Hoogeveen-2009: results and world class chess tactics |
Written by Peter Zhdanov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday, 23 October 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Final
As you can see from the table, the whole tournament was about winning at least one game. However, at least two great opportunities to do so have been missed. You will now have a chance to beat two elite grandmaster - just "Press more" to try to solve the tactics. After some risky play Ivanchuk was on the verge of losing (round 2), but Judit Polgar didn't find the move which wins on the spot. Can you see it? Black to play Solution The encounter between GM Ivanchuk (white) and GM Tiviakov (round 5) was a moment of truth: Vassily needed a win to claim the 1st place in the tournament with just one round to go. The game arrived at this mind-boggling position (Black has just played Rd4): White to play Strangely enough, Vassily has missed the winning combination. Let's see if you can find it. Solution Ivanchuk's and Polgar's photos are courtesy of Hoogeveen-2009 official website
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