X-mas 5-second tactics
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gm Bondarevsky,Igor
Aitken,James
Radio match ‘England-USSR’; 1946. Position after White’s 26th move. Clearly Black is on top here: the White pieces are disorganized and lack coordination, while Black’s pieces have taken up active posts, ready to pounce on White. However, the position will not win itself: for that , you must still show skill!
BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN!
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You can read more about this match HERE.
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Saigin, Vladimir
gm Bondarevsky,Igor
Moscow 1945. Ussr Ch. Position after 27 moves of play. White has not tried to hide his ambitions on the Kingside. Black’s last move was 27…d4, attacking the Rook. Now it is time for White to show what he is made of…
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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Chistiakov, Alexander
gm Bondarevsky,Igor
Moscow 1945. Ussr Ch Position after 30 moves of play. A beautifully played strategic game so far by White. Black is doing his best to hang on, and now he expects to be able to hold after 31.Rc5 QxQ 32.RxQ Kf7 and if then 33.b4 Rb7! with good drawing chances. However, Bondarevsky has no such plans to play an ending…
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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Khavin, A
gm Bondarevsky,Igor
Kiev 1940 Ussr Ch. Position after 19 moves of play. Black is charging down the Queenside while White is doing the same on the other side of the board. I love races! Here, though, the Black King is still in the centre…
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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Radio match ‘England-URS’; 1946 Aitken,James–Bondarevsky Igor : 26…Ne3+! 27.fxe3 Rf6+ 28.Qf4 (forced) 28… Rxf4+ 29.gxf4 Nf5 30.Kf2 Qd3 31.Rf3 Ra2 32.a5 b6 33.axb6 axb6 0-1
Moscow 1945. Ussr Ch. Bondarevsky, Igor–Saigin, Vladimir : 28.Nf6!! gxf6 29.Bxf6+ Rg7 30.Qh6 Rag8 31.Rh3 Nf8 and now the quickest win is 32.Rg3 Ng6 33.Rg5! when there is no good defence to 34.Qxh7+! and mate next move.
Moscow 1945. Ussr Ch. Bondarevsky, Igor–Chistiakov, Alexander: 31.Nxe6! Qb8 (Taking the Knight loses the Queen after 32.Rxg7+) 32.Qxd5 1-0
Kiev 1940 Ussr Ch. Bondarevsky,Igor –Khavin, A: 20.Rxe6+!! Be7 ( Taking the gift also loses: 20…fxe6 21.Qg6+ Ke7 22.Nxg5! Qb6 23.Qf7+Kd8 24.Nxe6+ Kc8 25.Qe8+ Kb7 26.Qxd7+ Ka6 27.Nc7+ etc ) Now the simples win is 21.Bd6! fxe6 ( useless is 21…Ne5 22.Nxe5 ) 22.Qg6+ Kf8 23.Nxg5 Qe8 24.Nxe6+ and mate next move
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Igor Bondarevsky was born in 1913 and died in 1979. A fascinating competitor, Igor was a double-grandmaster (over the board and in correspondence), an International Arbiter, chess author and respected coach. His chess results never truely showed his real understanding of the game, though he did tie for first in the 1940 USSR championship.
Spassky was coached by Bondarevsky in the period of his rise to winning the world championship. Bondarevsky is credited with providing Spassky the necessary stability to achieve the highest honors. ””Bondarevsky did a lot not only for my chess knowledge and understanding of positions, but also for my character. I admired him less as a grandmaster than I did Tolush. Bondarevsky used to be a combination player, but then he decided to become like Capablanca and now his chess is rather dull. But when I first got to know him well, I was drawn to him, felt a great respect and saw that this man was a very interesting man.”