Tactics May 29, 2002

(1) Korchnoi,V (2635) - Jussupow,A (2618) [D30] 4th Borowski GM Essen GER (8), 24.05.2002 [Easy] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 b5 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.e4 Nd7 8.Bg5 Qb6 9.a4 Bb4+ 10.Nc3 Ngf6 11.Bd3 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Bxb5+ Kf8 14.0-0 Ncxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Ne5 Kg8 17.Be3 Qd6 18.Bc6 Bxc6 19.Nxc6 Nf6 20.Rfd1 Nd5 21.Bxa7 h5 22.Rac1 Rh6 23.Rd4 Bc3 24.Qxc3 Nxc3 25.Rxd6 Ne2+ 26.Kf1 Nxc1 27.b4 e5 28.Rxh6 gxh6 29.b5 Nb3 30.Ke2 Na5 31.Nxa5 Rxa7 32.b6 Ra6 33.b7 Rb6 34.Kd3 f5 35.h4 Kf7 Diagramm White to play Korchnoi is on the attack, but Germany's top GM Jussupow made it easy for him with his last move 35...Kg8-f7 (wrong square, Arturo!). 36.Nc6 [ 36.Nc6 Rxb7 37.Nd8+ the deadly fork.] 1-0

(2) Marchand,F (2259) - Guidarelli,L (2366) [A59] 2nd NAO Masters Paris FRA (3), 15.05.2002 [Easy] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6 9.Nf3 Bg7 10.g3 Nbd7 11.h3 0-0 12.Kg2 Ra6 13.Re1 Qa8 14.Bf4 h6 15.Qc2 g5 16.Bd2 e6 17.Rad1 Nb6 18.dxe6 fxe6 19.Bxg5 hxg5 20.Nxg5 Nbd7 21.Nxe6 Rc8 22.g4 Nf8 23.Nf4 Qb7 24.g5 N6d7 25.Ncd5 Ne5 26.b3 Qf7 27.Qe2 Ra7 28.h4 Nfg6 29.Nxg6 Nxg6 30.Qg4 Rf8 31.Rd2 Diagram Black to move This is the kind of tactical shot you should see in your sleep. It is also the kind of positions knights dream of. 31...Qf3+ 32.Qxf3 Nxh4+ 33.Kf1 Nxf3 Watch that knigh go! 34.Red1 Nxd2+ 35.Rxd2 Be5 36.Ke2 Rg7 0-1

(3) Inkiov,V (2440) - Marcelin,C (2452) [B70] 2nd NAO Masters Paris FRA (7), 19.05.2002 [Easy] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 g6 7.Nde2 Bd7 8.Bg2 Qc8 9.h3 Bg7 10.Nf4 0-0 11.Ncd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Re8 13.c3 Ne5 14.f4 Nc4 15.a4 Qc5 16.Qd3 b5 17.Ne3 Rac8 18.Nxc4 Qxc4 19.Qxc4 Rxc4 20.axb5 Diagram Black to play White is a pawn up and, if Black takes on b5, is prepared to recapture on a7. With another in-your-sleep combination Black got even more and ultimately won the game. 20...Rxc3 21.bxc3 Bxc3+ 22.Kf2 Bxa1 23.Be3 Bf6 24.Rb1 Rb8 25.Bf1 Rb7 26.h4 h5 27.Rb3 Kf8 28.Bd3 e5 29.fxe5 dxe5 30.Bc4 Bd8 31.Bd5 Rxb5 32.Rxb5 Bxb5 33.Bxa7 Ba5 34.Bc5+ Kg7 35.Be7 Bb6+ 36.Kf3 Bd7 37.Kg2 Bg4 38.Bd6 Bd4 39.Be7 f6 40.Bd8 Bc5 41.Ba5 Bd4 42.Bd2 f5 43.Bc6 Kf7 44.Bd5+ Ke7 45.Bb4+ Kd7 46.Bd2 Kd6 47.Bb4+ Kc7 48.Ba5+ Kb8 49.Be1 Ka7 50.Bf7 fxe4 51.Bxg6 e3 52.Be4 Kb8 53.Bf3 e2 54.Be4 Kc7 55.Ba5+ Kb8 56.Bf3 Ka7 57.Be1 Ka6 58.Be4 Kb5 59.Bd3+ Ka4 60.Be4 Kb3 61.Bc6 Kb2 62.Ba4 Kc1 63.Bc6 Be3 64.Bd5 Kd1 0-1

