Today’s winning 5-second tactics
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Battaglini, Gabriel
Le Roux, Jean-Pierre
TCh-FRA Top 12 Montpellier 2015.6.5 Yesterday! Position after 29 moves. Something has gone terribly wrong for Black, his passed d-pawn completely blockaded while White’s center advances unchecked. Black’s last move (29…Rf8) hopes to break the centre (…Bxf6). White , no doubt, can keep a large edge by simply taking the b-pawn, but he sees better. Do you see it?
WHITE TO PLAY AND CRUSH!
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gm Solodovnichenko, Yuri
gm Navara, David
TCh-FRA Top 12 Montpellier 2015.6.5 Position after 26 moves of a sharp variation of the Sicilian that has seen both sides castle on opposite sides. White is temporarily up a pawn and should not think of trying to hold on to it. In such positions the initative is of more importance than material.
WHITE TO PLAY AND CRUSH!
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‘ONLY A DRAW’
gm Demuth, Adrien
