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Task Position 1
White's Turn
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Position 3 Position 5
Position 4 Position 6
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Position 7 Position 9
Position 8 Position 10
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The Correct Answers and Black is losing material.]
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you can search them after the game. During game,
when your clock is ticking, you just need good [23.Nxg7 Bxg7 (23...Kxg7 24.Qxh7#) 24.Qxh7+
human moves. I played Bc2 in order to keep my Kf7 25.Bg6+ I stoped here. The computer line,
Bishop alive and slowly build up my attack. which I checked afterwards, have fun. 25...Kf6
26.Be5+!! Kxe5 27.Qxg7+ Rf6 28.f4+ Kxf4
[18.Nf6+!? gxf6 (18...Bxf6 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 29.Qxf6+ Ke3 30.Qe5#] 1–0
20.exf6 e5 21.Qh5+ Kg8 22.fxg7 Kxg7 23.Bxe5+
+-) 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Bxc7+- Solution 3
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could not be only the 8th rank but h-file as strategies. Black's Rook is overloaded and it
well. ;-) cannot protect h7 effectively... It's impressive how
many attacking rules you can see now on every
20...Kh8 21.Re3! Rxf4 22.Qh6+ Kg8 single game. You're becoming a pro!]
23.Qxf4?
26.Be4 #20 - Find targets to attack. The
[23.Rg3+! Bg5 24.Rxg5+ Kf7 25.Rg7+ Ke8 target is h7. 26...Rc8 27.Rh4 Black cannot hold
26.Qh5+! Kf8 27.Qh8#] the position anymore. 27...Kg8 28.Rxh7 Bxd5
29.Qg6+ Rg7 30.Qh5 Bxe4 31.Rh8# 1–0
23...Bf6 24.Qg4+ Kf7?? [24...Kf8
25.Rae1] Solution 5
Aronian,Levon (2799) - Navara,David (2737) 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6
[E15] 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nd2 e6 9.Ngf3
Saint Louis Rapid 2017 Saint Louis (1), Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Qxb7 Rb8 12.Qa6 0–0
14.08.2017 13.Bb5 Rb6 14.Qa4 Ne7 15.Ne5 Ng6 16.Nxg4
Nxg4 17.h3 Nf6 18.Nb3 e5 19.0–0 e4 20.Rfe1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Nh5 21.Bf1 Nh4 22.Qa5 Qg6 23.Qxd5
Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 0–0 8.Bg2 d5 9.cxd5
exd5 10.0–0 Re8 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.Qc2 c5 13.dxc5 Diagram #
bxc5 14.Rad1 Qc8 15.e4 Bf8 16.f4 d4 17.Nd5
Nxd5 18.exd5 f6 19.Rde1 fxe5 20.fxe5 Nd7 23...Nf3+!
21.e6 Nf6
The second move was difficult; 24...Ng3+. When
Diagram # you have a lot of pieces against the enemy King
then the end could be near. Try to combine your
22.Rxf6! pieces and discover a checkmate patter that you
already know. [23...Re6!?]
#16 - Eliminate - Remove key defenders. This is
extremely common idea. The Nf6 is the most 24.Kh1 Ng3+! 25.fxg3 Qxg3
important defender on the kingside. In the same
way, White, is creating weaknesses around the White cannot capture the Knight because the rook
enemy monarch. will come to g6 and in conjunction with the
Queen Black can deliver checkmate. White
22...gxf6 23.Qf5 #19 - Queen to the played a desperate move and he lost the game
penalty area 23...Qd8 24.Re4 #41 - Create the afterwards.
rook lift (Kasparov Rook) 24...Re7 25.Rg4+ Kh8
26.Qe5 [26.gxf3 Rg6 27.Bc4 Qxf3+
[25...Rg7 26.Be4!+- #35 - Combine attacking 28.Kh2 Qg2#] 26...Nxe5 27.dxe5 Qxe5 28.Rad1
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f5 29.Rd7 Rd6 30.Rxa7 Qg3 31.Rb1 f4 32.Nc5 c5 10.e4 Nc6 11.e5 Nd7 12.Ne4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4
Qe3 33.b4 f3 34.Re7 fxg2+ 35.Bxg2 Rh6 0–1 cxd4 14.Bg5N Qa5 15.f4 Qd5 16.Qe2 Nc5
17.Nxc5 Bxc5 18.f5 exf5 19.Rxf5 0–0
Solution 6
Diagram #
Boutteville,Cesar - Burstein,Sylvain [E97]
Paris Pierre Caillon Cup Paris (9), 11.07.1954 20.Bf6!!
