Sunday’s 5-second tactics
“Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.”
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wgm Guichard, Pauline
wfm Haussernot, Cecile
French Tch yesterday. Position before Black’s 26th move. Never have faith in a position where your King is dancing alone…
BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN!
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gm Fargere, Francois
gm Matlakov, Maxim
French Tch yesterday. Position after 26 moves of play. White is , ofcourse, better, but Black’s last move (26…Nd7) provokes an immediate crisis. He was only counting on 27.Pxc6 NxN 28.Rxb7 Qd6! 29.c5 Qd3! when Black is alive.
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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im Netzer, Jean
im Debray, Christopher
French Tch on the 26th of May. Position before Black’s 30th move. Black stands very well, White having unnecessarily opened up his King position. The h-file, in particular, is a dangerous asset.
BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN!
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TCh-FRA Top12 Saint-Quentin 2014.5.31 Haussernot, Cecile–Guichard, Pauline: 26…Bg4+!! 27.Kxg4 Ne3+ 28.Kf3 Nxd1 29.Qd4 Qh1+! 30.Kg4 and now the fastest win is 30…f5+! 31.exf6 g6! With mate not too far off. The game continuation saw 30…Qxe4!? which is also good enough.
TCh-FRA Top12 Saint-Quentin 2014.5.31 Matlakov, Maxim–Fargere, Francois: 27.Rxb7! Qxb7 28.dxc6 Qc7 29.Nxd7 Rac8 30.Qc3 Good enough, but 29.Nf6+! and 30.Qc3 ends the game almost immediately 30…Rxd7!? 31.cxd7 Qxd7 32.Bd5 Qd8 33.Rd1 Qb6 34.Re1 Qc5 35.Qf6 Nd6 36.Re7 1-0
TCh-FRA Top Saint-Quentin 2014.5.26 Debray, Christopher–Netzer, Jean: 30…Rxh2!! 31.Qg3! ( 31.Kxh2? Nf3+ 32.Kh3 Qxf5+ 33.Qg4 Rh8+ ) And now the clearest win starts with 31…Rxb2! with material and positional advantage. If then 32.f6!? Rh8! 33.fxg7 Rh3! Black wins quickly even though he is a whole Queen down! In the game continuation Black played imprecisely: 31… Qxf5? Allowing 32.Nxd6 Nf3+ 33.Qxf3 Rxe1+ 34.Rxe1 Qxf3 35.Re8+ Ka7 36.Nc8+ Kb8 and White has a perpetual check (He turned it down, trying to win, but lost)