Monday’s 5-second chess tactics!
SOLUTIONS LATER TONIGHT!
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Abramavicius ,Leonard
gm Barcza, Gideon
An oldie but goodie! Munich, 1936. Long before the KingsIndian became a household name in the chessworld…here we have what could be from a modern tournament held yesterday! Black has his Kingside initiative , while White owns the Queenside. Ofcourse, Black is ahead in the race…a factor that is often decisive.
BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN!
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gm Williams, Simon
Kisteneneva, Liza
From last weekend’s Sunningdale tournament in England. The English grandmaster has considerable pressure along the f-file. For this reason, White had just played 21.Bd5, hitting the Black Queen and seeking simplification. Not a bad idea…but it does not forgive past sins!
BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN!
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gm Naiditsch,Arkady
gm Landa,Konstantin
From this weekend’s French team championship! Position after White’s 17th move (17.Qe3). Hard to believe that a world class grandmaster has fallen into such a ‘beginner’s’ trap…but we are all HUMAN aren’t we?
BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN MATERIAL!
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im Philippe,Chris
im Battaglini,Gabriel
Also from the French team championship this past weekend. Black had just played 24…Kf8, trapping the White Rook , apparently catching White asleep. Or so Philippe thought … it turns out that it was Black who was lured into the trap: his 24…Kf8 was an innocent mistake!
HOW DOES WHITE PLAY FROM THE POSITION ABOVE? WHAT IS HIS WINNING IDEA?
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SOLUTIONS:
Barcza, Gedeon –Abramavicius, L: 23… g3! 24.hxg3 fxg3 25.Bxg3 Be3+ 26.Kf1?! Makes it easy for Black, but White is lost in anycase 26… Ne4! 27.Bh2 Qh4! 28.Ba6 Qxh2 29.Ke2 Qg1 30.Qb1 Nf4+ 0-1
Kisteneva, Liza–Williams, S: 21… Bxd2! 22.Qd3!? If instead 22.QxB QxB! Win similarly to the game or if 22.BxQ+ RxB 23.Qd3 Bh3+ and …Nf3+ is crushing The game continued: 22… Be6 23.Qxd2 Bh3+ 24.Kg1 Qxd5 0-1
Landa, Konstantin–Naiditsch, A: 17… Rxd4! Winning two pieces for the Rook because of the check on e2 at the end. 18.g3? Horrible! This loses an entire piece. 18…Re4! 19.Qxb6 Ne2+ 0-1
Battaglini, Gabriel–Philippe, Chris: 25.Rxg6! Forced, ofcourse. But White had forseen this. 25…fxg6 26.Qh3!! The whole point. Now the Queen enters the game and the Black King can not save himself. 26… Rh7 27.Qe6 Rxa4 28.Nxd6 Ra7 29.Bh6+ 1-0
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