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d2 xf1 25 x+ e8 26 xf1and the threat of xh7 is too much forBlack) 23 d8 and Back is busted

S A shame he idea conclusionwoud have been 23 h5 xa2 24g7+ e7 25 f6+ f8 26 exf7 :x 27 g7+ e8 28 xf7


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it ooks as if the white king may beabe to sneak away, but in fact Backh a forced checkmate in eight moves

!! 30 c delays the inevitabe by one

move 30 b+ 3 xb d5+ 32c2 ' b2+ and so on.


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first sight looks drawn However,White can exploit the sight weaessof the black king to win 6 :a2+ b8

7 a7+ c7 (or 7 a8 8 :ba3) 8d6+ c6 9 :a6+ !! :here e many othe es fo ack,

but nothing worksa) 2 :xc2 3 b7+ :xb7 4 axb7+


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eg f5 25 xa :ad 26 b2d3 and 24 xa ad8 25 c2 e6end Whites resistance.

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Just as the watching GMs were pre

dicting a white victory, Byrne suddenly tew in the towel. Fischer was

bitterly disappointed" by this resignation, which prevented a ashy conclusion wi 22 (or 22 b5 h3+23 g h6 and . .e3+) 22 . .h3+23 g e+ 24 xe xd4, andmate on g2.

Puzze 35Hodgson- Agdestein

Lndon 1986(1 g3 d5 2 f3 f6 3 g2 c6 4 d3h6 5 b3 f5 6 b2 e6 7 bd2 c5 8e4 dxe4 9 dxe4 xe4 10 xe4 xd 1 +1 1 xd1 xe4 12 xg7 h7 1 3 f6e 4 xe7


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Whie us be quick since for exple he reea 25 h4? can answered by 25 f5 afer which here is

no cle way o coninue he aack Insead Lsen sacriced his queen !! Alernaivelya) 25 c7 allows ae afer 26

xg7+ xg7 27 g5+ h6 28 h3#b) 25 fxg6 26 xe6+ h7 (aer

26 f7 27 xf7 we have he gaeconinuaion a ove 28) 27 h3+

h6 28 xh6 f5 29 xf5 gxf5 30 and here is no defence o heidea of f8#

27 h7 28 h4+ h6 29 xh6

f5 (29 g5 30 xg5 b6+ 3 c5and Whie wins) 30 xf5 gxf5 3 f7e5 32 h3 and once again Whie wilae wih f8+

Afer 28 e5 29 f5+ h8 30fxe5 Whie ends up well ead onaerial

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Puzzle 37Anand- Lautier

Bel 997

( d5 2 exd5 xd5 3 c3 a5 4d4 f6 5 f3 c6 6 c4 f5 7 e5 e68 g4 g6 9 h4 bd7 0 xd7 xd7 h5 e4 2 h3 g2 3 e3 b64 d3 d5 5 f3 6 xc37 bxc3 xc3 8 b xd4 9 :xb7d8 20 h6 gxh6)

!!A fanasic ove his discovered

aack eans ha bo queens e aacking each oher while he bishopcan also capured

Black has no good defence; ega) 2 xe3+ 22 xe3 fxg6 23

c5 and Whie wins coforably

b) 2 f6 22 xf7+ x 23xf7 xe3 24 xd8+ (24 e2 +is no so cle) 24 xd8 25 xe3h3 26 :xa7 and he eibe posiionof Blacks bishop akes his an easywin for Whie

c) Ar 2 xd we see e ainpoin of Whies 2s ove Aer 22xe6+ f8 23 xh6+ g8 24 x#

is checkae : !he easies win Blacks rapped

bishop naly decides he issue

Puzzle 38Aatotsev - oleslavs

USSR Ch (Mosco) 1950( d4 f6 2 c4 d6 3 3 e5 4 e4

exd4 5 xd4 c6 6 d2 g6 7 b3 g78 b2 0-0 9 d3 g4 0 f3 ge5 e2 xf3+ 2 xf3 d4 3 d f5 4 exf5 xf5 5 e2 xe2 6xe2 xb2 7 xb2 g5 8 g3 ae89 0-0 h3 20 f4)

Boleslavs ignored he hrea o

he queen and played! ! Back has rook and bishop for he

queen plus coplee conol of heligh sques ound he whie nghis is enough o ensure vicory

!he bishop oves o is longes di

agonal Once i oves again Black

will be hreaening he deadly g2+ .f : 24 f xh2 25 d4 c5 26 c3

(e ueen needs o say proecing a ;


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26 xd6 loses to 26 c6+ 27 ee8+ 28 f h+ 29 :xa1)26 e2 forces mate 27 g

or 27 e f + 28 d2 xc4 29 e3e2 !

he discovered check is lethal

Puzzle 39NN- Rossolio

Pars 1957 ! !Black leaves his ueen en prse and

moves the rook to a sue where itcan be captured in two dierent ways

In fact the rook is ing used on d 1 todeect both of Whites rooks Alteativelya) 2 xb5 x+ 3 h2 h8b) 2 xd xb2 3 b x+

and Black matesc) 2 xb7+ (this is relatively best)

