The complete chess workout II : another 1200 puzzles to train your brain! 9781857449853, 1857449851

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EVERYMAN CHESS

Richard Palliser

First published in 2012 by Gloucester Publishers Limited, North burgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1 V OAT Copyright© 2012 Richard Palliser The right of Richard Palliser to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: 978 1 85744 985 3 Distributed in North America by The Globe Pequot Press, P.O Box 480, 246 Goose Lane, Guilford, CT 06437-0480. All other sales enquiries should be directed to Everyman Chess, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V OAT tel : 020 7253 7887 fax: 020 7490 3 708 email: [email protected]; website: www.everymanchess.com Everyman is the registered trade mark of Random House Inc. and is used in this work under licence from Random House Inc.

Everyman Chess Series Chief advisor: Byron Jacobs Commissioning editor: John Emms Assistant editor: Richard Palliser Typeset and edited by First Rank Publishing, Brighton. Cover design by Horatio Monteverde.

About the Author Richard Palliser is an International Master, the editor of CHESS magazine, and assistant edi­ tor at Everyman Chess. He has numerous tournament successes to his name, and in 2006 he became Joint British Rapidplay Champion. He h as established a reputation as a skilled chess writer and has written many fine works. Also by the Author Beating Unusual Chess Openings Chess Developments: The Modern Benoni Dangerous Weapons: Anti-Sicilians Dangerous Weapons: Flank Openings Dangerous Weapons: The Benoni and Benko Dangerous Weapons: The Caro-Kann Dangerous Weapons: The Dutch Dangerous Weapons: The King's Indian Dangerous Weapons: The Nimzo-lndian Dangerous Weapons: The Pirc and Modern Dangerous Weapons: The Queen's Gambit Dangerous Weapons: The Sicilian Fighting the Anti-Sicilians How to Play against 1 d4 Starting Out: Closed Sicilian Starting Out: d-pawn Attacks Starting Out: Sicilian Najdorf Starting Out: The Colle Starting Out: The Trompowsky Attack Tango! The Bb5 Sicilian The Complete Chess Workout The Scotch Game The Torre Attack: Move by Move

Contents

About the Author

3

Introduction

7

1

Warming Up

9

2

Attack!

3

Opening Tricks and Traps

132

4

Skill in the Endgame

137

5

Loose Pieces and Overloading

154

6

Fiendish Calculation

181

7

Test Yourself

192

8

Solutions

213

26

Introduction

Spending as little as 10-15 minutes a day on one's tactical ability really can reap dividends. I can certainly testify to that myself and it's always very welcome to see a pupil regularly try­ ing to solve a number of tactical exercises: not only do they become more tactically alert, but they also improve their clock handling and gain in confidence. That's what I wrote at the start of The Complete Chess Workout in 2007 and it's some­ thing I most certainly still believe. Back then after months of studying the output of innu­ merable database searches to compile 1200 puzzles, I vowed never again to produce a tac­ tics book, but times change and the gentle, constant probing from friends and readers for a follow-up work caused me to go back into the laboratory as it were. Since the start of the year I've been noting down interesting positions every time I've followed a tournament or studied the latest games in an opening variation. That does not, however, produce anywhere near 1200 positions, even allowing too for drawing heavily on my own games, as well as those of pupil s and friends. Thus the summer has been largely dominated by not only running searches and then sifting through the results for all the key tactical motifs which the club player must be aware of, like i.xh7+, but also much lesser known combinational ideas, such as ...l::!.xes, which should improve readers' calculation skills while ideally helping them become more creative in their own games. Well into this project a highly interesting work, Greatest 365 Puzzles, by Csaba Balogh appeared, drawing solely on games from the first four months of 2012. I've certainly en­ joyed solving some of those, but in case any strong club players have purchased that work as well as this, I did remove several puzzles. The two works now have fewer than 20 posi­ tions in common; ones which were so rare, instructive or just plain beautiful that I could hardly leave them out. Likewise, knowing too that many English readers subscribe to CHESS and solve the many puzzles presented monthly in that magazine, I've again tried to keep the number of recent positions in common with that publication to well under two dozen. Nobody likes to solve a position from a very well-known game more than once, unless it's extremely challenging, but finding several, say, l::!.x g7+ sacrifices in this work should help to mean that you never miss that motif again in your own games. As with its predecessor, do please aware in this work that by no means every position sees one side attacking. Tactics lurk in even the quietest looking positions, especially when a piece is loose. Try, indeed, never to forget John Nunn's useful mnemonic LPDO ('loose

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Th e C o m p l e te Ch ess Work o u t 2 pieces drop off') . Knowledge of that, as well as a recognition of all the available pawn breaks in a position, can really help most club players to make noticeable progress in my view. As such I've tried to include a few more positions this time where the humble pawn plays a pivotal role. Elsewhere, we have slightly fewer opening traps, but that is more than compensated by a small increase in the size of the Fiendish chapter; 60 positions which should tax even the very strong club player. I've again sorted each chapter by place, thereby ensuring that not all examples of a theme are grouped together and meaning that a straightforward combinational blow might be followed by a challenging, unusual idea. Finally, special thanks are due to all those who kindly submitted positions for inclusion, as well as to my colleagues, Byron Jacobs and John Emms, for their unstinting help and support. Richard Palliser, York, September 2012

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Chapter One

Warming Up Even those fairly new to the game should find the following hundred puzzles quite solv­ able. Just remember that you're not always looking to force mate; quite often the solution is just a little tactic to pick up a pawn or the exchange. 1)

0 J.Hawkins • Z.Lim Amersham 2012

3)

White to Play 2)

0 M.Hebden • P.Tozer Amersham 2012

White to Play

0 D.Reinderman • S.Ernst Amsterda m 2012

Black to Play

4)

0 A.Grischuk • V.Bologan Asta na (blitz) 2012

White to Play

9

Th e C o m p l e te Chess Work o u t 2 5)

D M.Carlsen • V.Bologan Asta na (blitz) 2012

8)

Black to Play

White to Play 6}

D LMessam Sparks • M.Psofimi Athens 2012

9)

D L.Muhammad • C.Rios Athens 2012

White to Play

10

D C.Lovrinovic • J.Perndl Austrian League 2012

White to Play

White to Play 7)

D N.Unapkoshvili • I.Osmak Athens 2012

10)

D Z.Kozul • C.Weiss Austrian League 2012

White to Play

Wa rming Up 11)

D I.Chirila • V.Jianu Baia Sprie 2012

14) D M.Jaramillo Ochoa • J.Guerrero Bogota 2012

Black to Play

White to Play 12)

D E.Bacrot • H.Nakamura Biel 2012

15)

Black to Play

Black to Play 13)

D J.Torres • C.Ruiz Bogota 2012

White to Play

D C.Paci • A.Hauchard Bois-Colombes 2012

16)

D G.Mejia • E.Senador Boracay 2012

Black to Play

11

Th e Co m p lete Chess Work o u t 2 17)

D M.Brown • I.Ciark Bournemouth 2012

20)

Black to Play 18)

D A.Bigg . M.White Brighton 2012

D J.Hawkins • K.Mah British League 2012

White to Play

12

Britis h League 1999

White to Play 21) D J.McKenna • N.Miranda Gonzalez British League 2012

Black to Play

White to Play 19)

D J.Humphreys • Ru.Jones

22)

D J.Naylor • T.Chapman British League 2012

Black to Play

Wa rming Up 23)

D M.Fiint • R.Norinkeviciute British League 2012

26)

Black to Play 24)

D M.White • P.Talsma British League 2012

Black to Play 27)

White to Play 25)

D M.Yurenok • I.Sharpe British League 2012

Black to Play

D N.Croad • J.Speelman British League 2012

D R.Palliser • G.Pinter British League 2011

White to Play 28)

D A.Esenov • S.Farago Buda pest 2012

White to Play

13

Th e Complete Chess Worko u t 2 29)

D A.Haanshuus • C.Schenkerik Buda pest 2012

32)

Black to Play

White to Play 30)

D B.Gupta • P.Petran Buda pest 2012

33) D A.Torrecillas Martinez • A.Kogan Cata lonia 2012

White to Play

White to Play 31)

D A.Shirov • R.Felgaer Buenos Aires 2012

White to Play

14

D R.Gardner • D.Haessel Calga ry 2012

34)

D M.P.Townsend • R.Palliser Doncaster 2008

Black to Play

Warming Up 35)

D N.Pogan • J.Paul Dresden 2012

38)

D R.Lehtivaara • A.Suominen Finnish League 2012

White to Play

White to Play 36)

D S.Hinske • M.Fiint E rfu rt 1998

39)

D A.Raetsky • W.Schmid Flims 2012

E� ��00 S Tt• . � � �t�t �� �� t . . � � � �/.''{ �� &S � �� �� �� §g1 2 "iWg3+. 54) Mazzilli-Ranieri 1 "iWxf8+! 1-0 There's no defence, in view of 1...c;t>xf8 2 .t'i.h8#. 55) Simonian-Karatorossian 1 d7! 1-0 Very similar is 1 "iWes c;t>a8 2 d7!. In either case Black's q ueen is overloaded. 56) Tovmasian-Hamitevici 1 .t'i.c5+! (the easiest way to d raw; Black m u st acquiesce to sta lemate or lose his bishop) 1 c;t>xc5 Yz-Yz ••.

57) Tristan-Martinez de Negri 1 l2lxa6+! bxa6 2 .Uxc6 wins a pawn.

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Th e C o m p l e te Chess Wo rko u t 2 58) Chipanga-Palliser 1 �xe3! (1 .l:!.d2 shou ld a l so win for Wh ite, but 1 \t>c2? .i.xf2 wasn't trivi a l in the game) 1 .l:!.xe3 2 .l:!.f8# •••

59) Vorobiov-Pijpers 1 .l:!.xh7+! (1 .l:!.f8+ .l:!.xf8 2 .l:!.xh7+ a l so mates) 1 .l:!.xh7 2 .l:!.f8# 1-0 ..•

60) Dias-Carneiro 1 �Xf4! 1-0 White picks up a rook, in view of 1 ...�xf4 2 tt:Jg6+ and 3 tt:Jxf4. 61) Samarin-Berka 1... e3+! 2 \t>e2 (or 2 \t>xe3 .l:!.el+) 2 .l:!.a1 costs White his rook. •••

62) Vassallo Barroche-Neves 1 �xa5! 1-0 The c-pawn either q ueens or costs Black h i s q ueen after l ...�xa s 2 C7. 63) Drake-Radermacher 1 ...�xe7! 0-1 Black wins a piece, for if 2 .l:!.xe7? .l:!.fl#. 64) Kovalyov-Leveille 1 .l:!.xc5! .i.xc5 2 g6! 1-0 Black can't cover the h8-sq u a re. 65) Gusain-Paragua 1 tt:Jxc2! 0-1 Black goes the exchange a head after 2 �xc2 �xa4. •••

66) Volkov-Grachev 1 .l:!.g4+! 0-1 it's mate on hl next move. •••

67) Deepan-Joshi 1 �xe7+! 1-0 The h-pawn is u nstoppa ble after 1 ...\t>xe7 2 h 7. 68) Jain-Townsend 1 .l:!.b1+! 0-1 W h ite loses the q ueen after 2 \t>xb1 �xc3 or 2 \t>c2 .l:!.cl+. •••

69) Mottang-Lund 1 ...�xd4! 0-1 Black emerges a knight a head after 2 �xd4 tLle2+ and 3 ... tt:Jxd4. 218

S o l u tions 70) Koch-Rausch 1 .ixf7+! 1-0 Argua bly a premature resignation, a lthough Black is the exchange down after 1 ...�h8 (1...'�xf7 2 'ifc4+ wins the q ueen for rook and piece) 2 'ifc4 .id6 3 .ixe8 'ifxe8. 71) Mons-Becker 1 .ih2+! 0-1 it's mate next move after 2 �xh 2 'ifxf2+. •••

72) Ageichenko-Maly 1 .ixb7! .ixb7 2 'ifbS+ 'ifd7 3 'ifxb7 nets a pawn. 73) Smith-Hebden 1 .ixh6! u ncovers an attack on e6 and so wi ns a pawn. 74) Jones-Schultz 1 CLJe7+! 'ifxe7 2 l:i.xc8+ wins the excha nge. 75) Neves-Rocha 1 ...'ifxd2! 0-1 Black win s a rook, in view of 2 'ifxd2 ? e3+. 76) Petrov-Nikolova 1 'ifxh2+! 0-1 Mate follows after 2 �xh2 l:i.h6+. ..•

77) Korbai-Kuciel 1 'ifxd4! 1-0 The pin down the c-file wi ns a piece for if 1 ... cxd4 2 l:i.xc7. 78) Popov-Haman 1 .ixf7+! �xf7 2 l:i.xa8 wi ns the exchange. 79) Kravec-Gajek 1 ...CLJa3+! 2 �b2 (the q ueen fa l l s too after 2 l:i.xa3 'ifxbS+) 2 ... ct:Jxb5 0-1 80) Zubarev-Townsend 1 'ifxh6! 1-0 Mate fol lows on h7. 81) Thorsteinsdottir-Antonsson Black showed that the wh ite bishop was loose: 1...f2+! 2 �xf2 l:i.d2+ 0-1

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Th e Complete Chess Work o u t 2 82) Parhomenko-Dombrovska 1 e6! (1 '.!?f4 'it>c3 2 e6! a lso does the job} 1 ...fxe6 2 f7 wi ns the q ueening race by a m ile. 83) Uhlmann-Rodriguez Vargas After 1 lt'ib8! there's no way to save the excha nge. 84) Pogosian-Bachin 1 f5! 'it>f8 (1 ...gxfs? 2 g6 forces one of the pawns home} 2 fxg6 hxg6 3 l2ie5 picked up g6 with an easy win: 3 lt'ib4 4 lt'ixg6+ 'it>g8 5 'it>e4 lt'ic6 6 'it>f5 l2id8 7 lt'ie5 'it>h7 8 'it>f6 lt'ib7 9 l2if7 1-0 ..•

85) Strunin-Purygin 1 iVxg5! th reatened mate a n d overloaded the bishop to net a piece after 2 .ixg5 l:txc7. •••

86) Velichko-Aiieva 1 iVxf7+! 1-o it's mate with 1 ... J:txf7 2 l:te8#. 87) Garkauskas-Awoki 1 iVxe4! exploits Black's wea k back ra n k to net a rook. 88) Farley-Zapata 1 iVxe4! 0-1 Black garners a piece and an irrestible attack in view of 2 .ixe4 l:tf1#. ..•

89) Becirbasic-Haskovic 1 ... iVxb4+! 2 axb4 l:txa1+ 3 'it>d2 l:txh1 gives Black too m a ny pieces for the q ueen. 90) Neagu-Miroiu 1 b8lt'i+! (not 1 b8iV? l:ta1#} 1 'it>d6 2 tt'la6 reaches a theoretical ly d rawn ending, a lthough it's not a trivial d raw in practice and Neagu la nded up losing. ..•

91) Trbojevic-Solic 1 iVxd6! 1-0 A rook goes west, since if 1 ...iVxd6 2 e7+. 92) Vojinovic-Chatalbashev 1 iVxe1+! 0-1 Black e merges a piece a head after 2 l:txe1 l2id2+ 3 �g1 l2ixb3. ..•

93) Borik-Molnar 1...l2if1+! 0-1 Mate follows on g2.

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Solutions 94) Kovalev-Kuzmin 1 li:Je8! �xe8 (or 1 ....Mxc1 2 li:Jxf6+ .i.xf6 3 .Mxc1) 2 .Mxc8 picks up the excha nge. 95) Bragg-Cao 1 .i.d7! �a6 (the excha nge is lost in view of 1 ... �xd7? 2 li:Jf6+) 2 .i.xe8 1-0 96) Plotkin-Barron Black exploits White's back ran k : 1 ...�xd4! 0-1 97) Go-Helbig 1 .i.xg2+! 2 'it>xg2 �c6+ 0-1 Black emerges two pawns a head. .•.

98) Cech-Motycakova 1 li:Jxd5! li:Jxf4 (1 ... cxd s? 2 .i.C7 traps the q ueen) 2 li:Jxf4 wi ns a pawn. 99) Kissoon-Nezis 1...�xd4! win s a rook in view of 2 cxd4? .Mc1#. 100) Nezis-Bradley 1 .i.xf7+! lt>xf7 2 dxc5 win s a pawn.

Chapter Two 101) Eggleston-Sorensen 1 .Mxc5! wi ns a pawn for t h e queen is lost after l. . . bxcs 2 .Mb1+ lt>c7 (or 2. . .\t>c8 3 �a8+ lt>c7 4 .Mb7+) 3 .Mb7+ 'it>d8 4 .Mxd7+ lt>xd7. 102) Semcesen-Eggleston 1 .i.xf6! 1-0 Wh ite wi ns a fu rther excha nge, since it's mate after 1 ...�xf6 2 �c8+ lt>e7 3 �e8#. 103) AI Ahbabai-lssa 1 .Mxh7! li:Jdxe5 (1 . . \t>xh7 2 li:Jxf7 �e7 3 li:Jxd8 �xd8 4 .i.xg6+ leaves White two pawns ahead) 2 fxe5 �c7 (now the attack is overwhelming, but the extra piece should decide after 2 ...li:Jxes 3 dxes �xes 4 �f2) 3 .i.xg6 b4 4 .Mf1 fxg6 5 �xg6 1-0 .

104) Delgado Vlaic-Rzayev 1 .Mxc1! 0-1 A piece goes west for the q ueen fa l l s after 2 .Mxc1 li:Jh3+ or 2 �xc1 li:Je2+. •••

105) Arngrimsson-Hristov 1 .Mxe6! �c8 (1 .. .fxe6 2 li:Jxe6+ lt>e8 3 li:Jxg7+ lt>f7 - if 3 ...\t>d8 4 .i.gS+ .Mf6 5 .i.xf6+ li::lxf6 6 li:Je6# - 4 �xd7+ lt>g8 s li::l h s .Mf7 6 �g4+ 'it>f8 7 .i.h6+ gives Wh ite a killing attack, and 221

Th e Complete Chess Wo rko u t 2 1 ...LLlxf4 2 gxf4 followed by 3 "'J.e7 or 2 .. .fxe6 3 LLlxe6+ �e8 4 "!J.e1 is a l l devastating a l so) 2 "'J.e8+! 1-0 Mate follows on c8 or f7. 106) Solak-Ozkan 1 LLld6! (1 LLlgs ! is simila r) 1.. .'*'Vxd6 (now the attack decides, but 1 ... �xc4 2 "!J.xe7 "!J.xe7 3 LLlxc4 1eaves Wh ite q ueen for rook a head) 2 "'J.e8+ �h7 3 �xf7 1-0 3 .. .f4 prevents the threat of 4 "'J.h8+!, but with 4 'ife1! White renews the t h reat to which there's no good defence. 107) Atalik-Siclovan 1 g7! 1-0 2 'ifh7+ is threatened and 1...�xg7 2 'ifh7+ �f8 3 �g6 forces mate in a ny case. 108) Mackowiak-Schiendorfer 1 ... �xe3+! 2 �f3 (2 �xe3 'ifxg3+ 3 �f3 "'J.he8+ would be fata l : for insta nce, 4 �d4 ifes+ 5 �d3 LLlcS#) 2 ... �b6 (th reatening ...LLleS-d3, as wel l as 2 ..."/J.he8; the im mediate 2 ..."/J.he8 is also good) 3 cs LLlxcs 4 l2Jc4 LLlce4 leaves Black a pawn a head and sti l l with a h uge attack. 109) Piskur-Kiein 1 LLlf6+! gxf6 (otherwise the q ueen is lost) 2 gxf6 �h8 (there's no defence down the g-file as 2 ...�f8 3 "!J.xh7 a lso leads to mate) 3 "'J.xh7+! �xh7 4 'ifhS+ �g8 5 ifgS+ 1-0 110) Mammadov-Akopian 1 "!J.xc3! 0-1 After 2 bxc3 'iid 2 the only way to cover g2 is with 3 LLle2 ifxe2 4 "!J.g1, but then 4...LLld3 is tota l ly devastating. •••

111) lljin-Shchukin 1 �g4! 1-0 Black ca n only avert mate and save h is q ueen by giving u p kn ight or rook. 112) Go-Van Lommel 1 l2Jxb2! 2 �xb2 (now it's mate; 2 l2Jde2 might have ena bled White to grovel on an ex­ cha nge down) 2 'ifa3+ 3 �b1 c3 0-1 •••

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113) Kamsky-Le Quang Liem 1 "!J.xf6! gxf6 (Black loses h is q ueen after 1 ... �xf6? 2 "'J.f1+ �e7 3 "'J.f7+) 2 'iff7+ �d8 3 ifxf6+ �c7 4 ifxh8 nets two pawns. 114) Bijlsma-Vereggen 1 "!J.xb7+! �xb7 2 'ii b1+ 1-0 Black loses his q ueen after 2 ... �C7 (or 2...�c8 3 LLlb6+) 3 'ii b 6+ �c8 4 LLlxd6+.

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S o l u tions 115) Visanescu-VIadescu 1 nxd4! exd4 2 .\tb5! it:Jxb5 3 �xa8+ �f7 4 �xh8 dxc3 5 �xh7 sees W h ite emerge the ex­ cha nge a h ead. 116) Maestri-Papa 1...it:Ja3+! 2 �a1 �b1+! 3 nxb1 it:Jc2# 0-1 117) Chadaev-Radjabov 1...nh3+! 2 gxh3 �xh3+ 3 �h2 .ltd5+ o-1 Black wi ns the house with 4 ng2 .ltxg2+ 5 �gl �xh 2+ 6 �xh 2 .ltxfl. 118) Mamedyarov-Grischuk 1....11Lxd5! (1 ...it:Jxd 5 ! 2 lt:Jxg7 lt:Jxe3 is a l so good} 2 lt:Jxg7 .ltxg2 3 lt:Jxe8? (a l lowing mate, but 3 �xg2 �xg7 leaves Black two pawns to the good) 3 ... �xh3+ 0-1 119) Karjakin-Grischuk 1 it:Jxf5! gxf5? (not 1 ..�xf5? 2 �xf5 gxfs 3 ng8+ �h7 4 n1g7 and even 1 . �h7 2 lt:Jxe7 �xe7 3 f5 is tota lly crushing) 2 �xf5! 1-0 The q ueen is i m m u ne and after 2 ... �e6 Wh ite can choose between 3 ng8+ �xg8 4 nxg8+ �xg8 5 �xc8 and 3 ng6. .

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120) Mamedyarov-Topalov 1...nxf2! 2 ng1 (not 2 .ltxf2? �g2#} 2 ...nxf3 leaves Black two pawns ahead. 121) Velten-Kourkoulos Arditis 1 nxd5! �xd5 2 it:Jg5 traps the black q ueen and left White comforta bly u p on materia l after 2 ...�xg2+ 3 �xg2 lt:Jxe5 4 .ltxe5 .ltxe5 5 �c4. 122) De Filomeno-Sadykov 1 ... �xh2+! 0-1 it's mate with 2 �xh 2 nh4#. 123) Thavandiran-Rombaldoni 1 .l:i,c5! (1 it:Jxc]! �XC] 2 .l:i,c5 works too) 1... dXC5 2 it:Jxc7 1-0 Black m u st lose his q ueen or be mated by 2 ... �xe7 (or 2...�xe2 3 �b7#} 3 d6+ �c8 4 d7+ �Cl 5 dxe8it:J+ �C8 6 .l:i,d8#. 124) Arat-Michelakos 1 .\tg4! 2 nd4? (White a l so had to avoid 2 �xg4? it:Jd3+, but 2 �g3 or even 2 a3 �c4 3 �xf4 exf4 4 nd4 �xd4 5 .ltxd4 would have enabled h i m to fight on the exchange down) 2 ...�xd4 0-1 The bishop is stil l i m m u ne in view of 3 �xg4 it:Jd3+. •..

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136) Pedersen-Minko 1 ....Mxe3! 2 �xe3 (Wh ite also fi nds h i m self struggling after 2 liix e3 .ib6 3 .Md4 .Me8 4 ttJe6 lt'lxe6 5 dxe6 .Mxe6 6 liic 3 axb5) 2 ...liix g5+ 3 �f2 as leaves Black clearly for choice with two pieces for the rook. 137) Veoh-Morani 1 .ig8! g6 (otherwise it's mate on h 7) 2 .!txe6 lt'lxe3? (2 ...lii b 7 was perhaps 'best', a lthough after 3 liixg6 .!txe6 4 ttJxe6 White's three extra pawns and ongoing attack should swiftly decide matters) 3 liixg6! liig7 4 lii h S+ 1-0 138) Zatko-Petrik 1 ...liix h3+! 0-1 Mate with 2 gxh 3 ttJf3# is even q uicker tha n 1.. ..Mxg2+ 2 .Mxg2 liix h3+ 3 �g1 liix g2#. 139) Gazik-Jozefek 1 .!txcs+! 1-0 it's mate with 1.. ..Mxc5 2 .Md7#, just as it is after 1 .Md7+ .Mxd7 2 .!txc5+ .Md6 3 .!txd6#. 140) Jareno Badenas-Umudova 1 .Mxh7+! �xh7 2 liih 3+ �g7 3 .ih6+ (or 3 lii h 6+ �f6 4 .!tg5+ �e5 5 .!tf4+ �f6 6 e5#) 3 ...�f6 4 liih4+ 1-0 it's mate with 4 ... g5 (or 4 ... �e5 5 .!tf4#) 5 .!txg5+ �g7 6 lii h 6#. 141) Hernandez Carmenates-Bulmaga 1 f8ttJ+! (a nd certa i n ly not 1 f8lii ? ? .Mxe1+) 1 �g8 (neither do 1...liixf8 2 .Mxe7+ liig 7 or 1.. ..Mxf8 2 .Mxe7+ 'it>h8 3 liie 5+ save Black) 2 .Mxe7 liifs (if 2 ... liixf8 3 liix g6+) 3 h3! lt'ld3 (there's no defence, with even 3 ...lt'le4 fai l i ng to keep the ga me a l ive i n view of 4 ttJe6!) 4 lt'lxg6 1-0 Black is q uickly u ndone on h is rearmost ra n ks, j u st a s he a l so wou ld have been after 4 ttJe6. ..•

142) Bergez-Lacasta Palacios 1 .ic6! 1-0 it's mate if 1...bxc6 2 .Ma8+ �c7 3 .M1a7#, but otherwise b7 fa l l s and with it the entire de­ fen ce. 143) Ruiz Sanchez-Arjun 1 liixd4+! �c8 (if 1...exd4 2 .Me8#) 2 .Mxes 1-0 There's no good defe nce to the th reats on e8 and c5.

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Th e Complete Chess Wo rko u t 2 144) Cuartas-Valli 1 i.dS+! ltJxds (or 1 .. :�h8 2 l:te8+ and mate next move) 2 l:te8# 1-0 145) Javakhishvili-Paehtz 1 ...l:tg2+! 2 i.xg2 �eS+ 0-1 146) Tan Zhongyi-Kiinova 1 �xg6! hxg6 2 f7+ (th e f-pawn wil l cost Black the house) 2 .. .'�h7 3 l:txe8 �c8 4 l:txd8 1-0 147) Wang Jue-Muzychuk 1...i.h3+! 2 'it>xh3 �f1# 0-1 148) Van Wely-lkonnikov 1 �d6! g4 (1 ...ltJxd7 2 e6+ wins easily and 1 ...�xd7 costs Black his q ueen after 2 e6+ �xe6 3 ltJxgS+) 2 ctJgS+! 1-0 The pawn wil l q ueen in view of 2 ...'it>g7 3 �f6+!. 149) Pihajlic-Drljevic 1 ...�xa2+! 2 'it>c1 (or 2 'it>xa2 lL'lxb3+ 3 'it>b1 l:ta 1#) 2 ... ltJxb3+ 3 cxb3 �a1+ 0-1 lt's mate after 4 'it>c2 �xb2+ 5 'it>d l l:tal+. 150) Bruchmann-Kollars 1 l:txd7! 1-0 White wins a piece, since it's mate after 1 ...�xd7 2 �f8#. 151) Avrukh-Pruess 1 l:txa7+! 'it>xa7 2 �CS+ b6 3 �a3+ 'it>b7 4 �a6# 1-0 152) Melkumyan-Meier White m u st force perpetual: 1 l:th8+! �xh8 2 �hS+ 'it>g8 3 �xf7+ 'it>h8 4 �hS+ 'it>g8 5 �f7+ Yz-Yz

153) Melkumyan-Meins 1 l:txe6! fxe6 (if 1 ... \t>g8 2 �h7+ 'it>f8 3 �h8+! ltJxh8 4 l:txh8#) 2 �xg6 1-0 There's no defence to the th reats down the h-fi le, since 2 ...�f7 runs i nto 3 l:tf3. 154) Nakamura-Wang Hao 1 ...l:te1+! 2 ltJxe1 l:txe1+ 0-1 Mate follows after 3 'it>h2 lL'lf1+ 4 'it>h3 (or 4 'it>g1 �h2#) 4...�e6+. 155) Golod-Bauer 1 i.xes! 1-0 Mate fol lows, such as with 1 ...l:txd 3 2 l:th8#.

