Editorial Preface

Table of Contents
The main event of the week is clearly the Russian Chess
 Editorial Preface 2 Championship. After 6 rounds there are 3 leaders: Vitiugov,
Tomashevsky and very surprisingly the young Artemiev.
These three players all have 4/6. In the women’s section
 Two best games of the past week 4
Goryachkina and Kosteniuk are leading with 4.5/6.

 Puzzle section 10 In the mini match out of 4 games between Li Chao and Leko
in Leko’s hometown Szeged, the first game ended in a draw.
 Endgame section 13 There is also a surprising leader in the French Championship
(that takes place without the participation of Fressinet and
 Golden knowledge 18 Vachier-Lagrave) and this is Jean-Marc Degraeve with 4.5/6.
The Turkish team Championship is still under way, with 2
 Chess and the City. rounds to go (out of a total of 13 rounds).
Li La Lueneburg 26 Already very soon we can expect the publication of the
pairings for the World Cup in Baku, which starts on the 11th
 Clash of the Titans 27 September. It seems like almost every top player in the
world is going to participate in this event and the fight will be
 Surprise section / study 31 extremely tough for the 2 golden tickets which qualify to the
Candidates tournament.
 Solutions 31 That’s it from the main events of the current week. Enjoy the
material and the analyses from the recent tournaments!

Arkadij Naiditsch & Csaba Balogh

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Two best games of the past week 9...Bxc5

(1) So, Wesley (2779)

- Volkov, Sergey (2589) [C11]

TCh-TUR Super League 2015(2.1), GM Csaba Balogh

2015.08.05 Best rating: 2672

It is quite unusal that a top player appears in a league, but a

Turkish team invited Wesley So to show his class. He beats his 10.Bd3! The new direction! All the top players are going for
experienced GM opponent in style. this line recently. White plays for the ideal arrangement of
1.e4 e6 Volkov only plays the French defense, so it is not so the pieces with Ne2-d4. [The old theory went with 10.Bxc5
difficult to prepare against him. 10...Nxc5 11.Qf2 Qb6 12.Bd3 b4! 13.Ne2 a5 followed by Ba6,
trading the bad french bishop. Hundreds of games have been
2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Wesley So follows a good practical played, but the latest theory considers it to be equal.]
strategy, that he goes for the recently most popular and
sharpest line, where a dubious old line might be refuted with 10...Qb6 [The tactical justification of the line is 10...d4
the strongest computer analysis. 11.Nxd4! Nxd4 12.Ne4! and Black is in trouble.]

4...Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 The initial position of this 11.Bf2! White wants to keep the option of castling kingside,
line. Black has various options here. Volkov chooses one of which would not be possible after taking on c5.
the main lines. 11...Bb7 [11...b4 12.Na4 Bxf2+ 13.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 14.Kxf2+=
7...a6 7... cxd4, 7...Qb6 and 7...Be7 are the alternatives. White opens the queenside with Rhc1 and c3 and the
endgame with the d4 square is typically better for him.]
8.Qd2 b5 9.dxc5 [9.a3 is the other option.; A well-known
mistake is 9.O-O-O? because Black closes the queenside with 12.O-O Rc8 13.Rae1 White activates his last unemployed
9...c4 and launches a terrible attack with b4!] piece! At the same time he protects the e5 pawn and prepares
for an attack with f5!
13...g6 This is the novelty. Hardly a prepared one. The move
itself is logical, an attempt to avoid f5, but it runs into tactical
problems.

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 16.Rxf2 Na5 Black tries to strengthen his d5 square against
the potential knight sacrifices.
17.Qh6! After White has found 14.f5, the moves are already
suggesting themselves. White does not count the hanging
piece, but focuses all his forces on the attack!
17...d4 [17...exf5 18.e6!h is still devastating!]
18.Ne4 exf5 Black knows that he cannot survive, so he tries
his best practical chance to accept the material and hope
14.f5!! A beautiful move! The breakthrough is coming for a blunder after which he might preserve it in the future.
anyway! The black king stands in the center, therefore White However Wesley So leads the attack precisely and collects the
opens the files in front of it even at the cost of a piece! An full point. [18...Bxe4 19.Bxe4h is also hopeless. Ng5 or Qg7
important detail is that Black has just played Rc8, which is coming next.]
prevents him from castling queenside, which could solve his
19.Nd6+ Kd8 [19...Ke7 20.Qg5+ Kf8 21.Qxf5h is also
problems after accepting the sacrifice on f5.
over.]
14...gxf5 15.Bxf5! Bxf2+ [Black cannot accept the piece,
20.Nxf7+ Kc7 Black wants to run away, but he misses one
because the attack becomes too strong after 15...exf5 16.e6!
move to get to b8-a8.
(16.Nxd5 looks even stronger, however Black has the brilliant

21.e6! Attacking the knight and creating the more important

16...Nd4!! with the idea of 17.Nxb6? Nxf3+ 18.gxf3 Rg8+ threat of Qf4 against which Black has no adequate defense!
19.Kh1 Bxf3#) 16...Nf6 (16...fxe6 is even worse, Black 21...Bxf3 22.Qf4+ Kb7 23.exd7h Black resigned as all his
loses after 17.Rxe6+ Kd8 18.Qg5+ Kc7 19.Nxd5+h wins pieces are hanging. White takes on f3 with check and then
the queen.) 17.Nxd5 Bxf2+ 18.Rxf2 Nxd5 19.exf7+ Kxf7 grabs one of the rooks, followed by promoting his d-pawn
20.Qxd5+h White is crushing!] soon. 1-0

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 10.Bg5 Bb7
(2) Bukavshin, Ivan (2655)
- Lysyj, Igor (2673) [E53]

