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Chess
Tactics from Bled 2002
(1)
Christopher,S (2090) - Papatryfonos,C (2040) [B07]
Olympiad Bled SLO (2), 27.10.2002 [Easy]
Black
to play
Black has an extra piece. How does he pick up another one to clinch
the game?
(2)
Ramirez,A (2421) - Chau,O (2137) [C18]
Olympiad Bled SLO (2), 27.10.2002 [Easy]
White
to play
One of Black's pieces is "unprotected" and can be simply picked
up to end the game. A must-see combination.
(3)
Granara,B - Beukes,R [B51]
Olympiad Bled SLO (2), 27.10.2002 [Easy]
White
to play
Quick, how do you pick up a pawn in this position?
(4) Kooshani,M -
De Silva,N (2236) [B70]
Olympiad Bled SLO (2), 27.10.2002 [Easy]
Black
to play
Another quicky: how does Black mate his opponent in four moves?
(5)
Ibrahim,I (2067) - Russell,M [B25]
Olympiad Bled SLO (2), 27.10.2002 [Easy]
Black
to play
Our friend from Bahrain has just played 19.c2-c3, overlooking
what?
(6)
Charbonneau,P (2427) - Asrian,K (2597) [B12]
Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Easy]
Black
to play
Black is a pawn down but has a chance to equalise on material.
How exactly does he do this?
(7)
Roca,P (2423) - Emms,J (2520) [D03]
Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Easy]
White
to play
John Ems has just moved his queen from b7 to c7, to threaten ...Qg3+.
What did he overlook?
(8)
Bui Vinh (2459) - Frey,H (2322) [A37]
Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Easy]
Black
to play
Another quicky: White has just played 32.Qe1-b4, overlooking a
very simple shot. How long does it take you to spot it?
(9)
Cummins,J - Eichab,C [B26]
Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Easy]
Black
to play
White has just move his rook from f1 to b1. Obviously the black
queen has just one square for its retreat. Or are we overlooking
something simple?
(10)
Hamperl,F - Pitterson,J (2248) [B23]
Olympiad Bled SLO (2), 27.10.2002 [Easy]
Black
to move
29...Nf5 wins by force, but the road is long and convoluted.
Black found a more direct path to Olympic glory.
(11)
Kveinys,A (2530) - Speelman,J (2583) [B17]
Olympiad Bled SLO (2), 27.10.2002 [Medium]
White
to play
The black king is placed precariously, the black queen in unprotected.
How can White cash in on this?
(12)
Lputian,S (2627) - Spraggett,K (2533) [A61]
Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Medium]
White
to play
It is all over for Black, that is clear. But can you calculate
the clean mate in six that Lputian played?
(13) Cekro,E (2432)
- Agrest,E (2607) [A21]
Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Medium]
Black
to play
Can you spot a move that makes use of all the pins and x-rays
that Black has in this position?
(14)
Radjabov,T (2628) - Estrada,J [D20]
Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Medium]
White
to play
In this position young Taimour (naturally) found the killer move
that forces mate.
(15)
Romero Holmes,A (2524) - Esplana,C (2352) [A20]
Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Medium]
White
to play
The black king is unprotected, and a storm is brewing. How does
White best capitalise on his unfortunate predicament?
(16)
Kallio,H (2471) - Beloudah,S (2345) [B01]
Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Medium]
White
to play
There is one clear way to finish this game off. How did White
do it?
(17)
Agnelio,A (2266) - Al Sayed,M (2435) [B27]
Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Medium]
Black
to move
It is clear that Black is going to win this one, but can you find
the forced mate that ends the game?
(18)
Saed,K - Zambrana,O (2389) [B33]
Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Medium]
Black
to move
In some positions almost any move will win, but it is always nice
to finish with a flourish.
(19)
Bistric,F (2484) - Labollita,M (2392) [B14]
Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Hard]
White
to play
With a magnificent attack going White must simply finish things
off. There is only one convincing move to do so.
(20)
Xu Jun (2643) - Soln,P (2405) [D30]
Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Hard]
White
to play
Here the Chinese player found a very pleasing move to decide the
game. You can credit yourself if you work out the main lines that
follow.
Tactic
problems as a zipped PDF file for printing with Adobe Acrobat
Solutions
Note that you can click on the notation to follow
the moves on the board.
Frederic
Friedel
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