Eurotel tactics training

(1) Ivanchuk,V (2711) - Van Wely,L (2642) [B80] Eurotel Trophy Prague CZE (1.2), 28.04.2002 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Bd3 b5 8.a4 b4 9.Na2 Bb7 10.Nxb4 d5 11.c3 dxe4 12.Be2 Qc7 13.f4 Nbd7 14.0-0 Be7 15.a5 0-0 16.Qe1 Nc5 17.Qf2 Rfd8 18.f5 Nd3 19.Bxd3 exd3 20.fxe6 Bxb4 21.cxb4 Rd5 22.Rac1 Qe7 23.Qg3 fxe6 24.Rc7 Rd7 25.Rxd7 Nxd7 26.Qc7 Bd5 27.b5 axb5 28.Nxb5 Rb8 29.Nc3 Ba8 30.a6 Qe8 31.Rf2 Nf6 Diagram White to play has a tremendous attack. How can he best finish off his opponent? 32.Rxf6! This is the most efficient way to proceed. 32...Rxb2 [ 32...gxf6 33.Bh6 Threatening mate on g7 and forcing Black to give up his queen to prevent it.] 33.Rf2 1-0

(2) Radjabov,T (2610) - Adams,M (2744) [E12] Eurotel Trophy Prague CZE (1.3), 28.04.2002 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Nxc5 bxc5 11.Bd3 0-0 12.0-0 d6 13.f4 h6 14.Qd1 Rb8 15.Be3 Re8 16.Rb1 a5 17.Nb5 e5 18.f5 Nd4 19.Nc3 Bc6 20.Rf2 Rb6 21.g4 Nh7 22.Rg2 Ng5 23.Rg3 Qa8 24.Bxg5 hxg5 25.Qd2 Qd8 26.Rh3 Qe7 27.Ne2 Rb3 28.Nc1 Rb6 29.Qxa5 Qb7 30.Qd2 f6 31.Re3 Diagram Black to play. Michael Adams played a nice tactical stroke to overcome his young opponent from Baku. 31...Bxe4 32.Qf2 [ 32.Bxe4 Qxe4 33.Rxe4 Nf3+ 34.Kf2 Nxd2 forking the two rooks; Naturally not 32.Rxe4 Nf3+ with a deadly fork] 32...Bc6 33.h4 Nf3+ 34.Rxf3 Bxf3 35.hxg5 fxg5 36.Qe3 e4 37.Bf1 Qe7 38.b4 Qe5 39.b5 Qg3+ 0-1

(3) Polgar,J (2677) - Ye Jiangchuan (2676) [B42] Eurotel Trophy Prague CZE (1.4), 28.04.2002 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 g6 6.c4 Bg7 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.0-0 Nf6 9.Nbc3 0-0 10.Bf4 d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.Bg5 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Qa5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Qb3 Bg7 16.Rad1 Qb4 17.Qxb4 Nxb4 18.a3 Nc6 19.b4 Bf5 20.Nd5 Rae8 21.Ng3 Bg4 22.f3 Bc8 23.Ne4 Rd8 24.Ndf6+ Kh8 25.Ba2 Bf5 26.g4 Bxe4 27.Nxe4 Bb2 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.a4 Kg7 30.Rb1 Be5 31.b5 axb5 32.Rxb5 Rd7 33.Rd5 Re7 34.Bc4 h6 35.h4 Bf4 36.Bb5 Ne5 37.Kg2 Rc7 38.Rc5 Re7 39.a5 Diagram Black to play can simply win a pawn. But it was not enough to win the game. 39...Nxg4 40.fxg4 Rxe4 and Black is a pawn up. 41.Rc4 Re5 42.Rxf4 Rxb5 43.Ra4 Rb2+ 44.Kg3 Rb3+ 45.Kg2 Kf6 46.a6 bxa6 47.Rxa6+ Ke5 48.Ra5+ Ke4 49.Ra4+ Ke3 50.Ra6 Kf4 51.Ra4+ Ke3 52.Ra6 Rb2+ 53.Kg3 Rb1 54.Rf6 Rb7 55.h5 gxh5 56.gxh5 1/2-1/2

(4) Hracek,Z (2596) - Kramnik,V (2809) [C65] Eurotel Trophy Prague CZE (1.1), 29.04.2002 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 0-0 7.Nbd2 a6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Nc4 h6 10.b4 Ba7 11.Qe2 c5 12.Na5 cxb4 13.cxb4 Bd7 14.Bd2 Rb8 15.a3 c5 16.h3 cxb4 17.Bxb4 Nh5 18.Qd2 Qf6 19.Kh2 Nf4 20.Ng1 Qg6 21.f3 Diagram Black to play found the best move to cash in on an overworked white defender. 21...Be3 22.Qc2 [ White cannot take because of 22.Qxe3 Qxg2# ] 22...Rfc8 23.Nc4 d5 0-1

