An Adult Competitors Journey Towards 2200
Til Next Time,
Chris Wainscott
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The solution appears at the bottom!
Til Next Time,
Chris Wainscott
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The solution to today’s puzzle is:
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[Event “Tilburg”]
[Site “Tilburg”]
[Date “1980.??.??”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Spasski”]
[Black “Larsen”]
[Result “1-0”]
[Annotator “T1X”]
[SetUp “1”]
[FEN “8/2R3p1/5pk1/p3prp1/3r4/PP1n2PP/3R1P2/3N1K2 w – – 0 1”]
[PlyCount “5”]
[EventDate “1980.??.??”]
[EventType “swiss”]
[EventCountry “NED”]
1. Ne3 Rf3 2. Nc2 (2. Kg2 $2 Ne1+) 2… Re4 3. Kg2 1-0
Til Next Time,
Chris Wainscott
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The solution appears at the bottom!
Til Next Time,
Chris Wainscott
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The solution to today’s puzzle is:
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[Event “Dortmund”]
[Site “Dortmund”]
[Date “1992.??.??”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Glek”]
[Black “Kischnew”]
[Result “1-0”]
[Annotator “T4W”]
[SetUp “1”]
[FEN “8/3P2k1/5p2/4p1p1/1P2Q2p/5P1P/3q2PK/8 w – – 0 1”]
[PlyCount “9”]
[EventDate “1992.??.??”]
[EventType “game”]
[EventCountry “GER”]
1. f4 (1. Qg4 $2 Kf7) 1… gxf4 (1… Qxd7 2. fxg5 (2. fxe5 $6 f5 (2… fxe5 3.
Qxe5+ $18) 3. Qe3 Kg6 4. Qb6+ Kh5 5. Qd6 Qa7 6. e6 Qe3 $13) 2… Qd4 3. Qxd4
exd4 4. Kg1) 2. Qb7 Kg6 3. Qc8 f3 4. Qg8+ Kh6 5. d8=Q 1-0
I was looking at the beginning of Jan Markos’ book for Quality Chess Under the Surface and the first example they show is this one.
This is from the 2011 European Championship, and I personally believe this to be one of Judit’s finest games in her later career.
She has sacrificed an exchange already, but once White castles out of any perceived danger on his next move he should be fine. Sure, he’ll be slightly weak on the light squares, and Judit does have the bishop pair, but will that be enough?
On top of all of this, the b pawn is hanging, so Judit needs to get an attack going in order to justify the material deficit.
So she uncorks 13…Nd3+ 14.exd3 Bxd3!
Now White can no longer castle, and the bishop on d3 is a monster which fully justifies being down a rook for two pawns.
Here is the full game:
Til Next Time,
Chris Wainscott
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Til Next Time,
Chris Wainscott
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The solution appears at the bottom!
Til Next Time,
Chris Wainscott
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The solution to today’s puzzle is:
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[Event “Belgien”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “1992.??.??”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Winants”]
[Black “Gooris”]
[Result “1-0”]
[Annotator “T3X”]
[SetUp “1”]
[FEN “r1b2r1k/1p5p/2p5/p1n1qpB1/2B5/1P6/P1Q2PPP/3R2K1 w – – 0 1”]
[PlyCount “9”]
[EventDate “1992.??.??”]
[EventType “game”]
1. Bc1 Qe7 (1… Nd3 2. Bxd3 Qg7 (2… Qe7 3. Bb2+ Rf6 4. Qc3 Kg7 5. Re1 Qd6 6.
Bc4 f4 7. Re6) 3. Bb2 Rf6 4. Qc3 Rg6 5. Qxg7+ Rxg7 6. Re1) 2. Qc3+ (2. Bb2+ $2
Rf6) 2… Rf6 (2… Qg7 3. Bb2 Ne6 4. Bxe6 Rg8 5. Qxg7+ Rxg7 6. Rd8#) 3. Qxf6+
Qxf6 4. Rd8+ Qxd8 5. Bb2+ 1-0
Til Next Time,
Chris Wainscott
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The solution appears at the bottom!
Til Next Time,
Chris Wainscott
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The solution to today’s puzzle is:
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[Event “Eupen”]
[Site “Eupen”]
[Date “1993.??.??”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Vogelmann”]
[Black “Kweinis”]
[Result “1-0”]
[Annotator “T2Z”]
[SetUp “1”]
[FEN “r4r1k/1q3pp1/2pQ3p/3pN3/b2P4/2P1R1RP/5PPK/8 w – – 0 1”]
[PlyCount “7”]
[EventDate “1993.??.??”]
[EventType “team”]
[EventCountry “BEL”]
1. Nd7 Rad8 (1… Rg8 2. Rxg7 Rxg7 (2… Kxg7 3. Rg3+ Kh7 4. Nf6+ Kh8 5. Nxg8)
3. Qxh6+ Rh7 4. Qf6+ Rg7 5. Rg3 Rag8 6. Qh6+ Rh7 7. Rxg8+ Kxg8 8. Qf8#) 2. Rxg7
Kxg7 (2… Qb8 3. Qxb8) 3. Rg3+ Kh7 4. Nxf8+ 1-0
Til Next Time,
Chris Wainscott
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