68th ch-RUS 2015(1),

2015.08.09 GM Arkadij Naiditsch
Best rating: 2737

We are going to watch a fantastic game, with a lot sacrifices,

great positional play and very precise defence by Black. What
is also worth mentioning is that the game is just perfect. Both 11.Ne5 is one of the most aggressive continuations. The game
player played it extremely well, having full control over the is getting very sharp now.
situation and making the right decisions in very complicated 11...h6 It is usually a good idea for Black to include the h6-Bh4
positions! moves before doing something, to secure the king’s position
1.d4 e6 The move order in the game is not important, as a bit more.
the game anyway gets back into the main line of Nimzovich. 12.Bh4 Nbd7 Black is immediately fighting against the
Sometimes Black starts with 1...e6 on 1.d4, but only in case knight on e5, which is clearly the best thing to do.
he feels well-prepared in the French, which could appear after
2.e4. In this is the case, Lysyj even wrote a book on the French 13.Nxf7!? This is the beginning of a very interesting position.
defence. [Of course it is not dangerous for Black to play 13.Nxd7
13...Qxd7 14.Bxf6 gxf6 since in such structures only White is
2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 is one of the oldest and still most at risk of getting a worse position.]
popular lines.
13...Kxf7 is clearly the most principled move. [After 13...Rxf7
4...O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O This is the very main 14.Bxe6 we have a position which is difficult to evaluate, but
position and now Black has a wide range of continuations. White should not be worse. The 2 pawns for the 2 pieces vs
7...cxd4 has clearly been the most popular line lately. [For a rook should give White an edge, but on the other hand Black’s
long time the most played was 7...Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 pieces are very well placed and could compensate the slight
10.Bxc4 Qc7 which is still not out of fashion and we can find material disadvantage.]
games of for example Topalov in it.] 14.Bxe6+ White continues with the sacrifices, but it is already
8.exd4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b6 Black’s idea is simple, to quickly get needed.
the bishop to b7 and later on put maximum pressure on the 14...Kxe6 15.Qb3+ Kf5 The only move yet again.
d4 pawn.
16.Qc2+ Ke6 [Of course Black can’t counter with 16...Be4

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17.Nxe4 Nxe4 since White is winning the queen after 18.Bxd8]
17.Qb3+ Kf5 18.Qc2+ Ke6 After repeating the moves twice,
White continues to play for a win.
19.Qg6!? A very cool move! White is 2 pieces down but the
black king is in big danger. The direct threat is Rfe1 and after
Kd6 White would have Bg3.

23.c4!! To find such an amazing move is extremely hard over

the board. The idea is to force the black king to take the
c4 pawn, after which the c-file opens. 23...b5 24.Rab1 and it
seems that White’s attack is deadly! What a crazy position!]
21.Rfe1+ Kd5 The right move. [21...Kd6 was losing as after
22.Qg3+ the queen is getting back into the game. 22...Kc6
23.d5+ Kc5 24.c4 and White will mate soon.]
19...Bxc3! The strongest reponse. Black not only exchanges
22.c4+ White needs to do something fast!
a piece- which is great as he is 2 pieces up and has an open
king- but also protects for a second time the e1 square. [Let 22...Kc6 The best move once again. [White is mating after
us take a look at an example line: 19...Bd5 20.Rfe1+ Kd6 22...Kxc4 23.Qc2+ Kd5 24.Qf5+]
and now White catches the black king on d6 and doesn’t give
a chance to escape with Kc6-Kb7: 21.Rac1!? With a lot of
different mating threats.]
20.bxc3 and now Black really has a very wide range of moves,
because it seems like White doesn’t have any direct threats.
20...Re8! Another excellent decision by Lysyj. [20...Be4?
21.Rfe1 and Black loses a full piece after 21...Kd6 22.Rxe4
With a strong attack.; The game could also be very interesting
after 20...Kd6 21.Bg3+ Kc6 and now White has the very
strong 22.d5+! Kc5 (22...Kxd5 23.Qf5+ leads to mate: 23.Qg3! An excellent move. White continues threatening to
23...Kc6 24.Qe6+ Kb5 25.a4+ Ka5 26.Qc4) play d5 and now another idea is to just give a check on f3 at
some point. [23.Qxg7 is almost losing for White. 23...Ba6!
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Black remains with a big material advantage, things are still Kc8 29.Qf5+ Nd7 30.Qf4 Qd8 31.Re1 With the deadly threat
not that clear.] of playing Re8. The game is over.]
23...Rxe1+ Probably the only move again. [23...Ba6 was 27.Qxg7 Why not take a pawn if possible. Now White already
losing on the spot: 24.Qf3+! Kc7 25.Bg3+ Kc8 26.Qxa8+] has 3 pawns for the piece and his attack is still alive.
24.Rxe1 What a shocking position. White just has 3 pieces left 27...Nd7 Black is trying to consolidate.
on the board and he is 2 pieces down- but still things are very 28.Bg3 Defending against the Rg8 idea and at the same time
unclear! This is a very rare case in chess. puting the black king under pressure.
24...Qg8 The only move. White threatened to mate in one by 28...Rg8 The black pieces are finally out.
playing Re6.
29.Qc3 White wants to play Re1 next. [29.Qb2 would lead
25.Rc1 A very strange move, but maybe the best one! White to a very interesting position. 29...Ba6 30.cxb6 axb6 and it
wants to play d5. [25.d5+ was losing: 25...Nxd5 26.cxd5+ is very hard to tell who is better here, but maybe Bukavshin
Qxd5; 25.Qf3+ didn’t work either: 25...Kc7 26.Bg3+ Kc8 thought that it could become a bit dangerous with Black
27.Qf4 Qd8; But maybe an interesting choice was 25.Bxf6 somehow going for the g2 pawn with h5 or playing Bb7 and
25...Nxf6 26.Re7 and it seems that the game would end in a Qc6.]
draw after 26...Rc8 27.Qf3+ Kd6 28.Qa3+ Kc6 29.Qf3+ What
a beautiful perpetual check !] 29...Nxc5 30.Re1 Can Black stabilize the position to get the
full point?
25...Nc5! Perfect play! [25...Ba6 would still lead to a
dangerous position. 26.Qf3+ Kd6 27.Re1! Cutting the king’s 30...Qf5 [After 30...Qf7 31.Qd4! looks very strong and Black
escape route.] already needs to give the exchange in order to avoid being
worse. 31...Rxg3 32.hxg3 and I think White is clearly better
26.dxc5 here.]

26...Qe6 Another only move. [White is winning after

26...bxc5? 27.Qf3+ This line is very forced. 27...Kc7 28.Bg3+ 31.Re7 Threatening mate on c7.

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31...Qb1+ 32.Re1 Qf5 33.Re7 A repetition of moves!
33...Qb1+ [The last chance for Black was to play 33...Nd7 and
it is really difficult to say who is better here... The black king is
really dangerously placed but it is also hard for White to find a
way to continue the attack. It is a very complicated position!]
34.Re1 Why do such great fighting games usually end with a
"boring" draw?! :) 1/2-1/2

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Puzzle section
(3) Guseva, M(2431)-Girya, O(2487) (5) Howell, D(2712)-Gormally, D(2485)
Russian Woman Championship, 2015.08.10 British Championship, 2015.07.29

1... i 1... i

(4) Edouard, R(2634)-Degraeve, JM(2551) (6) Arkell, K(2488)-Summerscale, A(2416)

French Championship, 2015.08.10 British Championship, 2015.08.04

1... i 1. h

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(7) Gao Rui(2528)-Le Quang Liem(2699) (9) Nguyen Ngoc Trungson(2662)-Salem, A(2595)
Asian Continental, 2015.08.04 Asian Continental, 2015.08.09

1... i 1... i

(8) Gupta, A(2619)-Dzhumaev, M(2493) (10) Sethuraman, S(2635)-Khusnutdinov, R(2510)

