7 15.Nxa8 Kc6 16.Bd8 Be6 17.Nxb6 g6 18.Bf6 Rg8 19.Nd5 1-0

TCh-HUN Paks 2014.4.13 McShane,L–Berkes,F:  25.e5!! Nxe5 It is difficult to find anything better.  26.Nxe5 dxe5 27.Qh6!? (27.Re4 seems more direct, but the moved played is pretty strong also!) 27… Qf8 28.Qh5 Red8 29.Bxf6 Rxd1+ 30.Rxd1 h6 31.Rd7 1-0  It is forced mate.