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Today's 5-second Tactics

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Friday, 15 November 2013
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By GM Kevin Spraggett, Canada, FIDE 2544
Kevin's blog (parental advisory)

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The three exemples below are all from the European Team Championship taking place right now in Warsaw, Poland. Solutions at the end.  Good luck!

GM Edouard,R

GM Kovalev,V


BLACK TO PLAY AND MATE IN TWO!

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GM  Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar


GM 
Socko, Bartosz


BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN!

WIM  Seps, Monika


WGM
Bulmaga, Irina


WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!

SOLUTIONS


Kovalev,V   Edouard,R:
  34Qxh3+!!  and mate next move.


Socko, BartoszMamedyarov, Shakhriyar:
  23. Nf4!! 24.Ne4 ( 24.gxf4 Qg6+! Is a quick kill ) 24Nxe2+ 25.Kg2 Qg6! 26.Rae1 Qh5! 27.f4 Nxf4+!  and the rest is simple: 28.gxf4 Bxf4 29.Ng3 Qg5 30.Rxf4 Qxf4 31.Re2 Qf3+ 32.Kh2 Rf4 33.Rg2 Rh4+ 34.Kg1 Qe3+ 0-1


Bulmaga, IrinaSeps, Monika:
  32.Rxc6! (32.Nf6+ first might be even faster) 32 Rxc6 33.Rxd7! Rxd7 34.Nf6+ Kh8 35.Nxd7 f5 Black is lost anyway, but this makes it faster. 36.exf6 Qxd7 37.f7 1-0

Other posts by GM Kevin Spraggett:
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5-second tactics
Joauquim Durao: Portuguese Chess Legend
Chigorin Memorial 5-second tactics
Play it again, Sam
Time controls, Frank Marshal and Nuremberg 1906
World Junior Concludes
Capablanca's Final Advice
Chess Thriller: GM Moskalenko vs. GM Vallejo Pons
5-second tactics
Friday 5-second tactics
Happy 70th birthday to GM Kavalek
Today's Insight into Chess
Tactical workout-2
Tactical workout
Knight-mares
6-time Portuguese Chess Champion Rui Damaso's Chess Brilliancies
Ode to the Kings's Gambit
Good news for old chess players
Lothar Schmid
Chess un-plugged!
Deceptively simple chess
Erich Eliskases
Robert Byrne


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