Weekly Newsletter

Issue 8
20th of April 2012

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20th of April 2012

Editorial Preface
Table of Contents
Editorial Preface

4 best games of the past week

Puzzle section

14

Endgame section

17

Clash of the Titans

21

Surprise section / study

25

Solutions

26

Probably, the two strongest leagues have come to an end

this weekend. In Germany, the favorite Baden-Baden won
the Championship again. There was a big sensation when
Anand lost his game against Tiviakov. He is definitely focusing now on the World Championship match. Second
was Werder Bremen and the bronze went to Solingen.
The Russian league had a dramatic finish. Before the last
round, the Team of St. Petersburg was leading, but had to
face against the top seed ShSM-64 Moscow. The victory
of either team would grant them the gold medal, but in
case of a 33 score, Tomsk 400 would get the sudden
chance to be ahead of them thanks to a better tiebreak.
After an amazing fight, the main match finished 33, and
Tomsk was the happy winner of the Championship!
The average rating of the 15 Teams was over 2700!! We
could enjoy many interesting battles, so we have collected our main games from this event and we hope You will
enjoy them.
As usual, we wish You lots of fun with the 8th CEWN!
Arkadij Naiditsch
Balogh Csaba

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4 best games of the past week

(1) Svidler,P (2744)
Jakovenko,D (2729) [D37]
Russian league (3), 11.04.2012
[Balogh Csaba]
The new European Champion Dmitry Jakovenko has
proved that his success was not accidental. Peter Svidler
chose avery sharp line against the Queens Gambit, but
the complications clearly favored Black!
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Qc2 The mainlines are 5. Bg5 and 5. Bf4. Two days later Svidler drew
in afantastic game against Morozevich in the 5. Bf4 line.
We analysed this game for you as well...
5...c5 6.dxc5 This is the sharp handling of the position.
[The calm 6.cxd5 leads to equality after 6...cxd4 7.Nxd4
00! 8. Bg5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Rd1 Qb6=]
6...d4 7.Nb5

7...e5! Agreat sacrifice, which is actually well-known. We

explain the point of it in the 8.Nxe5 line.
8.e3 Practically a novelty. White has accepted the sacrifice in the previous games. [8.Nxe5 a6! Black pushes
back the knights, since the standard reaction with Nd6+
loses apiece. 9.Na3 After such an ugly move it is obvious that Black gets more than enough compensation for
the pawn. (9.Nd6+? B xd6 10.cxd6 Qa5+ is the idea of the
7...e5! move.) 9...00! 10.g3 Qa5+! 11. Bd2 Qxc5 12.Nd3
Qc6! By three precise queen moves, Black prevented
Bg2. White is already in danger. 13. Rg1 (13.f3 Bf5) 13...
Bf5 14. Bg2 So far we were following the KhalifmanTopalov, Dubai rapid 2002 game, where Black could have
played even stronger. 14...Qd7! and Nc6, Rfe8 are coming with an advantage.]
8...Nc6! Logical developing. [8...a6?! would be amistake
now 9.Nd6+ Bxd6 10.cxd6 Qxd6 11.c5! Qe7 12.exd4
exd4+ 13. Be2 followed by O-O, White is better.]
9.exd4 exd4 10. Bf4 White has to act directly, since after
the normal developing moves Black gets an advantage.
[10. Be2 00 11.00 Bxc5 a6 is next.]
10...00 11. Bc7 Svidler found areally unusual idea, but
it was not working well for him... neither Ifound equality
for White after other moves. Probably that is why White
decided to complicate the matters. [11.Nc7 runs into
the very strong 11...Nh5! 12. Bd6 (12.N xa8? N xf4 the a8
knight is trapped.) 12... Rb8 and Black takes on d6 and
gets an advantage.; 11.000 Bxc5 The b1 king is unsafe.]
11...Qd7 12.Ne5 [On 12. Bd6 Black has 12...b6! followed by bxc5, creating aprotected passed pawn on d4.]
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12...Qe6!

13.000 This was the idea behind 11. Bc7. Now Nxe5
would be amistake because of Nxd4 and the next move
Bxe5. Unfortunately for him, Jakovenko found its refutation! [13. Be2 with the same idea as 13.O-O-O13... Bxc5!
(13...N xe5? 14.N xd4! Qa6 15.B xe5) ]
13...Ne8!! Svidler prob ably missed this move! Suddenly
all his pieces get confused. Each defends another, but all
of them are on vulnerable places. Black is winning now,
after only 13 moves. [13...Nxe5? 14.Nxd4 Qa6 15. Bxe5
Qxa2 16. Bd3; 13... Bxc5?! 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Nxd4]
14.f4 Qh6? but this is amistake. Now White could have
come back to game. [14... Bxc5!? 15.Nd3 b6+ is one way
to win.; It would be interesting to know, why Jakovenko
rejected to play this move. Seems like winning apiece. He
definitely saw it, but who knows what was he afraid of...
14...a6 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Nxd4 Qe3+! after this important
check, Black can take on c7. 17.Kb1 Nxc7 18. Bd3 (18.
N xc6 Bf6+) 18...g6 19.Nxc6 Bf6+]
15.Nxc6! bxc6

16.Qe4? Human move, but losing one. [The computer

suggested an amazing move: 16. Be5! The position becomes amazingly complex with many different options.
Finally I found only one way for an advantage. 16...d3!!
This is of course another move, which is almost impossible to play for ahuman.
a) 16... Bg4 17.Nxd4 f6! (17...B xd1 18.Qxd1 White gets
very strong initiative for the exchange. 18...B xc5 19.Nf5
Qe6 20.Bd3) 18.Nxc6 Bxc5 19. Bd4! Bxd1 20.Qxd1
Qxf4+ 21.Qd2 Qd6 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23.Qd5+ Qxd5
24.cxd5 White has only one pawn for the exchange, but
the c6 knight is really powerful. Black is slightly better,
but the logical outcome should be draw.;
b) 16... Bxc5 17. Bxd4! (17.N xd4? f6! would trap the bishop out of the blue) 17...Qxf4+ 18.Qd2 Qxd2+ 19.Kxd2!
(19.R xd2 would be amistake because of 19...Be7! 20.Nc3
Bg5 21.Bc5 Bf5 22.B xf8 Rd8! with attack!) 19... Be7
20.Nc3 Nc7 with asmall initiative for Black, but probably
White can hold.; c) 16...cxb5 17.Qe4 White traps the a8
rook! 17... Bg4 (17...Bf6 18.Qxa8 B xe5 19.Qxc8 Qxf4+
20.Kb1 This is aposition which we would like to get in the
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mediately, now White is fine.) 18.Qxa8 Bxd1 19.Kxd1

bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nd6 21.Qd5 Nxc4 22.Qxc4 Qc6 with
approximately even position.; 17. Bxd3 (17.Qxd3 cxb5
18.Qe4 Bf6! Black goes for the same line as in 16... cxb5,
but now he managed to get rid of the d-pawn. 19.Qxa8
Bxe5 20.Qxc8 Qxf4+ 21.Kc2 (21.Kb1 Qf2+ This is the
big difference and also the idea of 16...d3!!) 21...bxc4+)
17...cxb5 18. Be4 f6! a more or less forced line is coming 19. Bd6 (19.B xa8 fxe5) 19... Bxd6 20.cxd6 Qxf4+
21.Kb1 Nxd6 22. Rxd6 (22.B xa8? Bf5+) 22...Qxd6
23. Bxa8 bxc4 24. Be4 (24.Qxc4+ Be6) 24...h6 25.Qxc4+
Be6 When Black has aclear advantage. He can create
many problems against the White king.; 16. Bd6 would
have probably been the best practical decision 16... Bxd6
17.Nxd6 Nxd6 18.cxd6 c5! and try to defend this worse
position.(18...Qxf4+ 19.Qd2 Qxd6 20.Qxd4) ]
16... Bxc5! Black is winning again now.
17. Be5 [17. Ba5 was better, but also not much fun. 17...
Bg4]

18.b4!? Desperate attempt. [18. Rd2 f5!+; 18.Nxd4

Bxd1 19.Nf5 Qg6 20.Kxd1 Nf6!+]
18... Bxb4 19. Rxd4 f6 [19...f5!? was winning as well.]
20. Bd6 Black is winning by force after the most natural
moves. [20.Qxc6 fxe5 21.Qxa8 exd4+]

20...Nxd6 21.Nxd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Rae8! and the Blac

k rook invades to the backrank and decides the outcome
of the game. The queen has only one square to cover the
f4 pawn, but it moves into another idea...
23.Qd4 Re1+! 24.Kc2 Rd1! 25.Qc5 Qxf4! Black finished the game with asmall combination. An impressive
win by Jakovenko, after which probably the 5. Qc2 c5
6.dxc5 line will not enjoy too many followers.[25...Qxf4
26. Rxd1 Bxd1+ 27.Kxd1 Rd8+ 28.Kc2 (28.Ke2 Rd2+
29.Ke1 Rc2!+ after this subtle move, mate is coming
soon.) 28...Qd2+ 29.Kb3 Rb8++] 01

17... Bg4! with the idea of f5!, when the queen has to
leave the diagonal and then the b5 knight is hanging.
Black is winning big material now.
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(2) Svidler,P (2744)

Morozevich,A(2765) [D37]
Russian league (5), 13.04.2012
[Balogh Csaba]

not because of the opening 9.e3 c5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11.Qc2

h6 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.00 c4 14. Be2 Be6 15. Rfd1 Qb6
16. Rab1 Rac8 17.h3 Bf6 and Black was completely fine.]
9...c5 10.dxc5 bxc5

Two days after the defeat against Jakovenko, Svidler had

to face the same opening, this time against Alexander
Morozevich. Afantastic battle which ended in draw after
excellent moves of both sides.
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5. Bf4 It was
enough from 5.Qc2.
5...00 6.a3 A very small sideline, which was tried by
Carlsen and Topalov as well. [6.e3 is the mainline with
thousands of games in the database.]
6...b6 The most c ommon move, however Anand and
Kramnik played 6...dxc4 in 2011. Now, Black wants to occupy the center with pawns and prepares for c5.
7.cxd5 [7.Qc2 happened on the highest level in aquite recent game 7...c5 8.Rd1 Nc6 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.e3
(it would be interesting to know Aronians idea after 11.e4
Black gets compensation in both lines, but not obvious if it is
enough or not. 11...Nxf4 (11...Nd4!? 12.Nxd4 cxd4) 12.Rxd8
Rxd8) 11...Qa5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Rd8 14.Bd3 Ba6!
15.00 (15.Bxh7+ Kh8 White loses too much time in the
development.) 15...Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Nxc3 17.Qxc3 Qxc3
18.Bxc3 Kf8 Black equalized and the players soon agreed
to draw in Topalov-Aronian, Wijk aan Zee 2012.]
7...Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.Qc2 Svidler prepares to undermine Blacks strong central pawns... [Carlsen beat
Anand in ablitz game back in 2009, but it was definitely

11.e4 The point behind the 9.Qc2 move. If Black could

consolidate his center, he quickly overtakes the initative.
There were two games in the database for this position,
in both Black equalized quite easily... However Morozevich came up with avery interesting novelty.
11...dxe4! Of course, it is very logical to open the center
against the e1 king, but what happens with the a8 rook?
[11... Bb7 12.exd5 Qxd5 13. Bc4 Qh5 14.Qb3 Bxf3
15.Qxf3 Qxf3 16.gxf3 Nc6 with more or less balanced
endgame in Gyimesi-Naiditsch, German league 2010.; 11...
d4 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 (13.00 could be an improvement on Whites play.) 13...Qa5+ 14.Nd2 Qxa6 15. Bxb8
Raxb8 16.Nc4 d3! 17.Qxd3 Rfd8 18.Qe2 Bg5 Black got
very strong initiative for the sacrificed pawn. WojtaszekRoiz, Lublin 2011.]
12.Qxe4 Just as in the game against Jakovenko, Svidler tries to trap the a8 rook. Such coincidence happens
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12... Re8! Well played by Morozevich. It would be interesting to know, until which move it was the preparation
of the players...
13. Bd3 Prepares for O-O-Oand Qxh7. Seems like White
is crushing, but... [Lets see what happens if he accepts
the sacrifice: 13.Qxa8 Bf6+

