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ContentsEditorial.................................................................................................................4Malcom Pein on the latest developments

60 Seconds with... ...........................................................................................7WIM Natasha Regan

Another for Hikaru!.........................................................................................8Hikaru Nakamura continued his fine run of form in Zurich

Beer & Blitz ......................................................................................................12A rather special memorial blitz event took place at the Kings Head

The Show Rolls On.........................................................................................14Guildford and Cheddleton kept up the gallop at February’s 4NCL

How Good is Your Chess? ..........................................................................20Daniel King has been busy in the ChessBase studio

Aspects of Exchanging ...............................................................................23Some useful advice from Steve Giddins, focussing on 3 openings

Find the Winning Moves .............................................................................26Can you do as well or even better than the grandmasters?

Recent ‘Cheating Controversies’ ...........................................................30Junior Tay on some recent rather unsavoury incidents

Studies with Stephenson............................................................................35News from the British Chess Solving Championship

No Second Chance.........................................................................................36James Essinger on why writers have it easier than chess-players

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26 April 2016

Find the Winning MovesTest your tactical ability with these positions grouped in rough order

of difficulty. The games come from various recent events, with some

tricky unplayed possibilities kindly pointed out to us by Yochanan Afek.

Don’t forget that whilst sometimes the key move will force mate or the

win of material, other times it

will just win a pawn.

Solutions on page 54

(1) C.Higgie-W.BatesShropshire League 2016

White to Play

(2) R.Collins-M.White4NCL, Wakefield 2016

Black to Play

(3) A.Rawlinson-E.KeoghBunratty 2016White to Play

(4) B.Van der Zwet-S.WilliamsBunratty 2016Black to Play

(5) T.Rendle-K.MoynihanBunratty 2016Black to Play

(6) G.Kamsky-M.KazhgaleyevCappelle la Grande 2016

White to Play

Warm-up Puzzles

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(7) P.Anderson-I.Bin-Suhayl4NCL, Wakefield 2016

Black to Play

(8) M.Cabanas-M.CostachiBunratty 2016Black to Play

(9) M.Admiraal-B.BokWijk aan Zee 2016

Black to Play

(10) P.Denger-J.FehrBunratty 2016Black to Play

(11) O.Korneev-R.BatesBunratty 2016White to Play

(12) B.Van der Zwet-R.BatesBunratty 2016Black to Play

(13) M.Donnelly-C.PickeringLeamington League 2016

White to Play

(14) A.Ashton-J.Burnett4NCL, Birmingham 2016

White to Play

(15) A.Aleksandrov-A.FedorovBelorussian Championship, Minsk 2016

Black to Play

Intermediate Puzzles for the Club Player - Solutions on page 54

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(16) J.Van Foreest-B.BokWijk aan Zee 2016

White to Play

(17) A.Dreev-A.HaastWijk aan Zee 2016

White to Play

(18) A.Timofeev-U.EliseevMoscow 2016White to Play

(19) S.Mamedyarov-L.Van WelyWijk aan Zee 2016

Black to Play

(20) L.Fressinet-M.NeefGibraltar 2016White to Play

(21) L.D.Nisipeanu-B.AdhibanWijk aan Zee 2016

White to Play

(22) B.Lalic-N.BridgeCamberley 2016Black to Play

(23) Lu Shanglei-B.KurajicaCappelle la Grande 2016

White to Play

(24) N.Delgado Ramirez-A.Rodriguez VilaFlorianopolis 2016

Black to Play

Harder Puzzles for the Club Player – Solutions on page 54

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April 2016

1) Higgie-Bates1 Íh7+! 1-0 1...Êxh7 2 Îxf8 bags theexchange.

2) Collins-White1...Ëxc3! 0-1 In view of 2 Ëxc3 Ìxe4+.

3) Rawlinson-Keogh1 Íb5! 1-0 overloaded the queen to winthe exchange and end Black’s resistance.