Asian Continental, 2015.08.04 Asian Continental, 2015.08.09

1. h 1. h

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(11) Van Wely, L(2654)-Van Foreest, J(2519)
Vlissingen Open, 2015.08.04

1. h

(12) Harutyunian, T(2472)-Cori, J(2635)

Badalona Open, 2015.08.08

1. h

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Endgame section 42.b5 A logical move as the white pawn will probably be
better placed on b5 than on b4 for the future.
42...Ke6 The black king is getting closer to the center and
(13) Khairullin, Ildar (2662) maybe Black wants to play g4 next.
- Dubov, Daniil (2654) 43.exd5+ Nbxd5+ A very strange response in my opinion.
[I think it was more logical to play 43...Kxd5 with the easy
68th ch-RUS 2015(1), plan of playing Kc5 next. 44.Nc6 Attacking the e5 pawn.
2015.08.09 GM Arkadij Naiditsch
Best rating: 2737
44...Nbd7 and Black continues threatening to play Kc5. Of
course the position remains very complicated, but I think
Black’s chances to make a draw are reasonable.]
44.Kf2 [White could have tried to go into a different direction:
44.Kd3 but Black would do the same thing- try to exchange
all the pawns. 44...g4 45.fxg4 Nxg4 46.h4 Nf2+ 47.Ke2 Ng4
and it is not easy for White to improve.]

White was better all game long and now we are in a double
knight endgame where he is a pawn up. Usually knight
endgames should be evaluated similarly to pawn endgames,
so an extra pawn normally gives a very good chance to win
the game. In the current position however, things are far from 44...g4?! Black rushes things too much. [Maybe it was better
easy. Black wants to exchange the pawns and the double to play 44...Nb6 with the same idea as before, to bring the
knights are giving to him some extra chances for escape king to c5. 45.Nac4 Nxc4 46.Nxc4 Kd5 47.Ne3+ Kc5 and
because in case of a blank board it is not possible to mate the Black has good drawing chances.]
black king with just 2 knights. 45.Nac4 The knight from a5 is finally back in the game.
41.Nd2 Black would play d5 next anyway, so White is bringing 45...gxf3 46.Kxf3 All black needs to do is to take White’s 3
the knight a bit closer to the center. pawns, but that is a very difficult task.
41...d5 Of course ! Exchanges of pawns is what is needed! 46...Nd7 47.Ne4 The white knights are perfectly placed.

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47...Ne7 Black is looking for some play. 59.Kf2 Kd3
48.Nc3?! There was no reason at all to let the black knight
out to d4. [48.Ne3! would paralize the black pieces. Now
White would have all the time in the world to create another
passed pawn on the kingside.]
48...Nf5 The knight is back in the game.
49.g4? This is a very serious mistake. The idea to create a
passed h-pawn is correct, but right now it just doesn’t work!
[White should have continued with 49.b6 49...Nd4+ 50.Kf2
with good winning chances.]
60.b8=Q Nxb8 61.Ke1 Nc6 62.h7 Nd4 63.h8=Q Nc2+ and
49...Nd4+ [After 49...hxg4+ 50.Kxg4 Nf6+ White has the Black is just in time!]
strong 51.Kg5!]
53.Kg2 e4 Black’s chances for a draw are still very good. Give
50.Kg3 hxg4 51.Kxg4 up one knight for the b-pawn and one for the h-pawn and it is
done! :)
54.b6 White pushes the passed pawn, but that probably just
makes things easier for Black. [White had a tricky move like
54.h3!? to prevent Black from playing Ng4 in the future.
54...Kd7 55.Kf2 followed by Ne3 somewhere, with still some
practical chances of winning the game.]

51...Nf6+ Suddenly the passively placed black pieces are in

perfect harmony.
52.Kg3 Nf5+? and Black gives back the favor, probably
based on a miscalculation of the following long line: [52...Nd5
The beginning of a forced line. 53.Nxd5 Kxd5 54.b6 (Not
better is 54.Na3 54...Kc5 55.h4 e4 56.Kf4 and Black makes
an easy draw with 56...e3 57.Kxe3 Nf5+ followed by Nxh4.)
54...Kxc4 55.b7 To make the following calculation is not that 54...Kd7 Now the black king is getting very close.
simple, but possible... 55...Nc6 56.h4 e4 57.h5 e3 58.h6 e2 55.Na5 The only move to avoid Kc6.

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55...Kc8 A very safe move with the threat of playing Nd7 next.
(14) Karjakin, Sergey (2753)
56.Nb5 White doesn’t have anything better.
- Khismatullin, Denis (2642)
56...Nd7 57.Na7+ [57.b7+ 57...Kb8 followed by Nc5 and
Nxb7 with a draw.] Russian Championship, GM Csaba Balogh
2015.08.09 Best rating: 2672
57...Kb8 58.N7c6+ Kc8 59.Na7+ Kb8 60.N7c6+ and
White finds no way to improve the position- and there was
indeed no way to improve it already! Well, this was an
endgame with a lot of mistakes but we had to admit that the
starting position was very complicated. 1/2-1/2

A very interesting question is as to how one would evaluate

the following endgame. It is clear that the pieces with the
pawns are stronger than the queen, but the question is, if
Black is able to create any counterplay, does he have realistic
drawing chances after the pawn gets advanced? White must
advance his pawns sooner or later to make progress, but then
the white king gets exposed and Black will have more checks-
but will it be enough to save the game?! After all, I came
to the conclusion that White is winning. Karjakin realizes
his advantage with perfect technique. He has all the time
to prepare for any kind of progress and Black cannot fight
against the pawns in the long term... Let’s see how it looks
like in practice.
54...Qc2 55.Nd3 Qc6+ 56.Kg1 White does not want to
move his f-pawn yet, because it allows checks on the 2nd
rank. He rather moves his h-pawn and hides his king on g2
or h2 according to the circumstances.

