the complete chess workout: train your brain with 1200 puzzles!

EVERYMAN CHESS Richard Palliser

First published in 2007 by Gloucester Publishers plc (formerly Everyman Publishers plc),

Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V OAT

Copyright © 2007 Richard Palliser

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Contents I

Introduction 5

1 Warming Up 7

2 Attack! 24

3 Opening Tricks and Traps 121

4 Skill in the Endgame 132

5 Loose Pieces and Overloading 149

6 Fiendish Calculation 181

7 Test Yourself 190

8 Solutions 211

Introduction I

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

trying 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.

During the past decade some quite challenging puzzle books have appeared, aimed

chiefly at the level of the stronger club player and above. These are a most welcome devel

opment, but are perhaps not the best tactical training for less experienced players or even

average club players. Some attempted solving of very tough positions is a good thing, es

pecially if the solution is then studied in some detail, but such works are unlikely to pro

vide the budding student with a grounding in the fundamentals of tactical and attacking

play.

Wanting to produce a book that would improve the tactical knowledge of the average player led me to drawing up categories of both the more common attacking motifs (bishop

sacrifices on h7 and knight sacrifices on f7 being two main examples) and the less usual

(such as a queen sacrifice on h6). Thus there are a number of examples of each key theme

in this work which should, I hope, help to cement these important ideas into the reader's

subconscious, thereby improving both their attacking and defensive ability.

One cannot, of course, blindly attack in every game: the right conditions to attack must

be present, such as a chip in the opposition king's pawn wall or the ability to quickly trans

fer many of one's pieces to the attacking zone. Many of the puzzles in this work deal with

attacking scenarios and should help the reader to further appreciate just when and why an

attack is likely to work.

What, though, of the many games in which we don't get to attack? In these tactical play

is no less likely to occur and it's important to always be alert to tactical opportunities. One

very handy way of not letting these pass by is to keep in mind John Nunn's very useful

mnemonic: LPDO ('loose pieces drop off'). Indeed, it's very noticeable just how many tac

tics are to do with a piece being undefended or poorly defended. The reader will become

fully aware of the concept of LPs while working through the large chapter on attacking

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motifs, but so important is the topic that I've also included a later chapter devoted to both

it and the related theme of overloading a defensive piece.

To remind the reader that tactics are present throughout the game, there are also chap

ters devoted to tactics in both the opening and the endgame, while the fiendish puzzles of

Chapter Six should challenge even the very tactically able. I've also aimed to make things a

little trickier throughout for the reader by not following the common practice of sorting

each chapter by difficulty. Instead the order is much more like the tactical opportunities

that occur in our games, being random (sorting alphabetically by tournament location is

about as random as one can get!) and thereby simple tactics follow quite challenging ones

and vice versa. Do be aware too that by no means every combination mates in style or wins

heavy material; just as in real life, many of the puzzles included here only lead to the win

of a pawn, while a few even see the side to move scrambling a draw through some tactical

device or other.

I couldn't resist including a few classic favourites among the 1,200 puzzles, but even

those with an excellent knowledge of the classics should find the majority of the positions

included new. No less than 585 of the puzzles are from games played in 2007 and I've also

drawn heavily on unpublished games collections: chiefly my own I'm afraid, but I'm also

very grateful to a number of people who sent or supplied games: Chris Duggan, Scott Fra

ser, Paul Hopwood, Neville Pearce, Kieran Smallbone, Norman Stephenson, Sean Terry

(editor of the excellent Oxford City CC magazine, Dislnformator), and Tim Turner.

I hope that this work will improve the tactical eye of the reader, while also reminding

them of the many beautiful possibilities thrown up by our favourite royal game.

6

Richard Palliser,

York,

September 2007

1: 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 two.

1) D A.Andres Gonzalez • J.De Ia Villa Garcia

Abierto 2006

2)

White to Play

D A.Yermolinsky • T.Kurosaki Agoura Hills 2007

White to Play

3)

4)

D B.Esen • T.Demirel Ankara 2007

White to Play

D A.Mortola • P.Scanferla Arvier 2007

Black to Play

7


5) D A.Fedorov • Z.Mamedjarova Baku 2007

White to Play

6) D A.Khudaverdieva • N.Miezis

7)

8

Baku 2007

Black to Play

D C.Baudson • L.Gil Balagne 2007

White to Play

8)

9)

1.0)

D L.Damjanovic • A.Panic Belgrade 2007

White to Play

D R.Mitrovic • M.Mihajlovic Belgrade 2007

Black to Play

D J.Emms • G.Burgess British League 1999

White to Play

11)

12)

D M.Quinn • M.Lyell British League 2000

Black to Play

D M.Simons • R.Noyce British League 2000

White to Play

13) D M.Soszynski • J.Stevenson British League 2007

Black to Play

Warming Up

14) D Al.lvanov • V.Sanduleac Bucharest 2007

White to Play

15) D l.Vadja • K.Haznedaroglu

16)

Budapest 2007

White to Play

D M.Galyas. W.Wilke Budapest 2007

White to Play

9


17) D S.Farago • Hj.Gretarsson Budapest 2007

Black to Play

18} D Y.Drozdovskij • V.Georgiev Cappelle Ia Grande 2007

19)

1 0

White to Play

D T.Rrhioua • C.Debray Champs sur Marne 2007

Black to Play

20} D L.Hylands • M.Uddin Cheltenham 2007

White to Play

21} D A.Riazantsev • B.Galstian

22)

Chelyabinsk 2007

White to Play

D M.Abdul • N.Murshed Dhaka 2007

White to Play

23)

24)

D S.Reefat. M.Abdul Dhaka 2007

White to Play

D A.Graf • A.Gasthofer Dresden 2007

Black to Play

25) D A.Hafenstein • R.Brunello Dresden 2007

Black to Play

Warming Up

26)

27)

D A.Savickas • A.Hunt Dresden 2007

White to Play

D M.Erdogdu • A.David Dresden 2007

Black to Play

28) D R.Vaganian • S.Siebrecht Dresden 2007

White to Play

1 1


29) D V.Durarbeyli • B.Damljanovic Dresden 2007

Black to Play

30) D V.Shalimov • A.Bagrationi Evpatoria 2007

3:1)

12

White to Play

D V.Gozzoli • E.Reinhart French League 2007

White to Play

32)

33)

34)

D B.Holland • R.Rough Gibraltar 2007

Black to Play

D M.Garcia • H.Strand Gibraltar 2007

White to Play

D M.Helin • L.Manetto Gibraltar 2007

White to Play

35)

36)

37)

0 O.Vea • H.Rasch Gibraltar 2007

White to Play

0 P.Wallace • A.Dekker Gibraltar 2007

White to Play

0 R.Westra • R.Palliser Goole (rapid) 1999

White to Play

Warming Up

38) 0 C.Wilman • A.Tate Hamilton 2005

White to Play

39) 0 G.Salimbeni • N.Hutchinson Hastings 2006

40)

Black to Play

0 D.Schut • L.Bensdorp Hilversum 2007

Black to Play

1 3


41) 0 M.Bogorads • D.Jahr Hockenheim 2007

White to Play

42) 0 O.Giadyszev • S.Kidambi Isle of Man 2005

Black to Play

43) D S.Siebrecht • A.Szieberth Isle of Man 2006

White to Play

14

44) 0 Y.Zimmerman • P.Adams

45)

46)

Isle of Man 2005

White to Play

0 A.May • H.Hecht Islington 1971

Black to Play

0 A.Nikolaeva • O.Vozovic Kharkiv 2007

Black to Play

47) 0 S.Vysochin • V.Sergeev Kyiv 2007

White to Play

48) 0 V.Balanovskij • I.Kusnetsov Kyiv 2007

Black to Play

49) 0 B.Kurajica • C.Schneider Sanchez La Laguna 2007

White to Play

Warming Up

50) 0 M.Aionso Contreras. D.Trujillo Delgado La Laguna 2007

White to Play

5,1) 0 A.Moreto Quintana • V.Koziak ·

La Rode 2007

Black to Play

52) 0 O.Hindle • P.Puig Puildo Lucerne 1963

White to Play

15


53) 0 C.Ficco • M.Godena Lugano 2007

Black to Play

54) 0 R.Martin del Campo • L.Aionso Arteaga Merida 2006

55)

1 6

White to Play

0 A.Kosten • C.Marchal Metz 2007

White to Play

56) 0 A.Touret • V.Petkov Metz 2007

Black to Play

57) 0 N.Guliyev • V.Schweitzer Metz 2007

White to Play

58) 0 A.Chudinovskih • O.Nikolenko Moscow 2007

White to Play

59) D A.Okara • M.Vuganova Moscow 2007

White to Play

60) D A.Venevtsev • M.Mozharov Moscow 2007

Black to Play

61) D D.Bronstein • A.Koblencs Moscow 1945

White to Play

62)

63)

64)

Warming Up

D E.Lasker • M.Steinitz Moscow 1896

White to Play

D A.Aguilar • M.Leskovar Necochea 2007

Black to Play

D 'Andrei21' • R.Palliser online blitz 2007

White to Play

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65) D R.Palliser • 'Perparim3'

66)

67)

18

online blitz 2007

White to Play

D D.Bruce • R.Palliser Oxford 2003

White to Play

D K.Smallbone • S.Terry Oxford 1999

White to Play

68)

69)

D A.Chua • Z.lzoria Parsippany 2007

Black to Play

D B.Katz • R.Tomasko Parsippany 2007

White to Play

70) D V.Hylapov • L.Lintchevski Peterhof 2007

White to Play

71)

72)

73)

D A.Nickel • L.Deruda Porto Mannu 2007

White to Play

D R.Markus • D.Doric Rijeka 2006

White to Play

D P.Hempson • R.Palliser Rotherham (rapid} 2007

Black to Play

Warming Up

74) D A.Volokitin • E.Bareev Russian Team Championship 2007

White to Play

75) D D.Tyomkin • V.Gaprindashvili Saint Vincent 2005

White to Play

76) D A.Rodriguez • A.Needleman San Luis 2007

White to Play

19


77} 0 F.Corrales • F.De Ia Paz Santa Clara 2007

Black to Play

78} D A.Morozevich • S.Movsesian Sarajevo 2007

79}

20

Black to Play

0 C.Ward • R.Palliser Scarborough 2001

White to Play

80) 0 R.Palliser • J.Houska Scarborough 2004

White to Play

81} 0 A.Gavrilov • R.Perez Garcia Sevi l ie 2007

White to Play

82} 0 K.Ambartsumova • J.Kochetkova Sochi 2007

White to Play

83)

84)

85)

D A.Bogdanov • F.Rodkin St Petersburg 2006

Black to Play

D A.Eiiseev • V.Kurilov St Petersburg 2007

White to Play

D A.Guzenko • S.Kiobukov St Petersburg 2007

White to Play

Warming Up

86) D A.Lomako • T.Airapetian St Petersburg 2007

Black to Play

87) D A.Vunder • M.Zacurdajev

88)

St Petersburg 2007

Black to Play

D R.Palliser • D.Seymour Stockton on Tees simul 2005

White to Play

21


89) 0 R.Zimmermann • J.Lener

90)

91)

22

Teplice 2007

White to Play

0 A.Mordue • S.Dilleigh Torquay 2006

White to Play

0 I.Starostits • R.Bezler Triesen 2007

White to Play

92) 0 P.San Segundo Carrillo • R.Wojtaszek Turin 2006

Black to Play

93) 0 A.Karpov • M.Stojanovic

94)

Valjevo 2007

White to Play

D L.Golovin • V.lvanov Voronezh 2007

White to Play

95) D A. Walas • G.Gajewski Warsaw (rapid} 2006

Black to Play

96) D B.Rhodes • P.Hopwood York 1995

Black to Play

97) D M.Rogerson • R.Palliser York 2007

Black to Play

Warming Up

98) D P.Cioudsdale • P.Hopwood York 2001

Black to Play

99) D P.Hopwood • E.Lockwood

:1.00)

York 1995

White to Play

D L.Pecnik • B.Galoic Zagreb 2007

White to Play

23

2: Attack!

We now reach the meat and bones of this work. Most players love to attack, and solving

the puzzles in this large chapter should help to hone both your attacking and defensive

technique. I've tried to include several examples of all the main mating motifs to help fix

these in the reader's mind, but once again do be aware that by no means every solution

will force mate; quite often the defender can prevent your main attacking threats at the

cost of a pawn or the exchange.

101)

102)

24

D V.Pupols • R.Adamson Agoura Hills 2007

Black to Play

D A.Yusupov • A.Reuss Altenkirchen 2005

White to Play

103)

104}

D G.Fontein • M.Euwe Amsterdam 1939

Black to Play

D !.Campbell • P.Beggi Arvier 2007

White to Play

105) 0 W.De Marco • V.Bashkite Arvier 2007

Black to Play

106) 0 I.Moiseenko • A.lsmagambetov Astana 2007

Black to Play

107) 0 M.Zacarias • (.Valiente Asuncion 2006

White to Play

Att ack!

108) 0 N.Skalkotas • V.Kotrotsos Athens 2007

109)

110)

White to Play

0 Ni Hua • R.Palliser Athens 2001

Black to Play

0 F.Hoelzl • H.Knoll Austrian League 2007

White to Play

25


111)

112)

D H.Teske • M.Stangl Austrian League 2007

White to Play

D P.Popovic • J.Pinter Austrian League 1997

Black to Play

113) D M.Narciso Dublan • H.Mecking Ayamonte 2006

White to Play

26

114) D V.Korchnoi • A.Karpov Baguio City 1978

Black to Play

115) D T.Mamedjarova • A.Naiditsch Baku 2007

116)

Black to Play

D A.Horvath • L.Seres Balatonlelle 2006

White to Play

117) D D.Berczes • T.Roussel Roozmon Balatonlelle 2007

White to Play

118} D I.Molano Lafuente • M.Conde Chijeb Barcelona 2007

White to Play

119) D X.Colom Andres • M.Zohaib Hassan Barcelona 2007

Black to Play

Attack!

120) D B.Aishoha • A.EI Kawabia Beirut 2007

White to Play

121) D K.Leenhouts • C.Sielecki Belgian League 2007

White to Play

122) D P.Motwani • E.Wiersma Belgian League 2007

White to Play

27


123) D S.Hautot • M.Saltaev Belgian League 2007

Black to Play

124) D D.Radulovic • B.Lajthajm Belgrade 2007

125)

28

Black to Play

D D.Rajkovic • B.Tadic Belgrade 2007

Black to Play

126)

127)

128)

D I.Martic • R.lrizanin Belgrade 2007

White to Play

D J.Vasic • V.Zivkovic Belgrade 2006

Black to Play

D S.Ostojic • V.Conic Belgrade 2007

White to Play

129) 0 J.Biackburne • J.Schwarz Berl in 1881

130)

White to Play

0 L.Vadja • B.lvkov Bern 2006

White to Play

131) 0 D.Marholev • L.Morelle Bethune 2006

White to Play

132) 0 R.Palliser • R.Callis Beverley 2000

White to Play

133) 0 I.Matijasevic • I.Bender

134)

Bizovac 2007

Black to Play

0 V.Prlac • P.Szakolczai Bizovac 2007

Black to Play •

Attack!

29


135)

136)

D G.Rigg • A.Masters Blackpool 2007

Black to Play

D J. Wheeler • J.Dore Blackpool1956

White to Play

137) D L.Barden • B.H.Wood Blackpool1956

White to Play

30

138) D S.Haslinger • D.Gormally Blackpool 2003

White to Play

139) D A.Franco • P.Rodriguez

140)

Bogota 2006

White to Play

D W.Burt • N.Dennis Bourne End (rapid) 200 2

White to Play

141) 0 A.lbbotson • P.Hopwood

142)

Bradford 2001

Black to Play

0 A.Byron • N.Hosken British League 2006

White to Play

143) 0 A.Hagesaether • A.Greet British League 2005

Black to Play

144)

145)

0 A.Kosten • B.Hague British League 2007

White to Play

0 A.Law • J.Gallagher British League 1999

Black to Play

146) 0 C.Waters • R.Richmond British League 1999

White to Play

Attack!

31


147) 0 D.Coleman • L.D'Costa

148)

British League 2003

White to Play

0 D.Ledger • J.Burnett British League 2002

White to Play

149) 0 D.Shaw • Low Ving Min British League 2005

White to Play

32

150) D D. Wise • J.Biackburn British League 2002

White to Play

151) 0 Dai.James • D.Anderton British League 2005

Black to Play

152) 0 G.Buckley • N.Mitchem British League 2004

White to Play

153) 0 G.Fiear • S.Ansell British League 2003

White to Play

154) 0 H.Hoffmann • S.Munson

155)

British League 2006

White to Play

0 I.Upton • P.Brown British League 2000

White to Play

156)

157)

158}

0 J.Bourne • K.Gregory British League 2007

Black to Play

0 J.Emms • D.Ledger British League 2006

White to Play

0 J.Foster • J.Parmar British League 2005

White to Play

Attack!

33


159)

160)

D J.Gilbert • Gr.Morris British League 2006

White to Play

D J.Mestel • A.Hynes British League 2004

White to Play

161} D J.Rudd • K.Arakhamia Grant British League 2007

Black to Play

3 4

162) 0 J.Sherwin • B.Hague British League 2004

Black to Play

163) D K.Smallbone • D.Gunter British League 2002

164)

White to Play

0 L.D'Costa • P.Wells British League 2003

Black to Play

165) D L.Trent • D.Tan British League 2003

White to Play

166} D M.Adams • M.Hennigan British League 200 1

167)

White to Play

D M.Adams • R.Bates British League 2005

White to Play

1.68) D M.Rich • S.Barrett British League 2004

White to Play

169) D M.Simons • H.Richards

170)

British League 200 2

White to Play

D N.Povah • J.Sisask British League 2004

White to Play

Attack!

35


171)

172)

D O.Cooley • J.Moore British League 2000

Black to Play

D P.Helbig • R.Palliser British League 2005

White to Play

173) 0 P.Valden • K.Smallbone British League 2005

Black to Play

36

174)

175)

0 R.Bates • D.Mason British League 2006

White to Play

0 R.De Coverly • N.Frost British League 2000

White to Play

176) 0 R.Eames • M.Simmons British League 2005

White to Play

177)

178)

179)

D R.Edwards • S.Lalic British League 2000

Black to Play

D R.Granat • J.Bentley British League 2004

Black to Play

D R.Palliser • H.Hunt British League 1999

White to Play

Attack!

180) D R.Palliser • M.Broomfield British League 2003

White to Play

181) D R.Webb • P.Townsend British League 1999

White to Play

182) D R.Willis. N.Twitchell British League 2007

White to Play

3 7


183)

184}

185)

3 8

D S.Bibby • D.Johnston British League 2001

Black to Play

D S.Macak • J.Rowson British League 2007

Black to Play

D T.Cox • G.Dickson British League 2004

Black to Play

186} D V.Bologan • J.Lautier British League 2005

White to Play

187} D K.Smallbone • M.Cupal Brno 2004

White to Play

188} D D.Milanovic • G.Grigore Bucharest 2007

White to Play

189) D V.Barnaure • C.Nanu Bucharest 2007

White to Play

190) D B.Lengyel • To Nhat Minh Budapest 2007

White to Play

191) D D.Bronstein • P.Keres Budapest 1950

White to Play

l.92)

l.93)

l.94)

D M.lgnacz • K.Niemi Budapest 2007

Black to Play

D S.Collins • A.lllner Budapest 2007

White to Play

D L.Szabo • A.Bisguier Buenos Aires 1955

White to Play

Attack!

39


195) D A.Karpov • V.Hort Bugojno 1978

White to Play

196) D A.Mendelson • R.Quinn

197)

40

Bunratty 2007

Black to Play

D A.Peile • N.Miller Bunratty 200 2

White to Play

198) D V.Sauvonnet • Ni Hua Calvi 2007

Black to Play

199) D A.Kovalev • H.Stevic Calvia 2004

White to Play

200) D E.Arlandi • A.Kveinys Calvia 2004

Black to Play

201) D Z.Aimasi • L.Winants Calvia 2004

Black to Play

202) D A.Maz Machado • E. Fernandez Romero Campillos 2007

Black to Play

203) D D.Recuero Guerra • E. Valero Cano Campillos 2007

White to Play

Attack!

204) D F.Tahirov • A.Shirov Canada de Calatrava (rapid} 2007

Black to Play

205) D N.Guliyev • S.Mamedyarov Canada de Calatrava (rapid) 2007

Black to Play

206) D O.Gritsak • E.Bacrot Canada de Calatrava (rapid} 2007

White to Play

41


207) D D.Smerdon • H.Cunanan Canberra 2007

208)

209)

42

White to Play

D I.Saric • M.Gurevich Cannes 2007

White to Play

D M.Libens • F.Fargere Cannes 2007

Black to Play

210) D N.Arsenault • E.Pepino Cannes 2007

White to Play

211) 0 P.Van Hoolandt • E.EI Gindy Cannes 2007

212)

Black to Play

D R.Hrzica • J.Armas Cannes 2007

White to Play

213) D S.Collas • P.Lebel Cannes 2007

White to Play

214) D Zhao Xue • S.Karjakin Cap d'Agde (rapid) 2006

White to Play

215) D D.Arutinian • O.Danielian Cappelle Ia Grande 2007

White to Play

216) D J.Friedel • L.Cyborowski

217)

218)

Cappelle Ia Grande 2007

White to Play

D (.Keller • S.Siukova Champs sur Marne 2007

White to Play

D E.White • D.Curnow Cheltenham 2007

Black to Play

Attack!

43


219) D E.Romanov • L.Mkrtchian Chelyabinsk 2007

White to Play

220) D A.Aimeida Saenz • M.Gagunashvili Chicago 2007

White to Play

221) D S.Bercys • A.Simutowe Chicago 2007

White to Play

44

222) D H.Agustsson • K.Madland Copenhagen 2006

223)

224)

Black to Play

D D.Path • F.Rayner Cork 2005

White to Play

D M.Bartel • S.Cicak Cork 2005

White to Play

225)

226)

227)

D P.Cafolla • B.Socko Cork 2005

Black to Play

D R.Aimond • C.Rossi Cork 2005

Black to Play

D T.Hickey • N.Ahern Cork 2005

White to Play

Attack!

228) D V.Cmilyte • J.Benjamin Cork 2005

White to Play

229) D V.Kotronias • G.Sarakauskas Cork 2005

White to Play

230) D V.Kotronias • J.Benjamin Cork 2005

Black to Play

45


231}

232)

D Z.Gymesi • A.Fox Cork 2005

White to Play

D J.Rudd • A.Khantuev Coulsdon 2007

White to Play

233} D N.Tavoularis • I.Snape Coulsdon 2007

Black to Play

46

234} D M.lvic • D.Pavasovic Croatian Team Championship 2007

Black to Play

235} D M.lvic. M.Medic Croatian Team Championship 2007

White to Play

236} D M.Zovko • G.Mohr Croatian Team Championship 2007

Black to Play

237) 0 I.Naumkin • M.Abatino Cutro 2007

White to Play

238) 0 T.Cheval • P.Gerfault d' Angers 2007

Black to Play

239) 0 B.Cooper • D.Scott Didcot 2005

White to Play

Attack!

240) 0 S.Megaranto • C.Batchuluun Doha (rapid) 2006

White to Play

241) 0 P.Catt • H.Lockwood Doncaster 2006

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tr � T Bt q �- <' � q � ' / . . / '/'/

ft� B1tB1t� 0 : wm wm �

�lim m � w.mr;-��1 ;�,� - j� imlt?5 � � � � �;g Black to Play

242) 0 V.Topalov • A.Naiditsch Dortmund 2005

White to Play

4 7


243) D A.Ardeleanu • G.Kachieshvili Dresden 2007

White to Play

244) D A.Naiditsch • J.Gustafsson Dresden 2007

Black to Play

245) D A.Naiditsch • P.Sowray Dresden 2007

Black to Play

4 8

246} D E.Korbut • L.Javakhishvili Dresden 2007

White to Play

247) 0 E.Levushkina • H.Vogel

248}

Dresden 2007

Black to Play

0 E.Najer • V.Neverov Dresden 2007

White to Play

249) D E.Zweschper • H.Hanemann Dresden 2007

250)

White to Play

D F.Handke • F.Dinger Dresden 2007

White to Play

251) D G.Beckhuis • K.Jakubowski Dresden 2007

Black to Play

Attack!

252) D I.Zakurdjaeva • E.Paehtz Dresden 2007

White to Play

253) D J.Geske • A.Ardeleanu Dresden 2007

Black to Play

254) D J.Zawadzka • A.Stefanova Dresden 2007

Black to Play

49


255) D K.Arakhamia Grant • E.Levushkina Dresden 2007

256)

257)

so

White to Play

D M.Roos • J.Stocek Dresden 2007

Black to Play

D M.Schulz • G.Marville Dresden 2007

White to Play

258) D M.Womacka • S.Kaphle Dresden 2007

White to Play

259) D N.Pert • A.Aieksandrov

260)

Dresden 2007

White to Play

D P.Bobras • E.Can Dresden 2007

White to Play

261) 0 S.Azarov • T.Sanikidze

262)

Dresden 2007

White to Play

0 S.Bakker • L.Gutman Dresden 2007

Black to Play

263) 0 V.Neverov • R.Strohhaeker Dresden 2007

Black to Play

Attack!

264) 0 Z.Mamedjarova • K.Nemcova Dresden 2007

265)

266)

White to Play

0 A.lljin • K.Sakaev Dresden (rapid) 2007

White to Play

0 K.Georgiev • B.Socko Dresden (rapid) 2007

White to Play

51


267) D H.Melkumyan • T.L.Petrosian Dubai 2007

Black to Play

268) D S.Mamedyarov • M.AI Modiahki Dubai 2004

269)

52

White to Play

D J.Burnett • R.Palliser Durham 2002

Black to Play

270) D D.Stellwagen • M.Bosboom Dutch League 2006

White to Play

271) D D. Van Kerkhof • M.Piket Dutch League 2007

White to Play

272) D F.Nijboer • M.Hoffmann Dutch League 2006

White to Play

273) D l.Winants • M.Okkes

274)

Dutch League 2006

White to Play

D E.Ferry • K.Ruxton Edinburgh 2007

Black to Play

275) D H.Brechin • J.Aagaard Edinburgh 2007

White to Play

Attack!

276) D B.Mudongo • S.Andriasian Ekaterinburg 2007

Black to Play

277) D T.Sabure • E.Danielian Ekaterinburg 2007

Black to Play

278) D O.Korneev • C.Landenbergue Elgoibar 2006

White to Play

53


279) 0 E.Rozentalis • M.Adams Elista 1998

Black to Play

280) 0 I.Sudakova • O.Guseva Elista 2002

White to Play

281) 0 D.Garcia llundain • A.Miles Escaldes 1998

Black to Play

54

282} 0 O.Gritsayeva • A.Kolomiets Evpatoria 2007

White to Play

283} 0 P.Golubka • A.Bagrationi Evpatoria 2007

White to Play

284) 0 V.Galakhov • A.Oiishevsky Evpatoria 2007

Black to Play

285) D Jo.Hall • A.Brusey Exmouth 2007

White to Play

286) D G.Mateuta • V.lovan

287)

Felix Spa 2007

White to Play

D N.Ristic • I.Adam Felix Spa 2007

White to Play

Attack!

288) D V.Marincas • L.Csilcser Felix Spa 2007

Black to Play

289) D E.Hintikka • T.Paakkonen Finnish League 2006

Black to Play

290) D T.Sammalvuo • V.Maki Finnish League 2007

White to Play

55


291) 0 O.Hindle • J.Van Oosterom Flushing 1962

292)

White to Play

0 T.Taylor • P.Vavrak Foxwoods 2007

Black to Play

293) 0 W.Schukowski • C.Jacob Frankfurt 2006

Black to Play

56

294) 0 A.Wirig • M.Kazhgaleyev French League 2003

295)

Black to Play

0 I.Nataf • J.Riff French League 2006

White to Play

296) 0 M.Apicella • N.Giffard French League 2003

White to Play

297) D S.Pucher • J.Lautier French League 2007

Black to Play

298) D E.Pospisil • M.Mroziak

299)

Frydek Mistek 2007

White to Play

D K.Motuz • P.Petran Frydek Mistek 2007

Black to Play

Attack!

300) D V.Talla • K.Motuz Frydek Mistek 2007

Black to Play

301) D A.Morozevich • K.Georgiev Fuegen 2006

White to Play

302) D A.Naiditch • S.Mamedyarov Fuegen 2006

Black to Play

57


303) D A.Greet • G.Pitl Gausdal 2007

White to Play

304) D P.Jagstaidt • A.Zozulia Geneva 2007

Black to Play

305) D F.Gehringer • I.Rausis Gerlingen 2007

Black to Play

58

306) D D.Baramidze • P.H.Nielsen German League 2006

Black to Play

307) D D.Navara • R.Rabiega

308)

German League 2006

Black to Play

D J.Fischer • V.Beim German League 2006

Black to Play

309)

310)

311)

D J.Nunn • (.Pritchett German League 1985

White to Play

D J.Werle • R.Mainka German League 2007

Black to Play

D L.Vogt • O.Teschke German League 2007

White to Play

312) D L.Zesch • P.Acs German League 2006

Black to Play

313) D M.Borriss • L.Nisipeanu German League 2007

Black to Play

314} D S.B.Hansen • J.Wintzer German League 2006

White to Play

Attack!