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S o l u ti o n s 156) Wang Hao-Bacrot 1 .l:!.e8+! 1-0 After 1 ...�xe8 2 �xg8+ �e7 (or 2 ... �d7 3 .i.g4+) 3 �g7+ �d8 4 �f8+ the black king is finally forced to a l ight square whereupon 4 ... �d7 5 .i.g4+ .l:!.e6 6 �f7+ picks u p the rook. 157) Pelletier-Prasanna 1 .i.f6! �xe4 (or 1 ...�xc4 2 .l:!.d8+!) 2 f3 �xc4 (now the queen is lost, but 2 ...�b7 3 �e3 lt:Jfs 4 �gS+ �f8 s tt:Jes is tota l ly hopeless too with 6 �hS next u p) 3 .l:!.d8+! .l:!.xd8 4 �xc4 1-0 158) Nunez-Nieto 1 �xf8+! 1-0 Much stronger than the a l eternative 1 .i.h6 �d6 2 .i.xf8, for it's mate after 1 ... �xf8 2 .i.h6+ �g8 3 .l:!.e8#. 159) Kollen-Maatman White went a q ueen in front: 1 .l:!.xe6! �d7 2 .l:!.xc6+! bxc6 3 .ifs 1-0 160) Tomic-Marjanovic 1 .l:!.xg6+! 1-0 Black loses the house after 1 ... �f8 (if 1 ... �xg6 2 .l:!.gl+ �h7 3 .ifS#) 2 �h6+!. 161) Kadric-Bogut 1 ....l:!.xd3! 2 �xd3 (there's no way to avoid mate after this a n d neither is there fol lowi ng 2 cxd 3 .l:!.c2) 2 .l:!.xc2 0-1 •••

162) Williams-Byway 1 lt:Jh6+! gxh6 (if 1 ...�xh6? 2 �xf7+ �h8 3 .l:!.xe8+ .l:!.xe8 4 �f8+ .l:!.xf8 5 .l:!.xf8#) 2 �xf7+ �h8 3 c4! and the bishop decisively joins the attack. Play concluded: 3 .l:!.f8 4 dxcs+ lt:Jf6 5 .i.xf6+ �xf6 6 .l:!.xf6 .l:!.xf7 7 .l:!.xf7 lt:Ja6 8 c6 1-0 •••

163) White-Willmoth 1 .i.xh6! .i.xh6 (or 1 .. .fxe4 2 �xe6+ �h7 when one win is 3 .i.xg7 �xg7 4 �f7+ �h6 5 .l:!.xe4) 2 �xh6 fxe4 3 .l:!.xe4 1-0 There's no good defence to the threat of 4 .l:!.h4 and if 3 ...tt:Jfs 4 �xg6+ lt:Jg7 5 �f7+ �h8 White has at least 6 .l:!.h4+ �xh4 7 lt:Jg6+, winning the queen. 164) Eckersley-Waites - Bennett 1 .l:!.h7+! (even stronger tha n 1 .l:!.h4 .l:!.h8 2 .l:!.d h l) 1 ... �xh7 (1...�g8 2 .l:!.dhl doesn't help) 2 �h4+ 1-0 Mate follows after 2 ... �g7 3 �h6+ �g8 4 .l:!.hl. 165) Ledger-Rowson 1 ... lt:Jxd4! 0-1 it's mate on the back ra n k after 2 exd4 �cl+ 3 �f2 �d2+ 4 �gl �el+ and 2 �c3 lt:Je2+ costs White his q ueen. 22 7

Th e Comple te Chess Worko u t 2 166) Merry-Hanley 1 :Xgs! 1-o Much stronger tha n win ni ng the exchange, for if l ... .l:!.xgs (neither 1 ... .l:!.gf8 2 ct:Jg6+ �h7 3 ct:Jxf8+ .l:!.xf8 4 .l:!.g7+ �h8 S .l:!.g6 nor 1 ...�h7 2 'ii'e4+ �h8 3 'ii'g4! save Black} 2 'ii'x gs 'ii'x h3 White mates with 3 'ii'f6+ �h7 4 'ii'f7+ �h8 S ct:Jg6#. 167) Merry-Weller 1 .l:!.xf2+! 2 �xf2 .ih4+ 3 �f1 .l:!.e1# 0-1 •.•

168) Nezis-Hancock 1 .ixeS+! �f7 (dropping a third pawn, but it's mate after l ...�xes? 2 'ii'c 3#} 2 .ixd6 1-0 169) Ross-Coates 1 .ixh7+! �xh7 2 CiJgS+ �g6 {after 2...�g8 3 'ii' h s .l:!.fe8 4 'ii'xf7+ �h8 s 'ii' h s+ �g8 6 axbs White's i nitiative is fa r too strong: for exa m ple, 6 ...'ii'x bs 7 'ii'f7+ �h8 8 .l:!.el! menacing both .l:!.e4 and ct:Jxe6, or 6 ... axbs 7 .l:!.xa8 .l:!.xa8 8 'ii'f7+ �h8 9 ct:Jxe6} 3 'ii'c 2+ fs 4 exf6+ �xf6 5 ctJe4+ �f7 6 'ii'xcs wins a pawn while brea king u p Black's structu re. 170) Bisby-Martin 1 .l:!.xd7! 1-0 There's no defence on the dark sq u a res in the event of 1 ... 'ii'x d7 2 .if6+ �g8 3 'ii'g4. 171) Buckley-Cuenca Jimenez 1 .l:!.xb3! 2 .l:!.xb3 'ii'x d1 0-1 3 .l:!.xb8 ct:Jg4+ 4 �g2 'ii'e 2+ S �g1 'ii'f2+ leads to mate and 3 ct:Jc1 .l:!.xb3 4 'ii'x b3 ct:Jg4+ S �g2 'ii'd 2+ 6 �h3 ctJe3 is also ga me over. •••

172) Buckley-Mah 1 .l:!.xg2+! 2 �xg2 .ixh3+ 0-1 3 �hl (3 �f3 'ii'g4#) 3 ... .l:!.g8 4 ct:Jg3 .ifS+ s �g2 'ii' h 3+ 6 �g1 fxg3 forces mate, just as 2 ...'ii'x h3+ 3 �gl .l:!.g8+ 4 ct:Jg3 fxg3 wou ld have done. •..

173) Ledger - Eckersley-Waites 1 .ixb3! 2 .l:!.xd8+ .l:!.xd8 3 .l:!.f1 (it's mate after 3 axb3 .l:!.dl+) 3 .ids {Wh ite's king is sim ply fa r too exposed} 4 hS 'ii'b4+ 5 �c1 'ii'a 3+ 6 �d2 .ic4+ 7 �e1 'ii'e 3+ 8 'ii'e 2 'ii'xe2# 0-1 •••

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174) Smerdon-McNab 1 .l:!.xe3 ! 2 'ii'xe3 {the c-pawn decides too in the event of 2 fxe3 .ixc2 3 �f2 .ie4! ?, and if 4 'ii'e S+ �g8 S 'i/Uxe4 c2) 2 ... .ixc2 3 g4 (3 'ii'c 1 .\ifs 4 g4 .ixg4 only delays the inevita ble: Black will retu rn his bishop to fs, push the pawn to c2 and i nvade with h i s rook} 3 .ie4 4 f3 c2 5 'ii'c 1 .l:!.b8! 0-1 .••

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Solutions 175) Smerdon-Arkell 1 d5! l:!.d8 (both ca ptures on d 5 cost Black a rook and 1 ....txc3 2 d6 l:!.b7 3 l:!.ec1 .tf6 4 d7 doesn't help him) 2 d6 l:!.b7 3 d7 and the d-pawn costs Black the excha nge. 176) Burnett-Haria 1 l:!.xd7! l:!.xa3 (1..:Y�Vxd7 2 ctJe5+ wins the q ueen) 2 tt:Jxa3 1-0 For if 2 ... 'ifxb3 3 .tc4+. 177) Camacho Collados-Piaskett 1 ... .txf2+! 2 'it>f1 (2 'ifxf2 l:!.d1+ 3 'iff1 'ife3+ wins the house) 2 ... .txc5! 3 'ifxc5 l:!.d1+ 4 'it>e2 'ife1+ 5 'it>f3 .txe4+ 6 'it>g4 and now there a re va rious wi ns i ncluding the ga me's 6 ... l:!.xc1 and 6 ....tf5+ 7 'it>f3 'ife4+ 8 'it>g3 'ifg4+ 9 'it>f2 'ifxh4+ 10 'it>f3 .tg4+ 11 'it>e4 .th 5+. 178) Arakhamia-Grant-Cernousek 1 l:!.xe6! l:!.bb1 (it's mate too after 1...fxe6 2 'ifg6+ 'it>h8 3 f7) 2 'iff5+ 1-0 179) Henbest-Bogoda 1 l:!.xg6+! 'it>f8 (it's a l so mate after 1...hxg6 2 l:!.xg6+ 'ifg7 3 'ife6+) 2 'ifh6+ 1-0 180) Galego-Barnes 1 l:!.e3! 'ifb2 2 ctJh6+! gxh6 (if 2 ... 'it>h7 3 tt:JxfS+ 'it>g8 4 ctJe7#) 3 l:!.g3+ 'ifg7 4 'ifxh6 1-0 181) Trent-Hunt 1 ...l:!.g5! 2 .txf8 (2 g3 'ifh3 leads to mate and 2 'it>f1 l:!.xg2 wi ns after either 3 .txf8 l:!.g1+! 4 'it>xg1 'ifh3 or 3 'ifh4 g5 4 'ifh6 'ifc4+ 5 'it>e1 l:!.g1+ 6 'it>d2 l:!.d8+ 7 r;t>c2 .te4+) 2 ... l:!.xg2+ 3 'it>f1 l:!.g1+! 0-1 182) Adams-Paehtz 1 tt:Jxf7! (1 l:!.xg6! ? fxg6 2 tt:Jxg6 l:!.f8 3 tt:Jxe7 'it>xe7 4 h5 may a l so win, but isn't so forcing) 1 ... l:!.xf7 (Black is com pletely a n n i h i lated after 1...ctJxf7 2 tt:Jxg6 l:!.g8 3 l:!.xe6) 2 l:!.xf7 tt:Jxe5 (2 ... Wxf7 3 'ifxg6+ 'it>e7 4 'ifg7+ ctJf7 5 tt:Jxe6! wins the house a nd 2 ...tt:Jxf7 3 'ifxe6+ 'it>d8 4 'ifxf7 is com pletely hopeless too) 3 dxe5 'ifxf7 (3 ...ctJxf7 4 ifxe6+ 'it>d8 5 tt:Jxg6 l:!.h7 a l lows va rious fi nishes including 6 tt:Jh8!) 4 tt:Jxd5 1-0 The white q ueen switches fla n ks to invade with decisive effect in the event of 4...'ifg7 5 tt:Jf6+ 'it>e7 6 ifxc4. 183) Camacho Collados-Eggleston 1 l:!.hxh7! (not the only way to win, but it's n ice to be clinical and make u se of the otherwise potentially offside rook) 1...tt:Jxh7 2 .tf5+ 1-0 The h-pawn will force mate after 2 ...'it>g5 3 l:!.xh7.

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Th e Co m p lete Chess Work o u t 2 184} Harvey-Collins 1 .. .fxg3! 2 .txh6 \\!Vh4! (2 ...gxh2+? 3 'it>h1 isn't so clea r) 3 'it>h1 (if 3 .txf8 \\!Vxh 3 and there's no good way to stop mate on h2, or 3 d4 gxh 2+ 4 'it>h1 \\!Vxh6 and Black emerges a piece a head) 3 ...�xf2 4 �xf2 .txf2 5 \\!Vd2 gxh3 and the attack is overwhelming with 6 ...g2+ n ext up. 185} Pollard-Andrews 1 ... �xc3! (1 ...�fc8!? 2 bxc4 .txc4 3 \\!Vd2 CLld3+ is also rather good) 2 C2lxc3 \\!Vd4 3 \\!Vd2 CLld3+ 4 'it>e2 C2lxf4+ 5 \\!Vxf4 and now 5 ...\\!Vxc3 was h a rd ly bad, but 5 ....tc4+! 6 bxc4 \\!Vxc4+ 7 'it>d1 .txc3 would have been tota l ly crushing. 186} Rose-Pinter 1 d5+! 'it>xd5 (if 1 ... '1t>c5 2 \\!Vd4#) 2 �h5+ 'it>c6 3 \\!Va4+ 1-0 187} Taylor-Rizvi 1 �d8+! '>t>f7 (1 ...�xd8 2 \\!Vxa 5 wi ns the q ueen) 2 �f8+ (2 \\!Vf8+!) 2 ...'it>g6? 3 �f6# 1-0 188} Croad-Arkell 1....txg3! 2 �xf6 (2 hxg3 \\!Vxg3 3 C2lxe4 �xf1+ 4 'it>xf1 \\!Vd3+ 5 �e2 .ta6 is a massacre) 2 ....txh2+! 3 'it>xh2 (3 'it>f1 \\!Vxg2+ 4 'it>e1 �xf6 h a rd ly helps Wh ite) 3 ...\\!Vxg2# 0-1 189} Miranda Gonzalez-Granat 1...�fxf3! (1 ....txf3 a lso wins, but the text leads to mate) 2 gxf3 (2 ...�xh 3# was th reatened and 2 \\!Vxe3 doesn't save White: 2 ...�xh3+ 3 \\!Vxh 3 \\!Vxh3#) 2 ...\\!Vxh3+ 3 \\!Vh2 .txf3+ 0-1 lt's mate next move. 190} Regan-Fiint 1 .tg6+! �xg6 (1 ...'1t>g7 2 \\!Vh 5 'it>f8 3 \\!Vh7 ! leaves Black defenceless too, as shown by 3 ...\\!Vd7 4 \\!Vh8+ '>t>e7 5 .th5) 2 \\!Vh5+ �h6 3 \\!Vf7+ 'it>h8 4 \\!Vg7# 1-o 191} Thomas-Croad 1 .txg6! hxg6 (1 ... \\!Vc7 2 .txh7+ \\!Vxh7 3 �dg4+ doesn't help) 2 \\!Vh8+ 1-0 Wh ite forces mate after 2 ...'1t>f7 3 �df4+. 192} Hackner-Spice 1 C2lxh7! (1 .txf8 a l so wi ns after 1 ... .txg5 2 .td6 or 1 ... �xf8 2 hxg6 hxg6 3 C2lxe6!) 1 ...'it>xh7 2 .txf8 .txf8 (2 ...'it>g8 3 .th6 won't save Black either) 3 hxg6+ 'it>g8? (a l lowi ng mate, but after 3 .. .fxg6 4 .txg6+ 'it>h8 5 .txe8 Wh ite emerges the excha nge a h ead in view of 5 ...�xe8? 6 \\!Vh 5+) 4 gxf7+ 'it>xf7 5 \\!Vg6+ '>t>e7 6 \\!Vh7+ 1-0 193} Weller-Kourtseva 1 C2lxd5+! (1 f5 only wins a piece, while 1 g5+ 'it>f5 2 \\!Va4 hxg5 3 hxg5 f6 4 \\!Vc2+ CLle4 enables Black to fight on for a bit) 1...exd5 2 g5+ 1-0 lt's mate after 2 ... hxg5 3 C2lg4#.

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196) Van Kampen-McMichael 1 J:!.xe5! fxe5 2 ct:ixe5 .ig5 (or 2 ... �e8 3 �xd8! �xd8 4 ct:ixf7+ 'it>g8 5 ct:ixd8) 3 ct:ixg6+ fxg6 4 �xg5 sees White winning two pawns. 197) Clements-Terry 1 ct:ic1+! 2 'it>a1 �a2+! 3 ct:ixa2 't:ib3# 0-1 .••

198) Williams-Hopwood 1 J:!.xc1! 2 J:!.xc1 �xd3+ 3 'it>e1 (or 3 'it>f2 �d2+) 3 ... �xe3+ 4 'it>d1 �d3+ 5 'it>e1 ct:ixf3+ 6 'it>f2 �d2+ 7 'it>xf3 �xc1 wi ns a piece. .••

199) Malinovsky-Kratochvil 1 J:!.xh7+! 'it>xh7 2 �xf7+ l:!.g7 3 �h5+ 'it>g8 4 .ic4+ (the key fol low-u p) 4 'it>f8 5 �h8+ 'it>e7 6 't:if5+ 1-o The black king wil l be mated on f6. .•.

200) Gagarin-Vechet 1 l:!.xh5! gxh5? 2 .ixh7+! 1-0 The black q ueen is lost after 2 ...'it>xh7 3 �xh 5+ 'it>g7 4 ct:id5+. 201) Czebe-Estrada Nieto 1 �d8+! 1-0 1...J:!.xd8 2 't:ic7# is a pretty finish. 202) Lukacs-Laza 1 .ixa3! 2 bxa3 (there's nothing better) 2 ...�xa3+ 3 'it>d1 �a1+ 4 'it>e2 and now 4 .ic4+! 5 'it>f2 �xh1 would have clea n ly won the exchange. •••

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203) Korpa-Dolgener 1 J:!.xg6+! 1-0 it's mate after 1...hxg6 2 �h8# or 1...'it>h5 2 J:!.g5+ 'it>h4 3 �h 5#. 204) Szalanczy-Ernst 1 ct:ixh5! l:!.h7 (or 1...gxh5 2 �xh 5+ 'it>g7 3 �h6+ 'it>g8 4 �h8#) 2 ct:if6! 1-0 it's mate after 2 ... J:!.xh4 3 J:!.xh4+ 'it>g7 4 l:!.h7+ 'it>f8 5 .ih6#. 231

Th e Comp lete Chess Wo rko u t 2 205) Letay-Hilbenz 1 i.h6! g6 (1 ... gxh6? 2 �xh6 forces mate) 2 .i.xf8 .i.xf8 3 'bh6+ leaves W h ite the excha nge a head. 206) Todorovic-S kytte 1 .l:!.xg7! rJi?xg7 (otherwise the check on f7 is too strong) 2 �g5+ rJi?fS 3 .l:!.f3 rJi?e7 4 liixf6+ rJi?d6 5 '2lf7+ 1-0 The queen is lost. 207) Estrada Nieto-Battey 1 .i.xe5! .l:!.xe5 (otherwise f6 is fa l l ing, 1 .. .fxe5 ? 2 l�Vxe6 is clea rly no good and even 1 ....i.g1+! ? 2 rJi?xg1 .l:!.xe5 3 'bxf6 �d4+ 4 rJi? h 2 .i.g6 5 '2ld7+ doesn't save Black) 2 'bxf6 i.g6 ( 2. . ..i.g1+ m ight aga in have been tried, a lthough W h ite should win after 3 rJi?h1 .i.d4 4 'bxh7+ rJi?e7 5 �h4+ rJi?d6 6 �xh6+ .l:!.e6 7 liif4+ .i.e5 8 �xf7) 3 '2ld7+ rJi?gS 4 'bxe5 left Wh ite attacking and two pawns to the good. 208) Mirza-Nemeth 1 liig 7+! .l:!.xg7 2 hxg7+ 1-0 Mate follows down the h-file. 209) S erra Olives-Farago 1....i.c5! 2 lii b 2 (if 2 liix c5 .l:!.a l+ 3 rJi?b2 .l:!.8a2#) 2 ...�a7 3 .i.es .l:!.a2 o-1 The q ueen is lost. 210) S hirov-Valerga 1 'ba6+! (win ning the q ueen) 1 bxa6 2 .l:!.c4 liixc4 3 liixc4+ rJi?d7 4 �xa6 1-0 ••.

211) Astaneh Lopez-lstratescu 1 liid 6! 2 'bxc7? (he had to try 2 'bxf6 liixf6 3 lii b 2, grim though it would have been after 3 ....l:!.d7 or 3 ...lii h4) 2 ...liih 2+ 3 rJi?f1 .i.h3! 4 rJi?e1 e3 5 fxe3 liig 3+ 6 rJi?d2 liix e3+ 7 rJi?e1 and now 7 ....i.xg2! would have led to mate on the back ran k. •..

212) S hort-lstratescu 1 'bxgs! 1-o After 1 .. .fxg5 (otherwise 2 'bf7 fol lowed by 3 liif5 will be a decisive invasion) 2 �f5+ rJi?g7 3 �xg5+ .l:!.g6 4 liie 7+ White has various ways to win serious materia l, and 1 'bxf6! .l:!.xf6 2 lii h 7 wou ld a l so have done t h e job. 213) S meets-De Jong 1....l:!.e1+! 2 rJi?h2 .i.g1+ 3 rJi?h1 .i.f2+ 0-1 lt's either mate on g3 or with 4 'bxe1 liig l#. 214) Van den Bergh-Ootes 1 .i.xh4! 2 .l:!.xh4 .l:!.xh4+ 3 �xh4 liixf3+ 4 .l:!.g2 .l:!.hs s liix hs liix hs+ 0-1 The q ueen and passed pawns will prove too strong. •••

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S o l u t io n s 215) Hebden-Padilla Cabero 1 .Uxf7! 1-0 The check on e5 will be crushing whether or not Black ta kes the rook. 216) Macioi-Adair 1..:iixf4! 0-1 2 .txg7 prevents mate on f3, but not with 2 ...iVf1+ 3 .Uxfl .Uxfl#. 217) Jones-Tjipueja 1 iVxg7+! 1-0 it's mate after 1 ... xg7 2 .Uxh7+ f8 3 .Uh8+ g 7 4 .U1h7#. 218) Le Quang Long-Nguyen Van Toan Thanh 1 iVxc4! .txc4 2 exf6 iVb5 3 fxg7+ gs 4 gxf8iV+ xf8 5 .td4 gives Wh ite too m uch for the q ueen. 219) Nguyen Hoang Nam-Lu Chan Hung 1...f2! 0-1 Sudden ly there's a h uge th reat on el and it's mate if 2 l2lxf2 iVe3+ 3 d 1 .tf3#. 220) Karthikeyan-Vajda 1 e7! iVxe7 2 iVg6+ h s 3 .txf5 1-0 There's no good way to defend h6, for if 3 ...iVg7 4 iVxh 5 iVf6 5 .Ug6. 221) Moreno Carretero-Perez Manas 1 h7+! x h7 (1 ...'it>g7 2 .th6+ sca rcely helps) 2 hxg6+ gs {if 2 ...g 7 3 .th6+ g 8 4 g7 .txg7 5 .txg7) 3 .Uxh8+! x h8 4 iVh2+ g 7 5 iVh6+ 1-0 it's mate after 5 ...f6 6 g7+ .tg6 7 .Uxd6+ f5 (or 7 ...e 7 8 gxf8iV#) 8 iVg5#. 222) Molnar-Bindzus 1 h8iV+! .Uxh8 2 iVg5+ 1-0 Mate follows on h8. 223) Dobierzin-Avram 1 .txa7+! x a7 (not 1...l2lxa7? 2 iVxb7#) 2 .Uxe5 exploits both pins to net a pawn. 224) Patev-Dima 1 e6! {Wh ite m u st restrict the black king) 1...iVxe6 2 l2le5 d s 3 iVf8+ c 7 4 .Ug7 (rega i n i ng the piece with h uge i nterest) 4 ... b6 5 .Uxe7 iVd6 6 .Ub7+! x b7 7 iVxd6 1-0 225) Rettore-Gilevich 1....Ufxf4! 2 .Uxf4 .Uxf4 0-1 The rook fa l l s and it will be mate after 3 gxf4 iVxh4+ 4 'it>g1 iVxel+.

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Th e C o m p lete Chess Worko u t 2 226) Paltrinieri-Aitini 1..Jbf1+! 2 :i.xf1 {or 2 xfl :i.f8+} 2 .'ifh2+ 3 f2 :i.f8+ 4 e1 :i.xf1+ 0-1 The q ueen is lost a long the first ran k. ••

227) Vallejo Pons-Brun 1 .ltxh7! 'it'xb4 {1 ... 'it'xh7 2 l:t.h4 wins the q u een) 2 .ltg6+ 1-0 W h ite rega ins the rook with i nterest after 2 ...g8 3 'it'h7+ f8 4 'it'h8+ e7 5 'it'g7+ d6 6 'it'xf6. 228) Pallesen-Matthiesen 1...'it'g1+! 2 ct:Jxg1 ctJf2# 0-1 229) Najer-Kanovsky 1 ct:Jgfs! i.xfs {not 1 ...gxf5? 2 'it'h 5+ and mate n ext move) 2 exfs 'it'c3 {2 ...i.h6 3 fxg6+ fxg6 4 i.xh6 xh6 5 'it'f7 is hopeless too) 3 'it'g4 1-0 There's no defence on the h-file or to the e-pawn in the event of 3 ... :i.xe7 4 dxe7 'it'c6 5 :i.c1! 'it'e8 6 fxg6+ fxg6 7 :i.c8. 230) Bures-Mudrak 1 'it'xe2! 'it'xc3+ {if 1 ... 'it'xe2 2 .ltf6#} 2 'it'e3 1-0 2 ... 'it'xe3+ 3 fxe3 g8 4 i.d8+ is clea rly utterly hopeless. 231) Bartei-Petr 1 ct:Jhs! 1-o There's no good defe nce to mate on g7 or h7 after 1 ... gxh 5 2 'it'xh7#. 232) Pokrupa-Neckar 1 'it'xh7+! :i.xh7 2 :i.xh7+ g8 3 :i.g1+ 1-0 lt will be mate on h8. 233) Wang Vue-Vu Vangyi 1 ...:i.xd4! 0-1 There's no defence down the f-file after 2 'it'e8+ {or 2 exd4 'it'e4, while 2 ct:Jxd4 :i.xf2+ 3 h3 ctJf6 leads to mate on g4) 2 ...g7 3 exd4 'it'd3. 234) Shanava-Bacrot 1 :i.d8! .ltb7 {not 1 ...:i.xd8?? 2 'it'e8+!} 2 :i.d7! 'it'xc4 {2 ...'it'b6 a l so prevents the th reatened 3 ct:Je6, but after 3 :i.e3 ! i.c8 4 :i.g3 'it'h6 5 ct:Je6! Black is overwhel med} 3 ct:Jxb7 win s a piece. 235) Pijpers-Vereggen 1 i.xe6! .ltxe6 {or 1 ... .1te7 2 'it'd 5 with a n extra pawn and dominating position) 2 'it'xf6 .ltc4 3 'it'xh8 0-0-0 4 'it'f6 leaves White the excha nge a h ead.

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S o l u ti o n s 236) Krueger-lmcke 1 .l::i.x h7+! 1-0 it's mate with 1 ... �xh7 2 'iff7+ �h6 3 .l::i. h l+ �g5 4 'iff4#. 237) Schorra-Ciornei 1 ...t2lc3+! 2 �a1 (2 bxc3 d rops t h e q ueen t o 2. . .CtJd3+) 2...t2lxd1 3 .l::i.x d1 d 5 leaves Black the excha nge a h ead. 238) Schmitz-Rueberg 1 .l::i.g 6! �d7 (th reatening 2 .l::i.e 6+ and the rook is u ntouchable: 1 .. .fxg6 2 'ifxg6+ 'iff7 3 'ifb6 'ifd7 4 .l::i.x d8+ 'ifxd8 5 'ife6+ 'ife7 6 'ifxe7#) 2 .l::i.a 6! 'ifxa6 (Black's q ueen ca n not stay guarding f7 and his cause is hopeless too after 2 ...g6 3 .l::i. b 7+ �c8 4 .l::i.x a 2 gxh 5 5 .l::i.a a7 or here 3 ...�e8 4 fxg6! 'ifxa6 5 gxf7#) 3 'ifxf7+ �c6 4 'ife6+ �c7 (4...�xc5 5 'ifd 5#) 5 'ifxa6 (it's also q uickly mate after 5 .,td6+) 5 ... �xb8 6 .,td6+ 1-0 239) Karjakin-Gustafsson 1 .l::i.gxg7! 1-0 White emerges q ueen for rook a head following 1 ...'ifxg7 (or 1 ....l::i.xg7 2 .l::i.d 8+ 'ifg8 3 .l::i.xg8+ �xg8 4 'ifd8+) 2 .l::i.xg7 .l::txg7 3 'ifd8+. 240) Kartsev-Schorra 1 .l::i.x d7+! t2lxd7 (or 1 ... 'ifxd7 2 .l::i.x d7+ t2lxd7 3 CtJd 5+ and t2lxb4) 2 t2ld5+ �d8 3 t2lxc7 1-0 241) Kuznetsov-Petermann 1 'ifg8+! .l::i.xg8 2 .l::i.xg8# 1-0 242) Harutjunyan-Nandhidhaa 1 .,txh5! .,txh5 (or 1 ...t2lc6 2 t2lxc6 .,txh 5 3 t2ld4 when t2lf5 follows in a ny case and W h ite is a l ready a pawn to the good) 2 t2lf5 .l::tc6 3 'ifg5 f6 4 'ifxh5+ �d8 5 t2ld4 1-0 243) Singh-Jones 1....,txh3! 0-1 it's mate after 2 'ifxb6 t2le2+! 3 i.xe2 'ifxg2# and neither wou l d 2 gxh 3 t2le2+ 3 �hl 'ifgl# or 2 t2lxg3 'ifxg3 have helped Wh ite. 244) Miedema-Muhren 1 ...'ifxg2+! 0-1 1 ... .,txg2+? 2 i.xg2 'ifd l+ 3 .,tfl 'ifd 5+ wou ld only have been enough for a d raw, but after 1 ... 'ifxg2+! 2 i.xg2 .l::i.d l+ White is mated on h i s first ra n k. 245) Galoyan-Bitalzadeh 1 t2lxg6+! hxg6 2 .l::i.xd4 i.xd4+ (Wh ite's initiative is fa r too strong too after both 2 ....l::i.f8 3 .l::i.e l! and 2 ... i.g7 3 .l::i.d 7) 3 'ifxd4+ 'ife5? (3 ... �g8 4 'ifd 5+ �h8 5 .,ta 5 ! is a key point when 5 ... b4 6 'ifd4+ �g8 7 'ifc4+ g7 3 .M1e7 s n a res the black q ueen) 3 .Mxe8+ 'it>xe8 4 etJc7+ 'it>d7 5 tbxa6 bxa5 6 'it>f1 'it>c8 7 c5! gives White a win n i ng endgame. 251) Partanen-Hentunen 1 ...etJg4+! 2 'it>h1 (or 2 hxg4 'ifh4#) 2 ...'ifg3! 0-1 252) Kiik-Lehtivaara 1 .i.g7+! 'it>xg7 2 'ifxh7+ 'it>f8 3 etJd7+! 'it>e8 4 .Mf8# 1-0 253) Pulkkinen-Ronka 1 'ifa5! 1-0 The q ueen ca n not be taken: 1 ....Mxe1+ 2 .Mxe1 'ifxa 5 3 .Me8+ and mate next move, but if 1 ... 'iVc6 2 'ifxd 5 ! . 254) Miezis-Schiendorfer 1 .i.xa5! 'ifxa5+ 2 b4 cxb4 3 'ifh6+ tbg6 4 'ifxg6+ 1-0 lt's mate after 4 ... 'it>e7 5 'ifxd6+ 'it>e8 6 tZJxe5+. 255) Vasquez Ramirez-Lalith 1....Md2! 2 .i.c3? (after this there's no defence on the kingside, but 2 'ifxd2 etJh3+ 3 'it>g2 'ifxd2+ 4 'it>xh3 g5 leaves Black up on materia l and stil l attacking) 2 ....Mg2+ 3 'it>h1 'ifh5 0-1 256) Sales-Pinto 1 ...'ifxh3 ! 2 .Mf1 (if 2 .i.xh 3 etJf2#) 2 ...'ifh4 gives Black a piece and an overwhel ming attack.