2 b8 3 bxd 'xb2 4 d5 c7

and Black should win comfortably ! Black calmly moves the ng leav

ing White with a totally lost position

4 x is answered by 4 xb :

Puzzle 40Rubinstein- oadkaMhrsch Ostrau 1923

( e4 e5 2 f4 c5 3 f d6 4 c3f6 5 c4 c6 6 d3 g4 7 h3 xf8 xf3 d4 9 'g3 'e7 0 fxe5 dxe5 d c6 2 a4 g8 3 f h6 4e2 0-0-0 5 xd4 xd4 6 c3 b6

7 c7 8 e b8 9 c2 a820 f d5 2 g f4 22 ' b823 g3 xh3 24 xf7 'd6)

!!eatening 26 ' xb7apturing the queen with 25 axb6

allows White to win after 26 ax6+a7 27 xa7+ b8 28 fxb7+ c8

29 a6 !Deecting the ueen away om the

defence of d7 Black h no go reply '

Black must lose a piece

Puzzle 41

Stoltz- SteinerSaltsjbaden IZ 1952( c4 e5 2 c3 d6 3 g3 f5 4 g2

f6 5 d4 e7 6 e 0-0 7 ge2 h8 8c2 e8 9 b3 c6 0 a3 exd4 exd4 f4 2 0-0-0 h5 3 e4 g6 4d5 'd8 5 b2 f3 6 ef4 g 7xg6 hxg6 8 xg6 g7 9 h4xf4+ 20 gxf4 f5 2 h6+ h7 22

e3 f6 23 ' g5 g6) ! !White ignores the threat and opens

up the long diagonal for his poweful


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bishop When Back captures on g5,the h1-rook wi aso enter the attack

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White has ony a rook for a ueenand knight, but the threats e sttingto mount against the back ng

! (D)The obvious 27 f6 aows Bac

to escape with 27 f5 28 xh7+'xh7 29 xh7 xh7, so White interferes with Backs ideas of 'f5

he oher defensive y is 27 xg6

28 f6, and nowa) 28 29 dg1 'f5 30 xh7

xh7 31 :xg7 and Whie winsb) 28 'g8 29 h2 d8 (29 :f8

oses to 30 xg8 :xg8 3 1 dh 1 , and29 xf4 to 30 dh 1 5 31 xh5xh5 32 xh5+) 30 g1 xf4 31gh 1 and Back is nished

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After 30 g8 31 xe7 xf4+ 32b1 h6 33 g1 White wil foowup with h7

!34 d7 + e8 35 xf6 xd7 36

:f7+ e8 37 :xc7 is a ceaner

Here Black ost on time, but after

34 xe7 35 e6+ f7 36 d2 h8

37 e3 White is winning the endge

Puzzle 42War- Vergara

Port of Spain 1999( 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 c3 f6 4 cxd5

exd5 5 g5 e7 6 e3 b6 7 f3 b7 8e5 fd7 9 xe7 'xe7 10 f3 a61 1 d3 f6 12 e5 bd7 1 3 f4 c5 14

0-0 c4 15 c2 b5 16 a3 h5 17 'f3'd6 18 g3 f8 19 'h4 h6 20 f3e8 21 g3 df6 22 g5 b8 23e2 c8 24 g3 b6 25 f5 c7 26xc8 xc8 27 f5 h7 28 'e1 b429 axb4 e4 30 h4 xg5 31 fxg5g8 32 g6 fxg6 33 hxg6 'd8 34 f6 35 g3 h6 36 'd6 37f4 'x 38 :c ' xb2 39 h4 d6

40 h2 e4 41 :c8+ h7 42 'h3b7 43 d8 c3 d7 ) ! !This spsing move turns the

game ound competey 45 xe6alows 46 f8+ g8 47 8g6+ 48 f8#, so Back must nd anotherway to deal with the teat of g8#

S

45 xf4 46 g8+ g6 47 exf4g4+ 48 g3 ansposes to e ge


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Now Black can draw White could

still win by 52 f5+ h6 53 :e8

(theatening :e6+) 53 g6 54 'f8+g7 55 e7, forcing mate The nal swing of the game ack

draws by 53 g6 54 g5+ g7 55e7+ h6 56 'g5+, as White hasnothing tter than a perpetual check


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his mistae jeopdizes the winWhite should cy on with 25 h4because 25 xf6 fails in any case af

ter 26 xe5 xe5 27 'xe5+ f6 28'xc7 'S

his sacrce should eep Blac n

the ge (D)

As f as I can see, Black can draw

wi 28 d3 , as opening up e a7g diagonal is crucial to Blacks counterattack ollowing 29 h5 g8 wehave

a) 30 g4 f8 3 g7 c5+ and

its Black who delivers mateb) 30 xc6 xc6 3 :g4 'f8 32g7 'c5+ 33 g2 '+ 34 h3f4+ 35 gxf4 f+ 36 h4 xf4+37 h3 and the result is a draw by perpetual check

' ' Now Black is forced to give up his

ueen he rest of the ge was uite

eventful, but is outside the scope of thenitial combination Its enough to saythat White eventually prevailed after along endgame suggle

Puzze Paulsen- Mophy

USA Ch (New York) (6) 1857

( e4 e5 2 f3 c6 3 c3 f6 4b5 c5 5 0-0 00 6 xe5 e8 7xc6 dxc6 8 c4 b5 9 e2 xe4 0xe4 xe4 f3 :e6 2 c3 d3 3b4 b6 14 a4 bxa4 5 xa4 d7 6a2 :ae8 7 a6)

his dzling ueen sacrice opens

up the white kngs cover Whte has to

accept 20 d3 , planning to sacrice back

on g6, is a more stubborn defenceWhite is ne after 20 g2+ 2 gxf3+ 22 xg6 hxg6 23 d4, henceBlack should block out the ueen with20 f5 ollowing 2 d x 22f xf 23 :xf e2 Black is a

pawn ahead, with ore active pieces

hs does the job, but its surprisingthat Morphy missed the imediatelydecisive 23 e4+ 24 f f5, whenthere is no good answer to 25 h3#

' :

29 xe3 allows Black to mate by29 :hxh2+ 30 g :eg2#

Puzze 45Averakh- Kotov

Zurich Ct 195( d4 f6 2 c4 d6 3 f3 bd7 4

c3 e5 5 e4 e 6 e2 00 7 00 c6 8\c2 e8 9 d f8 0 b d5

c5 2 e3 c 3 h3 d7 4 bg6 5 d2 ab8 6 b3 xb3 7xb3 c5 8


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g8 23 g4 f5 24 f3 e 25 :g1 f826 cf1 f7 27 gxf5 gxf5 28 g2 f429 f6 30 e2)

'his is certainly a radical way toprevent g1 his move inoduceswhat was described by John Nunn inThe Mammoth Book of the orld'sGreatest Chess Games as one of themost exciting king-hunts of the twentieth cenury"

Whites moves e forced 33 g5allows 33 :h5#

his move is good enough, but in

fact Black can win even more uicklyby offering another sacrice with33 g4 , threatening 33 g6 aswell as 33 :f8+ 34 xg4 g8+ 35

f5 f Whie can only prevent heimmediae mate with 34 xf4, buthen Black wins by 34 g8 35 h5hg6 36 g5 xg5 37 xg4 f4+38 h3 :xg2 39 xf4 exf4

White has uite a few defensive

tries, but nothing hat saves the ge;for exple, 34 a3 f8+ 35 g4

g8+ 36 f5 f6#; or 34 g7 8+35


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h5 e7 18 e6


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8 h5 g6 9 &g7 20 f7+ h821 xg6 &c4)

White copes as foows

& Now a four minor pieces e en

prise! Cruciay, Back must be prevented from paying the consoidating &e5 Most of the foowing comments e based on anakoevs ownnotes in World Champion at the ThirdAttempt.

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As you woud expect, Back hasmore than one way to y to defenda) 22 &xe3 23 &xe7 &xf1 24

xf b7 25 xg7+ xg7 26 +h8 27 xh7#

b) 22 hxg6 23 f4 and :h4+ wiwin for White

c) 22 xc6 (the most importantateative) 23 xe and now

c ) 23 g8 (ts is not mentionedby anakoev but it seems to lose inbeautiful stye) 24 f4 hxg6 (24 &e525 xh7) 25 &d5 and White iswinning; for exampe 25 exd5 26d4 &e5 27 h4+ &h5 28 f6+:g7 29 xe5 'd7 30 f8+ h7 31xh5+ gxh5 32 g6+ or 25 b7 26f6 e8 27 'f8+ xf8 28 xf8+

h7 29 &fc2) 23 b7 24 f7 g8 (or24 'e8 25 'f6 'g8 26 xh7 xh727 g6) 25 d4 &e5 26 xh7 &xf7 27xf7 xh7 28 g6+ h6 29 e3+


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Whie punishe Blacks iea wih !!or he queen Whie obains wo

nor pieces an an esisible aackon he black king, which is force outino open eiory

!

his is he crucial move, which cuso he black king s reea o h6, sotha Whie is able o pu he g4-knightto use

Black can pu up f more resistance wih 7 g5 Graham Burgessgives the line 8 e5 xe5 9 xe5 f520 exf6 e5, when i seems ha Whiemust play very accuraely to win hege After 21 g4+ h4 22 f3+xh3 23 xg5+ xg4 24 xh7 heooks a three possibe defences

a) 24 f3 25 g6 and 26 h5+followe by 27 f7b) 24 h3 25 f3 (25 h4)

25 g3 26 f7 h3 27 : e7 28fxe8:xe 29 :h2 xg7 30 h1and White will emerge material up

c) 24 :g 25


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Pue 52Ftank- Cvtan

Buesliga 19978

( d4 f6 2 f3 g6 3 c4 g7 4c3 00 5 e4 d6 6 e2 e5 7 0-0 c6 8d5 e7 9 d2 e8 0 f5 c5f6 2 f f4 3 4 g5 4 a4 g6 5a3 f7 6 b5 dxc5 7 xc5 h 8 g4 9 b6 g3 20 h h7 2 d6h4 22 g h3 23 bxc7)