59


315)

316)

317)

60

D S.Ernst • S.Loeffler German League 2006

White to Play

D T.Luther • A.Sokolov German League 2007

Black to Play

D Z.Ribli • K.Muranyi German League 2007

White to Play

318) D F.Caruana • M.Adams

319)

320)

Gibraltar 2007

Black to Play

D F.Poggio • R.Livesey Gibraltar 2007

White to Play

D H.Rasch • E.Schiller Gibraltar 2007

White to Play

321)

322)

D I.Krush • K.Ruxton Gibraltar 2007

White to Play

D !.Rogers • R.Ris Gibraltar 2007

Black to Play

323) D J.Dworakowska • P.Cramling Gibraltar 2007

Black to Play

324)

325)

326)

D J.Hickman • S.Menon Gibraltar 2007

Black to Play

D K.Lahno • N.Malmdin Gibraltar 2007

White to Play

D N.Arsenault • R.Ris Gibraltar 2007

Black to Play

Attack!

61


327) D R.Wade • C.Horton Gibraltar 2007

White to Play

328) D S.Kristjansson • C.Salgado Allaria Gibraltar 2007

Black to Play

329) D V.Korchnoi • I.Krush Gibraltar 2007

Black to Play

62

330)

331)

D V.Korchnoi • I.Krush Gibraltar 2007

White to Play

D G.Popilski • I.Porat Givataim 2007

Black to Play

332) D P.Hopwood • M.Mackenzie Glasgow 2004

White to Play

333) 0 !.Robertson • !.Stokes Glenrothes 2005

White to Play

334) 0 A.Bodnaruk • V.Gunina Gorodets 2006

White to Play

335) 0 T.Seeman • R.Akesson Gothenburg 2006

White to Play

Attack!

336) 0 W.Unzicker • D.Bronstein Gothenburg 1955

Black to Play

337) 0 D.McGowan • L.MacGregor Grangemouth 2006

338)

White to Play

0 O.Adda • E.Janev Grenoble 2007

Black to Play

63


339)

340)

0 R.Di Paolo • J.Oiivier Grenoble 2007

White to Play

0 P.Holt • R.Palliser Guernsey 1995

White to Play

341) 0 C.Dorrington • S.Williams Halifax (rapid) 2004

Black to Play

64

342) 0 V.Siovineau • S.Rukminto Halkidiki 2007

White to Play

343) 0 M.Rogerson • R.Palliser Harrogate 2006

White to Play

344) 0 K.Smallbone • M.Brazier Hastings 2002

White to Play

345) D M.Taimanov • R.Persitz Hastings 1955

346)

347)

White to Play

D N.Short • P.Biyiasis Hastings 1979

White to Play

D S.Mulligan • D.Foord Hastings 2007

Black to Play

Attack!

348) D H.Westerinen • B.larsen Havana 1967

Black to Play

349) D S.5iebrecht • J.Diaz Diaz Havana 2007

Black to Play

350) D J.Turner • K.Smallbone Hereford 2000

White to Play

65


351) D R.Palliser • J.Horner Heywood 2006

Black to Play

352) D C.Otten • M.Bensdorp Hilversum 2007

Black to Play

353) D G.Grotenhuis • E.L'Ami Hilversum 2006

Black to Play

66

354) D Peng Zhaoqin • P.Van Nies Hilversum 2007

White to Play

355) D H.Schmoll • B.Giacomelli

356)

Hockenheim 2007

Black to Play

D L.Van Wely • P.Acs Hoogeveen 2002

Black to Play

357)

358)

0 A.Caveney • R.Tia Houston 2006

Black to Play

0 A.Hunt • R.Palliser Hove 1997

White to Play

359) 0 T.Harper • R.Palliser Hull 1999

Black to Play

Attack!

360) 0 E.Fomichenko • A.Anibar Illes Medes 2007

White to Play

361) 0 M.Pruja • A.Muratet Illes Medes 2006

Black to Play

362) 0 R.Gerber • M.Bartel Illes Medes 2007

Black to Play

67


363) 0 A.Zapata • G. Welling

364)

365)

68

Isle of Man 2002

White to Play

0 D.Howell • P.Wells Isle of Man 2005

Black to Play

0 J.Lutton • R.Palliser Isle of Man 2002

Black to Play

366) 0 L.Kritz • D.Kolbus Isle of Man 2005

Black to Play

367) 0 M.Devereaux • T.Lunn Isle of Man 2006

White to Play

368) 0 M.Ferguson • T.Eggleston Isle of Man 2006

White to Play

369) D O.Korneev • M.Devereaux Isle of Man 2006

Black to Play

370) D R.Palliser • V.Malakhatko Isle of Man 2005

White to Play

371) D R.Van Kemenade • M.Dougherty Isle of Man 2002

White to Play

Attack!

372) D V.lkonnikov • R.Palliser Isle of Man 2005

373)

Black to Play

D V.Sareen • S.Lohou Isle of Man 2005

White to Play

374) D V.Kuzubov • H.Wademark Isle of Man 2005

White to Play

69


375) D V.Kuzubov • R.Palliser Isle of Man 2006

White to Play

376) D V.Vakovich • G.Sarakauskas Isle of Man 2006

White to Play

377) D G.Dickson • G.Botterill Islington 1971

Black to Play

70

378) D M.Lambshire • R.Keely

379)

380)

Islington 1971

White to Play

D P.Scott • P.Simonds Islington 1971

White to Play

D S.Webb. R.Bellin Islington 1971

Black to Play

381) D J.Emms • L.Fressinet Istanbul 2000

White to Play

382) D M.Adams • M.Maki Uuro lzmir 2004

383)

White to Play

D M.lucey • N.Miller Kidlington 2003

Black to Play

384)

385)

D S.James • R.lobo Kidlington 2007

White to Play

D W.Burt. R.Dams Kidlington 2006

White to Play

386) D B.Spassky • V.Korchnoi Kiev 1968

White to Play

Attack!

71


387) D M.Novik • K.Sakaev Kirishi (rapid) 2007

Black to Play

388) D M.Darban • S.Paridar Kish 2005

Black to Play

389) D F.Schellmann • K.Kachiani Koenigshofen 2007

Black to Play

72

390) D T.Henrichs • M.Prusikin Konigshofen 2007

Black to Play

391) D A.Malienko • P.Kruglyakov Kyiv 2007

White to Play

392) D V.Kovalenko • A.Chistiakov Kyiv 2007

White to Play

393) 0 A.Perez Celis • F.Mingorance Torres La Laguna 2007

White to Play

394) 0 C.Damaso Tacoronte • C.Campos Vera La Laguna 2007

White to Play

395) 0 H.Marrero Falcon • B. Vega Gutierrez La Laguna 2007

White to Play

Attack!

396) 0 J.Siaby • L.Mendoza La Laguna 2007

White to Play

397) 0 R.Gimeno Higueras • J.Radulski La Roda 2007

Black to Play

398) 0 A.Vermolinsky • C.Onyekwere Las Vegas 2006

White to Play

73


399) 0 K.Cottrell • M.Aigner Las Vegas 2007

Black to Play

400) 0 P.Hopwood • G.Conroy

401)

74

Leeds 2001

White to Play

0 R.Palliser • S.Ansell Leeds 2005

White to Play

402)

403)

404)

0 R.Palliser • C.McNab Leeds (rapid) 1999

Black to Play

0 l. Van Wely • E.L' Ami Leeuwarden 2004

Black to Play

0 R.Palliser • D.Prole Leicester 1995

Black to Play

405) 0 S.Gordon • P.Hopwood

406)

Leicester 1998

Black to Play

0 T.Bailey • R.Palliser Leicester 1994

White to Play

407) 0 A.Karpov • M.Taimanov Leningrad 1977

Black to Play

Attack!

408) 0 I.Bondarevsky • M.Botvinnik Leningrad 1941

Black to Play

409) 0 G.Miralles • M.Thesing Lenk 2007

Black to Play

410) 0 P.Garcia Castro • J.Arizmendi Martinez Leon 2006

Black to Play

75


411) D A.Neiksans • H.Stefansson Liepaya (rapid) 2004

412)

413)

76

Black to Play

D A.Karpov • V.Salov Linares 1993

White to Play

D A.Shirov • V.Kramnik Linares 1997

Black to Play

414) D E.Kulovana • A.Berescu

415)

416)

Litomysl 2006

White to Play

D M.Biecha • A.Berescu Litomysl 2006

Black to Play

D M.Krupa • P.Giuriati Litomysl 2007

White to Play

417) D B.Addison • R.Palliser Liverpool 1999

Black to Play

418) D A.Rubinstein • Hirschbein Lodz 1927

419)

White to Play

D D.King • C.Crouch London 1977

Black to Play

Attack!

420) D D.Rowe • O.Boytsun London 2007

White to Play

421) D G.Steinkuehler • J.Biackburne London 1863

422)

Black to Play

D J.leake • J.Emms London 2006

Black to Play

77


423) D J.Mackinnen • J.Emms

424)

425)

78

London 2007

Black to Play

D J.Spreeuw • J.Emms London 2007

White to Play

D M.Adams • A.Hon London 1992

White to Play

426) D M.Cresswell • R.Wigbout London 2005

White to Play

427) D R.Bellin • A.Hanreck London 1977

White to Play

428) D R.Kieran • K.Smallbone London 2002

Black to Play

429) D R.Schulder • S.Boden London 1860

Black to Play

430) D V.Menchik • G. Thomas London 1932

White to Play

431) D W.Steinitz • S.Rosenthal London 1883

Black to Play

Attack!

432) D I.Andrenko • O.Kalinina Lviv 2007

Black to Play

433) D L.Butkiewicz • T.Van der Veen Maastricht 2007

Black to Play

434) D P.Saligo • P.Taverniers Maastricht 2007

White to Play

79


435) 0 D.M.Martin • H.Hernandez Carmenates Madrid 2007

White to Play

436) 0 R.Mateo • H.Hernandez Carmenates Madrid 2007

437)

80

Black to Play

0 V.Knox • B.Pytel Manchester 1981

White to Play

438) 0 P.Konguvel • A.Del Valle Cirera Manresa 2004

439)

White to Play

0 M.Ripari • J.Cori Mar del Plata 2007

White to Play

440) 0 R.Hungaski • O.Di Diego Mar del Plata 2007

White to Play

441)

442)

443)

0 F.Frink • J.Horyna Marianske Lazne 2007

White to Play

0 F.Stross • P.Benes Marianske Lazne 2007

White to Play

0 V.Hruby • B.Baum Marianske Lazne 2007

Black to Play

Attack!

444) 0 L.Milman • J.Fang Mashantucket 2005

White to Play

445) 0 B.Zivkovic • P.Bodiroga Mataruska Banja 2007

Black to Play

446) 0 V.Malakhatko • D.Hartmann Metz 2007

White to Play

81


447) D M.Leon Hoyes • O.Sanchez Enriquez Mexico City 2007

White to Play

448) D F.N.Stephenson • P.Rowntree Middlesbrough 2007

White to Play

449) D K.Zakoscielna • B.Siembab Mielno 2007

Black to Play

82

450) D P.Bobras • M.Kanarek Mielno 2007

Black to Play

451) D F.N.Stephenson • A.Greet Millfield 2000

White to Play

452) D A.Hellenschmidt • I.Sakayev Mineola 2006

White to Play

453) D N.Maiorov • A.Aieksandrov Minsk 2007

Black to Play

454) D M.Botvinnik • N.Padevsky Monaco 1969

White to Play

455) D P.Svidler • A.Morozevich Monaco (blindfold) 2007

Black to Play

Attack!

456) D A.Perez • F.Vallejo Pons Mondariz 1996

Black to Play

457) D F.Handke • A.Kosten Montpellier 2006

Black to Play

458) D T.Roussel Roozmon • A.Moiseenko Montreal 2004

Black to Play

83


459} D L.Aronian • M.Carlsen Morelia 2007

Black to Play

460} D M.Carlsen • V.Topalov Morelia 2007

Black to Play

461} D U.Capo Vidal • F.Magana Morelia 2007

White to Play

84

462} D A.Gavrilov • O.Yuzhakov Moscow 2007

White to Play

463} D A.Karpov • V.Korchnoi

464)

Moscow 1974

White to Play

D B.Jobava • J.Ehlvest Moscow 2007

White to Play

465) 0 B.Savchenko • C.Balogh Moscow 2007

Black to Play

466) 0 C.Torre Repetto • F.Samisch Moscow 1925

White to Play

467) 0 D.Bronstein • A.Kotov Moscow 1946

White to Play

Attack!

468) 0 D.Bronstein • E.Geller Moscow 1961

White to Play

469) 0 D.Markosian • A.Bodnaruk Moscow 2006

Black to Play

470) 0 D.Skurikhin • A.Samedov Moscow 2007

White to Play

85


471) 0 E.Aiekseev • S.Novikov Moscow 2007

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White to Play

472) 0 G.Kaidanov • V.Anand Moscow 1987

White to Play

473) 0 I.Khairullin • S.Vijayalakshmi Moscow 2007

White to Play

8 6

474) 0 I.Lysyj • J.Ehlvest Moscow 2007

White to Play

475) 0 J.Uiko • A.Zontakh Moscow 2007

White to Play

476) 0 N.Kharmunova • A.Gavrilov Moscow 2007

Black to Play

477) D R.Vaganian • G.Sargissian Moscow 2005

Black to Play

478) D S.lonov • A.Kremenietsky Moscow 2007

White to Play

479) D M.Botvinnik • V.Smyslov Moscow 1958

White to Play

Attack!

480) D Y.Balashov • K.Ambartsumova Moscow 2007

White to Play

481) D Y.Yakovich • A.Naiditsch

482)

Moscow 2007

White to Play

D G.Kasparov • V.Anand Moscow (rapid) 1996

White to Play

87


483) D V.Okhotnik • C.Marzolo Nancy 2007

484)

White to Play

D D.Marciano • E.Prie Narbonne 1997

White to Play

485) D D.Contin • L.Perdomo Necochea 2007

Black to Play

88

486) D J.Cubas • A.Shcherbine

487)

Necochea 2007

White to Play

D D.Barua • A.Dreev New Delhi 2007

Black to Play

488) D K.Shashikant • E.Hossain New Delhi 2007

White to Play

489) D N.Marache • P.Morphy

490)

New Orleans simul 1857

Black to Play

D L.Evans • A.Bisguier New York 1958

White to Play

491) D L.Evans • B.Zuckerman New York 1966

White to Play

492) D V.Kotronias • D.King New York 1990

White to Play

493) D X3D Fritz • G.Kasparov New York 2003

White to Play

494) D R.Palliser • D.Eggleston Newcastle (rapid) 2005

White to Play

Attack!

89


495) 0 S.Gordon • R.Palliser Newport Pagnell (rapid) 2007

White to Play

496) 0 E.Tomashevsky • I.Popov

497)

90

Nojabrsk 2005

White to Play

0 J.Skoberne • V.Hari Nova Gorica 2002

Black to Play

498)

499)

0 P.Kokol • M.Varini Nova Gorica 2007

White to Play

0 S.Jeric • J.Gombac Nova Gorica 2007

Black to Play

500) 0 S.Radosavljevic • D.Marholev Novi Becej 2007

White to Play

501)

502)

503)

D J.Mason • I.Gunsberg Nuremberg 1883

White to Play

D A.Biagidze • L.Stein Odessa 1960

Black to Play

D 'Aak' • R.Palliser online blitz 2006

Black to Play

Attack!

504) D 'La_Vie_en_rose' • R.Palliser online blitz 2006

White to Play

505) D G.Gamzardia • R.Palliser online blitz 2007

Black to Play

506) D H.Nakamura • R.Har Zvi online blitz 2007

White to Play

91


507) D J.Sammour Hasbun • T.L.Petrosian

online blitz 2007

White to Play

508) D R.Palliser • 'Diliman12' online blitz 2007

White to Play

509) D R.Palliser • 'Maratonac' online blitz 2007

White to Play

92

510)

511)

D R.Palliser • 'NoMore' online blitz 2006

White to Play

D R.Palliser • 'Quike' online blitz 2006

White to Play

512) D J.Kochetkova • A.Lomako Orel 2006

White to Play

513) 0 J.Reipsch • K.Zuse Osterburg 2006

White to Play

514) 0 T.Henrichs • H.Namyslo Osterburg 2006

White to Play

515) 0 A.Khantuev • K.Smallbone Oxford 2004

Black to Play

Attack!

516) 0 C.Timmins • C.Crouch

517)

Oxford 2004

White to Play

0 D.Bruce • G.Pafura Oxford 2004

Black to Play

518) 0 K.Smallbone • !.Marshall Oxford 2002

Black to Play

93


519) 0 L.Podgornei • W.Burt Oxford 2002

Black to Play

520) 0 M.Perryman • M.Brown Oxford 2004

Black to Play

521) 0 R.Palliser • A.Summerscale Oxford 2002

White to Play

94

522)

523)

524)

0 W.Burt • S.King Oxford 2005

White to Play

0 D.Bruce • R.Palliser Oxford {blitz) 2003

White to Play

0 J.Yates • M.Rose Oxford (blitz) 2005

White to Play

525) 0 K.Riley. W.Burt Oxford (blitz) 2003

Black to Play

526) 0 J.Speelman • W.Burt Oxford simul 2006

Black to Play

527) 0 R.Palliser • K.Henbest Oxford simul 2006

White to Play

Attack!

528) 0 R.Palliser • N.Miller Oxford simul 2003

White to Play

529) 0 M.Lostuzzi • A.Spada Palermo 2007

Black to Play

530) 0 J.Schulten • L.Kieseritzky Paris 1844

Black to Play

95


531) D J.Margiotta • M.Chen Parsippany 2007

White to Play

532) D A.Donskov • E.Prokuronov Peterhof 2007

Black to Play

533) D A.Malofeev • S.Fedoseev Peterhof 2007

White to Play

9 6

534) D M.Mustaps • N.Somova Peterhof 2007

White to Play

535) D V.Fedoseev • V.Khamidulin Peterhof 2007

Black to Play

536) D D.Strenzwilk • M.Thaler Philadelphia 2006

White to Play

537)

538)

D R.Dimitrov • E.Janev Plovdiv 2007

Black to Play

D I.Sokolov • V.Bologan Poikovsky 2006

Black to Play

539) D V.Bologan • DJakovenko Poikovsky 2007

Black to Play

Attack!

540) D M.Brugo • B.Grosse Honebrink Porto Mannu 2007

541)

542)

Black to Play

D J.Erneker • V.Meijers Prague 2007

Black to Play

D V.Babula • P.Biatny Prague 2007

White to Play

97


543) D I.Padurariu • M.Tutulan Predeal 2007

White to Play

544) D R.Palliser • D.G.EIIison

545)

98

Preston 2006

White to Play

D A.Bak • R.Palliser Pudsey 2007

Black to Play

546) D D.Rogic • M.Bulatovic

547)

Pula 2007

White to Play

D J.Pienca • I.Saric Pula 2007

Black to Play

548) D R.Vaganian • J.Gallagher Pula 1997

Black to Play

549) D C.Sandipan • L.Nisipeanu Pune 2006

Black to Play

550) D G.Kasparov • V.Chuchelov Rethymnon 2003

White to Play

551) D J.Parker • K.Rasmussen Rethymnon 2003

White to Play

Attack!

552)

553)

D M.Borriss • R.Palliser Rethymnon 2003

Black to Play

D R.Palliser • S.Zhigalko Rethymnon 2003

Black to Play

554) D N.Miller • H.Murray-Smith Richmond (rapid) 2002

White to Play

99


555) D D.Bronstein • N.Krogius Riga 1958

White to Play

556) D C.Voicu • D. Taras Romanian Team Championship 2006

557)

100

Black to Play

D R.Palliser • M.Surtees Rotherham (rapid) 2007

White to Play

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558) D A.Goloshchapov • I.Belov Russian Team Championship 2007

White to Play

559) D D.Bocharov • A.Babiy Russian Team Championship 2004

White to Play

560) D I.Nepomniachtchi • I.Kurnosov Russian Team Championship 2007

White to Play

T I

I

561) D S.Rublevsky • V.Bologan Russian Team Championship 2005

Black to Play

562) D V.Bologan • E. Van Haastert Saint Vincent 2005

563)

White to Play

D A.Shabalov • I.Krush San Diego 2004

White to Play

Attack'

564) D M.Colautti • L.Burijovich San Luis 2007

Black to Play

565) D ),Garro Beraza • E. Estevez Pegenaute San Sebastian 2007

White to Play

566) D J.Garro Beraza • J.Kuende Gorostidi San Sebastian 2007

Black to Play

101

The Co mplete Chess Wo rko ut

567) D J.Yrjola • J.Riesco Lekuona San Sebastian 2007

White to Play

568) D L.Schrocker • G.Stahlberg Santiago 1946

Black to Play

569) D ).Dominguez • E.lturrizaga Santo Domingo 2007

Black to Play

102

5 70) D M.Leon Hoyes • ).Dominguez Santo Domingo 2007

571)

572)

White to Play

D T.Rodrigues • R.Molina Santos 2007

Black to Play

D A.Graf • M.Carlsen Sanxenxo 2004

White to Play

573) D R.R.Castineira • J.Caselas Cabanas Sanxenxo 2007

White to Play

574) D M.Santos • D.Navarrette

575)

Sao Jose do Rio Preto 2007

White to Play

D S.Farago • H.Grooten Sas van Gent 1988

Black to Play

Attack!

576) D K.Arakhamia Grant • C.Hanley Scarborough 2004

577)

578)

White to Play

D O.Sagalchik • I.Krush Seattle 2003

Black to Play

D V.Menchik • S.Graf Semmering 1937

White to Play

103


579) 0 D.Cohen Gomez • G.Dizdar Seville 2007

Black to Play

580) 0 M.Narciso Dublan • A.Lazaro Porta Seville 2007

White to Play

581) 0 Wan Yunguo • Liang Chong Shandong 2007

White to Play

104

582) 0 Xiu Des hun • Du Shan Shandong 2007

White to Play

583) 0 M.AIIison • P.Hopwood Sheffield 1999

White to Play

584) 0 P.Hopwood • M.Newitt Sheffield 1997

White to Play

585) 0 C.Garma • R.5hanmugam Singapore 2006

586)

587)

White to Play

0 J.Tarjan • A.Karpov Skopje 1976

Black to Play

0 E.Ovod • Hou Yifan Sochi 2007

Black to Play

Attack!

588) 0 V.Gunina • Zhao Xue Sochi 2007

Black to Play

589) 0 V.Nebolsina • I.Gromova Sochi 2007

White to Play

590) 0 D.Aisina leal • A.Mirzoev Soller 2007

Black to Play

105


591) D R.Fischer • L.Myagmarsuren Sousse 1967

592)

593)

106

White to Play

D E.Piayer • C.Fegan Southend 2007

Black to Play

D P.Piasgura • S.Feller St Lorrain 2001

White to Play

594) D A.Gantsevich • A.Smirnov St Petersburg 2007

White to Play

595) D A.Giazov • A.Stroganov

596)

St Petersburg 2006

Black to Play

D E.Kulikov • R.Gogin St Petersburg 2007

White to Play

597) D I.Malakhov • V.Nikiforov St Petersburg 2007

598)

599)

White to Play

D I.Popov • P.Ponkratov St Petersburg 2007

White to Play

D N.Chadaev • A.Lanin St Petersburg 2007

Black to Play

Attack!

600) D P.Potemkin • A.Aiekhine St Petersburg 1912

Black to Play

601) D T.Airapetian • A.Burtasova St Petersburg 2007

Black to Play

602) D V.Kurilov • E.Urjubdshzirov St Petersburg 2007

White to Play

107


603) D D.Andreikin • A.Lanin St. Petersburg 2007

White to Play

604) D E.Sevillano • A.Stripunsky Stillwater 2007

Black to Play

60S) D G.Kaidanov • A.lvanov Stillwater 2007

White to Play

108

606)

607)

608)

D J.Ehlvest • D. Pruess Stillwater 2007

White to Play

D R.Anderson • A.Root Stillwater 2007

White to Play

D R.Piunkett • C.Latino Stillwater 2007

White to Play

609) D V.Akobian • E.Perelshteyn Stillwater 2007

610)

611)

Black to Play

D V.Shulman • I.Krush Stillwater 2007

White to Play

D Z.Bayaraa • J.Veal Stillwater 2007

White to Play

Attack!

612) D A.Pitson • S.Fraser Stirling 1998

Black to Play

613) D J.Bellon Lopez • E.Berg Stockholm 2006

White to Play

614) D V.Gagarin • F.Andersson Stockholm 2007

White to Play

109


615)

616)

0 R.Palliser • K.Cable Streatham 1993

White to Play

0 S.Jasny • R.Palliser Street 2004

White to Play

617) 0 !.Bernardino • D.Dragicevic Sydney 2007

White to Play

110

618) 0 Z.Borosova • K.Newrkla Szeged 2007

White to Play

619) 0 N.Short • Ye Jiangchuan

620)

Taiyuan 2004

White to Play

0 E.Sild • L.Piarnpuu Tallinn 2007

Black to Play

621) D I.Shvyrjov • V.Gansvind

622)

Tallinn 2007

Black to Play

D N.Miezis • B.Lelumes Tallinn 2007

White to Play

623) D V.Mikenas • D. Bronstein Tallinn 1965

Black to Play

624) D T.Grabuzova • D.Batyte Tallinn (rapid) 2006

White to Play

Attack!

625) D F.N.Stephenson • D.Humphries Teeside 1966

626)

White to Play

D Y.Stisis • J.Lundvik Tel Aviv 2001

White to Play

111


627)

628)

D J.Lener • J.Trapl Teplice 2007

Black to Play

D R.Svarc • M.Vokac Teplice 2007

Black to Play

629) D E.Geller • K.Langeweg The Hague 1962

White to Play

112

630) D F.N.Stephenson • F.Rayner Torquay 1998

631)

White to Play

D O.Foisor • M.Pavlovic Triesen 2007

White to Play

632) D A.Volokitin • M.Kravtsiv Ukrainian Team Championship 2007

White to Play

633) D C.Schlechter • P.Meitner Vienna 1899

White to Play

634) D R.Spielmann • Hoenninger Vienna 1929

White to Play

635) D S.Azarov • Y.Zherebukh Voronezh 2007

White to Play

636)

637)

D B.Tadic • D.Solak Vrsac 2007

White to Play

D D.Solak • Z.Arsovic Vrsac 2007

White to Play

638) D l.lvanisevic • D.Pikula Vrsac 2007

Black to Play

Att ack !

113


639) D Pham Minh • Tran Quoc Ding Vung Tau 2002

White to Play

640) D G.Spalding • S.Robertson Wantage 2006

White to Play

641) D A.Naiditsch • L.Ftacnik Warsaw 2005

Black to Play

114

642) D M.Krasenkow • T.Markowski Warsaw 2004

White to Play

643) D Z.Belsitzman • A.Rubinstein Warsaw 1926

Black to Play

644) D A.Leniart • J.Gdanski Warsaw (rapid) 2006

Black to Play

645) D G.Gajewski • A.Aieksandrov Warsaw (rapid) 2006

646)

647)

White to Play

D E.l'Ami • J.Smeets Wijk aan Zee 2007

White to Play

D H.Jonkman • E. Berg Wijk a an Zee 2007

White to Play

648) D J.Van der Wiel • Z.Peng Wijk aan Zee 2007

Black to Play

649) D l.Van Wely • S.Karjakin

650)

Wijk a an Zee 2007

Black to Play

D M.Adams • J.Piket Wijk aan Zee 1991

Black to Play

Attack!

115

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651) 0 M.Bosboom • T.Willemze Wijk a an Zee 2007

Black to Play

652) 0 M.Krasenkow • E. Van Haastert Wijk a an Zee 2007

653)

116

White to Play

0 N.Kosintseva • E.Berg Wijk a an Zee 2007

Black to Play

654) 0 W.Spoelman • E. Van Haastert Wijk aan Zee 2007

Black to Play

655) 0 K.Smallbone • D.Hackett

656)

Witney 2002

White to Play

0 R.Palliser • T.Headlong Witney 2003

White to Play

657) D J.Speelman • Peng Xiaomin Yerevan 1996

Black to Play

658) D Y.Hambartsumian • A.Vegiazarian Yerevan 2007

659)

Black to Play

D A.Moran • T.Turner York 2000

Black to Play

Attack!