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Solutions 257) Sarkar-Jayakumar 1 tt:'ld6+! (1 .l::i.C 7+ also leads to mate) 1...�xd7 2 'ifa7+ �d8 (or 2 ...�c6 3 'ifb7#) 3 'ife7# 1-0 258) Lobo-Shahade 1 ... g3+! 2 �xh3 (if 2 �xg3 'iff3+) 2 ...'ifh1+! 3 �xg3 'iff3+ 0-1 Mate follows down the h-fi le. 259) Kosten-Paci 1 .Mxg6+! �f8 (or 1...fxg6 2 .Md7+ when going back d rops h 6, 2 ... �h6 3 'ife7 'ifh8 4 'ifg5+! .Mxg5 5 hxg5# is a neat finish and 2 ...�f6 3 'ife7+ �f5 4 'iff7+ 'iff6 5 .Md 5+! �e4 6 f3+ �e3 7 'ifxf6 .Mxd 5 8 'ife6+ will leave White q ueen for rook a head) 2 .Md7! 1-0 There's no defence to the th reat on e7, as 2 ... .Me8 3 .Mg8+! �xg8 4 'ifxe8+ leads to mate after all. 260) Kosten-Grimberg 1 'ifh5! .Mee6 (the bishop is pin ned, while if 1...hxg5 White win s the q ueen with 2 'ifh6+ �e7 3 .ixf6+ �d7 4 'ifh3+ �C7 5 .ixd8+} 2 'ifxh6+ �e7 3 .Mgf5 1-0 The last try was 3 ... tt:'ld4, but both 4 .M5f2 and 4 .ixd4 cxd4 5 .id 5 would have done the busi­ ness, if not 4 exd4?? .ixd4+ 5 .ixd4 .Mxh6 6 .Mxf7+ �e6. 261) Fedorchuk-Bauer 1 .ic5! .ixc5 2 dxc5 .Mxd3 (or 2 ...'ifxc5 3 .Mxd 7 with an extra rook} 3 .Mxd3 .Mxd3 4 cxb6 1-0 262) Battaglini-Marzolo 1 tt:lxc6! dxc6 2 .Mxc6 .id7 (this won't save B lack, but both pieces were ta boo: 2 ... axb3 3 tt:'lc7+ �d8 4 tt:lxa8 or 2 ... exd 5 3 .ixd 5 with decisive threats, as shown by 3 ...i.b7 4 .ixf7+ �xf7 5 'ifg6+ �e7 6 .ib4+) 3 tt:'lc7+ �d8 4 .Mb6 1-0 Black loses his q ueen after 4 ... 'ifxb6 5 'ifxa8+ �xc7 6 .ia 5. 263) Hamdouchi-Battaglini 1 .Md4! 1-o There's nothing to be done a bout the th reat of 2 'ifxh7+!, a s 1...tt:'lxd4 runs i nto 2 'ifg7#. 264) Brunner-Fressinet 1 ... .Md3! 2 'iff2 (if 2 'ifxd3 'ifg2#) 2 .Mxh3+! 3 �xh3 'ifg4+ 0-1 it's mate on the h-fi le. •.•

265) Hisler-Maze 1....Mxg2! 0-1 There's nothing to be done, in view of 2 'ifxa 5 .Mxh 2# or 2 .Mxg2 'ifxe1+ 3 .Mg1 'iff2. 266) Pizzuto-Arnetta 1 .Mxf6! gxf6 2 'ifxf7+ �d7 3 .if4 (the black king is fa r too exposed} 3 ... 'ifa5 4 'ife6+ �d8 5 .Me1 .Me8 and now 6 .Me4 'ifc5 7 b4 was the fastest way to finish Black off. 23 7

Th e Comp lete Chess Worko u t 2 267) Eggleston-Merry it's mate down the a-fi le: 1 'iix a6+! lbxa6 2 �xa6 1-0 268} Jackson-Sipila Black won the excha nge with 1 ...i.h6+! (1 ...'iixf2 2 lbxf2 i.h6+ is equ a l ly good) 2 �bl lL'lc3+! 3 �al 'iixf2 4 lL'lxf2 lbxdl 5 �xdl. 269) Josse-Donovan 1 �xe5! �xe5 2 i.d4 �ae8 3 �f8+! 1-0 White wi ns the house after 3 �f8+ �g7 4 �xe8. 270) White-Hebden 1... �h6! 2 gxh6 i.a2+!? (2 ... g5 would be the m u ndane way to win) 3 �xb2 (or 3 �xa2 bl'ii+ when Black's rook i nvades with decisive effect: 4 �xb1 'ii b 3+ 5 �cl 'iix a3+ 6 �d 2 �xf2+ 7 �el 'iie 3+ or 4 �xb1 �xf2+ 5 �b2 'iic4+) 3 ... 'iib 3+ 4 �cl �xa3+ 5 �c2 i.b3+ (5 ... �xf2+ 6 �d2 'ii b 3+ 7 �cl 'iic 3+ was a nother way to win) 6 �bl 'iia 2+ 7 �cl 'iia l+ 8 �d2 'iib 2+ 9 �e3 'iixf2+ 10 �d3 'iid4+ 0-1 271) Duport-Bennett 1 �h8+! 1-0 Much stronger than 1 lbxd7+ �e7 2 lL'lf6, since it's mate after 1 ...i.xh8 2 �xh8+ �g7 (or 2 ...�e7 3 �e8#} 3 �g8#. 272) Batchelor-White 1 ...i.h3+! 2 �gl (2 �xh 3 'iie 2+ also leads to mate) 2 ...'iie 2 0-1 There's nothing to be done a bout f2 for if 3 �h2 �dl+! 4 �xdl �xdl+ 5 i.xdl 'iixd l+. 273) Martinsen-Bhatia 1 �xd6+! maintained material equality before White's pawns overwhel med Black after 1 ...exd6? (1 ...�c5 2 �d7 �xf1+ 3 i.xfl �b6 wou l d have kept Black in the game) 2 �xf8 �xf8 3 e7 �e8 4 exd6. 274) Sipila-Pena Torres 1 i.h5! 'iig8 (or 1 ... �xh 5 2 lbe6+ �xe6 3 �xh 5 winning the q ueen) 2 lL'lf7 e3 and now the sim plest way to win was 3 �c3+ lbe5 4 lL'lxe5 dxe5 5 �xe5, and if 5...�xe5 6 'iix e5+ �h6 7 �f6+! �xh5 8 g4+. 275) Sipila-Josse 1 h7+! lbxh7 2 'iig6+ �f8 3 �xel �xf7 (3 ... 'ii b 3 prevents i.a3+, but then 4 lL'lh 6 renews that th reat) 4 i.a3+ 1-0 276) Dackiewicz-Oiejarczyk 1...�XC4+! 0-1 it's mate with 2 �xc4 �b4#. 238

S o l u tions 277) Gluszko-Suliborski 1 .ixg6+! '.ith6? (a stra nge choice, but 1 ...'.itxg6 2 �xg7+ '.itxg7 3 �xh s would have won q ueen for rook) 2 �xh5# 1-0 278} Kindler-Cybulski 1 �xg6+! '.ith8 (or 1 .. .fxg6 2 �xg6+ '.ith8 3 �xh s+ '.itg8 4 �gl+) 2 �g7 (2 �d s is a l so pretty effective) 2 ... �xg7 3 fxg7+ Wxg7 4 tt'lg5 1-0 279) Spraggett-Gerber 1 �xf7+! 1-0 White is too m uch material a head after 1 ... '.itd6 (if 1 ... Wxf7 2 �h7#) 2 �d3+ '.itc6 3 �xc?+ '.itxc? 4 �g7+. 280} Vallejo Pons-Maiwald 1 .ixa7! 1-0 Mate on b6 is threatened a n d after l ... tt'lds (if 1 ... �xa7 2 tt'lb6+ '.itb8 3 �xd8+ .ic8 4 �xc8#) 2 .ics Black m ust lose at least the exchange. 281} Rau-Hoffmann 1...ctJd3+! 0-1 2 .ixd3 tt'lxd S 3 .ixb6 �xb6+ fol l owed by 4...tt'le3 wins a whole piece a n d was thus even more accurate than the a l so da ngerous 1...tt'lcxe4+ 2 fxe4 tt'lxe4+ 3 '.itf1 .ixe3 4 tt'lxe3 �b6. 282) Schelberg-Mayer 1 .ixf7+! '.itxf7 2 �xh7+ .ig7 and now 3 .ih6 would have decided proceed ings: 3 ...�g8 (or 3 ...�f6 4 tt'le4 �d4 5 tt'ld6+! �xd6 6 �xg7#) 4 �e8! �xe8 5 �xg7+ '.ite6 6 �e1+ '.itd6 7 �xe8 and the black king wil l q u ickly be h u nted to its death. 283} H.Nielsen-Nyback 1 ...�c1+! (White was able to save h i m self after l ... .ixgs 2 �xgs '.itg7 3 �fS ! exf3 4 �g3 i n t h e ga me) 2 '.itg2 �c8! ( 2 ...exf3+, a n d i f 3 '.itf2 �d1, should a lso d o t h e trick) 3 �xe4 (Black i nvades with decisive effect after 3 .ixe4 �c4) 3 ...�c2+ 4 �xc2 �xc2+ 5 '.itg3 .ixg5 and a piece u p Black should wi n the e ndga me. 284) Rabiega-Vallejo Pons 1 tt'lg3+ (good enough, but 1 ... �xf2+! 2 '.itxf2 �xg2+ 3 '.itfl tt'lg3# was prettier and more c l i n ica l) 2 '.itg1 tt'lxh3+! 3 gxh3 tt'le4+ 0-1 .•.

285} Giricz-Schelberg 1 �xh8+! '.itxh8 2 �xh7+ '.itg8 3 �h8+ 1-0 it's mate with 3 ... '.itg7 4 �1h7#.

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The Complete Chess Work o u t 2 286) Decoster-Solodovnichenko After 1 .. Jhe4! 2 ifxe4 (or 2 ifd2 l:tc8 with an extra pawn, the in itiative and com plete con­ trol) 2 .Cbg4+ 3 ifxg4 hxg4 4 hxg4 l:tc8 the q ueen easily outpowers the two pieces. ••

287) Sutovsky-Nabaty 1 l:txf6! ifxf6 2 l:tf1 1-0 Black's q ueen ca n't continue to defend both d8 and d6 a pa rt from with 2 ...'ife7 when White q ueens with 3 ifxe7+ g6 6 'iYf7+) 3 'iYh5 t2Jxe5 4 'iYh7+ Wf8 5 'iYh8+ We7 6 l:!.xe5+ Wd6 7 tLlxf7+ Wc6 8 tLlxd8+ 1-0 325) Cheparinov-Danielsen 1 .txd5! 1-o Black survives after 1 l:!.xf7+ 'iYxf7 2 l:!.xf7+ Wxf7 3 'iYf2+ Wg8, but 1 .ltxd5 cxd 5 2 J:!.xe6 'iYxe6 3 l:!.f6 'iYe8 4 l:!.d 6 followed by 5 l:!.d8 costs him serious material. 243

Th e Complete C h ess Wo rko u t 2 326) Hyldkrog-Rudolf 1 f2! 2 g4 (not 2 l:txf2? l:tdl#) 2 ....11Lxg4 3 lt:lxg4 f1� 4 l:txf1 l:txf1 wins the excha nge. ••.

327) Bach-Nassetti 1 l:txf5! 1-0 White will crash through on f7 after 2 lt:ld6+, since 1 ...�xf5? 2 lt:ld6+ n a bs the q ueen. 328) Larsen-Carnstam 1 l:txf4+! gxf4 (or 1 ... � h 5 2 .11Lc 3 with an extra piece) 2 .11Le1# 1-0 329) Thaler-Giud 1 .11Lx b2! 2 .11Lxd5 (if 2 �xb2 �c3+ 3 �bl �xb3+! 4 axb3 lt:lc3+ 5 �b2 lt:lxe4 with two extra pawns) 2 exd5 3 �xd5? (3 l:txd 5 �b6 4 �d3 was very bad, but a better try) 3 l:tc1+! 4 �xb2 �c3# 0-1 •..

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335) Merry-Arkell 1 lt:lxg3! (1 ....11Lx g3+! 2 hxg3 l:txg3 3 �xg3 lt:lxg3 comes to the same thing) 2 hxg3 l:txg3 3 �xg3 .11Lx g3+ 4 �xg3 l:tg8+ 5 �xh3 (Wh ite might have three pieces for the q ueen, but he is a lso in desperate trouble after 5 �f3 l:tg2 followed by ...�e8-g8) 5 f5! (threaten i ng 6 ...�d7 and 7 ...�h 7#) 6 lt:le2 d4! 7 lt:lg3 �f3 0-1 •••

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S o l u tions 337) Novita-Lu Shanglei 1 e7+! J::i.xe7 2 J::i. h 8+ J::i.e8 3 'iVb8+ �d7 4 'iVxe8+ (win ning the excha nge and next to go will be Black's q u een) 4...�c7 5 'iVb8+! 1-o 338) Aron Teh Eu Wen-Li Wenxiang 1 g8'iV+! lt:Jxg8 2 J::i.f7+ �h6 (or 2 ... �h8 3 'iVg7#) 3 'iVg5# 1-0 339) Laylo-Ton 1 J::i.x h2+! 2 �xh2 'iVf2+ 0-1 lt will be mate down the h-fi le. .••

340) Guo Qi-Nakhbayeva 1 i.e2+! 2 �xe2 'iVxf2+ 3 �d1 'iVg1+ 4 i.f1 (or 4 lt:Jf1 lbf2+ 5 �d2 lbd3) 4 ... lt:Jf2+ 0-1 After 5 �e2 lt:Jd 3 Black threatens both the q ueen and mate via f2 and el. ••.

341) Lu Shanglei-Narayanan 1 i.xh6! lb7b6 (1 ...gxh6 2 'iVg4+ �h7 is mated by, a mongst others, 3 J::i.x h6+ �xh6 4 'iVg5+ �h7 5 lt:Jf6+ �h8 6 'iVh6#) 2 i.xg7! 1-0 After 2 ...lt:Jf4 (2 ...�xg7 3 'iVg4+ �h8 4 'iVh5+ �g7 5 'iVg5+ �h8 6 lt:Jf6 mates) 3 lbf6+ �xg7 4 lt:Jh5+ lt:Jxh 5 5 'iVxe5+ f6 6 'iVxh 5 White threatens both mate and to pick u p the loose bishop on b4. 342) Sachdev-Gomes 1...J::i.xe4! 0-1 The bu ried bishop rises with some effect after 2 J::i.xe4 (or 2 lt:Je3 J::i.x g4!) 2 ... i.xd 5 3 J::i.fel J::i.e 8 when Black will emerge two pawns to the good. 343) Seidi-Gorbatov 1 'iVxa2+! 0-1 it's mate down the a-fi le after 2 �xa2 J::i. a 5+ 3 �bl J::i.a l#. •••

344) Hujbert-Popovic 1 i.xg4! 2 fxg4? (2 lt:Jf2 had to be tried, but does j u st leave Wh ite a pawn down and s uffer­ ing) 2 .. .f3+! 3 J::i.xf3 (3 'iVxf3 'iVxf3+ also wins the excha nge no matter how White reca ptu res) 3 J::i.x h1 4 J::i.xf6 J::i.8 h2+ 5 �f3 J::i. h 3+ 6 �e2 J::i.x d3 7 �xd3 �xf6 8 lt:Je3 J::i. h 2 0-1 •••

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Th e Co m p lete Chess Work o u t 2 347) Houimei-Volkov 1 .l:txf6! .ixf6 2 'i¥d3 (good enough, a lthough 2 'iVc2 or 2 'i¥h5 would have forced mate) 2 JIVxd4+ 3 'i¥xd4 .ixa2 4 'i¥g4 1-0 •.

348) Jonke-Mason 1 ...l2lf3+! (stronger tha n 1 .. 'i¥g4 when White ca n try to defend after 2 .ixf7+! l2lxf7 3 .ixf4 exf4 4 .l:ta3) 2 �g3 (2 �hl 'i¥g4 1eads to mate, as does 2 gxf3 'i¥h3+) 2 ... i2Jxd2 3 'i¥a2 l2lxe4+ 4 �h2 'i¥g4 0-1 .

349) Sendur-Jacobs 1 l2Jxf3+! (1 ... l2lh4 followed by 2 ...l2Jgxf3+ a l so does the trick) 2 gxf3 iLlh4 3 'i¥f2 (if 3 l2lxe6 l2lxf3+ 4 �g2 iLlxd2, and even after 3 .l:tfl .l:tg6+ 4 �h2 iLlxf3+ 5 .l:txf3 'i¥xf3 6 .l:tg1 .l:te8 Black should win without d ifficulty) 3 .l:tg6+ 4 �f1 'i¥xh3+ 5 �e2 .l:tg2 wi ns the q ueen. ..•

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3 51) Principe-Kargaci 1 iLlxh5+! gxh5 (1 ... �h6 avoids a l lowi ng a double discovered check, but 2 iLlf4+ �g7 3 'i¥f6+ �h7 4 l2Jxg6 overwhelms the defence i n a ny case) 2 'i¥g5+ �h8 3 'i¥h6+ �g8 4 'i¥h7# 1-0 3 52) Romero Echeverria-Fernandez 1 .l:te2! 2 l2lg2 (or 2 'i¥xe2 l2lxg3+) 2 g4 3 'i¥xe2 l2lxg3+ 4 �g1 i2Jxe2+ 5 �f2 'i¥f3+ 0-1 •••

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355) Gundavaa-5 merdon 1 .if5+! exf5 (essential, in view of 1 . .�h8 2 'i¥xh6+) 2 e6 'i¥e7 3 .l:tg7+ 'i¥xg7 4 .ixg7 1-0 Wh ite crashes through on h6 or d7. .

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359) Volpinari-Skehan 1 .i.xh6! g6 (or 1 ...gxh6 2 �xh6 when Black m ust give up his q ueen on h4 to delay mate) 2 l2Jxg6! ctJd7 (2 .. .fxg6 3 �xg6+ �h8 4 �g7#) 3 .i.xf8 1-0 360) Warner-Kukk 1 .l:!.c1+! 2 .l:!.xc1 �xb6 3 �d2 (there's no way to cover the d4-square) 3 ...�d4+ 4 .l:!.c3 (or 4 �c3 .l:!.bl+! 5 �a2 .l:!.xcl 6 �xcl �xa4) 4 ...�g1+ 5 .i.d1 .l:!.b1+ 6 �a2 .l:!.xd1 7 �b2 .i.b1+ 0-1 •••

361) Ahmed-Faraj 1 .l:!.xf4! 2 .l:!.xf4 .l:!.xf4 3 �d3 (if 3 �xf4 .i.gS+ 4 �fs g6#) 3 .l:!.f1 4 �d2 .l:!.f3+ 0-1 White loses h i s q ueen next move. •••

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362) Vnojosa-Abdulla 1 l2Jxh7! �xh7 (1 ....l:!.e8 2 .i.xg6 doesn't especia l ly help Black) 2 �h S+ �g8 3 .i.xg6 .l:!.e8 4 �h7+ �f8 5 .i.h6! �e7 6 �xg7+ rega i n s the piece with a crushing attack. 363) Guseinov-Andreasen White picked up a piece: 1 .l:!.fxc6! bxc6 2 �f6+ �g8 3 �xe7 1-0 364) Milos-Carlsson 1...�h1+! 0-1 it's mate with 2 .i.xhl lLlh2+ 3 �el .l:!.g1#. 365) Tikkanen-Sharavdorj 1 �g8+! 1-0 it's mate with 1 ...�xg8 2 l2Jg6#. 366) Cheparinov-Leiva 1 l2Jxe6! (1 .i.xe6! .i.xe6 2 l2Jxe6 or 1 ... l2Jxe6 2 CDdS l2Jxd4 3 .l:!.xd4 wil l a l so do) 1 .i.xe6 2 .i.xe6+ l2Jxe6 3 lLlds �cs (he m ust give u p the bishop in view of 3...�d7? 4 l2Jb6+) 4 l2Jxe7+ nets a pawn. .•.

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368) Aagaard-lsmagambetov 1 lLlg3 ! o-1 White can only prevent mate on both g2 and the back ran k by e ntering a hopeless ending with 1 ...CDg3 2 .l:!.f2 .l:!.xf2 3 .l:!.xg3 .l:!.xf4. •••

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Th e Complete Chess Wo rko u t 2 369) Cubas-Croad 1 l:!.xg7! xg7 2 l:!.f7+ hS 3 ii.xe7 h5 (Black can also only delay not avert mate after 3 ... Wg8 4 ii.f6) 4 ii.f6+ gs 5 l:!.e7+ (surprisingly missing 5 l:!.g7+ and mate on the tu rn) 5 ...Wf8 6 l:!.h7 1-0 370) Gustafsson-Vedmediuc 1 ii.g6+! 1-0 it's mate with 1 ...Wxg6 2 i¥f5+ Wh6 3 i¥h 5#. 371) Rogule-Daulyte 1 ii.e3! (1...'�Je3+ is also good, if not q u ite a l l over after 2 ii.xe3 ii.xe3 3 "i¥e4 l:!.xf2+ 4 �hl) 2 f4 (2 fxe3 l:!.f2+ wins the q ueen) 2 ii.xd4 (ta king the material, but 2 ....�:Jxf4+! 3 gxf4 l:!.g5+! would have led to mate) 3 "i¥e4 'Lle3+ 0-1 .••

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376) Manuei-Knight 1 ii.xg6! hxg6 2 i¥xg6+ hs 3 l:!.d4 1-0 it's mate down the h-file. 377) Muzychuk-Zhao Xue 1 'Llh5! 'Llxh5 (otherwise g7 fa l l s) 2 ii.xh7+! Wh8 (2 ... xh7 3 l:!.xh 5+ Wg8 4 "i¥h4 wins the q ueen) 3 l:!.xh5 "i¥e7 4 ii.e4+ Wg8 5 ii.xd5 leaves White two pawns ahead. 378) Ortiz-Zerafa 1 'Llxb7! i¥xb7 (otherwise 2 'Llc5+ or 2 'Llxd8+ follows) 2 i¥xa4 wi ns the exchange.

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380) Pert-Jose Queralto 1 'iVxh6+! 1-0 it's mate with 1 ... gxh6 2 .l:!.xg8+ 'it>h7 3 .l:!.3g7#. 381) Barrientos-Warner 1 i.xh6! gxh6 2 g7! (a n essential fol low-u p) 2 ...li:Jd8 (or 2 ...'iVxg7 3 .l:!.xg7+ 'it>xg7 4 'iVf6+ when the q ueen is fa r too powerfu l) 3 'iVxh6 li:lf7 4 'iVh7+! 1-0 382) Djuraev-Handjaba 1 .l:!.xg5+! fxg5? (1 ...'it>f7 2 'iVxd 5+ e6 3 fxe6+ li:Jxe6 4 .l:!.g3 would have left Black fighting, be­ ing just a pawn in a rrea rs) 2 'iVxg5+ 'it>h8 3 'iVh6+ 'it>g8 4 'iVg6+ 'it>h8 5 .l:!.e3 1-0 it's mate on the h-file. 383) Foisor-Barbier 1 .l:!.xg7+! i.xg7 2 'iVg4 1-0 it's mate on g7. 384) Thorhallsson-Jeitz 1 i.c4! 'iVxc4 (now it's mate, but otherwise the q ueen was lost) 2 'iVg6+ 'it>h8 3 'iVxh6+ 'it>g8 4 'iVxg5+ 'it>h7 5 'iVh4+ 1-0 385) Thorhallsson-Dastan 1 'iVxf7+! .l:!.xf7 2 .l:!.xf7+ 'it>g8 3 .l:!.g7+ (slightly flashy; 3 .l:!.df1 wou l d have been a simple way to fi nish the job) 3 ...'it>f8 4 .l:!.f1+ 'it>e8 5 e5! li:le7 6 .l:!.g8+! li:Jxg8 7 i.xg6+ 'it>e7 8 .l:!.f7+ 'it>e8 9 .l:!.h7+ 'it>f8 10 exd6 (Black might be u p a whole q ueen, but there's no defence) 10 ... 'iVc1+ 11 li:Jxc1 li:Jgf6 12 .l:!.h8+ li:Jg8 and now the simplest finish wou l d have been 13 i.g7+! 'it>xg7 14 .l:!.h7+ 'it>f8 15 .l:!.f7+ 'it>e8 16 .l:!.f6#. 386) Malisauskas-Arias Santana 1 li:Jxe6! 'it>xe6 (or 1 ....l:!.xc3 2 li:Jg5+ 'it>g6 3 'iVxc3 with an extra pawn and attacking chances) 2 .l:!.xc8 (the im med iate 2 i.xd 5+! was pretty strong too) 2 ...li:Jxc8 3 i.xd5+! 'it>xd5? (White would have regained his piece with a h uge adva ntage after 3 ... 'it>f6 4 'iVxb7, but now it's mate) 4 'iVc4+ 1-0 387) Blijstra-Machin Rivera 1 ... .l:!.h1+! 2 li:Jxh1 li:Jh2# 0-1

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Th e Co m p l e te Chess Work o u t 2 388) Puntier-Merritt 1 J:Ixe5+! �f8 (not 1 .. .fxe5? 2 'Viif8#, while Black's position wou ld h ave been a right mess af­ ter 1 ...�d8 2 l:Id 5} 2 .ixh6! t2Jxh6 3 'Viixf6+ tLlf7 4 l:Ig5 l:Ih7 5 'Viid6+ 1-0 389) Van Rensselaer-Ntagasigumwami 1 .ixh7+! 1-0 lt will soon be mate after 1 ...�h8 (or 1...�xh7 2 'Viih 5+ �g8 3 g6} 2 'Vii h 5 . 390) Wang Vue-Grischuk 1 l:Ih2+! 2 �f1 (the q ueen fa l l s after 2 �xh2 lLlf3+) 2 l:Ih1+ (or the im mediate 2 ...'Viih 7, leaving White dead lost after 3 'Viif6+ �g8} 3 �g2 l:Ih2+ 4 �f1 'Viih 7 0-1 •••

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394) Karatorossian-Chibukhchian 1 "VWh2+! 'Viih 6 2 l:Ih8+ 1-0 Black loses his q ueen. 395) Martirosyan-Harutjunyan After 1 b4! 2 axb4 .ixb4! 3 'Viixb4 (3 "VWf3 �b8! fol lowed by ... l:Ia5 doesn't exactly help White either) 3 c3 4 "VWe4? (collapsing, a lthough even after 4 'Viix c3 "VWxe2 5 l:If3 �b8 6 l:If4 l:Ic8 7 l:Ib4+ l:Ib5 Black wou l d have been the excha nge for a pawn a h ead} 4 cxb2! 5 �xb2 l:Ib8+ 6 .ib4 l:Ixb4+! 7 "VWxb4 l:Ib5 8 "VWxb5 "VWxb5+ 9 �c1 "VWxe2 the extra q ueen q uickly mopped u p. •••

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403) Filippas-Sethuraman 1 M.xe3! 2 cxb6 (2 iVxe3 ? l'Llc2+ wi ns the queen) 2 iVh4+ 0-1 There's no compensation for the piece after 3 Wd1 iVxf4. •••

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405) Koneru-Stefanova 1 M.xf8+! Wxf8 (if 1 ....ixf8? 2 l'Llf6+ Wg7 3 l'Llxg4) 2 iVxe2! leaves White a piece a head, i n view of 2 ...iVxe2? 3 M.c8#. 406) Kantor-Farkas 1 .ig4! (Black ca n fight on after 1 l'Lle6 .ixe6 2 .ig6 iVg8 3 M.xh7+ iVxh 7 4 .ixh7 .if7) 1 ...Wf6 (the key overloading poi nt is 1....ixg4 2 M.xh7+ We8 3 iVf7+ Wd8 4 M.h8#) 2 .ixf5 (2 l'Lle6 would have mated even faster according to the machine) 2 iVxf5 3 l'Lle4+ 1-0 The black q ueen and then ki ng fal l after 3 ...Wg6 4 M.g1+. ..•

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Th e Complete Chess Wo rko u t 2 407) Khademalsharieh-Ashwin 1...�xh4+! 2 �xh4 (2 �g2 .l:!.fb8 is devastating too) 2 ...tt:Jxf5+ 3 �g4 (or 3 �gS .ltf6+ 4 �g4 h S#) 3 ... h5+ 4 WgS �h7 o-1 Mate follows on f6. 408) Baglan-Seckin 1 .l:!.xb8+! .l:!.xb8 (or 1 ...�d7 2 .l:!.b7+ �cl 3 �fS+ e6 4 �xf7+) 2 �xc6+ �d8 3 tt:Jxf7# 1-0 409) Erke-Tu lay 1 ...�xf2+! 0-1 The king is out of squares after 2 .ltxf2 .l:!.xf2#. 410) Yilmazyerli-Tahaoglu 1 d8�+! 1-0 Mate is forced: 1 ....l:!.xd8 2 �c7+ .l:!.d7 (or 2 ...�e8 3 .l:!.xd8#) 3 .l:!.xd7+ �e8 4 �c8#. 411) Volokitin-Miroshnichenko 1 �a6+! �b8 2 .ltf4! .l:!.xe7 3 �xb6+ �a8 (not 3 ...�c8? 4 �xc7#) 4 �xas+ �b7 5 �xc7+ 1-0 White emerges too m a ny pawns in front after s ...Wa8 (or s ... �a6 6 �d6+) 6 �a S+ �b7 7 �b4+ �a7 8 �xe7. 412) Nikolaidis-Filippas 1 �b8! (1 �a8! a l so does the trick, but not 1 �xe7? �f1+ 2 �d2 �xg2+ when Black has per­ petual) 1 tt:Jg8 (if 1 ...�xb8 2 itf6#, while 1...�g7 2 i.h6+ wi ns the q ueen) 2 �xf8 1-0 •••

413) Papadimitriou-Svetushkin 1 .\txg3! 2 �h1 (not 2 hxg3? �xg3+ 3 �h1 �g2#) 2 i.es 3 .l:!.g1 (th i s loses the q ueen, a l ­ though the machine's preferred 3 tt:Jxh 3 .\txh 3 4 �c2 i.xfl 5 i.xes i.xd3 6 �xd3 isn't a l l that much of a n i m provement) 3 ...�f4 0-1 ••.