Whies las ove allows Black ascial nih

! ! ! ! 2 27 h is e by he pawn ae

27 g2#

Pule 53Rtewi - Rubinstein

dz 178( d4 d5 2 f e6 3 e3 c5 4 c4 6

5 c3 f6 6 dxc5 xc5 7 a3 a6 8 d6 9 b2 0-0 0 d2 e7 d3dxc4 2 xc4 b5 3 d3 d8 4 e2b7 5 00 e5 6 xe5 xe5 7 f4c7 8 e4 ac8 9 e5 b6+ 20 hg4 2 e4 h4 22 g3)

Rubinsein concluded his or Ge wih a sunning cobinaion

! ! Oher oves also losea) 23 xc3 allows 23 xe4+ 24

xe4 xh2#b) 23 xb7 xg3 24 f3 xf 25

xf3 + 26 g e4+ 27 fd2+ 28 g2 xf3 29 xf d2+and Black wins

!

Aleaively 24 xg4 xe4+ 25f3 x and Black aes uickly; 24

xc3 xe4+ 25 xe4 xh2#; 24xb7 xe2 25 g2 h3 and Blacwins

! ! Everyhing ends wih ae; for exaple, 26 f3 xf3 27 xf3 xh2or 26 xh2+ 27 g x+ 28x h#

Pue 5L Schid- GirHaurg Echt 1965

( c4 g6 2 c3 g7 3 f3 f6 4e4 d6 5 d4 00 6 e2 e5 7 00 c6 8d5 e7 9 e d7 0 d3 f5 exf5xf5 2 e4 f6 3 f3 4 4 e3c6 5 xf6 xf6 6 cxd5 7cxd5 f7 c4 b5 9 xd4 exd420 xb5 xd5 2 a4 h5 22 b3+h8 23 c6 e5 24 f4 xf4 25 g3e3 26 xa8 h3 27 d5 e2 2

xd6)All he obvious aacking aepsfail here; for exple, 28 x+ 29h g7 30 ae , 28 xa8 29e5+ g8 30 d5+, or 28 x29 x x+ 30 h f 3e5+ Insead Gligo played a calove

!!

Despie having he ove, Whie cando nohing agains he hreas 29 ae x and 29 e5+ h6

30 d6 x 3 x x+ 32 hf e winning for Black

30 f5 is he os accurae way

o win


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2 Mateal Gans

deliverng checmate is the ultimate goal, whats the next best thin? he onlynswer I can hink o is winning material wth the most devilish o cks. Aterll , statistics show that at most levels, a tactical tick that wins material is by he most common way to win a game o chess.

Oten players orget, but they have massive oury o tactical weapons atheir disposal. The list stts with good old-ashioned double attacks, pins andsewers, beore moving on to more complicated ideas such as discovered at

acks, discovered checks, deections, decoys and intererence . It is well ownha regul shapening o these tools by ackling pules and exercises is an excellent way o keeping your chess mnd in good shape.

In ths chapter there e 22 pules or you to solve, and once again there is avarying degree o diculty.

55

Whites pieces e well placed andlack certainly has some weaknesses,ut or the moment he seems to havejust about everything covered. O

ourse, i there were no rook on a7,hings would dierent. . .

5

urely s one should qui ey?I only the e-rook werent pinned,en the discovered check would at. However, ng moves dont seem

to do the ck, as Black has theats o. . .6+ Whats the solution?


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In this extremely complicated position, Black has just answered thetheat to his own queen by attackingWhite s. hould White capture on b6,reeat his queen from f4, or is theresomething dierent?

5

B

OK, so Black caes on e8, Whitetaes on c an the e goes on, ors there somehing else?

59

Both sides suer from having aweak back rank, but Whites mostpressing conce is his queen, which isattacked by e f6-bishop. Which ingenious move begins a study-like sequence ending in a win for White?

0

Wtes queen occies a doinatin outpost, but htes nih s attacked, an reeats ma low Black

to consolidate s exa pawn Is thereanything amng that White can dohere?


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1w 3w

Black s yet to castle and the d6- he obvous 8 g6 fals to 8 . . .a knght looks a bt loose. he poston 9 xa a and Bak mates. hatis screng out for a combnation, should hte play nstead?but t seems that Black s survvng-ter the obvous 6 xd6 xd6 7b e7. oes hte have any-thing better?

2

w

At rst sght t looks as f htesattack s stutterng. he crux of theproblem s that the g-bshop s pnned

aganst the whte queen. an htebreak ths pn, or perhaps even use t tohs advantage?

4

w

hs poson does not look out ofthe ordny. In ampt to ack theblack kng, hte ha sng hs rook

over. Black has bolstered s defencewth e manoeuvre ...g4-h-g6 .or h he? hat can hte do to teadvantage of hs well-placed peces?


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5w

White has already conducted a violent attack to reach this position, butnow comes the cnch Where is theknkout blow?

B i

_. i Oi

l-J8 8 :+ ' vhis ty o position someties

curs in he opening, and can rest inour queens being on the bod Back

must now decide, aongst other matters, whether to capture on g7, c ora It seems nikey that Back h awinning ove here, but he does

7B

I Whites queen were not attackingthe e4-bishop, then would be decisive How does Back get ound thisproblem and secure a winning position?