660) D C.Costello • R.Palliser York 2003

Black to Play

661) D D.Adams • T.Braithwaite York 2006

662)

White to Play

D J.Woolley • R.Tozer York 2006

White to Play

117


663)

664)

D M.Bridger • R.Palliser York 2006

Black to Play

D P.Barber • B.Marshall York 2005

White to Play

665) D P.Hopwood • E.Cameron York 2000

White to Play

118

666) D P.Hopwood • J.Bennett

667)

668)

York 1998

White to Play

D P.Hopwood • P.Biacker York 1997

White to Play

D R.Palliser • D.Baldwin York 1997

White to Play

669) D R.Palliser • J.Woolley York 2006

White to Play

6 70) D R.Palliser • M.Rogerson

671)

York 2005

White to Play

D T.Turner • P.Hopwood York 2003

White to Play

Attack!

672) D R.Palliser • R.Mitchinson

673)

York simul 2001

White to Play

D M.Franic • R.Zelcic Zadar 2006

Black to Play

674) D K.Sasikiran • R.Ponomariov Zafra (rapid) 2007

White to Play

119


675)

676)

0 J.Pavic • Z.Petrovic Zagreb 2007

B/ackto Play

0 M.Mrdja • M.Vukusic Zagreb 2007

White to Play

677) 0 S.Kosanski • L.Lasic Zagreb 2007

White to Play

120

678) 0 Z.Takac • M.Vucic Zagreb 2007

White to Play

679) 0 R.Krajewski • D.Ziolkowski Zakopane 2001

Black to Play

3: Opening Tricks and Traps

Tactics are a part of chess virtually right from the word go and we must all be careful even

in the opening phase, especially when caught in an unfamiliar situation. Here I've in

cluded a number of the more common opening traps as well as a few favourites. This

should help the reader to avoid falling for them ever again, as well as making you ready to

pounce should your opponent slip up in the opening or very early middlegame phase.

680) D A.Genzling • J.Menendez Villar Aviles 2006

White to Play

681) D D.Jeremic • N.Nestorovic Belgrade 2006

Black to Play

682) D S.Ruzicic • P.Ljangov Belgrade 2006

Black to Play

683) D B.Budimir • V.Jakovljevic Bosnian Team Championship 2007

Black to Play

121


684)

685)

D A.A.Smith • H.Hunt British League 2004

White to Play

D D.Cork • G.Morris British League 2006

Black to Play

686) D J.Waterfield • C. Klein British League 2005

White to Play

122

687) D K.Williamson • J.Foster British League 2007

White to Play

688) D J.Boguszlavszkij • S.Cherednichenko Budapest 2007

689

White to Play

D !.Mueller • S.Tidman Bun ratty 2007

Black to Play

690) D R.Aibrecht • A.Bering Copenhagen 2006

White to Play

691) D M.Young • R.Palliser Cork 2005

Black to Play

692) D J.Soufflet • J.Bellay d'Angers 2007

Black to Play

Opening Tricks and Traps

693) D A.Harvey • R.Palliser Doncaster 2006

Black to Play

694) D I.Rajlich • P.Schuurman Dresden 2007

White to Play

695) D J.Kregelin • !.Kleinert Dresden 2007

White to Play

123


696) D P.Johansen • E.Peterson

697)

Dresden 2007

Black to Play

D P.Wells • A.Kharlov Dresden 2007

White to Play

698) D T.Lopang • O.Sikorova E kateri n burg 2007

Black to Play

124

699) D A.Santos • M.Ferro Evora 2006

White to Play

700) D F.Libiszewski • L.Roos French League 2007

White to Play

701) D I.Khenkin • C.Vernay Geneva 2007

White to Play

702) 0 U.Von Herman • D.Hausrath German League 2007

Black to Play

703) 0 V.Schudro • W.Schmeing German League 2005

White to Play

704) 0 D.Jameson • T.Nyland Gibraltar 2007

White to Play


705) 0 R.Palliser • P.Taylor Golders Green (rapid) 2004

White to Play

706) 0 A. Wilson • G.Dickson Hastings 2007

Black to Play

707) 0 R.Mateo • C.Larduet Despaigne Havana 2007

White to Play

125


708) D C.Hanley • J.Hickman

709)

Isle of Man 2005

White to Play

D P.Adams • C.Vitoux Isle of Man 2005

White to Play

710) D P.Schmidt • V.Rohmann Kiel 2003

White to Play

126

711) D R.Palliser • C.L.Lim Leeds (rapid) 1998

White to Play

712) D D.Terentiev • J.Gallagher Liechtenstein 1990

Black to Play

713) D O.Romanishin • A.Brenke Lippstadt 2004

White to Play

714) D R.Palliser • K.Smallbone London 2002

White to Play

715) D H. Van Gool • P.Biijlevens Maastricht 2007

White to Play

716) D S.Tiviakov • R.Rivera Rodriguez Morelia 2007

White to Play


717) D H.Lahlum • J.Uirichsen

718)

Norwegian League 2007

White to Play

D 'Sofine' • R.Palliser online blitz 2007

White to Play

719) D R.Palliser • S.Semkov online blitz 2007

White to Play

127


720) D L.Bianchini • S. Vitri Palermo 2007

Black to Play

723) D J.Pau • N.Farber Parsippany 2007

Black to Play

721) D P.Morphy • Duke Brunswick & Count lsouard 724) D H.Vasin • A.lstratescu Paris 1858 Patras 2001

White to Play

722) D I.Danilov • T.Tanav Parnu 2002

Black to Play

128

Black to Play

725) D L.Milov • A. Castro Acosta Sauzal (rapid) 2004

White to Play

726) D B.Willin • R.Auschkalnis Seefeld 2005

White to Play

727) D L.Shakarova • V.Zankovich Simferopol 1989

728)

Black to Play

D R.Gibbons • T.Rej Sydney 2007

Black to Play


729) D A.Fiitney • J.Escribano Tuggeranong 2007

White to Play

730) D L.Aronian • D.Navara

731)

Turin 2006

White to Play

D N.Oia • R.Tia USA 2005

White to Play

129

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732) D R.Reti • S.Tartakower Vienna 1910

White to Play

733) D D.Baramidze • L.Babuiian Yerevan 2006

Black to Play

734) D Z.Kozul • M.lllescas Cordoba Yerevan 1996

Black to Play

130

735) D A.Nezis • C. Duggan York 2007

Black to Play

736) D E.Hurwitz • P.Hopwood York 2003

Black to Play

737) D L.Cornhill • P.Hopwood York 2006

Black to Play

738) D P.Anderson • R.Palliser York 2007

Black to Play


739) D I.Armanda • I.Sitnik Zagreb 2007

White to Play

13 1

4: Skill in the Endgame

Studying the endgame is one of the best ways to improve and, while this isn't an endgame

guide, it would have been remiss not to have featured this most rich part of the game.

Many endgames are extremely tactical, while others are decided by some fundamental

piece of knowledge and, as such, this chapter will test your calculation, tactical eye and

general endgame understanding.

740) D T.Walter • D.Hiermann Aschach an der Don au 2006

741)

132

White to Play

D F.Yates • S.Tartakower Bad Homburg 1927

White to Play

742) D C.Balogh • L.Paichadze Baku 2007

White to Play

743) D L.Van Wely • G.Guseinov Baku 2007

White to Play

744)

745)

746)

0 A.Shirov • V.Kramnik Belgrade 1999

White to Play

0 C.McNab • A.Kunte Blackpool 2003

White to Play

0 R.Westra • R.Palliser Bolton 1998

Black to Play

Skill in t he Endg a m e

747) 0 F.Berkes • B.Tomic

748)

749)

Bosnian Team Championship 2007

White to Play

0 R.Palliser • M.Round Bradford 2000

Black to Play

0 A.Collinson • D.King British League 2004

Black to Play

133


750) 0 A.Galliano • K.Smallbone British League 2007

751)

752)

134

Black to Play

0 B.Savage • S.Shikerov British League 2002

Black to Play

0 C. Cobb • C. Duncan British League 2000

Black to Play

753)

754)

755)

0 K.Ozeren • S.Ciarke British League 2002

Black to Play

0 S.Barrett • P.Taylor British League 2007

Black to Play

0 S.Haslinger • R.Bates British League 2003

Black to Play

756)

757)

758)

D R.Wade • V.Korchnoi Buenos Aires 1960

White to Play

D Y.Vovk • P.Bobras Cappelle Ia Grande 2007

Black to Play

D A.Safronov • I.Lysyj Cheboksary 2006

Black to Play


759)

760)

D B.Jones • R.Dive Christchurch 2001

Black to Play

D P.5haw • R.Palliser Doncaster 2005

Black to Play

761) D A.Timofeev • G.Guseinov Dresden 2007

Black to Play

135


762) D R.Zelcic • A.Riazantsev Dresden 2007

Black to Play

763) D T.Kotanijian • L.Pantsulaia Dubai 2007

Black to Play

764) D J.Gustafsson • N. V.Pedersen Dutch League 2005

White to Play

136

765) D M.Socko • K.Le Kieu Thien Ekaterinburg 2007

Black to Play

766) D A.Grischuk • S.Rublevsky Elista 2007

White to Play

767) D W.Kreuscher • G.Sarthou French League 2003

Black to Play

768) D M.Borriss • H.Steingrimsson Fuegen 2006

Black to Play

769) D I.Khenkin • A.Vuilleumier Geneva 2007

770)

White to Play

D E.Bacrot • P.Tregubov German League 2007

White to Play

Sk i ll in the Endg a m e

771) D I.Giek • M.Roos German League 2005

White to Play

772) D J.Timman • D.Baramidze German League 2007

773)

White to Play

D G.Quillan • S.Ansell Gibraltar 2007

White to Play

13 7


774) 0 H.Nakamura • K.Arakhamia Grant Gibraltar 2007

Black to Play

775) 0 M.Adams • M.AI Modiahki Gibraltar 2007

776)

138

Black to Play

0 S.Citak • D.Dimitrijevic Gibraltar 2007

White to Play

777) 0 !.Trevelyan • F.Jenni Gothenburg 2005

Black to Play

778) 0 K.Terrieux • Y.Kryvoruchko Guingamp 2007

779)

Black to Play

0 K.Arkell • R.Palliser Halifax (rapid) 2004

White to Play

780)

781)

D R.Wade • R.Palliser Hampstead 1998

Black to Play

D H. Hunt • P.Hopwood Harrogate simul 1997

White to Play

782) D O.L.Napoles • M.Gongora Reyes Havana 2007

Black to Play

783)

784)

785)


D S.Mannion • V.Sareen Isle of Man 2005

Black to Play

D F.Yates • F.Marshall Karlsbad 1929

Black to Play

D R.Spielmann • O.Duras Karlsbad 1907

Black to Play

139


786) D A.Bannik • V.Nikolaevsky Kiev 1958

787)

788)

140

White to Play

D N.Djukic • M.Pavlovic Kopaonik 2005

White to Play

D C.Davies • D.Morgan Leeds 2005

Black to Play

789)

790)

791)

D I.Gourlay • R.Palliser Leeds 2002

Black to Play

D R.Palliser • J.Hunt Leeds 2001

Black to Play

D R.Palliser • J.Hodgson Leeds (rapid) 2000

Black to Play

792) D P.Barata • J.Costa Lisbon 2001

Black to Play

793) D A.Savickas • J.Garnelis Lithuanian Team Championship 2007

794)

White to Play

D P.Leko • V.Kramnik Monaco (blindfold) 2007

Black to Play

Skill in t he Endg a me

795) D J.Capablanca • Ed.Lasker

796)

797)

London 1914

White to Play

D I.Bilek • W.Heidenfeld Lugano 1968

Black to Play

D K.Rasmussen • J.Nunn Lugano 1985

Black to Play

141


798) D V.Smyslov • H.Rossetto Mar del Plata 1962

White to Play

799) D F.N.Stephenson • D.Spence Middlesbrough 1999

White to Play

800) D F.N.Stephenson • T.Wise Middlesbrough 1959

White to Play

142

801) D W.Banach • S.Birjukov Mielno 2007

Black to Play

802) D A.Volokitin • S.Ganguly Moscow 2007

White to Play

803) D D.Bronstein • M.Botvinnik Moscow 1944

White to Play

804) 0 G.Garcia Gonzales • M.Quinteros Moscow 1982

White to Play

80S) 0 S.Movsesian • Y.Kuzubov Moscow 2006

Black to Play

806) 0 S.Grigoriants • E.Shaposhnikov Moscow 2007

White to Play

Skill in t he Endgame

807) 0 S.Novikov • D.Jakovenko Moscow 2007

White to Play

808) 0 J.Ehlvest • M.Biuvshtein

809)

New York 2003

White to Play

0 C.Schlechter • H. Wolf Nuremberg 1906

Black to Play

143


810) 0 B.Savchenko • R.Har Zvi online blitz 2007

Black to Play

811) 0 M.Chigorin • S.Tarrasch Ostende 1905

White to Play

812) 0 T.Michalczak • R.Schoene Osterburg 2006

Black to Play

144

813) 0 K.Smallbone • M.Brown

814)

815)

Oxford 2000

White to Play

0 R.Palliser • !.Lappage Oxford 2002

White to Play

0 R.Palliser • !.Lappage Oxford 2003

Black to Play

816) D D.Milovanovic • D.Jacobs Parsippany 2007

817)

818)

White to Play

D D.Bronstein • O.Panno Petropolis 1973

White to Play

D P.Acs • V.lvanchuk Rethymnon 2003

Black to Play

Skill in t he Endgame

819) D A.Berke • B.Franciskovic Rijeka 2007

White to Play

820) D D.Bocharov • M.Roiz Russian Team Championship 2007

White to Play

821) D A.Nimzowitsch • S.Tarrasch San Sebastian 1911

Black to Play

145


822) D E.Bystryakova • S.Airumian St Petersburg 2007

823)

White to Play

D V.Gunina • O.Dolgova St Petersburg 2007

Black to Play

824) D A.Shabalov • G.Kaidanov Stillwater 2007

White to Play

146

825) D L.Karlsson • J.Furhoff Stockholm 2007

White to Play

826) D V.Onischuk • G.Timoshenko Tallinn 2007

827)

Black to Play

D T.Petrosian • B.lvkov leslie �979

White to Play

828) 0 G. Wall • F.N.Stephenson Torquay 1998

Black to Play

829) 0 K.Arakhamia Grant • A.Baburin Triesen 2007

830)

Black to Play

0 A.Shirov • L.Aronian Wijk a an Zee 2007

White to Play

Skill in t he Endgam e

831) 0 L.Van Wely • L.Aronian Wijk aan Zee 2007

Black to Play

832) 0 L.Winants • L.B.Hansen Wijk a an Zee 1994

Black to Play

833) 0 T.Warakomski • D.Baramidze Yerevan 2006

White to Play

147

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834) D M.Carpenter • !.Wallace

835)

York 2006

White to Play

D M.Round • R.Palliser York 2007

Black to Play

836) D R.Palliser • P.Gayson York 2006

White to Play

148

837) D V.Krutti • R.Palliser York 2000

Black to Play

838) D I.Sokolov • K.Sasikiran Zafra 2007

White to Play

5: Loose Pieces and Overloading

As several of the puzzles in the previous four chapters should have emphasized, whenever

there's a loose piece on the board (remember LPDO!) make sure that there isn't a tactic

available against that undefended piece. Solving the following puzzles should further em

phasize that point, while also helping the reader to master how to give the enemy a loose

piece: often by decoying a defender away or by overloading the defensive responsibilities

of any covering piece.

839) 0 J.Lacasa Diaz • J.Moreno Ruiz Abierto 2007

Black to Play

840) 0 R.Perez • J.Ramirez Garcia Aguascalientes 2007

White to Play

841)

842)

0 M.Tal • P.Benko Amsterdam 1964

White to Play

0 E.Can • M.Erdogdu Ankara 2007

White to Play

149


843)

844)

D F.Caruana • C.Majer Arvier 2007

White to Play

D V.Korchnoi • A.Karpov Baguio City 1978

White to Play

845) D M.Narciso Oublan • J.Timman Barcelon a 2006

White to Play

150

846) D R.Lundberg • A.Czerownski Barlinek 2007

Black to Play

847) D K.Faranka • S.AI Aqrabi Beirut 2007

Black to Play

848) D R.Damaso • V.Malakhov Benidorm (rapid) 2006

White to Play

849) D F.Parr • M.Collins Black pooll956

White to Play

850) D W.Heidenfeld • M.Franklin Blackpool1956

851)

White to Play

D A.Kosten • M.Taylor British League 2004

White to Play

852)

853)

854)

Loose Pieces an d Overloading

D D.Rosen • P.Taylor British League 2007

Black to Play

D I. Thompson • B.Lund British League 2005

White to Play

D J.Parker • N.Pert British League 1999

Black to Play

151


855) 0 J.Piaskett • J.Gallagher British League 2001

White to Play

856) 0 J.Shaw • L.Johannessen

857)

152

British League 2005

White to Play

0 J.Shepley • D.Rosen British League 2006

Black to Play

858) 0 K.Bhatia • E.Bentley British League 2007

White ta Play

859) 0 K.Richardson • K.Ozeren British League 2007

860)

Black ta Play

0 L.Davis • C.Rice British League 2007

White to Play

861) D N.Aifred • K.Smallbone

862)

863)

British League 2007

White to Play

D R.Palliser • A.Brameld British League 1998

White to Play

D R.Palliser • J.Houska British League 2003

White to Play

Loose Pieces an d Overloadin g

864) D T.Hagesaether • D.Rabbitte British League 2005

865)

866)

White to Play

D A.Salem • P.Doggers Budapest 2007

Black to Play

D W.Weiler . L.Toth Budapest 2007

Black to Play

153


867) D l.Cooper • P.Walsh Bun ratty 2007

White to Play

868) D H.Pilaj • A. Naranjo Moreno Campi! los 2007

White to Play

869) D !.Rogers • A.Fitzpatrick Canberra 2007

White to Play

154

870) D M.Carlsen • l.Fressinet Cap d'Agde (rapid) 2006

White to Play

871) D Y.Drozdovskij • V.Georgiev Cappelle Ia Grande 2007

White to Play

872) D l.Mkrtchian • A.Riazantsev Ch ely abin sk 2007

White to Play

873)

874)

875)

D T.Rendle • V.Arjun Coulsdon 2007

White to Play

D M.Ferro • A.Rotstein Cutro 2007

Black to Play

D S.Krivoshey • M.Ferro Cutro 2007

White to Play

Loose Pieces an d Over loading

876)

877)

D A.Aoustin • A.Perez d" Angers 2007

White to Play

D S.Reefat • I.Hakki Doh a (rapid) 2006

White to Play

878) D R.Palliser • A.Khandelwal Don caster 2005

White to Play

1 5 5


879) D R.Palliser • B.Hague Don caster 1998

White to Play

880) D A.Beliavsky • E. Van den Doel Dresden 2007

White to Play

881) D E.Zweschper • R.Giantz Dresden 2007

Black to Play

156

882} D J.Jorczik • V.Gashimov Dresden 2007

Black to Play

883} D K.Georgiev • F.Holzke Dresden 2007

Black to Play

884) D M.Womacka • l.Kritz Dresden 2007

White to Play

885)

886)

0 N.Katte • R.Pert Dresden 2007

Black to Play

0 R.Ruck • A.Dreev Dresden 2007

Black to Play

887) 0 S.Zhigalko • V.Durarbayli Dresden 2007

White to Play

Loo se Pieces and Overlo ading

888) 0 A.Burnett • G.Bucher Edinburgh 2006

White to Play

889) 0 D.Eggleston • A.Ramaswamy Edin burgh 2003

890)

White to Play

0 R.Jones • K.Ruxton Edi n burgh 2007

Black to Play

157

The Co mplete C hes s Workout

891) D T.Kosintseva • J.Jackova Ek aterin burg 2007

White to Play

892) D D.Jakovenko • A.Shirov Foros 2007

893)

1 5 8

Black to Play

D R.Hess • G.Kamsky Foxw oods 2007

Black to Play

894) D C. Wagner • G.Miralles French League 2007

Black to Play

895) D S.Tiviakov • D.Bunzmann French League 2007

White to Play

896) D B.Thorfinnsson • E.Najer Fuegen 2006

Black to Play

897) 0 E.Porper • N.Mikkelsen

898)

899)

Gausdal 2007

White to Play

0 G.Tallaksen • E.Lie Gausdal 2007

Black to Play

0 S.Reppen • V.Guddahl Gausdal 2007

Black to Play

Loo s e Pieces and Over lo ading

900) 0 A.Cherniaev • P.Pauchard Geneva 2007

901)

902)

White to Play

0 A.Huss • I.Khenkin Geneva 2007

Black to Play

0 F .Handke • A. Reuss German League 2004

White to Play

159

T he Complete Chess Wor ko u t

903) D F.Langheinrich • Y.Pelletier German League 2006

Black to Play

904) D G.Sargissian • L.Nisipeanu German League 2006

905)

160

Black to Play

D N.Firman • K.Sakaev German League 2007

White to Play

906) D S.Kindermann • !.Schneider German League 2007

Black to Play

907) D T.Heinemann • T.Sarbok German League 2007

White to Play

908} D V.lvanchuk • Z.Gyimesi German League 2006

White to Play

909) 0 Z.Ribli • S.Kalinitschew German League 2007

White to Play

910) 0 A.Butnorius • P.Cramling Gibraltar 2007

911)

Black to Play

0 I.Krush • K.Richardson Gibraltar 2007

White to Play

Loose Pieces an d Overl oadin g

912) 0 J.Rashleigh • M.Bucknell Gibraltar 2007

913)

914)

Black to Play

0 J.Sarkar • F .Obers Gibral tar 2007

White to Play

0 R.Ramesh • D. Werner Gibraltar 2007

White to Play

161

The Complete Chess Wor ko u t

915) 0 T.Abergel • P.Wallace Gibraltar 2007

916)

917)

162

White to Play

0 P.Keres • B.5passky Goth en burg 1955

White to Play

0 J.Oiivier • O.Adda Gren oble 2007

Black to Play

918) 0 V.5myslov • C.Kottnauer Gronin gen 1946

White to Play

919) 0 A. Walton • R.Palliser Halifax (rapid) 2006

Black to Play

920) 0 M.Breutigam • W.Pajeken Hamburg 2006

White to Play

921)

922)

D R.Palliser • (.Adrian Hampstead 1998

Black to Play

D A.Greet • A.Grant Hastin gs 2006

White to Play

923) D N.Donovan • R.Webster Hastin gs 2006

White to Play


924) D J.Bowers • !.Stewart Hen sol Park 2007

White to Play

925) D D.Stellwagen • M.Bosboom Hilversum 2007

White to Play

926) D L.Kuznetsova • M.Bogorads Hockenheim 2007

Black to Play

163

The Complete C hes s Workout

927) 0 A.Aiekhine • M.Euwe Holland 1937

White to Play

928) 0 R.Palliser • A.Stalmans Hull1996

Black to Play

929) 0 M.Georgiou • R.Palliser Hull (rapid) 1993

Black to Play

164

930) 0 V.lkonnikov • P.Negi Isle of Man 2005

White to Play

931) 0 V.Malakhatko • H.Groffen Isle of Man 2005

White to Play

932) 0 D.Morris • M.Gilhespy Islin gton 1971

Black to Play

933) D J.Gunnarsson • J.lraheta Istan bul 2000

White to Play

934) D S.Rublevsky • M.Gurevich Khan ty Man siy sk 2005

935)

White to Play

D G.Meins. D.Abel Koenigsh of en 2007

White to Play


936) D !.Morales • P.Heimbacher La Laguna 2007

White to Play

937) D T.Zapata • W.Moreno Lima 2007

White to Play

938) D M.Carlsen • V.lvanchuk Linares 2007

White to Play

165


939)

940)

941)

166

D E.Rayner • Z.Vranesic London 1977

White to Play

D G.James • P.Waters London 1977

White to Play

D J.Nunn • !.Plaskett Lon don 1986

White to Play

942)

943)

D P.Large • C.Baker Lon don 1977

White to Play

D T.Hebbes • R.Palliser London 1993

Black to Play

944) D W.Hartston • M.Basman Lon don 1977

White to Play

945) D A.Tsirulnik • O.Kosyachenko Lviv 2007

Black to Play

946) D D.Arutyunova • A.Maiko Lviv 2007

White to Play

947) D J.Biackburne • J.Owen Man chester 1890

White to Play

Loo se Pieces an d Overlo adin g

948) D L.Ausan • Chan Wei Vi Man ila 2006

Black to Play

949) D M.Najdorf • H.Rossetto Mar del Plata 1956

950)

White to Play

D L.Kiima • D.Boros Marianske Lazn e 2007

White to Play

167

The Complete Ches s Workout

951) D !.Markiewicz • R.Sokolowski Miel no 2007

White to Play

952) D T.Warakomski • D.Orzech Mielno 2007

Black to Play

953) D L.Bergez • M.Vassallo Barroche Mislata 2001

Black to Play

168

954)

955)

D E.Hodinott • R.Palliser Molescrof t 1992

Black to Play

D V.lvanchuk • V.Anand Monaco (blindf old) 2007

White to Play

956) D V.Kramnik • V.lvanchuk Monaco (rapid) 2007

Black to Play

957) 0 M.Aimada • B. Roselli Mailhe Mon tevideo 2007

B lack to Play

958) 0 V.lvanchuk • V.Topalov Morelia 2007

959)

White to Play

0 V.Milov • V.Akobian Morelia 2007

White to Play


960) 0 A.Chudinovskikh • A.5itnikov Moscow 2007

White to Play

961) 0 E.Vasiukov • R.Kholmov Moscow 1964

962)

White to Play

0 I.Kashdan • A.Kotov Moscow 1946

White to Play

169


963) D K.Ambartsumova • V.Gunina Moscow 2007

Black to Play

964) D T.L.Petrosian • K.Lahno Moscow 2007

White to Play

965) D T.Petrosian • B.Spassky Moscow 1966

White to Play

170

966) D T.Petrosian • V.Simagin Moscow 1956

White to Play

967) D V.Burmakin • V.Burlov Moscow 2007

White to Play

968) D V.Malakhov • A.Areshchenko Moscow 2005

White to Play

969)

970)

971)

D V.Ragozin • V.Panov Moscow 1940

Black to Play

D C.Sandipan • M.Nezar Nan cy 2007

Black to Play

D A.Saidy • A.Santasiere New York 1955

White to Play

Loo se Pieces an d Overlo adin g

972) D J.Capablanca • M.Fonaroff New York 1918

White to Play

973) D J.Capablanca • W.Graham New castle upon Ty n e 1919

974)

White to Play

D P.Maletin • E.Andreev Nizh n ij Tagil 2007

White to Play

171

The Complete Chess Wor ko ut

975) D R.Palliser • Ja.Gallagher Norw ich 1994

Black to Play

976) D M.Andrijevic • M.Grunberg Novi Becej 2007

Black to Play

977) D J.Aagaard • R.Wiltshire Oban 2006

White to Play

172

978} D B.Rutkowski • S.Hilton Olszty n 2005

White to Play

979) D 'Erdnussbuddha' • R.Palliser onlin e blitz 2007

980}

White to Play

D G.Kamsky • M.Sher on line blitz 2007

White to Play

981) D J.Lappage • K.Smallbone Oxford 2005

White to Play

982) D K.Smallbone • P.Lipman Oxford 2002

983)

White to Play

D W.Burt • K.Smallbone Oxford 2003

White to Play

Loo se Pieces and Over lo ading

984) D W.Burt. P.Mclntosh Oxford 2002

White to Play

985) D E.Dervishi • F.Vallejo Pons Palermo 2007

986)

Black to Play

D W.Uhlmann • R.Fischer Palma de Mallorca 1970

Black to Play

173


987) D An.Timofeev • D.Yevseev Peterhof 2007

Black to Play

988) D Nguyen Thien Viet • Pham Due Thang Ph u Quae 2007

989)

174

Black to Play

D F.Giani • S.Garofalo Porto Mann u 2007

Black to Play

990)

991)

D P.Gnetti • A.Orlov Porto Man nu 2007

Black to Play

D A.Samuels • N.Miller Portsmouth 2003

Black to Play

992) D F.Wegerer • A.Jankovic Pula 2007

White to Play

993) D U.Krstic. K.McPhillips

994)

Pula 2007

White to Play

D K.Landa • F.Manca Reggio Emilia 2007

Black to Play

995) D A.Huzman • G.Kasparov Reth y mn on 2003

White to Play

Loose Pieces an d Overlo ading

996) D H.Baldursson • T.Bjornsson Rey kj avik 2007

Black to Play

997) D V.Doroshkievich • V.Tukmakov Riga 1970

Black to Play

998) D S.Solovjov • A.Belozerov Russian Team Championship 2007

Black to Play

175


999) D R.Vera Gonzalez • F.Aguado Zabaleta San Sebastian 2007

1000)

1001)

176

White to Play

D P.Morales • R.Vera San ta Clara 2007

Black to Play

D R.Palliser • A.Dyce Scunth orpe (rapi d) 1998

Black to Play

1002) D R.Palliser • M.Hankinson Sh ef f ield 2007

White to Play

1003) D J.Sadorra • Dao Thien Hai Singapore 2006

White to Play

1004) D V.Anand • V.Kramnik Sofia 200S

White to Play

1005) D T.Vujcic • Z.Matas Solin 2007

White to Play

1006) D P.Obiamiwe • E.Piayer South end 2007

Black to Play

1007) D A.Yermolinsky • A.Stripunsky Stillw ater 2007

White to Play

Loo s e Pieces and Overlo ading

1008) D S.Kudrin • R.Robson Stillw ater 2007

White to Play

1009) D (.Hanley • G.Jones Street 2003

White to Play

1010) D T.Gavriel • R.Palliser Sutton 1997

Black to Play

177

The Co mplete C hess Workout

1011) D B.Mandla • H.Cunanan Sy dn ey 2007

1012)

Black to Play

D I.Rogers • l.llic Sy dney 2007

White to Play

1013) D D.Benidze • D.Magalashvili Tbilisi 2007

White to Play

178

1014) D A.T.Martinez • P.Lezcano Jaen Torrelavega 2007

White to Play

1015) D E.Garcia • A.Ghobrial Tuggeran ong 2007

1016)

Black to Play

D A.Fedorov • A.Lastin Voronezh 2007

Black to Play

1017) 0 L.Van Wely • L.Aronian Wij k a an Zee 2007

White to Play

1018) 0 V.Kramnik • A.Shirov Wij k aan Zee 2007

1019)

White to Play

0 R.Palliser • P.Tuplin Withern sea 1992

Black to Play

Loose Pieces an d Overlo ading

1020) 0 R.Palliser • S.Bekker Jensen Witley 1999

White to Play

1021) 0 A.Karpov • R.Bergmann Wolf s burg simul 2007

White to Play

1022) 0 A.Grigoryan • S.Jessel Yerevan 2006

White to Play

179

The Complete Ches s Workout

1023) D V.Kramnik • L.Aronian Yerevan (rapid) 2007

White to Play

1024) D P.Hopwood • P.Barber York 2001

White to Play

1025) D P.Hopwood • T.Eggleston York 2001

Black to Play

180

1026) D S.Sriharan • P.Hopwood York 1995

White to Play

1027) D S.Watson • H.Lockwood York 2003

Black to Play

1028) D A.lsmail • R.Mitchinson York (rapid) 2007

Black to Play

6: Fiendish Calculation

The main aim of this work has been to ensure that the reader is fully aware of the more important tactical motifs in all areas of the game. Working regularly through the previous five chapters should help to ensure that you rarely miss a common tactic ever again. However, it's also good to stretch ourselves from time to time and here are fifty puzzles to do just that: even the very strong club player should struggle with some of these!