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56...Qe4 57.h3 Ke7 58.Re3! It is time to regroup the pieces.
The knight could support the pawns better and at the same
time give the king shelter against the checks.
58...Qd5 59.Ne1! The knight should be somewhere around
the king!
59...Qd1 60.Kh2 Qb1 61.Kg2 Qg6+ 62.Rg3 Qe4+
63.Nf3! In the last 5 moves, the only change that White
has made in his position is to drive the knight from d3 to f3.
However this seemingly irrelevant transfer allows many new
plans for White! In the next few moves it all becomes clear. 69.Ng5! White keeps everything protected. Only the e5 pawn
is "alone", but it is also indirectly protected by Re6.
69...Qb3+ 70.Kg4 Qd5 [Black quickly runs out of checks
after 70...Qd1+ 71.f3 Qg1+ 72.Kh5h which is similar to the
game.]
71.Re6+ Kf8

63...Kf8 64.Rg4! Qf5 65.Kg3! We can see now the

excellent position of the f3 knight. Black cannot even give a
check and White is ready to advance his h-pawn.
65...Qb1 66.h4 Qh7 Black prevents the further advance of
the h-pawn. White does not want to touch his e-pawn either,
therefore a new regrouping of his pieces is needed in order to 72.Kh5! Suddenly the white king goes to g6 or h6 and it
make progress. will not only be protected from the checks, but also creates
67.Rf4+ Ke8 68.Rf6! Qg8+ different kind of mating nets, such as Kg6, Nh7 and Re8 mate.
72...Qd4 73.f4! Bringing another defender against the
checks! The pawn cannot be taken because of Rf6!
73...Qd1+ 74.Kg6 White threatens to play Nh7 and Re8 now.
The only way to prevent it is to pin the knight.

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74...Qg4 75.h5 It is clear that the game is over. White only
needs to be careful to avoid stalemate ideas.
75...Qg1 76.h6 Qg2 77.Rf6+! After White sends the king
to the e-file, he has no more hopes for stalemate. [Black
resigned in view of 77.Rf6+ 77...Ke7 78.h7 Qh2 79.Kg7h It
was instructive how hopeless Black was with his queen!] 1-0

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Golden knowledge (16) EX-2

GM Adrian Mikhalchishin
FIDE Trainers Commission Chairman
This is the oldest example of direct pawns break. We must
mention that if it was Black’s move, 1..g6 would stop this
dangerous maneuver.
(15) Ex-1
1.g6! hxg6 2.f6! gxf6 3.h6 1-0

(17) EX-3

A break is one of the most important methods in endgames.

Sometimes there is no other possibility to create a passed
pawn, so it is necessary to sacrifice. This method is used
mostly in pawn endings, but we want to show that it is also 1.h6! Here we have a preparation for the break since it is
frequently used in other types of endgames. necessary to control the f6 square longer.
1...a3! The simplest break! With the help of this pawn 1...Ke6 2.g6! 1-0
sacrifice, Black clears the way for his own c-pawn, which
becomes unstoppable.
2.bxa3 c3 0-1

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(18) EX-4 (20) EX-6

1.f5!! exf5 [Another kind of break works after 1...Kb5 2.f6 gxf6
1...c4! 2.dxc4 [Things are simple after 2.bxc4 2...a4]
3.exf6 Kc6 4.h5 gxh5 5.g6 fxg6 6.f7]
2...a4 3.bxa4 b3! 4.cxb3 d3 0-1
2.h5! gxh5 3.g6! fxg6 4.e6 Finally everything was sacrificed,
but the last pawn is on its way to the top. 1-0
(19) EX-5
(21) Awerbah, Y.-Bebchuk, E.
Moscov, 1961

1...c3! 2.bxc3 b3! We can call this a long break or delayed

break.
3.axb3 a3 0-1
1.e4 Kc6 2.e5! Black has a dangerous passed pawn so White
has to try and create a passed pawn immediately.
2...fxe5 3.g5 hxg5 [3...Kd7 doesn’t help since after 4.f6
Ke6 5.fxg7 Kf7 6.gxh6 b5 7.Ke4 b4 8.Kd3 the white king
successfully wins both black pawns.]

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4.f6 gxf6 5.h5 White gave all his pawns, but the last one is (23) Welling-Eingorn
unstoppable. 1-0 Bad Wiesee , 2006

(22) Cekro, E.-Arhangelsky, B.

Esent, 2002

1...g5?? This typical mistake happened in hundreds of games

on different levels. Here the strong GM Eingorn did not know
the typical blow and a very unpleasant break reverts the
1.g3? [1.f4 1...g4 2.Kd3 was correct.] evaluation of the position.

1...g4! 2.gxh4 gxh3 3.Kf3 f4! 2.g4!! hxg4 [2...gxh4 makes no big difference. 3.gxh5 Ke6
(3...f5 4.h6 Kf6 5.e5+ Kg6 6.e6 and White is winning.) 4.Kf4
Kf7 5.Kg4 and losing the h4 pawn means the end for Black.]
3.h5 f5 4.h6 f4+ 5.Kf2 Kf6 6.e5+! With the same idea as
before: the black king can’t fight with two such powerful
pawns.
6...Kg6 7.e6 1-0

Creating a typical box for the opponent’s king.

4.h5 Ke5 Now the king stops White’s pawn and it is time to
resign. 0-1

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(24) Camacho, G.-Hernandez, A. (25) Koch, Ju-De Dovitiis, A.
Cuba, 1995 Argentina , 2005

This case seems to be much more complicated, but the win is A slightly similar position to the previous one, but here Black
very similar. prevents the break in a very technical way.
1.g4!! fxg4 [1...gxf4 2.gxf5h] 1...Kd6! [1...g5? 2.g4!! hxg4 (2...gxh4 3.gxh5 h3 4.Kf2 f5
2.f5 dxc5+ [Other options don’t help: 2...Kf6 3.cxd6 cxd6 5.h6 Kf6 6.exf5h) 3.h5 Ke6 (3...f5 4.h6 f4+ 5.Kf2 Kf6 6.e5+
4.b5h; 2...g3 3.Ke3 g4 4.c6 h5 5.b5 h4 6.Ke2!h] Kg6 7.e6h) 4.Kf2 Kf7 5.Kg3 Kg7 6.Kxg4 Kh6 7.c5! (7.Kf5
7...Kxh5 8.Kxf6 g4 9.e5 g3 10.e6 g2 11.e7 g1=Q 12.e8=Q+
3.bxc5 g3 4.Ke3 g4 Kh4 13.Qh8+ Kg3 14.Qg7+ Kf2 15.Qxg1+ Kxg1 16.Ke5 Kf2
17.Kd6 Ke3=) 7...b5 (7...bxc5 8.c4 Kg7 9.e5! fxe5 10.Kxg5h)
8.Kf5 Kxh5 9.Kxf6 g4 10.e5 g3 11.e6 g2 12.e7 g1=Q 13.e8=Q+
Kh4 14.Qh8+ Kg3 15.Qg7+ Kf2 16.Qxg1+ Kxg1 17.Ke5 Kf2
18.Kd6 Ke3 19.Kxc6h]
2.Kd4? [It was possible to keep the balance with 2.Ke2
2...Ke6 3.Kf2! (3.Kf3 3...g5 4.Ke2 gxh4 5.gxh4 Ke5 6.Ke3 f5
7.exf5 Kxf5 8.Kf3 c5) 3...g5 (3...b5 4.cxb5 cxb5 5.Ke3 Ke5 6.Kf3
g5 7.Ke3 gxh4 8.gxh4) ]
2...g5 3.c5+ bxc5+ 4.Kd3 [Or 4.Kc4 4...Ke5 5.Kxc5 gxh4
5.c6!! [Just not 5.d6+? 5...cxd6 6.c6 d5!=] 6.gxh4 Kxe4 7.Kxc6 f5 8.Kd6 f4i]
5...h5 6.f6+ Kxf6 7.d6 1-0 4...Ke5 5.Kc4 gxh4 6.gxh4 Kxe4 7.Kxc5 f5i