B

Whites appenty natura previous ove recapurin a pawn on gwith he -pawn was acay

te 4 xg woud have kept an advantage, due to the bishop-pair and abeter pawn-ucure How can Bacexpoit his eor?


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69B

lacks peces e ncely bunchedon e kngsde, but he must watch outor threats aganst both hs queen androok. How should he contnue the atck?

7

B

A tactcal sequence has just seenWhte removng a powerful passedpawn on c Is Whte just smply apawn up, or s there a stng n the tal?

71B

an lack take advantage of thepassed pawn on e , the a7 -g dagonaland Whtes slghtly weak back rank,before releases e ressure wththe teatened xb6? Note that Whtealso threatens f6.

72

B

In a ge whch has aleady beenll of tactcal blows, a crtca postonhas been reached. How does lackdeal wh the threats to hs queen andknght?


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73w

In this complex position Whiteseems to have many attacking options,but its a thoroughly unexpected movethat gves him a winnng position. anyou spot the idea?

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D 8 8 P : : Whtes ing is stuck in e cene,

but there seems to be no obvious wayfor Back to expoit ths fact. oes he

have a hdden ick?

Weve reached a critica point n thegame. Black has just attacked e e-ight with the f-pawn, an the ightis pinned against the e4-rook. Howdoes White get ound this probem?

76

B

Everything seems quet in this position. Admttey, Whites back ranklook rather weak, but he intens to

meet 4 . .e wi f . Is thereanything else that Back can do?


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swes fo hapte 2

Pule 55ck Scude

e 1978 4 f6 c4 e6 c 4 g

e e - 6 c h6 7 h4 c6 8f b7 9 xc4 xc4 g xc bxc c - b6 4d b8 a6 6 xe6 xe6 7xe6 fxe6 8 g4 c8 9 e4 a720 g6 f6

Whte paye a ecous move hs overoas the back rook and

wns at east an exchange. In fact,ack saw no goo eason to contnue.

Pule 56us Siel

B is 1912 e4 e6 4 c f6 4 e

f7 ce c 6 f4 c6 7 c b6 8 e7 9 g f6 h f - -2 g4 g6 gxf gxf 4 h h8 g 6 g xg 7 xg cx48 g e7 9 x4 f7 e fg6 g g8 bc6 4 e x4 x4 a 6a4 a6 7 g 8 8 h4 9 hh6 f fg7 h e7 c c6 h4 g6 4 g e835 b 6 axb axb 7 h xg38 fxg '7 9 f4 xe 4 4x 4 f3 e 4 h6 e7 4 e2xg 44 xe 6

Unpnnng the rook wth 4 h ??s to 4 . . .xh6, and ts ack

who wns . Instea ura paye a ng move

Whte bocks the h-b8 agona

w the queen, us reeasng the e-rook. Impoanty, Whte aso gusaganst the forthcomng check.

S4 . . .xg aows 46 xe8. Exchangng queens s no efence.

oowng 46 . . .xh 47 xh h48 g g 49 Whte w wnthe e8-bshop.

Now that the queen covers h6, ths

move s possbe. ack must ose hsbshop.

Puzle 5Kasaov Kanik

Novgorod 1994 e4 c c c6 ge f6 4

4 cx4 x4 e 6 b 6 7 ga6 8 a b 9 e xf6xf6 c - c b8 h4e7 4 xf6 gxf6 b7 6d 7 ex x 8 -- e4 9e xa h6 e6 4 b622 h h8 g4 :g8 24 e6 g62 f4 :e 6 d6

Kaspov sunne hs opponent bygnoing the threat to both queens wtha remkable move

S


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Watch out for this pawn it has avery bright ture

Black has many possible defences,none of them completely satisfactorytanik gives the following viations

a) 27 28 hxg6 4 29 h7+g8 30 gxf7+ xh7 3 fxe8 andWhite wins

b) 27 g7 28 b6 xf4 29 xg7and White wins a piece

c) 27 xg4 28 xg4 g8 29

xg8+ xg8 30 xb6 xb6 3 g3+ and again White gains materiald) 27 fxe6 28 hxg6 xf4 29

xh7+ g8 30 xb6e) 27 xe6 28 hxg6 xf4 29

xh7+ g8 30 gxf7+ f8 (30 xh73 xb6 xb6 32 f) 3 h8+ x32 xe6+ xe6 33 xb6 with a decisive material gain

27 gg8 (this looks the besty) 28 xd5 xe6 29 xe6 xe6 30d6 and White should be winning

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Other moves e no bettera) 28 3+ 29 hxd3 exd3 (both29 x 30 gxf7 and 29 a5 30gx a + 3 d2 xb2+ 32 e

c+ 33 d f 34 d win forWhite) 30 gxf7

b) 28 xh3 29 gxf7 and again

there e too many threats for Black todeal with

he pawn has nished its joney

and for a moment the material count isactually even However, White is winning due to the weakness of the blackking position

!