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S o l u tions 417) Nyysti-Brodowski 1 'ti'xg5! 1-o Even 1 ... 'ii'f4+ (1 .. .'!2:Jxg5 2 �h8#} 2 'ti'xf4 exf4 doesn't save Black from mate after 3 e5!. 418) Barbaut-Dumas 1 �xe6+! 1-0 There's no defence after 1...t2Jxe6 (if 1 .. .fxe6 2 'ti'd7+ �f8 3 'ti'xg7+ �e8 4 'ti'xh8#} 2 l2Jxg5, since if 2 ...'ti'xg5 3 'ti'd7+ �f8 4 'ti'xf7#. 419) Dumas-Vekemans 1 �d5! 1-o The q ueen is tra pped mid-boa rd, for if 1 ... 'ti'xd5 2 t2Jxf6+. 420) D'Ascanio-Rautenberg 1 �xd5! 'ti'xd5 2 'ti'e7+ �g8 3 'ti'xh7+ �f8 4 'ti'xg6 leaves White a piece to the good. 421) Pichot-Pierrot 1 �h8+! 1-0 it's mate after 1 ... �xh 8 2 'ii' h4+ �g8 3 'ti'xd8+. 422) Lujan-Mansilla 1 .i.xd5! 1-0 Black m u st part with the excha nge for it's mate after 1 ....txd 5? 2 �e8+. 423) Alcaide Luque-Diaz Lopez 1 �xf5! gxf5 2 d7+ �e7 3 'ti'xd3 1-0 There's no good defence to the th reats of 4 'ti'd6+ �d8 5 'ii'c 7+ and simply 4 t2Jxb7. 424) Kaufman-Schneider 1 .i.xf6! .txf6 2 .i.xh7+! �f8 (2 ...�xh7? 3 'ti'h 5+ �g8 4 'ti'xf7+ �h8 5 �e3 gives White a wi n­ n i ng attack} 3 il.e4 1eaves White a pawn a head. 425) Lewyk-Palliser 1...�xf5! 2 gxf5 'ii'xf5 (the attack on the light sq u a res is fa r too strong) 3 'ii'c 7 �c8 4 'ti'b6 'ti'xh3 5 f3 l2Jh4 0-1 426) Weller-Davies After 1 �xd4! cxd4 (or 1 ... 'ti'xb5 2 'ti'xb5 t2Jxb5 3 �xf4 with a n extra piece) 2 b6 g5 3 bxc7 �c8 4 .i.a5 the c-pawn decides proceedi ngs. 427) Chipanga-Palliser 1...�xc3! 2 bxc3 'ti'xc3 0-1 I n view of 3 �d2 �e1+ there's nothing to be done a bout mate on b2.

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Th e Comp lete Chess Work o u t 2 428) Kevlishvili-Spaan 1...l:txa2+! 2 �xa2 l:ta8+ 3 �b1 li'lc3+ 4 �xc3 (the black q ueen is fa r too powerfu l after this, but 4 �cl l:ta l+ 5 l:tb1 l:txb1# was the a lternative) 4... bxc3 0-1 429) Vallejo Pons-Topalov 1 l:tg8+! 1-0 Black loses a l l h is pieces after 1 ... �xg8 2 �gl+ �f8 3 �g7+ �e8 4 �g8+ �d7 5 �xf7+ �d8 6 i.a5+. 430) Flear-Arjun 1 l:txd5! o-1 Black wins a piece as it's mate after 2 exd 5 ? �a6+ 3 �g1 �e2. ••.

431) Brustkern-Smith 1 �f6! l:txf7 (if 1 ...i.xf6 2 i.xf6#} 2 i.xf7 �f8 3 i.xd4 1-0 3 ... i.xf6 4 i.xf6+ �g7 5 i.xg7+ �xg7 6 i.b3 leaves White a piece u p. 432) Buzeti-Janzelj 1 �f6! l:td1+ 2 li'lxd1 1-0 3 l:th8+ is the threat and after 2 ...i.xf6 3 gxf6 Black can only delay mate via that square. 433) Hautot-Ringoir 1 ... i.b1! 0-1 White m u st prevent mate with 2 l:txb1, but after 2 ...l:txe2 he is the exchange down and re­ mains u nder heavy pressu re. 434) Ringoir-Docx 1 li'lxh5! (or 1 l:tx h 5 ! gxh 5 2 li'lx h 5} 1... gxh5 2 l:txh5! 1-0 The extra q ueen is fa r too powerful after 2 ... �xh 5 3 l:txg4+ �f8 (a lternatively, 3 ... �xg4 4 �xg4+ �f8 5 �h4 or 3 ...�h7 4 l:tg7+ �h6 5 l:th7+!} 4 l:tg8+! �xg8 5 �xh5. 435) Hadi-Roberson 1 l:txb7! �xb7 2 �xa6+! �xa6 (2 ... �xc7 3 �a8 threatens 4 li'lc7# and is tota l ly crushi ng) 3 c8�+ l:tb7 (3 ...�a7 4 li'lb5#} 4 l:tb1 1eaves Black defenceless: for exa m ple, 4 ... �f7 5 �aS+ l:ta7 6 l:tb6+ �xa5 7 li'lxd5+ �a4 8 �b8 l:th7 9 l:ta6+! l:txa6 10 �b3#. 436) Shabalov-Liou 1 l:texd4! cxd4 2 li'lf6+! �h8 (2 ...gxf6 3 i.xf6 �c7 4 �h 5 mates on the dark squares) 3 �h5 h6 4 i.xh6! g6 5 �e5 l:tc5 6 i.g7+! �xg7 7 li'lh5+ 437) Sevillano-Ciawitter 1 l:txe6+! (the cleanest solution, a lthough 1 li'lxd 5+ i.xd 5 2 �xd 5 a l so wins) 1 ...l:txe6 (1 ...�xe6 2 l:te1+ �f6 3 li'lxd 5+ �g7 4 li'lxf5+ is a massacre) 2 li'lxd5+ �g5 (Black wou l dn't have s u rvived for much longer afte r 2...�g7 3 �d7+) 3 li'lf7+ �h4 4 g3+ �h3 5 li'lg5# 1-0 254

Solutions 438) Weaving-Weller Black could have won a piece and the game with 1 .l:!.xf2! 2 �h1 (if 2 .l:!.xf2 .l:!.cl+ 3 .if1 .l:!.xf1+! 4 �xf1 Wfdl#) 2 .l:!.xf1+ 3 .ixf1 .l:!.c1 4 .l:!.f3 Wfc4 5 �g1 .ib5. •••

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440) Golubka-Smolkin 1 Wfxc5+! bxc5 (or 1...�f7 2 .l:!.1d7+ �g6 3 .l:!.g7+ �xh6 4 Wfg5#) 2 .l:!.1d7# 1-0 441) Townsend-Seidel 1 lL'ld6+! .ixd6 2 Wfxe6+ lL'le7 (not 2 ... .ie7? 3 Wfxg8+) 3 Wfxd6 .l:!.g6 4 Wff4 wins a pawn. 442) Marino-Bastos 1 e7! .l:!.e5 (if 1...Wfxe7 2 Wfc8#) 2 Wfc4 1-0 Black ca n only prevent the check on g8 with 2 ... Wfc8 (if 2 ...Wfxe7 3 Wfxc6+), but after 3 Wff7 there's no good defence to the threat of 4 Wff8. 443) Navarrete Espi-Valmana Canto 1 Wfxa6! picks up a second pawn, for if 1...bxa6? 2 .ixa6+ Wfb7 3 .ixb7+ and Black has lost yet a nother pawn. 444) Cuartas-Arribas Robaina 1 .l:!.xa4+! �xa4 (or 1...bxa4 2 Wfb6#) 2 .ixa6 1-0 Now Black has no way to defend b5, but actua l ly 2 .l:!.c5 ! would have mated even faster: 2 ...Wfxc5 3 dxc5 b4 (otherwise 4 Wfa2#) 4 .id7+ �a3 5 Wfal#. 445) Panelo-Pozanco Romasanta 1 .ixf1+! �xf7 2 Wfb3+ tt'lbd5 (2 ... tt'lfd 5 3 dxe5 is also very good for Wh ite) 3 exd5 tt'lxd5 4 o-o seizes the in itiative and rather exposes the black king. 446) Gerzhoy-Panjwani 1 .l:!.xe4! g5 (if 1.. ..l:!.xe4 2 Wfxf6+ or 1...tt'lxe4 2 .l:!.xf7+ �h8 3 lL'lf5+) 2 .ixg5 tt'lxe4 3 lL'lf5+ �g8 4 .if6 (now it's mate) 4...tt'lxf6 5 Wfg5+ 1-0 447) Palliser-NN 1 .l:!.e8+! 1-0 it's mate on the back ra nk. 448) Palliser-NN 1 exf7! 1-0 White wil l stay the exchange a head and attacking u n less Black prefers 1...Wfxh6 2 .l:!.g8#. 255

Th e Complete Chess Work o u t 2 449) Goryachkina-Drozdova 1 iVh3! h5 2 iVxd7! 1-0 2 ... iVxd7 3 '2lf6+ �g7 4 '2lxd7 leaves Wh ite a piece u p. 450) Styazhkina-Davletbayeva 1 b8'iV! i.xc5 (not 1 ....l:'txb8? 2 iVxd4+) 2 iVe5+ �g8 3 i.d5+! .l:'txd5 4 iVxd5+ .l:'tf7 5 iVxc5 and the extra rook decides matters. 451) Gelfand-Anand 1 '2le5! (it's only a d raw after 1 fxe3?? 'Llxe3 2 '2les 'Llf1+ 3 �h3 '2le3) 1...e2 (or 1 ...exf2 2 'Llg6+ �g8 3 '2lxe6 fl'Ll+! ? 4 � h 3 g4+ 5 �h4 when Black runs out of checks and is mated) 2 'Llxe6! 1-0 After 2 ....l:'th1+ 3 �xh 1 eliV+ 4 �h2 Black can only prevent s 'Llg6+ �g8 6 .l:'tg7# by givi ng u p his q ueen. 452) Deepan-Filipenko 1 iVh6! 1-0 Mate on h7 fol l ows u n less Black prefers 1 ... gxh 6 2 .l:'tg8# or 1 ... gxf6 2 iVxf6+ i.g7 3 iVxg7#. 453) Chistyakova-Zykina 1 ....l:'txh3! 2 �xh3 '2lf4+ 3 �g3 (now it's mate, but 3 iVxf4 exf4 is clea rly hopeless) 3 iVh4+! 4 �Xh4 J:'th8+ 5 �g5 (or 5 \t>g3 J:'th3#) 5 i.e7# 0-1 .••

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454) Doluhanova-Munguntuul 1 'iYd7! .l:'taxd8 (1 ....l:'tf8 2 .l:'txa 8 won't save Black either) 2 iVxd8 �f8 3 'iVd6+ �g8 4 'iYe7! (there's no defence) 4....l:'txe7 5 .l:'td8+! 1-0 455) lnarkiev-Kovchan 1 exd6+! iVxe2 (1 ...�d8 2 d7 doesn't help eithe r) 2 d7+ �e7 3 dxc8iV 'Lle3 4 'iYc7+ �f6 5 iVf4+ 1-0 After S ... �g6 6 '2ld4 iVd 2 White decides with 7 .ifS+!. 456) Nozdrachev-Demidov 1 c7! i.xc7 2 i.d5+! �h7 (or 2 ... iVxds 3 '2lf6+ winn ing the q ueen) 3 'iYf7+ �h6 4 iVf8+ 1-0 it's mate next move. 457) Bosiocic-Bukavshin 1 .l:'ta8+! 1-0 it's mate with 1 ...i.xa8 2 .l:'tb8#. 458) Matlakov-Grigoryan After 1 i.h5! iVb6 (the bishop was i m m u ne: 1 ... gxhs?? 2 iVxh S+ �f8 3 'iYf7#) 2 i.xg6+ �d8 3 'Llxf5 W h ite, a pawn a head and with a strong ongoing i nitiative, proceeded to wi n.

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The Co m p lete Chess Work o u t 2 468) Akash-Paragua 1 i.f8! (now there's nothing to be done a bout the coming blow on as) 2 ctJb3 .Uxa5+! 0-1 it's mate with 3 lt:lxa s .Uxa2#. •••

469) Rajesh-Vinoth Kumar 1 �g7+! lt:Jxg7 2 hxg7+ �g8 (or 2 ...�xg7 3 fxg7+ �xg7 4 .Uxh7+ with an attack and extra piece) 3 i.xh7+ 1-0 Wh ite wi l l col lect 14 points next move after 3 i.xh7+ �f7 4 i.g6+!. 470) Petr-Haavamae 1 i.g4! 2 �xg4 �xg2+ 3 �e3 i.f2+! 4 �f4 (now it's mate, but Black wins easily on material after 4 .Uxf2 �xg4) 4 .Uf8+! 5 �g5 .Uf5+ 0-1 •••

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471) Voloshin-Cernik 1 .Ue5+! fxe5? (1 ... �d6 was better, a lthough Black's ca use is totally hopeless after 2 cxbS} 2 i.d4+! 1-0 it's mate with 2 ... exd4 3 exd4#. 472) Gopai-Smirin 1...lt:ld3+! 2 i.xd3 (or 2 �d1 lt:lxf2+ 3 �xf2 - if 3 i.xf2 i.xc2+ - 3 ....Uxf7, leaving Black up the excha nge and stil l attacking) 2...i.d4+ 3 .Uc2 i.xe3+ 4 .Uxe3 �b6 doesn't give White a ny­ where near enough for the queen. 473) Shrestha-Kiran 1 �xh5! �xe7 (a nd not l ... gxh s ? 2 .Ug3+ i.g7 3 .Uxg7+ �h8 4 i.f6 when 4 ...�d8 is the only way to avoid i mmed iate mate) 2 �xa5 wins the excha nge. 474) Hastik-Siroky White col lected the excha nge while reta ining a dominating position: 1 ctJh8! �xh8 2 �xf7. 475) Luciani-Domenech 1 �h3+! (the only move, but a good one) 2 �xh3 f1�+ 3 �h4 �f6+ 4 �h5 �g6+ 0-1 it's a lso mate in two with 4...i.f3+. •••

476) Majstorovic-Krstic 1 a7! .Ub7 (1 ... �xa7 2 .Ua 3 picks u p the q ueen without delay) 2 �f8+ (or 2 .Ua3, and if 2 ... �e4? 3 �f8+) 2 . �xa7 3 .Ua3 �xa3+ 4 �xa3 1-0 ..

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555) Sheremet-Valkama 1 'iVxh7+! 1-0 White comes out a piece a h ead after 1 .. :.t>xh7 2 f6+ and 3 fxe7. 556} Visanescu-lmnadze 1 'iVC7+! 'it>a8 2 'iVxd8+! .l::!xd8 3 lLlc7+ 'it>b8 4 lt:lxa6+ bxa6 saw White win the excha nge. 557) McDonald-Uianowski 1 lt:lxd5! 2 .i.xg7? (he had to try 2 .i.xf5, a lthough 2 ... .i.xd4 3 'iVxd4 lt:lxc3 4 'iVxc3 'iVxc3+ 5 bxc3 gxf5 leaves Black with two la rge ta rgets on the q ueenside) 2 ... lt:lb3+! 0-1 The q ueen is lost in view of 3 axb3 .l::!a i+ 4 'it>c2 (or 4 .i.b1 .l::!x b1#) 4 ... lt:lb4#. •••

558} Pulpan-Spacek 1 .l::!x h1+! 1-0 it will be mate down the h-file. 559) Ramsdai-Boscolo 1 ....i.xb2+! (1 ... 'iVxd5 2 hxg6 fxg6 3 .l::!x h7 isn't so clear) 2 'it>b1 (or 2 'it>xb2 'iVc2+ 3 'it>a 1 'iVxa2#) 2 'iVc2# 0-1 •••

560} Neubauer-Tuma 1 'iVxf7+! 1-0 it's mate after 1 ....l::!xf7 2 .l::!c 8+. 561} Kobo-Machan 1 .i::!x g7+! 'it>xg7 2 .l::!g1+ 'it>h6 (2 ... 'it>h8 3 'iVd1 also leads to mate on the h-fi le) 3 f5+ 'it>h7 4 'iVd1 1-0 562} Verstraeten-Kyrkjebo 1 .i::!x e5! lt:ld6 (not 1 ... .i.xe5 ? 2 'iVxh7#, but 1 ... lt:lf6 is the only rea l way to avoid the threat of 2 .l::!x e8+ and 3 'iVxg7#, a lthough after 2 .l::!e 7 .l::!g 8 3 'iVxf6! there's l ittle to be done) 2 'iVxg7+ (good enough, but he should real ly have fou n d 2 .l::!e 8+! lt:lxe8 3 'iVf8#) 2 'it>xg7 3 .l::!c 5+ 'it>h6 4 .l::!xc6 1-0 •••

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S o l u ti o n s 573) Volkov-Liodakis 1 l:i.e7! 1-0 Black m ust give up his q ueen in view of 1 ...'iVg6 2 l2lxc6+ Wa8 3 l:i.a7#. 574) L'Ami-Henriksson 1 g 7 ! .ixd4+ (1. . .'iVxg7 2 l:i.xg7+ .ixg7 3 .ia3 ! a lso leads to mate) 2 Wh1 .ixb2 (or 2 . . ..ixg7 3 'iVh7+ Wf8 4 l:i.xg7 fol l owed by mate) 3 .ih7# 1-0 575) Sjoi-Kristinardottir After 1 l:i.xf8+! Wxf8 2 l:i.f1+ l:i.f7 (or 2 ... Wg8 3 .ih7+ Wh8 4 l:i.f8#) 3 l:i.xf7+ 'iVxf7 4 .ixf7 Wxf7 5 'iVf3+ the extra q ueen proved fa r too strong. 576) Kristjansson-Jones 1 l:i.c3! (the ga me went 1 'iVxd3 ? 'iVxc6 2 fxg4 l2lf6 with a dangerous i n itiative for Black) 1 .ixf3+ (1 ....ixc3 2 'iVxc3 doesn't h e l p Black for he is mated after 2 ... .ixf3+? 3 gxf3 'iVxf3+ 4 Wc1 'iVxh1? 5 .if4+ Wa8 6 'iVa5#, while someth ing l ike 1 ...l2lf6 2 .ixd3 .ixf3+ 3 Wc1 j u st leaves White a n exchange to the good) 2 gxf3 'iVxf3+ 3 'it>c1 leaves White a rook u p u n less Black prefers to go out with 3 ...'iVxh1 4 .if4+ when it'll be mate on the a-fi le. ...

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588) Schuermans-Charlier White seized the i n itiative and an exchange: 1 i.f6+! �xf6 2 iVxh8+ �f7 3 iVh7+ 1-0 589) Airapetian-Moskalenko 1 i.xf2+! 2 �xf2 (otherwise Black's q ueen picks u p g3 with a n overwhelming attack) 2 .Ud2+ 3 �e3 (3 �f1? iVb1+ forces mate and even the q ueen ending should be lost after 3 �g1 .Uxg2+ 4 �xg2 iVxa8+ 5 �h2 iVc6) 3 iVxg3+ 4 �xd2 iVxg2+ 5 �cl iVxa8 and three pawns a head Black won easily. •••

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S o l u ti o n s 594) Kamsky-Seirawan 1 i.xh6! gxh6 2 l:td7! 'Yixd7 (2 ... 'Yib6 3 'Yif3 tt:Jxd7 4 'Yif4 forces mate) 3 tt:Jxd7 tt:Jxd7 (or 3 ... l:tg8 4 J:txg8+ J:txg8 5 b4!) 4 'Yid2 �h7 5 b4 l:tad8 6 bxc5 tZ:lf6 7 'Yif4 and the q ueen proved stronger than the rook and kn ight. 595) Nakamura-Hess 1 J:txg7! (1 l:tg3 l:tg8 2 l:tg6! threatening to sac on h6 is just as good) 1...�xg7 2 l:tg3+ �f8 (or 2 ... �h8 3 'Yig6) 3 'Yih7 1-0 596) Devallee-Duchateau 1 l:te8+! 1-0 it's mate after 1 ... l:txe8 (or 1 .. .'Jixe8 2 'Yie5+) 2 'Yih4+. 597) Cabrera-Franco Alonso 1 i.xg6! 1-0 After 1...'Yixf4+ 2 'Yixf4 fxg6 3 'Yih6 B lack must s hed even more materia l to avoid mate on g7. 598) Mokshanov-Sazonova 1 J:txf8+! 'Yixf8 (or 1 ...�xf8 2 'Yixd6+) 2 'Yie5 (2 'Yig5 a l so does the trick) 2 'Yib8 3 l:tg7+ �f8 4 J:txb7 'Yixb7 (now the q ueen is lost, but 4 ... 'Yixe5+ 5 dxe5 was hopeless too) 5 'Yih8+ 1-0 ••.

599) Chekletsov-Bogolepov 1 'Yixh5+! �g7 (or 1 ... gxh 5 2 J:txh 5#) 2 J:txg6+! fxg6 (2 .. .'Jif8 3 l:txg8+ �e7 4 l:txc8 is a l l over too) 3 'Yixg6+ �f8 4 'Yixg8+ (going for the material, a lthough he cou ld have mated with 4 'Yixf6+ �e8 5 l:txg8+ �d7 6 l:tg7+) 4 ... �e7 5 'Yixc8 1-0 600) Fatkhutdinov-Afanasiev 1 l:txh7+! 1-0 it's mate with 1 ...�xh 7 2 'Yih5+ �g7 3 i.h6+ �h7 4 i.f8#. 601) Ovetchkin-Bochkarev 1 J:txg7+! i.xg7 2 'Yixd8 saw the q ueen easily outclass the two pieces. 602) Granados-Chinchilla 1 l:txf8+! 1-0 it's mate if 1 ...J:txf8 (1 ...'Yixf8 2 J:txf8+ l:txf8 3 'Yie6 wins easily) 2 'Yixg7+! 'Yixg7 3 l:txf8#. 603) Larino Nieto-Adams 1 l:txh6+! gxh6 2 i.xf6+! 1-0 There's no defence, in view of 2 ...J:txf6 3 �·g8# or 2 ... �h7 3 'Yig6#. 604) Rey Malde-Khamrakulov 1 ...l:txd4! 2 'Yixh3 (not 2 exd4? tZ:lf3#) 2 ...tt:Jxh3+ 3 �g2 tt:Jxf2! 4 �xf2 l:td7 0-1 Black wi l l centra lize his king and advance his kingside majority with an easy win.

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611) Mrndjic-Selimovic 1 li'lxg3! (rather than 1 ... j_xg2? 2 li'la6+ 'it>c8 3 li'lxc7 bxa 5 4 'it>xg2 'it>xc7 which left Black struggli ng i n the game) 2 hxg3 (if 2 j_xb7 li'le2+ when Black wins after 3 'it>f1 l:txh 2 ! or 3 'it>f2 l:txh2+ 4 'it>f3 l:tg3+ 5 'it>e4 f5+! 6 exf6 li'lc3+) 2 ... l:txg3 3 li'la6+ (3 li'lxb7 l:txg2+ 4 'it>xg2 iVxb7+ leads to mate after 5 'it>g3 l:tg8+ 6 'it>f2 l:tg2+ 7 'it>e1 iVe4+ or here 6 'it>h4 iVg2) 3 'it>c8! and there's no defence, for if 4 li'lxc7 (or 4 l:td 2 iVc6) 4 l:txg2+ 5 'it>f1 l:th1#. •••

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S o l u ti o n s 614) Nezis-Boyers 1.. .'�xh2+! {both 1...'ifxf4 2 l2Jh5+ �h7 3 tt:Jxf4 and 1...t2Jxf4 2 l2Jf5+ �f6 3 tt:Jxh4 give White a bit of play for the excha nge with his bishops) 2 �xh2 l::t h 8+ 3 �g2 tt:Jxf4+ 4 �f3 tt:Jfg6 saw Black emerge a rook a h ead. 615) Nezis-Gamble 1 l::txf6+! (win n ing the excha nge while obta ining a crushing initiative) 1...�xf6 2 'ifxe8 1-0 616) Schnepp-Frehen 1 J::txe3! 2 'iff1 (or 2 'ifxe3 l::td 1+ 3 'ife1 J::tx e1+ 4 J::tx e1 'ife6 ! 5 l::t c 1 'ife2 when White will have to give u p h is rook as well) and now 2 'iff5 wou ld have been crushing: for i nsta n ce, 3 a4 J::td 2 4 b5 'iff4 5 'ifg1 J::t e e2. •••

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619) Plenca-Brenc 1 tt:Jxf6+! (1 �xf6 tt:Jxf6 2 tt:Jxf6+ gxf6 3 'ifxe5 ! is a l so rather strong) 1...gxf6 2 �g6+ (or just 2 J::t xf6) 2...�f8 (2 ... tt:Jxg6 3 �xe6+ ttJe7 4 �xf6 tt:Jxf6 5 'ifxf6 will more than regai n the piece) 3 �xf6 t2Jxf6 4 'ifxe5 1-0 620) Straka-Froewis 1 ttJc6+! bxc6 2 �xa7+ �c8 3 �b6 �d6 4 'ifa8+ 1-0 it's mate after 4 ... �b8 5 'ifxc6+. 621) Dorfanis-Krivokapic 1 ..�xc2+! 2 �xc2 �xf3 won the exchange and a pawn. 622) Veleski-Minovski 1 c6+! �d8 2 c7+! 1-0 After 2 ... �d7 3 J::tx e8 Black's king can no longer stop the c-pawn and prevent h i m going a rook down. 623) Guerra Bastida-Revilla Rio 1 �xa5! �d8 (not 1 ... J::tx a5 ? 2 l::t b 8#) 2 �xc7+ sees White cra s h i ng through while picking u p two pawns.

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Th e Complete Chess Work o u t 2 624) lglesias Leon-Aivarez lbarra 1 ..ia6! 1-0 The b-pawn is fa l l i ng and with it the defence, as Black m u st give u p h i s q ueen i n the event of 1 ... bxa6? 2 b7. 625) lvanov-Hernandez Munoz 1 ...i.xds! removes a key pawn for White would lose the excha nge after 2 J::!.x d s? Wi'f6+ and 3 ...11Vxa 1. 626) Miton-Adla 1 Wi'xe3! (a nd not 1 ...i.xe3 ? 2 Wi'c8+ �h7 3 fxe3 CZ'lxe3+ 4 �e2) 2 Wi'xds (2 fxe3 CZ'lxe3+ 3 �e2 CZ'lxc4 would be two extra pawns) 2 ...11Vxe1+ 3 �xe1 exds leaves Black a pawn a h ead. •••

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631) Kuzmin-Ovetchkin 1 J::!.x g2+! 2 �xg2 i.xh3+ 3 �h2 'W/xd4 0-1 Black will emerge a piece a head after this and 3 .....ig4+ 4 �gl J::i.f6 was a pretty decent a lter­ native. •••

632) Vlasov-Pershin 1 ...Wi'a1+! 2 �xa1 J::i.c 1+ 0-1 it's mate down the a-file. 633) Vitiugov-Ding Liren 1 J::!.xes! (removing a key defensive piece) 1 dxes 2 f6 �h7 3 l::!.f s! 1-0 Black can only prevent mate with 3 ... 'W/xfs (3 ...gxfs 4 Wi'gs J::!.g 8 s 'W/xh s#) 4 i.xfs J::i. h 8 (if 4 ... gxfs s 'Wigs and mate next move) which is clea rly tota l ly hopeless after S 'Wigs. ••.

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S o l u ti o n s 634} Biriukov-Dyakov White forced mate a long the eighth ra n k: 1 'iVxb2+! 'iVxb2 2 .l::l.xg8+ �xg8 3 .l::l. a8+ 1-0 635} Martynov-Shimanov 1 .l:i.xd6! �xd6 (the threat was 2 tba8 and even 1 ....l::l.g 6 2 tba8! �e8 3 .tc5 would have been extremely strong) 2 tbe8+! �d7 (if 2 ...�xd5 3 'iYc5#) 3 lLJf6+ �d8 4 d6 1-0 The knight is pin ned aga i n st mate and 5 'iYc7# is a crushing th reat. 636} Kovanova-Ding Yixin 1 .l::l.xg6+! �h8 (or 1 ... hxg6 2 'iVxg6+ 'iYg7 3 .txd 5+) 2 .l::\.g 8+! 1-0 it's mate on h7. 637} Jakovenko-Ding Liren 1 .l::l.xe4! (1 ... 'iVxc4+ was eq ually good and then 2 .l:i.d3 .l::l.g 1+! or 2 'iVd3 'iVxd3+ 3 .txd3 .l::\. h 4 4 �g1 .l:i.f6 decisively bringing the rook i nto play) 2 'iVxe4 'iVh5 3 'iYa8+ �h7 4 'iYe4+ �g8 0-1 White is out of checks and bust on the kingside after 5 'iVa8+ .tf8 6 'iVd 5+ .l::l.f7. •..

638} Vrana-Krejci 1....txf3+! 2 �xf3 'iVf6+ 3 .tf5 (3 �g2? lbxe3+ wi ns the q ueen, as does 3 �e2? 'iYf2+ 4 �dl tbxe3+) 3 ...tbh6 4 e4 exf5 5 exf5 'iVxf5+ 6 'iVxf5 tbxf5 leaves Black a pawn a head. 639} Horsak-Koutny 1 d6! a1� (if 1 ... .l::\.x d6 2 'iVf8+!) 2 .l:i.c4+! .te6 3 .txe6+ 1-0 640} Volcik-Gasa 1 . .'iVxc1+! 0-1 Mate follows with 2 �xcl (or 2 �a2 �a 1+! 3 �xa1 .l::l.a4+ 4 �b1 .l::l.d l#) 2 ....l::l.g 1+ 3 .te1 .l::\.x el#. .