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 0–0 The target of the attack is g7 and there is no
5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Rb1 c5 obvious way for Black to do anything to protect
10.dxc6 bxc6 11.b4 Qc7 12.b5 Rd8 13.bxc6 it. In order to find such moves you need to find
Qxc6 14.Nd5 Nfxd5 15.cxd5 Qc7 16.Qa4 Bg4 your target. It cool be h7, g7, or f7. You had to
17.Bd2 Rdb8 18.Ba5 Qc8 19.Rbc1 Qf8 20.Bc7 foreseen in which of these squares you can
Rb2 21.Bd3 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Bh6 23.Rb1 Bf4 combine your pieces faster. [20.e6? Qxf5 21.Bxf5
24.Qd7 d3+]
Diagram # 20...gxf6
[25.Rxb2 I added this variation in order to You should be elastic and change target if the
illustrate the attacking idea. 25...Qh6 26.Rb8+ position requires it. White won the game
Rxb8 27.Bxb8 Qxh2#] afterwards.
25...gxf5 26.Rxb2 Qh6 27.Rfb1 Rc8 22...Qxg2+ 23.Qxg2 Bxg2 24.exf6! White creates
28.Ba5 Kh8 29.Rb8 Bxh2+ 0–1 the mating net. 24...Bf3 25.Rxh7+ Kg8 26.Rf1
Rfe8 [26...Bc6 27.Rf4 Rfe8 28.Rg4+ Kf8
Solution 7 29.Rh8#]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 Kesaris (2221) - zafer8 (1843) [A40]
5.Bxc4 a6 6.0–0 b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.a4 b4 9.Nbd2 Blitz // 3+1 https://lichess.org/SmSkRAX3,
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25.08.2017 17.Qxe2 Re6 18.Qf3 Rae8 19.Nf1 g6 20.Bd2 f5
21.Rxe6 fxe6 22.Be3 Bg7 23.Rd1 Qf7 24.g3 a5
1.d4 c6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 25.Nd2 e5 26.dxe5 Bxe5 27.Nc4 Nxe3 28.Nxe3
5.bxc3 b6 6.e4 c5 7.d5 Bb7 8.Bd3 e5 9.f4 d6 Bxb2 29.Ng2 Bg7 30.Nf4 Bf8 31.Qc3 a4 32.h4
10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Nf3 Qd6 12.0–0 Nf6 13.Nh4 0– Qb3 33.Qd4
0 14.Nf5 Qd8 15.Bg5 Nbd7 16.Qf3 a5
Diagram #
Diagram #
[33.Qxb3+ axb3 34.Rb1 Bxc5 35.Rxb3 Re7]
17.Bh6!?
33...Bxc5!
I played the very nice positional game so I have
pieces superiority on the Kingside. You have #4 - Basic Tactics Required. When your position
many good attacking possibilities, but black is better, you need to search for such tactics. The
doesn't have any real weakness yet. In general Queen was overloaded to protect c5 and Rd1 in
you should prefer attacking moves; i.e. moves the same time. He was shocked after my move
that threatening to capture something for free. Of and he didn't realize that my bishop is pinning the
course you needs good calculation ability in order f2 pawn...
to apply your ideas in practice. [17.Nxg7! Kxg7
18.Qg3‚; 17.Rf2!?] 34.Qd7 [34.Qxc5 Qxd1+] 34...Qxg3+!
Another killin g tactical idea. I didn't just won
17...gxh6 material but I have serious threats against his
King. 35.Ng2 Qxf2+ 36.Kh1 Re2–+
[17...Ne8 18.Nxg7 Nxg7 19.Qg4+-; 17...g6
18.Rf2!? The good news is that he cannot touch Which was the last move that I calculated during
the Knight because we have the same checkmate the game. My threats are extremely serious and
on g7. Thus, we can continue preparing our attack White doesn't have time to create enough
by bringing more pieces do the king side.] counterplay with his Rook and Queen. [36...Re7]
18.Qg3+ Ng4 19.Qxg4+ Qg5 20.Nxh6+! 37.Qd8+ Bf8 [37...Kg7? 38.Rd7+ Kh6??
#4 - Basic Tactics Required. Obviously I had 39.Qg5#] 38.Qg5 f4! [38...Be7 39.Rd8+ Bxd8
foreseen this tactic in advance. 20...Kh8 21.Qxg5 40.Qxd8+ Kf7 41.Qd7+ Re7–+] 39.Rd8 f3
1–0 40.Rxf8+ Kxf8 41.Qd8+ [41.Qf6+ Ke8 42.Qh8+
Kd7 43.Qg7+ Re7–+] 41...Re8 42.Qd6+ Kg8
Solution 9 43.Ne3 Qxe3 44.h5 Qe1+ 45.Kh2 Qh4+ 46.Kg1
Re1# 0–1
Psathakis,Ioannis (1545) - Kesaris,Evangelos
(1810) [B15] Solution 10
Team Championship C Division (1), 13.02.2022
Alekhine,Alexander - Podgorny,Jiri [B22]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 Prague Prague (17), 26.04.1943
5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Bd3 0–0 8.Be3 Na6
9.a3 Nc7 10.c4 Re8 11.0–0 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6
13.Re1 Qd7 14.c5 Bf8 15.Be2 Nd5 16.Nd2 Bxe2 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 e6 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.0–
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0 Qa5 10.a3 Nf6 won the game afterwards.
11...exd5 12.axb4
12...Qxa1 13.Nd2!
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