1029) 0 D.Sadvakasov • G.Baladjaev Bak u 2007

White to Play

1030) 0 A.Trifunovic • S.Lalic British League 1999

Black to Play

1031) 0 D. Wheeler • J.Emms British League 2005

Black to Play

1032) 0 E.Sutovsky • I.Sokolov British League 2005

White to Play

1 8 1


1033) D M.Turner • D.Howell British League 2004

White to Play

1034) D P.Georghiou • C.Mogasha British League 1999

White to Play

1035) D W.Watson • R.Kuczynski Bun desliga 1995

Black to Play

182

1036) D T.Sakelsek • R.Rodriguez Lopez Campillos 2007

1037)

1038)

White to Play

D A.Sokolov • A.Vovk Cappelle Ia Grande 2007

White to Play

D P.Sott • P.Pokorny Czech League 2003

Black to Play

1039) D J.Piachetka • L.Zinn Decin 1974

White to Play

1040) D R.Tozer • R.Palliser Doncaster 2005

v..J� �··� Jli �tO DtD . ; jjj jjj jjj D*� Dt7£ ='� 0 � � 0 D b�JiDAD D � 7iirftD � � « � s

D � D OW/// �ri�n�D�7ti'f 0 � jjj jjj ;; §l ��0§0�

Black to Play

1041) D D.Grassie • M.Duke Edin burgh 2006

White to Play

F iendish Calculat ion

1042) D C.McNab • S.Brunello Edinburgh (rapid) 2007

White to Play

1043) D D.Trifunovic • H.Koch Fefternitz 2001

White to Play

1044) D S.Karjakin • L.Van Wely Foros 2007

White to Play

183


1045) D J.Horvath • A.Kosten

1046)

French League 2002

Black to Play

D L.Ftacnik • O.Cvitan German League 1997

Black to Play

104 7) D M.Richter • G.Hertneck German League 2007

White to Play

184

1048) D K.Spraggett • J.Speelman Hastin gs 1989

White to Play

1049) D S.Williams • V.Prosiriakov Hastings 2007

White to Play

1050) D P.Johnson • R.Palliser Hull1997

Black to Play

1051) D B.Perenyi • A.Schneider Hungary 1978

White to Play

1052) D S.Fairbairn • P.Bobras Isle of Man 2005

1053)

Black to Play

D B.Kantsler • I.Smirin Jerusalem 2005

Black to Play

Fiendish Ca lculation

1054) D A.Aiekhine • A.Rubinstein Karlsbad 1923

1055)

White to Play

D R.Palliser • R.Eames Kenilw orth 2001

White to Play

1056) D D.Marovic • T.Tsagan Krak ow 1964

White to Play

1 8 5


105 7) D D.Mastrovasilis • B.Savic Litoh oto 1999

1058}

White to Play

D D.King • J.Emms Lon don 2003

White to Play

1059) D Ed.Lasker • G. Thomas Lon don 1912

White to Play

186

1060) D F.N.Stephenson • M.Biaine Lon don 1962

1061}

White to Play

D NN • E.Mason Lon don 1948

Black to Play

1062) D S.Williams • R.Palliser Lon don 2000

White to Play

1063) D Hsu Li Liang • J.Nunn

1064)

Man ila 1992

Black to Play

D P.Leko • M.Carlsen Monaco (rapid) 2007

Black to Play

1065) D A.Morozevich • L.Aronian Morelia 2007

White to Play

Fien dis h Cal cul at ion

1066) D S.Volkov • V.Zvjaginsev Moscow 2005

Black to Play

1067) D Zhou Jianchao • D.Bocharov Moscow 2007

Black to Play

1068) D M.Sorokin • G.Nureev Russian Team Championship 2002

Black to Play

187

The Complete Chess Worko u t

1069) D S.Karjakin • A.Rychagov Russian Team Championship 2007

White to Play

1070) D B.Larsen • T.Petrosian Santa Monica 1966

White to Play

1071) D A.Miles • M.Nedobora Seville 1994

White to Play

188

1072) D M.Ragger. A.Wirig Szeged 2007

White to Play

1073) D L.Aroshideze • G.Nigalidze Tbilisi 2007

1074)

White to Play

D E.Cordova • I.Smirin Turin 2006

White to Play

1075) 0 S.M.Gonzalez • M.Fernandez Juan Valencia 1995

Black to Play

1076) 0 V.Georgiev • D.Jakovenko Wij k aan Zee 2007

Black to Play

1077) 0 D.Karatorossian • T.Nalbandian Yerevan 2007

White to Play

Fiendis h Cal cul ation

1078) 0 li Chao • Wang Hao Yerevan 2006

White to Play

1079) 0 T.L.Petrosian • Ara.Minasian Yerevan 2007

White to Play

1080) 0 B.Marshall • P.Hopwood York 2002

Black to Play

189

7: Ten tests

So has this work improved your tactical eye? I certainly believe that it should have done, but it's now time to check just how far you've advanced while reading (or rereading) this work. Ten tests now follow with points available for each position. Tot up your score as you work your way through each set of twelve puzzles and then compare your total with the table below.

20-22 Sure y ou're n ot a Grandmaster or In ternation al Master?

17-19 Strong cl ub play er.

14-16 Mak in g progress tow ards the top end of y our club.

11-13 Average club pl ay er.

8-10 Starting to grasp some of th e essen tials.

5-7 Begin n in g to progress after recently tak in g up the game.

0-4 Reread th is book!

190

1081) D D.Rodriguez • S.Polgar Tun j a 1989

Black to Play

1082) D D.Bronstein • G.llivitzki Moscow 1948

White to Play

1083) D D.Adams • R.Palliser York 1999

Black to Play

Ten Tests

Test One

1084) D A.Baburin • R.Palliser British League 2004

White to Play

1085) D R.Palliser • D.Hotham Hull1994

Black to Play

1086) D P.Gower • P.Hopwood York 2001

Black to Play

191


1087) D C.McNab • J.Sherwin British League 2003

White to Play

1088} D R.Ziatdinov • V.Kotronias Cork 2005

Black to Play

1089) D I.Berzina • D.Ciuksyte Tallin n (rapid) 2006

White to Play

192

1090) D S.Schulz • E.Kulovana Dresden 2007

Black to Play

1091) D I.Zakharevich • E.Ovod St Petersburg 2002

1092)

White to Play

D J.Cox • L.Trent Southen d 2007

White to Play

1093) D L.Aronian • P.Svidler

1094)

Moscow 2006

Black to Play

D P.Bielby • S.Smith corresponden ce 2000

Black to Play

1095) D !.Parkin • R.Palliser London 1993

Black to Play

Ten Tests

Test Two

1096) D S.Levitsky • F.Marshall Breslau 1912

1097)

Black to Play

0 A.Adorjan • Z.Ribli Budapest 1979

White to Play

1098) D D.B.Lund • J.Rowson British League 1999

White to Play

193


1099) 0 T.Abergel • D.Tebb British League 2003

�-A� ,��E -t� �tOOt r��t� !@;

� � 'l /W/� �fl��-%�� f'l �

� � � �W/// :s:'vi& fvi& �vi& fv� %� �� %� §; §' '� ';§ ·� % / / /. < � � . ;; r � ; - :

White to Play

1100) 0 C.Frostick • N.Miller British League 2004

Black to Play

1101) 0 A.Cullen • L.Varnam British League 2005

Black to Play

194

1102) 0 A.Siinger • P.Rooney Bradford 2006

White to Play

1103) 0 Z.Zhao • J.Markos Ath ens 2001

White to Play

1104) 0 C.Cooley • N.Noden British League 2007

White to Play

Ten Tes ts

Test Three

1105) D P.O'Neill • P.Hopwood York 2000

Black to Play

1106) D V.Balbashova • A.Sulejmanova Evpatoria 2007

Black to Play

1107) D R.Aionso • C.Ciaros Egea Lorca 2005

White to Play

1108) D Reiner • W.Steinitz Vienn a 1860

Black to Play

1109) D D.Bronstein • C.Kottnauer Prague 1946

White to Play

1110) D A.Karpov • V.Malaniuk Moscow 1988

White to Play

195


1111) D M.Turner • J.Mestel British League 2000

Black to Play

1112) D P.Sowray • R.Palliser

1113)

196

Oxf ord 2003

Black to Play

D A.Potts • T.Rendle British League 2004

White to Play

1114) D A.Jones • !.Gallagher Lugan o 2007

Black to Play

1115) D V.Anand • L.Van Wely Mon aco (blin df old) 2007

1116)

White to Play

D L.Aronian • G.Papp Ath en s 2001

White to Play

Ten Tests

Test Four

1117) D E.Schon • W.Egan Tuggeran on g 2006

White to Play

1118) D P.Mahesh Chandran • P.Vavrak Dallas 2004

White to Play

1119) D Lin Zhigen • R.Hvistendahl Tuggeran on g 2007

White to Play

1120) D Z.lzoria • A.Heimann Philadelph ia 2006

White to Play

1121) D A.Samedov • M.Kirikova Moscow 2007

Black to Play

1122) D A.Kolev • J.Hernando Rodrigo La Lagun a 2007

White to Play

197

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1123) 0 E.Grivas • A.Hrisostomidis Halkidik i 2007

White to Play

1124) 0 G.Pitl • B.Savchenko Dresden 2007

B lack to Play

1125) 0 I.Sokolov • I.Saric Bosn ian Team Ch ampion sh ip 2007

White to Play

198

1126) 0 S.Pucher • N.Gerard Nan cy 2007

Black to Play

1127) 0 R.Palliser • J.Burnett

1128)

Don caster 2006

White to Play

0 M.Euwe • R.Reti Amsterdam 1920

Black to Play

Ten Tes ts

Test Five

1129) D U.Von Herman • H.Tabatt Koenigsh ofen 2007

White to Play

1130) D A.Pomar Salamanca • l.Liljedahl Goth en burg 1971

White to Play

1131) D M.Ferguson • P.Wallace British League 2005

White to Play

1132) D H.Stadt • K.Roehrl Hock en h eim 2007

White to Play

1133) D A.Aiekhine • S.Reshevsky Kemeri 1937

White to Play

1134) D (.Morrison • M.Basman Manch ester 1981

Black to Play

199


1135) 0 M.Cebalo • R.Aieksic Bizovac 2007

White to Play

1136) 0 K.Spraggett • M.Hernandez Garcia Seville 2007

White to Play

1137) 0 P.Svidler • S.Tiviakov Wij k a an Zee 2007

White to Play

200

1138) 0 W.Cnossen • G.Regniers Belgian League 2006

Black to Play

1139) 0 F.N.Stephenson • K.Neat Middlesbrough 1972

1140)

White to Play

0 A.Karpov • I.Csom Bad Lauterberg 1977

White to Play

1141) 0 M.Vanderbeeken • C.Fiear Cann es 2007

Black to Play

1142) 0 R.Palliser • R.Westra Doncaster 2006

White to Play

1143) 0 O.Dvirnyy • A.Pomaro Verona 2007

White to Play

Ten Tes ts

Test Six

1144) 0 G.Morris • R.Burton

1145)

Guern sey 2002

White to Play

0 C.Gibson • O.Cork Bri ti sh League 2006

White to Play

1146) 0 S.Narayanan • V.lkonnikov Hastings 2006

Black to Play

201


1147) D P.Szakolczai • A.Okara Budapest 2006

Black to Play

1148) D D.Bronstein • B.Ratner Moscow 1945

White to Play

1149) D C.McNab • P.Gayson British League 2002

White to Play

202

1150) D V.Sareen • R.Palliser Isle of Man 2005

Black to Play

1151) D V.Bologan • R.Vaganian Fuegen 2006

White to Play

1152) D P.Negi • E.Hermansson Malmo 2007

White to Play

1153) D K.Berbatov • P.Suuronen Cam pi I los 2007

White to Play

1154) D E.Repkova • P.VIkovic Tri esen 2007

White to Play

1155) D E.Akatova • V.Nebolsina Sochi2007

Black to Play

Ten Tests

Test Seven

1156) D A.Lukovnikov • S.Bezgodova Voron ezh 2007

Black to Play

1157) D J.Ehlvest • M.lllescas Cordoba Logrono 1991

White to Play

1158) D A.Brown • M.Hardman British League 2007

White to Play

203


1159) D L.Debbage • R.Palliser Stok e on Tren t 1994

Black to Play

1160) D J.L.Weller • B.Ciarke Halif ax (rapid) 2006

White to Play

1161) D V.Cmilyte. E.Atalik Dresden 2007

Black to Play

204

1162) D G.Rotlewi • A. Rubinstein Lodz 1907

Black to Play

1163) D L.Evans • B.Larsen Dallas 1957

Black to Play

1164) D B.Spassky. M.Tal Mon treal1979

Black to Play

1165) 0 O.Hindle • A.Horton

1166)

1167)

Birmingham 1961

White to Play

0 R.Kynoch • S.Hogg Glen rothes 2005

White to Play

0 G.Neave • D.Bryson Edin burgh 2006

Black to Play

Ten Tests

Test Eight

1168) 0 G.Ballon • S.Meenakshi Triesen 2007

Black to Play

1169) 0 R.lrizanin • D.Sarenac Belgrade 2007

Black to Play

1170) 0 E.Rozentalis • D.Preuss Cappelle Ia Grande 2007

Black to Play

205

The Compl e t e Chess Wor kout

1171) D R.Palliser • D.Howell Cork 200S

Black to Play

1172) D J.Valmana Canto • T.Eggleston Sw ansea 2006

White to Play

1173) D V.Zheleznov • A.Vovk Uk rain ian Team Ch ampion ship 2007

Black to Play

206

1174) D A.Hunt • D.Howell British League 200S

Black to Play

1175) D K.Spraggett • P.Lianeza Vega San Sebastian 2007

White to Play

1176) D J.Smeets • Bu Xiangzhi Wij k a an Zee 2007

Black to Play

1177) D O.Bernstein • J.Capablanca Moscow 1914

Black to Play

1178) D K.Smallbone • J.Ciiffe Wan tage 2000

White to Play

1179) D R.Donner • F.N.Stephenson Gisborough 2001

Black to Play

Ten Tests

Test Nine

1180) D G.Cooper • J.Smith British League 2006

White to Play

1181) D V.lvanchuk • L.Van Wely Mon aco (rapid) 2007

White to Play

1182) D H.Lehtinen • K.Kaiju Fin nish League 2007

White to Play

207


1183) 0 V.Kramnik • P.Svidler Dortmund 1998

White to Play

1184) 0 V.Onischuk • M.Kravtsiv Lviv 2007

White to Play

1185) 0 M.Coleman • G.Simms Tulsa 2007

White to Play

208

1186) 0 T.Taylor • T.Mirabile Foxw oods 2007

White to Play

1187) 0 G.Lisitsin • V.Ragozin

1188)

Leningrad 1934

White to Play

0 A.Aiekhine • M.Prat Paris simul1913

White to Play

Ten Tests

Test Ten

1189) 0 R.Palliser • P.Davies Doncaster 1998

White to Play

1190) 0 !.Bonilla Guzman • R.Michelmann Bad Homburg 2005

Black to Play

1191) 0 W.Arluck • !.Benjamin Parsippany 2007

Black to Play

1192) 0 N.Katte • E.Zweschper Dresden 2007

Black to Play

1193) 0 M.Granados Gomez • D.Larino Nieto

Torrelavega 2007

White to Play

1194) 0 D.Navara • R.Ponomariov Wijk aan Zee 2007

White to Play

209

The Compl ete Chess Wor kout

1195) 0 L.Milman • J.Rukavina Pula 2007

1196)

White to Play

0 G.Meier • M.Saltaev German League 2007

White to Play

1197) 0 A.Pashikian • A.Yegiazarian Yerevan 2007

Black to Play

210

1198) 0 L.Portisch • B.Berger Amsterdam 1964

White to Play

1199) 0 T.Sammalvuo • J.Smeets Gausdal 2004

White to Play

1200) 0 R.Palliser • R.Dineley British League 2001

White to Play

8: Solutions

Chapter One

1) Andres Gonzalez-De Ia Villa Garcia 1 l::ra7! exploits the weakness of Black's back rank to pick up the a-pawn.

2) Yermolinsky-Kurosaki 11Llf7+! 1·0 Black's queen is lost after l . . .l::rxf7 2 fiiixc7.

3) Esen-Demirel 1 �xa6! exploits the pin down the c-file to win a pawn.

4) Mortola-Scanferla 1 ... Viixg1+! 0·1 It's mate after 2 .!:txgl fi:el+ 3 l::rxe1 .lhel#.

5) Fedorov-Mamedjarova 11Llg6+! 1·0 It's mate after l...l::rxg6 2 fiiixh7#.

6) Khudaverdieva-Miezis 1 ... 1Llh3+! 0·1 White's queen is lost.

7) Baudson-Gil

Solut ions

1 �xa7! netted a pawn in view of l . . .l::rxa7? 2 �xc6 after which Black must give up a piece on d7 since 2 ... ll:xd8? fails to 3 l::rxd8#.

8) Damjanovic-Panic 11Llxg6! fxg6 2 l:l:xe6 wins a pawn.

9) Mitrovic-Mihajlovic 1 ... fi:xc2! sees Black win a piece in view of 2 Wxc2 1Dxd4+ and 3 . . . 1Dxf3.

10) Emms-Burgess 1 b4! 1·0 White wins a piece and gains a crushing attack after l . . .Viixb4 2 1ilxe5.

11) Quinn-Lyell Black wins a piece with 1 ... J::rxc1! 2 l::rxc1 Viixf4+ 3 Wh3 Viixc1 0·1

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12) Simons-Noyce 1 il,c6! 1-0 White wins the queen in view of l . ..'lil'xc6 2 "li!'xf7#.

13) Soszynski-Stevenson 1 ... il,xf2+! 2 il,xf2l::txd1 wins the exchange.

14) lvanov-Sanduleac 1 f!:xh7+! 1-0 It's mate with l . . .lilxh7 2 "lil'h4+ "li!'h6 3 tt:lg5+ lilhS 4 "li!'xh6#.

15) Vadja-K.Haznedaroglu 1l::txe6! 1-0 Black must give up his queen to keep g7 defended.

16) Galyas-Wilke 1 "li!'xh7+! 1-0 It's mate with l . . .tt:lxh7 2 tt:lg6#.

17) Farago-Gretarsson 1 ... tt:lxa3! wins a pawn in view of 2 bxa3 "li!'xc3.

18) Drozdovskij-V.Georgiev 1 il,xf7+! lhf7 2lhb8+ wins a pawn.

19) Rrhioua-Debray 1 ... tt:lf3+! 0-1 Mate follows with 2 "li!'xf3 "li!'gl#.

20) Hylands-Uddin 1 il,h6! 1-0 It's mate on g7 or on h7 after l.. .gxh6 2 "li!'xh7#.

21) Riazantsev-Galstian 1 il,xg6! 1-0 Mate follows.

22) Abdui-Murshed 1l::txb7! wins either a rook or queen for rook: 1 ... 'l!Vxf2+ (or l . . .l:!.xb7 2 "li!'d8#, while l . . . 'l!Va4 fails to the mating 2 ll:b8+) 21iih2 1-0

23) Reefat-Abdul 1 tt:lg6+! 1·0 It's mate after l . . .hxg6 2 ll:hl#.

24) Graf-Gasthofer 1 ... "lil'h2+ 21!if1 "li!'h1+! 0-1 It's mate with 3 tt:lxhl l:!.xhl#.

25) Hafenstein-Brunello 1 ... il,xh3! wins a key pawn since 2 gxh3 allows 2 . . . 'l!Vg6+ 31ilg4 tt:lxh3+ 4l!ih2 "li!'xg4.

212

Solut ions

26) Savickas-Hunt 1 Il1a7+! 'i!l'xa7 2 l:lxa7+ ll<xa7 3 'ill' as+ li<b7 4 'i!l'xb5+ 1-0 White emerges queen for rook ahead.

27) Erdogdu-David 1 ... 'i!l'xh3+! 0-1 It's mate after 2 l:lxh3 l:tgl# and 2 \l<el 'i!l'xhl+ 3 lild2 'iil'xal only delays the inevitable.

28) Vaganian-Siebrecht 11Dxg6+! 1-0 It's mate after l . . .hxg6 2 'iil'h3+ �h6 3 'i!l'xh6#.

29) Durarbeyli-Damljanovic 1 ... 'i!l'xf3+! 0-1 Black wins a piece after 2 1i<xf3/Dd4+ and 3 . . . 1Dxc2.

30) Shalimov-Bagrationi 11Dc6! bxc6 2 'i!l'xb8 wins the exchange.

31) Gozzoli-Reinhart 11Dh6+! 1-0 Black's queen is lost.

32) Holland-Rough 1 ... 1Dxf2! 21i<xf2 (or 2 l:txf2 .!hg3) 2 ... �<5+ 3 �e3 �xe3+ 41i<xe3 fl:xg3+ wins a pawn.

33) Garcia-Strand 1 �Xf7+! 1-0 It's mate with l . . .lilxf7 2 'i!l'h7+ li<fS 3 l:tf6#.

34) Helin-Manetto 11Dc7+! wins a rook since l . . .'i!l'xc7? fails to 2 l:tbel + lildS 3 'iil'e7+ IiieS 4 'iil'xfS+.

35) Vea-Rasch 1 �xf7+! wins a pawn in view of l . . . J:ixf7? 2 /DgS.

36) Wallace-Dekker 11Df6+! �xf6 2 'i!l'xh7# 1-0

37) Westra-Palliser 1 Sxf5! 1-o White wins a rook after l.. .Sxf5 2 'i!l'xg4+.

38) Wilman-Tate 1 'i!l'xc6! 1-0 White wins a piece in view of l . . .'i!l'xc6 2 1De7+ and 3 /1Jxc6.

39) Salimbeni-Hutchinson 1 ... �h2+! 2lilxh2 'iil'xf1 wins the exchange.

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40) Schut-Bensdorp 1.-.J:i:xd2+! 0-1 Black emerges a piece ahead after 2 lilxd2 i<b4+ and 3 . . . i<xa5.

41) Bogorads-Jahr 1 J:i:xf7+! 1-0 Black either loses his rook or emerges a piece down after J . . . J:i:xf7 2 'ili'xf7+ lilxf7 3 1i'lg5+ and 41Llxe4.

42) Gladyszev-Kidambi 1 .. Jl:h1+! 0-1 White cannot avoid losing his bishop and queen.

43) Siebrecht-Szieberth 11i'lxd6! wins a clear pawn in view of the skewering l . . .'ili'xd6? 2 i<f4.

44) Zimmerman-Adams 1 'ili'xd4+! 1-0 Mate follows with 1.. .J:i:xd4 2 J:le8#.

45) May-Hecht 1 ... 1Llxa2! wins a pawn in view of 2 'ili'xa2 "lll'xcl +.

46) Nikolaeva-Vozovic 1 ... I!xh3+! 0-1 Mate follows with 2 gxh3 "lll'gl#.

4 7) Vysochin-Sergeev 1 J:i:xf7+! 1-0 White wins a piece after l . . . lilxf7 2 1i'lxg5+ lile7 3 1i'lxh3.

48) Balanovskij-Kusnetsov 1 ... 1i'lg3+! 0-1 White must give up his queen to avoid 2 hxg3 'ili'h6#.

49) Kurajica-Schneider Sanchez 1 J<xh7+! lilh8? (better is l . . .lilxh7, although after 2 'ili'd3+ lilg8 3 "lll'xbS White is the exchange ahead) 2 i<d3 1-0 Black cannot both save his rook and prevent mate.

SO) Alonso Contreras-Trujillo Delgado 1 J<xh6! wins a pawn in view of l ... J<xh6? 2 1i'lf6+ and 3 1i'lxd7.

51) Moreto Quintana-Koziak 1 ... 'ili'h2+! 0-1 It's mate after 2 lilxh2 gl"lll'#.

52) Hindle-Puig Puildo 1 'ili'xg5! 1-0 White decisively threatens 2 'ili'h4+ and 3 Sxh7+ and, of course, l . . .'ili'xgS fails to 2ll.xh7#.

214

Solut i ons

53) Ficco-Godena 1.-Jl.xa2! 0-1 Black picks up a second pawn and forks the white rooks after 2 f!.xa2 �xc4.

54) Martin del Campa-Alonso Arteaga White wins the exchange: 1 li:lb6 1-0

55) Kosten-Marchal 1 l:!:d8+! 1-0 It's mate after l...'!ihd8 2 'li'xc6# or l . . .�xd8 2 'liVeS#.

56) Touret-Petkov 1 ... 1i:lf3! 0-1 It's mate after 2 gx£3 (or 2 h3 �xh3! 3 g3 'iVhS) 2 . . . �xf3+ 3 Wgl 'li'g4#.

57) Guliyev-Schweitzer 1 Jl.xf7! 'ii'a5 (the main point is that l . ..li:lxf7 2 li:lde6+ �xe6 3 tt:lxe6+ wins the black queen) 2 �d5 saw White pick up a key pawn and gain a large advantage.

58) Chudinovskih-Nikolenko 1 l:!:h8+! '.llxh8 2 'li'h3+ Wg8 3 'li'xe6+ 1-0 It's mate with 3 . . . Wh7 4 l:lh2#.

59) Okara-Yuganova 1 'li'd8+! 1-0 It's mate after l .. Jhd8 2 l:!:xd8+ '.llg7 3 h6#.

60) Venevtsev-Mozharov 1 ... 'il'xf3! 0-1 Black wins a rook since it's mate after 2 gxf3l:l:xh2#.

61) Bronstein-Koblencs 1 iile611-0 Black must lose the exchange since 1... fxe6 2 'iVxfS+ mates.

62) Lasker-Steinitz 1 f!.g4! 1-0 White has an easy exchange-up win after l . . .l:!:xh7 (or l . . . Wd7 2 li:lf6+ We6 3 f!.gS Wxf6 4 ll:xhS) 2 f!.g8+ ll<d7 3 li:lf6+ li<d6 4 tt:lxh7 �xh7 5 l:td8+.

63) Aguilar-Leskovar 1 ... l:txh2+! 2 Wxh2 'lil'h6+ 31i<g1 'li'g5+ 0-1 It's mate on g2.

64) 'Andrei21'-Palliser 1 'li'b711-0 Black can't prevent mate on g7 since 1. . .15 2l:te5 is no help.

65) Palliser-'Perparim3' 1 'li'xc211-0 White wins a rook in view of l . . .�xc2 2l:te8#.

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66) Bruce-Palliser 1 J:!:f8+! �xf8 2 a8'11i'+ �g7 and now the simplest win was 3 'lilb7+ �g6 4 'lli'c6+ and 5 'lli'xc4.

67) Smallbone-Terry 112if6+! 1-0 Black loses the exchange after l . . .�xf6 2 'lli'd5+.