(5) Sokolov,I (2647) - Adams,M (2744) [E12] Eurotel Trophy Prague CZE (2.1), 30.04.2002 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bf4 Bb4+ 5.Nfd2 Nh5 6.Bg3 Bb7 7.a3 Nxg3 8.hxg3 Bf8 9.Nc3 g6 10.Qc2 Bg7 11.e3 0-0 12.g4 d5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Nf3 c5 15.0-0-0 cxd4 16.exd4 Nc6 17.Kb1 a6 18.Bd3 b5 19.Rh3 b4 20.Na4 bxa3 21.Rdh1 Nb4 22.Qd2 Nxd3 23.Rxh7 Qf6 24.Qxd3 Bc6 25.Nc5 Rfb8 26.Qxa3 Rb5 27.Ne5 Rab8 28.Ka1 Be8 29.Ncd3 Rb3 30.Qc5 Bb5 31.g5 Qd8 Diagram White to play has been attacking vigorously. What is the best way to finish off the game? 32.Rh8+ Bxh8 33.Rxh8+ Kxh8 34.Nxf7+ Kg8 35.Nxd8 Rxd8 36.Ne5 Be8 37.Qe7 Rdb8 38.Ng4 1-0

(6) Adams,M (2744) - Sokolov,I (2647) [C77] Eurotel Trophy Prague CZE (2.2), 30.04.2002 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Re1 b5 10.Bc2 Re8 11.Nf1 d5 12.Qe2 Be6 13.h3 h6 14.Ng3 Qd7 15.Rd1 Rad8 16.a4 Qc8 17.Be3 dxe4 18.dxe4 Bc4 19.Qe1 Rxd1 20.Bxd1 Bd3 21.Nd2 Rd8 22.b4 h5 23.f3 Nh7 24.Ne2 Bf6 25.Nc1 Bg5 26.Bxg5 Nxg5 27.Qe3 Nxh3+ 28.gxh3 Qxh3 29.Nxd3 Diagram White to play has sacrificed two pieces to force a draw. What is the best way to do so? 29...Rxd3 [ Actually 29...Qg3+ is more accurate. 30.Kf1 Rxd3 31.Qxd3 ( 31.Qe1 Qxe1+ 32.Kxe1 Rxc3 may be better for Black) 31...Qh3+ 32.Ke2 Qh2+ 33.Ke3 Qg1+ 34.Ke2 Qh2+ 35.Ke1 Qg3+ perpetual check.] 30.Qg5 [ 30.Qe1!? ] 30...Rxc3 31.axb5 axb5 32.Nf1 Kg7 33.Rc1 Rxc1 34.Qxc1 Qd7 35.Be2 Nd4 36.Kf2 Qe7 37.Bd1 Qh4+ 38.Kg1 Qe1 39.Kg2 Ne2 40.Qd2 Nf4+ 41.Kg1 Nh3+ 42.Kg2 Nf4+ 43.Kg1 Nh3+ 44.Kg2 1/2-1/2

(7) Anand,V (2752) - Karpov,A (2690) [C42] Eurotel Trophy Prague CZE (5.1), 04.05.2002 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0-0 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.Bf4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bd6 16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Ng5 Bg6 18.Bxd6 cxd6 19.h4 Qe7 20.Qg4 h6 21.Nh3 Qf6 22.Re1 Bf5 23.Qf3 Kf8 24.Nf4 Bd7 25.g3 Re8 26.Rxe8+ Bxe8 27.Qe4 g5 28.hxg5 Qxg5 29.Bd5 Bd7 30.Qh7 Qf6 31.Bxf7 Diagram White has just played 31.Bd5xPf7! Black replied with 31...Ne7. Why not simply play QxB? 31...Ne7 [ 31...Qxf7 32.Ng6+ A deadly check. The queen cannot take the knight, and 32...Ke8 leads to mate in two: 33.Qh8+ Qf8 34.Qxf8# ] 32.Bb3 Bf5 33.Nh5 Bxh7 34.Nxf6 Bg6 35.Ng4 Kg7 36.Ne3 Be4 37.g4 Kf6 38.Kh2 b6 39.Kg3 Kg5 40.Bf7 Kf6 41.Bc4 Kg5 42.Bb3 Kf6 43.f3 Bg6 44.f4 Be4 45.Bc4 Bc6 46.Bd3 Bb7 47.Kh4 Bf3 48.Nc4 Nd5 49.Kg3 Bd1 50.Nxd6 Nxc3 51.Nf5 Kg6 52.d5 Diagram Here White has played 52.d4-d5. Why didn't Black play the obvious 52...Nxd5? 52...Ba4 [ 52...Nxd5 53.Ne3+ A discovered check with the bishop, while the knight attacks two undefended black pieces!] 53.d6 Bd7 54.Kh4 a5 55.Ne3+ Kf7 56.Kh5 b5 57.Kxh6 Ke6 58.g5 Kxd6 59.g6 1-0