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TromsØ Olympiad Tactics – Answers
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White has a choice of queening combinations: 1. Qxg7+ Kxg7 2. e7 +- or 1.Qe7 fxe6 2.f6! Rxe7
3.fxe7 +-
Black mates after 1…Qf3! with the threat of …Qg2# when 2.Bxf2 loses to 2….Qxf2 3.Kh1 Qxh2#.
The only way to delay mate is with 2.Qf1 giving up the queen.
Black mates after 1.Qh6! when there is no way to stop mate by the knight on f6.
1…Bf2!! and the White queen is lost since 2.Qxf2 loses to 2…Nfxg4+ 3.hxg4 Nxg4+ -+
White mates in five with 1.Rxf7+ Kxf7 2.Qh7+ Kf8 3.Qh8+ Kf7 4.Bh5+ Ke7 5.Qg7#
White wins a piece with 1.Bxe5! when any recapture leads to the queen fork 2.Qc4+ winning the
bishop by 3.Qxg4 after the king moves.
White gives up the queen with 1.Nxf8! and the game continued 1…Rxd1 2.Nxg6+ Kh7 3.Rfxd1 Qa8
4.Nxe7 Qxe4 5.a5 +- and the a-pawn will queen or force the win of material.
White crashed through with 1.Nxd5! Play continued 1…exd5 2.e6! Ne5 3.Bxe7+ Kxe7 4.Qf6+ Kf8
5.Qxe5 Qxa2 6.Qf6! +White won with 1.Qxb8 Rxb8 2.Re8+ Kh7 3.Rxb8 Qd1+ 4.Kh2 Qh5+ 5.Bh3 Qf3 6.d8(Q) +
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