How are you today? The more you work on your tactics at home in your spare time, the easier it is to spot those critical opportunities that arise during your games. Staying sharp at the board is an important survival skill.
But it requires the discipline that only comes from practice. There is no secret about this. No matter what your sport or specialty, remember this:
Below you find some examples from master and grandmaster tournament praxis. Good luck!
Let’s get started!
Senders, Mischa
gm Tiviakov,Sergei
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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Raznikov, Danny
Edeling, Jeroen
BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN!
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Donchenko, Alexander
Kerigan, Demre
BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN!
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Burcu, Cagatay
Zuiderweg, Edwin
BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN!
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Keetman, Maaike
Rubingh, Otto
29.Rf1?
BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN!
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Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh
Brandenburg, Daan
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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Kampman, Tijmen
Ypma, Peter
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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Groningen Open 2014.12.22 Tiviakov, Sergei–Senders, Mischa: 26.Qg4+! 1-0 Nice finesse! If the King takes the Rook then Qh4+ picks up the Queen. Otherwise, 26…Kh7 27.Qh4! amounts to the same thing.
Groningen Open 2014.12.21 Edeling, Jeroen–Raznikov, Danny: 21…Rxc1+! Ofcourse! 22.Rxc1 Qg5+ 23.Kf2 Qxc1 0-1
Groningen Open 2014.12.23 Kerigan, Demre–Donchenko, Alexander: 29…Rxf2! Ouch! 30.Kxf2 Bc5+ 0-1
Groningen Open 2014.12.22 Zuiderweg, Edwin–Burcu, Cagatay: 22…Rxe2! 23.Bxe2 Bd4+ 24.Rf2 Qg3! and it is all over! While White’s pieces are sleeping on the Queenside, the Kingside caves in. The game continued: 25.Raf1 Nf4 26.Kh1 Bxf2 0-1
Groningen Open 2014.12.22 Rubingh, Otto–Keetman, Maaike: 29…Qxf1+! 1-0 It is mate on the back rank after 30.KxQ Bxc4 dbl+ and 31…Rf1++
Groningen Open 2014.12.23 Brandenburg, Daan–Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh: 25.Rxd7+!Rxd7 26.Bxe6+! The point of White’s little combination 26…Kxe6 27.Qc4+ Ke7 28.Bb4+ Rd6 29.Rd1 Kf8 30.exd6 Bd8 31.Qe6 Ra4 32.d7+ Ne7 33.Ne5 1-0
Groningen Open 2014.12.22 Ypma, Peter–Kampman, Tijmen: 34.Rxf8+! Rxf8 35.Qxe5+! Ofcourse! As natural as a baby’s smile…35… dxe5 36.Bxe5+ Rf6 37.Bxf6# 1-0
