Solutions to‘ Tactics from master games’ on page 42
1. Bivol, A( 2368) Dimitrova, Aleksandra( 2128) [ A05 ] Loo RUS Loo RUS( 1.3), 20.04.2016 Position after 34th move. White to play. 35. Ng6! [ 35. Bd5 +- ] 35... fxg6 [ 35... f6 36. Bd5 + Re6 37. Nf4 +- ] 36. Bd5 + Re6 37. Qxg6 +- 1 – 0 2. Shabalov, Alexander( 2528) Robson, Ray( 2663) [ D43 ] ch-USA 2016 Saint Louis USA( 1.6), 14.04.2016 Position after White ' s 42nd move. Black to play. 42... Ne2![ 42... Ne2 43. Rxc7( 43. Bxe2 Rxc1 –+) 43... Ng1 + 44. Kh4 Nf3 + 45. Kh3 Rxh2 #] 0 – 1 3. Buscara, S( 2340) Churm, R( 2145) [ C02 ] 4NCL 2015 – 16 Birmingham ENG( 9.155), 30.04.2016 Position after18th move. White to play. 19. Bxh7 +! Kxh7 20. Ng5 + Kg8 [ 20... Kh6 21. Rc3 +-; 20... Kg6 21. Qg4 f5 22. exf6 Kxf6 23. Nxe6 Qf7 24. Re1 Qg6 25. Qh4 + Kf7 26. Rxb7 + Kg8 27. Rxg7 ++- ] 21. Qh5 Rfb8 22. Rc3 +- Qd7? 23. Qh7 + [¹ 23. Rh3! Kf8 24. Nh7 + Ke8 25. Nf6 + Ke7( 25... gxf6 26. Qh8 + Ke7 27. Qxf6 + Ke8 28. Rh8 #) ] 23... Kf8 24. Rf3 Nd8 25. Qh8 + Ke7 26. Qxg7 +- 1 – 0 4. Chakravarthi Reddy, M( 2254) Javanbakht, N( 2417) [ C00 ] Asian Juniors Rapid 2016 Delhi IND( 3.2), 03.05.2016 Position after White ' s 21st move. Black to play. 21... Bd7! 22. Qd1 [ 22. Qxd7 Qg5 + 23. Kh1 Qxc1 + 24. Kg2 Qg5 + 25. Kh1 Qd8 –+] 22... Qg5 + [ 22... Bh3!] 23. Kh1 Bh3! 24. Qg1 Bg2 +! [ 24... Bg2 + 25. Qxg2 Qxc1 + 26. Qg1 Qxg1 +–+] 0 – 1 5. Liang, Awonder( 2410) Landa, K( 2618) [ B10 ]
Hasselbacken Open 2016 Stockholm SWE( 9.11), 08.05.2016 Position after 20th move. White to play. 21. Nxe6! fxe6 [ 21... Rg8 22. Nd4 Nxe5 23. Nf5 Nxf3 24. gxf3 c5( 24... Rd8 25. Rde1 +-) 25. Rhe1 Bxf3; 21... Bf8 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 23. Rhe1 +- ] 22. Bh5 + Kd8 23. Bxb6 + Rc7 24. Bf7 Kc8 25. Bxe6 +- [ 25. Bxe6 Rd8 26. Rxd7 Rcxd7( 26... Rdxd7 27. Rd1 +-) 27. Rd1 ] 1 – 0 6. Shirov, A( 2686)- Saren, Bjorn( 2032) [ A81 ] Hasselbacken Open 2016 Stockholm SWE( 1.2), 30.04.2016 Position after 24th move. White to play. 25. Nd5 +! [ 25. Nd5 + cxd5( 25... Kb8 26. Rxf8 +-) 26. Qc3 + Kd7 27. Rxf8 Bxf8 28. Qh8 Ke7( 28... Be7 29. Qh3 ++-) 29. Qg8 +- [% csl Rg2 ] 29... Nxe3( 29... Nh4 30. Qh7 ++-; 29... Ne1 30. Qxd5 +-) 30. Qg5 +- ] 1 – 0
Solutions to‘ Test your endgame’ on page 43
1. Tjavlovski 1962 1. g7 Bd1 2. g4 + Kh6 3. g8N + Kg6 4. Nf6 Kg5 5. Nd5 + Kxg4 6. Ne3 + 1 … Be2 2. Kd5 Bd1 3. Kc4 Bg4 4. g8B 2. V. Bron 1963 1. Ng8 + Kf7 2. e7 Rxg2 3. d8R Rh2 + 4. Nh6 + Ke7 5. Ra8 Kd6 6. Ra5 Rh5 7. Ra6 + Kxd5 8. Ra5 wins 3. Hillel Aloni 1964 1. Nc7 Qd1 2. Kc3 Qe2 3. Be4 Qxe4 4. Ne8 + Kf8 5. Nd7 + Ke7 6. Bg5 + Kxd7 7. Nf6 + Ke6 8. Nxe4 Kf5 9. Kd4 wins 4. G. Kasparyan 1962 1. f7 Rb3 2. QxR Bxf7 3. Qd3 Kh4 4. Kg2 Rg1 + 5. Kxh2 Rg4 6. Qh7 + Bh5 7. Qe7 + Rg5 8. Qe1 + Kg4 9. Qe4 wins 5. V. Bron 1962 1. Bb5 + Kxc3 2. Qe5 + Kb4 3. Qe7 + Kb3 4. QxB d5 5. Qh2 d4 6. Qd2 d3 7. Qxd3 + Kb4 8. Qd6 + Kb3 9. Qd2 wins 6. V. Bron 1962 1. Kg3 Ke1 2. cxd Kd2 3. Ta3 Rc6 4. Kf4 Rc3 5. Ra2 + Kxd3 6. Be2 #
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