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(26) Bronstein, D. (27) Kupreichik, V.-Marjanovic, S.
Shakhmaty Moskva, 1967 USSR - Jugoslavija , 1979

1.Kb2 f5 2.Kc3 h5 3.Kd3! h4 4.f4! g4 5.Ke2 g3 [5...Kd7 40...Kc6 41.g5 White has a dangerous pawn majority on this
6.hxg4 fxg4 7.f5] flank.
41...hxg5 [41...Kxc5 42.f6 gxf6 43.gxh6 and the h-pawn will
promote.]
42.f6! gxf6 43.h5 and once the h-pawn is unstoppable. It
cost a few pawns, but it paid in the end. 1-0

(28) Baramidze, D.-Khamrakulov, I.

Dresden, 2008

6.e4! This break has the idea to create two passed pawns with
a bigger distance between them than the black pair!
6...fxe4 7.f5 1-0

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39.a3 a4 [Or 39...Ke6 40.b4 axb4 (40...Kxf6 41.c5 bxc5 42.bxa5 This is a much more complicated case because Black has his
Ke6 43.a6) 41.axb4 Kxf6 42.Ke2 Ke6 43.Kf3 Kf6 44.Kg4 own dangerous passed pawn.
Kg6 45.Kh4 Kf6 46.Kh5] 1.f5! b3 2.Kc3 gxf5 [After 2...Kd5 3.e6 fxe6 4.fxg6 Ke5 5.h5
40.b4! axb3 41.a4! White doesn’t care about the material, the white king starts to capture the black pawns and Black
his idea is to create two passed pawns. can’t do anything about it.]
41...h5 3.gxf5 Kd5 4.e6! fxe6 5.f6! gxf6 6.h5! and with the sacrifice
White managed to block the opponent’s king’s way to h8! 1-0

(30) Guliev, S.-Tukmakov, V.

Nikolaev, 1993

42.c5! Now White creatres two very distant passed pawns.

The Russians calls them in a funny way: TROUSERS!
42...bxc5 43.a5 h4 44.f7 Ke7 45.f8=Q+ Kxf8 46.a6 and
the pawn promotes with check. 1-0

(29) Mamedyarov, S.-Sokolov, I.

33.Ke3? [Chess is all about timing, as used to say the great
Essent Robert Fischer. It is useful to improve the position of the king,
but it is even more important to use the power and dynamism
of the passed pawns. 33.a4! 33...Kd6 34.a5 c4 35.a6! Kc5
36.d6 Kxd6 37.b6h]
33...Kd6 34.Ke4 c4 35.a4 c3 36.Kd3 Kxd5 37.Kxc3 Kc5
Black will use the e5 pawn to deflect the opponent’s king and
will win both pawns on the queenside, creating new a passed
pawn on the a-file. 0-1

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(31) Chatalbashev, B.-Tratar, M.
20th TCh-CRO 1b, 2011

58.hxg6+ Kxg6 59.Kd6 Kf7 [59...h5 60.e5 h4 61.e6 h3 62.e7

Kf7 63.Kd7 h2 64.e8=Q+h]
60.e5 1-0
It is necessary to play a decisive move immediately here!
55.g5!! [55.Kh7? 55...Kf7 56.Kh8 Kf8= and; 55.Kf5 55...Kf7 (32) Vilela De Acuna, J.-Garcia Palermo, C.
56.f4 exf4 57.Kxf4 Ke6 58.Kf3 Ke5 59.Ke3= are indeed dead Bayamo , 1983
draws.]
55...fxg5?! [55...hxg5!? is more complicated: 56.h6 The
breakthrough continues. 56...gxh6 57.Kxf6 Ke8 58.Kg6! (Of
course not 58.Kxe5? 58...h5 59.Kf5 h4 60.Kg4 Ke7 61.f4 gxf4
62.Kxh4 Kd6 63.Kg4 Kc5 64.Kxf4 Kxb6=) 58...Kd7 (58...Ke7
59.Kxh6 Kf6 60.Kh5h) 59.Kxh6 Kc6 60.Kxg5 Kxb6 61.Kf5
Kc5 62.Kxe5 b5 63.Kf4!? is more logical than the other
winning option. (63.f4?! 63...b4 64.f5 b3 65.f6 b2 66.f7 b1=Q
67.f8=Q+ Kc4 68.Qd6 mates in 52 moves according to the
tablebase.) 63...Kd4 (63...b4 64.Ke3 Kc4 65.Kd2h) 64.e5
Kd5 65.Kf5 b4 66.e6 Kd6 (66...b3 67.e7 b2 68.e8=Q b1=Q+
69.Qe4+h) 67.Kf6 b3 68.e7 b2 69.e8=Q b1=Q 70.Qe7+ Kd5 1...c5! 2.h4 [2.dxc5 2...bxc5i; 2.Kg4 2...c4 3.Kf4 b5 4.e4
71.Qe5+ Kc6 72.Qe4+h] b4!i]
56.Kf5 Kf7 57.Kxe5 2...Kd6! [Wrong was 2...c4? 3.e4 b5 (3...dxe4? 4.Kxe4 b5
57...g6 [57...Ke7 does not help either: 58.Kf5 Kf7 59.e5 5.d5+ Kd6 6.Kd4h) 4.e5! b4 5.Ke3 c3 6.Kd3! cxb2 7.Kc2
Ke7 60.Kg6 Ke6 61.Kxg7 Kxe5 62.Kxh6 Kf6 63.Kh7 Kf7 bxa3 8.Kb1 Kd7 9.Kc2 Kc6 10.Kb1 Kb6 11.Kc2 Kb5 12.Kb1
64.h6h] Kc4 13.Kc2!=]

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3.Kf3 c4! 4.Kf4 [Other options are not better: 4.e4 4...dxe4+ (34) Tzermiadianos, A.-Iuldachev, S.
5.Kxe4 b5 6.d5 b4! 7.axb4 c3 8.Kd3 cxb2 9.Kc2 a3i; 4.Ke2 Al ain, 2012
4...Ke6i]
4...b5 5.e4 dxe4 6.Kxe4 b4 7.axb4 c3 8.Kd3 cxb2 9.Kc2
a3 10.b5 Kd5! [10...Kd5 11.Kb1 (11.b6 11...Kc6i) 11...Kc4!
12.b6 Kb3i] 0-1

(33) Shirov, A.-Akopian, V.