(15.Bc4 Bb7) 15...Qxb2 16. Rd1 Bb7! All the pieces are
joining now to the attack, but strangely Black has only
draw on Whites best moves. 17.Qxc5 Bxf3 18. Rc1! the
only way to avoid Bc3! (18.gxf3? Bc3++) 18... Bh4!?
19. Rc2 Qb1+ 20. Rc1 Qb2= with repetition.; 13.Ne5 Bf6
14. Bd3 would be atransposition to the game.]
13... Bf6 Now it is all about the calculation. Chess principles dont help here. Both players find the best moves
until the end.
14.Ne5! [14. Be5 would be a mistake because of 14...
Nd7! 15.Qxh7+ (15.Qxa8 N xe5 16.N xe5 Qxd3!+) 15...
Kf8 16.000 Nxe5 17. Bb5 Bf5! Only, but good! White
is in trouble. 18.Qh8+ (18.Qxf5 Qb6) 18...Ke7]

14. Be3 is the only move

a) Really nice lines arise after 14. Be2 Rxe2+!! Black must
keep the king in the center, but it costs to him the other rook! 15.Kxe2 Ba6+ 16.Ke1 Qe8+! Very important
to have the Qb5 option on Be3! 17. Be3 (17.Be5 B xe5
18.N xe5 Qxe5+ 19.Kd1 Qxb2; 17.Ne5 B xe5) 17...Qb5!
Three pieces are attacking the king and White has no defense. 18.Ng1 Bxb2 19. Rd1 Bc3+ and Qf1 mate.;

14...Nc6 It is an interesting moment of the game. Black

has two choices, both lead to draw. One is avery simple
and short line, while the other is amazingly sharp, and one
mistake could be fatal for both sides. Most of the people
would prefer the first one, but Morozevich faithful to his
style goes for the complications. [14... Bf5 was the calm
reaction 15.Qxf5 g6 16.Qe4 Nd7! 17.00 Bxe5= with an
equal position.]
15.Qxh7+ Kf8

b) 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Qa5+! Black is winning in both

lines despite being currently arook down. 16.b4 (16.Kd1
Rd8+ 17.Bd3 R xd3+ 18.Ke2 Qd2+ 19.Kf1 Ba6!+ this is
the point! Black has too many threats and on 20.Qxb8
Rd8 is check.) 16...cxb4 17.Qxb8 b3+ 18.Kd1 Bg4++;
14...Qb6! with the idea of Bb7, trapping the queen. (14...
B xb2? would give enough time for White to solve the
problems around his king 15.Bc4! B xa1 16.00+-) 15.Qd5
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16.Qh8+! Svidler also calculates precisely! [The tempting

16.000 would be bad in view of 16... Bxe5 17.Qh8+ (17.
B xe5 R xe5) 17...Ke7 18. Bg5+ Kd6!! and Black is about
to be winning. Any moves of the d3 bishop would met by
Nd4! 19. Be4+ Nd4]
16...Ke7 17.Nxc6+ Check-Queen!
17...Kd7+ Countercheck-Queen! Incredible position!
18. Be5! [18.Kf1 Kxc6 19.Qh7 g6! 20. Rd1 Black wins
with a nice queen sacrifice 20... Bf5! 21. Bb5+ Kxb5
22. Rxd8 Raxd8+ Whites pieces are not coordinated.]
18...Kxc6! Other moves were bad. [18... Rxe5+? 19.Nxe5+
White takes back with check.; 18... Rxh8 19.Nxd8 Bxe5
20.Nxf7]
19.000! There is no time to take care about such small
things like the h8 queen. :) White had prepared for Be4!
[19. Be4+? Kb6+]
19... Bxe5 [19... Rxh8 would be similar to the game
20. Be4+ Kb6 21. Rxd8 Bxe5! (21...R xd8? 22.B xf6 gxf6
23.B xa8) 22. Rxh8 Bf4+! and we have the same position as in the game, only the king is on b6 and not on c7,
but does not make any difference...]
20. Be4+ Kc7 21. Rxd8 Rxh8 22. Rxh8 Maybe at this
moment some of the Moro fans gave up their hopes today, he is an exchange and apawn down. But here comes
the cold shower, which had to be foreseen after the 18th
move!

22... Bf4+! and the king has no good square, it has to

move into amotif.
23.Kc2 23.Kb1 was the same. [23.Kd1 Bg4+=]
23... Bb7!! This was the whole point! White has nothing
better, than to go for adrawn endgame.
24. Bxb7 [24. Rxa8? Bxe4+]
24... Rxh8 25. Bd5 Rd8 The most accurate draw, Black
holds the material equality. [25... Rxh2 26. Rxh2 Bxh2
27. Bxf7 Bg1 was of course also easy draw, but at least
White could have said, that he was apawn up.]
26. Rd1 [26. Bxf7 Rd2+ 27.Kb3 Rxf2=]
26... Bxh2 27. Bxf7 [27.g3 Bg1=] 27... Rf8! Black sets
back the balance.
28. Bd5 Rxf2+ 29. Rd2 Rxd2+ 30.Kxd2 Be5 31.b3
Bf6 What agame! Both players deserve congratulations!
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(3) Morozevich,A(2765)
Jakovenko,D (2729) [D16]
19th TCh-RUS 2012 Sochi RUS (2), 10.04.2012
[Arkadij Naiditsch]
Another spectacular game by Morozevich, who just mated his opponent in the middle of the board. In this game
White will show us a great example of how to fight for
the initiative, and afterwards agreat way of finishing the
game. The chess of Morozevich is abit unusual, but truly creative and very strong!
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 Another game on the Slav. This opening
is really the hit of the last 6 month.
3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e4 Bb4 7.e5 And we
are in the relatively rare line, which got lately attention
of top players of the world. We already have commented the game Anand-Eljanov in CEWN Nr4 from German
Bundesliga where White manages very quickly to reach
almost awinning position from the opening.

9.axb5 Bxc3 10.bxc3 cxb5 11.Ng5 Nc6 [11...h6 12.Qh5

g6 13.Qh3 f5 14.exf6 e5 was in the game Anand-Eljanov
where White could almost immediatly end the game by
playing 15.g4! With abig advantage]
12.Qh5 Qe7 13.h4 agood move! White is bringing the
rook over h3 into the game. It is clear that in case Black
manages to consolidate, he will have just a pawn up.
White should act fast. On the Whites side, at some moment, amove like Ne4 followed by Nd6 can be very unpleasent for Black. At the current position, at Ne4 Black
would escape into ashort castle
13...b4 abeginning of quite aforced play with extremely
dangerous position for Black [Would be a mistake 13...
h6?! 14.Ne4 00

7...Nd5 8. Bd2 b5 In case White manages to get the c4

pawn, of course the advantage of White will be sure.