68) Chua-lzoria 1 ... '11i'xd4+! 0-1 Mate follows in view of 2 'lli'xd4 l:!:el#.

69) Katz-Tomasko 1 J:i:xh7+! �xh7 2 'li'h5+ �g7 3 'lli'g6+ �h8 (or 3 . . . �£8 4 'i'f7#) 4 'l!Vh6# 1-0

70) Hylapov-Lintchevski 1.ixh7+! �8 (Black loses the exchange after l . . . li:ixh7 2ll:xe8+) 2Sxe8+ li:ixe8 3 .ifS left White a pawn up.

71) Nickei-Deruda 1ll:h8+! 1-0 Black loses his queen.

72) Markus-Doric 1.ixb7! wins a pawn in view of Black's vulnerable back rank.

73) Hempson-Palliser 1 ... 11:ixd4! 0-1 Black wins a second pawn after 2 12ixd4 .ixc5 3 12if3 .ixf2+.

74) Volokitin-Bareev 1ll:h1+! 1-0 Mate follows with l . . .�xh7 2 'i'xf7+ �h6 3 :!!.hl+ �g5 4 'li'f4#.

75) Tyomkin-Gaprindashvili 1 '!Wxfs! 1-o White wins the rook since l . . .li:ixf5? allows 2 ll:eS#.

76) Rodriguez-Needleman 1Sf7+! 1-0 It's mate with l . . .l:txf7 2 12ie8#.

77) Corrales-De Ia Paz The pin down the e-file costs White his queen after 1 ... 12id3+! 0-1

78) Morozevich-Movsesian 1 ... 12if1+! 2 �h111:ixh2 0-1 3 . . . 12ixf3+ is threatened and White can't avoid mate since 3 lhh2 fails to 3 .. 'l!Vxf3+.

79) Ward-Palliser 1 :!!.xeS+! 1-0 White queens after l . . .�xeS 2 fxg7.

216

Solu t ions

80) Palliser-Houska 1 oid8+! 1-0 Black loses her queen after l...�xd8 2 'i!l'xb6+.

81) Gavrilov-Perez Garcia 1 J:l:xb7+! �c8 (and not l . . .�xb7? 212ld6+ �b8 3 1i:lxc4) 2 Sb3 nets a key pawn.

82) Ambartsumova-Kochetkova 11l.xh6! wins a pawn in view of l . . .gxh6 2 'iil'xf6.

83) Bogdanov-Rodkin 1 .. Ji:xa7! 2l:ixa7 oic5+ forks to win a piece.

84) Eliseev-Kurilov 1.!l.xh7+! 1-0 It's mate after l . . .�xh7 2 'ilxg6+ �h8 3 'ilh7#.

85) Guzenko-Kiobukov 1 'ila6+! bxa6 2 laa7# 1-0

86) Lomako-Airapetian 1 ... 11.xg2+! 0-1 It's mate on the back rank, although also good and actually mating a move faster is 1. . .'ilxg2+! 2 :Sxg2 l:!el+.

87) Vunder-Zacurdajev 1 ... 1i:lf3+! 2 gxf3 'i!l'g6+ 3 �h1 'ilhs o-1 Mate follows down the h-file.

88) Palliser-Seymour 1 ltxhS! and White won a piece in view of 1 . . . gxh5? 2 'i!l'g5 and 3 'ill'xg7#.

89) Zimmermann-Lener 1 Sxe6! wins a piece in view of l . . .�xe6 2 1i:lxc5+ and 3 1i:lxb7.

90) Mordue-Dilleigh 1 oixh7+! �xh7 2 'ill'd3+ �g8 3 'iil'xd6 won a pawn.

91) Starostits-Bezler 1 oixc7! wins a pawn in view of Black's back-rank weakness.

92) San Segundo Carrillo-Wojtaszek 1 ... Sh1+! 0-1 It's mate after 2 �xhl (or 21!ig3 'iil'g4#) 2 . . . 'iil'fl + 31!ih2 'ill'xg2#.

93) Karpov-Stojanovic 1'i'xh6+! gxh6 2 litg8# 1-0

94) Golovin-lvanov 1 Sxg7+! Jaxg7 21i:lxf6+ 1-0 Black can only give up his queen to delay mate.

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95) Walas-Gajewski 1 ... il,xd4 2 'lil'xd41ilb3! wins the exchange on al .

96) Rhodes-Hopwood Black wins White's rook with a common and important tactic: 1..Jl:g1! 2 l:txa2 (otherwise the pawn queens) 2 ... l:tg2+ 311ie3l:.xa2.

97) Rogerson-Palliser 1 ... ll.xb4! 0-1 Black emerges a piece ahead after 2 lhb4 il,a5 3 li<e2 il,xb4.

98) Cloudsdale-Hopwood 1 ... l:txc3! 0-1 Black wins a piece in view of 2 'i!l'xc3 'lil'xe2.

99) Hopwood-Lockwood 1ll.xd6! 'lil'b8 (capturing the rook costs Black material after 1 .. 'lil'xd6 2 'l!l'xa8+ llie7 3 'lil'xh8 and even the relatively best 1 . . . 0-0 2 l:txd8ll.fxd8 leaves White's extra queen and pawn somewhat superior to Black's rook and bishop) 2 'i!l'd7+ llif8 3 l:tdc6 and White won the black queen and shortly the game.

100) Pecnik-Galoic 1 if'xh6+! 1-0 It's mate after 1. . .11ixh6 2 J:i:h3+ llig7 3 Sh7#.

Chapter Two

101) Pupols-Adamson 1 ... 11Jxh3+! 2 gxh3? (or 2 11iflli:Jxf2 3 'lil'xf2ll.c8 with an extra pawn and some advantage) 2 ... 'l!l'xh3 3 'i!l'e2 il,h2+ 411ih1 il,f4+ 5 llig1 lads gave Black an overwhelming attack.

102) Yusupov-Reuss 11Zlxg6+! il,xg6 2 d611ig8 3 d7 1-0 The d-pawn costs Black his queen.

103) Fontein-Euwe It's mate on the back rank: 1..Jl.c1! 0-1

104) Campbeii-Beggi 111:lxf7! 1-0 The threat of discovered check is rather powerful after 1 . .. 1il'c7 (it's mate after l . . . llixf7? 2 1il'e6+ llifS 3 ii:lg5 11Jce5 411Jxh7#) 2 'lil'e6.

105) De Marco-Bashkite 1 ... ll:xg2! 2 'i!Vxd2 (or 2 1lixg211:lf4+ winning White's queen) 2 ... 'i!Vh2# 0-1

106) Moiseenko-lsmagambetov 1 ... il,xg2! 0-1 White must lose his queen after 2 il,xg211Jf3+ since 3 il,xf3 fails to 3 . . . gxf3+ and 4 . . . 'lil'g2#.

218

S olut ions

107) Zacarias-Valiente 1 �xa6! removes a key pawn, after which 1.-.ll:b1+ (or l . . . 'Wixa6 2 'Wixb2 with an overwhelming attack and an extra exchange) 211ih2 'llllb2 3 .l1Lb7+! gave White a crushing attack.

108) Skalkotas-Kotrotsos 1 ll:h8+! 1-0 It's mate on hS: l . . .<i:lxhS 2 'WixhS+ �xhS 3 ll:xh8#.

109) Ni Hua-Palliser Black can prise open the a-file with decisive effect: 1 ... ll:xa3! 2 bxa3 'Wixa3 3 ll:d4 cxd4 4 'ilfb2 'Wia5! o-1 5 . . . d3 follows.

110) Hoelzi-Knoll Black is defenceless down the h-file: 1 �xh7+! llih8 (or l . . .llixh7 2 'i!VhS+ llig8 3 ll:h3 and mates) 2 'l!Vh5 1-0

111) Teske-Stangl 1 �xg6+! <i:lxg6 (or 1 . . . 11/gS 2 <i:lf7 'l!Vb6 3 'l!Vxb6 ll:xb6 4 iilxd8 <i:lxg6 5 ll:xd7 with an extra rook) 2 <i:lxd7 ll:xd7 3 ll:xd7+ 1-0 Black's queen is lost after 3 ... 'l!Vxd7 4 l:!c7.

112) Popovic-Pinter 1 ... �xg2! 2 <i:lxg2 <i:lxh3+ 3 llif1 'l!Vh2 0-1 It's mate after 4 ll:xe7 'Wigl+ S llie2 'l!Vxf2#.

113) Narciso Dublan-Mecking 1 �xh7+! llixh7 (or 1. . .11/hS 2 'l!VxdS with two extra pawns) 2 'l!Vxd5 �d6 (Black loses his queen after both 2 . . . �e6 3 'Wie4+ and 2 . . . il.c6 3 'i!VfS+, while 2 . . . 'l!Vb6 3 'Wixd7 leaves White two pawns ahead and still with a strong attack) 3 'Wixd6 ll:xe3 4 g6+ llih8 5 gxf7 'i!VfS 6 'l!Vxd7 and White's extra pawns carried the day.

114) Korchnoi-Karpov 1 ... 1i:lf3+1 0-1 It's mate after 2 gxf3 (or 2 11/hl lilf2#) 2 . . . ll :g6+ 3 11/hl <i:lf2#.

115) Mamedjarova-Naiditsch 1 ... 'Wixd1+! 2 �xd1 ll:e1+ 3 'Wig1l:ixg1+ 411ixg1 <i:lxe4 left Black a pawn up in a highly favourable ending.

116) Horvath-Seres 1 111'xh5+l llig8 (it's mate after l ...gxhS 2 ll:g7+ llih6 3 �cl#) 2 J:l:xg6+! 1-0 Mate follows after 2 .. .fxg6 3 'l!Vxg6+ llifS 4 �a3+.

117) Berczes-Roussel Roozmon 1 �xh7+! llixh7 2 'Wib1+ 11/gS 3 'l!Vxb2 wins a pawn.

118) Molano Lafuente-Conde Chijeb 1lhf7+! 1-0 It's mate after l . . .ll:xf7 (or 1 . ..11/hS 2 ll:h7+!) 2 'l!Vxg6+ llih8 3 'i1Vg8#.

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119) Colom Andres-Zohaib Hassan 1 ... 1i'if2+! 0·1 Mate follows after 2 1i'lxf2 '!!l'f3+.

120) Alshoha·EI Kawabia 1 �xf7+! �h8 (l . . . �x£7 2 1ileg5+ �g8 3 '!!l'c4+ leads to a smothered mate) 2 �xeS won the exchange.

121) Leenhouts-Sielecki 1 f!xf7+! �xf7 2 '!!l'h7+ 1-0 Mate follows after 2 . . . �f8 (or 2 . . . �e6 3 '!!1'15#) 3 �h6+.

122) Motwani-Wiersma 1 1i'lxe6! 1-0 White wins the exchange on f8 since l . ..dxe6? 2 1i'lf7+' ll:xf7 3 J:!d8+ forces mate.

123) Hautot-Saltaev 1 ... 1i'lxc3! 2 '!!l'xbs (worse is 2 bxc3 "i!Vxb4) 2 ... /iJxbS 3 f!d7 l:!:c8 4 �b1 '!J.c7 saw Black pick up a pawn.

124) Radulovic-Lajthajm 1 ... 1i'le2+! forces White to give up his queen since 2 1i'lxe2 allows 2 . . . '!!1'xg2#.

125) Rajkovic-Tadic 1 ... S.xg2+! 0-1 White loses his queen after 2 �xg2 (2 1iih1 ll:cc2 is terminal too) 2 . . . 1i'le3+.

126) Martic-lrizanin 1 '!J.a8+! 1-0 It's mate after l . ..�xa8 2 'lib8#.

12 7) Vasic-Zivkovic 1 .. Ji:a1! overloads White's defence of g2: 2 '!!l'd4 (otherwise White loses his rook since 2 ll:xal allows 2 . . . '!Wxg2#) 2 ... '!Wxe2 0·1 Black wins a piece.

128) Ostojic-Conic 1 :!l:xf7+1 J:!:xf7 (or l . ..�h8 2 f!.h7#) 2 1i'le6+ �h8 3 1i'lxd8 wins Black's queen.

129) Blackburne-Schwarz 1 'i·xf4!! �xf4 2 '!J.xhS! 1-0 Mate follows on h8.

130) Vadja-lvkov 1 �xa7+! li'lxa7 2 f!.xe6 �xe6 gave White a near decisive advantage of queen and pawn against Black's extra rook and knight.

131) Marholev-Morelle 1 'i'xc7+! 1-0 It's mate after 1 . . . �xc7 (or 1 . . . �e6 2 J:l.e8+ l!lf5 3 'i'd7+) 2 J:l.la7#.

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132) Palliser-Callis 1 �g5! won the black queen since 1 ... hxg5 2 hxg5 "fie7 failed to 3 �g8+ 1-0 Mate follows on h7.

133) Matijasevic-Bender 1 ... 1i:lg3+! 0-1 White can only prevent mate by giving up far too much material with 2 hxg3 hxg3+ 3 �h5 l:lxh5+ 4 "fixh5 1i:lxh5.

134) Prlac-Szakolczai 1 ... �xg2+! 2 Wg1 (White loses the exchange after 2 J:l.xg2 h3) 2 .... 1U3 left Black with a strong attack and an extra pawn.

135) Rigg-Masters 1 ... 1i:ld2! undermines White down the long diagonal: 21i:lxd2 (Black gains a mating attack after 2 "fixd2 l:!.xg2+! 3 \l<xg2 'liVg5+ 4 \l<fl �xf3, while 2 e4 1i:lxf3+ 3 'li!'xf3 �xe4 4 lhe4 fxe4 5 "fixe4 sees White keep g2 covered but at the cost of the exchange) 2 ... �xg2! 3 "fic3 (trying to save the queen but now it's mate) 3 ... �h3+ 4 \i!th1 "figs 5 J:!.g1 �g2+ 6 ll:xg2 'l!l'xg2# 0-1

136) Wheeler-Dore 1 ll:xg7+! li!txg7 2 "figS+ li!th8 3 "fih6+ li!tg8 4 "Wig6+ li!th8 5 1i:lf3 1-o Mate follows down the h-file.

137) Barden-Wood 1 'l!Vxf8+! 1-0 It's mate after l . . .li!txf8 2 J:l.h8# or l...li!td7 2 :!l:xf7+ li!te6 3 'li!'e7+ >iilf5 4 �h4+ li!tg6 5 'i!Vf6+ Wh5 6 'lllig5#.

138) Haslinger-Gormally White gains a crushing attack with 1 l:ixe7!! li:xe7 2 'lllixgs f6 (the only defence) 3 'I!Vxg6+: 3 ... 1!/hS 4 �xe6! 'lllic7 s li:ldS! �xd5 6 exds :!l:h7 7 l:!g1 1-o Mate is threatened and 7 ... ll:e7 8 b3 'lllid8 9 "fif5 l:Ih7 10 ll:g6 leaves Black stuck in a horrible bind: White will advance his pawn to d7 and then look to break through with 'I!Vg4 and l:!.g8 or l:Ig7.

139) Franco-Rodriguez 1 "i'xh7+! l!lxh7 2 ll:h3+ �h5 3 l:txhS# 1-0

140) Burt-Dennis 1 �xa6+! J:l:xa6 2 "i'c7# 1-0

141) lbbotson-Hopwood 1 .. .l:bf3! 2 gxf3 i.xh3 gives Black a crushing attack: 3 f4 (not the best defence, but 3 J:!.el 111116 4 1i:le2 'iWxf3 5 1i:le3 d4 is horrendous too for White and even 3 1i:le2 "i'f6 4 'iWd3 leaves Black with superb attacking chances after 4 . . . i.f5 5 'iWe3 �h6) 3 ... exf4 4 'i!Vxf4 J:!.c4! 5 'lil'f3 (White is also destroyed after 5 'iWe3 'iWh4 6 1i:le2 ll:g4+! 7 1i:lg3 �d4 8 'iWe6+ Wh8) s ... 'llligS+ 6 lilh1 ll:h4 0-1

142) Byron-Hosken 1 �xh7+! li!th8 (or l . . .li!txh7 2 'iWh5+ ll<gS 3 l:!h3 followed by mate down the h-file) 2 l:th3! (much stronger than the also rather good 2 'iWh5 1i:lf6 3 1i:lxf7+ J:l.x£7 4 'li!'xf7 /ijxh7 5 'li!'xe7)

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143) Hagesaether-Greet 1 ... jcxh3+!! 2 �xh3 'iii'd7+ 3 �g2 (or 3 �h2 jl,f4+ 4 1i:lg3 1i:lg5 5 'iii'fl l:i:el ! and wins) 3 ... 'iii'g4+ 4 1i:lg3 (the main point of Black's combination is revealed after 4 �hl l:i:e5 when White is powerless against the threat of doubling on the g-file; for example, 5 1i:lh2 1i:lxf2+! 6 1i:lxf2 l:i:el+ 7 /i:lfl 'iii'f3+ 8 �gl jce3 forces mate) 4 ... 1i:lxg3 5 fxg3 l:i:e2+ 6 1i:lf2 jce3 7 'iii'c8+ 'iii'xc8 0-1

144) Kosten-Hague 1 1i:ld6+! exd6 2 exd6 'iii'd7 (or 2 . . . 'iii'd8 3 d7+ �f8 4 l:i:hel with a crushing position) 31i:le5 1-0 Black can't move his queen in view of 4 d7+ and 3 . . . jcxe5 4 'iii'xe5+ costs him the other rook.

145) Law-Gallagher 1 ... jcxg2+! 0-1 It's mate after 2 1i.xg2 '!ii'h4+ 3 1i.h3 'iii'xh3#.

146) Waters-Richmond 1 1i:lxh6+! gxh6 2 'iii'g4+ 1-0 White has a decisive attack after 2 . . . 1i:lg6 (or 2 . . . 1i.g5 3 fxg5 h5 4 'iii'xh5 l:i:d7 5 d5! - always try to invite as many pieces as possible to the party!) 3 1i.xg6 since 3 .. .fxg6? 4 'iii'xg6+ forces mate next move.

14 7) Coleman-D'Costa Black collapses on g7: 1 J::!xg7! J:i:xg7 2 J::!g1 'f1c7 (relatively best is 2 . . . 1i:lf6, although White is winning easily enough after 3 jl,xg7+ �e8 4 'iii'g6) 3 l:!xg7 'iii'xg7 4 'iii'h8+ 1-0

148) Ledger-Burnett 1 'iii'f6+! 1-0 It's mate after l . . . gxf6 2 gxf6+ �f8 3 J:lh8#.

149) 5haw-Low Ying Min 1 J:.xg7+! 1-0 Mate follows with 2 'iii'xh6+ and 3 'iii'h8#.

150) Wise-Blackburn 1 1i:ld7! (with various nasty kingside threats, including 2 1i:lxf8 .!l.xf8 3 1i:lxg7! and 2 1i:lh6+ gxh6 3 1i:lxf6+) 1 ... h5 (White is also left with a very strong attack after 1 . ..1i.c8 2 1i:lxf6+! gx£6 3 h4) 2 1i:lh6+! gxh6 3 1Wf5 .!l.e6 (or 3 . . . 1i.g7 4 1i:lxf6+ and Black must give up his queen because 4 . . . �h8 5 h4 jccS 6 'iii'g6 is completely crushing) 4 1i:lxf6+ �f7? (relatively better is 4 . . . .!l.xf6 5 1i.xf6 'iii'e8 6 .lil.xg5 when White is 'only' the exchange ahead while retaining attacking chances) 5 12lh7+ �e8 6 1i:lxg5 hxg5 7 'iii'xe6+ 'l!Ve7 8 .lil.g6+ 1-0

151) James-Anderton 1 .. JI.xg2+1 0-1 It's mate after 2 �xg2 'iii'f2+ 3 �h3 'iii'h2#.

152) Buckley-Mitchem 1 lbd7! �xd7 2 'li'f5+ �dB 3 'l!Vxc8+! (even stronger than 3 l:i:b7) 3 ... �xc8 4 jcg4+ 1-0 The raking bishops force mate with 4 .. .f5 5 jl,xf5+ �d8 6 l:i:b8#.

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153) Flear-Ansell The forced 1 1:txe5! J:!:xe5 21i'lf5 'liflf6 3 'iil'xg7+ 'liflxg7 4 :!l:xg7 sees White win g7 while maintaining a decisive pin on the long diagonal: 4 . .-l:ibeS 5 :!l:c7 1-0 Black will lose at least b7 before White regains the exchange, but actually even stronger was the fiendish 5 ll:g5! with the idea of 5 . . . 1i'le4 6 1i'le7! li'lxg5 7 j<xe5#.

154) Hoffmann-Munson 1 j<xg6! wins a key pawn in view of l . . .fxg6 2 f!.xc4 J:!:xc4? 3 f7+.

155) Upton-Brown 1 ll:xb7! gives White a mating attack: 1 .. .'.i.>xb7 2 'lifle4+ 1-0 Mate follows with 2 . . . 1!1b6 3 ll:bl+ l!la5 4 'iil'b4#.

156) Bourne-Gregory 1 ... 1i'lxf2! 0-1 There's no defence down the long diagonal since 2 Wxf2 'iil'c6 3 l:lgl fails to 3 . . . 'iil'f6+.

157) Emms-Ledger 1 1i'lxg7!! l!lxg7 (l . . . 'iil'xg7 is a better try, but after 2 1i'lf5 'liflf8 - 2 . . . 1i'lg4!? fails to 3 1i'lxg7 �xf2+ 4 'iil'xf2! li'lxf2 5 1i'lxe6 1i'lxhl 6 1i'lxc7 with a substantial advantage - 3 �h6 Black is short of a good move; for example, 3 . . . 'iil'c5 4 'iil'g3+ li'lg4 5 'iil'xg4+ :!l:g6 6 'iil'f3 and White has by far the stronger attack or 3 . . . �xf2+ 4 Wxf2 li'lxe4+ 5 'liflxe4 J:l.xh6 6 a4 �d7 7 li'lxh6+ 'iil'xh6 S ll:adl with an extra exchange and some advantage) 2 �h6+! (now Black must either lose his queen or allow mate) 2 ... 1!1xh6 3 1i'lf5+ l!lg6 4 'llfg3+ Wh5 5 'liflg5# 1-0

158) Foster-Parmar 1 1i'lh6+ l!lh8 2 'iil'g8+! 1-0 It's smothered mate with 2 . . . f!.xg8 3 1i'lhf7# or 3 1i'lgf7#.

159) Gilbert-Morris 11i'lh5+! 1-0 Mate follows with l . . .gxh5 (or l . . .Wh7 2 1i'lef6+ l!lh8 3 'lif!h6#) 2 'iil'g5+ Wh8 3 'iil'h6+ l!lg8 4 lilf6#.

160) Mestei-Hynes 1 li:c8+! 1-0 Mate follows on d7.

161) Rudd-Arakhamia Grant 1 ... 1ila3+! 2 bxa3 (2 Wal ll:lxd4 leads to disaster on c2 or down the b-file after 3 bxa3 bxa3) 2 ... bxa3+ 3 .ltb5 12lxd4 4 c41i'lxb5 5 'iil'xb6 l:!:xb6 6 cxb5 :!l:xb5+ 7 Wc2 .ltxg5 left Black three pawns ahead and still with the initiative.

162) Sherwin-Hague 1 . .-�Xh2! 0·1 Mate is forced after 2 l:rg2 (or 2 J::[xh2 'liflxf3+) 2 . . . �f4+ 3 1!/gl 'iil'h2+.

163) Smallbone-Gunter 1l:txh7+! 1-0 Mate follows on h4.

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164) D'Costa-Wells 1 ... l:txh2+! 2 1i<xh2 't!i'xg3+ 3 1i<h1 'l!i'h3+ 4 1i<g1 i<c5+ 0-1 5 'l!i'f2 \l<h8! only delays the inevitable mate.

165) Trent-Tan 1 l:txg7! (by far the most clinical, although 1 1Dg6+ l!lh7 2 't!i'e6! should also do the business) 1 ... lilxg7 2 'ili'g3+ llih8 31Df7+ l!lh7 4 h5 l:ig8 5 e8'l!i'! 1-0 Mate follows on g6, gS or hS.

166) Adams-Hennigan 11Dxf7! 1-0 White wins a piece after 1. . .0-0 (or l . . .�xf7 2 'l!Vxe7+ 't!i'xe7 3 l:l:xe7+ followed by capturing on f7 or aS) 2 1Dd6.

167) Adams-Bates 1 ll:fxf7! 1-0 Mate follows after 1 . . . �xb2+ 2 't!i'xb2! l:l:xb2 3 l:tg7#.

168) Rich-Barrett 1 llxg6+! fxg6 2 't!i'xg6+ llih8 3 ·ii"h5+ 1-0 3 ... 1!/gS 4 f7+ decides

169) Simons-Richards 1 l:txh6+! l!lg8 (or 1 . . . gxh6 2 �d4+ i<f6 3 i<xf6+ and Black must give up her queen to avoid mate) 2 'i!Ve6+ 1-0 Mate follows.

170) Povah-Sisask 1 l:ixh6!! gxh6 2 f!.f6 (threatening mate beginning with 3 't!i'g4+ llifS 4 /bfS) 2 ... 1lif8 (or 2 . . . 1!1g7 3 f!.xh6! - also rather effective is 3 1i"f3 l:tb7 4 ll:xh6! - 3 . . . li!:gS 4 1i"h5 1lifS S l:ih7 f!.a7 6 �6+ \lieS 7 1i"d6 and White wins back his rook while maintaining a decisive attack) 3 't!i'h5 't!i'd7 41Df5 1lie8 5 't!i'xh6 l!ld8 6 l:id6 1bb7 7 'lii'f8+ 1-0 Mate is forced, although 7 't!i'f6+ l!lc7 S f!.xd7+ llixd7 9 1i"e7+ IlleS 10 d6 would have been even more clinical.

171) Cooley-Moore Black gains a large advantage by winning the white queen with 1 ... l:tg1+! 2 l:ixg11Df2+ 3 'l!Vxf2 (and not 3 Wg2?? i<h3#) 3 ... 't!i'xf2.

172) Helbig-Palliser 1 1bfe6! fxe6 2 f!.xf6! i.h6! (the only try since both 2 . . . exf6 3 �7+ l!lfS 4 1bxe6+ and 2 . . . i.xf6 3 �7+ llifS 4 1bxe6+ cost Black his queen) 3 ll:xg6+! lbxg6 4 't!i'xh6 1bf8 and now 5 'ili'hS (rather than the game's 5 1bxe6? lbxe6 6 't!i'xe6+ llif8) 5 ... 1i'd8 (or 5 . . . 't!i'c8 6 1i"f7+ llih8 7 'l!i'xe7 llig8 8 1bf7 and White's deadly attacking team of queen and knight decides) 6 1bf7 1ii'a8 (or 6 .. .lhg2+ 7 l!lxg2 't!i'a8 8 1Dh6+ Wh8 9 \lig3! when one possible mating finish is 9 . . . 'll!'a2 10 IbiS+ lligS 11 lbxe7+ Wg7 12 i<h6+ lli£6 13 /bgS#) 7 1bh6+ Wh8 8 .i<f1! would have left Black's king helpless.

173) Valden-Smallbone 1 ... 'll!'xe6! wins a rook in view of the back rank mate after 2 'l!Vxe6 .ll:d1+.

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174) Bates-Mason 1 'iii'xf6! 1-0 White will emerge a rook ahead after l . . .exf6 2 e7 'liVeS 3 1tlxd6.

17 5) De Coverly-Frost 1 JlLxdS! exds?? (capitulation, although otherwise White retreats his bishop and plays a crushing d4-d5; for example, l . ..Wc7 2 J1Lg2 l:\a7 3 'iii'f2! l!lbS 4 d5 exd5? 5 'iii'b6+ J::rb7 6 J:!:xcS+! WxcS 7 l:tgS+ forcing mate) 2 'iii'xfS+ 1-0 Mate follows on cS.

176) Eames-Simmons 1 l:l:xc8! ll:xc8 2 '!!Vb7 wins a piece in view of the mate threat: 2 ... 0-0 3 1De7+ l!lh8 41tlxc8 and White went on to win.

177) Edwards-Lalic 1 ... JiLbS! 0-1 White must lose the exchange on f1 since l. . .J1Lb5 2 'i!!'xb5?? l::lxg3+! forces mate and 2 c4 J1Lxc4! is no help.

178) Granat-Bentley 1 ... i.h3+! 2 1!1xh3 (or 2 Wf3 'i!!'dl+ 3 l!le3 i.c5+) 2 ... 'iii'f1+ 3 l!lg4 'iii'g2 traps the white king in a mating net: 4 h3 hS+ s l!lh4 gS+ 6 1!/xhS 'i!!'xh3+ 7 1!1g6 i.e7 0-1 S ... 1l!'h7# is unstoppable.

179) Palliser-Hunt Rather than the game's 1 i.d4, 1 i.f7+!! gives White a decisive material advantage after 1 ... 1!!'xf7 (capturing with either knight allows mate, while l . . .l!lxf7 2 1!!'xg7+ WeS 3 'i!'xc7 wins the queen for even less material) 2 1tlh6+ Wf8 3 1ilxf7 1tldxf7.