4) Van der Zwet-Williams1...Ëxh3+! (or just 1...fxe1Ë 2 Îxe1 Ëf1+!)2 gxh3 Íf3# 0-1

5) Rendle-Moynihan1...Ìxg2! 2 Êxg2 (2 Îd1 Ëf5 3 Ëxd7Ëxd7 4 Êxg2 was a way to prolong theagony) 2...Ëf3+ 3 Êh2 Ëxh3+ 4 Êg1Îf6 0-1

6) Kamsky-Kazhgaleyev1 Ëxe4+! 1-0 It’s mate in three after 1...Êf6(1...Êxe4 2 Íc2#) 2 Îe8 fxg3+ 3 fxg3, buteven more precise would have been 1 Îf8+!,and if 1...Íxf8 (or 1...Íf6 2 Ëxe4+! Êxe4 3 Íc2#) 2 Ëf7+ Ìf6 3 Íe6#.

7) Anderson-Bin-Suhayl1...Ìc5! 2 Ëc2 (2 dxc5 Íxh2+ picks offthe white queen) 2...Ìxe4 3 Ëxe4 Îe8left Black the exchange ahead.

8) Cabanas-Costachi1...Ëxb2! 0-1 1...Íxc1 2 Îxc1 Ëxb2 3 Îd1 Îad8 was good, but the text is muchmore clinical and wins the rook on a1, since if2 Íxb2 Íe3#.

9) Admiraal-Bok1...Ìxf2! 2 Îxf2 Îe1+ 3 Ìf1 Îxf1+! 4 Êxf1 Ëd1# 0-1

10) Denger-Fehr1...Ìe2+! 2 Ëxe2 Íxh2+ (or the immediate2...Îf1+! 3 Ëxf1 Ëxh2#) 3 Êh1 Íg3+ 4 Êg1 Îf1+! 5 Ëxf1 Ëh2# 0-1

11) Korneev-Bates1 Î1xc5! dxc5 (neither is Black helped by1...Ëxc5 2 Îxc5 dxc5 3 Íc8) 2 d6+ Êd8(or if 2...Êf8 3 Îc7) 3 Îc7 Ëa6? 4 Îd7+Êe8 5 Íc4 1-0

12) Van der Zwet-Bates1...Ìxa2! 2 Íe3 (2 Ìxa2 b3 forces thepawn home) 2...Ìxc1 3 Íxc1 Êc3 0-1

13) Donnelly-Pickering1 Ìxe4! Ëxd3 2 Ìxf6+ Íxf6 (or if 2...Îxf63 exd3 d5 4 Íxb6 – Donnelly) 3 exd3 d5

4 Îc1 (White needed to appreciate thestrength of this follow-up before taking one4; Black has three pawns for the piece, butcannot defend them all) 4...Îfc8 5 Îxc6!d4 6 Íf4 Îxc6 7 Íxc6 Îc8 8 Íd5+ Êf89 Îxa7 Îe8 10 Îf7+ 1-0

14) Ashton-Burnett1 Ìh7! Ìa5? (Black should have restrictedhis losses to a pawn with 1...Êxh7 2 Ëb1+ Êg83 Ëxb5 Ëc8 4 Îxa4) 2 Ìxf8 (2 Ìf6+!!would have been even stronger, and if 2...gxf63 Ëg4+ Êh8 4 Ëh5 with a winning attack,as shown by 4...Íd3 5 exf6 Îg8 6 Íxe6! fxe67 f7 Ëf8 8 Îxe6) 2...Ìxf8 won the exchange,White going on to win neatly with 3 Ìg4Ëc6? 4 Ëf3 Îa7 5 Íxh6! gxh6 6 Ëf6 1-0

15) Aleksandrov-Fedorov1...Ìxg2! 2 Íxg2 f3 3 a5 (or 3 Íf1Íh3+ 4 Êf2 Íxf1 5 Êxf1 Ëh3+ 6 Êf2Ëg2+ 7 Êe3 Ëe2#, as pointed out by DavidVigorito in his ChessPublishing column; theblack queen decisively invades too after 3 Íh1Íh5+ 4 Êf2 Ëh3) 3...Íh5 4 Êf1 Îxg20-1

16) Van Foreest-Bok1 Îxg7! Êxg7 2 Îg1+ Êf6 (2...Êh8 3 Îg5 Ëh6 fails to 4 Îg8+) 3 Îg5 Ëh6 4 e5+ dxe5 5 Ëxe5+ Êe7 6 Ëc7+ Êf6 7 Ìd4! (threatening 8 Ëe5+ Êe7 9 Ìf5+;there’s no defence) 7...Ëxg5+ 8 hxg5+ Êxg59 Ìce2 Êf6 10 Ìf4 Íe4 11 Ìh5+ 1-0

17) Dreev-Haast1 Ìg5! Ìxc4 (or 1...gxh6 2 Íxf7+ Êh8 3 Îe8!) 2 Ìd5 (Afek) and mate follows.

