Moscow GP Tactics

(1) Beliavsky,A (2661) - Rublevsky,S (2657) [E01] FIDE GP Moscow RUS (1.1), 01.06.2002 [Easy] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 cxd4 5.0-0 Nf6 6.Nxd4 e5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.c4 d4 9.e3 Be7 10.exd4 exd4 11.Bf4 0-0 12.Ne5 Qb6 13.Qb3 Na5 14.Qb5 Be6 15.b3 Qxb5 16.cxb5 a6 17.bxa6 Rxa6 18.Nd2 Nh5 19.Nd3 Nxf4 20.Nxf4 Bc8 21.Nd5 Nc6 22.Nxe7+ Nxe7 23.Rfc1 Nc6 24.a3 Rd8 25.b4 Ne5 Diagram White to play In this position Beliavsky picked up a pawn and untimately won the game. 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Bxb7 Rc2 28.Bxa6 Rxd2 and White is a pawn up. 29.a4 Rb2 30.a5 Rxb4 31.Bf1 Rb7 32.f4 Nf3+ 33.Kg2 Nd2 34.Bd3 g6 35.a6 Ra7 36.Ra5 Nb3 37.Rb5 Nc1 38.Rb7 Ra8 39.Bc4 d3 40.Rxf7 Kh8 41.Rd7 h6 42.Kf2 g5 43.Ke3 gxf4+ 44.gxf4 Re8+ 45.Kd2 Ne2 46.a7 Nxf4 47.Re7 Rd8 48.Rb7 1-0

(2) Sutovsky,E (2660) - Azmaiparashvili,Z (2676) [B06] FIDE GP Moscow RUS (1.1), 01.06.2002 [Hard] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 a6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Bf6 9.Be3 e6 10.0-0-0 Bg7 11.h4 h6 12.Qg3 h5 13.Bg5 Nce7 14.Ne2 Qd7 15.Nf4 c6 16.Rhe1 d5 17.Bb3 Nf6 18.f3 dxe4 19.fxe4 Ng4 20.d5 cxd5 21.exd5 e5 22.Bxe7 Qxe7 23.d6 Qd8 Diagram White to play Black, who is under considerable pressure, has just retreated his queen from e7 to d8. That led to immediate demolition by the Israeli GM Sutovsky. 24.Bxf7+ [ 24.Bxf7+ Kf8 ( 24...Kxf7 25.Qb3+ Ke8 ( or 25...Kf8 26.Nxg6+ Ke8 27.Qe6+ Qe7 28.Qxe7# ) 26.Qe6+ Kf8 27.Nxg6# ; 24...Kd7 25.Qb3 Threat: 26.Qxb7 Qc7 27.Qxc7 mate 25...Kc8 26.d7+ Kb8 27.Ne6 Qa5 28.d8Q+ Rxd8 29.Rxd8+ ) 25.Ne6+ Kxf7 26.Nxd8+ ] 1-0

(3) Dreev,A (2677) - Georgiev,K (2654) [D37] FIDE GP Moscow RUS (1.2), 01.06.2002 [Hard] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Qc2 0-0 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 Nd7 8.g3 Nxc3 9.Bxc3 b6 10.Bg2 Rb8 11.h4 Bb7 12.Ng5 Nf6 13.d5 g6 14.0-0-0 Nxd5 15.e4 Bxg5+ 16.hxg5 Qxg5+ 17.Bd2 Qf6 18.exd5 Qxf2 Diagram White to play With a piece for three pawns Alexey Dreev chose a spectacular way to defeat his Bulgarian opponent. 19.Rxh7 Kxh7 [ 19...Qxg2 20.Rh8+ Kxh8 21.Bc3+ e5 22.Qxg2 ] 20.Rh1+ Kg8 21.Rh8+ Kxh8 22.Bc3+ A discovered attack on the black queen which justifies the double rook sacrifice. 22...e5 23.Qxf2 f6 24.g4 g5 25.Qf5 1-0

(4) Dreev,A (2677) - Ponomariov,R (2743) [E12] FIDE GP Moscow RUS (3.1), 03.06.2002 [Easy] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qc2 c5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd5 9.Ndb5 Nc6 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Qc3 f6 13.Qh3 Kf7 14.e3 g5 15.Qh5+ Kg7 16.Bg3 a6 17.Nc3 d4 18.Bc4 Qe8 19.Qxe8 Rxe8 20.Nd5 Ne5 21.Nc7 Rc8 22.Ne6+ Kg6 23.Bxe5 fxe5 24.Bb3 d3 25.Kd2 Be7 26.f3 e4 27.h4 gxh4 28.Nf4+ Kh6 29.Rh3 Rc5 30.Ne6 Rg8 31.Nf4 Rgc8 32.Rb1 Bf6 33.fxe4 Bxe4 34.Rf1 Rb5 35.Ne6 Be7 36.Nd4 Diagram Black to play The FIDE world champion is winning here. But after White's late move, 36.Ne6-d4, what is the best way to finish it off? 36...Rxb3 37.Nxb3 Rc2+ 38.Kd1 Bxg2 0-1

(5) Kasimdzhanov,R (2674) - Akopian,V (2678) [C42] FIDE GP Moscow RUS (5.1), 05.06.2002 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 c6 9.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Re8 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Qh4 15.g3 Qxd4 16.Be3 Qf6 17.Be4 g6 18.b4 Nc7 19.Rad1 a5 20.b5 Bxa3 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Bd4 Qe6 23.Ba1 Be7 24.Rde1 Bf6 Diagram White to play. In this position top Usbek GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov decided to pick up two pawns. How did he do it? 25.Bxg6 Qh3 26.Bxh7+ Qxh7 27.Qxh7+ Kxh7 28.Bxf6 Rxe1 29.Rxe1 Ne6 30.f4 Kg6 31.Bc3 a4 32.Re5 Kh7 33.Rh5+ Kg6 34.Re5 Kh7 35.Rf5 Ra7 36.g4 Ng7 37.Rg5 f5 38.Bxg7 Rxg7 39.Rh5+ Kg8 40.Rxf5 Rxg4+ 41.Kf2 a3 42.Kf3 Rg1 43.Ra5 Rc1 44.Rxa3 Rxc4 45.Ra7 Rd4 46.Rc7 c5 47.Kg4 c4 48.Kg5 Rd2 49.h4 Rg2+ 50.Kf5 Rc2 51.Kf6 c3 52.f5 Rh2 53.Rc8+ Kh7 54.Rxc3 Ra2 55.Rc7+ Kh6 56.Kf7 Ra5 57.f6 Ra8 58.Re7 Kh7 59.h5 Kh6 60.Re8 Ra7+ 61.Kg8 1-0