15. Rh3! followed by Bxh6 with amating attack; 13... Bb7

Would have been more of asafe choice, even if the position remains very unclear and sharp 14. Rh3 a5 It is hard
for Black to find amove better than 14...a5 even if it is like
alost of atempo. In the future this move will allow Black
to be more prepared for the b4 push, and also in many
lines the rook on a8 will be more free for action 15. Rf3 g6
16.Qh6 f5! agreat move to protect the pawn on f7 17.h5
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Kd7 18. Rh3 gxh5 19. Be2 We are facing acrazy position
in which it is very hard to say, who is doing better]
14. Bxc4! [14.Ne4?! atry to keep the pawn would bring
White absolutely nothing 14...00 15. Bxc4 bxc3 16.Nxc3
Nxd4 And Black is doing fine]
14...bxc3 15. Bc1 the bishop is going to a3, where he will
avoid Blacks short castle in the future
15...Nxd4
18...hxg5!! a very beatiful move! Black is a Queen down
for just apiece, but the position is adraw!! 19. Bxe7 Rxh4
20.Qd1 c2! the key move! Black needs the White Queen
to get away from d1 to gain control of the f3 square
21.Qe1 Nh3+ 22.Kh2 (of course losing is 22.gxh3? Nf3+
23.Kg2 N xe1+) 22...Nf4+ with aperpetual check. What
an amazing line!]

16.00! agreat play by White. First it seemed as if White

is going for Rh3, and suddenly White castles short. The
explanation is easy: White is trying to do everything to
avoid Blacks short castle. For that White played h4, but
now there is no need anymore for the rook to go over h3
to f3, nor the bishop from c1 is taking over. The Whites
threat Ba3 is not letting Black any hopes for ashort castle anymore

17...exd5 18. Ba3 Qc7 19.e6! another great move by

Morozevich! White should not let the emotions down
and even is giving another pawn away just to open the
position to the maximum
19... Bxe6 The only move
20.Nxe6 Nxe6 21.Qxd5 White is 2 pawns down, but
the Black King is in the center of the board, plus the rook
on h8 is out of play. This gives White aclear advantage,
but further energetic play isrequired

16...h6 What else to do?! White wanted to play Ba3 followed by Ne4
17. Bxd5! White is not falling into Blacks trap [This logical move would lead to nothing for White after 17. Ba3?
Nf4 18.Qg4
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(4) Tomashevsky,E (2736)

Landa,K (2645) [D02]
19th TCh-RUS 2012 Sochi RUS (7), 15.04.2012
[Arkadij Naiditsch]

21... Rd8 [21... Rc8 22. Rab1! would put ahuge problems
in front of Black. Another funny thing, the h4 move is now
extremely useful for White. We can see a typical Morozevich style, everything is abit strange, but fits together!]
22.Qb3 h5 Black is trying to bring his rook from h8 into
the game. To play without the rook is not really an option
23. Rfe1 Rh6 White is mating Black from every side!
24.Qb4! Kd7 25. Rac1 Rb8 26.Qa4+ Kc8 27. Bb4

Usually we are trying to comment games with alot of action and sacrifices, but this time lets take alook on agreat
positional win of the Russian Super GM Tomashevsky.
From this game we will be able to learn alot of how to
play few structures and what is definately needed to be
avoided by Black
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 We are in a Catalan.
Landa is actually abig expert in the opening
4... Bb4+ [4...dxc4 Is the other main line]
5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7.Qc2 b6 8.00 Ba6 9.b3 Nbd7
We are in one of the oldest theoritical lines. The position
is looking symetrical. White is standing abit more free
and Black is having basicly one main plan, to castle
short, then to play Rc8 and c5, after which the exchanges
in the center will be not possible to avoid, which normally
is leaving White with nothing.

An amazing final position! The white pieces are taking all

perfect position, meanwhile the Black ones are standing
extremely bad. It is not a game from a simul, but from
the Russian Team Championship against an opponent of
2730 ELO. What agreat win by Morozevich! 10
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10.a4!? A nice plan by Tomashevsky to active the rook

from a1
10...c5 Dont ask Landa twice for the main ideas, he
knows them for sure :)
11.a5 00 12. Rd1!? Ilike this Whites move alot! White
is keeping the tension in the center, meanwhile bringing
their rook to the d file which is not very typical, much
more standard is the move Rc1. Lets see how this will
affect the game
12...cxd4?! this is amistake. It was too early for Black to
release the tension in the center and bring the White
knight with atempo into the very hot place [avery solid
12...Qc8! 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Nc3 with quite asolid positon
for Black; or amore risky 12...b5!? 13.dxc5 bxc4 14.b4 Ne4
with avery unclear position, were clearly the better options for Black]
13.Nxd4 Bc5 14.Be1 a logical move by White, but not
the best one. It is easy to understand White, who wants to
prove that Rd1 was avery deep move, but amore concrete action would be the right one at this moment [14.
Nc6! Qc8 15.Nb4 and White is having clearly abetter position Black cant avoid an exchange of one of his bishops]

15.Qb2! White is taking away the Queen from the dangerous c file and preparing for concrete action. At first
sight, the position looks optimistic for Black, but in fact
things are by far not that good. White has 2 concrete
threats: to play cxd5 or to play axb6, it forces Black to take
some decision. We are only at move 15, until now Black
has only one little inaccuracy 12...cxd4 and this inaccuracy leads already to difficult disicions.
15... Bxd4? Amoved called dont try it at home! Never
give away a black squared bishop! [of course 15...dxc4?
16.Nc6 Qc7 17.b4! Would lead to amuch better position
for White; Amazingly 15... Re8! Would keep Black in the
game! Atypical computer move, almost impossible to do
at the board. What we learn from that, to keep the tension in the center is usually agood decision in case if
it ispossible]
16.Qxd4 e5 17.Qb2 d4? Black continues their strategy
which is very wrong. [17...dxc4 18.bxc4 Bxc4 19.Na3!
would lead to aworse, but playable position for Black]
18.axb6 Qxb6

14... Rc8

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ation to the game probably lost for Black! And White

demonstrates very well why it is so.
19...Nb8 The only move to keep the pawn on a7 alive
20. Bb4! Another important moment, White is bringing
his Black squared bishop into the game
20... Rfe8 21. Bd6 Nfd7 22. Bxb8! White is just playing
agreat game! Avery untypical, but great decision to play
22. Bxb8! Black is basically hopeless against the Whites
next knight maneuver. It is great to see, all the material is
equal at the board, but Black is having almost alost position. From moves like 22. Bxb8! we can learn

25.Nc3! basicly after this move the game is over. When

we look back at the game, White won it without calculating much and by doing logical moves, unsing Blacks misunderstanding of the position. Not often we can see such
aclear example of how to play with White and what to
avoid doing with Black
25... Rcd7 26.Na4 Qg6 27.Nc5 Rd6

22...Nxb8 23.Nd2 Rc7 Black is hoping to play next Bc8

and finally free abit the knot around the afile
24.Ne4 The white knight came it wants to be. White
wants by playing Nd6 or just Qd6 to reach a position
with ahuge advantage. It seems that Black is already in
time trouble, which is very easy to explain. It is hard to
play a position with equal material, but with no moves
that could save the game
24... Rd8?!

