Wednesday’s 5-second tactics!
Solutions later today!
gm Danielian
gm Koneru
From the Dilijan Grand Prix the day before yesterday. Position after 27 moves of play. The Black King is wide open and very exposed on the Queenside. This gives rise to several tactical motifs…are you up to it?
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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WHICH ROYAL TARGET?
gm Eljanov
gm Ponomariov
From the Ukraine Championship, Kiev, just a couple of days ago. Position after 25 moves of play. Clearly White has a strong attack in progress on the Kingside, but Black has aligned his pieces along the second rank, ready to block on g7 if necessary. TEMPTING, but wrong, would now be 26.Bxg6 PxB 27.Rxg6+ Rg7 and it is not clear what White has gained.
HOWEVER, sometimes chess is like a good mystery story: the target might appear to be the King, but is infact the Queen! A word to the wise…no other hint forthcoming!
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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SUPERIOR FORCE
gm Morozevich
gm Gelfand
From yesterday’s round of the Tal Memorial. Morozevich, once more, has played too much to please the spectators and now finds himself 2 pawns down for nothing. And notice that one of those pawns is well advanced already! This gives motif for a tactical finish…
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!