36 d7+ is winning for White

Puzze 58Bogojubow Aekine

Hastins 1922(1 d4 f5 2 c4 f6 3 g3 e6 4 g2

b4+ 5 d2 xd2+ 6 xd2 c6 7gf3 0-0 8 0-0 d6 9 b3 h8 0 c3e5 e3 a5 2 b3 e8 3 a3 h5 4h4 g4 5 g5 d7 6 f3 f6 7 f4e4 8 fd h6 9 h3 20 f e72 a4 c6 22 d2 23 h e824 g2 dxc4 25 bxc4 xa4 26 d7 27 d2 b5 28 d d3 29 xa5b4 30 xa8 bxc3 3 xe8)

Alekhine concluded the sequencebeginning with 28 d3 with thestunning

! ! or a moment, White has the luxury

of being two rooks up, but nevertheless he is still quite lost White can donothing to prevent Black om queening next move, and this new queen will

cause havoc ound Whites vulnerable king

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37 d2 wins.'S

S S S

'leverly exploitng the promotion

theme once more in order to reach a

winning kng and pawn ending. S


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Now the queen must move, since

White theatens both xc8 xc8

4 xa4 and b b 4 xb7 . ' Here we have a simil position to

two moves ago, with the dierencethat White no longer has an a-pawnand the rook has moved om e to e4.The second dierence is crucial, asWhite can now play . . .

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Black no longer has the .. xeick and so his queen has nally runout o sques.

Puzzle 0Cordes- Mles

B Wrishofen 19851 d4 6 c4 e6 c b4 4

c g b6 6 g b7 7 d exd

8 h4 e4 9 xe4 xc+ 10 bxcdxe4 1 1 d6 6 1 g6) SWhite reacts to the attack on e

knight by putting another piece enrise Neither piece can captured1 . . .xg 14 e 1 h6+ 16 xh8 and 1. . .gx 14 x6 eboth winning or White. Thus Black is

orced to protect the 6-pawn. This is extemely visual ; al o

Whites thee developed pieces enow attacked. aptuing the queenwih 14. . . xe allows 1 d6, so theking must move.

Ater 16. . .xe 17 xd8, despitehaving two pieces deep in enemy teitory, White remains a sae piece up.

S S

Black has regained the piece, butnow Whites queen and knight e securely posted in the cene o the bo,

where they dominate events. hitecan generate a rapid and decisive attack against the black kng.

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SThe nal nail in the con Backsking has no shelter om Whites mar peces.

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Puzzle 1Bogoljubow- Rellstab

Krw 1940 1 6 d4 b g b7 4

e a6 bd e6 6 a4 b4 7 c 80-0 e 9 dxc xc 1 e4 e 1 e d 1 xe7 xe7 1 c4 c814 e1 1 exd6 xd6)

Now there ce . . . his allows the bihop to be ten

in two dierent ways, but crucially


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ins the 7 -pawn and thus threatensxe6.

16. . .xc4? loses immediately to 17xe6, while ater 16 . e7 17 xd6xd6 18 xd6 xd6 1 x7 d50 ad1 White wins a second awn.owever, the calm 1 6. . .0-0 is lacsest deence. Now 17 xd6 hxg6 18xb7 c7 is not so cle, as lac regains the piece on b7. Probaly bestor White is 17 xh7 xh7 18 xd6

d5 1 e4 wi a sae exa pawn ' ' !

he roo cannot stay guding thec5-sque.

Puzzle 62C Torre- Em Lasker

Moscow 1925

1 d4 6 e6 g c 4 ecxd4 5 exd4 e 6 bd d6 7 cbd7 8 d b6 c4 b7 1 'ec7 1 1 0- 0-0 1 :e1 e8 1 ad 18 14 c1 d5 15 g5 16 a4 17 cx x4 18 h5 xg5 1xg5 xd xd 1 b4 '5 g3 h6 c4 d5 4 e ' 5)

oe stunned the ormer World

Chpion with !!his loses a queen, but sets up e

well-known seesaw eect. his moi comes with deadly orce. X

lack c do nothing as White re

claims material with interest.

heres a slight sting in the tail, in

that this doule attac regains some

material, ut White will remain threeawns up, certainly a winning advantage


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Puzzle 64Marovi Tsagan

Kraw student OL 19

1 d4 d c4 e6 c f6 4 ge7 e - 6 :c1 bd7 7 f c6 8d dxc4 9 xc4 d 1 xe7xe7 1 1 - xc 1 :xc e 1c exd4 14 exd4 f6 1 e1 d616 g g4 17 g h 18 hg6)

White now played a brilliant sequence

!! ! !

It seems almost unfair that such acombination leaves White only apawn up. However, this exa pawn issufcient to give White a winningendge.

:

:

!

Black has obviously not lent hislesson Once again White wins a pawnusing the same theme, albeit a muchsimpler version .

S S S S S

Puzzle 65s Popov - Buljovi

Yugoslavia 1966(1 e4 f6 e d d4 d6 4 f

g4 h xf 6 xf dxe 7 dxee6 8 e4 c6 9 c4 d7 1 - c7

1 1 :e1 h6 1 a4 1 c xc 14bxc :d8 1 f4 g6 16 g4 c 17h1 b6 18 f gxf 19 gxf exf xf xc4 1 e6 d6 exf7 f6 e 4 xh6 xh6 xh6 g7)

White nished the ge o in nestyle

!! !