180) Palliser-Broomfield 1 li:e7! (1 l:l:e6 'l!idS 2 J:!:e7! 'iii'xe7 3 d6+ actually comes to the same thing) 1 ... 'iii'xe7 (or l . . .l:tf7 2 ll.xf7 Wxf7 3 'iii'xh7+ IiieS 4 l:tel + with an overwhelming attack) 2 d6+ 'iii'f7 3 J1Lxf7+ .ll.xf7 4 Me1 and White went on to convert his decisive advantage.

181) Webb-Townsend White simplified to a winning ending with 1 1tlg6+! l:l:xg6 (l . . . hxg6? 2 l:l:h3+ forces mate) 2 'li'e8+ J1Lf8 3 fxgs 1-0 3.. .l:i:gS 4 B:xfS 1!!'g7 is forced but hopeless.

182) Willis-Twitchell 1 i.xg7! wins a key pawn since l . . .'i!'xg7? 2 J:l:g3 costs Black his queen.

183) Bibby-Johnston 1 ... '!1Vxd4+! 0-1 It's back-rank mate after 2 l:txd4 .ll.el#.

184) Macak-Rowson 1 .. .lbe4! (preventing mate and beginning a decisive counterattack) 2 .i1l,xe4 (or 2 l:txe4 li:lxb2! 3 J:!:d2 .i1l,xd5 4 .!l:exd4 'ii'c3 with a gigantic attack) 2 ... 1tlxb2! 3 ll:d2 (desperately trying to cover c2 rather than get mated by 3 l!lxb2? i.a3+' 4 Wxa3 '!!Vc3+ 5 1!1a4 J:!:c4#) 3 ... i.a3 4 f6 li:la4+ 0-1

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185) Cox-Dickson 1 ... 'il!'xg3!! 2 hxg3 12if2+ 31i<h2 1i:leg4# 0-1

186) Bologan-Lautier 1 12ixf5! 1-0 It's mate after 1 .. .'1i'xf2 2 ll:d8+ l:i:£8 3 12ih6#.

187) Smallbone-Cupal 1 Sxf8! 'llfxg5 2 lhf7+ 1-0 It's mate after 2 . . . 11<h6 3 l::rh8#.

188) Milanovic-Grigore 1 ll:xd4! 1·0 It's mate after 1 . . .cxd4 2 f6+ ll<g8 (or 2 . . . \l<g6 3 kd3+) 3 l::rc8+ ll<h7 4 il.d3+ li'le4 5 kxe4#.

189) Barnaure-Nanu 1 'llfg7+! 1-0 White wins a rook with J . . . J:hg7 2 fxg7+ ll<xg7 3 kxd8.

190) Lengyel-To Nhat Minh 1 'llfxc6 J::l:xc6 2 l::rd8+ 'liVeS 3 J::rxe8+ wins a piece.

191) Bronstein-Keres 1 'li'h6! 1-0 After l . . .'I!Vxbl + 2 'il<h2 J:lg8 White mates with 3 'llfxh7+! ll<xh7 4 J:l.h4#.

192) lgnacz-Niemi 1 ... J:Ixf2+! 21i<xf2 '11Vxh2+ 0-1 It's mate down the £-file after 3 1i<fl ll:f8+.

193) Collins-lllner 1 l:.Xf7! 1-0 White wins a rook after J . . .'ili'xf7 (neither does l . . . 'i'g8 2 l:i:xg7! help Black) 2 l::rxc8+ .lt£8 3 'liVeS+ ll<g8 4 '11Vxb2.

194) Szabo-Bisguier 1 il.xh7+! li<xh7 2 'i'h3+ ll<g8 3 l:i:g4 1-0 It's mate on h8 after 3 .. .16 4 J::i:h4 fxe5 5 g6.

195) Karpov-Hort 1 J:txe6+!! 1-0 It's mate after l . . .'i'xe6 (or 1 ...11<£7 2 J::i:f6+ ll<e7 3 J:lf7#) 2 '11Vc7+ 11<£8 (more stubborn than 2 . . . 'i'd7 3 .ltd6#) 3 il.d6+ '11Ve7 4 .ltxe7+ l:i:xe7 5 'i'b8+! l:i:e8 6 'llff4+ ll<e7 7 '11Vc7+ 11<£8 8 'IIV£7#.

196) Mendelson-Quinn 1 ... 12ixe3! 2 fxe3 (Black is two pawns up after 2 'llfh3 '11Vxh3 3 J:l.xh3 12ixf5 4 .ltxc6 bxc6 5 1hc6 ll.d7) 2 ... 'i'xe3+ 31i<d1 (otherwise the rook on c1 falls) 3 ... 12ixd4 4 .ltd5 12ixf5 saw Black regain his material with interest in view of 5 l:i:xe3 12ixe3+ 6 'il<e2 12ixg2 7 il.xg2 c6 with five pawns and a rook for White's two extra minor pieces.

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197) Peile-Miller 1 iLxh7+!! �xh7 (White also has a winning attack after l . ..�h8 2 lxe7 bxal'IW 3 exd8'1W Rxd8 4 lt:lg5 'iiff6 5 'li'h5 1l:d7 6 iLb2!) 2 1Llg5+ '.lih6 (Black is mated after both 2 . . . �g8 3 'li'h5 iLe4 4 15! and 2 . . . '.lig6 3 'iifd3+) 3 '1Wd3 ll:h8 4 it:lxf7+ �h5 and now White had a number of wins, including 5 f5! iLxf6 (or S . . . bxal'IW 6 '1Wh3#) 6 '1Wd1+ iLf3 7 'i!Vxf3+ '.lih4 8 'iifh3#.

198) Sauvonnet-Ni Hua l. .. iLxb 3! o-1 White is destroyed after 2 axb3 (or 2 �al lt:lc3) 2 . . . ll:xb3+ 3 �cl iLa3+ 4 �d2 .�b4+ 5 �cl ll:c8+.

199) Kovalev-Stevic 1 '1Wxg7+! 1-0 It's mate after l . ..iLxg7 2 �xeS+ iLlS 3 �xfS#.

200) Arlandi-Kveinys 1 ... �xa3+! 0-1 lfs mate after 2 '.lixa3 'IWal# or 2 bxa3 'iWbl#.

201) Almasi-Winants 1 ... '1Wg4! 0-1 It's mate in the case of 2 lhe3 'iifdl#, while 2 it:lf3 costs White his rook after 2 . . . '1Wc4+ 3 '1Wxc4 dxc4+ 4 Wxc4 1l:xe2.

202) Maz Machado-Fernandez Romero 1 ... ll:xg2+! 2 '.!ixg2 '1Wd5+ 3 �f2 (or 3 '.!ig3 'i1Vg5+ 4 Wf2 �h2+ 5 Wf3 'i1Vg2+ 6 We3 l:ih3+ 7 Wf4 1!1'12+ 8 '.lieS B:h5#) 3 ... Rh2+ 4 �e3 l:!:h3+ 0-1 It's mate after 5 �e2 (or 5 �12 '1Wf3+ 6 �gl l:thl#) 5 ... 'iiVI3+ 6 Wd2 'i1Vd3#.

203) Recuero Guerra-Valero Cano 1 iLxg6! gives White a strong attack: 1 ... fxg6? 2 '1Wxg6+ iLg7 3 lt:lg5 1-0 It's mate after 3 ... '111'e7 4 �h8+ WxhS 5 'li'h7#.

204) Tahirov-Shirov 1 ... il.c2+! 2 �e1 (or 2 �xc2 'i1Vxe2) 2 ... l:ie8 3 '1Wxe8+ it:lxe8 0-1 White won't survive long after 4 it:lf3 il.d3 5 il.b2 'i1Vg4.

205) Guliyev-Mamedyarov 1 ... 1Llh3+! 2 gxh3 (or 2 �hl il.xd2 3 1ilxd2 '1Wh4 4 g3 12lxg3+ 5 hxg3 '1Wxg3 6 12lg2 12lg5 with a rather powerful attack) 2 ... il.xd2 won the exchange in view of 3 12lxd2 'i1Vg5+ 4 il.g2 l:ixd2.

206) Gritsak-Bacrot 1 ll:xf7! 1-0 White is a piece up after l . . . 'i1Vxb7 2 f!.xb7 and l . . .'i!Vxf7 fails to 2 il.b3.

207) Smerdon-Cunanan 1 lt:lxg6! hxg6 2 :!:rxe6! 12le4 (this fails to save Black, but 2 .. .fxe6 3 '1Wxg6+ �h8 4 il.xf6+ would have led to mate) 3 lt:lxe4 ll:xc1+ (White also wins a piece after 3 ... il.xg5 4 B:xc8 'iifxcS 5 ll:xeS+ 'iiVxeS 6 12lxg5) 4 il.xc1 fxe6? 5 12ld6! 1-0

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208) Saric-Gurevich 1 'i'c2! fl:e7 (not the best defence, but there was no way of saving the rook since l . . . l:l:acS 2 li:ixf7+! leads to mate and l.. .ii'd4 2 'i'g2 forces Black to part with his queen) 2 fxe7 'l!!'xe7 3 li:ixf7+! 1-0 Mate follows down the long diagonal.

209) Libens-Fargere 1 ... 11.xa3! 2 bxa3 (or 2 'i'bl 'lil'dS 3 ll:el l:rxe5 with a decisive advantage) 2 ... 'i'xa3+ 3 1!ic2 'i'b3+ 4 11ic1 'i'xc3+ s l!lb1 J:l:xes 0-1 White cannot save all his loose pieces and his king.

210) Arsenault-Pepino 1 lae6! 1-0 White threatens 2 l:rxe6 and after l . . . l:ral+ 2 11ih2 ll:gS 3 fl:xe7 Black cannot both save his queen and prevent mate.

211) Van Hoolandt-EI Gindy 1 ... sxg3+! 211ih2 (or 2 fxg3 'i'g2#) 2 ... ll:xh3+! 0-1 It's mate after 3 1!ixh3 'll!'g4+ 4 l!lh2 'i'g2#.

212) Hrzica-Armas 1 l:!.h8+! 1-0 It's mate after l . . . l!lxhS 2 'ii'eS+ i<fS 3 'i'xfS+ l!lh7 4 'li'gS#.

213) Collas-Lebel 1 li:if6+1 1-0 Mate follows with 1 . . .gxf6 (or l . . . l!ihS 2 'lll'xh7#) 2 'i'g3+ \!;>h8 3 i<xf6#.

214) Zhao Xue-Karjakin 1 l:txf8+! 1-0 Black loses his queen after l . . . l!ixf8 (or l . . . l:!.xf8 2 'i'h7#) 2 'i'f2+ \!;>e7 (it's mate after 2 ... 1!1g7 3 'i'f7+ l!ih6 4 'l!!'h7#) 3 'i'f7+ \!;>dS 4 li:ie6+.

215) Arutinian-Oanielian 1 ii'xh6+! l!lxh6 2 11if2 1-0 Mate follows after 2 . . . 'i'e8 3 ll:hl+ 'i'h5 4 :!!.g6+ l!lh7 5 .l:txh5#.

216) Friedei-Cyborowski 1 J:txf7+! l!lxf7 2 l:tc7+ 'Wie7 3 l:txe7+ l!lxe7 4 'i'g7+ 1-0 White emerges queen for rook ahead.

217) Keller-Siukova 1 'lil'xh7+! l!ixh7 2 lih3+ 1-0 It's mate on h8.

218) White-Curnow 1 ... l:txc3! 2 ii'xc3 (and not 2 i<xc3? 'i'xa2+ 3 11icl 'lil'al#) 2 ... '1Wxa2+ 3 \!;>c1 i<xf6 4 'i'e3? (4 'i'a3 was essential, although after 4 . . . 11.g5+ 5 l:rd2 '!Wxa3 6 bxa3 :!:reS Black will emerge a pawn ahead with a good position), and now 4 ... 'i'xb2+ (even better than the game's also rather powerful 4 . . . 11.xb2+ 5 1!id2 '!WaS+ 6 \!;>e2 l:rc8) S l!id2 il.d4 would have forced resignation in view of 6 'i'd3 (or 6 'i'e2 ii'b4+ 7 1!icl i<b2+ and mates) 6 ... 'i'b4+ 7 1!1e2 (it's mate

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after 7 1!/cl �b2+ 8 1!/bl �c3+ 9 1!/cl �2#) 7 ... �<4 winning White's queen.

219) Romanov-Mkrtchian 1 ii:lxh7! gives White a winning attack: 1 ... �d7 (the knight is immune due to l . . .'i!'xh7 2 'iWdS+ l:lfS 3 'i!'xb6 winning the exchange) 2 l'i:h3 1-0

220) Almeida Saenz-Gagunashvili 1 ii'lf5+!! gxf5 (otherwise Black simply loses a piece on d6) 2 'ii'xf5 l'i:fd8 (or 2 . . . J:th8 3 'il'f6+ l!lg8 4 g6 with a mating attack) 3 'i!'xh7+ (also rather powerful is 3 g6) 3 ... 1!1f8 4 g6 l'i:a7 ( 4 .. .fxg6 allows mate: 5 �h6+ IlleS 6 �xg6#) S g7+ l!le7 6 �g5+ l!ld7 7 'il'f5+ l!lc6 8 �e4+ 1-0

221) Bercys-Simutowe 1 l'i:xf7! 'ii'xf7 (or l . . .l!lxf7 2 ii:lxe5+ winning the queen) 2 ii:lxe5 fl:g2+ 3 We3 and White's double threat of 4 'il'c8# and 4 ii:lxf7 was decisive.

222) Agustsson-Madland 1 ... ii:lxf3! 2 'il'g2 (wisely avoiding 2 ii:lx£3? ii:lxe4! with the point that 3 'il'd3 - or 3 ii:lxe4 'i!'xa2+ 4 1!/cl �xb2# - 3 . . . ii:lxc3+ 4 bxc3 �xc3 gives Black an overwhelming attack) 2 ... ii:lxd4 (quite possibly even stronger is 2 . . . ii:lxe4!? 3 'ii'xf3 ii:lxc3+ 4 bxc3 'i!'xa2+ 5 1!/cl �d5) 3 �xd4 ltlxg4 saw Black net a couple of pawns, leaving him with some advantage.

223) Path-Rayner 1 ii:lxf7!! l!lxf7 (Black is scarcely helped by l . . .'i!'f6 2 ii'lh6+ l!lhS 3 l'i:c7) 2 J:!.xh5! l!lg8 (mate is forced after 2 ... gxh5 3 'il'xh5+ l!lfS 4 �c4 ll:e6 5 �h6+) 3 d7! ii:lxd7 (White's last was a lovely interference tactic: the point being 3 . . . �xd7 4 �c4+ �e6 5 �xe6+ J:l:xe6 6 'i!'xd8+) 4 �<4+ (even more clinical is 4 'i!'b3+ l!lg7 5 J:l:xh7+! l!lxh7 6 'ii'f7+ l!lh8 7 �xg6 ii:lf8 8 �h6) 4 ... 1!1g7 5 l'i:d5 (or 5 �h6+ l!lh8 6 �g5 when Black must give up his queen, just as he shortly has to in the game) 5 ... 'il'e7 6 J:txd7! �xd7 7 'ii'a1+ 1-0

224) Bartei-Cicak 1l'i:xe6+! l!lf8 (trying to flee, rather than be crushed by l . . .fxe6 2 'i!'xe6+ lllf8 3 ii:leS) 2 ii:le5! J:tg5 (or 2 . . . 'i!'xe2 3 ii:lxg6+ fxg6 4 l'i:xe2 with an easy win) 3 ii:ld7+ l!lg8 4 J:te8+ l!lh7 S 'ii'd3+ 1-0 A deadly check follows on IS.

225) Cafolla-Socko 1 ... ll:h1+! 2 1!1xh1 'ii'h7+ 3 �h5 'ii'xhs+ 4 1!1g1 'iii'h2+ 5 l!lfl 'i!'xg2# 0-1

226) Almond-Rossi 1 ... 'i!'xh2+! 2 111xh2 l'i:h5+ 3 Wg2 �h3+ 0-1 Mate follows with 4 1!/hl �fl#.

227) T.Hickey-N.Ahern 1 .ixg7+! l!lxg7 2 fl:g3+ l!lh8 (or 2 . . . 1!1f6 3 ii:ld2 1!1xe6 4 'i!'g4+ \!IdS 5 J:l:c3! with an overwhelming attack in view of 5 ... 'ii'xc3 6 'ii'xe4# and 2 ... 1!1h6 3 'i!'e3+ also forces mate) 3 'iii'g4 .tg6 4 'il'd4+ 1-0

228) Cmilyte-Benjamin Instead of the game's 1 h3?, White could have forced mate: 1 l:lxg5+! hxg5 2 'iii'f6+ l!lh7 (or 2 ... 1!/gs 3 .tf7+ l!lf8 4 �g6+ l!lgs 5 'il'f7+ l!lhs 6 'i!'h7#) 3 �g6+ l!lh6 4 �fs+ l!lh5 5 'i!'g6+ l!lh4 6 'i'h6#.

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229) Kotronias-Sarakauskas 1 lbh7+! 1-0 Mate follows with l . . .�xh7 2 J:!hl+ �g6 3 J:l.h6#.

230) Kotronias-Benjamin 1 ... li:e1+! 0-1 It's mate on g2.

231) Gymesi-Fox 1 .i<xa6! fxe5 (or l . . .bxa6 2 'lixa6 li:a7 3 1Llxc6+ li:xc6 4li:b3+ li:b7 5 J:!xc6 with a winning attack) 2 .i<d3 :!!.c8 3 dxe5 li:d7 (Black had to give up the rook, not that doing so would really have saved him) 4 'lia7+ �c7 5 :!!.xc6+! �dB 6 li:xc8+ �xeS 7 li!c3+ Ilc7 8 'liaS+ 1-0 Mate follows quickly after 8 ... �d7 9 .i<b5+.

232) Rudd-Khantuev 1 Il1h6+! 1-0 It's mate after l . . . gxh6 2 l:g8#.

233) Tavoularis-Snape 1 ... .i<xb2! won a key pawn in view of 2 �xb2 l:txc2+ 3 �b1 'iiic3 4 l:.d8+ (or 4 'lid4 "i!l'xf3 regaining the piece) 4 ... l:.xd8 5 'i!ixc2 'iiixf3 with a winning ending.

234) lvic-Pavasovic 1 ... 1tlxg2! removes a key pawn: 2 1Lld3 (White cannot avoid heavy material losses after 2 tt:lxg2 'iiif3 3 �fl 'i!ixg2+ 4 �e2 l:te8+) 2 ... tt:lh4! 0-1 White is undone down the long diagonal.

235) lvic-Medic 1 'i!ixh6! 1-0 White wins a piece in view of l . . ."i!l'xh6? 2 l:.e8+ li:d8 3 i.xf5+ �b8 4 l:txd8#.

236) Zovko-Mohr 1 ... i.xh3! wins a pawn in view of 2 .i<xh3? 1Llf3+ and 3 ... tt:lxd2.

237) Naumkin-Abatino 1 .i<xh7+! 1-0 White is a queen up with a mating attack after l . . . 'lixh7 (or l . . .�h8 2 ll:xf8+ 'iiix£8 3 .i<e4+ cJiJg7 4 'iiig6+ �h8 5 'iiih7#) 2 li!xf8+ �xf8 3 "i!l'xh7.

238) Chevai-Gerfault After 1 ... tt:lg3+! White must give up his queen since it was mate following 2 hxg3 I!h6# 0-1

239) Cooper-Scott 1 'iiig5! leaves Black unable to satisfactorily save his light-squared bishop: 1 ... .i<f5 (or l ...li:g7 2 'i!ixg6! since 2 .. Jhg6 fails to 3 li:xh7#; relatively best might be l . . .l:tgS, but after 2 tt:lxg8 'iiixg8 3 tt:lxd5 White is the exchange up with a crushing position) 2 'lixf5! (the main point) 2 ... exf5 3 l:.xe7 J:xf6 (the rook is immune in view of 3 . . . i<xe7 4 ll:xh7#) 4 J:i:exh7+ 1-0 White emerges a rook ahead after 4 ... �g8 5 ll:h8+ �g7 6 ll:xc8.

240) Megaranto-Batchuluun 1 'i!ixg8+! 1-0

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It's mate on the back rank after l . . .lilxgS 2 ll:dS+.

241) Catt-Lockwood 1 .. .1i"lxe4+!! 2 fxe4 ll:f4 3 'lli'h3 (now it's mate, although otherwise White loses his queen) 3 ... sxg4+ 4 1iif3 'lli'f5+! 5 exf5 e4+ 6 lile3 i.h6# o-1

242) Topalov-Naiditsch 1 'liVf6+! 1-0 Mate follows on the back rank after 1... 'li'xf6 2 ll:eS+.

243) Ardeleanu-Kachieshvili 1 ll:e8+! lilc7 (it's mate after 1 . . . lilxeS 2 'l!!'g8+ i.f8 3 'liVxfS#) 2 ll:e7 1Lig3 (2 . . . 'lli'xe7 3 i.xe7 threatens both 4 i.dS# and the rook on aS) 3 ll:xd7+ (plenty good enough, but instead 3 i.d6+ leads to mate) 1-0

244) Naiditsch-Gustafsson 1 .. .l:lf4! 0-1 There's no defence to the threat of 2 ... l:th4 since 2 gxf4 i.xf4 also leads to mate on hl (or g2 after 3 li:ifl ).

245) Naiditsch-Sowray Instead of the game's l . . .i.f2+? 2 lilhl Sg2? 3 'lli'f3 when White had gained the upper hand, l. .. i.xh2+! would have given Black a crushing attack: 2 1iixh2 (or 2 \!?hl Sg2 3 'l!!'h5 lilb8! 4 ll:ael - 4 'l!!'xh3 ll:ge2 prepares to exploit the open h-file after 5 . . . i.e5 - 4 . . . i.e5 5 J:lf5 Sh2+ 6 l!?gl i.d4+ 7 lilxh2 Sxel S 'lli'xgS 'lli'd6+ 9 'liVf4 i.eS winning material) 2...'l!!'d6+ 31!?h1 l:tg2 4 li:if4 J:!.ee2! and White is done for in view of 5 'l!!'xe2 (or S li:ixg2 hxg2+ 6 lilgl 'lli'd4+) 5 .. .l:l.xe2 61i:ixe2 'lli'c6+ 7 lilgl 'lli'g2#.

246) Korbut-Javakhishvili 1 lbg7+! l!?xg7 (or 1. . .\!?hS 2 J:lxh7+! Wxh7 3 'l!!'h6+ Wg8 4 l:!.gl+ Wf7 5 'llilg7#) 21Lif5+! exf5 3 ll:g1+ Wh8 4 'lli'xc4 (White's extra queen and ongoing attack quickly decides) 4 ... J:lf8 5 i.h6 1-0

247) Levushkina-Vogel 1 ... 'lli'xh3 2 gxh3 1Lif3+ 31i?f11Lixd2+ 4 i.xd2 saw Black pick up the exchange.

248) Najer-Neverov 1 i.xg6! li:ixg6 (White's rooks outclass Black's minor pieces after l . . . . !hg6 2 Sxg6 Wh7 3 ll:g2, while l ... l:i:fS 2 ll:d8 leaves Black pretty much in zugzwang) 2 ll:xg6! l:txg6 3 ll:d8+ lilh7 4 e7 1-0 The pawns will cost Black all his pieces.

249) Zweschper-Hanemann 1 'lli'xh6+! 'lli'xh6 2 J:lxh6+ 1-0 It's mate after 2 . . . Wxh6 3 l:th3# or 2 ... \!?gS 3 l:teh3 and .!l:hS#.

250) Handke-Dinger 1 "ii'xh7+! 1-0 It's mate after 1 . . . Wxh7 2 ll:h6#.

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251) Beckhuis-Jakubowski 1.-.li:Je2+! 2 �xe2 (21i:Jxe2 'ilixg2+! is the same motif, while 2 \!<hl fails to 2 . . . l:l:xh2+1 3 Wxh2 - or 3 l:l:xh2 dxc4+ - 3 . . . 'ifu5#) 2 ... 'ilixg2+! 3 Wxg2 dxc4+ 4 Wg3 cxb3 won the exchange.

252) Zakurdjaeva-Paehtz 1 'ilih6+! 1-0 It's mate after l . . . Wxh6 2 l:th8+ l!<g7 3 �f6#.

2 53) Geske-Ardeleanu 1 ... �xa2+! 2 l!lxa2 'ilid5+ 3 Wb1 a3 0-1 Black's queenside passers cannot be stopped.

254) Zawadzka-Stefanova 1 ... l:l:xh4+! 0-1 It's mate with 2 Wxh4 'ilif2+ 3 Wh3 'ilig3#.

255) Arakhamia Grant-Levushkina 1 'ilif7! d5 (mate follows after l . . .l:l:xf7 2 l:te8+, but there's no good defence in any case) 2 l:l:e8 1-0 The mate threat costs Black a huge amount of material after 2 . . . �e7 3 g5.

256) Roos-5tocek 1 .. Jl:xg2+! 2 l!lxg2 '11Vg4+ 0-1 It's mate with 3 Wh2 l:te2+ 4 Whl 'ifu3+ 5 \!<gl 'ifu2#.

257) 5chulz-Marville 1l:th7+! �xh7 2 'ilie7 1-o Black cannot cover both g7 and h7.

258) Womacka-Kaphle 1 �xh7+! ll<xh7 (or l . ..WfS 2 'ifu5 f6 3 '11Vg6 and f6 collapses) 2 '11Vh5+ Wg8 3 Wxf7+ Wh8 4 J:l.e3 1-0 It's mate down the h-file.

259) Pert-Aieksandrov 1 �f6+! li:Jxf6 2 Wxc7 J:l.e7 3 'ilie5 1-0 Black has lost the exchange and remains horribly tied down.

260) Bobras-Can 1 J:ixg7+! l!<xg7 2 �xh6+ 1-0 Mate follows on g7 after 2 . . . 1!1h7 3 �g5+ l!lgS 4 �f61i:Jg6 5 'ifu6.

261) Azarov-5anikidze 1 �xh7+! ll<xh7 2 J:ih4+ (or 2 '11Vd3+ l!<gS 3 l:th4 transposing) 2 ... \!<g8 1-0 Mate follows down the h-file after 3 'ilid3.

262) Bakker-Gutman 1 ... �f4+! 2 '11Vxg4 (or 2 Wf2 'ill'g2+ 3 Wel 't!!'xhl+ winning a large amount of material) 2 ... �xe3# 0-1

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263) Neverov-Strohhaeker 1 .. Jbh6! 2 �xf6+ l!lxf6 0-1 Black recoups the queen leaving him a piece up after 3 'i!Vc3+ i,e5 4 'i!Vc2 ll:xh2+ 5 'i!Vxh2 �xh2 6 l!lxh2.

264) Mamedjarova-Nemcova 1 1Zlxh7! ll:f7 (or l. . .ll:xh7 2 'i!Vxg6+ winning one of the black rooks) 2 'i!Vxg6+ l!lh8 3 1i:lf6 1-0 White wins the exchange while retaining a strong attack.

265) lljin-5akaev 1 1i:lg6+! fxg6 2 l:e8+ l!lh7 3 �g8+ l!lh8 4 �f7+ Y>-Y> It's perpetual.

266) Georgiev-5ocko 1 ll:h8+! l!lxh8 2 i,xf7 1-0 3 ll:hl# follows.

267) Melkumyan-Petrosian 1 ... exd4! 2 cxd5 (White had to avoid 2 exd4? li:lf4 when he would have been unable to prevent mate, but there wasn't anything better than the text with both 2 . . . i,e5 and 2 . . . dxe3 threatened) 2 ... �e5 3 f4 i,xf4 4 1i:lf3 'i!Vxf3 0-1 Black threatens both 5 ... h3 and 5 ... 'i!Vh3, and emerges three pawns ahead after 5 'i!Vdl 'i!Vxdl 6 ll:fxd 1 dxe3 7 i,xh4 cxd5 8 ll:xd5 J::tac8.

268) Mamedyarov-AI Modiahki 1 ll:xg6+! hxg6 2 h7+! 1-0 Mate follows with 2 . . J:!.xh7 (or 2 ... 1!1xh7 3 ll:h4+ l!lg8 4 ll:h8#) 3 'i!Vxg6+ l!lh8 4 'i!Vxe8+ l!lg7 5 'i!Vf8+ l!lg6 6 'i!V£6+ l!lh5 7 l:l:h4#.

269) Burnett-Palliser 1 ... ll:xf3! 2 gxf311:\h4 3 'i!Vc3 (there's a nasty sting in the tail after this, but there wasn't a defence, partly because 3 1!/hl fails to 3 . . . 'i!Vf6) 3 ... 'i!Vd7! 0-1 White can't cover g2 except with 4 1!/hl 'i!Vh3 5 I:tgl which permits 5 . . . 'i!Vxf3+ 6 ll:g2 'ilfxg2#.