(4) Abdel Razik,K (2356) - Elbana,Z [A42] Tanta Open Tanta City EGY (3), 15.05.2002 [Medium] 1.d4 d6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Be3 e6 6.Qd2 Nd7 7.Nf3 Ndf6 8.Be2 Ng4 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bh4 Ne7 11.h3 Nh6 12.Bxf6 0-0 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.h4 Nf7 15.h5 a6 16.0-0-0 b5 17.c5 d5 18.Qf4 h6 19.hxg6 Nxg6 20.Qg3 b4 21.Bd3 bxc3 22.e5 Ng5 23.Rxh6 Kxh6 24.Rh1+ Kg7 25.Nxg5 Rf5 26.Rh7+ Kf8 27.Bxf5 exf5 Diagram White to play White is easily winning, but can you spot the forced mate? The Egyptian FM did and executed it against his unrated opponent. 28.Ne6+ Bxe6 29.Qxg6 cxb2+ 30.Kb1 Qd7 31.Rh8+ Ke7 32.Qf6# 1-0

(5) Halkias,S (2566) - Fouad,S [D58] Tanta Open Tanta City EGY (6), 19.05.2002 [Easy] 1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 b6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qb3 Re8 12.0-0 c6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Na6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.Ne5 Nc7 17.Bc4 Nd5 18.Bxd5 cxd5 19.Rc7 Re7 20.Rfc1 Qd6 21.Rxe7 Qxe7 22.h3 Rd8 23.a3 Qd6 24.Rc3 Re8 25.Qc2 Re6 26.Rc7 Re7 Diagram How long does it take you to see the standard forking combination that won White a piece and the game? 27.Rxb7 [ 27.Rxb7 Rxb7 28.Qc8+ It is not just knights that can fork two pieces! 28...Kh7 29.Qxb7 ] 1-0

(6) Korolchuk,N (2252) - Pokorny,P (2263) [D02] Open A Ostrava CZE (3), 19.05.2002 [Easy] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.c3 Qb6 6.Qc1 Bf5 7.Nbd2 Rc8 8.dxc5 Qxc5 9.Be2 g6 10.0-0 Bg7 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.exd4 Qc6 13.Nf3 0-0 14.Ne5 Qb6 15.g4 Be6 16.Bf3 Nd7 17.Nxd7 Bxd7 18.Qd2 e6 19.Rfe1 Bb5 20.Kg2 Qd8 21.h4 Bf6 22.Rh1 Re8 23.Rae1 Bc6 24.Rh3 Be7 25.g5 h5 26.gxh6 Diagram Black to play Can he take the pawn on h4 with impunity? If not why not? 26...Bxh4 27.Rxh4 [ 27.Rxh4 Qxh4 28.Bg5 ] 1-0

(7) Holusova,T (2120) - Pardy,M (2009) [C59] Open A Ostrava CZE (8), 24.05.2002 [Easy] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 h6 9.Nf3 e4 10.Ne5 Qc7 11.d4 exd3 12.Nxd3 Bd6 13.h3 0-0 14.0-0 Bf5 15.Nd2 Rad8 16.Nf3 c5 17.b3 c4 18.bxc4 Nxc4 19.Nd2 Ne5 20.Bb2 Ne4 21.Nxe4 Bxe4 22.Kh1 Qb7 23.f3 Bxd3 24.Bxe5 Bxe5 25.Bxd3 Bxa1 26.Qxa1 Qd5 27.a4 Qd4 28.Qa3 a5 29.Rd1 Qb6 30.c3 Diagram Black to move After White's careless 30...Pc2-c3 Black has a combination you shouldn't miss in a blitz game. 30...Rxd3 [ 30...Rxd3 31.Rxd3 Qb1+ 32.Kh2 Qxd3 ] 0-1

(8) Malisauskas,V (2514) - Ruzele,D (2545) [B48] ch-LTU Vilnius LTU (5), 20.05.2002 [Medium] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.a3 a6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.f4 d6 9.Be2 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Kh1 Rd8 12.Qe1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 e5 14.Be3 exf4 15.Bxf4 Be6 16.Qg3 Nd7 17.Bg4 Nf8 18.Be3 Ng6 19.Bd4 Re8 20.Qh3 Bg5 21.Bf5 Qe7 22.Rad1 Rad8 23.a4 Bc4 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 h6 26.Bb6 Ra8 27.Bxg6 fxg6 28.c4 Bf6 29.b4 Qe4 30.Qb3 Qe2 31.Bg1 Re4 32.c5 Rg4 33.Qh3 Rxb4 34.cxd6 Kh7 35.a5 Rd8 36.Rde1 Qg4 37.Qxg4 Rxg4 Diagram White to move Would you play Re6 or Bc5 to protect the valuable d6-pawn? Or is there something better? 38.Rxf6 [ 38.Rxf6 gxf6 39.Re7+ Kg8 40.d7 Rg5 41.Re8+ Kf7 42.Rxd8 ] 1-0

