Today’s winning 5-second tactics
”That is how it is on this bitch of a planet”
Samuel Beckett Waiting for Godot
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gm Giri,A
gm Adams,M
Gashimov Mem 2015.4.25 Position after 32 moves. It is not often that we see Mickey Adams throw forward his pawns and rip into his opponent, but on this occasion the victim is none other than Giri…at first sight Black seems alright, but it is not his King that is the problem. Do you see which piece is on the wrong square?
WHITE TO PLAY AND CRUSH!
Another big win by Carlsen, though he needed a bit of luck to stay ahead of a hot Anand. Both were the only undefeated players of the event.
Kramnik had a horrible tournament (by his standards…losing three games in a row) but he still finished in the top half.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLQTrm0h2ZQAnd congrats to Canada’s gm Eric Hansen for doing an entertaining round by round prediction on the tournament. I enjoyed them! Keep up the good work…
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wgm Ushenina, Anna
wgm Lei, Tingjie
Women’s World Teams Chengdu CHN 2015.4.26 Position after Black’s 21st move (21…Ne4?).
WHITE TO PLAY AND CRUSH!
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gm Karjakin, Sergey
gm Sargissian, Gabriel
10th World Teams Tsaghkadzor ARM 2015.4.26 Position after 49 moves. White has an obvious positional advantage, but how to win? Black is so solid and everything is protected. If White’s Rook tries to infiltrate along the a-file, then Black’s King will chase it away. The g-file is out of the question since after the exchange of Rooks the White King can not break in.
WHAT IS WHITE’S WINNING PLAN?
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