Thursday 5-second tactics!
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
im VIDIT
gm MALETIN
From the Moscow Open just the other day. Black’s last move was 23…Qb3, offering an exchange of Queens. White can not play 24.Qf3+, and it makes no sense to exchange Queens when you are down material. HOWEVER, there is a cute tactical idea hidden in the position that Black overlooked…
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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gm IBRAGIMOV
im PAVLOV,S
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gm IBRAGIMOV
Also from Moscow! Position after White’s 23rd move (23.Qe2). A common theme that occurs in blitz games but less often in slow, serious games: the Rook on c3 must defend against the Ng3+ fork, and at the same time help defend the White Knight on c4….you get the idea.
BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN!
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gm YANDEMIROV
gm SVETUSHKIN
From Moscow! A beautiful game by White! Here the positional advantages that he possesses are sufficient to warrant a sudden sacrificial attack culminating in a Queen sacrifice and mate! You figure out the details…
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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Moldavian grandmaster Dmitry Svetushkin is no stranger on this blog! A brilliant attacker, I have previously posted colourful examples from his praxis. Here is one just from last December.
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Solutions:
Maletin, P–Vidit, S: 24.Rxa7+! 1-0 After 24…KxR 25.RxN+! picks up the Queen
Pavlov, S–Ibragimov, I: 23…Rxc4! 24.Qxc4 Ng3+! 25.Kg1 Bc5+! 26.Rf2 Ne2+ 27.Kf1 Nxc3 0-1