! After 9 xc7 the material swinin the last ee half-moves has en ahefty 16 points

Puzze 66Xu Jun- vanchukLucerne Wcht 199

1 d4 d c4 e6 f dxc4 4 a4

d7 e4 gf6 6 c a6 7 xc4 :b88 c b 9 e b7 1 -? 11e bxc 1 exf6 cxb 1 fxg7)

he position of the white queen allows Black to win mateal in an unlikely manner

! ! 14 gx :x 1 c :g8 16

xa1 f6 leaves Black the exchange

to the good. Black has an exa pce Its e

that White h some play, but vanchuk


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proved this to oer insucient compensation

!

. . .and Blacs roo and two nightsproved songer than the queen, although the game dragged on or sometime

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chances e virtually ero, despite theexa pawn

!

9 xe? fxe xe


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W FO CHAPT 2 67

c6 8 e4 bd7 9 :d b6 c g4 g a4 a xc bxcxe4 4 xe7 b6 c4 xc 6

c e8 7 Here ischer played an astonishingmove

!!Byrne had certainly overlooked this

ve clever bishop reeat. He had enexpecting 17 . . .b?, against whichWhite can play 8 x, because1 8. . .x7? 19 b e6 g

wins or White. Ater 18 xe6 Black can carry out

a delightul version o the Philidorsmothered mate with 18 .b 19g e g 1 g x e. Black is alsovirtually winning ater either 1 8 xcxc 19 dxc xc xe6 xe6

or 8 d b 9 a4 c7.


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68 MOT N C MO O LL I

1 1 xf6 gxf6 1 d8 1 dd 14 c4 b8 1 h4 e7 16 cb6 17 e d7 18 cxd cxd 19

:d g8 h f 1 f a6 d !!his rook can be captured in two

ways, but neither is satisfactory forWhite. Black can also win a pawn by . . .xg xg e 4 eh4 x 6 f.

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hxg?? e 4 e xe. !Overloading the white queen. 4 xh4?? e e xe. Black has won material, but there is

still much play le in e position. !


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3 Daring Dnc

F evey d successu g c ee s eu d seuce we e c udes u c d cec deece. eese deece se c e zg vue d s ce des wi ese ccss cud e sd s cy e dcu d i deesveves ude essue s euy gd cig des. Hweveee e cei yes w cuy ve deedg dcu sis sig g y ves d e uesg decsve cuec e

sges cce. cceg gs d e gig ie dg ee yu e y s e e s ss cessye.

ee w yu deesve ss ce wi e 1 ees ew.

c is beid deveede sme essue d hs esilizg is ces. F ee1 1 . . .0-0-0 ds w 12 wie 11. . .e6 aws te vey dge

us scce 12 e6 fxe6 13 e6. is cs suti?

O e us sde Wie s wu u e d6-w s g dged jus mpty e sg weuy u pce 3.Hw c Wie savage smeig

is sii?


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79B

This is a typical icilia, wth bthsides tryig t pe up te eemyig. t seems as if White is wiighe race, as lacs cuter theueesde as becme a little sagat Hw des lac ive up te prceedigs his advaage?

this strangelig psiti,lac has a exa piece, but is sugglig t d a defece agaist the

threats f e3 ad d6 s there a radical slui t lacs prblems?

81w

Wites big ump cd, te passedpaw f6, shuld give him a wiigadvatage, bu he must play accuratelyere. The r is attaced. Where iste best place fr it?

8B

sides have gne cray in therattempts t checate the enemy ingWhite is tw pieces dw, but his at

tac appears t be faster. Where islacs defesive resurce?


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DAIN DN 71

3B

With his last move 9 e-dWhite threatens to deliver mate in aew moves. What is Blacks inspireddeence?

z

Althouh ahead on material, Blacklooks in trouble here. or exple,4 .. .bc8 c6 xc6 6 :xc6 and

White is a pawn up, or 4 . . .d7 xd7 xd7 6 x7 x7 7x h8 8 6 8 9 andWhte wins. What should Black do?

5B

Whites previous move d4-c6 makes use of the pin on the d-leto ork queen and rook. How shouldBlack react to this move?

w

or the moment White has he avantae o an exa rook, but hs queenand bishop e attacked, and it sees

impossibe or the queen to say deendin e -sque. What c Whitecome up with?


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87B

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Ater a very stodgy game, the position is incredibly blked, but Whitehas all the winning chances, as he hasgood knight vs bad bishop. s Blackhave a miaculous deensive y?

88w

In s wonerlly random position its dclt to say whos attacking and whos deending A glance at

the materia count suggest Black is onto an the teat to exchange queensis annoying or White Any suggestions?

89B

White is a pawn down, but has justcastled and Black is aced with thedual eat o cxd4 and xb7. Howcan Black deal with is?

90B

Whites last move was to play hisknight om d to b6, where it attacksthe a-rook. hold Black move the

rook or go on the counter-attack?


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Answrs or Captr 3

uzzl 77Porrcca- Brontin

Belgrade 1954( 1 e c6 2 d 3 c3 de e

f5 5 g3 g6 6 6 3 c f6 9 f d 10 00 c 1 1e1)

ste cae u wt a ae ve

!uddey ey a f acs

es ae sved Nt y des tes defed te aw ut t asgves dect sut t te eawe t advaces t e6 Mvg tes f a g e daga t aestet e aes a vey sgess

S

Te essue as eased ad tes etus t ts e actve daga ac as a fuy ayae gaead ceeds t utay s et

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S S ' ' !

