Tactics May 21, 2002

(1) Crouch,C (2360) - Eames,R (2327) [A57]
4NCL Birmingham ENG (11), 06.05.2002



1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Qxb6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.e4 d6 9.Nd2 0-0 10.Be2 a5 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.Bg5 Ba6 13.Qd2 Nbd7 14.Bh6 Nb6 15.Bxg7 Nxc4 16.Qh6 Rfb8 17.Bxf6 exf6 18.b3 Ne5 19.Bxa6 Rxa6 20.0-0 c4 21.bxc4 Qxc4 22.Qe3 Nd3 23.Rad1 Qxc3 24.Rxd3 Qc4 25.a3 Rab6 26.Rc3 Qa2 27.h4 Rb3 28.Qa7 Qxa3 Diagram White to move Black has just played 28...Qa2xPa3, overlooking what former World Champion Jose Capablanca called a petite combination.

29.Qxb8+ [ 29.Qxb8+ Rxb8 30.Rxa3 and White is a rook up.] 1-0

(2) Sudakova,I (2369) - Guseva,O (2226) [B89]
52nd ch-RUS w Elista RUS (2), 11.05.2002



1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Bb3 0-0 9.Qe2 a6 10.0-0-0 Qc7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Nd7 14.Qh5 Nc5 15.Rhg1 b4 16.Nd5 exd5 17.Bxd5 Ne6 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Bxa8 Kh8 20.Kb1 Nf4 21.Qf3 Nh3 22.Rg3 Nxg5 23.Qh5 Be6 24.Rxg5 Rxa8 25.Rdg1 Bxa2+ 26.Ka1 f5 Diagram White to move QUICK! 30 seconds left! What's the fastest way to mate?

27.Qxh7+ [ 27.Qxh7+ Kxh7 28.Rh5# ] 1-0

(3) Golomeov,T - Gotovusa,G [A13]
XI MKD-Cup Stip MKD (4), 11.05.2002



1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c6 4.b3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3 Re8 9.d3 Qe7 10.a3 a5 11.Qc2 dxc4 12.bxc4 e5 13.Nd2 Nc5 14.Na4 Nfd7 15.Nxc5 Nxc5 16.a4 Bf5 17.Bc3 Qc7 18.Rfb1 Na6 19.Nf1 Bb4 20.Ne3 Bg6 21.Ra2 Rad8 22.Rab2 f5 23.c5 e4 24.d4 f4 25.gxf4 Qxf4 26.Rf1 Bf7 27.Rbb1 Re6 28.Ba1 Nc7 29.Kh1 Rh6 30.h3 Ne6 31.Qxe4 Diagram Black to move With four pieces and three pawns surounding White's king, is he truely safe. Or isn't he?

31...Rxh3+ [ 31...Rxh3+ 32.Bxh3 The only way to prevent mate in one: ( 32.Kg1 Qh2# ) 32...Qxe4+ ] 0-1

(4) Arencibia,W (2542) - Dominguez,L (2601) [D48]
Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (4), 10.05.2002



1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.0-0 a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.Qe2 c4 13.Bc2 Bd6 14.dxe6 fxe6 15.Ng5 Qc6 16.f4 Bc5+ 17.Kh1 h6 18.e5 hxg5 19.Bg6+ Ke7 20.exf6+ gxf6 21.Be4 Qc7 22.Bxb7 Qxb7 23.fxg5 Rag8 24.Ne4 f5 Diagramm White to play Black has just played 24...f6-f5, kicking the knight. Which little combination did he overlook?

25.Rxf5 Qc6 [ 25...exf5 26.Nxc5+ The terror of all chessplayers: the discovered check! 26...Qe4 27.Nxe4 ]

26.Rf1 Bd4 27.Bf4 e5 28.Bg3 Rf8 29.Rfe1 Rf5 30.Rad1 Kd8 31.Rxd4 exd4 32.Nd6 Rff8 33.Qe7+ Kc7 34.Nxc4+ Kc8 35.Nd6+ Kb8 36.Nf7+ Kb7 37.Nxh8 Rxh8 38.Qg7 1-0

(5) Kogan,A (2540) - Arencibia,W (2542) [D35]
Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (5), 11.05.2002



1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.Qc2 g6 8.Ne5 Bf5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.f3 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 0-0 12.g4 Be6 13.h4 Nd7 14.Bg3 Nb6 15.e3 f5 16.g5 Bf7 17.0-0-0 Nc4 18.Bxc4 dxc4 19.Be5 b5 20.d5 Qa5 21.d6 Rfd8 22.h5 b4 23.hxg6 Bxg6 24.Qd4 bxc3 25.Qxc4+ Bf7 Diagramm White to play Having invested a piece in this tremendous attack White must now finish it off. There is only one move which he must find.

26.Qxf7+! Kxf7 27.Rxh7+ Ke8 28.Rxe7+ Kf8 29.Bg7+ Kg8 30.Rh1 1-0

(6) Nataf,I (2567) - Stefansson,H (2598) [B65]
Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (7), 14.05.2002



1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 0-0 10.f4 Qa5 11.Kb1 Rd8 12.h4 h6 13.Bd3 e5 14.Qe3 exf4 15.Bxf4 Be6 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Qxe7 Qxa2+ 19.Kc1 Qa1+ 20.Kd2 Qa5+ 21.c3 Be6 22.h5 b5 23.Bxh6 gxh6 24.Rh3 Bxh3 25.gxh3 Qb6 Diagramm White to play Nataf has sacrificed the exchange to set up a devastating mating attack. What is the best way to finish it off?

