Tuesday’s 5-second tactics!
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
MURRAY,D
WALL,G
Bunratty this past weekend. Black is hanging on by a thread, his King position fragile and dangerous. Clearly something has gone very wrong in Black’s plans…
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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2.
ELIENS,A
FOX, A
Also from Bunratty over the weekend. White has an obvious positional advantage and Black is very passive and without active counterplay.
WHAT IS THE FASTEST WAY FOR WHTIE TO INCREASE HIS ADVANTAGE?
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3.
gm CUARTAS JAIME
gm PERALTA
Catalan Team Championship last month. Peralta was back from a very successful tournament in Holland. Here we have a classic 2-Bishops versus 2-Knights. Black hopes that White’s weak pawns will make all the difference in his favour…UNFORTUNATELY, tactics dominate here!
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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4.
gm NORWOOD
im SPRENGER
From the Catalan Team Championship last month. Something has gone wrong in Black’s middlegame but David’s last move (28…a6) attempts to confuse the issue and , hopefully, his opponent. HOWEVER, White is up to the task on this day and finds the correct path…
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
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5.
TURNING THE TABLES ON THE OPPONENT…
wim LLANEZA VEGA, P
cm COLLS GELABERTO
Also from the Catalan Team Championship last month! Here White has a small but clear positional advantage (Bishop pair and better pawn structure). Black’s last move (32…Qg5) should be met with something solid like 33.g3, stopping any …Nf4 nonsense.
HOWEVER, White panicked and immediately retreated his Queen:
33. Qc1??
A good idea to trade the Queens, but…
BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN!