Tactics from the Junior WChs

(1) Swapnil,H - Kjartansson,D (2224) [C03] 41st WJun Goa IND (3), 10.12.2002 [Easy] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.e5 Qd7 5.Bd3 b6 6.Ne2 Nc6 7.c3 Bb7 8.Ng3 0-0-0 9.b4 f6 10.exf6 gxf6 11.a4 Bd6 12.a5 Nge7 13.axb6 cxb6 14.Bb5 Kb8 15.0-0 Qc7 16.Nb3 h5 17.h3 h4 18.Ne2 Rhg8 19.Bd3 Nc8 20.Kh1 N6e7 21.Be3 e5 22.f3 e4 23.Ba6 Nf5 24.Bg1 Bxa6 25.Rxa6 Qc4 26.Ra3 Diagram Black to play This winning combination may be fairly easy to see, but it is a lot of fun to execute. 26...Qxe2 27.Bf2 [ 27.Qxe2 Ng3+ 28.Kh2 Nxf1+ 29.Kh1 Ng3+ 30.Kh2 Nxe2+ ] 27...Qxd1 28.Rxd1 exf3 29.gxf3 Bg3 30.Bg1 Bf4 31.Bh2 Bxh2 32.Kxh2 Ne3 33.Rg1 Rxg1 34.Kxg1 Nd6 35.Ra1 Ndc4 36.Kf2 Rg8 37.Rg1 Rxg1 38.Kxg1 Nd1 39.f4 Nxc3 40.Kf2 a5 41.bxa5 bxa5 42.Nc5 Kc7 43.Kf3 f5 0-1

(2) Kjartansson,D (2224) - Perez Candelario,M (2408) [A02] 41st WJun Goa IND (4), 11.12.2002 [Easy] 1.f4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.0-0 Nf6 6.c3 0-0 7.d3 d6 8.Nh4 Rb8 9.Na3 Bd7 10.Kh1 b5 11.Qe1 Qc8 12.e4 Bh3 13.f5 Bxg2+ 14.Nxg2 Qb7 15.Bf4 Ng4 16.Rd1 Nge5 17.Ne3 b4 18.Bxe5 Nxe5 19.Nac4 Diagram Black to play So what would you do here to pick up a little material. A slightly misleading hint: there is a fork in the air. 19...Nxd3 20.Qd2 [ 20.Rxd3 Qxe4+ 21.Kg1 Qxd3 ] 20...Qxe4+ 21.Kg1 Ne5 22.Nxe5 Bxe5 23.Rde1 bxc3 24.bxc3 Qb7 25.Ng4 Bg7 26.Rxe7 Qxe7 27.f6 Bxf6 28.Nxf6+ Kg7 29.Nd5 Qe4 30.Nf6 Qe6 31.g4 h6 32.g5 hxg5 33.Qxg5 Rh8 34.h4 Qe5 35.Qg4 Qxc3 36.Ne4 Qd4+ 37.Kh1 Rbe8 38.Rxf7+ Kxf7 39.Ng5+ Kg8 0-1

(3) Tiwari,A (2154) - Russell,M (2243) [B25] 41st WJun Goa IND (7), 13.12.2002 [Easy] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 e6 7.0-0 Nge7 8.d3 0-0 9.g4 Nd4 10.Ne2 Nxe2+ 11.Qxe2 f5 12.h3 Nc6 13.c3 Bd7 14.Be3 e5 15.gxf5 gxf5 16.exf5 Bxf5 17.fxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 Diagram White to play Black has just blundered by recapturing with 18...Bg7xNe5. How die White cash in on this? 19.Rxf5 Qe7 [ 19...Rxf5 20.Qg4+ Kh8 21.Qxf5 ] 20.Raf1 Rxf5 21.Rxf5 Re8 22.Qg4+ Kh8 23.Bg5 Qg7 24.Bd5 1-0

(4) Kosmo,S (2145) - Smerdon,D (2382) [B01] 41st WJun Goa IND (1), 09.12.2002 [Medium] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.dxe6 Bxe6 5.Nf3 Qe7 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.d4 Bg4 8.Be3 0-0-0 9.d5 Ne5 10.Nc3 Nfd7 11.h3 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 Bh5 13.0-0-0 Ne5 14.Bg2 Qb4 15.Rd4 Bc5 16.Rh4 Bxe3+ 17.Qxe3 Rhe8 18.Rxh5 Nxc4 19.Qd4 c5 20.Qg4+ Rd7 21.Nd1 Re2 22.Qf4 Diagram Black to play Of course there are may wins here, but Smerdon chose a move that leads to mate. 22...Na3 23.Qf5 [ 23.bxa3 Qxa3+ 24.Kb1 Qxa2+ 25.Kc1 Qa1# ] 23...Qd2# 0-1

(5) Bromberger,S (2414) - Li Qun (2320) [C41] 41st WJun Goa IND (2), 10.12.2002 [Medium] 1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 Nd7 4.Bc4 c6 5.0-0 Be7 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Ng5 Bxg5 8.Qh5 g6 9.Qxg5 Qxg5 10.Bxg5 Nc5 11.f3 Be6 12.Be2 f6 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Nd2 Ne7 15.Nc4 0-0 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Rd6 Kf7 18.Na5 Rdb8 19.Rad1 Nf8 20.Bh6 b6 21.Bxf8 bxa5 Diagram White to play After an exchange of pieces White must now retreat his bishop. But is there an altermative to the obvious 22.Bh6? 22.Rxe6 Rxf8 [ 22...Kxe6 23.Bc4+ Nd5 24.exd5+ Kf5 25.Bh6 and wins] 23.Bc4 Ke8 24.Red6 a4 25.Rd7 Nd5 26.Rxh7 Nb6 27.Be6 f5 28.exf5 gxf5 29.Bd7+ 1-0

(6) Neelotpal,D (2374) - Paragua,M (2476) [B85] 41st WJun Goa IND (3), 10.12.2002 [Medium] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Kh1 Be7 9.Be3 0-0 10.f4 d6 11.a4 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.g4 Nd7 14.g5 b6 15.Bg2 Bb7 16.Rf3 Bf8 17.Rh3 g6 18.Qd2 Nb4 19.Nb3 Bg7 20.Rd1 Nc5 21.Qf2 Qe7 22.Nxc5 bxc5 23.Rd2 Rbc8 24.Ne2 d5 25.c3 d4 26.cxd4 cxd4 27.Bxd4 Bxd4 28.Rxd4 Rc2 29.Bf3 e5 30.Qh4 h5 Diagram White to move The white rook on d4 is attacked. Should White retreat it, capture the attacking pawn or play something different? 31.Bxh5 Nd3 [ 31...gxh5 32.Qxh5 and Black cannot defend against the mate with queen and rooks.] 32.Bxg6 And once again Black is going to be mated. 1-0

(7) Kamble,V (2317) - Sriram,S (2100) [B92] 41st WJun Goa IND (3), 10.12.2002 [Medium] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Kh1 Qc7 10.f4 b5 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Nd7 14.Rc1 exf4 15.Bxf4 Nb6 16.Bf3 Nc4 17.Nd4 Nxb2 18.Qe1 Rfe8 19.Qg3 Bf8 20.Nf5 Nc4 21.Bh6 g6 22.Rce1 Bxh6 23.Nxh6+ Kg7 24.Qg5 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Qd8 26.Nf5+ Kg8 27.Nh6+ Kg7 28.Re7 Ne5 29.h4 Bc8 Diagram White to play Here there is a little combination that wins material and the game for White 30.Nxf7 Qxe7 [ 30...Nxf7 31.Rxf7+ Kxf7 32.Qxd8 wins the queen] 31.Qxe7 Nxf7 32.h5 Bf5 33.hxg6 Kg8 34.Qf6 Nh6 35.Qxd6 Nf7 36.Qc6 Rc8 37.Qxa6 Rxc2 38.d6 Bd7 39.Bd5 Rc8 40.Qb7 Bf5 1-0

(8) Sharma,R (2311) - Vuilleumier,A (2193) [A08] 41st WJun Goa IND (4), 11.12.2002 [Medium] 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.0-0 Be7 5.d3 0-0 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Re1 Rb8 9.e5 Nd7 10.Nf1 b5 11.h4 b4 12.Bf4 a5 13.N1h2 a4 14.Ng5 a3 15.bxa3 bxa3 16.c4 h6 17.Nh3 Nb6 18.Qg4 Kh7 19.Nf3 Rh8 20.cxd5 Nxd5 21.Nd2 Nd4 22.Rab1 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Ba6 24.Nc4 g6 25.Be3 h5 26.Ng5+ Kg7 27.Qh3 Nxe3 28.Nxe3 Bxg5 29.hxg5 Qxg5 30.f4 Qe7 31.Be4 Qa7 32.Qh4 c4 33.Qf6+ Kh7 Diagram White to play After 33.Qh4-f6+ Black played 33...Kg7-h7. How did White severely punish this error? 34.Rb7 Nf3+ [ 34...Bxb7 35.Qxf7+ Kh6 36.Qxg6# ] 35.Kf2 1-0

(9) Himanshu,K (2072) - Soumya,R [D52] 41st WJun Goa IND (4), 11.12.2002 [Medium] 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 0-0 9.Be2 e5 10.dxe5 Ne4 11.Ndxe4 dxe4 12.0-0 Bxc3 13.bxc3 f6 14.Bf4 Nxe5 15.Qxe4 Diagram Black to play There's a strong combination here, if you are able to see more than just one step ahead. 15...Bf5 16.Qxf5 [ 16.Qd4 Rad8 traps the queen.] 16...Nf3+ 17.Bxf3 Qxf5 18.Bd6 Rf7 19.c5 Rd8 20.h3 Qc2 21.Bd1 Qxc3 22.Bb3 g6 23.Rab1 Rdd7 24.Be6 Kg7 25.Rfc1 Qa5 26.Rd1 Qd8 27.Rd4 b6 28.Bxd7 Rxd7 29.Rbd1 Kf7 30.a3 b5 31.a4 Qc8 32.Rc1 Ke6 33.Re4+ Kf7 34.Rd4 a6 35.axb5 axb5 36.Ra1 Rb7 37.Rb4 Qd7 38.Ra8 Ra7 39.Rf8+ Kg7 40.Re4 Qf5 41.f3 Qd5 42.Ree8 b4 43.Rb8 b3 44.Rh8 b2 45.Rhd8 Qc4 46.Kh2 Qa2 47.Bf8+ Kf7 48.Bh6 b1Q 49.Rf8+ Ke6 50.Rbe8+ Re7 51.Rd8 Qd5 52.Rd6+ Qxd6+ 53.cxd6 Kxd6 54.Rb8 Qxb8 55.Bf4+ Re5 0-1

(10) Satyapragyan,S (2436) - Prathamesh,S (2335) [B85] 41st WJun Goa IND (5), 12.12.2002 [Medium] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.0-0 Be7 8.f4 d6 9.Be3 0-0 10.a4 Nc6 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Nb3 b6 13.Bf3 Bb7 14.g4 Nd7 15.g5 Nb4 16.Bg2 g6 17.Qd2 Bf8 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Nd4 e5 20.Nde2 exf4 21.Nxf4 Nc5 22.Nfd5 Nxd5 23.exd5 Bg7 24.Bd4 Bxd4 25.Qxd4 Re5 26.Qf4 Qe7 27.b4 Nd7 28.Ne4 Bxd5 Diagram White to play Black has just picked up a pawn with 28...Bb7xd5. After this error White picked up more with what? 29.Rxd5 Rxd5 30.Nf6+ Nxf6 31.gxf6 [ 31.gxf6 Qf8 32.Bxd5 and White is a piece up.] 1-0

(11) Vuilleumier,A (2193) - Kafka,G (2108) [A07] 41st WJun Goa IND (5), 12.12.2002 [Medium] 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.Ne5 Bf5 5.d4 e6 6.0-0 Nbd7 7.c4 c6 8.Nc3 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Nd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bf4 f6 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Qxd1 15.Raxd1 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Bg4 17.f3 Bc5+ 18.Kg2 Be6 19.Rfe1 Kf7 20.a3 h6 21.Bg6+ Kf6 22.Bh5 Bd5 23.Be5+ Kg5 24.g4 Rhf8 Diagram White to play After a blunder by Black two moves earlier the Swiss player Vuilleumier launched the mating attack correctly but messed it up to concede a draw. 25.Rxd5 [ 25.h4+ Kxh4 26.Rxd5 cxd5 27.Bg3+ Kg5 28.Re6 Rf6 29.Re5+ Rf5 30.Rxf5# ] 25...cxd5 26.Kg3 [ 26.h4+ Kxh4 27.f4 Rxf4 28.Bxf4 Bg1 29.Rxg1 Re8 30.Rh1# ] 26...Rxf3+ 27.Kxf3 Rf8+ 28.Kg2 g6 29.h4+ Kxh4 30.Bxg6 Rf2+ 31.Kh1 Kxg4 32.Rg1+ Kf3 33.Bd3 Ke3 34.Rg3+ Rf3 35.Rxf3+ Kxf3 36.Bg7 h5 37.Bg6 h4 38.Bf6 Bf2 39.Kh2 d4 40.Kh3 Ke2 41.Kg2 Be3 42.a4 h3+ 43.Kxh3 Kd2 44.Kg2 Kc1 45.b3 Kb2 46.Bf7 Kc2 47.Kf3 Bg1 48.Kg2 Be3 49.Kf3 Bg1 50.Ke4 d3 51.b4 d2 52.Bh5 Kb3 53.Be7 Kxa4 54.Kd3 a5 55.Kc4 b5+ 56.Kc3 axb4+ 57.Bxb4 Bd4+ 1/2-1/2

(12) Rohit,G (2319) - Simutowe,A (2383) [B84] 41st WJun Goa IND (6), 12.12.2002 [Medium] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.a4 b6 9.f4 Bb7 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.Qe2 e5 12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.0-0 g6 14.Qd2 h5 15.Bg5 Bg7 16.Rad1 Rc8 17.Be2 Nh7 18.Bh6 0-0 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qf4 Kh8 21.Rd2 Qe7 22.Nb3 Rfd8 23.Qe3 Qc7 24.Qf4 Qe7 25.Qf2 Qc7 26.Qh4 Rd7 27.Qf4 Qd8 28.Rfd1 Qe7 29.Qf2 Qd8 30.Qd4 Nf6 31.h3 Kg8 32.Rf1 Nh7 33.Nd5 Bxd5 34.Qxd5 Ra8 35.Nd4 Raa7 36.Nf3 Ng5 37.Nd4 Diagram Black to play There is one white piece that is not defended. How can Black take advantage of this to pick up material? 37...Nxh3+ 38.Kh2 [ 38.gxh3 Qg5+ 39.Kh1 Qxd2 ] 38...Ng5 39.b4 Qa8 40.Qxa8+ Rxa8 41.Rf4 Kg7 42.b5 axb5 43.axb5 Rc7 44.Nb3 Ra4 45.Kg3 Rc3+ 46.Kh2 Kf8 47.Nd4 Ke7 48.Bd3 Ne6 49.Nxe6 fxe6 50.Rf1 Ra8 51.Rfd1 Ra2 52.Bf1 Ng4+ 53.Kg1 Ne3 54.Rc1 Rcxc2 55.Rdxc2 Rxc2 56.Ra1 Nxf1 57.Kxf1 Rb2 58.Ra7+ Kf6 59.Rd7 Ke5 60.Rg7 Kf6 61.Rd7 Rxb5 62.Rxd6 Ke5 63.Rc6 Rb2 64.Kg1 b5 65.Rb6 b4 66.Kh2 b3 67.Kh3 g5 68.Rb5+ Kf4 69.g3+ Kxe4 70.Rxg5 e5 71.Rxh5 Re2 72.Rh8 b2 73.Rb8 Kd3 74.g4 Kc2 75.Rc8+ Kd1 76.Rb8 Kc1 0-1

