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5-second Tactics from London Chess Classic

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Tuesday, 17 December 2013
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By GM Kevin Spraggett, Canada, FIDE 2544
Kevin's blog (parental advisory)

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KNIGHT MOVES (I)


Sreeves, Clement

IM  Panjwani, R


London Open. Position after 17 moves.  The Canadian IM is closing in fast on his second GM-norm!  Unfortunately, in this tournament this narrowly escaped Raja because the elo of his opponents was too low, but Raja never the less managed to play some excellent chess.  This is one such example.


HERE  Raja can play safely and keep a solid positional plus with the simple 18.Nxd7 and after 18Bxc3  19.Rxc3!? (19.Qxc3 is also strong) 19Qxd7  20.Qa5!  when it is difficult to coordinate Blacks pieces.  HOWEVER, Raja sensed that he could get more


WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN  IN STYLE!

KNIGHT MOVES (II)


GM  Bartel, Mateusz

IM  Hawkins, Jonathan


London.  Position after  Whites 26th move.  Things have not been going very well for White for most of the game, despite appearances in the above position.  The Polish star is a brilliant tactician who  often sees much deeper than his opponent


BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN!

KNIGHT MOVES (III)


IM 
Zumsande, M


GM  Sutovsky


From the London Classic Open taking place this week.  Position after 30 moves.  Blacks last move was 30b6, attacking the Knight on c5.  There is no doubt that White has a big positional advantage.  White can quietly retreat his Knight (maintaining advantage) or look for something better.


WHAT IS WHITES BEST CONTINUATION?

 

SOLUTIONS


Panjwani, RajaSreeves, Clement:
  18.Nxf7! A very unpleasant surprise for Black! 18 Rxf7 19.Bxg7 Rxg7 20.Bxd5+ e6 ( 20Kh8 21.Bxb7 Nc7 22.Qa5! ) 21.Bxe6+ Kh8 22.Qa5! Qe8 23.Nd4 Re7 24.Qxb5  And the rest is easy:  24Rxe6 25.Nxe6 Qxe6 26.Qxb7 Nab8 27.Rc8+ Kg7 28.Rxb8 Qxe2 29.Qxd7+ Kf6 30.Qd4+ Kg5 31.Qf4+ Kh5 32.Qh4 # 1-0


Hawkins, JonathanBartel, Mateusz
:
  26 Nxb2!! 27.Kxb2 Rc4! 28.Bf2 Qb5+ ( Perhaps even more precise is 28Rxf4 29.Bg1 Qb5+ 30.Ka1 Rc1+ ) White resigns.  He loses his Queen after 29.Qb3 ( 29.Ka1 Rc1+) Rb4

Sutovsky, EmilZumsande, Martin:  31.Nxh5!! bxc5 ( 31Kxh5 32.Rh3+ Kg6 33.Qh4 with a mating attack ) 32.Qh4!  Threatening mate in two.  Blacks reply is best.  32f6 33.Rxc5 Qa6 34.Nxf6! Kf7 35.Qh7+ Ke6 36.Nxe8 Qxa4 37.Nxc7+ Rxc7 38.Qh6+ Kf7 39.e6+ 1-0

Other posts by GM Kevin Spraggett:
Tactics from World Chess Team Championship
5-second tactics from St. Louis
GM Bacrot vs. GM Aronian: a Remarkable Turnaround
Today's 5-seconds Tactics
Winning tactics
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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