Oakham YM, 1992

34.Ke2?? White did not see the break in the pawn ending,
but it was not so easy to find the best way to keep the balance
here. [34.Be4 ]
34...Nxf3 35.Kxf3 b5! This is the move White missed when
playing 34.Be2??.
36.Ke4 bxa4 37.Kd3 axb4 38.cxb4 Kb6 0-1

53...Bxf3? is the wrong transposition into a pawn endgame

as Black overlooked the break... [After 53...Ke6 Black still had
drawing chances.]
54.Kxf3 h2 55.Kg2 Kxe4 56.c5 Kd5 [56...bxc5 Ftacnik 57.a5
Kd5 (57...c4 58.b6h) 58.a6! c4 59.b6 c3 60.bxa7 h1=Q+
61.Kxh1 c2 62.a8=Q+h]
57.c6 Kd6 58.Kxh2 Kc7 59.Kg3 Kd6 60.Kf4 Ke6 61.Ke4
Kd6 62.Kf5 1-0

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Chess and the City.
Li La Lueneburg

Lueneburg is famous for its beautiful half timbered houses...

WGM Elisabeth Paehtz
Best rating: 2493
Besides that I hardly remember a chess event in
Germany (expect of course the German National Women
Finally the time has come to play again. In less than two days Championship) where so many national women players take
a rather huge open tournament is going to start in the small part. With Sarah Hoolt, Judith Fuchs, Melanie Ohme and
but very beautiful town of Lueneburg. myself we have almost the entire national team playing.
The tournament will consists of 4 events, two round robin However, we are funnily divided among 3 events. Melanie will
tournaments (IM and GM) in the morning and two open participate in the IM round robin tournament whereas Judith
tournaments (A and B) in the afternoon. I will participate and Sarah will go for the A-open in the afternoon.
in the GM round robin event where I hypothetically get the Some players, who cannot get enough, will play the round
chance to achieve a GM norm. The average of my tournament robin as well as the open in the afternoon, but I am not
will be about 2450 and the two strongest participants are GM ambitious enough or simply too lazy for such things...
Ovsejevitsch Sergei and IM Andreas Heimann. The latter just
recently played with me at the Mitropa Cup in Austria where
he was the top scorer of our team. With a rating of over 2550
he is not only likely to be the strongest IM in Germany but also
the hottest candidate for a GM norm.

... and its old and historical city center along the river "Ilmenau"

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Clash of the Titans

(35) Chigorin, Mikhail

- Tarrasch, Siegbert [C00]

St Petersburg m(4), 1893

GM Kamil Miton
Best rating: 2655
& GM J.K Duda
8.Nc3?! Personally I don’t like this move: the knight has
no clear future and it freezes White’s potential counterplay
on the queenside. We cannot criticize Chigorin though:
1.e4 e6 2.Qe2!? This was Chigorin’s pattern, discovered by the game was played in the late years of the XIX century,
himself. The main idea behind this move is to forbid d5. and chess was not as developed as today. On the other
hand his plan is quite simple: he wanted to develop the
2...c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Be7!? This is an interesting try to play
pieces as soon as possible and just see what happens. [8.e5
d5 and later recapture with the pawn.
8...Nd7 9.c4 is the modern way: let’s check some variations
5.Bg2 [5.e5!? is an interesting way to disturb Black’s which we had a look at without an engine: 9...b6 10.cxd5
development, but inconsistent with the way of thinking of (10.Nc3 10...d4 11.Ne4 Bb7 12.Bf4 Qc7 13.Rfe1 (13.Nf6+
the old masters. 5...f6 (5...d6 6.exd6 Qxd6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O 13...gxf6 14.exf6 Bd6 15.Nxd4 Nxf6 16.Nb5 Bxf4 17.Nxc7
O-O 9.Na3+= The queen stands poorly on d6 because of Nc4 Bxc7e Three pieces seem to be much stronger than the white
or Bf4. ) 6.Bg2 fxe5 7.Nxe5 Nd4 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qd1 (9.Nxg6 queen.) 13...Ncxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Nd2 (15.Nxc5!? 15...bxc5
9...Nf6) 9...d6 10.Nc4 Bf6!? (10...Nf6 11.O-O e5 (11...O-O 12.c3 16.Bxe5 Qd7 17.Qg4 g6=) 15...Bxg2 16.Bxe5 Qc6 17.Qg4
Nf5 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4+=) 12.Ne3 (12.Nc3 12...Bg4 13.f3 Be6 f6 18.f3 Bxf3 19.Nxf3 fxe5 20.Nxe5 Qd6=+ and the white
14.d3 O-O 15.f4 e4) 12...O-O 13.Nc3 Kh8 14.Ncd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 knight cannot compensate for the missing pawn.) 10...exd5
Bg5 16.b4C) 11.O-O Ne7 12.Nc3 d5 13.Ne3 O-Ok] 11.Nc3 d4 12.Nd5 Bb7 13.e6 Here some crazy variations
5...d5 6.d3 [6.e5 6...Nh6! and the knight finds its own home.; appear: 13...fxe6 (13...Nf6?! 14.Ng5 Nxd5 15.exf7+ Kh8
6.exd5 6...exd5 The queen on e2 stands badly because it is (15...Rxf7 16.Nxf7 Kxf7 17.Qh5+h) 16.Nxh7 Rxf7 17.Qe6
hard to play d4 any longer.] (17.Qh5 17...g6 18.Ng5+ gxh5 19.Nxf7+ Kg7 20.Nxd8 Rxd8e)
17...Kxh7 18.Bxd5 Rf6 19.Qh3+ Rh6 20.Be4+h) 14.Nf4!
6...Nf6 7.O-O O-O (14.Qxe6+ 14...Kh8 15.Bf4 (15.Nxd4?? 15...Nxd4 16.Qxe7
Bxd5 17.Qxd8 Ne2+i) 15...Bf6=) 14...Qe8 15.Nxe6 Bf6
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and the rook is lost.) 17.Bd5 Na5 (17...Kh8 18.Nxf8!h) 15.Bd2 Nf8 16.Ne1 Although the white pieces occupy the
18.Nxg7+ (18.Nc7+!? 18...Bxd5 19.Nxe8 Raxe8 20.Ne4 two last lines, this setup isn’t senseless as he wants to attack
c4nwith some practical compensation.) 18...Kxg7 19.Ne6+ with the pawns. Now Tarrash makes some mistakes and loses
Kh8 20.Bxb7 Nxb7 21.Bxh6 Rf7 22.Rae1A) 16.Re1 Rf7 several tempi:
17.Nfg5 Re7 (17...Bxg5 18.Nxg5 Re7 19.Bd5+ Kh8 20.Nf7+
Qxf7 21.Bxf7 Rxe2 22.Rxe2 Nce5 23.Bf4!c The rook is coming
to the 7th rank.) 18.Bd5 Kh8 19.Qe4 (19.Qg4!? ) 19...Nf8
20.Bf4Cwith complex play.]
8...a6 is quite slow, but planned: Black wants to invade
the queenside with a pawn phalanx. [8...Nd4 9.Nxd4 cxd4
10.Nd1 dxe4 11.dxe4 e5]
9.Bg5!? This move shows Chigorin’s skills: he is provoking
Black to play h6 in order to use it as a weakening after a
16...Ne6?! 17.f4 Bb7 18.f5 Ng5 19.Nf2 Rc8 20.Qh5 [20.h4
potential g4-g5. It seems unreal, but the game shows that at
20...Nh7 21.Nf3 looks more natural, but what does White
this time everything could happen! ;-)
want to do in the future?]
9...h6 10.Bf4 b5 11.Rfe1 d4 [11...Bb7 was also possible,
20...Nh7 [20...c4 is maybe more precise.]
to keep the center tense. 12.exd5 Nxd5 (12...exd5 13.d4 c4
(13...cxd4 14.Nxd4) 14.Rad1) 13.Nxd5 Qxd5!? 14.Ne5 Qxg2+! 21.Nf3 c4 22.Bf1!? The Russian corrects the worst piece -
(14...Nd4 ) ] the light squared bishop. Now he is ready to push the g-pawn
forward.
12.Nd1 Now the knight is really passive, but it’s quite likely it
will come to play via f2. 22...cxd3 [22...Bb4 is a classical attempt to exchange the bad
bishop, but Black can play this anytime.]
12...Nd7 Black is gaining space.
23.cxd3 [23.Bxd3! Finally the bad bishop has its own function
13.Kh1 Re8 [13...Bb7 14.Ng1! Kh8 15.Bd2 f5 16.f4]
and the c-file is covered. I think in this case White’s attack
14.Rg1 Chigorin’s plan is quite clear now. He wants to would be crushing.]
attack on the kingside, like Steinitz before him. It’s obvious
23...Ng5 [23...Bb4 ]
that Black’s counterattack will come quicker, as he is better
prepared, but on the other hand White’s attack is more 24.Bxg5!? A dynamic move. White gives his excellent bishop
dangerous, because it is targeted on the black king. in order to get some tempi to prepare the attack. Now the
game sharpens.
14...e5 [14...Bb7 with idea to be flexible. 15.g4 e5 16.Bg3
g5!?e and White has no attack anymore.] 24...Bxg5 25.Ng4 Kf8 [25...Be3! 26.Rg2 f6 was the way to
block White’s attack. Now it becomes very strong.]