(13) Naveen,R (2099) - Byomakesh,N (2136) [C00] 41st WJun Goa IND (7), 13.12.2002 [Medium] 1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nf3 c5 6.d4 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Bd3 Qc7 9.0-0 Ndxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Bb5+ Ke7 12.Re1 f6 13.Qe2 a6 14.Bd3 Nxd3 15.cxd3 Kf7 16.Qh5+ g6 17.Qf3 Be7 18.Nc3 Bd7 19.Nxd5 exd5 Diagram White to play White has just sacrificed a piece with 19.Nc3-d5 e6xd5. Now White can force a mate (which he did not do in the game). 20.Qxd5+ [ 20.Rxe7+! Kxe7 21.Qxf6+ Ke8 22.Qxh8+ Ke7 23.Qf6+ Ke8 24.Re1+ Be6 25.Rxe6+ Kd7 26.Re7+ Kc8 27.Re8+ Kd7 28.Qe6# ] 20...Kf8 21.Rxe7 Kxe7 22.Re1+ Kf8 23.Ba3+ Kg7 24.Re7+ Kh6 25.Qd4 Qa5 26.Bc5 Kh5 27.g3 g5 28.Rxd7 Rad8 29.g4+ Kg6 30.Qe4+ Kh6 31.Qe7 Qe1+ 32.Qxe1 Rxd7 33.Qe6 Rg7 34.Qxf6+ Rg6 35.Qxh8 Re6 1-0

(14) Priyadarshini,M (2097) - Kosintseva,N (2388) [A21] 19th WJun Girls Goa IND (1), 09.12.2002 [Hard] 1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Nge2 e5 7.d3 d6 8.0-0 a5 9.Rb1 c6 10.b3 Na6 11.Bb2 Rb8 12.d4 e4 13.d5 c5 14.a3 Ng4 15.Nb5 Bxb2 16.Rxb2 Qf6 17.Qd2 g5 18.Rbb1 Qh6 19.h3 Ne5 20.Qxa5 Nf3+ 21.Kh1 f4 22.Ng1 Nxg1 23.Kxg1 f3 24.Bh1 Bxh3 25.Rfc1 Rf6 26.Qd2 Diagram Black to play White is in tremendous trouble, and Black forced her retirement in five more moves. Can you work out the forced mate here? 26...Qh5 [ Or 26...Bf1 Threat: 27...Qxh1+ 28.Kxh1 Rh6+ 29.Kg1 Bg2 30. any Rh1# 27.Rxf1 Qh3 Threat: 28...Rh6 and 29.Qh2#. 28.Rfd1 Rh6 29.Bxf3 exf3 and 30.Qg2/Qh1#] 27.Qc2 Rh6 28.Qxe4 Bg4 29.Bg2 Qh2+ 30.Kf1 Qh1+ [ 30...Qh1+ 31.Bxh1 Rxh1# ] 0-1

(15) Hasanova,E (2325) - Kasturi,M (2158) [C41] 19th WJun Girls Goa IND (4), 11.12.2002 [Hard] 1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 exd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qd2 0-0 8.0-0-0 Re8 9.f3 Nc6 10.g4 Ne5 11.Qf2 a6 12.h4 b5 13.h5 b4 14.Nce2 c5 15.Nb3 c4 16.Nbd4 c3 17.b3 Qa5 18.Kb1 Bxg4 19.hxg6 fxg6 20.fxg4 Nexg4 21.Qf3 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Nxe4 23.Qc1 Nf2 24.Nf4 Nxd1 25.Bc4+ Kf8 Diagram White to play White is currently the exchange and three pawns down. Should she simply take the knight on d1 or go for mate (in about 15 moves)? 26.Nxg6+ hxg6 27.Qf4+ Ke7 [ 27...Qf5 28.Qxd6+ Re7 29.Nxf5 gxf5 30.Qd5 Ke8 31.Qxa8+ Kd7 32.Rxd1+ Bd4 33.Qb7+ Kd6 34.Qb6+ Kd7 35.Rxd4+ Kc8 36.Rd8# ] 28.Qf7+ [ 28.Qf7+ Kd8 29.Nc6+ Kc8 30.Nxa5 with mate to follow.] 1-0