26.Bh7+ This is what Nataf played in the game [ But there is a much more convincing win: 26.Rf1! Rf8 27.Qf6 Rae8 ( 27...Qc5 28.Qxh6 f5 29.Qg6+ Kh8 30.Bxf5 Qd5+ 31.Bd3 and White wins) 28.Qf5 Qe3+ 29.Kd1 and White has too many threats] but after

26...Kh8 27.Qf6+ [ 27.Qf6+ Kxh7 28.Qxf7+ Kh8 29.Qf6+ Kh7 30.Qg6+ Kh8 31.Qxh6+ Kg8 32.Qg6+ Kh8 33.Qf6+ Kg8 34.h6 Rd7 and Black has defended against the mate and obtained some counterplay.] 1-0

(7) Vazquez,R (2442) - Herrera,I (2474) [B80]
Capablanca Mem Premier II Havana CUB (1), 06.05.2002



1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Qd2 b5 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 Nb6 10.Qf2 Nfd7 11.f4 Qc7 12.f5 e5 13.Nb3 b4 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Nf6 16.Qg2 Bb7 17.0-0-0 Rc8 18.Kb1 h6 19.Rg1 Be7 20.h4 e4 21.Bd4 Nxd5 22.Bxg7 Ne3 23.Qd2 Rg8 24.Bd4 Nxd1 25.f6 Ne3 26.Bxe3 Bxf6 27.g5 hxg5 28.hxg5 Be5 29.Bh3 Rb8 30.Qxb4 Rh8 31.Bf5 Bd5 32.Qd2 Rh2 33.Qd1 Bxb3 34.axb3 Diagram Black to move With three pawns covering his king White looks reasonably safe. How does Black tear down that wall?

34...Rxb3 35.Bc1 [ 35.cxb3 Rxb2+ 36.Ka1 Qa5# ]

35...Qc3 0-1

(8) Zambrana,O (2389) - Pina,S (2371) [B89]
Capablanca Mem Mixto Havana CUB (2), 07.05.2002



1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qe2 a6 9.0-0-0 Qc7 10.Bb3 0-0 11.Rhg1 b5 12.g4 Nd7 13.Nf5 Nc5 14.Bd5 Bb7 15.g5 b4 16.Qh5 Ne5 17.Rg3 exf5 18.exf5 bxc3 19.g6 cxb2+ 20.Kb1 h6 21.gxf7+ Rxf7 Diagram White to move After unleashing some deadly tactics White must now finish this off. Can you work it all out in your head?

22.Rxg7+ [ 22.Rxg7+ Kf8 ( 22...Kxg7 23.Qxh6+ Kg8 24.Rg1+ and mate in two) 23.Rxf7+ Ke8 ( 23...Kg8 24.Rg7+ Kxg7 ( 24...Kf8 25.Rg8# ) 25.Qxh6# ) 24.Rg7+ Kd8 25.Bxb7 Qxb7 26.Bxc5 And Black's pieces fall one by one.] 1-0

(9) Lutz,C (2644) - Jussupow,A (2618) [C18]
4th Borowski GM Essen GER (1), 16.05.2002



1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 0-0 8.Bd3 Nbc6 9.Qh5 Ng6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.Be3 c4 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.Qg4 Qf7 14.Ng5 Qe8 15.h4 h6 16.Nh3 Ne7 17.Qe2 Bd7 18.g4 b5 19.h5 a5 20.g5 Rf5 21.gxh6 Rxh5 22.Kd2 gxh6 23.Rag1 Kh7 24.Ng5+ hxg5 25.Rxh5+ gxh5 26.Rxg5 Qf7 27.Rxh5+ Kg8 28.Bg5 Be8 29.Rh1 Nf5 30.Bf6 Qg6 31.Rh8+ Kf7 32.Qf3 Bc6 33.Rh3 Rg8 34.Qh1 Qg2 35.Rh7+ Kf8 36.Qh5 Qxf2+ 37.Kc1 Qf4+ 38.Kb2 Be8 Diagramm White to play Top German GM Christopher Lutz finished off this game with 39.Qxf5 Rg4 40.Rh8+ etc. Was this a water-tight mating attack?

39.Qxf5 Rg4? [ Black had 39...Qc1+! 40.Kxc1 Rg1+ 41.Kd2 exf5 and the win is not so clear.]

40.Rh8+ Kf7 41.Qh7+ 1-0

(10) Krasenkow,M (2641) - Jussupow,A (2618) [D52]
4th Borowski GM Essen GER (3), 18.05.2002



1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 Bb4 9.Rc1 c5 10.Bd3 b6 11.0-0 cxd4 12.exd4 Bb7 13.a3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 N5f6 15.Qe3 0-0 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Nd7 18.Be7 Rfe8 19.Bd6 Nc5 20.Bc2 Qxa3 21.Rfd1 Rac8 22.Rd4 h6 23.Rg4 Kh8 24.Re1 Qb2 25.Bb1 Qb5 26.Qf4 Rf8 27.Be7 Nd3 28.Qe3 Rfd8 Diagramm White to play Take the rook and grind him down, you may say. But mate is always the better option.

29.Bf6 and Black cannot prevent Qxh6 with mate to follow. 1-0



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