270) Stellwagen-Bosboom 1 'i!Vxf6+! 1-0 It's mate on the back rank after I.. .lh£6 2 ll:d8+.

271) Van Kerkhof-Piket 1l:l:xh7+! l!lxh7 2 ll:h1+ l!lg7 3 1Zlh4 'iliic7 (or 3 . . . ll:g8 4 'ilfxg6+ 1!1£8 5 'i!V£7#) 4 'ilfxg6+ l!lh8 5 li:lf3+ (also rather good is 5 'i!Vg5) 5 ... 1i:lh7 6 1i:lg5 1i:lgf6 7 i,f7 1-0 There's no good way to further defend h7.

272) Nijboer-Hoffmann 1 'i!Vxh7+! 1-0 It's mate after l . . .l!lxh7 2 g6+ l!lh8 (or 2 . . . 1!1g8 3 i,x£7+ l!lh8 4 l:l:h4#) 3 l:l:h4+ l!lg8 4 gx£7#.

273) Winants-Okkes 1 'ilfxh6+! 1-0 Mate follows after l. . .l!lxh6 2 l:l:h3# or 1. . .1!/gS 2 ll:f8#.

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2 74) Ferry-Ruxton 1 .. Jl:xh2+! 2 li<xh2 (or 2 li<f3 'll!'f2+ 3 Wg4 l:th4#) 2 ... "li'f2+ 3 Wh3 l:th8+ 4 Wg4 :!:th4# o-1

275) Brechin-Aagaard 1 l:txg7+! Wh8 (or l . . .Wxg7 2 l:txe7+ Wh8 3 "liVeS+ followed by mate) 2 Sh7+ (2 "li'f7 also does the business) 2 ... \!<xh7 3 :!:txe7+ Wh8 4 "liVes+ l!<g8 5 "li'g7# 1-0

276) Mudongo-Andriasian 1 ... l:txh3+! 2 1i'lh2 (or 2 gxh3 "li'gl#) 2 ... B:xh2+! 0-1 It" s mate after 3 Wxh2 "li'h5#.

2 77) Sabure-Danielian Black wins the exchange with 1 ... 1i'lxg3! since 2 hxg3?? is impossible on account of 2 . . . £lhl + 3 li<f2 "li'h2#.

278) Korneev-Landenbergue 1 l:!xg7+! l!<xg7 2 "li'h6+ 1-0 It's mate after 2 . . . \!<hS 3 "li'f6+ Wg8 4 ll:gl#.

279) Rozentalis-Adams 1 ... "li'xe1+! 0-1 White loses the exchange after 2 l:txel li'lxf5 since he can't both save his queen and cover his back rank.

280) Sudakova-Guseva 1 ll:dg1!! 11.xa2+ (or 1. . .11.xg5 2 "li'xg5 followed by mate on g7 or f6) 2 Wxa2 fs? (a much better attempt is 2 . . . "li'c4+, although after 3 Walll.xg5 4 "li'xg5 'lil'd4 5 f4! there's no defence to the threat of 6 e5) 3 'ilfxh7+! 1-0 It's mate with 3 . . . Wxh7 4 ll:h5#.

281) Garcia llundain-Miles 1...ll.xh3+! 2 Wg1 (or 2 Wxh3 "li'hS#) 2 ... '11!'e1+ 0-1 White's queen is lost after 3 '11!'£1 :!:txg3+.

282) Gritsayeva-Kolomiets 11i'lxh7! (or lll.f4 'll!'b6 2 1i'lxh71) 1 ... 1i'lxh7 (Black also emerges a pawn down after l. . .li'lxd2 2 1i'lxf6+ 11.xf6 3 J:!xd2) 2 'ill'd31i'lf6 3 'i!l'xc4 wins a pawn.

283) Golubka-Bagrationi 1ll.b7+! l!<b8 (or l ... 'i!l'xb7 2 :!:txd8+ Wc7 3 :!:td7+ winning the black queen) 2 lhd8+ 'lifxd8 3 .ileS+ 11.d6 4ll.a6 1-0 There's no defence to mate on b7.

284) Galakhov-Oiishevsky 1 ... 1i'lxh3! 2 gxh3 (it's also mate after 2 "li'a7 1i'lf4+ 3 \!<gl li'le2+ 4 Wf211.g3#) 2 ... 'li!'xh3+ 3 Wg1 i<xf3! 0-1 There's no good way to cover hl in view of 4 "li'xf3 "li'h2#.

285) Haii-Brusey 1 "li'xh6+! 1-0 It's mate after l. . .Wxh6 (or 1 . . .\!<gS 2 'li!'g7#) 2 ll.h4#.

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286) Mateuta-lovan 1 ii:\xh7! wins the exchange on f8 since it's mate after l . . . li<xh7? 2 'il'hS+ .lih6 3 'lli'xh6#.

287) Ristic-Adam 1 :!l:h8+! 'lli'xh8 2 l:td7 "il'g8 3 "il'f6+ 1-0 It's mate after 3 ... \l<eS 4 "i!'e7#.

288) Marincas-Csilcser 1 ... l:th1+! 0-1 Mate follows with 2 -.l<xhl 'il'hS+ 3 -.l<gl 'il'h2#.

289) E.Hintikka-T.Paakkonen 1 ... "i!'xg2+! 0-1 It's mate after 2 'i!Vxg2 :!l:xfl#.

290) Sammalvuo-Maki 1 ii:\f6! 1-0 The threat is 2 l:tg8# and it's mate after l . . . .licS+ (or l . . . .lixf6 2 "il'xf6+! l:!:xf6 3 :!l:dS+ l:tfS 4 l:txfS#) 2 -.l<hl .!l:fS 3 "il'xfS+! .lixfS 4 l:!:gS#.

291) Hindle-Van Oosterom 1l:th6! gxh6 (or l . . . .lifS 2 .!l:xh7+ .lixh7 3 l:i:h3 g6 4 .lixe5+ and mate follows on h7) 2 'lixes+ 1-0 The raking bishops force mate.

292) Taylor-Vavrak 1 ... 'lli'g1+! 0-1 It's mate with 2 ll:xgl ii:\f2#.

293) Schukowski-Jacob 1 .. .'il!'xh4! 0-1 It's mate after 2 gxh4 .lih2#.

294) Wirig-Kazhgaleyev 1 ... l:txf2! 2 ii:\e7+ (Black's queen is immune due to 2 l:txb2 l:txfl#, while 2 ll:xf2 fails to 2 . . . "i!'cl + and mate on the back rank) 2 ... J:!:xe7 0-1 There's no way for White to prevent mate.

295) Nataf-Riff 1 g6! fxg6 2 f!.xg6! dxc3 3 �xc3 l:!:f7 (the rook couldn't be touched in view of 3 . . . hxg6 4 'il!'hS+ -.l<f7 5 'lli'xeS+ -.l<xeS 6 gS"i!'+, but Black might have tried 3 . . . �b6 4 l:i:f6 l:i:be7, although he is then very tied down and after 5 \l<bl the threat of 6 l:!:dfl is decisive) 4 J:l.h6 .lig5+ (a better defence was 4 . . . �g4 5 "i!'xg4 J:l.xg7, although after 6 'il'hS �g5+ 7 -.l<bl "i!'cS 8 :!l:hd6 �f4 9 �aS Black is becoming rather stretched) S \liVxgs '!i'xa2 6 l:bh7! "il'a1+ (White mates after 6 ... l!lxh7 7 gS'Ii+ ll:xgS 8 'il'h4+ ll<g7 9 .!l:gl+) 7 -.l<c2 'lixd1+ 8\l<xd1-.l<xh7 9 .lixe5 1-0 The threats created by the g7-pawn are crushing.

296) Apicella-Giffard 1 'ill'xd8+! ii:\xd8 2 !:!d7+ li<b8 3 l:txd8+ -.l<c7 (or 3 . . . \l<a7 4 :!!.aS#) 4 l:!:d7+ li<b8 s l:bb7# 1-o

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297) Pucher-Lautier 1._.1ilxf3! 0-1 Mate follows on gl or h2 after 2 J:l:eel J:l:xh2#.

298) Pospisii-Mroziak 1 �xh7+! ll<fS (or I...ll<xh7 2 'ili'h5+ ll<gS 3 'i!l'xf7+ ll<hS 4 f!.e3 1ilf6 5 l:!:h3+ lilh7 61ilg6#) 2 "iif'hs leaves White a pawn up with an attack.

299) Motuz-Petran 1 ... £!:xc2+! 211<xc2 'i!l'b1+ 3 1i<d2 l:!:b2+ 411<e3 "iif'e4+ s ll<f2 "iif'xe2+ (even faster is 5 . . . "iif'xf4+ 6 l!lel l:bl+) 6 l!lg1 "iif'e1+ 0-1 It's mate after 7 l!lh2 "iif'h4+ 8 1!/gl J:l:bl #.

300) Talla-Motuz 1 ... l:txb3+! 2 axb3 (or 2 lilclll:xa2 with an overwhelming attack) 2 ... 'i!l'xb3+ 31ilb2 (White is mated too after 3 1!/cl "i!f'c3+ 4 1!/bl �a2# or 4 ... f!.al#) 3 ... l:!a1+! 0-1 It's mate with 41/<xal 'i!l'a2#.

301) Morozevich-Georgiev White wins the exchange: 11ild6+! cxd6 (similar is l . . .l:!:xd6 2 'IIVfS) 2 'IIVfS 'liVeS (otherwise it's mate on bS) 3 'i!l'xe8 1-0

302) Naiditch-Mamedyarov 1 ... J:txh2+! 0-1 White loses his queen after 2 lilxh2 (it's mate following 21/<gl? 'ili'h4) 2 ... 'ili'h5+ 31!/gl (or 3 l!lg31ile2+) 3 . . . 1ile2+ 4 "iif'xe2 "iif'xe2.

303) Greet-Pit! 1 J:l:f8+! l!lxf8 2 '11Vh8+ l!lf7 (or 2 ... 1!1e7 3 'ii'dS+ l!lf7 4 �eS+ l!le6 5 'i!Vd6+ l!lf5 6 'i!l'xe5#) 3 'i!l'e8+ l!lf6 4 �xes+ lilts s g4# 1-0

304) Jagstaidt-Zozulia 1 ... J:I:xh2+! 0-1 It's mate after 2 l!lxh2 J:l:hS#.

30S) Gehringer-Rausis 1 ... 1ilxf2! wins a key pawn in view of 2 1!1xf2? (or 2 '11Vxf2? �xg3) 2 . . . �xg3+ 3 1!1£1 (Black's attack is extremely powerful in the case of 3 1!1g2 �xh4+ 4 l!lh3 l:tg3+ 5 l!lh2 1ilf6) 3 . . . 'i!Vf6+ regaining the piece with some advantage.

306) Baramidze-Nielsen 1 .. :i!Vxc4! 0-1 Black's attack decides after 2 bxc4 b3 31!/cl �xg5+.

307) Navara-Rabiega 1 ... 1ilb4!! 2 1ilxb4 �h6+ 3 l!lbl ll:e1+ 4 l:\xe1 'i!l'xe1+ s ll<c2 �f5 6 'i!l'xfs 'i!id2+ 0-1 Mate follows with 71!/bl 'i!l'dl+ 8 �cl 'i!ixcl #.

308) Fischer-Beim 1 ... £!:xg4+! 2 il.xg4 (White also loses his queen after 2 'i!Vxg4 l:!g8) 2 ... l:!g8 3 Wf3 f!.xg4! 0-1 4 "li'xg41ile5+ is a decisive fork.

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309) Nunn-Pritchett 1 'lil'xh7+! 1-0 It's mate after l . . .lilxh7 2 l:i:h4+ l:i:h5 3 f!.xh5#.

310) Werle-Mainka

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1 ... h5! 2 1i:ie5 (the queen is trapped in view of 2 'lil'g3 1i:ie2+ 3 1i:ixe2 .ltxg3) 2 ... g5 0-1 Black is simply a piece up after 3 'lil'g3 fxe5.

311) Vogt-Teschke 1 'lil'f5! 1-o Black cannot prevent mate on both h7 and f8. He might try 1.. .1!/gS (White's main point is the back-ranker l.. .l:i:xf5 2 f!.d8+), but after 2 'lil'xh7+ 1!117 3 'lil'h5+ l!lg8 4 .lth7+ mate follows in any case.

312) Zesch-Acs 1 ... 'lil'xh4+! 0-1 Mate is forced: 2 gxh4 (or 2 1!/gl l:i:xg3+! 3 fxg3 'lil'xg3+ 4 ll<fl 'lil'g2#) 2 . . . l:i:xh4+ 3 1!/gl l:tg8+ 4 l!lfl f!.hl#.

313) Borriss-Nisipeanu L . .ltxg2! 2J:i:xa3 (now Black's attack is decisive, but after 2 'lil'xg2 l:i:xa2 he wins the exchange) 2 ... .1te4+ 3 1i:ig3 .ltxg3 4 'lil'e2 .lth2+! 0·1 White loses his queen after 5 \!lxh2 'lil'd6+ 6 1!/gl 'lil'g3+ 71!/fl .ltd3.

314) Hansen-Wintzer 1.1txe6! fxe6 (there isn't anything better, especially in view of the threatened 2 lhh7) 2 'lil'xe6+ l!lh8 3 l:rxh7+! l!lxh7 4l:i:d3 1i:ig8 5 l:!:h3+ li:ih6 6l:rxh6+! 1-0 Mate follows with 6 . . . gxh6 7 'lil'f7+ .ltg7 8 'lil'xg7#.

315) Ernst-Loeffler 1 J:lf4! (the cleanest finish; now Black cannot give up his queen for rook and bishop, unlike after 1 f!.h3, and 2 'i!Vxh6+ is threatened) 1...'lil'xf6 2 exf6 cxd3 3 'lil'g5 d2 4 l:i:h4! 1-0 Even the new black queen is unable to prevent mate due to 4 . . . dl'lil'+ 5lilh2 'iii'h5 6 l:txh5 gxh5 7 'i!Vg7#.

316) Luther-Sokolov 1 ... 1i:id3+! simplifies to a clearly better ending: 2 cxd3 (White is not helped by 21!/bl? lilxb2!) 2 ... cxd3+ 3 .ltc3 (3 ll<bl? 'i!Vc2+ 4 'lil'xc2 dxc2+ wins the exchange) 3 ... 'lil'xc3+! 4 bxc3 l:rxc3+ 51!id2 J:lc2+ 6 ll<xd3 J:rxg2 and Black went on to convert.

317) Ribli-Muranyi 1 ll.xg7+! l!lxg7 2 l:i:b7+ lilg6 (now it's mate, but otherwise White simplifies and 2 ... J:!d7 3 ll.xd7+ l:rxd7 4 'lil'xd7+ should be winning easily enough) 3 'lil'e8+ l!lf6 1-0 It's mate next move, just as it is after 3 ... 1!1f5 4 fl.f7+ :!l:f6 5 g4+! ll<xf4 6 lhf6+.

318) Caruana-Adams 1 ... .1txh3! obliterates White's defences. The game concluded 2 fl.e2 (the bishop was immune, of course, due to both 2 1!ixh3?? 'iii'h5# and 2 gxh3 fl.g8) 2 ... J:l.g8 3 fl.ae1? .ltxg2! 0-1 Black wins the house after 4 l:i:xg2 'i!l'h4+ 5 ll<gl fl.xg2+ 6 'lil'xg2 'lil'xel and 7 . . . :!l:g8.

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319) Poggio-Livesey 1 f!:xa6! J1Lxa6 2 'l!Vxe6+ �h8 3 1bf7+ �g8 4 1bxh6+ �h8 Slbf7+ gave White a crushing attack.

320) Rasch-Schiller 1 1bxd6! lbxd6 (Black's kingside is defenceless after l . ..l:te7 2 f!:xe4) 2 'i'gS+ 1-0 White's attack quickly leads to mate after 2 ... �f8 3 'l!Vh6+! �g8 4 f!:xe8+ 'l!Vxe8 (or 4 ... 1bxe8 5

"li'f8#) 5 'l!Vg5+ �f8 6 J1Lxd6+.

321) Krush-Ruxton 1 'i1Vxg7+! �xg7 2 l:th7+ �g8 3 ll:h8+ �g7 4 l:l1h7# 1-0

322) Rogers-Ris 1 ... 'ill'c6! 0-1 There's no satisfactory defence to the twin threats of 2 . . . '1\Vxcl+ and 2 .. .J:hel+ 3 f!:xel 'ill'xg2#.

323) Dworakowska-Cramling 1 ... J1Lxf2+! 2 �h1 (White's queen is lost after 2 �xf2 1bg4+) 2 ... 1ilg4 gives Black a winning attack.

324) Hickman-Menan 1 ... 'i'a2+ 2 �c1 '1Wa1+! 0-1 It's mate with 3/bxal lhal #.

325) Lahno-Malmdin 1 'l!Vxhs! 1-0 White wins a piece after l . . . gxh5 2 1bxe6+ �h7 3 1bxc7.

326) Arsenault-Ris 1 ... ll:xh3+! 0-1 It's mate after 2 �xh3 (or 2 gxh3 'i'gl#) 2 . . . 'iiVhl#.

327) Wade-Horton 1 '1Wxf6+! �xf6 2 1bd7+ �e7 3 lbxb6 li:c6 4 li:b1 wins a piece.

328) Kristjansson-Salgado Alia ria 1...ll:xh3! 2 gxh3 ll:xh3 3 f3 l:l.g3+ 4 �f2 l:i:xf3+ 0-1 Mate follows with 5 �g2 'l!Vg4+ 6 �h2 l:i:h3#.

329) Korchnoi-Krush Korchnoi actually resigned before Black could play 1 ... 'i!Vxe4! winning a piece and the game in view of 2 lbxe4? l:td 1 + 3 f!:fl ll:xfl #.

330) Korchnoi-Krush 1 J:l.f8+! �g7 (l. . .li:x£8 2 J1Ld5 wins the queen) 2 f!.xd8 1bxd8 3 'i!Vxc7+ picks up a clear pawn, but in the game Korchnoi actually blundered with l l:l:f2?? (see the previous puzzle).

331) Popilski-Porat 1 ... 1bf3+! 0-1 It's mate after 2 J1Lxf3 '1Wf2#.

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332) Hopwood-Mackenzie 1 '!Wxf7+! 1-0 It's mate with 1 . .. lhf7 2 l:reS#.

333) Robertson-Stokes

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1 1Llxb7! 1Llxb7 (or 1 .Ailxb7 2 '!Wa6+ lli>bS 3 '!Wxc6) 2 '!Wxc6 wins an important pawn.

334) Bodnaruk-Gunina 1 'iWg8+! 1-0 It's mate after 1 . . . /LlxgS 2 1Llh7#.

335) Seeman-Akesson 1 il.xg6! fxg6 2 f7+ 1-0 Mate follows after 2 ... 11i>xf7 (or 2 . . . 1!ig7 3 il.f6+ lli>xf7 4 'iWh7+) 3 '!Wh7+ il.g7 4 ll:fl+.

336) Unzicker-Bronstein 1 ... 'iWxg2+! (just in time) 2 'iWxg2 (or 211i>xg2 ll:e2+ 31li>f3 '!Wf2#) 2 ... ll:e2 0-1 The checks run out after 3 l:tg8+ lli>h7 4 ll:g7+ lli>h6.

337) McGowan-MacGregor 1 l:txa6+! lli>xa6 (or 1 ... bxa6 2 '!Wc7+ II< aS 3 'iWc6+ lli>a7 4 l:rf7+ followed by mate) 2 '!Wa3+ l!ib6 3 l:ib3+ (3 '!Wb4+ is similar and a little faster) 3 ... \li>c6 4 l:rc3+ (the computer points out that it was possible to mate by keeping checking: 4 '!Wa4+ l!id6 5 '!Wd4+ lli>e6 6 ll:b6+ l!if7 7 l:lxb7+ ll<e6 8 'iWc4+ l!if6 9l:l.b6+ lli>e7 10 'iWc5+ ll<e8 l ll:l.e6+ lli>f7 12 'iWe7+ lli>g8 13l:l.g6+ l!ihS 14 'i'g7#) 4 ... 11<d7 s l:!d3+ ll<e8 6 'iil'a4+ l!ie7 7 '!Wb4+ ll<e8 8 'iil'bS+ ll<e7 9 '!Wxb7+ lli>e8 10 '!!Vc6+ ll<e7 11 'iil'c7+ and the black rook finally fell.

338) Adda-Janev 1 ... l:lxds o-1 Black wins the bishop on d2 since 2 'i!!'xd5? allows 2 . . . 'i!!'fl+ 3 J:!xfl Sxfl#.

339) Di Paolo-Olivier 1 J:rexf6! ll:xf6 2 l:txf6 1-0 White wins a piece since 2 . . . gxf6? 3 '!!Vxh6+ ll<gS 4 il.c4+ forces Black to part with his queen.

340) Holt-Palliser 1 J:txgS+! ll<f8 2 .!l:g8+! 1-0 It's mate on g7 in any case after 2 ... 11<xg8 3 'iWxh6.

341) Darrington-Williams 1 .. J!:xc2!! 2/Llxas (or 211i>xc2 'i!!'xa2 3 .il_cll:l.cS+ with a crushing attack and even 2 .i/_d4 fails to save White in view of 2 ... 1bc3+!) 2 ... 1Lld2+! (now Black's raking bishops come into their own) 3 '11Vxd2 l:txb2+ 411<c1 l:rb1# 0-1

342) Slovineau-Rukminto 1 'l!Vb7+! l:lxb7 2 axb7+ 1-0 It's mate with 2 . . . 1!ixb7 3 .il_c6+ lli>cS 4 .!l:xa8#.

343) Rogerson-Palliser 1 '!Wxh7+! 1-0 It's mate with l ... l!lxh7 2 l:th3+ il.h4 3 ll:xh4#.

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344) Smallbone-Brazier 1 l:i:xfS! gxf5? (l . . . l:i:d6 prevents mate, but leaves Black a clear piece down after 2 'lli'g5) 2 h6 1-0

345) Taimanov-Persitz 1 l:i:g8+! 1-0 It's mate with l . . . J:ixg8 2 1iJf7#.

346) Short-Biyiasis 1 'lli'xe5+! 1-0 It's mate after l . . .'lli'xe5 (or l . . .<ol<g8 2 'lli'xd4) 2 J:ixf8+ l:i:xf8 3 J:ixf8#.

34 7) Mulligan-Foord 1 ... 'lli'xh2+! 2 lilxh2 ll:h6+ 3 lilg3 .lth4+ 0-1 It's mate after 4 l!lf4 (or 4 l!lh2 .ltxf2+ 5 .lth3l:i:xh3#) 4 . . . l:i:f6#.

348) Westerinen-Larsen 1 ... 1iJf3+! 0-1 Black wins a rook since it's mate after 2 gxf3 l:td5+ 31!/cll:.Xel#.

349) Siebrecht-Diaz Diaz 1 ... 1iJh3+! 0-1 Black's attack becomes a mating one after 21!/hl (or 2 gxh3 'lli'g5+ 3 .ltg2 'lli'xg2#) 2 ... 1iJxf2+ 3 l!lgl liJg4 4 g3 l:i:c3! 5 l:i:xc3 dxc3 6 'lli'xc3 'lille4.

350) Turner-Smallbone 1 .ltxg7! 1-0 Black loses his queen for insufficient compensation after l . . .l!lxg7 (or l . . .l:i:fc8 when White has a pleasant choice between 2 'lli'd2 and a strong attack after 2 .ltf6 1!if8 3 'lli'd2 1!1e8 4 l:iel) 2 l:i:g3+ lilh6 3 'lli'd2+ lilh7 4 l:i:h3.

351) Palliser-Horner 1 ... l:i:xe4! wins a piece since 2 fxe4 .ltb4+ 3 1!1£1 'lli'h3+ 4 1!/gl ll:d6 gives Black a crushing attack.

352) �ten-Bensdorp 1 ... .ltxd4+! 2 'lli'xd4 (it's mate down the e-file after 2 .ltxd4 '11Vg5+ 3 1!1£2 '11Vg2+ 41!/el l:i:e8+) 2 ... 'lli'g5+ 3 1!1f2 'lli'g2+ 41!/ell:i:eB+ 51!/dl 'lli'xfl+ wins the exchange while retaining the ini-tiative.

353) Grotenhuis-L'Ami 1 ... l:i:xc3! (or l . ..'lillh2+ 2 1!ifl l:i:xc3!) 2 ll:xf6 (Black has a winning attack after 2 .ltxc3 'lli'h2+ 3 l!lfl liJe4; for example, 4 .ltd3 �b5! 5 .ltxb5 'lillhl+ 61!/e2 1iJxc3+ 7 1!if2 'lillxal winning material) 2 ... 'lli'h2+ 3 lilf1 .ltg3 4 'lli'xg3 'ii!'xg3 5l:l.f3 "flic7 0-1

354) Peng Zhaoqin-Van Nies 1 lhg7+! l!lxg7 2 f6+ lilf8 (Black is defenceless too after both 2 . . . 1!/hS 3 £7 and 2 ... 1!1h6 3 'lli'g4) 3 '11Vxh7 1-0 White's queen and £-pawn force mate.

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355) Schmoll-Giacomelli 1 ... 1i:Jh3+! 0-1 Black reaches a winning endgame after 2 gxh3 f!.gS 3 �h5+ l!lfS 4 'l1Vxg8+ l!lxgS.

356) Van Wely-Acs 1 ... ll:e6! 2121xe6 (there wasn't anything else to be done against the threat of 2 . . . ll:h6; even the computeristic 2 �g6 fails to save White after 2 .. Jhg6 3 121xg6 hxg6 4 121f4 'l!Vh6 followed by 5 . . . g5) 2 ... i!.f5+ 3 1!ig1 1i'h2+ 4 l!lf1 il.g3 0-1 It's mate on f2 or with 5 fxg3 �h3#.

357) Caveney-Tia 1 .. .1i:lf3+! 2 1!1g2 (or 2 'ilf'xf3 'l1Vxe2+ 3 1i'g2 1i'xg2+ 4 1!1xg2 l:i:e2+ 5 1!if3 f!.xc2 with an extra rook) 2 ... 121xd4 3 il.xg6+ 'ili'xg6 4 1i'xe8121xe2 0-1 Black emerges a piece ahead in the endgame.

358) Hunt-Palliser 1 l:txg7+! l!lxg7 (or 1. . .121xg7 2 'I!Vixh6+ l!lgS 3 1i'h7+ lli>f7 4 l:tf3+ l!leS 5 'ili'g6+ \!IdS 6 l:txf8+ and Black is crushed) 2 1i'xh6+ l!lf7 3l'U3+ 1-0 White recoups his material with an overwhelming advantage in the case of 3 ... 1!1e7 4 'ilf'xfS+ l!lcts 5 l:l:f7.

359) Harper-Palliser 1 ... 121e3+! 0-1 Black wins the exchange while retaining the initiative after 2 fxe3 'ili'xhl+.

360) Fomichenko-Anibar 1121d7+! l!le7 (or 1 . . .1i'xd7 2 'iil'f6+ 'iil'£7 3 1i'xf7#) 2 1i'g7# 1-0

361) Pruja-Muratet 1 ... l!.xa2+! 0-1 It's mate down the a-file after 2 1!1xa2 l:i:a8+.

362) Gerber-Bartel 1 ... 121xb2! 0-1 White loses the exchange since 2 1!ixb2? ll:xe2 is truly devastating.

363) Zapata-Welling The immediate smothered mate fails as Black is covering f7 at the end, but White can prepare it with 1 l:td8!! 1i'c1+ (l . ..f!.xdS 2 121f7+ l!lgS 3 1i:Jh6+ l!lhS 4 1i'g8+! and 5 121f7# is the main point of the combination; Black can try and check, but both in the game and after 1 ...1i'bl+ 21!ig2 'ii!'e4+ 3 1!/h3 he quickly runs out of checks) 2 1!1g2 'iil'g5+ 311i'f1 1-0 After 3 ... 1i'cl+ 4 l!le2 'iil'c2+ 511i>f3 1i'c3+ 6 1l<g2 there's nothing to be done about White's back-rank threats.

364) Howell-Wells 1 ... lbf2! 2 �b3+ (Black's main point is that 2 'i!Vxg3 l:tfl + wins the queen after either 3 1l<g2 l!gl +or 3 1i<h2 i!.f4) 2 ... 11i'h7 3 1i'c7+ l!lh6 4 'ili'xc8 l:lgl+! 0-1 White's queen is lost.

365) Lutton-Palliser 1 ... .ixf2+! 0-1

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Black wins the exchange while retaining a strong attack after 2 Wxf2 'l!i'd4+ 3 l:!:e3 (or 3 We2 'ill'd2#) 3 .. .fxe3+.

366) Kritz-Kolbus Black mistakenly forced a draw with l . . . l:!:lc2+ 2 Wbl l:!cl+, missing 1 ... ll:8c2+ 2 Wa3 b4+! which forces mate: 3 Wa4 .!:txa2+ 4 ®xb4 il.aS# or 3 Wxb4 .li<cS+ 4 ®a4 lha2#.