Te 5aw w vey wea te edgae

S! S S S

Fay ac ws a aw ad f

te est f te gae stes tecue s fautess

S S S S S

uzzl 78Gligori- Avrbakh

ovo Uice 1966

(1 d f6 2 c e6 3 c3 b e300 5 d3 d5 6 f3 c 00 d a3 a5 9 d2 cd 10 ed dc 1 1c a6 12 a 6 13 e2 1fd1 e 15 e5 c3 16 c3d5 1 d2 f 1 a3 f6 19 gg6 20 g3 21 d3 df 22f f 23 'e3 d3 2 'd3d5 25 'd2 e 26 e3 'd 2'd3 c 2 3 f5 29 f3 ec 30 d5c1 31 d6 d5 32 d5 ed5 33d5 d 1 + 3 'd1 c6)

Gg ad a tc u s seeve ! !Ts defeds te d6aw ad e

es e6 Te tactca t s tat35 g6 aws 36 d+ g 3d5+ egag te wt a w

g stDefedg te e6sue !yway Nw Wtes d6aw

ces t ay'! t ac as ette dawg

caces e edg tat ses

afte 36 6 3 d5 c5 3 a+ 39 e e 0 e d5


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74 MOT C MO O LL I

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This uee edig is very dicul

r lac, wh is a aw dw, wih aless acive uee ad a weaer igsii.

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O CAPT 75

29 xb :d8. 3 S

S She wo minor ieces f outweigh

the whie rook. S

Puzze 80

Sosonko - RivasAmsterdam Z 1978

( 1 d4 d5 2 c4 dc4 3 f3 f6 4c3 a6 5 e4 5 6 e5 d5 a4 c6 ab5 xc3 9 c3 c5 10 g5 f6 1 1f3 :a 12 e6 ' 6 1 3 d5 fg5 14f+


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c) 26 :c 1 also wins after 26 . . .e32 f xc 1 28 d 1 + 29 f1xf1 + 30 xf1 xb2, although I

would say that the textmove is stillthe cleest route to victory.\26 .. .c 2 xb and 26 . .xb2 2

f c3 28 f c2 29 h6 e both easywins for White.

Puzze 82. atso - Kuczyski

Buesliga 19945( 1 e4 c 2 f3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 xd4

f6 3 a6 6 e3 e b3 e 8f3 e6 9 d2 bd 1 0 g4 00 1 1000 c 12 h4 b 1 3 h 14 dxd 1 exd b6 16 xb6 xb61 d3 18 g d 1 9 :dg1 a4 20

xh+ xh 2 1 g6+ g8 22 h6 axb323 hxg)lac is faced with may threats.

For example, 23 . . .bxa2?? 24 :h8+leads to ma ae 24 . . .xg 2 h6+f6 26 h4+ g 2 h+


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W FO CAPT 7

!!Whas hs? uey jus a a

se aac?

20 d3 e5 21 g6 + 22

c3 h2 23 g1 ws lac.!Nw we see e The whe

g has ee ued he aa d3sue s ha 21 6+ ' h+ ceswh a gy chec Whes aachas ee eued.

!Thees s e g wg w

2 1 . . .e5? 22 h6+.


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78 MOT IN C MO V O LL I

acicig a uee i de egi a vicius cueaac agaise wie g

! 23 xd lses 23 xe1 + 2

1 x1 + 25 x1 e3+ 26


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W FO CAPT 79

28 c3 was songer. Now Blacksc2-pawn ensures enough counterplayfor a draw.

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43 e8+ c7 44 e7+ gives Whitepeetual check.

It wasnt too long after this game

that Hodgson was allowed to use asimil motif to 24 c4, and this time Iwas the unfortunate victim

Emms odgsonBritish Ch (lymouth) 1989

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S! !Black went on to win the ge.

Puzze 87A Petrosian - azai

f 2 d3 f4 3 f 4 ge2h4 g d7 b b 7 c c 18 c2 9 xc bxc5 2 a4

xa4 2 xa4 :8 22 c2 h8 23d3 b4 24 :a3 e8 2 d3 g 2h3 f 27 :c g7 28 b3 d7 29d2 b7 3 db2 b 3 a h 32d xa4 33 xa4 34 c3 c83 b g3 3 e2 f 37 b e738 a3 :xa4 39 bxa4 d8 4 c3 b84 b xb 42 axb a8 43 a4a7 44 a2 c8 4 b2)

Haai ied a very chee move\!!This worked a eat after Whites

rather celess reply. With a litle more hought White

might have seen that he should insteadgo for he systematic attack on he pawn; for example, 4 d2 a7 47

b3 b7 48 b2 b 49 a4 h2 d3 and White will follow up with c and 2 b3, after which thepawn is lost and White should wincomfortably.

Now Black threatens simply 47 . . h4

with an absolute shut-out so . . . ' !

Its cle at White can make noproess whatsoever. '

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Puzze 88Braga Timman

Mar del lata 1982

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