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26.Be2 Bf6?! According to the computer this is a blunder. 29...Ng8! e Now Black overtakes the initiative. On the
Black loses too much time. On the other hand it is hard kingside White’s attack has been burst, and on the other side
to suggest anything better, but the computer prefers Rc7. Black is dominating.
[26...Be3 ] 30.Bd1 Chigorin is improving his bishop, but in fact it is only
27.h4?! Too slow. White had better to play [27.Raf1! to temporary.
improve his last piece. Black is already in deep trouble: 30...Rc7 31.Bb3 Rec8 32.Nf2 Bd8 33.Qe2 a5 34.Nf3 a4
27...Nb4 28.Nxf6 (28.a3!? ) 28...gxf6 (28...Qxf6 29.g4 and 35.Bd1 Did I not say it?!
Black is about to lose.) 29.Qxh6+ Ke7 30.Qd2 Qd6 31.Bd1!
and White has an overhelming advantage, for example after
31...Nxa2 32.Bb3 Nb4 33.g4A]
27...Qd6 [27...Nb4! With counterplay!]
28.Nfh2?! Again too slow. White could attack instantly:
[28.Nxf6 28...Qxf6 29.g4 Qd6 30.g5 and it is hard to believe
that Black can escape from this terrible position.]
28...Ne7!? Good defence! Black is using the fact that the king
on h1 and bishop on b7 are on the same diagonal. [28...Bd8
is the main computer defence, although after 29.Raf1 f6 35...Bc6 [35...Rc1 36.g4 For the computer everything it is
30.Nxh6 White grabs a pawn for nothing.] clear, but for a human it is not. White has some counterplay
which might be very dangerous in the nearest future. Now
both sides are regrouping their forces.]
36.g4 f6 37.Nh3 Be8 38.Qh2 [38.g5!? ]
38...Bf7 39.a3 Bb3 40.Nf2 [40.g5!? ]
40...Bxd1 41.Nxd1 Rc2 42.Qg3 b4 43.axb4 Qa6
[43...Qxb4!? ]
44.Nf2 [44.g5 The computer thinks it is better to give up the
d3 pawn rather than this one on b2, as the a-pawn might be
very dangerous.]
29.Raf1? [29.Nxf6! is the correct move order to get the queen
44...Rxb2 45.g5 hxg5 46.hxg5 Rcc2 47.Ng4 Now White has
to f6. Once again White’s attack is very strong now. 29...Qxf6
plenty of counterplay and I think it is harder to play this
30.Raf1 (30.Ng4?? 30...Qxf5!) 30...Ng8 31.g4! (31.Ng4?!
position with Black, even though he has a small edge.
31...Qd6 32.f6?? g6i) 31...Qd6 32.g5A]