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712) Pruess-Ramirez 1 ....1txe4! 2 CZ'Ixe4 (not 2 .ltxe4? 1/Uxc5+) 2 .1txg5! 3 CZ'Ixg5 1/Uc5+ 4 'ith1 1/Uxg5 picks up a sec­ ond pawn. .••

713} Kekelidze-lvanisevic 1 ... :S.xg2+! 2 'itxg2 (2 'ith1 dxe4 3 CZ'Ixe4 :S.xh2+! is no better) 2 ... .1th3+ 3 'ith1 .ltxf1 4 exd5 and now 4 ... .1tc4 wou l d have left Black wel l on the way to consolidati ng his extra piece.

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715) Tikkanen-Grover 1 l:!.d7+! xf6 2 .Mf1+ xf2 CLJg4+ 3 '>t>e1 ifxg5 grabs a pawn and the i nitiative. •••

744) Mertanen-Van Der Heide 1 CZJxe5! .txd1 2 .il..xf7+ '>t>d8? (2 ... '>t>f8 i m p roves, a lthough Wh ite stil l comes out somewhat i n front after 3 t2Je6+ ifxe6 4 .il..x e6 ii.e2 5 tLlf7 '>t>e7 6 ii.b3) 3 J:!.xd1 ii.d6 4 t2Jdc6+! bxc6 5 CZJxc6+ '>t>d7 6 CZJxe7 \t>xe7 sees Wh ite emerging two pawns to the good. 745) Dambacher-Knol 1 CLJd6+! 1-0 Black m ust give up h i s q ueen or b5 or e5 after 1 ... exd6 2 ife1+ to avoid mate. 746) Hoover-Zelkind 1 CZJxc3! 2 J:!.xc3 ii.xa3 exploits the pin to win a pawn. •••

747) Amarasinghe-Zelkind 1 ...J:!.xc1! 2 J:!.fxc1 .il..xa3 picks u p two pieces for the rook. 748) Klocker-Konrad 1 .fxg1CLJ+! 2 '>t>e1 (not 2 J:!.xg1? ii.g4+) 2 'ifh4+ 3 '>t>d2 t2Jc6 leaves Black a piece a h ead with a winning attack. •.

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749) Rusev-Frantsen 1 ifxf5! win s a key pawn and a second follows in the event of 1 ...ifxf5 2 t2Jxd6+ '>t>e7 3 t2Jxf5+. 750) Nielsen-Hauge 1 ii.f2+! 0-1 The q ueen is lost. •••

751) Menadue-Bryant 1 'iVg6+!! hxg6 (1...'>t>d7 2 ifxg7+ \t>c6 3 tLlf7 sca rcely helps) 2 J:!.xh8+ '>t>e7 3 J:!.xd8 ii.xb2 (White a l so emerges a piece a head after 3 ... \t>xd8 4 tLlf7+ '>t>e7 5 CZJxe5) 4 J:!.xc8 1-0 752) Sutovsky-Kozul 1 e5! dxe5 2 fxe5 CZJxe5 (2 ... h6? 3 exf6 hxg5 4 CLJe4! gives Wh ite a strong i nitiative) 3 ii.f4 t2Jg6 (or 3 ...t2Jc6 4 ii.xb8 ifxb8) 4 .il..x b8 ifxb8 5 CLJb3 wins the exchange for insufficient com­ pensation.

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754) Orekhov-Rumyantsev 1 .i.xf7+! removes a n i mportant pawn, since 1...�xf7 2 �hS+ �e7 (or 2 ... g6 3 �d S+) 3 �eS+ �f7 4 �d S+ �e8 5 �xa8 would leave White the exchange a head. 755) Barreto Filho-Biit 1....i.h3! 2 .i.g5? (better to lose the exchange with 2 0-0 Cbxf3+ 3 .i.xf3 .i.xf1 4 l:!.xf1) 2 ... .i.xg2! 3 Cbxd4 �d7 4 1:!.g1 cxd4 5 l:!.xg2 �h3 0-1 The bishop is tra pped after 6 l:!.g1 f6 7 .i.h4 gs. 756) Strugneii-Stankovic 1 .i.xb6!! CDd4? (1...CDb4 2 .i.xc7 .i.xd S 3 �d2 only leaves White a pawn a h ead, but 1...�xb6? fai l s to 2 �xf7+ �d8 3 a s ! �b4+ 4 c3, forcing the q ueen away from the defence of C7) and now White missed the piece-wi n n i ng 2 �xd4!. 757) Pravdik-Paulik 1 .i.xf1+! �f8 (if 1...�xf7 2 �d S+ and �xcs) 2 .i.d5 leaves W h ite a pawn to the good. 758) Schou Moldt-Skrabakova 1 .i.b5! 1-o The queen fa l l s after 1...�xbs 2 CDc7+. 759) Naglic-Nilsson 1 ... .i.f4! 2 l:!.xe8+? (he had to give u p the excha nge with 2 l:!.e3) 2 ...�xe8 3 �d3 (even this won't save the q ueen, but if 3 �xf4 �e1#) 3 ...�e1+ 4 �f1 .i.xh2+! 0-1 760) Babujian-Ter Sahakyan 1...�d2+! 2 �xd2 cxd2+ 3 �xd2 CDe4+ 4 �e1 Cbxg5 picks up a piece.

Chapter Fou r 761) Eggleston-Hagesaether 1 CDef6+! (1 CDdf6+ a l so does the trick) 1 ...gxf6 2 CDxf6+ 1-0 Mate follows after 2 ...�g7 (or 2 ...�f8 3 l:!.c8+ �g7 4 l:!.g8#) 3 l:!.g1+. 762) lvanov-Qiu Mengjie 1 l:!.g8+! �xg8 2 �xf6 wi ns the q ueen. 763) Ashwin-Nikolova 1 .i.e6+! (not 1 b7? Cbxb7 when White is left with the wrong-colou red bishop, but 1 �b8, a nd if 1...CDc4 2 .i.e6+!, wins) 1 .. :.t>g6 (1...�xe6 2 h7 q ueens) 2 �b8 CDb5 3 �c8 �xh6 4 �d7! 1-0 Black ca n no longer sacrifice h i s kn ight for the b-pawn. 287

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76S) Babula-Csiba 1 tLleS+! .l:IxeS 2 .l:Ixa7+ 'i.tdS 3 .l:Ixg7 hxg5 4 .l:Ia7! 1-0 The resu lting pawn ending is an easy wi n, since Wh ite ca n simply adva nce his pawn to d 5 and t h e n i nvade with his king. 769) Spraggett-Lillo Castay 1 .l:Ixf4! 'ifxf4 2 .l:Ie5+ 'i.tg4 (otherwise the q ueen fa l ls) 3 'ife2+ 'i.tg3 4 .l:Ie3+ (even better would have been 4 .l:Ig5+! 'ifxg5 5 'ii'f3+ 'i.th4 6 1i'h 3#) 4...1i'xe3 5 'ifxe3+ 'i.tg4 6 'ifh3+ 1-0 770) So-Navara 1 'i.te3! (1 f4? .l:Ih3 a l lowed the wh ite king to be cut off in the game, which was agreed d rawn after 2 'i.tg2 .i:Id3 3 :Ic2 'i.tb6 4 .l:Ic8 .l:Ia 3 5 .l:Ic4 'itb5 6 .l:Ic2 'i.tb6 7 f5 .l:Ia 5 8 f6 .l:Ig5+ 9 'itf1 .l:Ig8 10 'i.te2; here 4 f5 ! ? would have been a much better try, but B lack can just d raw, as shown by Glenn Flea r: 4....l:Id5 5 .l:If2 'i.tc7! 6 f6 .l:Id8 7 'i.tg3 'i.td7! 8 .l:Id2+ 'i.tc7, a n d if 9 .l:Ie2 .l:If8 10 .l:Ie6 'i.td7 11 .l:Ia6 'i.te8 12 'i.tg4 'i.tf7 13 'itf5 .l:Ia8!) 1 .l:IeS+ 2 'i.td4 .l:IdS+ 3 'i.te4 .l:IeS+ 4 'itd5 .l:IdS+ 5 'ite6! :IfS (Black is out of good checks, seeing that the f-pawn decides after 5 ... .l:Ie8+ 6 'i.tf7 .l:Ie5 7 'i.tf6 .l:Ie8 8 f4) 6 .l:If1 .l:If4 7 'i.te5 :IfS S f4 'i.tc6 9 'i.te6 .l:IeS+ 10 'i.tf7 .l:Ie3 11 f5 'i.td7 12 f6 .i:Id3 13 'i.tfS .i:Ig3 14 f7 .l:Ig2 sets u p the Lucena position and so wins after 15 .l:Id1+ 'i.tc6 16 .l:Id4!. •••

771) Ghasi-Palliser 1 ....l:IhS! (1 ....i.g4? 2 .l:Ih6! 'i.tg3 3 .ig2 should have enabled Wh ite to save h i mself in the ga me) 2 .l:If6+ .i.f3+ 3 'i.th2 tt:Je4 4 .l:Ig6 (to prevent 4...tLlg5; 4 .l:Ixf3+ 'i.txf3 5 tLld4+ 'i.te3 is clea rly hopeless) 4 tLld2! 5 .i:Ig1 (stopping s ...tLlfl+ from leading to mate i n two) 5 .ixd5 6 tLld4 .if3! and the threat of 7 ....l:Ih4 is decisive d u e to White's u nfortu nately placed pieces. •••

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774) Howeii-Short 1 f5! tt:lxf5 (the king decisively i nfiltrates too after 1 ... exf5 2 'it>f4 .id? 3 'it>e5, while 1 ...\t>d6 2 'it>f4 .id? also fa ils to keep White's best piece out after 3 'it>g5 ! ) 2 .ixf5 exf5 3 'it>f4 .id7 4 'it>e5 .ie6 5 .Mf1 'it>d7 6 .Mxf5! 1-0 After 6 ....ixf5 7 'it>xf5 'it>d6 (or 7 ... 'it>e7 8 �e5 'it>d7 9 'it>xd 5 f5 10 'it>xc4) 8 'it>f6 'it>d7 9 'it>xf7 'it>d6 10 'it>f6 'it>c6 11 'it>e6 Black m u st give way. 775) Walker-Byron 1 'it>f4! .ic8 2 'it>g5 .id7 (Black ca n do nothi ng bar sh uttle his bishop back and forth) 3 'it>h6 .ic8 4 'it>h7 .id7 5 .ie2! 1-0 Wh ite breaks through on f7 after 5 ... .ic8 6 .i h 5 .id? 7 �g8. 776} Pinter-Palliser 1 c6!! (rather than the 1 �c8+? 'it>h7 2 �fS+ 'it>h8? 3 �c8+? and X-X of the ga me) 1 ...�xd2 (neither 1 ... .id8 2 �f8+ 'it>h7 3 c7 .ixc7 4 .ic3 nor 1 ... �e7 2 �xd3 .ixh4+ 3 'it>h3 partic u la rly help Black) 2 �h5+! (to avoid the perpetual after 2 C7? �e1+) 2 'it>g8 3 �e8+ 'it>h7 4 c7 .ixh4+ 5 'it>h3! �xf4 6 �h5+!. There's no perpetual or even mate and so the c-pawn will q ueen. •••

777) Johannesson-Kosten 1 'it>e1! (1 'it>c1? was seen in the ga me where the d-pawn proved too strong after 1 ... 'it>c3 ! 2 'it>b1 .Ma7 3 .Mc6+ 'it>d 2 4 .Mc2+ 'it>e3 5 .Mg2 d3; here 2 .Mc6+ 'it>d3 3 .Mh6 was a better try, a l ­ though B l a c k can win in a few ways, including with 3 . . ..Ma1+ 4 'it> b 2 .M a 7 5 'it>c1 .Mf7! 6 h 4 .Mf1+ 7 \t> b 2 'it> e 2 8 .Mxh7 d 3 9 .Me7+ 'it>d1 10 h 5 .Mh1 11 .Me5 d 2 12 \t> b 1 .Me1) 1 'it>c3 2 .Mxh7 .Mal+ 3 'it>f2 d3 4 .Mc7+ 'it>d2 5 h4 and the h-pawn is fast enough: for exa m ple, 5 .Mc1 6 .Md7 'it>c2 7 'it>g3 d2 8 h5 dl� 9 .Mxd1 .Mxd1 10 �g4 'it>d3 11 h6 'it>e4 12 'it>g5 'it>e5 13 h7 .Mh1 14 'it>g6 'it>e6 15 'it>g7 .Mgl+ 16 'it>h8 and Black ca n't make progress. •••

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779) Pearce-Forsyth 1 .lhh4! (the game's 1 ... �xg6 a l lowed White the cha nce to d raw with 2 hS+!: for exa m ple, 2 ...Wxh s 3 �xcs .Ue1 4 b7 l:i.bl 5 �c6 �g6 6 �c7; and 1 ...l:i.b4? would even have lost after 2 �xcs l:i.b1 3 d6 l:i.cl+ 4 �bs l:i.bl+ s 'it>c6 l:i.cl+ 6 �d7 l:i.b1 7 �c7 l:i.c1+ 8 �d8! l:i.b1 9 d 7 .Uxb6 10 �C7) 2 b7 l:i.h8 3 �c7 (3 'it>xcs stops the c-pawn, but doesn't save White in view of 3 ...�xg6 or 4 �c6 e4 5 �c7 �fs ! or 4 d6 e4 5 d7 fs 6 �d6 �f6 7 �c7 �e7 when the black king is j ust in time) 3...c4 4 d6 c3 5 b8� l:i.xb8 6 �xb8 c2 7 d7 cl� 8 d8� �b2+ 9 �c7 �xf2 and Black should win the q ueen ending. ...

780} Eckersley-Waites-Richardson 1 ...g2! (1 ... c3+ 2 �cl g2! is s i m i l a r) 2 .Uxf5+ �g4 3 l:i.f7 cl�+! 4 �xcl gl�+ and wi ns. 781) Arkeii-Fernandez 1...fxe4+! (a nd not 1 ... �e6?? 2 exfS+ 'it>xfs 3 c s ! dxcs 4 dxcs �es 5 �e3 when White won) 2 �xe4 f6 3 gxf6+ (3 �f4 fs is not h i ng for White who m ust avoid 4 cs dxcs 5 dxcs �d7 6 �es �c6 7 �f6? h4!} 3 ...�xf6 4 �d5 (or 4 cs dxcs 5 dxcs gS) 4...�e7 and the d raw is clear. 782} Gelashvili-Mikhalevski 1 ... .Udxd6! 2 .Uxb7 .Ug6+ 3 �f4 .Ugf6+ 4 �e4 (White m ust acq u iesce to the d raw for he would even lose after 4 �gs? l:i.dS+ 5 �g4 .Uxh s 6 �xh s l:i.f3) 4....Ufe6+ Yz-Yz 783} Bu Xiangzhi-Chen Fan 1 ctJg8+! 1-0 After 1 ...lt:Jxg8 2 b7 the b-pawn ca n't be stopped. 784) Erlandsen-Hagen 1 ... l:i.h3+! 2 �g4 (avoiding im med iate sta lemate) 2 ...l:i.h4+ 3 �xh4 Yz-Yz lt would also have been sta lemate after 3 �fS .Uxf4+ 4 �xf4. 785) Go-Colijn 1 l:i.c2+! o-1 White can't avoid a letha l fork. ••.

786) Bartei-Naiditsch 1...g4! 2 h4 (2 hxg4 i.gS+ win s the bishop on d2} 2 ...i.b6+ 3 �d3 g3 0-1 The g-pawn costs White a piece. 787} Gourlay-Astaneh Lopez 1... b1�+! 2 l:i.xb1 l:i.xb1 3 �xb1 f5 and the resu lting passed g-pawn proved decisive. 788) Rantanen-Agopov 1 ... f4! 2 gxf4 (the black king is inside the square after 2 �e4 f3 3 �e3 �e6 4 a4 �xes 5 a s �d s} 2 ... h4 o-1 The key point is 3 �e4 h 3 ! when there's no way to stop Black q ueening after 4... g3. 290

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791) Tiviakov-Anand 1 es! dxeS+ 2 l:Ixes+ �d6 3 l:Ifs! �e6 (Black's cause is hopeless too in the event of 3 ...l:Ixb7 4 l:Ihxf6+ l:Ixf6 s l:Ixf6+ �e7 6 �fs : for exa mple, 6 ...l:Ib1 7 l:Ixa6 l:If1+ 8 �e4 l:Ie1+ 9 �ds l:Id1+ 10 �cs or 6 ...l:Ic7 7 h6! l:Ixc4 8 h7 l:Ih4 9 l:Ixa6 when there's no defence, as shown by 9 ...�f8 10 �g6 l:Ig4+ 11 �hs, 9 ...�f7 10 l:Ia7+ �f8 11 �g6 l:Ih1 12 h 8'if+! a n d 9 ...l:Ih1 10 �g6 l:Ig1+ 11 �h6 l:Ih1+ 12 �g7 l:Ig1+ 13 l:Ig6) 4 l:Ih7 l:Ids s l:Ids! 1-o The h-pawn is q u ick to decide after s ... l:Ixds 6 cxd S+ �xd s 7 �fs as 8 h6. 792) Scheckenbach-Marder 1 f6! (but not 1 �d6? �f6 2 �d7 �gs when White m ust fi nd 3 �e7 �xg4 4 f6! gxf6 s �xf6 �xh s 6 �fs j u st to d raw) 1 ... gxf6+ 2 �fs �g7 3 �e6 1-0 The win becomes trivial following 3 ... �g8 4 �xf6 �h7 S �f7 �h8 6 �g6. 793) McKerracher-Schmerwitz 1 l:Ixes! wins a piece, i n view of the skewer 1 ...�xes 2 .ig3+. 794) Popchev-Furman 1 gS+! fxgs (1...�h7 2 �xf6 .ixf4 3 g6+ is trivial) 2 fS g4 3 .ixg4 'it>g7 (or 3 ....id4 4 f6 �gs s f7 .ig7 6 .ie2 .if8 7 �d7 �f6 8 �e8 �g7 9 h6+) 4 f6+ �f8 S .ie2 �e8 (now White ca n cut the king off with .ic4, but s ...�g8 6 J.. c4 i.d2 7 �e7+ �h7 8 f7 is no i m p rovement) 6 �fs 1-0 79S) Schreiner-Farago 1 ... hs! 2 gxhS+ (otherwise a bishop and pawn up it's an easy win for Black) 2 ...�f6 (now Wh ite ca n only prevent mate on h3 by givi ng up h i s rook) 3 l:If4+ .ifs 0-1 796) Nezis-Tatum 1 l:Ixe2! (much sim pler than 1 l:Ixe8 �xe8 2 b7 e1'if 3 b8'if+) 1 l:Ixe2 2 b7 1-0 One of the pawns will q ueen. •••

797) Bauer-Moiseenko 1 �h4! (best, a lthough even 1 'iffs �h6 2 'iff3 'ife6+ should n't have been enough for Black to win in the ga me) 1 'ifcs (1...'it>h6 2 'ife3+ �g6 3 'ife4+ either repeats or forces the king back) 2 �xhs leaves Black without a good d iscovered check and the extra bishop won't be too much use after 2 .ixg3+ 3 'it>g4. •••

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Th e Complete Chess Work o u t 2 798) Fridman-Guseinov 1 f4+! exf4 2 gxf4+ �f6 (the f-pawn decides in the case of 2 ...�g6 3 .ixh S+! �xh s 4 �fs .id2 s �e6! �g4 6 fs) 3 .ixh5 .ib4 4 .ie2 .ia5 5 .id3 (here to keep Black out of fs when W h ite manoeuvres his own king) 5 ....ib4 6 �f3 .ic3 7 �g4 .ia5 8 �h5! .ib4 9 �h6 .ic3 10 �h7 .id2 (or 10...�f7 11 .ifs when Black will have to give way: 11 ...�f6 12 .ie6 .id2 13 �g8! �e7 14 fs .ic3 15 .ic8 and it's zugzwa ng, with White's king either getting rou nd the back or his f-pawn adva ncing after 1S ....ib4 16 �g7 .ic3+ 17 �g6) 11 �g8 �e7 12 f5 .ic3 13 .ic2! (zugzwa ng again; if ...�f6 Wh ite whisks his king a round to bs via f8} 13 ....id2 14 �g7 .ic3+ 15 �g6 1-0 799) Puuska-Daulyte 1 .. .fijxb2! 2 lbdxb2 (or 2 lbde3 lbxc4 3 lbxc4 .ib2!, tra nsposi ng) 2 ... .ixb2 forces Wh ite to give u p a piece for the a-pawn, since 3 lbxb2? a 3 wou l d be even worse. 800) Zambrana-Movsesian White forced the a-pawn home: 1 b5! fxe4+ 2 �xe4 axb5 (or 2 ... .ixa s 3 bxa6} 3 a6 1-o 801) Edouard-Short 1 h4+! �xh4 (1 ...�h6?? 2 J::txfs gxfs 3 �xf4 �g6 4 �es would even win for Wh ite) 2 J::txf5 gxf5 3 �xf4 Yz-Yz 802) Marin-Ronchetti 1 f5! exf5 2 e6 �c7 (or 2 ...J::t a 8 3 e7 .ib7 4 �es and there's no defence to �e6-f7} 3 e7 .ib7 4 J::tx a6! 1-0 The bishop wil l d rop off after 5 l::ta 7. 803) Kosintseva-Hou Vifan 1 ...d3! 2 cxd3 l::tc1+ 3 �a2 l::ta 1+ 4 �b3 .id4 5 l::t b4 (or 5 l::te 7 l::t b 1+ 6 �xa3 J::tx b8} 5 ...l::t b1+ 01 6 �xa3 .ics picks u p the rook. 804) Vilmaz-Arat 1 l::tf8! J::txf8+ (1 ... l::t b 6+ 2 �es is trivial} 2 gxf8l::t ! 1-0 The o n ly winning move, but one good enough to mate next move. 805) Zubov-Fedorchuk 1 J::txc5! J::tx c5 2 b7 l::tb 5 3 l::ta 5! J::txa5 4 b8�+ �e4 (or 4 ...�f6 s �d8+} 5 �b4+ (picking up the black rook, a lthough White wi l l first drive the king back} 5 ...�e3 6 �e1+ 1-0 806) Vovk-Volokitin 1 ... g5! 2 hxg5 h4! and the second passed pawn proves decisive: 3 �e1 (or 3 �e3 h3 4 �f3 lbe4!} 3 ... h3 4 �f1 �g6 5 f4 lbd5 6 �f2 lbxf4 o-1

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870) Exler-Lovrinovic 1 ...'iix c2! 2 i..xc2 CDg2+ 3 '>t>d2 'Dxe3 4 '>t>xe3 win s the excha nge. 871) Lebret-Mauffrey 1 "fixd4+! (1...CDf3+! 2 .l:l.xf3 i.. xd4+ 3 '>t>h1 .txc3 will also do} 2 'iixd4 'Df3+ 3 ..ltxf3 .txd4+ 4 '>t>g2 .l:l.xc3 win a piece. •••

872) Gerard-Colin 1...�xh2+! 2 "fixh2 'Dxh2 3 '>t>xh2 i..x c3 col lects a pawn. 873) Arizmendi Martinez-Saptarshi 1 ....l:l.xf2+! 2 '>t>xf2 "fic5+ 3 "fie3 "fixe3+ 4 '>t>xe3 CDd5+ 5 '>t>d4 'Dxb6 simplifies to a fa irly easily winning endga me. 874) Perez Mitjans-Fiuvia Poyatos 1 "fih4+! 1-0 After 1.. ..l:l.xh4 2 f8�+ '>t>d7 3 gxh4 Wh ite is the exchange a h ead and has a crushing i nitiative. 875) Brunello-Cacciola 1 "fixa6! 1-0 Black comes out a piece down, whether or not he goes in for 1.. . .l:l.xa6 2 .l:l.xb8+ �f8 3 .l:l.xf8+ '>t>xf8. 299

The C o m p l e te Chess Work o u t 2 876) Wilson-Speelman 1...tba2+! 2 i.xa2 (2 d1 'ii'a4+ 3 e1 'ii' b 3 also picks up a pawn) 2 'ib'xd2+ 3 xd2 .S.xb2+ 4 �c3 .S.xa2 saw Black picking u p a pawn with a n easy wi n in sight. ••.

877) Morrison-Ledger 1 'ii'f6+ g8 2 'ii'xg6+! hxg6 3 lLlf6+ g7 4 l2Jxds leaves W h ite a piece a h ead. 878) Gretarsson-Houska 1 .S.xes! d4 (1 .. .fxes 2 'ii'g S+ wi ns the rook leaving Wh ite a piece u p} 2 .S.e4 1-0 879) Snape-Garrido Dominguez 1 .S.d1! 1-0 White picks up a rook after 1 ...'ii'x b3 2 .S.xd8+ g7 3 axb3 and 1 .S.d 2 ! also works. 880) Bellon Lopez-Swindells 1 l2Jxb6! axb6 (1 ...'ii'x b6 2 'ii'x b6 axb6 3 lLlc7+ d8 4 l2Jxa8 transposes, a nd even 1 ...'ib'd8 2 'ib'a6 .S.b8 3 lLlxd7 'ii'x d7 looks rather good for White) 2 'ib'xa8! 'ib'xa8 3 lLlc7+ d8 4 l2Jxa8 wi ns the exchange and a pawn. 881) Curtis-Gregory 1 .S.xe7+! (wi nning the q u een) 1 ... xe7 2 .S.h7+ .S.8g7 3 .S.xg7+ .S.xg7 4 'ii'xc6 1-0 882) Birkin-Kay 1 i.xc2+! 2 xc2 'ib'xd4 wins the q ueen. •••

883) Pert-Taylor 1 lLlxb7! .S.xb7 2 .S.xa6 bags a pawn. 884) Wells-Rogers 1 axb6! l2Jxc3 2 .S.c7! 1-0 White emerges a piece a h ead a n d 2 b7 .S.b6 3 .S.e7! would a l so have done the business. 885) Van Kampen-Weller 1 i.xbs! 'ii'x bs 2 .S.xb7 1-0 There's no good defe nce to the mate on g7. 886) Lalic-Bhatia With 1 .S.xd4! White exploits Black's back ra n k to wi n a piece or see her q u ee nside passers decide i n the event of 1 ....S.xc1+ 2 'ii'xc1 'ii'x c1+ 3 xc1 cxd4 4 a4, but the ga me actua l ly ended with the shocking 1 'ii'd 3?? .S.xc1#. 887) Rendle-Crouch 1 lLlxf6! g7 (not 1 ...'ii'xf6?? 2 'ii'xf8#} 2 lLld7 1-0 Simplification on f8 wi l l lead to an easi ly winning pawn endgame.

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Solutions 888) Abdalla-Horvath l ... .idl! 0-1 Wh ite m u st either part com pany with his bishop on g4 or the excha nge after 1 ....id1 2 ifxdl ifxc3. 889) Kostiukova-Brodsky l ... lbxds! 2 lbxds (2 .ixd8 lbxb4 also leaves Black a pawn to the good, u n l ess Wh ite prefers to a l low 3 .Mxb4 lbxa4!} 2 ...ifxgs wins a pawn and generates the la rge th reat of 3 ... lbd3 ! . 890) Cuartas Medina-Jerez Perez l .ixdS! nets a pawn, in view of l ... exds 2 lDfS+ a n d 3 lbxh 6. 891) Forno-Girelli 1 bxa8lb! 1-0 Not 1 bxa8if? ifxb6 tra pping the white queen, but after 1 bxa8lb ifxb6 2 lbxb6 Wh ite comes out a piece ahead. 892) Schorra-Ciornei 1 ...ifxd4! 0-1 Black goes a whole rook u p, in view of 1 ...ifxd4 2 ifxd4 lbxc2+ 3 �a 2 lbxd4. 893) Gustafsson-Naiditsch 1 .ie2! 0-1 There's no defence to 2 ... .id3 and the loss of the excha nge, since if 2 lbc4 .id3 3 .Ma l a 3 . •••

894) Bausch-Haase l ....ixbs! won a pawn and q u ickly more after 2 .ixbs? ifxbs 3 h3 (3 ifxbs .Mal+ mates on the back ra n k} 3 ...iff1+ 4 �h2 .Mal 0-1 895) Raetsky-Sokolov Black emerged two pawns to the good : 1 ...ifxe2+! 2 �xe2 .ixc4+ 3 ifxc4 .Mxc4 4 .Mxb7 lbf8 0-1 896) Sowray-Collins 1...lba4! 2 lbxa4 (rema rka bly there's no way for Wh ite to avoid losing a piece, as he loses m uch more after 2 .Mae1 lbxc3 3 ifxc3 ? ife4) 2 ...ifxe2 3 iff6 (if 3 lbc3 iff3) 3 lbf3+ 4 �g2 ife4 0-1 The double-discovered check decides. •..

897) Adly-Ezat 1 ifxc8! ifxc8 2 lbxe7+ �g7 3 lbxc8 .Mxc8 win s the excha nge. 898) Flint-Hager 1 lbxg6! hxg6 2 ifxe6+ �h8 and now 3 ifxd s wou l d have left White two pawns to the good, whereas 3 .ixd s? a l lowed Black a cha nce to get back into the ga me with 3 ...lbd4!. 301

Th e Complete Chess Work o u t 2 899) Bauer-Gruenenwald 1 l:!.xd7! tt:Jxd7 2 tt:Jxg4 wins two pieces for the rook. 900) Cunha-Quaranta Neto Black wins a piece with 1 .. .'�xc1+! 2 'iVxc1 tt:Jxd3+ 3 t>e7 3 lZ:lxc5 nets a piece. 919) Bakos-Rigo 1 'i!Vb7! 'i!Vf8 (in view of 1 ... 1Wxd6 2 1Wxc8+ 'i!Vf8 3 .M.d8 and 1 ... .M.e8 2 1Wxe7 .M.xe7 3 .M.d8+ there's no good way to protect both queen and rook) 2 1Wxc8 1-0 920) Suran-Laznicka 1 lZ:lxe6! fxe6 (1 ....M.e8 2 lZ:le7 would n't help matters) 2 1Wxe6+ 'it>h8 3 .M.xd7 picks up two pawns. 921) Ahmed-Fekadu 1 1Wxf6+! 'it>xf6 2 lLld7+ '>t>e7 3 lLlxb6 leaves Wh ite a piece a head. 922) Hamperi-Hernandez 1 lZ:lxe6! fxe6 2 i.xe6+ 'it>h8 3 .M.xa4 leaves White a pawn to the good. 923) Ynojosa-Ferreira 1 i.a7! 1-o Black can't save both his q ueen and the key rook on d8.