28.Qa5! the last precise move, Black is totally pinned

and the loss of material is very visible
28... Re8 29.Qc7 Bc8 30.Qxb8 h5 31. Rxa7 Agreat example of how to play a Catalan with dynamic centre.
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Puzzle section

(7) Matlakov,M (2632) Khismatullin,D (2656)

Russian league, 12.04.2012

(5) Moskalenko,A(2451) Andreikin,D (2689)

Russian league, 11.04.2012

[CEWN]
1. +-

[CEWN]
1... +

(8) Grachev,B (2705) Poluljahov,A(2505)

(6) Ibragimov,I(2539) Savchenko,B (2580)
Russian league, 11.04.2012
[CEWN]

Russian league, 13.04.2012

[CEWN]
1. +-

1... +

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(9) Tregubov,P (2599) Morozevich,A(2765)

(11) Kempinski,R (2604) Berg,E (2575)

Russian league, 15.04.2012

German league, 14.04.2012

[CEWN]

[CEWN]

1... +

1... +

(10) Mozharov,M (2474) Malakhov,V(2705)

(12) Gustafsson,J (2642) Venkatesh,M (2509)

Russian league, 15.04.2012

Bangkok Open, 15.04.2012

[CEWN]

[CEWN]

1... =

1... +

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(13) Margvelashvili,G (2547) Finegold,B (2505)

Saint Louis, 11.04.2012
[CEWN]
1. +-

(14) Young,An (2321) Sevillano,E (2502)

Saint Louis, 12.04.2012
[CEWN]
1... +

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Endgame section
(15) Jakovenko,D (2729) Karjakin,S (2766)
Russian league, 13.04.2012
[Arkadij Naiditsch]

We are in an opposite color bishop endgame that normally should be adraw, but the appearence of rooks on
the board gives Black some winning chances. Is it so?! The
Russian Top GM did not manage to find away to make
afortress. It sounds abit unreal, but the current endgame
might be winning for Black! Agreat endgame to analyse
for You, dear reader. We would be happy about Your
feedback on this endgame!
45.Bd5 With this move White is starting their plan, which
is to put the bishop on e4, King to e2 and wait this was
abad idea. This plan is leading to alost position and Karjakin
is showing us why in the game. [lets take alook if another
fortress would bring White adraw 45.Bb3 Rb4 46.Bc2
Kf6 47. Rf1 Rb2 48.Bd1 Be5 49.h3 Rb1 50. Rg1 Rc1 51. Rf1
Bf4 52. Rg1 Ke5 53. Rf1 Kd4 54. Rg1 Kc3 55. Rf1

55... Rxd1! 56. Rxd1 Kc2 and Black is winning; 45.Kf1

Kf6 46. Bd7 Ra7 47. Bc8 Re7+ In case Black manages to
bring the rook to e1, the game is immediately over; 45.f4
aradical decision. By giving away the f pawn, White will
try to build afortress by having their bishop on squares
f3-e2 45... Rxf4 46. Bd5 Kf6 47. Bf3 Ke5 48. Be2 Rb4
49. Bf3 Rb2 50. Be2 Rc2 51. Bf3 Rc1 52.Kf1 Ba5 53.Kg2
Kd4 54.Kf1 Kd3 followed by Kc2, and Black is winning
again]
45... Rd4! anice move by Black. No reason to give White
even asmall hope to free the rook from d1. Also Black will
bring now the bishop from c3 to the perfect position on f4

46. Be4 Bb4 The bishop is going to f4

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47.Kf1 Bd6 48.Ke2 Bf4 49.h3 It would be nice for

White to keep the pawn on h2, lets see if this is possible to manage [49. Bc6 Kh6 50. Be4 Kg5 51. Bb7 Kh4
52. Bc8 Rd8 followed by Kh3 and the pawn h2 is getting
lost, with it the game]

(16) Holzke,F (2506) Ftacnik,L (2570)

German league, 15.04.2012
[Balogh Csaba]

49...Kh6 50. Rg1

50... Rc4! Another precise move by Black. No reason to

give White a chance for Bc2-d1 even if the position is
probably lost anyway
51. Bd3 Rc1 52. Rd1 Kg5 The Black King is going to h4
and the pawn h3 is going to fall. Whites position is hopeless
53. Bb5 Kh4 Now at 54. Bd7 Rc7! is coming. 01

We are facing avery interesting endgame from the German league. After analysing it deeply, I came to the
conclusion that the position is objectively drawn, but in
a practical game, White has more chance to win, than
Black to hold the draw. I must admit, that GM Holzke
played with excellent technique.
52. Bd6 First, lets summarize what we have! White has
material advantage, a target on h4 and a weakness on
f4. White cannot use his king to convert the advantage
because its duty is to protect the g2 pawn. The g5 would
be an ideal square for the bishop, where it protects the f4
pawn and attacks the h4, but there are technical difficulties to transfer there because it must guard the f4 pawn.
In addition, with bishop on g5, Black has apotential stalemate possibility with Rxg2 or Rh1. White has only one
plan, try to squeeze out the Black king from h5 with the
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52... Ra4 53.Ng5 Ra8 54. Be7 Ra4 55. Bd6 Ra8 [Black
could not hold for long the rook on the 4th rank 55... Rd4
56. Be5 Ra4 57.Nh7 Kh6 58.Nf6 and now the rook must
leave, because on 58... Rc4 59. Bd6! Bf8 threats with
mate. 59...Kg7

transfer the knight to f3. 60...Kf6 (60...R xd6? 61.Nf7+)

61. Bc7 Ra7 62. Bb6 Ra6 63. Bd4+- and Nf3 is next.]
58. Be5 White had to change his plan for awhile. [58. Be7
did not work because of 58...Kf7 59.Nd5 Ra5 60.Nb4!
Rb5 61.Nc6 Rb6 62.Nb4 Rb5 draw.]
58...Kh6 59. Bc3 Be1 is the threat now.
59... Rd8!? Atricky move, Black does not want to let the
knight escape. [However, Idid not manage to find awin
after 59... Ra6 60.Ng8+ (60.Nd7 Ra4 61.Be5 Ra7) 60...
Kh7 61.Ne7 Kh6 White can maneuver for long, but
I dont see the way of progress. Of course the position
requires accurate defense from Black point of view.]