18) Timofeev-Eliseev1 Ëxe5! 1-0 Black can only delay mate bygiving up material, as if 1...Ëxe5 2 Ëxf7# or1...Îxg8 2 Ëb8+.

19) Mamedyarov-Van Wely1...Ìg4! (as pointed out by Yochanan Afek,rather than the game’s 1...Ëxb5? 2 fxe3 Êe73 Îxa7 Îb8 4 Ëd4, with an eventual draw)2 fxe3 Ëxe3+ 3 Êg2 Ëe4+ 4 Êg1 (or 4 Êh3Ìe3 5 Ëd4 Ëg2+ 6 Êh4 Ëxh2+ 7 Êg5 Ëh6#)4...Ìe3 and White must give up his queen.

20) Fressinet-Neef1 Ìc8+! (an only move and the start of a precisesequence of checks) 1...Êf7 2 Ëh7+ Êf8 3Ëe7+ Êg8 4 Ëe8+ Êg7 5 Ëxg6+! (thepoint) 5...Êxg6 6 Ìe7+ Êf7 7 Ìxd5 andWhite went on to convert his decisive advantage.

21) Nisipeanu-Adhiban1 Îd4!! (activity at all costs, as pointed out by

Yochanan Afek, rather than the game’s 1 f4?Îd5 when Black was able to save himself)1...Îxf3 2 Îd6+ Êe7 3 Îb6 Îh3+ 4 Êg7Îb3 5 Êg8 b4 6 g7 Îh3 7 Îxb4 andWhite will win with the Lucena method.

22) Lalic-Bridge1...Ìe3!! (in the game White went on to winafter 1...Ìf4? 2 d7 Îd1 3 g3 Ìe6 4 Ëxe2Îxd7 5 Ëxb5) 2 Ëe8+ (2 d7 now fails to2...Ìf1+ 3 Êg1 Ìg3+) 2...Êh7 3 d7 e1Ë4 d8ËËg1+ 5 Êg3 Ëxg2+ 6 Êf4 Ìd5+(or 6...Îc4+ when it’s going to be a mid-board mate after 7 Êe5 Ëg3+ and 7 Êxe3Ëg1+ 8 Êd2 Ëc1+ 9 Êd3 Ëd1+ 10 Êe3Ëe1+ 11 Êd3 Îc3+ 12 Êd4 Ëd2+ 13 Êe5f6+ will eventually force mate too) 7 Ëxd5Ëh2+ 8 Êf5 Ëxh3+ 9 Êf4 Ëh4+ (Lalic)and White’s king is fatally forced on to the e-file, allowing a winning skewer.

23) Lu Shanglei-Kurajica1 d6!! c6 (1...fxg4 2 Îxc7 is all over too, aspointed out by Sam Collins: 2...Îxc7 3 Ëe8+Ëf8 4 Ëxf8+ Êxf8 5 dxc7 followed by 6 c8Ë)2 Ëe8+ Ëf8 3 d7 Îa8 4 Îe5 1-0

24) Delgado Ramirez-Rodriguez Vila1...Ìxd4!! 2 Ëxd4? (critical; admittedly,White is swiftly put to the sword after this, buthe would have been unlikely to survive after 2 Îc1 e5) 2...Ëf1+ 3 Êh2 (or 3 Êg3 Îf3+ 4 Êh2 Îxh3#) 3...Îf3 4 Îg2 Ëe1! 0-1Black’s last was a tough move to spot some fourmoves in advance, but White has no gooddefence to the threat of 5...Îxh3+ 6 Êxh3 Ëh4#.

The Girls at the Terafinal (pp.44-47)

Foster-TomyWhite should play 26 Îxf7 Îxf7 27 Ìxf7+followed by 28 Íxa6, winning a piece. Sheactually played 26 Ìxf7+ which was lesseffective after 26...Êe7.

Wadsworth-VarneyMatthew’s killer blow was 1 Ía5 Ëxa5 2 Ìxb7, winning the exchange.

Foo-FosterWhite’s best chance is 33 Íxf6! Ëxd5 34Íxg7+ Îxg7 35 Íxd5 Îxg1+ 36 Êxg1when he has one less pawn to contend with inthe ending.

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