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925) Kargaci-McCusker 1 ./iJd2! 2 t!.xc6 (2 �al only keeps the q ueen and rook for one more move, in view of 2 .. /iJb3) 2 lt:Jxb1 3 l:!.xc8+ �xc8 4 l:!.xb1 �c2 leaves the extra queen fa r too powerful. •

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928) Hamai-Vorobjov The wh ite q ueen was overloaded: 1 .id2! 2 �a3 �xd4 3 l:!.d1 as 0-1 •••

929) Ragger-Stefansson 1 .ixc6! 1-0 Black's q ueen side colla pses, in view of 1...l:!.xc6 2 l:!.a8 CtJc7 3 l:!.xd8+ �g7 when Wh ite might even go 4 l:!.d7 and give up the exchange on c7 to pick off bs. 930) Nguyen Van Huy-Howell After 1 .ie7! l:!.xe7 (1...l:!.xh3+? 2 �xh3 l:!.xe7 3 �xc4 only m a kes matters worse) 2 �xf3 l:!.xd7 3 �d1! l:!.xds 4 �xdS+ �xds 5 exds White went on to convert the excha nge-up endgame. 931) De Leon-Srebrnic 1 l:!.xf2! 2 �xf2 �xc4 3 �xa7 �c1+ 4 �h2 �xb2 leaves Black a pawn to the good, in view of 5 �b8+? �h7 6 �xd6? .ie4. •••

932) Robson-Mansour 1 .ixb5! .ixbS 2 l:!.xb6 nets an im portant pawn, since c3 is u ntouchable in view of 2 ...l:!.xc3? 3 l:!.b8+. 933) Sop-Saleh 1 CtJd5! exds 2 cxds .ic6 3 dxc6 bxc6 4 �c4 attacks two pawns with a clear adva ntage. 934) Olsarova-Roberts 1 .ixf1+! �f8 (if 1...l:!.xf7 2 �xd6) 2 .ie6+ �e8 3 .ixd7+ picks up the excha nge. 935) Pelletier-McNab 1 ...�xg3+! 0-1 Due to the th reats a long the t h i rd White wil l q uickly be even more tha n a piece down after 2 �xg3 (or 2 �g1 l:!.xd3 3 l:!.xd3 �xd3 4 �e7 g3) 2 ... lt:Jxe4+ 3 �h2 CtJxcs. 3 04

S o l u tions 936) Asefi-Sharavdorj Black wins a piece with 1.. :�xg2+! 2 'it>xg2 tL'lxe3+ 3 'it>f3 ttJxc4. 937) Contin-Georgiev 1 .. :�xd7+! 0-1 The b-pawn is too powerfu l after 2 �xd7 b2. 938) Dimukhametov-Chekletsov 1 �g8+! 'it>xg8 2 lL'lxf6+ 'it>f7 3 tL'lxd7 wi ns a piece. 939) Malisov-Masich 1 .Mxc5! wins a piece, since the q ueen fal l s after l �xcs? 2 ttJh6+. ...

940) Danielian-Kosintseva 1 �xc8! 1-0 1 �xc8 2 i.b7 �xb7 3 c8�+ �xc8 4 .Mxc8+ leads to an easy win. ...

941) Br.Thorfinnsson-Thorhallsson 1 �xg7+! 1-0 White eme rges a piece a h ead after 1 ... 'it>xg7 2 ltJc4+ 'it>g6 3 tL'lxd6. 942) Fier-Kostouros 1 .Mxe7! �xe7 2 ttJe4 ttJbd5 3 .Mxd5! tL'lxd5 4 i.xe7 .Mxe7 5 i.b3 1-0 F u rther material loss is inevita ble. 943) Martinez-Perez 1 .i.b5! .MacS (or l ... axbs 2 .Mxa8+) 2 i.xc6 .Mxc6 3 b4 leaves W h ite the exchange a h ead. 944) Fong Vit San-Nayan 1...h1�+! 2 �xh1 i.xd4 3 �h7+ 'it>d6 wins a piece. 945) Hoover-Dahl 1... b1�! 2 .Mxb1 i.xd4+ deflects to win a piece. 946) lvanov-Khalifman 1 .i.xd4! 2 .i.xd4 .Mxd4 3 .Mxd4 �g5+ 4 'it>f1 �xc1+ sees Black pocket a pawn. •••

947) Kovalyov-Gerzhoy 1 d7+! 1-0 Black ca n prevent the pawn q ueening with 1 ... i.xd7, but then 2 ttJd6+ 'it>d8 3 .Mxd7+ 'it>xd7 4 ttJxe4 1eaves Wh ite a piece a head. 948) Mamedov-Egorov 1 �xb7! �d8 (or 1 ... �xb7 2 tL'lxd6+ 'it>f8 3 tL'lxb7) 2 tL'lxd6+ 'it>f8 3 �b3 leaves White two pawns to the good. 3 05

Th e Co m p lete Chess Work o u t 2 949) Aronian-Nakamura 1 ii.d7! .U.e6 (exchanges fol low after this, but 1...:i.f8 2 Jtxc6 bxc6 3 .U.xc6 wou ld have been ex­ cel lent too for White: for exam ple, 3 ... Jtxd5 4 exd5 fxg3 5 hxg3 'iif7 6 'iie 2 'iixd5 7 lL'lxe5 !, and if 7....U.ae8 8 .U.xf6! .U.xf6 9 lL'lg6+ hxg6 10 'iixe8+) 2 Jtxe6 Jtxe6 3 lL'lxf6 'iixf6 4 .U.xc6! bxc6 5 'iia 1 as 6 'iixes 'iixes 7 lL'lxes simplified to a pawn-up ending which Aronian converted. 950) Petrosyan-Sychev 1 'iix h6+! �xh6 2 lL'lxf7+ �g7 3 lL'lxd8 .U.xd8 4 .U.xc7+ leaves White the excha nge a head. 951) Carlsen-Aronian 1 Jtf6! 2 .U.xa3 (or 2 .U.bb1 Jtxd4 3 .U.xa3 Jtxc5 4 lL'lxe8 Jtxa 3 5 lL'lc7 a4 when the a-pawn decides) 2 ...Jtxd4 3 lL'lxe8 (3 lL'le4 Jtxc5! doesn't help) 3 ...Jtxcs 4 .U.d6? (now White m ust lose a whole rook, but if 4 .U.b1 Jtxa3 5 lL'lc7 a4 again) 4....U.xe8 0-1 •.•

952) Bogdanovich-Kozakov 1 'iix g6+! 1-0 1 ... hxg6 2 lL'ld6+ �e6 3 lL'lxc8 picks up a piece. 953) Barsov-Wyss A loose piece d ropped off: 1 .U.xcs! Jtxcs 2 lL'ld8+ �d7 3 lL'lxb7 Jtxa3 4 lL'las 1-0 954) Rahman-Chatterjee 1 'iib4! 1-0 The only way to cover a l l the threats is 1 ... c5, but after 2 .U.xd8+ �c7 3 'iix b7+ �xd8 4 'iia 8+ �d7 5 'iix a7+ �d8 6 'iix e7+ �xe7 the endga me is a n easy win. 955) Hastik-Cechura 1 ...e2+! 2 'iixe2 (or 2 �g2 e1'ii 3 .U.xe1 'iix e1 with an extra rook) 2 ...'iifs 0-1 White ca n't save both q ueen and knight. 956) Sokolov-David 1 d7! li:lxd7 2 li:ld6 .U.eb8 3 .ltxb8 .U.xb8 wins the excha nge for a pawn. 957) Louis-Kirk Black nets a piece with 1....U.xbs! 2 cxbs lL'ld4 3 'iic4 Jtxds 4 'iixds li:lxe2+ 5 �f1 li:lxc1 6 Jtxc1. 958) Kaatiala-Tsakiris 1 ...'iic 1+! 0-1 The d-pawn will q ueen after 2 .U.xc1 :i.xc1+ 3 �g2 d2. 959) Jones-Chapman 1 li:lxc6! 'iixgs (1...'iixc6 2 'iie 5 �g7 3 .lih6+ �h8 4 .ltxf8 or here 2 ...'iixf3 3 :i.dfl is even worse for Black) 2 lL'lxa7 wins the excha nge. 306

Solutions 960} Arkeii-Foo 1 .l::txc6! .l::txc6 2 .l::txc6 'ifxc6 3 'ifxb3 netted a second pawn and shortly the game. 961} Bratkovic-Zavrtanik After 1 'ifxas+! (l .l::tx es+ 'ifxes 2 'ifxa s+ �d6 3 'ifxes+ �xes a l so does the business) 1...'ifxas 2 .l::tx eS+ White will emerge a piece a h ead. 962} Froewis-Jovanic 1 'ifxcs+! lbxcs 2 .id6+ �g8 3 lLJe7+ �h7 4 lLJxc8 wins a piece. 963} Georgiev-Pedersen 1 .l::txc6! .l::txc6 2 .ibs .ixe6 3 .ixc6+ �f7 4 .ixds picked u p a key pawn. 964} Andre-Kabisch The c-pawn decided proceed ings: 1 'ifxd1+! 2 .ixd1 .l::txd1+ 3 'ifxd1 c2 4 'ifc1 .ib2! s l2Jf6+ �f7 0-1 •.•

965} Mihopoulos-Neelotpal 1 ....l::tc 1+! 0-1 Black comes out q ueen for rook a head after 2 .ixc1 'ifxa4 3 .ixb2 'ifxa2. 966} Ulibin-Martinovic 1 lba7! lLJb6 (1 ... .l::tx a7? 2 l2Jxc8+ forks king and rook} 2 lbaxc8+ l2Jxc8 3 .ixb7 lLJxd6 4 .ixa8 leaves W h ite the excha nge a head. 967} Pantelic-Gevorgyan 1 ....l::txc1+! 2 .l::txc1 'ifgS+ 3 �f1 'ifxc1+ picks u p a piece. 968} Mindlin-Kanovsky 1...'ife1! 0-1 1 ... 'ifc1! was equ a l ly good. Black wins the rook on fl in both cases. 969} Jirka-Palecek 1 'ifxe8+! 1-0 1 ....l::tx e8 2 lLJf7+ �g7 3 lLJxd6 picks up a rook. 970) D'Costa-Mueller 1 .l::tx d4! 1-0 White emerges a piece a h ead after 1 ....l::txd4 2 .iC3. 971) Laurent-D'Costa Black bagged a pawn : 1 ....ixe3! 2 .ixe3 'ifc2+ 3 'ifxc2 l2Jxe3+ 4 �f2 lLJxc2.

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Th e Complete Chess Worko u t 2 972) Aronian-Paris Universite 1 'i!Vd3 ! 1-0 Black ca n't both prevent mate on the b-file and cling on to his major pieces, for if 1 ...l:txd3 2 l:te8+ and mate. 973) Gosling-Wood 1 'i!Vxb8! 'i!Vxb8 2 tLld7+ �e8 3 tt::lx b8 l:ta7 (or 3 ... l:tb6 4 .i.xc7) 4 tt::lc6 left White a piece a head. 974) Braun-Wells 1 l:txc3! 2 .:txc3 (or 2 .i.cs l:txc1+ 3 l:txc1 'i!Vxa6) 2 'i!Vxd4+ 0-1 Black emerges two pawns ahead after 3 'i!Vxd4 .i.xd4+ 4 �f1 .i.xc3. •••

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975) Kaufman-Venkatesh 1 .i.xc7! wins a pawn, for if 1 'i!Vxc7 2 tt::lxe4 'i!Vxc2 3 tt::lxf6+ .i.xf6 4 .i.xc2. •••

976) Sahitaj-Laurusas 1 'i!Ve3+! 0-1 2 'i!Vxe3 is forced and after 2 ... dxe3+ 3 �xe3 .i.xa 1 a rook d rops off. •••

977) Jakubowski-Protaziuk 1 .i.xc4! (1...tLlxc4 2 .i.e1 is much less effective) 2 e5 (or 2 .i.xc4 tt::lxc4 3 'i!Vxc4 'i!Vxd2) 2 .i.xd3 3 exd6 exd6 4 'i!Vxd3 tLlc4 5 'i!Vxc4 'i!Vxd2 sees Black emerge a pawn a h ead. •••

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978) Gaehwiler-Horvath 1 tLlc2! wi ns the exchange in view of 2 'i!Vxc2? .i.xf2+ 3 l:txf2 l:txc2. •••

979) Ulanowski-Burcu 1 l:txd4! 0-1 If 2 cxd4 .i.xd4 White m ust give up his q u een, in view of 3 'i!Vxd4 'i!Vxe1#. •••

980) Van Riemsdijk-Yi Liu 1 tt::lxd5! exd5 (1...'i!Vd 8 2 'i!Vc3 leaves Wh ite a clear pawn a h ead) 2 'i!Vxd5+ .i.e6 3 'i!Vxc5 did n't give Black a nywhere near enough for his pawns. 981) Sadorra-Kacheishvili 1 l:txa4! 'i!Vxa4 2 'i!Ve5 f6 3 'i!Vxc7 'i!Vb5 4 'i!Vc1 left White clea rly better and the piece eventua l ly preva iled over the three pawns. 982) Berzinsh-Mierins 1 ttJf8+! 'i!Vxf8 2 'i!Vxd7 win s the exchange.

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S o l u tions 983) Goric-Woolley 1 exf5! .ixf5 2 .Mxb7! 'iix b7 (2 ...1i'd6 3 g4 e4+ 4 �h1 doesn't give Black enough for the piece) 3 iLlf6+ lt:Jxf6 4 .ixb7 wi ns the black q ueen for i n sufficient com pensation. 984) Zimmer-Azarov 1 .Mxd2! 0-1 2 ... .Md4 is th reatened, as wel l as 2 ....Md 1+, and there's no good move, since the q ueen is lost after 2 lt:Jxd2 1i'e1+ 3 lt:Jf1 'iix b4. •••

985) Giulian-Scholes 1 'iix h7+! �xh7 2 iLlg5+ �g8 3 iLlxe6 .Me8 4 .Mxd7 .Mxe6 5 .Md6 picks up a second pawn. 986) Lammens-Emelianova 1 'iixc8+! 1 ... .Mxc8 2 .Mxf3 leaves White a rook a head. 987) Dinev-Bomans 1 ....Mxc3! 0-1 Black emerges a piece a head after 2 .ixc3 1i'C7+ 3 �h1 'iix c3. 988) Bologan-Eijanov 1 .Md6! 1-0 The kn ight is lost, since 1 ....ixd6 2 exd6+ .Mf6 3 'iix e6 wou ld only cost Black even more mate­ ria l . 989) Yang-Xiong 1 ...d3! 2 exd3 (2 1i'd 1 'iixe4 certai n ly doesn't help) 2 ...1i'xf3+! 3 �xf3 iLld4+ 4 �g2 lt:Jxc2 leaves Black a piece a h ead. 990) Murillo-Aifaro 1 'iixf7+! 1-0 White emerges the excha nge up after 1 ...�xf7 (or 1 ...1i'xf7 2 dxc6) 2 d6+ �g6 3 dxc7. 991) Chaves Villalobos-Jimenez Garcia Black spotted the potential fork on d3: 1 ....Mxb4! 0-1 992) Devescovi Parreira-Lopes Junior 1 'iixd2! .Mb8 (it's mate after 1...'iix d2 2 .Mc8+) 2 'iixg5 1-0 The piece-down ending is clea rly hopeless for Black. 993) Radford-Nezis 1...1i'xc3! 0-1 Black emerges a piece a head after 2 .Mxh3 (not 2 bxc3 ? .Mxb1+) 2 ....Mxh 3 3 'iix h3 .Mxb2.

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999) Huerga Leache-Giavina 1 'Yi'xb7+! 'Yi'xb7 2 lbxb7 'it>xb7 3 i.xb4 overloads Black to net a pawn. 1000) Strobi-Marinkovic 1 ... i.a3 ! 2 lL'lb3? (not good, but there's no good way to both defend b2 and esca pe the pin, and if 2 bxa3 !i.xc3 3 'Yi'd l !i.xe3 leaves Black a pawn a h ead) 2 !i.xc3 3 'Yi'd1 !i.xe3 4 bxa3 lL'lc3 5 'Yi'd2 tbxe2+ wi ns a piece. •..

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1013) Van Der Werff-Go 1 ...�xf1! 0-1 Black wins a piece with 2 .Mxf1 lbd3+ 3 �d2 lbxf4. 1014) Shaposhnikov-Gritsenko 1 i.xg7! .Mfa8 (1 ... .Mxf2? 2 i.xf8 i.h4 3 i.e7! .Mxf4 4 g3 wi ns even more materia l} 2 .Mxa2 .Mxa2 3 i.d4 1eaves White a pawn a head. 1015) Ernst-Potkin 1 lbxe6+! fxe6 2 �h6+ �e7 3 �xd2 wins the excha nge. 311

Th e Co m p lete Chess Work o u t 2 1016} Piotrowski-Khamidov 1 .'ifxf2+! (1 ... ii.xf2+! 2 �hl tt:lxd 3 3 tt:lxh4 .i.xh4 a lso wins) 2 l:txf2 ii.xf2+ 3 �xf2 tt:lxd3+ 4 �e3 tt:lxc1 1eaves Black a rook ahead. ••

1017) Wells-Palliser 1 ...e4! 2 ii.xg7 exf3 3 tt:lxe7+ tt:lxe7 4 ii.xf8 fxg2 5 �xg2 'i!Vxf8 leaves Black with two pieces and attacking chances for the rook and pawn. 1018} White-Palliser 1...'i!Vxe2! (1 ... ii.g5 2 ii.e3 ii.xe3 3 'i!Vxe3 'i!Vxe2! will a l so do) 2 'i!Vxe2 tt:lg3+ 3 �h2 tt:lxe2 4 tt:lxd7 tt:lxc1 5 tt:lxf8 �xf8 leaves Black a piece a h ead. 1019) Nezis-Davies 1 l:txh7+! l:txh7 2 l:txc8 wins a pawn. 1020) Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son-Lo 1 'i!Vxe7! 1-0 Black either loses the excha nge on f5 or comes out two pawns down after 1 ...'i!Vxe7 2 tt:lxg6+ �h7 3 tt:lxe7 .i.xg2 4 tt:lxf5 ii.xf1 5 �xfl.

Chapter Six 1021) Padurariu-Go 1 ...i.xg3+!! 2 ii.xg3 f4 3 ii.f2? (he had to fi nd the com puter- l i ke resou rce 3 ii.h4! 'i!Vh 5 4 i.fl! restricting Black to j ust a dangerous attack for the piece after 4 ... ..ixh 3 5 ii.xh3 'i!Vxh4 6 l:tg1 tt:lf5) 3 ...ii.xh3! 4 �xh3 (4 l:tg1 'i!Vh 5 5 'i!Ve1 tt:lf5 certa i n ly doesn't help) 4...l:tf5 5 ii.h4 l:th5 6 l:tg1 l:txh4+! 1 �xh4 tt:lf5+ 8 �h3 'i!Vh5+ o-1 it's mate after 9 �g2 tt:le3+ 10 �f2 'i!Vh4+. 1022) Pruijssers-Ten Hertog 1 tt:ld5!! exd5 2 exd5 i.d6 (otherwise Wh ite ca ptu res on e5 and regains his piece, such as with 2 ...0-o-o 3 ii.xe5 'i!Vc5 4 d6, while the machine feel s that Black's best was 2 ...0-o, al­ though here White has a n u m be r of strong contin uations, i ncluding 3 d6 ii.xd6 4 l:thf1, and if 4...�g7 5 ii.xa8 l:txa8 6 'i!Vf3) 3 ii.xe5! ii.xe5 4 d6 'i!Vc5 (he could n't retreat, i n view of 4... 'i!Vd8 5 'i!Vxe5+ �f8 6 ..ixa8) 5 l:td5! (Black wou l d escape after 5 ii.xa8? 0-0, but Pruijssers had seen very deeply when he first sacrificed on d5) 5 ...tt:lxd5 6 'i!Vxe5+ �d8 (6 ...i.e6 7 'i!Vxh 8+ �d 7 8 'i!Vxa8 tt:le3 9 ii.e4 is rather hopeless too for B lack) 7 'i!Vxh8+ (rega i n i ng most of the investment while mainta i n ing a winning attack) 7 ...i.e8 8 l:te1 �d7 9 ii.xd5 'i!Vxd5 10 l:te7+ �c6 11 'i!Vc3+! �xd6 (or 11 ...'i!Vc4 12 l:tc7+ �xd6 13 l:txc4) 12 'i!Vc7# 1-0 1023) Guerrero Sanmarti-Raimbault 1 'i!Vxf8+!! �xf8 2 tt:lg6+! fxg6 (or 2 ...�g8 3 l:te8+ �h7 4 tt:lf8+ �h8 5 tt:le6+ �h7 6 tt:lxc7, emerging with an extra rook) 3 ii.a3+ tt:le7 4 l:txe7 axb3 (there's no defence, since if 4...'i!Vxe7 5 l:td8#) 5 l:txc7+ �g8 6 l:td8+ �h7 7 ii.b2 1-0 312

S o l u tions 1024) Muzychuk-Gaprindashvili 1 .ixes! dxes 2 .l:!.xd7! 'it>xd7 3 .ia4+ bs (White's initiative is also too strong after 3 ...'it>d8 4 .l:!.d1+ 'it>c8 5 'ifc2 'ifc7 6 .l:!.d7, and if 6 ... 'ifcs 7 b4) 4 ltJxbs! axbs 5 .ixbS+ 'it>d8 6 .l:!.d1+ 'it>c8 7 .id7+ 'it>b7? (7 .. :.t>d8 8 .ic6+ .id6 9 .ixa8 rJi;e7 10 .ic6 liJf6 wou ld have restricted Black's losses to just a pawn a nd slow defeat on the queenside) 8 'ifbS+ 'it>a7 9 'ifas+ 'it>b7 10 .ic6+! 'it>c8 (10...'it>xc6 11 liJxes+ 'it>b7 12 �bS+ mates) 11 .ixa8 'ifc7 12 �a6+ rJi;b8 13 lLlxes! 1-0 1025) Wang Hao-Nakamura 1 .l:!.xds! �xds 2 .ixe6! fxe6 3 f7+ 'it>d8? (3 ... 'it>e7 4 'ifxh6! .l:!.dd8 5 f8�+ .l:!.dxf8 6 �g7+ 'it>d8 7 .l:!.xf8+ .l:!.xf8 8 �xf8+ 'it>c7 9 �xd6+ �xd6 10 ltJxd6 'it>xd6 gives Black some cha nces to hold a pawn-down ending) 4 ltJxe6+ 'it>c8 5 f8'if+ .l:!.xf8 6 .l:!.xf8+ .id8 (6 ...'it>b7? 7 ltJ6cS+) 7 lLlxd6+ 'it>b8 (or 7 ... �xd6 8 .l:!.xd8+ .l:!.xd8 9 liJxd8+ 'it>xd8 10 'ifd 3 with a winning pawn endgame) 8 .l:!.f1 .l:!.xd6 9 liJxd8 'ifc4 10 .l:!.g1 .l:!.xd8 11 �g3+ 'it>b7 12 �xg6 and the two extra pawns win. 1026) Bosnjak-Biazeka 1 a7+!! 'it>xa7 2 .l:!.g1 'it>b8 (White a l so wins after 2 ....l:!.d6+ 3 'it>xd6 'it>xb7 4 'it>es) 3 .l:!.a1 1-0 1027) Slavin-Turner 1... h3! 2 'it>h2 (otherwise 2 ... h2+ was a kil ler t h reat and that decides too in the event of 2 'ifes h2+! 3 �xh2 'ifxh2+ 4 'it>xh2 .l:!.h6+ 5 'it>g2 liJd2+ 6 f3 liJxb3, wi n n i ng a piece) 2 .l:!.xf2+! (the more m u ndane 2 ....id6+ 3 f4 'ifh4 a lso wou ld have s ufficed) 3 .l:!.xf2 .id6+ 4 .l:!.f4 .ixf4+ 5 exf4 �xf4+ 6 'it>xh3 lLlf2+ 7 'it>h4 (ditching the q ueen on f2 wou l d have been equally hope­ less) 7 ...�h6+ 8 'it>g3 liJh1# 0-1 A neat fin ish and one which had to be foreseen when Black gave up the rook. •••

1028) Stefanova-Emms 1 ltJe7! (1 ....l:!.f3+ 2 'it>h2 liJf4 3 .l:!.xf4 .l:!.1f2+ 4 'it>g1 .l:!.f1+ X-X was the game) 2 .l:!.gs (pretty m uch forced to give the king a sq u a re) 2 ltJds!! 3 c7 (or 3 h S .l:!.f3+ 4 'it>h4 liJe3! when even 5 .l:!.c3 .l:!.e1 6 .l:!.xe3 .l:!.exe3 7 c7 .l:!.xh3+ 8 'it>g4 .l:!.eg3+ 9 'it>f4 .l:!.c3 shouldn't save Wh ite and oth­ e rwise it's mate, such as with 5 h 6 .l:!.h1 6 .l:!.xg7+ 'it>f8 7 c7 .l:!.hxh 3+ 8 'it>gs .l:i.fS#) 3....l:!.f3+ 4 'it>h2 liJf4 5 c8�+ 'it>h7 6 .l:i.hS+! (the only way to stave off mate) 6 ltJxhs 7 �b7! (7 .l:!.c2 liJf4 8 �c3 'it>g6! 9 liJb4 'it>hs is neat, Black winning the rook endga me after 10 liJdS .l:!.xc3 11 ltJxf4+ .l:!.xf4 12 .l:!.xc3 'it>xh4 13 as .l:!.a4 14 .l:!.C7 .l:!.xa s 15 .l:!.xf7 .l:!.a 2+) 7 liJf4 8 �xf3 .l:!.xf3 9 .l:!.c7 .l:!.xh3+ 10 'it>g1 liJd3 11 .l:!.xf7 .l:!.xh4 wi l l leave Black a pawn a head with some winning cha nces, such as after 12 as .l:!.a4 13 .l:!.e7 .l:!.xas 14 lLlc7 rJi;g6. •••

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Solutions 103 7 ) Kosintseva-Dzagnidze 1 ti:Jf6+!! gxf6 (1 ... h8 2 'iig 3! doesn't help the defence) 2 gxf6 tt::lf4 (2 ...ti:Jc6 3 'iig s gives Wh ite a winning attack, such as after 3 ... h3 4 .l:!.xh3 ! .ixh3 S .l:!.h1) 3 g3 tt:Jeg6 4 gxf4 exf4 5 'iid 4 gives White a h uge position a l adva ntage. 1038) Ragger-Steingrimsson 1 ti:Jf6+!! gxf6 (1.. . .\txf6 2 exf6 'iic 2 - to prevent 3 .\te4 - 3 fxg7 win s material, such as after 3 ....l:!.e8 4 .\txb8) 2 exf6 .\txf6 3 .\te4 .l:!.d8? (3 ... h6? 4 'iix h6! 'iix d1+ S g2 wouldn't have helped Black either, but after 3 ...'iix d1+! 4 'iix d1 .\txb2 he wou l d stil l have had some cha nces, even if White should win with ca re after S 'iig4+ h8 6 .\txb8 fs 7 'iif4 a4 8 .\tc6, i ntending 8 ... a3 9 .ibs a 2 ? 10 .ieS+) 4 .l:!.xd8+ .ixd8 5 'iix h7+ f8 6 'iih 8+ e7 7 .\tg5+ d6 8 'iixd8+ and the attack was overwhelm ing: 8 ...e5 (Black loses his q ueen after 8 ...'iid 7 9 .\tf4+ es 10 'iif 6+! 'iie 6 11 ..\txes+ d7 12 .ifs) 9 f3 'iid 7 (the checks run out too after 9 ... 'iia 1+ 10 g2 'iix b2+ 11 h3) 10 'iif6+ 1-0 it's mate after 10 ... d6 11 .\tf4#. 1039) Huschenbeth-Postny 1 .l:!.g8!! (the only way to win; instead the ga me ended in a repetition after 1 g6? .l:!.e6+ 2 gs .l:!.eS+) 1 ...f2 (1.. ..l:!. h s 2 h8'ii .l:!.xh8 3 .l:!.xh 8 f2 4 .l:!.h1 f3 s es is trivial) 2 .l:!.g4+ f3 3 h8'ii! f1'ii (or 3 ... xg4 4 'iig 7+ f4 S 'ii h 6+! g3 6 xes! fl'ii 7 'iig S+ h 3 8 'iif S+ 'iixfS+ 9 xfs with a win ning pawn e ndga me) 4 'iih 4! a n d there's no good defence to the th reats of S .l:!.f4+, s xes and S 'iig 3+, si nce it's mate after 4 ... 'iib 5 5 'ii h 3+ e2 6 .l:!.g2+ e1 (or 6 ...d1 7 'ii b 3+) 7 'iig 3+ d1 8 'iib 3+ c1 9 'iic 2#. 1040) Berg-Vachier Lagrave 1 tt:Jxf8!! tt:Jxd3 2 tt::lg6+ h7 3 .\txd3! xg6 (Black preferred 3 ... .\td8 i n the later ga me P.Bobras-A.Ma ksimen ko, German League 2012, but after 4 tt:Jd s ! bS? - 4...tt:Jxd s s exd s .ixh4 6 .l:!.b3! 'iia 4 7 tt::l e 7+! .ifs was the only try, a lthough White will pick up b7 with a strong, on­ going in itiative - 5 tt:Jge7! .\txe7 6 tt:Jxe7 .ltb7 7 .ixf6 gxf6 8 .l:!.xf6 'iix a2 9 .l:!.bfl shortly had to resign in a ny case) 4 e5+! h5 (4...f7 S exf6 gxf6 6 tt:Jds is hopeless too for Black) 5 exf6 .\txf6 (even s ...'iix c3 6 fxe7 .i h 3 ! ? won't save Black: 7 gxh 3 .l:!.e8 8 .l:!.be1, and if 8 ...xh4? 9 .l:!.f4+ gs 10 .l:!.fS+ h4? 11 .l:!.e4+ xh3 12 .l:!.f3#) 6 .ixf6 gxf6 7 .l:!.b3 'iia 5 8 .l:!.xf6 and White's attack was fa r too strong, the game concluding 8 ....\td7 9 tt:Je4 .\tg4 10 h3 .l:!.g8 11 hxg4+ .l:!.xg4 12 .ie2! 'iie 1+ 13 h2 1-0 For if 13 ... 'iix e2 14 .l:!.h3+ .l:!.h4 1S .l:!.xh4+ xh4 16 .l:!.f4+ hs 17 ti:Jg3+ wins the q ueen. 1041) Houska-Zatonskih 1 ...'iixf3+!! 2 xf3 tt:Jxd4+ 3 f4 (or 3 g2 .l:!.d8 4 .l:!.c8 tt::le 6) 3 ....l:!.e4+! (3 ... gS+! 4 xgs .l:!.eS+ S f4 tt:Jxc6 6 d8'ii+ tt:Jxd8 7 xes is hopeless too for White) 4 xe4 tt:Jxc6 5 d5 ti:Jd8 and the extra piece will prove decisive.