(59...g5 we will analyse this idea in the game at 57...g5)

60.Nd7! Ra4 61. Bf8+! Kh7 (61...Kf7 62.Bh6+- White has
managed to transfer the bishop to g5 and also squeezed
out the Black king from h5. This is the winning plan!)
62.Nf6+ Kh8 63. Bh6+-]

60. Bb4! [60. Be1 would meet by 60...g5 and White has
problems with the knight.]
60...Kg7 This logical move seems to be the decisive mistake. Black could have held the draw with the computers
suggestion. [60...g5! 61.fxg5+

56.Nh7 Kh6! Only move. [On 56... Rc8 57. Be7 with the
threat of Bg5 57...Kh6 (57...Rc7? 58.Nf6+ Kh6 59.Bf8++) 58.Nf6 First White rescues the knight, then he occupies
the g5 square. Black can not avoid this. 58... Ra8 59.Nd7
Ra4 60. Bg5+ Kg7 (60...Kh5 61.Nf6#) 61.Ne5+- and Nf3
wins the pawn and the game.]
57.Nf6 Kg7 [57...g5 Black could get rid of one pawn,
but then the target on h4 becomes more vulnerable.
58.fxg5+ Kxg5 59.Nd7! Ra6 (59...Kh5 60.Ne5+- Sooner
or la ter White will get his knight to f3 and attack the h4
with the bishop.) 60.Ne5! Small tactical trick in order to

61...Kg6!! The problem is still the same, hard to rescue

the knight. (but not 61...Kxg5 62.Be7+- because we get
the position that we discussed in 57...g5.) 62. Bc5 Rd3
63.Ne8 Rd2! The knight is on the way to get out from
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the cage, but the f4-f3 plan gives enough counterplay for
Black to save the game.]

67... Rd1 Black realized, that he is lost, he tries his last

trick.

61. Be1!! Probably Black missed this move! Even with so

little material on board, we must look for tactical motifs.
61... Rd4 [The passive defense cannot be good. 61... Rh8
62.Nd7 and Ne5-f3.]
62. Bc3! and the bishop is back to the long diagonal.
White can use the pin for winning an important tempo to
transfer the knight to abetter position. The computer still
tries to hold, but Ithink it is already too late.
62... Rd3 [62... Rc4 63.Nd5+ Kf7 Black tries to prevent
Bf6. It is already abig achievment for White to get the
king to f7, but the win still requires very exact play. (63...
Kh6 64.Bf6+-) 64. Be5 Ra4 65.Nc3! This is the shortest
way for the knight to f3. 65... Rb4 66.Ne2 with the idea
of Ng1f3. 66...g5 67.Nd4! (67.fxg5? Re4) 67...gxf4 (67...g4
68.hxg4 fxg4 69.Nf5 h3 70.gxh3 gxh3 71.Kxh3+- Iwas not
sure about this position. But thanks to the Tablebase
we know the correct evaluation. White gives mate in 48
moves. :) Iam sorry for the readers, Iwill not demonstrate
it. The point is, the bishop and the knight cover the pawn
and the king and White can promote his pawn without
giving achance to Black to sacrifice the rook for the pawn
and one of the pieces.) 68.Nf3 White collects all the
pawns.]

68. Be7! But of course, White does not fall into that and
sets up anew mate threat with Nf6 and Bf8, what could
only avoid by playing g5, which is kind of resignation as
well. [68. Bg5?? Rh1+ 69.Kxh1]
68... Rf1 69.Nf6+ Kh6 70. Bf8# Very nice play by the
German grandmaster! It was very instructive also for me,
Ihave never studied such kind of endgames. 10

63. Be5 Kh6 64.Ng8+! Kh7 [64...Kh5 65. Bf6+- transposes to the game.]
65.Ne7 The end is near now.
65...Kh6 66. Bf6 Kh5 67.Ng8! [67. Bg5? is premature
because 67... Rd2 and stalemate threat on g2.]
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Clash of the Titans

(17) Fischer,Robert James
Myagmarsuren,Lhamsuren [C00]
Sousse Interzonal+ (3), 1967
[Balogh Csaba]
As Ipromised, we study two nice tactical crushes by Robert Fischer. In this week, White nicely builds up his attack and finishes the game in abeautiful fashion! Please,
forgive me for showing some computer lines, which are
sometimes hardly understandable for me as well. The
correct analysis of the position requires it.
1.e4 e6 2.d3 The Kings Indian attack. Fischer liked playing this opening, since in many lines it is similar to the
Kings Indian defence, which was his favorite choice
against 1.d4 as Black. He often played against 1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 e6, 3.d3 as well.
2...d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6.Ngf3 Be7
7.00

7...00 The main continuation, however, some experts

consider it to be an inaccuracy. After castling short, White
can organize his attack on the kingside quite comfortably
(as we will see in the game). [It is more careful to develope
the queenside first and see, what White is going to do 7...
b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9.e5 Black has an extra option here 9...Nd7
10.Nf1 Qc7 11. Bf4 h6 12.h4 000! to castle queenside
and prepare acounterattack with g5. For example: 13.c3
Rdg8 14.h5 g5 15.hxg6 fxg6; 7...Qc7 8. Re1 b6 is another
possibility, if Black is afraid of the e5 plan...]
8.e5 Nd7 9. Re1 Both sides have their clear ideas. White
plays on the kingside with Nf1, h4, Bf4, Ng5 and Qh5,
while Black must create his counterplay on the queenside
with b5, a5, b4, Ba6 etc... Actually, I would always prefer White, but the machine gives plus for Black in almost
all the positions, suggesting unhuman moves and saves
him. It is amazingly hard to convince the computer... So,
from this point of view, Irecommend you to try this opening with White, but never against amachine... :-)
9...b5 [The main move is 9...Qc7 10.Qe2 to include is pair
of moves, when later the typical Nd4 plan for Black might
come with atempo... 10...b5 11.Nf1 a5 12.h4 b4 13. Bf4
Ba6 with many games in the database.]
10.Nf1 b4 [10...a5 11.h4 b4 is just atransposition.]
11.h4 a5 12. Bf4 a4 [12... Ba6 13.Ne3 a4 14.a3 would
also be atransposition.]