(9) Sulskis,S (2577) - Sarakauskas,G (2388) [B42] ch-LTU Vilnius LTU (8), 22.05.2002 [Medium] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.0-0 Qc7 7.f4 Bc5 8.c3 Nc6 9.Kh1 b5 10.a4 b4 11.e5 Bxd4 12.cxd4 Nd5 13.Qg4 Bb7 14.Nd2 Ne3 15.Qxg7 0-0-0 16.Ne4 Nxf1 17.Nd6+ Kb8 18.Bxf1 Nxd4 19.Be3 Nf5 20.Nxf5 exf5 21.Rc1 Bc6 22.Qxf7 Rhg8 23.Kg1 Rg6 24.g3 Qa5 25.Bc5 Rc8 26.Qxh7 Re6 27.Rc4 Bd5 Diagram White to move White's rook and bishop are under attack, and there is always the terrible threat of ...Qxc5 mate. Only one accurate move can turn the loss into a draw. 28.Ba7+ [ 28.Rxb4+ Ka8 and White will lose material in defending against the threat of ...Qxc5+ and mate.] 28...Kxa7 29.Qxd7+ Bb7 30.Qxe6 Rxc4 31.Bxc4 Qc5+ 32.Kf1 Qe3 1/2-1/2

(10) Lahner,J (2235) - Vesely,M (2074) [A44] Open A Ostrava CZE (1), 18.05.2002 [Medium] 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.a4 a6 7.a5 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Bg5 9.Bxg5 Qxg5 10.g3 Nd7 11.Bh3 Ngf6 12.Na4 0-0 13.Bf5 g6 14.h4 Qh6 15.Bh3 Rad8 16.0-0 Kg7 17.Rfd1 g5 18.Bxd7 Nxd7 19.h5 Qf6 20.Qg4 Kh6 21.Rd3 Qe7 22.Rf3 Nf6 23.Qf5 Nd7 24.Rb3 Rb8 25.Nb6 Nxb6 26.Rxb6 Rbd8 Diagram White to play After Black's dreadful error (26...Rb8-d8) White was able to launch a mating attack. Can you work it out in full? 27.Rxb7 Qxb7 28.Qf6+ Kxh5 29.Kg2 [ 29.Kg2 Qxb2 30.Rh1+ Kg4 31.Qf3# ] 1-0

(11) Macicek,J (2021) - Slavicek,M (2157) [C01] Open A Ostrava CZE (10), 26.05.2002 [Medium] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.b3 Bg4 9.f3 Bh5 10.Be3 Bg6 11.Nf4 Bb4 12.Rc1 Re8 13.Kf2 dxc4 14.Bxg6 hxg6 15.bxc4 Ne7 16.g4 Qd6 17.Qb3 Bxc3 18.Rxc3 Nc6 19.Qa3 Qd7 20.Rd1 Re7 21.Rd2 Rae8 22.h3 b6 23.Ne2 a5 24.Qa4 Qd6 25.Bf4 Qd7 26.d5 Diagram Black to play White has just played 26.d4-d5 and probably expected something like 26...Nd4 27.Qxd7 etc. (what is the outcome of this, by the way?). However Black has something better. 26...Rxe2+ [ 26...Nd4 27.Qxd7 Rxe2+ ( 27...Rxd7 28.Nxd4 and White has won a piece.) 28.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 29.Kf1 Nxd7 ] 27.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 28.Kf1 [ 28.Kxe2 Nd4+ 29.Kd3 Qxa4 ] 28...Qe7 29.Qd1 Rxa2 30.dxc6 Qc5 31.Bg3 Qxc6 32.Qd8+ Kh7 33.Qxc7 Qe6 34.Qe5 Qd7 35.Bf2 Qd2 36.Qd4 Qe2+ 37.Kg2 Rb2 38.c5 bxc5 39.Rxc5 a4 40.Ra5 Rd2 1/2-1/2

(12) Pardy,M (2009) - Karhanek,P (2136) [B04] Open A Ostrava CZE (10), 26.05.2002 [Medium] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c4 Nb6 6.exd6 exd6 7.Be2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.b3 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Bf6 11.Bb2 d5 12.Ne5 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Re8 14.Ndf3 dxc4 15.bxc4 Qe7 16.Qc2 Bxe5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qb4 19.Rac1 Rad8 20.a3 Qc5 21.Qc3 Na4 22.Qc2 Nxb2 23.Qxb2 b6 24.Rfe1 h6 25.h3 Re6 26.Kh1 Rd3 27.a4 Qa3 28.Qc2 Rb3 29.Rcd1 Rg6 30.e6 Diagram Black to play White was doing fine, until Black played 29...Re6-g6 and White blundered with 30.e5-e6?? Blundered because this careless moves allows mate! Can you work it all out in your head? 30...Rxh3+ 31.Kg1 [ 31.gxh3 Qxh3# ] 31...Rxg2+ 32.Kf1 [ 32.Kxg2 Qf3+ 33.Kf1 Rh1# ] 32...Rh1+ 33.Ke2 [ 33.Kxg2 Qh3# ] 33...Rxf2+ [ 33...Rxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Rh2+ 35.Kg1 Qg3+ 36.Kf1 Qf3+ 37.Kg1 Rh1# ] 0-1