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Th e Co m p lete Chess Work o u t 2 1042) L.Petrosian-Naroditsky 1 .. .'it>g8! (instead 1 ...iLf5 2 .Uxf5 it'xf5 3 it'xd4+ .Uf6 4 it'xf6+ it'xf6 5 iLxf6+ g8 leads to a n u nclear endi ng, b u t better that than t h e ga me's 1. . .it'f4? 2 h 3 h6 3 .Uxf4 .Uxf4 4 it'd2 when the q ueen q uickly outclassed the rooks} 2 .Uxf6 .Uxf6 3 it'g1 .Uef8 and Black will emerge a rook a head after 4... .Uf1. 1043) Arkeii-Holland 1 it'd8!! (otherwise Black win s after 1 ...it'e3) 1 .Uxd8 (1 ...iLxd8? 2 exd 3 leaves White the ex­ change a h ead} 2 exd3 iLxe1 3 xe1 1eft White clea rly better in the rook endga me tha n ks to the ta rgets on c6, d4 and h 3 . ..•

1044) Ni Hua-Le Quang Liem 1...iLa3+!! (the o n ly way to wi n; instead Black had to resign after 1 ... h 5 ? 2 it'xh 5 iLa 3+ 3 xb3, since the checks would have run out after 3 ... a 1tiJ+ 4 .Uxa 1 it'xb6+ 5 iLxb6 tLld4+ 6 c3 ! .Uxc4+ 7 �d2 ! .Uc2+ 8 �e3) 2 xb3 (the best defence; it's too easy for Black after both 2 a 1 b2+ 3 xa2 iLc5+ 4 xb2 it'xb6+ and 2 c3 .Uxc4+! 3 xc4 it'c6+! 4 xb3 it'b5+ 5 xa2 iLc1+ 6 tt:Jxa 8 it'bi#) 2 a1tiJ+! (he m u st u nderpromote with check due to the mate th reat on h7} 3 .Uxa1 it'xb6+! 4 iLxb6 tt:Jd4+ 5 c3 (the wh ite king won't esca pe in the event of 5 Ji.xd4 .Ucb8+ 6 c3 Ji.b4+ 7 b2 Ji.d2+ 8 Ji.b6 .Uxb6#} 5 ...MXC4+! 6 d2 (if 6 xc4 .Uc8+ 7 iLc5 .Uxc5#) 6 tt:Jxf3+ 7 e3 tt:Jxh2 8 .Uxh2 iLxg6 leaves Black fa r too a head on materia l. •••

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1046) Ding Liren-Bwalya 1 f5!! iLxe5 (this loses, but so does everything else: for i n stance, 1 ... gxf5 2 .Uxf5 ! exf5 3 .Uxe8+ xe8 4 it'xg7 when even 4....Ud5 5 it'g8+ d7 6 it'xf7+ �d8 7 iLxd5 cxd 5 8 it'xd 5+ doesn't save Black, or 1 ....Ue7 2 fxe6 ! f6 3 .U5e3, and if 3 .. .fxg5 4 .Uf3+) 2 .Uxe5! gxf5 (if 2 ... it'xe5 3 it'xf7#) 3 iLxe6! iLxe6 4 .Uxe6 1-0 The pin across the seventh ra n k decides. 1047) Lapidus-Berg 1 tt:Jxf5!! (even stronger than 1 ...tt:Jg2 2 xg2 .Uh3} 2 it'f2 (2 exf5 .Uxh 2 ! leaves Wh ite de­ fenceless, as shown by 3 it'g3 .Uh1+ 4 f2 it'xf5+ 5 e3 .Uh3 or 3 xh2 it'h4+ 4 g1 it'h 1+ 5 f2 it'g2#) 2 ... g3! 3 hxg3 iLxe4 4 iLf3 iLxf3 5 it'xf3 .Uh3 0-1 The q ueen is lost. •••

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Solutions 1048) lvanchuk-Vachier Lagrave 1 g3!! (even stronger than 1 li'Jxe7 li'Jxe7 2 .Mxe7! .Mxe7 3 �c8+ �g7 4 .Mxe7 �f2 5 �g4+ �f8 6 .Md7 when White is clea rly better, but it's not yet q u ite ga me over) 1 li'Jd4 {there's noth ing better with 2 gxh4 fol l owed by 3 .Mg2 the th reat, or if 1...hxg3 2 �xg3 followed by .Mg2) 2 li'Jxe7! {but not 2 .Mxe7? .Mxe7 3 li'Jxe7 Ci'Je6 4 Ci'Jg6+ fxg6 5 .Mxe6 �f2 when Black scra m bles a perpetual) 2 ... Ci'Jxe2 3 �g8+ �xe7 4 .Mxe2+ �d6 5 .Mxe8 hxg3 (there's no defence, with Wh ite a l so winn ing after, say, 5 ...�f2 6 �f8+ �c6 7 .Mc8+ �b5 8 .Mb8+) 6 �f8+ �c6 7 .Mc8+! �d7 8 �e8+ �d6 9 .Md8+ �cs 10 �e3+ �c6 11 .Md6+! 1-o .•.

1049) lvanchuk-Wojtaszek 1 Ci'Jf6+!! gxf6 (1...�h8 a l lows a very pretty finish: 2 li'Jg6+! fxg6 3 �xh6+! gxh6 4 .Mh7#) 2 �g3+ �h7 (it's mate too after 2 ...�h8 3 li'Jxf7+ .Mxf7 4 .Mc8+) 3 .Mxf7+! 1-0 The knight joins the fu n with 3 ....Mxf7 4 �g6+ �h8 5 Ci'Jxf7#. 1050) lvanchuk-Wang Hao 1 fs!! f6 {the defence is overwhelmed too after 1...exf5 2 .Mxf5 .Me7 3 .Maf1 .Mf8 4 �g5 fol­ lowed by li'Jg4) 2 fxg6! {the begin ning of a lovely king h u nt) 2 .. .fxes 3 .Mf7 �c6 4 gxh7+! (4 .Mafl? gives Black defin ite cha nces to defend after 4 ... �xg2+! 5 �xg2 .i.xg2) 4 ... �xf7 5 .Mf1+ �e7 6 h8�! (or 6 �g7+ �d6 7 h8�; in either case the deflection ca used by promoting is the sta r point of Wh ite's whole combination) 6 .Mxh8 7 �g7+ �d6 8 dxeS+! 1-0 Precise to the end. it's mate after 8 ... �c5 9 �e7+ �d 5 10 .Md1+ �e4 11 �g5 and 12 .Md4# or 12 �f4#. •••

1051) Kramnik-Aronian 1 Ci'Jxb7!! .Mxb7 2 iVxa6 .Mbc7 3 b4 �d7 (esca ping one pin, but...) 4 �b6! ( ... White ensures that the one down the c-file is a ki ller) 4 1i'e8 {if 4....Mb7 5 .Mxc6 .Mxb6 6 .Mxc8+ �f7 7 .M8c7 and while 4....Mb8 is h a rder to refute, after 5 1i'xb8+! Ci'Jxb8 6 .Mxc7 1i'b5 7 .M1c5 Black's q ueen is overwhel med and the rooks will prove too strong fol lowi ng 7 ...1i'a4 8 .Mc8+ �g7 9 .Mxb8 1i'd1+ 10 �h2 �d2 11 .Mb7+) 5 bS!? (relying on the b-pawn; 5 .Mc5 followed by b5 a l so does the trick) s ...Ci'Jxd4 6 MXC7 Ci'Je2+ 7 �h1 Ci'Jxc1 8 .Mxc8 1i'xc8 9 �c6! 1i'd8 10 b6 �f7 11 1i'c7+ �e8 12 1i'a7 d4 13 b7 1-0 •••

1052) Gabuzyan-Gasparian 1 Ci'Jfs! exfs (as shown by 1 ....i.f8 2 �g3 g5 3 �c3 and 1....Mg8 2 .i.xf6 gxf6 3 Ci'Jxh6 .Mh8 4 �h 5 the a lternatives were pretty bleak too) 2 .Mxd7! �xd7 {the d iscovered check will prove devastating after 2 ...li'Jxd7 3 .i.xe7) 3 .i.xfS+ �c7? (3 ...�d8 had to be tried, a lthough after 4 .i.xc8 �cl 5 .i.g4 �e8 6 .i.xf6 gxf6 7 �h5 �f8 8 .i.f3 Black's days wou l d s u rely have been n u m bered) 4 .Mxe7+ �b8 5 .i.xc8 .Mxc8 6 .i.g3+ 1-0 The rook will fa l l .

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1055) Galliamova-Ovod 1 J:!.xf6!! gxf6 (it's not obvious there's a nyth i ng better: for exa mple, 1.. ..i. h 3 2 �e2 .i.xg2 3 �xg2 lZ:lxe4 4 l:!.f4 or 1...lZ:lxe4 2 .i.xe4 J:!.xe4 3 �g2 J:!.de8 4 J:!.g6} 2 lZ:lxf6+ �f7? (2 ... �h8? 3 J:!.xg5 is tota l ly crushing, but the machine points out the sneaky 2 ... �g7 3 lZ:lxe8+ �g6 ! 4 lZ:lg7 �c7! when 5 �xb4 b6 6 l:!.d5 �xg7 7 J:!.xd6+ J:!.xd6 8 �xd6+ gives White fou r pawns and a n im pressive centre for t h e piece, but sti ll with work to do) 3 �f2 lZ:lh3+ ( 3 ...�g6 avoids the letha l discovered check, but after 4 �h4 lZ:lf7 5 lZ:lxg4 the attack is overwhelmi ng, and there's also nothing to be done after 3 ...lZ:lf3+ 4 .i.xf3 .i.xf3 5 �xf3} 4 .i.xh3 .i.xh3 5 lZ:lg8+! �e6 (or 5 ...�xg8 6 l:!.g5+ �h7 7 �h4#, while 5 ....i.f5 6 J:!.xf5+ �xf5 prolongs the struggle but not for long after 7 lZ:lh6+} 6 d5+ 1-0 it's mate after 6 ... �e5 (or 6 ... �d7 7 �f7+) 7 �f4#. 1056} Andreikin-Sjugirov 1 lZ:lh7!! �c7 (the knight is taboo: 1...lZ:lxh7? 2 .i.xh7+ �xh7 3 �h 5+ �g8 4 J:!.xg7+! �xg7 5 .i.h6+ �h7 6 .i.xf8+ �g8 7 �xf7+ �h8 8 lZ:lg6#; note too that there's no time for 1...l:!.e8 i n view of 2 .i.h6 g 6 3 lZ:lxg6 fxg6 4 lZ:lxf6+ �xf6 5 J:!.xg6+} 2 .i.h6! lZ:le8 ( 2 ...g 6 i s aga i n flatten ed by 3 lZ:lxf6+ lZ:lxf6 4 lZ:lxg6 fxg6 5 J:!.xg6+} 3 .i.xg7! tt:Jxg7 4 J:!.xg7+! �xg7 5 �g4+ �h8 6 lZ:lf6 10 lt wil l soon be mate after 6 ...tt:Jxf6 (a lternatively, 6 ....i.xe5 7 �hS+ �g7 8 �g5+; or 6 ... lbe7 7 �h 5+ �g7 8 lZ:le8+! J:!.xe8 9 �xf7+ �h6 10 �f6+} 7 �h4+ �g7 8 �g5+ �h8 9 �xf6+ �g8 10 �gS+. 1057) Arkeii-Gordon 1 .i.e4+! (or 1 l:!.f7+ �h8 2 .i.e4!, but not 1 �b4? lZ:lc3 2 �e7+ l:!.g7 3 �xe6 �g6 when White had to trade q ueens and went on to lose in the ga me) 1...�h8 2 l:!.f7 l:!.g7 (2 ...l:!.g6 3 �fl doesn't assist the defence) 3 l:!.f8+ l:!.g8 4 �f1! (threatening 5 �f6+ �g7 6 J:!.g2) 4 l:!.a7 5 �f6+ �g7 6 J:!.xg8+ �xg8 1 �d8+ �f8 8 J:!.g2+ l:!.g7 9 .i.h7+! wou l d have won the black q ueen. •••

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S o l u ti o n s 1058) Townsend-Mackle 1 �b3! ! �xb3 {there's nowhere for the q ueen to run to) 2 axb3 snares the bishop on a 6. 1059) Shaw-Palliser 1 ...'it>d5!! {otherwise 1 ...'it>d3 2 ctJb2+ 'it>e2 3 ctJc4 doesn't lead a nywhere, 1 ... e4 2 fxe4 fxe4 3 'bb6 'it>d3 4 ctJd 5 leaves White able to give u p h i s knight for the e-pawn, leaving Black with the wrong-coloured bishop, and 1 ...'it>c4 2 ctJb2+ 'it>b3 3 ctJd3 .ltd4 4 'it>fl 'it>c4 5 'it>e2 ena bled White to defend in the game) 2 ctJc3+ {if the king moves, 2 ....ltd4 fata l ly traps the knight, while 2 ctJb2 .ltd4 3 ctJd3 'it>c4 4 ctJc1 .lte3 5 ctJe2 f4 leaves the knight out of squares and White in zugzwa ng fol lowi ng 6 'it>f1 'it>d3 7 'it>e1 'it>c2 8 'it>f1 'it>d2) 2 ...'it>c4 3 ctJe2 {3 ctJa4 .ltd4 would aga i n tra p and win the knight, and 3 ctJd1 .ltd4 4 ctJf2 .ltxf2 5 'it>xf2 'it>d3 is a trivial pawn endi ng) 3 ...f4 4 'it>f1 'it>d3 5 'it>e1 'it>c2 6 'it>f1 'it>d2 7 h4 h5. it's a decisive zugzwa ng. 1060) Petkov-Solomon 1 .ltc4+!! 'bxc4 2 ctJd5 h6 {to give the king an esca pe sq uare in the event of 3 ctJe7+) 3 ctJc7 �f8 4 �xg6+ �g7 5 �xg7+ 'it>xg7 6 'bxa8 leaves W h ite the exchange up. 1061) Jurkunas-Cekanauskas 1 'bb5!! axb5? {1 ....txg3 2 ctJxC7 .txc7 was bad, but had to be tried) 2 .l::!.x g7+! 'it>h8 {if 2 ...'it>xg7 3 �g4+ 'it>h8 4 .txf6#) 3 .l::!. h 7+ 'it>g8 4 �g4+! {neat) 4...'bxg4 5 .l::!. h8# 1-0 1062) Shabalov-Fikiet 1 .ltxh6+!! 'it>xh6 (or 1 ... 'it>h8 2 .txf8 �xf8 3 .l::!. g4 with two extra pawns and a h uge attack on the l ight squares) 2 �e3+! .tg5 (2 ...'it>g7 3 .l::!.g4+ 'it>f7 4 �h6 forces mate, such as after 4....l::!.g 8 5 .te6+ 'it>e7 6 �h4+) 3 .l::!. h4+ �h5 4 .l::!.x h5+ 'it>xh5 5 g4+ 'it>h6 6 �h3+ 1-0 There's a neat sta ircase mate with 6 ... 'it>g7 7 �h7+ 'it>f6 8 �g6+ �e7 9 �e6+ �d8 10 �d7#. 1063) Sutovsky-Grigoriants 1 .l:i.e8+! 'it>h7 (1 ... .l::!.x e8 2 .l::!. x e8+ .l::!.x e8 3 �xd 5 wins the q ueen) 2 .l:i.1e5!! 'bxe5 (if 2 ... �xf3 3 .l:i.h 5#) 3 ctJf6+! 1-0 The third and final powerfu l blow. After 3 ...'it>h6 (or 3 ...gxf6 4 �h5+ 'it>g7 5 �h8#) 4 ctJg8+! 'it>g5 5 .l::!.x e5+! �xe5 6 �g4# it's mate. 1064} Chetina-Leonardi 1 .ltxh6!! .l::!.xd4 {1 ...gxh6? 2 .l:i.g3+ would have led to mate and even after 1 ....tf8 2 �g5 'bh7 3 �h5 or 1 ... g6 2 .l:i.g3! .l::!.x d4 3 .l::!.x g6+ fxg6 4 �g5 Black wou l d have been in some trou ble) 2 �g5 .ltf8 3 .l:i.g3 'be4 (Black had no doubt been relyi ng on this fork to save h im, but... ) 4 �xg7+!! .ltxg7 5 .l::!.x g7+ 'it>f8 6 .l::!.xf7+ 'it>g8 7 .l::!.g 7+ 'it>f8 8 'bg6# 1-0 1065) Bednar-Mamedov 1...'bxf3!! 2 'bxf3 (2 �d 3 'bxg5 just leaves Black a piece to the good) 2 ...'bxe4 3 �d5 {after 3 �d3 .tf5 there's no way to save the q ueen, Black winning after, say, 4 ctJfd4 ctJc3+ 5 bxC3 .txd 3+ 6 .l::!.xd 3 bxC3) 3 ... 'bd2+!! (much stronger than 3 ...�xd 5 4 .l::!.xd 5 .ltc6, a lthough that should a l so wi n) 4 .l::!.x d2 (or 4 �xd 2 .tf5+ 5 'it>a1 �xa2+!, as in the game) 4....tf5+ {now Wh ite m ust give u p h is q ueen or a l low mate) 5 'it>a1 �xa2+! 6 'it>xa2 .l::!.a 8+ 7 �xa8 .l::!.x a8+ 0-1 319

Th e Co m p lete Chess Work o u t 2 1066} Zelcic-Biagojevic 1 M.xf7!! �xf7? (1 ... M.xg5 2 1\Vxg5 i.xg5 3 M.xc7 isn't a l l that m uch of an improvement and even 1... h 6 ! ? wouldn't have saved Black after 2 'LJxe6! 'LJxe6 3 'LJxb5! axb5 4 i.xb5+ i.c6 5 1\Vxe6 hxg5 6 M.xe7+ 1\Vxe7 7 1\Vxg8+ �d7 8 I:i.d1+ �c7 9 i.xc6 �xc6 10 1\Vc8+) 2 'iYh5+ 1-0 lt wi l l soon be mate after 2 ... �g7 (or 2 ... M.g6 3 1\Vxh7+ �f8 4 i.xg6) 3 M.f1. 1067} Svetushkin-Ashwin 1 i.xg7+!! 'LJxg7 2 1\Vd4 M.g8 3 M.xe6! I:i.c1+ (or 3 .. .fxe6 4 11Vf6 and aga i n it's mate) 4 �h2 fxe6 5 11Vf6 �h7 6 11Vg6+ 1-0 1068) Fier-Rausis 1 'LJxb6+!! (or 1 i.xf5 exf5 2 'LJxb6+!! 'LJxb6, tra nsposing) 1 'LJxb6 2 i.xf5 exf5 3 CDe5 (now White's th reats include 11Vf1) 3 M.e8 (or 3 ...'LJfd7 4 I:i.b3 when Black hasn't a nything better than 4 ... M.e8, tra nsposi ng, as, for exa mple, 4... i.d6 5 11Vf1 i.xe5 6 dxe5 'iYa7 7 'iYf2 is a win­ n ing pin in view of 7 ...�c7 8 e6) 4 I:i.b3 'LJfd7 5 i.xb6 'LJxb6 6 1\Va5 �b7 7 CLJd7! 1-0 White regai n s his piece on b6 with an overwhelming adva ntage. •••

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1071) Ghaem Maghami-Sulashvili 1 a6!! i.xa6 (or 1...i.d5 2 a7 i.e4 3 i.c3 d2 4 i.xd2 when Black is in zugzwa ng) 2 �g6 1-0 it's mate next move after 2 ...i.c4 3 h7+ �h8 4 f7! i.xf7+ 5 �h6. 1072) Hawkins-Palliser 1...CLJf3+!! 0-1 Resignation deprived Black of carrying out the lovely line 2 gxf3 11Vg3+ 3 �h1 1\Vxh3+ 4 �g1 M.e5 ! 5 'iYf4 (the only rea l try with 5 ...M.h5 such a th reat) 5 ... M.h5 6 'iYf7+ (or 6 1\Vc7+ �h6 7 'iYf4+ M.g5+ 8 1\Vxg5+ �xg5 and the pin remains decisive) 6 ...�h6 7 11Vf8+ �g5 ! 8 1\Vd8+ (neither wi l l 8 f4+ �h4 9 i.e6 1\Vxe6 save White) 8 ...�f4! 9 'iYc7+ i.e5 when White m u st either give up his q ueen or be mated after 10 'iYf7+ �g3.

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Cha pter Seven Test One 1081) Gallagher-Wickett 1 Itxd8! l:txd8 2 ltxf6 picked u p a piece. (1 point) 1082) Vehi Bach-Cornette 1 . ..tbc3! 0-1 In view of 2 1Wxc3 1Wxf4 White can't save both the excha nge and h i s bishop on a4. (1 point) 1083) Haldorsen-Valembois 1 l:txhs! l:txhs (or 1 ... l2Jh6 2 .txh6 .txh6 3 1Wxg4 with a giga ntic initiative) 2 1Wxg4 (1 point) 2 ...Ith1? (opting for a q uick death, rather than a slower one after 2 ...1Wa s 3 1Wg6+ �d8 4 1Wxg8 �c7 5 1Wxf8) 3 1Wg6# 1-0 1084) McShane-Potkin 1 ltxf7+! �xf7 2 �ds! (1 point) 1-0 Not 2 �es?? �e7, but after the text White has the opposition and an easy win: for i nsta nce, 2 ...�e7 3 �es �f7 4 �d6 �g7 5 �e7 �g8 6 �f6 �f8 7 �xg6 �g8 8 �h6 �h8 9 g6 �g8 10 g7. 1085) Richter-Marzano 1 .txh7+! �xh7 2 1Wd3+ �g8 3 1Wxd6 1Wxd6 4 l:txd6 netted a pawn. (1 point) 1086) Nikolaou-lgnatiadis 1 .\tas! l2Je8 (1 ... .\txa s 2 ltxe7 �xe7 3 1Wb7+ wins the rook in the corner and White a l so deci­ sively brea ks through after 1 ...l:tc8 2 .ltxc7 Itcxc7 3 Itxc7 Itxc7 4 1Wb6) 2 .txc7 l2Jxc7 3 1Wb6 1-0 (2 points) 1087) Nezis-Gruca 1 Ith8! fs (it's mate too on the back ra n k after 1 ... �xh8 2 1Wh6+ �g8 3 ltd8+) 2 1Wh6+ �f6 3 l:tf8+ ltf7 4 1Wh8+ �e7 s iteS# (2 points) 1088) Ulyanovskyy-Swinkels 1...1Wxf3+!! 2 ctJxf3 .txf3+ 3 .ltg2 Itxg2 4 1tf1 l2Jgs o-1 The q ueen can not flee from a discovered check by the black rook and if s l:txf3 ctJxf3 mate follows on h2 or g1. (2 points)

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S o l u tion s 1089) Palliser-Osborne 1 J:tf4! (1 ... .Mxh4+? 2 �g3 1WgS+ wou ld have been m uch less effective in the ga me had I gone 3 �f2 and then met either check with 4 4::lf3, rather than resigned - oops!) 2 .Mh8+ �d7 3 .Mh7+ �c6 (the checks have run out so White m u st attend to his q ueen) 4 1We2 .Mxh4+ 5 �g1 (or 5 �g3 1lff4#) 5 ... 1lfc5+ 6 1lff2 .Mh1+! 7 �xh1 1lfxf2 and the extra q ueen wil l decide. (2 points) •.

1090) Unver-Sahin 1 1lfxd8+!! 1-0 it's mate after 1...�xd8 2 �f6+ �e8 3 .Md8# or 2 ...�c7 3 �d8+. (2 points) 1091) Edirisinghe-Liu Yeh Yang 1 .Mxg6+! hxg6 2 1Wxg6+ �h8 3 .Mf3 llfc7 4 llfh5+ �g8 5 .Mg3+ �g4 6 i.xg4 .Mf7 7 i.e6+ (re­ stricting the black king with 7 1lfh 6 ! would have led to mate) 7 ...�f8 8 �xf7 1lfxf7 9 1lfh8+ �e7 10 1Wxa8 gave Wh ite an overwhelming material lead. 2 points for seeing up to 6 �xg4. 1092) Plukkei-Haslinger 1 .Md6! 1Wxb2 (1 ...1Wxd6 2 lLlfS+ �g8 3 lZ:lxd6 hxgs 4 lZ:lxc8 leaves White a piece u p, as does 1 ...1lfb4 2 1Wes+ �h7 3 �g2) 2 lLlf5+ (or 2 .Mxg6+ fxg6 3 4::lf s+) 2 ...�g8 3 .Mxg6+! fxg6 4 1Wxg6+ �f8 5 1lfd6+ �f7 6 1lfd7+ �g6 7 1lfe6+ �g5 (now the king h u nt leads to mate, but 7 ...1Wf6 8 1Wxc8 is sca rcely an improvement) 8 1Wxh6+!! �xg4 9 lLle3+ �f3 10 1Wh3+ �e2 11 1Wg2+! �e1 (or 11...�xe3 12 1Wf2#) 12 1Wf2# 1-0 2 points for seeing up to 6 1We6+ and a further onefor seeing thefollowing queen sacrifice.

Test Two 1093) Palliser-Turner 1 i.xf7+! (rather than the ga me's 1 lZ:lh4? �xd s 2 .Mxd s .Mxes) 1 ....Mxf7 (1 ... �h8 2 lZ:lh4 in­ vades with deadly effect on the kingside) 2 .Md7 (1 point) a n d White emerges serious mate­ rial ahead after 2 ...�e7 3 .Mxe7 1lff8 4 .Mxb7. 1094) Faisai-Salem 1...4::lxc3! 2 .i.xc3 1Wxd3 3 .i.xd3 .Mxc3 wins a pawn. (1 point) 1095) Swiercz-Wojtaszek 1 ...4::ld 7! 0-1 The rook is tra pped. (1 point) 1096) Palliser-Shaw 1 .Mxg7+! �xg7 2 .Me7+ �g8 3 1Wh6 1-o lt wou ld h ave been mate on the seventh ra n k too after 3 1Wxf6. (1 point)

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1098) Nemec-Parizek 1 i.xh2+! 2 lbxh2 (2 �xh2 'iVxd2 3 lbxd2 .Mxe2 is simila r) 2 'iVxd2 3 i.xd2 .Mxe2 nets a sec­ ond pawn. (1 point) •••

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1100) Mogranzini-Naumkin 1 i.f6!! gxf6 (1 ....Mg8 2 'iVxg7+! .Mxg7 3 .Md8+ doesn't help matters) 2 exf6 .Mg8 3 'iVxg8+! 1-0 Back-ra n k mate follows. (2 points) 1101) Delfino-Hocevar 1 dxc6! i.e4? (1 ... lbxc6 2 .Mxb1 wou ld have restricted Black's losses to j ust a pawn) 2 .Mxa7!! (a n easy-to-miss trick; if now 2 ...Mxa7 3 c7 and the pawn q u eens!) 2 ...lbxc6 3 .Mxa8+ leaves Wh ite the excha nge and two pawns to the good. (2 points) 1102) Cuenca Jimenez-Cernousek 1 .Mxe7+! lbxe7 2 i.es+ �d7 (or 2 ... �d8 3 .Md 1+ lbd5 4 'iVe6 .Mc5 5 'iVd6+ �e8 6 'iVxc5 which is crushing) 3 .Md1+ lbds 4 'iVf7+ �c6 5 'iVe6+ �cs 6 'iVd6+ �c4 7 b3# 1-0 (2 points) 1103) Bentivegna-Bellini 1 .Me3!! 2 fxe3 (2 'iVf4 .Mxg3+ 3 �h2 .Mg5 is perhaps better, if sti l l extremely u n pleasant for White) 2 ... .Mxe3 3 �g2 (or 3 'iVf2 .Mxg3+ 4 �h2 i.xf2 5 .Mxf2 'iVd6 with the attack and a de­ cent material lead) 3 i.xh3+! 4 �f2 .Mxf3+ 5 �xf3 'iVg4# 0-1 2 pointsfor 1 ... .Me3 and a further one ifyou spotted 3 ... i.xh3+. •••

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Test Three 1105) Foster-Shakhmurzova 1 .Mgs+! o-1 it's mate next move on f3 or h2. (1 point) ••.