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17.cxd5! Nxa1 18.Qxa1 exd5 19.Nxd5 White got one

pawn for the exchange and all his pieces stand perfectly. 19... Bxd3 20.e6! Nice tactical shot! 20...Nf6 (20...
fxe6 21.Bc7! Qe8 22.R xe6 Rf7 23.Qe1+-) 21.Nxe7+ Qxe7
22.Ne5 Bg6 23.Nc6! the queen is almost trapped 23...
Qb7 (23...Qe8 24.e7+-) 24. Bd6 Ne7 threats 24... Be4
25. Rxe4! Qxc6 (25...N xe4 26.B xe4+-) 26. Bxf8 Rxf8
Black did not wait 27.Qxf6!! gxf6 28. Rg4 and resigned
the game. Gheorghiu-Uhlmann, Sofia 1967]
13.a3! Strong reaction by Fischer, which was at that time
anovelty! Recently, if somebody is familiar with this opening, he knows the rule that when Black plays a4, push a3
immediately! But of course it is much easier to copy than
to create the right plans... Fischer understood that if he allows his opponent to push a3 himself, Blacks counterplay
could come much faster. [13.N1h2 a3 14.b3 Ba6 with the
idea to play Rc8 and in the right moment Nd4 and c4.
Black won many nice games this way.]
13...bxa3 14.bxa3 Na5?! I did not manage to find the
idea behind this move. [There was a very instructive
game between two great players 14... Ba6 15.Ne3 Nd4
logical plan, but White countered it elegantly! 16.c4! Nb3

15.Ne3 Ba6 16. Bh3? The bishop was doing fine on g2.
This gives enough time for Black to generate counterplay.
[White should have continued the attack 16.Ng5! with
the idea of Qh5 and on 16...h6 17.Nh3! Qh5 and Ng4
are coming with mating attack.]
16...d4 17.Nf1 White did not want to close the Queens
way to h5 with Ng4.
17...Nb6 Logical decision to transfer the knight to d5. [17...
Bb7!? came into consideration 18.Ng5 c4 with counterplay.]
18.Ng5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bxg5 Sooner or later Black had
to take the knight. [19...c4 20.Qh5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Qd7
would be atransposition to the 21...c4 line.]
20. Bxg5 Qd7

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21.Qh5 Rfc8 Black frees the f8 square. As we will see in

the game, the queen went there to protect the g7 pawn
and in some other variations, it might be useful asquare
for the king as well to run away from the checks. [Icould
not convince the computer about the attack after the principled 21...c4 22.Bg2 seems to be the most dangerous

22...Nc3 Black naturally prevents is.

a) 22. Bf6 was premature 22...gxf6 23.exf6 Kh8 24. Bg2

Rg8 25. Bxd5 (25.Be4 Rg6) 25...Qxd5 26. Re5 unusual
way of winning back the piece, but Black is fine anyway
26...Qb7 27. Rxa5 cxd3 28.cxd3 Bxd3;
b) 22.Nd2 Ionly managed to give perpetual check, for example: 22...cxd3 23.Ne4 dxc2 The computer is not impressed,
that all the pieces are attacking :-) This is what Icalled, unhuman moves. 24.Bf6 gxf6 25.Nxf6+ Nxf6 26.Qg5+ Kh8
27.Qxf6+ Kg8 28.Re4 Bd3 29.Qg5+=; 22...cxd3

23. Bf6! Seems to be over, but Black found resourceful

defense.
23...Qe8! In order to neutralize the Qg5 threat by Qf8!
[23...gxf6 would lose quickly after 24.exf6 Kh8 25.Nf3!
Rg8 26.Ne5!+- wins the queen]
24.Ne4 The 22...Nc3 was not successful enough because
after taking the knight on e4, Rxe4 decides the game.
24...g6 This is the first moment when computer finally
admits Whites attack. [24...Nxe4 25. Rxe4+-; However after 24... Bb7! it is still very hard to convince the machine.
Most of the lines lead to unclear positions, but...

23. Be4 with initiative in all the lines: 23...h6

a) 23...f5 24.exf6 gxf6 25. Bh6 Rf7 26.Nd2 (26.cxd3) ;
b) 23...g6 24.Qh6 f5 25.exf6; 24.Nh2! and try to mate him
after Ng4!(24.B xh6? f5!)]
22.Nd2! Fischer brings the knight into the attack through
the e4 square.
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25. Bxg7!! (25.Ng5 h6 26.f4 hxg5 27.Qxg5 Qf8 28.Be7

Qe8 29.Bf6 Qf8=; 25.N xc3 dxc3 26.Qg4 Qf8; 25.Nd6
Qf8 26.N xc8 R xc8) 25...Kxg7!
a) 25...Nxe4 loses to the great 26.Qh6!! Nd2 27. Bg2! the
only way 27... Bxg2 28.Kxg2 Qc6+ 29.Kh3 Qf3 30. Bf6
Qf5+ 31.Kg2 Qg6 (31...Qf3+ 32.Kg1 Qg4 33.Qxd2+-)
32.Qxd2;
b) 25... Bxe4 has another nice refutation 26. Rxe4! f5 (26...
N xe4 27.Qh6+-) 27.exf6!! Qxh5 28. Bxe6+ Qf7 29. Bxf7+
Kxf7 30. Re7+ Kg6 31. Rae1+-; 26.Qg5+ Kf8 27.Nf6 Qc6
28.Kh2! and the computer confirms Whites advantage]
25.Qg5 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 c4 It is clear that now the counterplay is not coming in time.
27.h5 cxd3 28. Rh4! Threats with hxg6 fxg6 Rxh7 Kxh7
Qh4 and mate in two moves. By leaving the d3 pawn on
the board, Fischer avoids the Blacks bishop joining of the
defense through d3.
28... Ra7 Horizontal defense with the rook. [28...dxc2?
29.hxg6 fxg6 30. Rxh7 Kxh7 31.Qh4+ Kg8 32.Qh8+
Kf7 33.Qg7#; 28... Rc7 was better chance to counter the
textmove 29. Bg2 by Bb7. However, the machine suggests an unreal winning line: 29. Rc1!! (29.Bg2 Bb7!) 29...
Rac8 (29...dxc2 30.R xc2! R xc2 31.hxg6 fxg6 32.R xh7+-)
30.Qh6! to lure the queen from the defense of the e6
pawn. 30...Qf8 31.Qd2! Nb3 32.hxg6! fxg6 33. Bxe6+!
Rf7 34.cxb3+- Of course, if somebody finds all these
moves he will be disqualified for cheating with computer!
It is impossible to play like this for ahuman.]