(13) Ataman,A (2191) - Ayaz,I [B48] JCh-TUR Kocaeli TUR (11), 21.05.2002 [Medium] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.0-0 Bb7 9.a3 Nf6 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.Qe2 Be7 12.f4 0-0 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Rad1 Qc6 16.f5 f6 17.exf6 Bc5 18.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 19.Kh1 Rxf6 20.fxe6 Rxe6 21.Qg4 Rae8 22.Qh3 Rh6 23.Qxd7 Diagram Black to play A pawn down and under considerable pressure (White is threatening Qxe8+ and mate) Black found a way to force a draw in just a few moves. 23...Bxg2+ 24.Kxg2 Rxh2+ 25.Kxh2 Qe5+ 26.Kg2 Qg5+ and permanent check! 27.Kh2 [ 27.Kf2 Qe3+ 28.Kg2 ; 27.Kh2 Qe5+ 28.Kh3 Qh5+ 29.Kg2 Qg5+ ] 1/2-1/2

(14) Trombik,K (2263) - Klima,L (2357) [A83] Open A Ostrava CZE (5), 21.05.2002 [Hard] 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Nc3 Qc7 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.Qh5+ Qf7 10.Qf3 0-0 11.Nge2 Na6 12.a3 Nc7 13.0-0 Ne6 14.Qe3 Bd7 15.Qd2 Rae8 16.f4 f5 17.Nd1 Qf6 18.c3 Qh6 19.Rf3 g5 20.g3 Kh8 21.Nf2 Rf6 22.Re1 Rg8 23.Kh1 Qh5 24.Ng1 Rh6 25.h3 gxf4 26.Be2 Qg6 27.Nd3 fxg3 28.Kg2 f4 29.Ref1 Qe4 30.Ne5 Bxe5 31.Bd3 Bd6 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.Rxf4 Nxf4+ 34.Rxf4 Diagram Black to play In this materially imbalanced position Black has one move that exploits his biggest asset: the advanced g-pawn. 34...Bxh3+ [ 34...Bxf4 35.Qxf4 is not so clear] 35.Nxh3 Rxh3 [ 35...Rxh3 36.Kxh3 g2 and White must give up his queen] 0-1

(15) Kozak,M (2194) - Pisk,P (2365) [D34] Open A Ostrava CZE (8), 24.05.2002 [Hard] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Ne4 Qe7 13.Nxc5 Qxc5 14.Qd2 Bg4 15.b4 Qb6 16.Rab1 Rad8 17.Rfd1 d3 18.e3 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Ne5 20.Bg2 h5 21.Rbc1 h4 22.Rc5 Rfe8 23.Qc3 Qg6 24.Bxb7 Qg4 25.Rd2 h3 26.Kf1 f6 27.a3 Kh7 28.Rc7 Nf3 29.Bxf3 Qxf3 30.Rxd3 Diagram Black to play White has just played 30.Rd2xPd3, winning a second pawn. Unfortunately this careless move allows Black a forced mate. How exactly do you execute it? 30...Rxe3 [ 30...Rxe3 31.Rxe3 Qh1+ 32.Ke2 Qd1# ] 0-1

(16) Korneev,O (2599) - Fernandez Romero,E (2352) [C18] V It Santo Antonio POR (3), 22.05.2002 [Hard] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 cxd4 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 Qc7 10.Ne2 dxc3 11.f4 Bd7 12.Qd3 Nf5 13.g3 Na6 14.Bg2 Rc8 15.Nd4 Nc5 16.Qd1 Ne4 17.Nxf5 exf5 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Be3 Rd8 20.Qe2 a6 21.a4 Be6 22.Kf2 Bc4 23.Qe1 Rg6 24.h4 Qa5 25.h5 Rh6 26.Rd1 Bd3 27.Rc1 Bc4 28.Rd1 Bd3 29.Rc1 Bc4 30.Rb1 b5 31.axb5 axb5 32.Ra1 Qb4 33.g4 fxg4 34.f5 Rh7 35.Kg3 f6 36.Qf2 Qe7 37.e6 Qd6+ 38.Kxg4 Diagram White to play White has just got out of check with 38.Kg3xPg4. Black punished his recklessness with a precise shot with is not easy to see. [ instead of the obvious 38.Qf4 ; or 38.Kg2 ] 38...Be2+ 39.Kh3 [ 39.Qxe2 Rg7+ 40.Bg5 Rxg5+ 41.Kh3 Qg3# ] 39...Rxh5+ 40.Qh4 Qe5 0-1