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S o l u tions 1106) Jackson-Merry 1... 'iVe5+! 2 ttxe5 i.xe5+ 3 �h3 e1'iV leaves Black a piece to the good. (1 point) 1107) Alavi-Wang Ting 1 'iVxc6+!! 1-0 it's a classic mate with 1 ... bxc6 2 i.a6#. (1 point) 1108) Amelang-Rietze 1 ...'Llxd4! (1 point) 2 'iVxd4? (better to stay j u st a pawn down with, say, 2 i.e3) 2 ...i.g3+! 3 �e3? (now Black comes out queen for piece a head) 3 ... i.f2+ 0-1 1109) Wright-Palliser With 1... i.e5! 2 e3 (Wh ite will come out a piece down after 2 'Lle6? 'iVa 5 3 i.xe5 'iVxe5 4 'Llxf8 'iVxa 1) 2 ... c5 3 'Lle6 i.xe6 4 i.xe5 i.xc4 I might have won a pawn. (1 point) 1110) Palliser-Ciark 1 f6! i.xf6 2 'iVh5 (2 'iVh5 'iVe7 3 l:txf6 overloads the black q ueen. (1 point) 1111) Chrzaszcz-Jaracz 1...'iVxc4! nets a pawn and after 2 bxc4? l:txb1 3 'iVa5 the simplest way to wi n was 3 ...ttxa1 fol l owed by 4 ... l:tbb1 (1 point): for exa m ple, 4 'iVc7 l:tbb1 5 'iVxd6 l:txf1+ 6 �h2 l:txf2+ 7 �g3 l:tg2+ 8 �h4 gS#. 1112) Yeoh-Nadig 1 'iVb8+!! 1-0 1 ...'Llxb8 is forced, but then 2 l:tc8# fol lows. (1 point) 1113) Wenzei-Aroven 1 'Llds! exd5 (1 ... 'iVb8 2 'Llxb6 nets a clear pawn) 2 cxd5 'iVd7 3 dxc6 l:txc6 (3 ... i.xc6 4 'Lle5 i.b5 5 'Llxd7 i.xe2 6 'Llxb6 is also good for White) 4 'Lle5! ttxc1 5 'Llxd7 l:txd1+ 6 'iVxd1 'Llxd7 leaves Wh ite q ueen for rook and piece ahead. 1 pointfor 1 'Llds and a secondfor 4 'Lles. 1114) Khandelwai-Palliser 1...'Llc3+!! 2 bxc3 bxc3 3 'Llf6+ (3 'Llh6+ �f8 also leaves White out of checks) 3 ...�h8 4 �a1 (or 4 'Llxd 5 i.xd 5 5 l:txd 5 'iVb4+ 6 �c1 'iVb2+ 7 �d 1 'iVa1#) 4...'iVa3 s l:tb1 ttas o-1 (3 points) 1115) Lyeii-Serra Olives 1 'Llf6+!! 'iVxf6 (or 1 ...�f8 2 'Lle6+ picking up the q ueen) 2 'iVxh7+ �f8 3 l:txd6! (the key and crushing fol low-up) 3 ...l:txd6 4 l:txd6 1-0 Black ca n not save his q ueen, in view of 4...'iVxd6 5 'iVf7#, 4 ... 'iVe7 5 'iVh8# and 4 ... 'iVg7 5 'Lle6+. (3 points)

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Th e Complete Chess Work o u t 2 1116) Chighladze-Lomsadze 1 .!::!.xd5!! 2 exd5 ctJb4 3 �xd3 (or 3 ctJh3 �xc2+ 4 'it>c1 e4 when the black bishops a re too strong) 3 ....!::!.c1+ 4 'it>xc1 li'lxd3+ 5 'it>d2 lt'lxf2 6 'it>e2 lt'lxh1 1 'itf1 �d8! 8 li'lh3 �b6 9 g4 fxg4 10 fxg4 e4 and Black went on to convert his extra piece. 2 points for spotting 1 ... .!::!.xd5 and a further twofor seeing that 7... �d8 saved the knight. .•.

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1124) Mohammed-Palliser 1 lt'lxb4! 2 �xa4 (2 axb4 .!::!.x b4 3 �xa4 .!::!.x a4 4 'Yi'b1 .!::!.c 8 leaves W h ite decimated on the q ueenside) 2 lt'lxc2! (even stronger tha n 2 ... li'la2+ 3 'Yi'xa2 'Yi'xa4 followed by ....l::!. b 2) 3 �xd7 lt'lxa3 0-1 it's mate on b1. 1 pointfor 1 ... li'lxb4 and a secondfor seeing up to the mate on b1. ••.

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S o l u tions 1125) Kantans-Samolins 1 ...'ifxg3!! 0-1 it's mate after 2 hxg3 (or 2 �f3 l:!.xg2!) 2 ... lbxg3+ a n d 3 ...l:!.xg2#. (2 points) 1126) Palliser-Town send 1 CtJg6+! �g8 (otherwise 1...�g7 2 h6+ �g8 3 CtJe7+ is the same concept, while 1 ... hxg6 2 hxg6+ �g8 3 gxf7+ 'ifxf7 4 'ifg4+ 'ifg7 5 'ife6+ is sim ply devastating) 2 CtJe7+! l:!.xe7 3 l:!.hg1+ 1-0 The pin decides after 3 ... �h8 (if 3 ...�f7 4 'ifxh 7+ �f8 S l:!.g8#) 4 'ifxf6+ l:!.g7 5 h6. 2 pointsfor 1 lbg6+ and a further onefor seeing up to 5 h6. 1127) Hansen-Rasmussen 1 l:!.xd6! lbbd7? (a further s l i p, but in a ny case the key point was that 1 ... �xd6 2 CtJxg7+ �f8 3 .ll.xf6 'ifd7 4 CtJfS .l:!.g8 5 'ifd 3 �cs 6 lbd s gives Wh ite fa r too m uch for the exchange) 2 �xf6 gxf6 3 l:!.e6+! �e7 (if 3 .. .fxe6 4 'ifhS#) 4 l:!.xe7+ a l ready gave White a decisive materia l lead. 2 pointsfor 1 l:!.xd6 with a further one available ifyou spotted 3 l:!.e6+. 1128) Mollema-Boulahfa 1 �xg6! fxg6 (1 ....1l.f6 2 .ll.c 2 would have been pretty grim, but had to be tried) 2 'ife8+ �g7 3 lbe5! �g5 (if 3 ...'ifxes 4 'ifxe7+ �g8 S l:!.d8#) 4 l:!.d7+! .ll.x d7 (now it's mate, but the wh ite q ueen would have been too strong after 4 ... 'ifxd7 s ttJxd7 �xd7 6 'ifxa8) 5 'iff7+ �h8 6 lbxg6# 1-0 (3 points)

Test Five 1129) Dieu-Colandrea 1 �xf6! .ll.xf6? (better j u st to lose a piece after, say, 1 ... l:!.ad8) 2 .ll.x h7+! 1-0 The q ueen fa l ls. (1 point) 1130) Alahakoon-Shaw 1...l:!.d1+! 0-1 White loses q ueen or rook. (1 point) 1131) Brzezinski-Antic 1...l:!.xc4! 0-1 The knight fork on e2 costs Wh ite a piece. (1 point) 1132) Keddie-Calvert 1 ... .1l.g4# (1 point) Much stronge r than the ga me's 1 ...�xbS+! An a mazing double blunder. 1133) Camacho Collados-Hunt 1 ... d2! 2 l:!.xa3 d1'if+ leaves Black q ueen for rook a h ead. (1 point) 32 7

Th e C o m p lete Chess Work o u t 2 1134) Kovacevic-Sedlak 1....Mh1+! 0-1 The two pieces and extra pawn will outclass the white rook after 2 .i.xhl .Mxh l+ 3 Wxhl tZ:lxf2+ 4 Wg2 tZ:lxd 3 5 .Mb1 .i.xe3. (1 point) 1135) Flumbort-Battey 1 tZ:lxc7! tZ:lxc7 (or 1...'�xc7 2 cxd6 �d8 3 dxe7) 2 cxd6 tZ:le8 3 dxe7 .Mxe7 (3 ... �d7 4 d6 wou ld be even worse for Black} 4 d6! .Md7 5 .i.b5 wins the excha nge with a n overwhelming adva n­ tage. 1 pointfor 1 tbxa with a further one availablefor spotting 4 d6. 1136) Pietocha-Sujkowski 1 �b6+!! axb6 2 .i.xb6+ We8 3 tZ:lc7+ Wd8 (now the Wi n d m i l l wins the house) 4 tZ:lxa8+ We8 5 tZ:lc7+ Wd8 6 tZ:lxe6+ We8 7 tZ:lc7+ Wd8 8 tZ:ld5+ We8 9 .Me1+ 1-0 (2 points) 113 7) Arnott-Palliser 1 ....Mxe1+ 2 .Mxe1 .i.xh2+! (2 points) 3 Wf1 (3 Wxh2 �xb2+ leads to mate across the second ra n k} 3 ...�f3+ 4 .i.f2 .i.c4+ 5 .Me2 and now 5 ...�h1+ would have been the qu ickest fin ish. 1138) Semenova-Prikhodko 1 .i.d2! 2 �f2 (2 .i.xd2? �xd4 forks and so wi ns a piece) 2 ....i.xc1 3 .i.xc1 .Mf8 leaves Black the excha nge ahead. (2 points) •••

1139) Bates-Dorrington 1 �h8+!! (1 .Mg4+ �xg4 2 �h8+! Wxh8 3 tZ:lg6+ Wg8 4 tZ:lxe7# is a nother aesthetic way to decide} 1 Wxh8 2 tZ:lxf7+ Wg8 3 tZ:lxh6# 1-0 2 points for either solution and a further one ifyou spotted both. •••

1140) Hinrichs-Wobbe 1 .Mxg6+!! fxg6? (he had to try 1.. . .i.g7, a lthough after 2 .Mxg7+ Wxg7 3 �d4+ Wg8 4 �xb2 White would have had fa r too m uch for the rook} 2 �xg6+ Wh8 (it's mate too after 2 ....i.g7 3 .i.d5+ Wh8 4 �xh 5+ or 2 ...�g7 3 .i.d5+ Wh8 4 .i.xc3 .Mxc3 5 �e8+ Wh7 6 .i.e4+ Wh6 7 �e6+ Wg5 8 h4#) 3 .i.xc3+ �xc3 4 �h6+ Wg8 5 .i.d5# 1-0 (3 points)

Test Six 1141) Huguet-Oiiveira 1 �xd5! nets a pawn in view of 1...�xd 5 ? 2 tZ:lxf6+ and 3 tZ:lxd 5. (1 point) 1142) Spassov-Gidicov 1 tZ:lxh5! 1-o After 1.. ..i.f8 (1...gxh5 2 �g5 leads to mate) 2 .i.xe5! Black is two pawns down and over­ whelmed on the kingside. (1 point)

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Solutions 1143) Vafiadis-Zografos 1 fixa7! 1-0 Wh ite comes out a pawn a h ead and in control of the only open file after 1 ...fib8 (not 1...fixa7? 2 Uxd8+ �f8 3 Uxf8#} 2 fixb8 Uxb8. (1 point) 1144) Teterev-Brown 1 lbxe6! Ue8 (Black loses his q ueen after 1...�xe6 2 Uxe6 fixe6 3 �xd s} 2 lLif4 win s a pawn. (1 point) 1145) Sihite-Ghader Pour 1...Uxd2+! 0-1 The white q ueen is lost after 2 �xd2 �f4+ 3 Uxf4 fixes. (1 point) 1146) Antoshkiv-Pol ulikh 1 �xg7! �xg7 2 fid4+ lLif6 3 fixb4 nets a pawn. (1 point) 1147) Njili-Mok Tze Meng 1 lbxc6! �xc6 2 fie6+ �h8 3 fixc6 picks up a pawn. (1 point) 1148) Borbjerggaard-Christensen 1 fig7+!! Uxg7 2 lLih6# 1-0 (2 points) 1149) Timofeev-Bosiocic 1 fixg7+! 1-0 After 1...�xg7 2 tbxe6+ �h7 3 lLixd8 a4 (or 3 ... bs 4 tbc6 b4 s tbxa s) 4 tbc6 a3 s lbb4 the black pawn s a ren't going a nywhere. 2 pointsfor seeing up to 5 lbb4. 1150) Duggan-Rabbitte 1 Uh8+!! �f7 (or 1...�xh8 2 fih S+ �g8 3 fixg6 �f8 4 fihs ! when the g-pawn decisively joins the attack} 2 fih5 �xg5 (if 2 ...fic6 3 fih7} 3 �xg7! �xg7 4 fih7+ 1-o Mate follows on f8. 2 pointsfor 1 UhB+ with a further one availablefor spotting 3 �xg 1. 1151) Palliser-Adams 1 �xh7+! �xh7 2 fih5+ �g8 3 �f6! fixb5 (the rook l ift decides after 3 ...gxf6 4 Ud3, while the extra q ueen q u ickly shows its worth fol lowi ng 3 ...tbxf6 4 exf6 gxf6 S Uxd7 �xd7 6 tLid6 or 3 ...lLif4 4 figs tLig6 s Uxd7 �xd7 6 tLid6 �c6 7 h4} 4 Uxd5! gxf6 (even 4...fixf1+ s �xfl �a6+ doesn't help the defence after 6 �e1 Ufc8 7 figs) 5 Uxb5 (S exf6! fixd s 6 fig4+ would have been a more aesthetic fi nish} 5...�a6 6 exf6 1-0 1 pointfor 1 �xhl+ with a further two availablefor seeing up to 4 Uxds.

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Th e Complete Chess Work o u t 2 1152) Storey-Palliser 1 ...lZ'lxh3!! 2 .l!:!.xh3 (the attack is a l so too strong after 2 CZ'lf3 .l!:!.g3 3 d6 c6 4 CLJC7 CZ'lg5, and if 5 CZ'lxg5 i.xg5 6 CZ'le6 'Yih6) 2 .l!:!.xg2 3 'Yih5 (I was hoping for 3 'Yif3 ? when 3 ... .l!:!.xd 2 ! 4 .l!:!.xd2 'Yig1+ 5 �e2 .l!:!.g2+ 6 �d3 'Yib1+ 7 �c3 'Yic1+ is a lovely, mati ng fi nish) 3 ...c6 regai n s the piece with a n extra pawn and ongoing attack, since if the knight moves Black wins as i n the last note. (3 points) •••

Test Seven 1153) Makoto-Ozenir White col lected the excha nge: 1 i.f7+! �xf7 2 .l!:!.xd8 1-0 (1 point) 1154) Aperia-Emiroglu 1 CZ'lxh4+! (1 point) 2 gxh4 'Yig4+ 0-1 The q ueen wi ll prove too strong after 3 'Yig3 .l!:!.xg3+ 4 fxg3 'Yixb4 and 2 ...'Yif3+ 3 �h2 'Yih3+ 4 �g1 'Yig4+ 5 �h1 .l!:!.h3+ would have been even more precise. •••

1155) Jirka-Fernandez 1 b3! CZ'ld6 (it's mate next move after 1 ... axb3?? 2 .l!:!.a8+) 2 bxa4 .l!:!.xf4 3 as and the q ueenside passers will prove too strong. (1 point) 1156) Candela Perez-Ramirez Garcia 1 CZ'lxa7! i.xd2 (if 1 ... CZ'lxa 7 2 i.xb4) 2 CZ'lxc6 i.xc6 3 CZ'lxd2 wins a pawn. (1 point) 1157) Gerzhoy-Humphreys 1 .l!:!.b6! 'Yid7 (now c6 wi l l decisively fal l, as it does after 1 ...'Yixb6 2 'Yixc8+ 'Yib8 3 i.xc6#) 2 .l!:!.xc6 �b8 3 'Yibs+ 1-0 (1 point) 1158) Li Ying-AI-Aii 1 CZ'lxg2! 2 �xg2 i.xd2 wi ns a pawn while badly exposing the white ki ng. (1 point) •••

1159) Greenfeld-Visser 1 CZ'lxc6! 'Yie6 (1 ... CZ'lxc6 2 CZ'lxd 5 'Yid6 3 'Yic2 g6 4 'Yixc6 col lects a second pawn) 2 CZ'lxb4 axb4 3 CZ'lbs leaves White a pawn a head. 1 pointfor 1 CZ'lxc6 with a second one availablefor seeing the keyfollow-up of 3 'Ylic2. 1160) Jorquera Cabello-Rothebarth 1 'Yih6+!! �xh6 2 CZ'lf4+ 1-0 it's mate with 2 ... �g5 (or 2 ... �g7 3 CZ'le6#) 3 CZ'le6#. (2 points) 1161) Palliser-Hardy 1 CZ'lxe6! CZ'lxe6 (1 ... 'Yif6 2 i..f4+ �d7 3 i.f5 is a lso terminal) 2 .l!:!.xe6+! �xe6 3 'YifS+ �d6 (or 3 ... �e7 4 'Yif7+ �d6 5 i.f4+) a n d now 4 i.f4+ �c6 5 'Yie6+ would have forced mate. 1 pointfor 1 CZ'lxe6 with a second availablefor seeing to the mate. 330

S o l u tions 1162) Jones-Hawkins 1 .iJ4!! l2Jxf4 (it's mate too after 1 ... .i.xe2 2 .i.h6+ l2'lg7 3 .i.xg7+ 'it>g8 4 .i.h6+ 'it>h8 5 f7 'iYc7+ 6 f4) 2 .l:e8+! 'iYxe8 3 'iYg7# 1-0 (2 points) 1163) Carlstedt-Steingraeber 1 .i.xc6+!! bxc6 2 'iYxc6+ 'it>e7? (2 ... l2'ld7 3 l2'lxd7 'iYxd7 4 'iYxa8+ 'iYd8 restricts White to j u st a n extra exchange) 3 l2'lg6+ (3 l2'lexf7! .i.xf7 4 .l:xe6+ .i.xe6 5 'iYxe6# is even crisper) 3 ...'it>f6 4 .l:xe6+! 1-0 it's mate after 4.. .fxe6 5 'iYxe6+ 'it>xg5 6 d 3+ l2'le3 7 .i.xe3#. 2 points for 1 .i.xc6+ with a further one availablefor either knight sacrifice on move 3. 1164) Korneev-Rocha 1 d 5 ! cxd5 (or 1 ... exd 5 2 .l:xd 5 ! ) 2 .l:xd5 'iYe8 (2 ...exd 5 3 .i.xd 5+ offers Black a choice of exits between 3 ...l2'le6 4 .l:c7+ 'it>g8 5 .i.xe6+ 'it>h7 6 .l:d7! 'iYe8 7 .i.f7 'iYb8 8 .l:d6 and 3 ...'it>e8 4 .i.f7+! 'it>e7 5 .l:c7+ l2'ld7 6 .i.a 3+) 3 .l:d8 'iYc6 (or 3 ... 'iYe7 4 .i.xe6+! with a l i kely transposition) 4 .i.xe6+! 'iYxe6 5 .l:c7+ 'it>g8 6 .l:xf8+! 'it>h7 (6 ...'it>xf8 7 'iYd8+ 'iYe8 8 .i.a3+ mates) 7 .l:xh8+ 'it>xh8 8 'iYd8+ 'it>h7 (the b-pawn is fa r too q u ick in the event of 8 ...'iYg8 9 'iYxg8+ 'it>xg8 10 .l:xb7) 9 .l:c8 1-0 1 pointfor 1 dS with a further two availablefor 6 .l:xf8+.

Test Eight 1165) Kirk-Song 1 .S.xg6! 1-0 White crashes through on g7 or f7, u n less Black prefers to exit with 1 ... 'it>xg6 2 'iYg3+ 'it>h7 3 'iYg7#. (1 point) 1166} Chipanga-Tun stall 1 l2'lc4+! (the neatest, a lthough 1 'it>c3 .i.fl 2 l2'lc4+ 'it>c7 3 l2'le3 also win s) 1 'it>xd5 2 c7 .i.f5 3 l2'le3+ wins a piece. 1 pointfor either win. •••

1167) Sumer-Savran 1 .S.xa3+! 0-1 it's mate with 2 'it>xa3 'iYxc3+ 3 'it>a2 .l:a8+ 4 'it>b1 .l:a1#. (1 point) •••

1168} Palliser-Thornblad 1 e6! (it is a l so promising to begin with 1 l2'le4) 1 ...fxe6 2 l2'le5 .l:a7 3 l2'le4 1-0 Black m ust lose a piece after 4 l2'lc5. 1 pointfor the concept of es-e6. 1169) Schaefer-Waldner 1 .i.c4! bxc4 (the only other way to save the exchange is 1...l2'ld5, but then White has 2 l2'lxd 5 cxd 5 3 .i.xd 5 .i.xd5 4 'iYxd 5) 2 'iYxb7 'iYc8 3 'iYb4 l2'ld5 4 'iYxc4 picks u p a pawn. (1 point) 331

Th e Comp lete Chess Work o u t 2 1170) Kasimdzhanov-Topalov 1 'bxe6+! 1-0 Tha n ks to the pin White nets a n excha nge and more after 1 ...fxe6 2 l:txd8. (1 point) 1171) Bromann-Ochsner 1 l:txg7+!! �xg7 2 'iie 7+ �g6 (it's mate too after 2 ...�g8 3 l:th7) 3 'iih 7+ 'i!lg5 4 'iih 6+ �g4 5 .i.e2+ �g3 6 'iih 2# 1-0 1 pointfor 1 l:l.xg7+ with a further one available for seeing up to the mate on h2. 1172) Chlost-Lanica 1 l:txf7+! l:txf7 (it's mate too after 1 ... \!lh8 2 l:th7+! �xh7 3 'iixg6+} 2 'iixg6+ �h8 3 'iih 6+ �g8 4 l:tg1+ 1-0 (2 points) 1173) Baghdasaryan-Nadanian 1 e7! 1-0 The rook on a 6 drops off after 1 ... .Jtxe7 2 'bxe7+ l:txe7 (both 2...�f8 3 'iix h7 l:txe7 4 'ii h 8+ and 2 ...�h8 3 'bxd s ! sca rcely i m prove) 3 l:txe7 'iix e7 4 'iic 8+. (2 points) 1174) Valsecchi-Bontempi 1 'iix h6+!! �xh6 2 l:th4+ �g5 (if 2 ... \!lg7 3 l:th7#} 3 f4+ �xh4 4 g3+ 1-0 The light-squa red bishop gives mate next move. (2 points) 1175) Manca-Sulskis 1 .i.d3!! 1-0 Somewhat more forcing than 1 bxcs+ 'iix cs 2 .i.d 3 .i.d7 3 o-o 'iid 4! when Black has some cha nces to save h i mself, whereas after 1 .i.d3 .i.d7 (1 ....i.xd 3 2 'iie 6+ �C7 3 .JtxeS+ wins the q u een) 2 o-o lbfg4 3 l:tfe1 there's no defence to the th reat of 4 l:txes lbxes 5 l:te1. 2 points for 1 .i.d3 with a further one availablefor realizing why it was stronger than after a preliminary exchange on cs. 1176) Vorontsov-Kalinina 1 e8'ii! 'ii h 3 (the only try, but Wh ite has everything i n hand} 2 l:th8+! .i.xh8 3 'iixa7+ .i.g7 4 'iixg7+! �xg7 5 'iix e5+ �h7 6 'iix b2 a nd White eventua l ly converted h i s extra exchange. 3 points for seeing the whole sequence.

Test Nine 1177) David-Franca 1 l:txf7! 1-0 The q ueen is lost after 1 ... 'iixf7 2 .i.d s. (1 point) 1178) Jones-Luxama 1 ...lbc2+! 2 .i.xc2 'iix e3+ 3 'iie 2 'iixf4 sees Black win a second pawn while seizing the i n itia­ tive. (1 point) 332

S o l u tions 1179) Baron-Sasikiran 1 ... g2+! 0-1 The bishop fal l s after 2 .U.xg2 (or 2 'it>g1 .lieS+) 2 ... .U.xg2 3 �xg2 .U.c2+. (1 point) 1180) Palliser-Le 1 i.xh7+! 1-0 (1 point) After 1...'it>h8 (1...'it>xh7 2 'ifhs+ 'it>g8 3 .U.h3 forces mate) 2 i.d2 ! ? (2 'ifhs i.xgs 3 .U.xgs lLldf6 sti l l favou rs Wh ite somewhat, but isn't total ly clear) 2 ... ltJef6 3 i.b1 Black wi l l be unable to hold out on the kingside for long. 1181) Cramling-Cox 1 .U.xb5! 1-o Wh ite wi l l q ueen a pawn in the event of 1 ... axbS 2 lZlf7+ '>t>e7 3 lZlxd6 'it>xd6 4 f4. (1 point) 1182) Beach-Palliser 1 ...lLlh5! 2 lZle2 (this loses a piece, but 2 'it>h2 lLlxg3 ! followed by 3 ...'iff4 would have been terminal too) 2 ...'ifxe2! 0-1 (1 point) 1183) Rzayev-Bucher 1 i.xc5! overloads to pick up a pawn with 1... bxc5 (a nd not 1...'ifxcs? 2 .U.xd8+) 2 'ifxa5. (1 point) 1184) Ahmadinia-Amin 1...ltJxd4!! 2 'ifxd4? (2 'it>g2 is a m uch better try, a lthough after 2 ...ltJxf3 3 'ifxf3 lZlf7 Black will pick u p es and has fa r too much for the excha nge) 2 ...lLlf5 3 'iff4 g5 saw Black win sig­ n ificant materia l. (2 points) 1185) Stead-Marner 1 'ifxh7+!! 'it>xh7 2 .U.h1+ '>t>g7 3 i.h6+ 'it>f6 (or 3 ... 'it>h7 4 i.f8#) 4 lZlg8# 1-0 (2 points) 1186) Stefanova-Khurtsidze 1 i.xe6+!! .U.xe6 (now the pin is decisive, but 1 ... \t>h8 2 .U.c1 is scarcely a n improvement) 2 'ik'b3 'ifc8 3 .U.d7! ltJxd7 4 'ifxe6+ 'it>h8 5 lZlf7+ 'it>g8 6 liJd6+! 1-0 The q ueen is lost. 2 points for 1 i.xe6+ with a further one availablefor spotting 3 .U.d7. 1187) Diaz Herrero-Ten Hertog 1 ... 'ifa2+!! 2 'it>c1 (if 2 'it>xa2 .U.xa4+ 3 'it>b1 .Mal#) 2 ...ltJxd4+ 0-1 it's mate with 3 'it>d2 (or 3 bxc3 with a p leasa nt choice of three moves for Black) 3 ... 'ifxb2+ 4 'it>e1 'ife2#. 2 points for 1 ...'ik'a2+ with a further one availablefor seeing up to the mate on e2.

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Th e Co m p le te Chess Wo rko u t 2 1188) Cori-Bhakti 1 �xe6! dxe6 2 d7+ b7 3 �xcs (threaten i ng 4 d8� lbxd8 5 �d7+, as well as j u st 4 �xbS+) 3 ...�c7 4 'bd6+ b8 s lbxbs �b6 6 i.f4+ es 7 i.xes+ lbxes 8 �xes+ b7 9 'bd6+ c6 10 �dS+! 1-0 There's no defence after 10 ...c7 11 �cl+ or 10...xd7 11 'bc4+. 2 points for seeing up to 3 �xcs with a further one availablefor seeing up to 10 �dS+.

Test Ten 1189) Gajewski-Spraggett 1...�d1+! 0-1 it's mate with 2 �xd1 i.xe4+ 3 �f3 i.xf3#. (1 point) 1190) Sipila-Hebden 1 �f8! (1 d7+ xd7 2 a7 �a4 3 �f8! also wins) 1...�a4 2 d7! 1-0 Black m ust give up h i s rook after 2 ...xd7 3 a?. 1 pointfor either solution involving �fB. 1191) Palliser-Woolley 1 �xgs! 1-o A piece fa l l s in view of 1...hxgs? (or 1...�cf8 2 �g7+ c8 3 �d4} 2 �f7#. (1 point) 1192) Vemelin-Ovetchkin 1 'bxb6! �xc1 2 �xc1 i.xe2 (or 2 ...lbxb6 3 i.xa6} 3 'bxd7 �xd7 4 �xe2 leaves White a pawn ahead. (1 point) 1193) Del Rio de Angelis-Stets 1 �g7+! 1-0 it's mate on g8. (1 point) 1194) Romero Holmes-Hebden 1... d2+! 2 e2 (th e d-pawn a l so costs White fa r too m uch material after 2 xf4 �xa4!} 2...�a1 0-1 (1 point) 1195) Lupulescu-Peralta Black spotted a loose q ueen: 1 ... i.h2+! 0-1 (1 point) 1196) Helin-Brynjarsson 1 �h7+!! 1-0 it's smothered mate: 1 ... lbxh 7 2 'bg6#. (1 point) 1197) Ruhlmann-Stephan 1...c2! 2 �xc2 �xb3 3 lbxb3 i.xa1 4 'bxa1 �b6+ 0-1 Black will pick up the loose bishop on a6 to go a rook a head. (2 points) 334

S o l u tions 1198) Lalic-Vorobiov 1 iff7!! (1 'Llf7+ .Mxf7 2 ifxf7 .ic6 isn't so clear) 1 ....Mxf7 (or 1 ... .ig7 2 'Llce6!) 2 'Llxf7+ �g8 3 'Llxd8 .if3 4 'Llde6 leaves White a piece a head. 1 pointfor 1 iVfl with a second one availablefor spotting 1 ....ig7 2 'Llce6. 1199) Petrov-Ganzhurov 1 .Mh5!! gxh5 (1 ... 'Llf6 2 ifxf6 gxh s 3 d6 transposes) 2 ifg5+ �h8 3 iff5 'Llf6 (3 ... �g7 4 .Mfl leaves Black u na ble to avoid mate) 4 ifxf6+ �g8 5 d6 ifa5 6 .Mf1 .Mae8 (there's noth ing bet­ ter, but now f7 col la pses) 7 .ic4 ifd8 8 .ixf7+ .Mxf7 9 ifxf7+ �h8 10 h3 saw White's crush­ ing initiative and extra passed d-pawn q u ickly decided proceedi ngs. 2 points for 1 .Mhs, with two bonus points availablefor noticing that Black can't defend after both 3 ... �g7 4 .Mf1 and 6 .Mf1 in the game. 1200) Adams-Morrison 1 .Mxg7+! �xg7 2 ifg4+ (2 ifg2+ �h8 3 .ic4! wou ld a lso have done the business, with the idea of 3 ...ifxc4 4 .Mg1) 2 ...�h8 (2 ... �h6 3 .id2# doesn't help matters) 3 ifh4! (here to avoid the fiendish resource 3 ifgs ifa 1+ 4 �d2 ifa s ! ! and after the text the pin will decide) 3 .Mc8 4 .ixf6+ .ixf6 5 ifxf6+ �g8 6 .ic4! ifa1+ 7 �d2 ifa5+ 8 c3 1-o Mate fol lows down the g-file. 2 points for 1 M.xgl+ and a further twofor spotting why 3 iih4 was superior to 3 iigs. •••

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