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47...Qd6? [47...fxg5! is the computer’s suggestion, although 52.Rxf6+?? Aooughh!!! The most natural move in the
it looks rather shaky. In my own opinion the most logical position, but what a blunder it is. Now White is dead lost.
attempt is to play for my own asset:; 47...a3!? White has to [52.Ng5!! An amazing move, missed by both players!! White
play very creatively to hold the balance: 48.b5! with the idea doesn’t take the poor black lady and instead improves his
to disrupt the communication in the black camp. 48...Rxb5 own knight! The computer thinks it is equal here, but
Not the only move, but a quite logical one. 49.Qh4 Rbb2 everything could happen between these players: 52...Ke8!
50.Qh8! fxg5 51.f6 Bxf6 52.Nxf6 gxf6 53.Rxg5 fxg5 54.Nd2+!! (52...Ke7 ) 53.Rxf6 gxf6 54.Qh7 Ne7 55.Qh8+ Kd7 56.Nf7!
It is very important to switch Black’s rooks off from play for (56.Ne6 only leads to a draw: 56...Rc8! 57.Qxf6 Rb1 58.Nc5+
a moment. 54...Ke8 (54...Ke7?? 55.Qg7+! Kd6 56.Qg6+ Rxc5 59.Qe6+ Ke8 60.Qxa2 Rxf1+ 61.Kg2 Rcc1 62.Qe6=)
Kc5 57.Qxa6h) 55.Qxg8+ Kd7 56.Rf7+ Kc6 57.Rf6+ Kb7 56...Kc7! 57.b5 Kb6 and according to the computer it is level.
58.Qd5+! (58.Rxa6? 58...Rc1+ 59.Kg2 Rxd2+ 60.Kg3 Rxd3+ What an incredible position!]
61.Kg4 Kxa6i) 58...Rc6 (58...Qc6!? ) 59.Qd7+ Rc7 52...gxf6i Now White is lost, because the black king is
60.Qd5+ Qc6!? is the last try to win the game, but an sheltered enough and the rooks and the a-pawn are too
unsuccessful one: 61.Rxc6 Rxc6 62.Nc4 a2 63.Na5+ Kb6 powerful.
64.Qxc6+ Kxa5 65.Qc5+ Ka4 66.Qc4+ Ka3 67.Qa6+ Kb4
68.Qc4+= and it is a perpetual. I guess even today’s top 53.Rd1 Rb1 54.Qf1 Rcb2 55.Nd2!? The last try, but it is not
grandmasters would have problems to find all the moves on enough.
either side. That is a computer!!!] 55...Rxd1 56.Qxd1 Rxd2 57.Qc1 [57.Qa1 57...Rc2!? 58.b5
48.gxf6 Bxf6 49.Qh3! A very strong move! White is Ke7 59.b6 Kd6 60.b7 Kc7 and White is out of good moves.]
improving the position of his queen. 57...Rxd3! 58.Kg2 Rc3 59.Qa1 Rc2+ 60.Kf3 d3 61.Qd1
49...a3 50.Nxf6 Qxf6 51.Rg6 a2! Both players have been Rb2 62.Qa4 d2 White resigns. What a fighting game! 0-1
playing their best chess. This is the critical moment of the
game.

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Surprise section / study Solutions
(36) Mann (37) Moiseenko, A(2710)-Fier, A(2628)
1. h Biel Open, 2015.07.27

45.Qxg6+!! [45.e8=Q? 45...Qxf4+ 46.Kg2 Qg3+ 47.Kf1

Qxf3+ 48.Kg1 Bd4+i]
45...Kxg6 46.e8=Q+ Kh7 [46...Kh6 47.Qe6+=]
47.Qh5+ Kg8 48.Qe8+ Kh7 49.Qh5+ Kg8 50.Qe8+ 1/2
(38) Wagner, D(2569)-Adhiban, B(2627)
Biel Open, 2015.07.28

35...Ng3! 36.Qd8+ Re8! 37.Qd2 Nxf1i

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(39) Gharamian, T(2649)-Nezad, H(2405) (41) Bartel, M(2631)-Esen, B(2567)
Biel Open, 2015.07.29 Biel Open, 2015.07.29

39.Qxg6! [39.Nf7+? 39...Kg8 40.Qxg6 Rf8!i] 32.Bh7+!! [32.Rxh3 32...Qg7]

39...b1=Q! 40.Nf7+ Kg8 41.Nh6+! Kh8 [41...Kf8?? 32...Kh8 33.Qxh3h Qg7 34.Bf5+ Kg8 35.Bxe6+ Bxe6
42.Qf7#] 42.Nf7+ 1/2 36.Qxe6+ Kf8 [36...Qf7 37.Rh8+!h] 37.Rh5h
(40) Bogner, S(2544)-Ivanisevic, I(2662) (42) Wirig, A(2511)-Wagner, D(2569)
Biel Open, 2015.07.29 Biel Open, 2015.07.29

39...Rh8+! [39...b2? 40.Re7+ Kf6 41.Bh4+ Kg6 42.Rg7+

43...Rxg2+! 44.Kxh3 Rh2+ 45.Kg3 Qf2+! 46.Kg4 Qe2+!
Kh5 43.g4#]
47.Kg3 [47.Nf3?? 47...Qg2+ 48.Bg3 Qh3+ 49.Kg5 Qf5#]
47...Qf2+ 48.Kg4 Qe2+ 1/2 40.Bh4 Rxh4+! 41.Nxh4 b2 42.Rb7 b1=Q 43.Rxb1
Bxb1i

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(43) Wagner, D(2569)-Dragun, K(2586) (45) Bartel, M(2631)-Wagner, D(2569)
Biel Open, 2015.07.30 Biel Open, 2015.07.31

46.Bxg7! Qxg7 [46...Rxf2 47.Qh8#] 31.Rxe5! Qxe5! 32.Qf7+ Kh8 33.Re7! [33.Qh5+= ]

47.Rg3! Qxg3+ 48.Kxg3 R8c3+ 49.Rf3 1-0 33...Qg3! = 34.Qxf5 Be3 35.Qh5+ Kg8 36.Qd5+ Kh8
37.Qh5+ Kg8 38.Qf7+ Kh8 39.Qf6+ Kg8 40.Qf7+ 1/2
(44) Ivanisevic, I(2662)-Zoler, D(2498)
(46) Adhiban, B(2627)-Solak, D(2622)
Biel Open, 2015.07.30
Biel Open, 2015.07.31

25.Ng6!! Qc7 [25...fxg6 26.Rxe6 Qf7 27.Rxf6h] 28.Rxd7! Nxd7 29.Rxf7+ Kh8 30.Be6! Bxh4 [30...Nf8
26.Bxf6! gxf6 27.Rd7 Qc5 28.Ne7+h Kg7 29.Qg4+ 31.Rxe7 Nxe6 32.Rxe6c] 31.Nxh4 Rg5+
Qg5 30.Qxg5+ hxg5 31.Nxc8 Bxc8 32.Rc7 1-0 32.Kh3 Nc5 33.Ba2c Rh5 34.Rf8+ Kg7 35.Rf7+ Kh8
36.Kg4! Rg5+ 37.Kf3 a5 38.Rc7 b6 39.Bf7 1-0

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(47) Jarmonov

1.Kg2 Kb2 2.Kf3 Kb3 [2...Kc2?? 3.Ke4 Kxd2

4.Kxd4h Ke2 5.Ke4 Kd2 6.Kf5h]
3.Kf4! [3.Ke4? 3...Kc4i]
3...Kb4 [3...Kc4 4.Ke4 d3 5.Ke3 Kxd5 6.Kxd3=]
4.d3! [4.Kf5 4...Kc5 5.Ke4 Kc4i]
4...Kb3 5.Kf5! Kc2! 6.Ke6! [6.Ke4 6...Kc3i]
6...Kxd3 7.Kxd6 Kc4 [7...Ke4 8.Ke6! d3 9.d6 d2 10.d7
d1=Q 11.Ke7=]
8.Kc6! d3 9.d6 d2 10.d7 d1=Q 11.Kc7=

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