29. Bg2!! Fantastic winning move! Using the fact, that

Bb7 does not work now.
29...dxc2 [29... Bb7 would close the 7th rank. 30.hxg6!
fxg6 31. Rxh7+-]
30.Qh6! Qf8 [On 30...c1Q+ 31. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 32.Kh2! and
the same finish as in the game...]
31.Qxh7+!! Beautiful finish of agreat game! Mate is coming in two more moves. The game demonstrated very
well the plans in the opening for both sides.[31.Qxh7+
Kxh7 32.hxg6+ Kxg6 (32...Kg8 33.Rh8#) 33. Be4#] 10

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Surprise section / study

(18) Troitzky,Cheron
1962
[CEWN]
1. +-

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Solutions
(19) Motylev,A(2683) Geller,J (2544)
Russian league, 09.04.2012
[Solutions]

28.Qc4! Rad8 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 [29... Rxd5 30. Rd1+-]

30. Rd1! Qxc4 31. Rxd8+ Kh7 32.bxc4+(20) Li Shilong (2549) Bu Xiangzhi (2668)

20...Nxf3+! 21.Qxf3 [21.gxf3 Qg3+ 22.Ke2 Rxg5+]

21... Rxg5
(21) Hauser,C (2209) Perunovic,M (2582)
Deizisau, 06.04.2012
[Solutions]

22...g5!! [22... Rh6 23.h4] 23.h3 [23. Bf3 Rh6 24.h4 Bxf3
25.exf3 gxh4 26.g4 Rg6] 23... Bxh3 24. Bxh3 Qxh3
25.Qxg5+ Rg6 26.Nf4 Bxf4 27.Qxf4 Rh6 28.Qf3
Qh2+ 01

Xinghua, 04.04.2012
[Solutions]

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(22) Naiditsch,A(2702) Mladenov,S (2419)

Deizisau, 07.04.2012
[Solutions]

23. Rxh7! Kxh7 [23...fxg5 24.Qh3 Qxh3 25. Rxh3]

24.Qh5+ Kg8 25.Qxg6+ Ng7 26.Qh7+ Kf7 27.g6+!
[27. Bg6+ Ke7 28.Qxg7+ Kd8] 27...Ke8 [27...Ke7
28.Qxg7+ Kd6 29.Ne2!?] 28.Qxg7 Rg8 29.Qh7 Nf8
30.Qc7 Nd7 31.Ne2! Ke7 32.Ng3 10
(24) Bosch,J (2386) Shishkin,V(2464)
Deizisau, 09.04.2012
[Solutions]

24. Be6! Kh8 [24...fxe6 25.Nf6+! Qxf6 26. Rxf6 gxf6

27.Qg6+ Bg7 28.h5! Rxd5 29. Rg1 Rd7 30.h6+-] 25.Ng5
[25. Rxf7!+-] 25...e4 26.Nxf7+ Qxf7 27. Rxf7 Bd6+
28.Kg2 exd3 29. Rxb7 dxc2 30. Rc1
(23) Baramidze,D (2612) Grandadam,N (2361)
Deizisau, 09.04.2012
[Solutions]

10...Nc5!! 11. Bd3 [11.Qc2 Bxd4!; 11.dxc5 Bxc3+;

11.Qe3 h6! 12. Bf4 Ne6] 11...Nb3! 12.axb3 Qxa1++

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(25) Burg,T (2464) Bischoff,K (2521)

(27) Shankland,S (2580) Prasca Sosa,R (2420)

Deizisau, 09.04.2012

Philadelphia, 06.04.2012

[Solutions]

[Solutions]

30...b5! 31.Ng1 [31.axb5 axb5 32. Bxb5 Bxb5 33.Qxb5

Qf1+ 34.Ng1 Qxb5+] 31...bxc4 32.Qxc4+ Kd8+

53. Rxb7! Rxb7 54.Qxc6! Bxb3 [54...e6

(26) Gopal,G (2572) Baron,T (2497)

India-Israel rapid match, 03.04.2012
[Solutions]

55.Qxb7!! Bxb7 56. Bxe6+ Kh8 57.d5++-] 55.Kxb3!

10[55.Kxb3! Qd7 (55...Rb8 56.Qe6+ Kh8 57.d5++-)
56.Qxd7 Rxd7 57.c6+-]

41.Nh7+! Kg8 42.Nf6+! Kf8 43. Rh8+! 10[43. Rh8+

Bxh8 44.Qg8#]
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(28) Vajda,L (2597) Zeng,C (2435)

(29) Simkovitch,F

Doeberl Cup, 08.04.2012

1940

[Solutions]

[Solutions]

31.Nxe5! [31.d7+ Kd8] 31...Qxd6 [31...Qxc5 32.Qa8+

Rb8 33.d7+! Kd8 34.Qxb8+ Ke7 35.Qxf8+! Kxf8
36.d8Q++-] 32.Ncd7! [32.Ned7+-] 32...Qxd7 [32...
Bxd7 33.Qa8+ Rb8 34.Qxb8#] 33.Qa8+ 10[33.Qa8+
Rb8 34.Qxb8+! Kxb8 35.Nxd7+ Kc8 36.Nxf8+-]

1. Bf5! [1. Bf3 Ra4! 2. Bd1 Kf8! 3.Kh3 Ra1! 4. Bxg4

Rh1#] 1... Rc4 [1... Ra4 2. Bd7!!] 2. Be6! Kf8! 3.Kh3!
Rge4 4. Bd5! Kg7 5.Kh2! Ra4 6. Bc6! Rec4 7. Bb5!
Rg4 8. Bd7! Rae4 9. Bf5! 1/2

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