367) Devereaux-Lunn 1 l:i:exh5! li:lxh5 (l ...Sh8 also loses to 2 li:lfS+!, but Black could have put up some resistance with l. . ..!:tg8 2l:!h8! ®18!, if not 2 . . . ll:xh8? 3 li:lfS+!) 2li:lf5+! Wg8 (or 2 . . . gxfS 31!i'gS+ lilf8 4 'lilh6+ Wg8 S I:lxhS forcing mate) 3l:txh5 1-0 Mate follows alter 3 .. .£6 (or 3 . . . gxhS 4 'i!l'gS+ lilh7 S 'l!i'g7#) 4 '!ilh6 gxfS S 'i!l'g6+ \1118 6 ll:h8#.

368) Ferguson-Eggleston 1 .li<f6!! li:le7 (trying to shore up the kingside, rather than be mated after l . . .gxf6 2 ll:g3+ Wh8 3 'ii'g4) 2 'ill'h5 (threatening 3 I:lh3 h6 4 .li<xg7) 2 ... h6 3 ll:h3 li:lf5 4 g4! bxa4 5 gxf5 axb3 6 'ill'xh6! (not the only win, but by far the most aesthetic) 6 .. Jl.xa1+ 7 ®g2 gxh6 8 .!:txh6 l:i:g1+ 9 1iixg1 b2 10 J:i:h8# 1-0

369) Korneev-Devereaux Rather than the game's l ...'l!i'gl when White escaped with a draw, 1 ... g2! would have decided proceedings since 2 'l!i'xg2 fails to 2 . . . .li<c3+ 3 ®a4 'ii'bl when there's no good way to prevent mate on b4.

370) Palliser-Malakhatko White levers open the black king's defences with 1 e6! 'l!i'c5 (Black's king is ripped to shreds after 1 . . . fxe6 2 'ii'xd3 lilh8 3 'l!i'xg6 ll:g8 4 'ill'f6+ l!lh7 S li:ld7!, while l .. .J:i:xd6 loses to 2 'ill'xf7+ lilh8 3 e7) 2 'ii'xf7+ ®h8 3 'iil'f6+ ®h7 4 ll:xd3 'ill'xb6 (or 4...l:tg8 S li:ld7 'l!i'c2 6 l:tl3 and wins) 5 'i!Vf7+ lilh8 6 'l!i'xg6 'ii'xf2 7 'ii'xh6+ l!lg8 8 e7 l:!d7 1-0

371) Van Kemenade-Dougherty 1 'l!i'xd5+! 1-0 l. ..li:lxdS 2 l:th8# is mate.

372) lkonnikov-Palliser 1 .. Jl.e3! (the only move, but a good one) 2 'ill'xe3 (White has nothing more than perpetual alter 2 'i!Vh8 'l!i'xdS 3 'l!i'd8+ ®IS!) 2 ... fxe3 3 lil:xf5+ l!lxf5 4 l:ie7 (there's no way for White to win; Black's passed e-pawn is fully the equal of the three extra white pawns: for example, 4 l!lg1 .!:tc4! S l:l:17+ l!le4 6 b6 lild3 forces White to take the draw with 7 b7 l:l:c1 + 8 l:i.lll:!x£1 + 9 Wxfl lild2 10 b8'ill' e2+ 1 1 lilf2 el 'l!i'+ 1 2 1!113, because 7 .!:tfl? loses to 7 . . . e2 8 .!:tel l!ld2 9 lilf2 J:!.f4+ 10 ®g3 1!1xe1 1 l l!lxf4 ®12 1 2 b7 el'i!l' 1 3 b8'l!i' 'l!i'eS+ 1 4 Wg4 'i!VfS+ 1 S ®h4 'l!i'hS#) 4 ... l:te4 5 g4+! (prudent, whereas Sl:!f7+? IiieS 6 .!:tfl would have cost White the game after 6 . . . e2 7 lil:el ®14) 5 ... ®f4 6 .!l.xe4+ l!lxe4 7 1!1g2 Wd3 8 b6 e2 9 b7 e1'l!i' 10 b8'l!i' 'i!l'e2+ 11 ®g3 'ii'e3+ 12 'ii<h4 'i!l'h6+ y,.y, It's perpetual.

373) Sareen-Lohou 1llxe3! 'i!l'xe3 2 .li<xg7! gives White a winning attack: 2 ... Wxg7 3 'i!l'g6+ l!lh8 4 'l!i'h6+ Wg8 5 'l!i'xe6+ lilh7 (or S . . . lilh8 6 li:lg6+ and 7 'i!l'xe3) 6 'i!l'xe7+ (even better is 6 il.xfS+ forcing mate: 6 . . . l:txiS 7 'i!l'xfS+ WhS 8 iVhS+ Wg8 9 'i!l'f7+ l!lh8 1 0 li:lg6#) 6 ... ®g8 7 .li<c4+ il.ds 8 .li<xdS+ l:!xds 9 'i!l'e6+ 1-0

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374) Kuzubov-Wademark 1 icxh7+! l!lxh7 2 :!i!:h3+ li:lh6 (desperately trying to plug the h-file; Black also would have faced a rather grim future after 2 . . . 1!/gS 3 icxe7 'ii'xe7 4 'ii'xg4 g6 5 e4) 3 'ii'd3+ l!lg8 4 icxh6 fs (not 4 . . . gxh6? 5 ll:xh6 £5 6 exf6 when mate follows and neither would 4 . . . ich4 have saved Black in view of 5 g3 gxh6 6 l:txh4 'i!'g5 7 e4 icc6 8 exd5 exd5 9 ll:fl with a huge attack) 5 exf6 icxf6 (5 . . . ll:xf6 6 icxg7! is rather strong too) 6 icxg7! l!lxg7? 7 'ii'h7# 1-0

375) Kuzubov-Palliser 1 ll:xf6! 1-0 l. . .li:lxd3 2 1i:lxd3 is crushing since the rook remains immune in view of 2 . . . gxf6 3 'ii'xf6+ l!lgS 4 .lth6 and 5 'llllg7#.

376) Vakovich-Sarakauskas 11i'lgS! fxgs 2 iceS+ f6 3 icxf6+ .ltxf6 4 'ii'xf6+ l!lg8 (or 4 . . . 'ii'g7 5 'l!Vxd8+ 'i!'gS 6 'lifd6 with an extra exchange and the attack to boot) 5 .ltxe6+! 'i!'xe6 6 "i!Vxd8+ l!lf7 7 ll:c7+ l!lg6 8 'f!e7 'ii'f6 9 'l!V g8+ 1-0

377) Dickson-Botterill 1 ... 1i:lxc3! 2 bxc3 (White loses his queen after 2 .ltxc6 'ii'xc6+) 2 ... icxg2+ 3 1i<h2 :!!.xd2 4 "!I!Vxd2 li:lg4# 0-1

378) Lambshire-Keely 1.!:rxf7+! :C.xf7 (or 1 .. .1!/hS 2 ll:h7+! l!lxh7 3 "!I!Vxg6+ l!lh8 4 'i!'h7#) 2 'i!Vxg6+ 1-0 It's mate after 2 . . . 1!/hS (or 2 ... 1!/fS 3 'i!'xf7#) 3 1i:lxf7#.

379) Scott-Simonds 1 'llllf6! Jcxf2+ 2 1!1h1 1-0 White emerges a rook ahead after 2 . . . .1td4 (2 . . . gxf6 allows mate: 3 .!:rg4+ l!lhS 4 icxf6#) 3 ii.xd4 £!:xd4 4 'ii'xd4.

380) Webb-Bellin 1 ... .1th3! 0-1 Only a double sacrifice on e8 can avert mate since 2 'i!Vxh3 runs into 2 ... .!:rcl +.

381) Emms-Fressinet Rather than the game's 1 h3, 1 .txg6+! would have been all over since l ...ll:xg6 2 'llllxh5+ forces mate after 2 . . . .!:th6 (or 2 . . . \t<gS 3 'iil'xg6+ lilfS 4 'i!'g7+ IiieS 5 f7+ li<d7 6 fS'ii'+) 3 'ii'f7+ li<hS 4 'l!Vg7#.

382) Adams-Maki Uuro 1 .ltxh7+! l!lxh7 (or l ... l!lg7 2 "I!Vg4+ l!lh8 3l:\d3 with a crushing attack) 2 'i!Vhs+ 1-0 A decisive rook-lift follows with 2 ... 1!1g7 3 'i!'g4+! li<h6 4 .!l:d3.

383) Lucey-Miller Rather than the game's l . . .li:lf4 2 'ii'xf6+ when it was perpetual. 1 ... ll:2g7! would have won since 2 'ii'dS (or 2 'ii'xh5+ :!l:h7 and the exchange-up ending is an easy win) 2 ... .!l:h7 leaves White defenceless: for example, 3 1i'lh2 (3 'l!Vc6 e4 is similar) 3 ... e4 4 'i!Vc6 e3 and White can't stop the e-pawn without losing his queen to the black knight.

384) James-Lobo 1l:lxh7! :!l:xb2+ 2 1!1c1 l:tb1+ (desperately trying to avoid 2 ... 1!1xh7 3 'ii'xg6+ 1!/hS 4 'l!Vxg7#) 3

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li<xb1 J:l.b8+ 41i<a1 exf6 5 l:!.xg7+ (plenty good enough, but slightly more accurate was 5 'I!Vxg6 forcing mate in view of the threatened 6 ll:hS+!) 5 ... \!<xg7 6 'l!¥xg6+ li<f8 1 'I!Vxf6+ 'I!Vxf6 8 il,xf6 1i<f7 9 il,xc3 1-0

385) Burt-Dams 1 1i:lxe6!! li:lf6 (or 1.. .\!<xe6 2 'I!Vf5+ li<d6 3 il,f4+ with a winning attack: for example, 3 ... \!<c5 4 cxd4+ li:lxd4 5 J:l.cl + l!<b4 6 'I!Ve4! - by no means the only move, but by far the most attractive - 6 ... dxe4 7 il,d2+ li<b3 8 il,c4+ l!<b2 9 l:ta2#) 2 'lli'h3 '11Ve7 (White emerges with an extra piece after 2 . . . \!<eS 31/:lxdS .ltxh3 4 1i:lxc6) 3 .lta3 (this wins the queen, but also rather good is 3 J:l.el) 3 ... '1!Vxe6 4 il,f5 1-0

386) Spassky-Korchnoi 1 "i!!'h6+! 1-0 Mate follows after l . . .li<xh6 (or 1 . ..\!<gS 2 l:tc8+) 2 .!'!hl#.

387) Novik-Sakaev 1 ... '1!¥xg2+! 21i<xg2 il,xe4+ 31i<h2 (or 3\!<g3 il,d6+ 4 1i<g4 1i:ld4! with an overwhelming attack in view of 5 'l!¥xd4 il,f3#) 3 ... J:l.f2+ 0-1 Black has far too many attacking pieces for the queen after 4\!<gl (or 4\!<g3 !:!.g2#) 4 ... !:!.xb2+ 5\!<fl lhbl + 6 \!<e2 1i:ld4+.

388) Darban-Paridar 1 ... 'lli'xd6! wins a piece and gives Black a crushing attack: 2 'lli'xd6 1i:le2# 0-1

389) Schellmann-Kachiani 1 ... ll:xb2+! 2 \!<xb2 (both 2\!<cl 'l!Vb4 and 2 1i<al l:td2! lead to mate) 2 ... 'lli'b4+ 31i<c2 'lli'xC4+ 0-1 White loses his queen after 4 "l!Vc3 'lli'a2+ 5 'I!Vb2 (or 5\!<cl il,a3+) 5 . . . ll:e2+.

390) Henrichs-Prusikin 1 ... 1i:lf3+! 2 gxf3 exf3 o-1 It's mate after 3 $<e5 'lli'xg4+ 4 i-g3 l:thl+ 5\!<xhl �3+ 6\!<gl 'lli'g2#.

391) Malienko-Kruglyakov 1 l:txe6+! l!<xe6 2 i-b3+ li<e7 3 l:'ie1+ l!<dS 4 'I!Va8+1 1-0 Black must give up a huge amount of material to delay mate after 4 ... '1Wc8 (or 4 ... 1i<c7 5 'lli'xa7+ l!<cS 6 i<e6) 5 'I!Vxa7.

392) Kovalenko-Chistiakov 1 >ixh6! overloads Black's defence of g7: 1 ... "i!!'g8 (or J . . . li:lxh6 2 'lli'xe8+) 2 'l!¥f6+ 1-0

393) Perez Celis-Mingorance Torres 1 1i:lxh6+! gxh6 2 i-h7+ li<xh7 3l:!xe5 l:txe5 4 'lli'xf4 left White with a near decisive material lead.

394) Damaso Tacoronte-Campos Vera 1 l:!.xh6+! gxh6 2 'lli'xh6+ l:!.h7 3 'I!Vxf8# 1-0

395) Marrero Falcon-Vega Gutierrez 1 1i:lxf7+! 1-0 Black's back-rank problems cost him far too much material after 1 . . . ll:xf7 2 J:l.dS+.

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396) Slaby-Mendoza 1ll:xa7! ll:ae8 (and not l . . .ll:xa7? 2 ll:b8 followed by mate) 2 .l¥.xf8 l:!:xf8 3 :!:tc1 left White two pawns ahead.

397) Gimeno Higueras-Radulski 1 ... .1¥.xb3+! 0-1 Following 2 'lil'xb3 (or 2 Wcl .l¥.xc4 with an extra two pawns) 2 ... d3+ White must either give up his queen or lose his rook after 3 Wb2 'ilfxd2+.

398) Yermolinsky-Onyekwere 1l:!:a6+! wxa6 2 'lll'xc6+ was 3 :!l:b7 1-o White's extra rook swiftly decides after 3 . . . Wa4 4 'lil'xb5+ Wa3 5 dxe5.

399) Cottreii-Aigner 1 ... 'ill'xh2+! 2 Wxh2 l:th4+ 3 Wg2 .l¥.h3+ 0-1 It's mate with 4 Wh1 .ifl#.

400) Hopwood-Conroy 11ilfs+! Wh8 (and not l . . .gxf5? 2 'ill'g5+ Wh8 311lVxf6+ Wg8 4 J:l.g1#, while l.. .Wg8 2 'ill'h6 1ile8 3 h4! gives White a rather powerful attack) and now, even stronger than the game's promising 2 iflxd6, is 2 'ill'h6! l:l:g8 3 1 i'lxd6 'ill'e7 4 dxeS lilbd7 s l:tb7 leaving White two pawns up and with some advantage.

401) Palliser-Ansell 1 f6+! Wxf7 2 'I!Vxh7+ Wxf6 (and not 2 . . . We6? 3 ll:e1+! when White wins) 3 'ill'h8+ forces perpetual, although White must still be a little accurate: 3 ... Wf7 4'iolVh7+ We6 5 'ill'g8+ Wd7 6 'ill'g7+ Wd8 7111i'f6+ Wc8 8 'ill'h8+ Wc7 9 'liVes+ (preventing Black's king from hiding in the aScorner) 9 ... Wc6 10 lllVf6+ WbS 11 llli'b6+ Wc4 12 'ill'e6+ WcS (Black sensibly avoided 12 ... Wd3 on account of 1 3 'ill'b3+ We4- and not 13 .. .'>ii>e2? 14 'ill'f3# - 1 4 l:te1+! 'llt'xe1 15111i'e6+ Wf4 16 'ill'xe1 when White has at least a draw) Yz-Yz

402) Palliser-McNab 1 ... l:l:xe3! 2ll:xd6 (2 fxe3 fails to 2 ... 1ilxg3#) 2 ... '/lt'gs 0-1 There's no defence on the kingside with 3 . . . 'lWxg3 but one threat.

403) Van Wely-L'Ami 1 ... 1ila2+! 0-1 It's mate after 2 'l!Vxa2 'ill'c2#.

404) Palliser-Prole Rather than the game's 1 . . . J:l:xf3?, 1 ... .!l:xb3! would have been fine for Black after 2 'ill'c1 (or 2 axb3111i'c3+ 3 Wa2 .l¥.e6 when White must find 4 :!l:b1! after which 4 . . . 'i!Va5+ 5 Wb2 'lWxe5+ 6 >ii>cl 'l!Vc3+ 7 Wd1 'iWd3+ 8 Wcl 'l!Vc3+ is perpetual) 2 ... '1!i'xcl+ 3 J:l.xc1 :!l:xf3 4 :ci:c7 .l¥.c6 5 hxg6 dxes 6 l:txe7 fxg6 with a likely draw.

405) Gordon-Hopwood 1 .... lha2+! 2 Wa1 (the queen goes after 2 Wxa2 b3+ 3 Wb1 llli'xd2) 2 ... .1¥.b3 (preventing possible defences with b3, although 2 . . . a3 3 b3 .ixb3 is also good enough for Black) 3 exfs? (not the best, but 31i'lcl a3! 4 Wb1 axb2 511lVxb2 .ixd5! leaves Black with a powerful attack and two extra pawns to boot) 3 ... a3 41iifb1.1¥.a2+! (also crushing was 4 . . . axb2 5 'lll'xb2 e4, but the second bishop sacrifice on a2 is more aesthetic and decisively rips open further lines) 0-1

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406) Bailey-Palliser 1 :txh6! d5 (Black is mated after l . . .gxh6 2 'lli'xh6) 2 :txg7! :tc5+ 3 1!ih1 1Llxg7 4 'lli'h7+ l!lf8 5 'lli'h8+ l!le7 6 'lli'xg7+ l!id6 7 1i'xf6+ and White's extra pawns romped home.

407) Karpov-Taimanov 1 .•. 1Llg3+!! 0-1 It's mate down the h-file after 2 hxg3 (or 2 '!Wxg3 l::ixbl 3 '1Wf3 e4 4 'lli'e2 '!Wd3 5 'lli'xd3 exd3 and the d-pawn queens) 2 .. J:ta8.

408) Bondarevsky-Botvinnik 1 . • J!.xh3+! 0-1 There's no way to defend h3 after 2 gxh3 1Lldf4.

409) Mira lies-Thesing 1 .. J:txf2+! 2 'lli'xf2 :th3+ 3 1!if3 (or 3 1!ixh3 'lli'xf2 with an extra queen and a winning attack) 3 ... 'lli'e4# 0-1

410) Garcia Castro-Arizmendi Martinez 1 .•. i.g3!! 2 lilxg3 (or 21/ixdl 'lli'h2+ 3 \llfl 'lli'hl#) 2 .. Jl:h1 3 f5 '!Wh3+ 4 l!if4 'lli'f3+ 51!1g5 J:l:h5+! 6 gxh5 o-1 It's mate after 6 ... 'lli'g3#.

411) Neiksans-Stefansson 1 ... 'lli'xh2+! 2 lilxh21!1f7 0-1 Mate follows after 3 ... li:h8+.

412) Karpov-5alov 1 1/ixg6! 1-0 White is a piece up with a crushing attack since the queen is immune in view of 1 . . . hxg6 2 li:h4 and 3 li:h8#.

413) Shirov-Kramnik 1 ... 1Lla3+! 2 lilc1 (White must avoid 2 bxa3? l:l:bS when Black's queen outclasses his rooks, while 2 1!ia1 1Llc2+ 3 \llbl 1Lla3+ repeats) 2 ... i.f4+! 3 gxf4 'lli'xf4+ 4 J:l:d2l:l:d8 5 :!l.ed1 l:i:xd2 6

l:l:xd2 Yz-Yz It's perpetual with 6 . . . 'lli'fl+ 7 ll:dl 'lli'f4+.

414) Kulovana-Berescu 1 'lli'h7+! 1-0 It's mate with l . . .lilxh7 2 1Zlxf6+ l!lhS 3 l:txg8#.

415) Blecha-Berescu 1 ... 1Lla3+! 2 bxa3 (it's mate after 2 lila1 1Lldxc2#) 2 .. :l!Vxc2+ 3 lila1 'lli'c3+ (plenty good enough, but 3 . . . b3! would actually have forced mate) 4 1!ib1 1Llc2 0·1 White must give up his queen to prevent mate on a3.

416) Krupa-Giuriati 1 l:txg7+! 1-0 It's mate down the h-file after l . . .l!ixg7 (or l ...:txg7 2 'lli'h7#) 2 1Llxf5+.

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Solutions

417) Addison-Palliser 1.- -�xg2!! 2 I:!.xd5 (White might try delaying this, but 2 '>l<h2 �f3! 3 J:!:xf3 .ltxf3 4 l:txh5+ .ltxh5 5 'iil'f4 .lte2 is at least equal for Black, while 4 'iil'f4 I:!.g2+ 5 �hl l:tg3+ forces perpetual) 2.- . .ltxd5+ 3 �h2 (and not 3 �fl ?? .ltc4+ 4 '>l<el I:!.gl+ when Black wins) 3.-.l:tef6! (the point of the combination: White cannot avoid perpetual check) 4 l:txf6 (4 l:te2 also leads to a draw after either 4 ... �f3 or 4 . . . I:!.f1 5 e4 �xe4 6lii:xe4 J:!:f2+ 7 '>l<hl l:tfl+) 4.-Jl:g2+ 5 '>l<h1 I:!.g6+ 6 �h2 ll:g2+ 7 '>l<h1 Yz-Yz

418) Rubinstein-Hirschbein 1 ll:xd7! 1-0 Black must lose his queen after l . . . .ltxd7 2 1iJf6+ ll<f8 3 1iJd5! in view of the threat of 4 'iil'h8#.

419) King-Crouch 1._.1Uf3+! 2 gxf3 1iJd4 3 'iil'xd4 (otherwise 3 . . . 1Uxf3+ leads to mate) 3.-.exd4 4 1Ucxe4 .lte5 0-1

420) Rowe-Boytsun 1 1Uxg6+! hxg6 2 'i!Vxg7 gave White an overwhelming attack.

421) Steinkuehler-Biackburne 1.-.'iil'gl+! 2l:bg1 1iJf2+ 3 '>llg2 .lth3# 0-1

422) Leake-Emms 1.-.lii:xc2! 2 �xc2? (White should restrict his losses to just a pawn with 2 l':ld2) 2.- .axg2+! 3 Wh1? (losing further material, but after 3 �xg21Ue3+ 4 �f21iixc2 Black's queen is somewhat stronger than White's rooks, especially with White's king rather exposed) 3.- .l!.xe2 4 '!Wxe2 1iJg3+ 5 '>l<g2 1Uxe2 6 Wf2 1iJg3 0-1

423) Mackinnen-Emms 1._. 'i!Vxf3+! 0-1 It's back-rank mate after 2 l:txf3 l:tel+.

424) Spreeuw-Emms 1 g6+! fxg6 2 fxg6+ �h6 (now White's double threat wins a rook and the game, but 2 . . . 11<xg6 3 'i1Vf5+! 'lixf5 4 exf5+ llixf5 5 .ltxb7 would have left Black a piece in arrears) 3 'i!Vg8 Wxg6 4 'lixa2 'iil'e7 5 .ltf2 1-0

425) Adams-Hon 1 l:txa5! 'i!Vb7? (the rook was immune in view of l ...'i!Vxa5? 21Uc6+, but even l . . .�e4 isn't much of an improvement since White has a winning attack after 2 I:!.a7+ liJd7 3 'iil'h4+ �e8 4

lt:Jxe6!; for example, 4 . . . '1ibl+ 5 Wg2 'lie4+ 6 \l<h3 fxe6 7 'iil'h7) 2 ll:a7! 1-0 Black loses his queen after 2 . . . 'i!Vxa7 31Uc6+ and 41Uxa7.

426) Cressweii-Wigbout Rather than the game's l l:l:h3 when 1 . . .£5 would have been a good defence, 1 .1txg7! would have terminated proceedings in view of 1._.�xg7 (or l .. .f5 2 l:!xg6 with a crushing attack) 2 'i'f6+ Wg8 3 l:th3 .lth7 4l!.xh7! Wxh7 5 ll:c3 and mate down the h-file.

427) Bellin-Hanreck 11i:Jxf6! 1-0 There's no defence against mate after l . . . .ltxf6 2 e5.

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428) Kieran-Smallbone 1,._jcxa3! 2 'iil'e4 (it's also mate down the a-file after 2 bxa3 'iil'xa3) 2._,jcb4 0-1

429) Schulder-Boden 1.- .d5! wins a piece: 2 jcxd5? 'i'xc3+! 3 bxc3 jca3# 0-1

430) Menchik-Thomas 1 'i'xh7+! 1-0 Mate follows down the h-file.

431) Steinitz-Rosenthal 1.-.�xg3+! 2 hxg3 f2+ 3 �xf2 (or 3 'i'xf2 'i'hl#) 3.-.'i'g2+ 4 �e3 '!Wf3# 0-1

432) Andrenko-Kalinina 1._.1Lle2+ 2 �h1 'i'xh2+! 0-1 It's mate with 3 �xh2 ll:h6#.

433) Butkiewicz-Van der Veen 1...1Llxh2! 2 �xh2 (otherwise 2 . . . 'i'xg3+ occurs) 2.-.'i'h5+ 3 �g1 'i'xe2 wins the exchange.

434) Saligo-Taverniers 1 jcxh7+! �xh7 (or 1 . . .�h8 2 1Llg5 1Llcxe5 3 dxe5 1Llxe5 4 'i'h5 g6 5 jcxg6+ �g7 6 ll:xe5! fxg6 -6 . . . 11Vxe5 7 jcxf7 '!Wf5 8 g4 is crushing- 7 'i'h7+ �f6 S ll:ael with a rather powerful attack) 2 ILlgS+ Wg8 3 1Llxd7 e5 (or 3 .. .f6 4 1/'JxfS fxg5 5 1Llh7 '!We7 6 'i'h5 and wins) 41/'Jxf8 Wxf8 5 'i'h5 and White's attack and extra exchange shortly prevailed.

435) Martinez Martin-Hernandez Carmenates 1 'i'd4! (threatening 2 1Llg5+ and of course the knight is immune in view of 1. . .'i'xe6 2 'i'hS#) 1.- .g5 (or 1 . ..Wg8 2 '!llhS+ Wf7 31/'JdS+! We7 4 1Llc6+ �f7 5 'i'h7+ �e6 6 '!Wxh6 with an extra piece) 2 1Llxg5+ �g6 3 '!Wd3+! �xg5 4 h4+ 'il<f4 (or 4 . . . �g4 5 'i'h3+ l!lf4 6 '!Wf3#) 5 'i'f3# 1-0

436) Mateo-Hernandez Carmenates 1.-J!h1+! 0-1 It's mate after 2 Wxhl 'iil'al + 3 �h2 'lll'gl + 4 Wh3 'i'hl #.

437) Knox-Pytel 1 jcxh7+! Wxh7 (or 1 . ..�h8 2 1Llg5 g6 3 jcxg6 fxg6 4 'i'g4 with a crushing attack) 2 1Llg5+ Wg6 (neither 2 ... �g8 3 'lll'h5 ll:e8 4 'i'xf7+ Wh8 5 1Llxe6 nor 2 ... Wh6 3 'i'g4 would have greatly helped Black) 3 'i'g4 f5 4 '!Wg3 (rather strong too is 4 exf6 l:l:xf6 5 1/'Jxc7) 4.-.'iil'd7? (a blunder, although Black wouldn't have lasted long in the case of the slightly superior 4 . . . '!11'c8 5 lt:lxe6+ 'il<f7 6 1Llbxc7) 5 1Llxe6+ 'il<f7 6 'i'xg7+! �xe6 7 1Lld4# 1-0

438) Konguvei-Del Valle Cirera 1 exfS! jcxd5 2 f6 e4 (the inclusion of 2 . . . h6 3 'i'f5 makes no real difference) 3 fxg7 Wxg7 4 '!ll'xd5 exd3 5 '!ll'xc6 and White had won a piece.

439) Ripari-Cori 1ll:xe6+! 1-0 It's mate after 1 . . .1Llxe6 2 l:l:f7#.

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Solutions

440) Hungaski-Di Diego 1 jcbS! 1Lic6 (1 . . . 'i/Vxe2 fails to, of course, 2 J:l.aS#, but there was no defence in any case; for example, l . . .'i/Vbs 2 jcf4 e5 3 'i/Vc4 is game over) 2 jcxc6 1-0 Black is crushed after 2 ... bxc6 3 'i1Va6+ l!<d7 4 'i1Vb7+ li<e8 5 'i/Vxc6+ WfS (or 5 ... l:!:d7 6 J:l.aS+ l!<e7 7 :c\xhS) 6 jch6+ li<g8 7 J:l.a8.

441) Frink-Horyna 1 jcxg6! wins a pawn in view of l . . .hxg6? 2 'i/Vxg6+ li<hS 3 J:l.xf6.

442) Stross-Benes 11Lih6+! li<hS (or l . . .'ll!'xh6 2 'll!'a8+ jcfS 3l'hf8#) 2 'll!'f8+! 1-0 Mate follows with 2 ... �xf8 3 l:txfS+ J:l.gS 4 :clxgS#.

443) Hruby-Baum 1 ... jcg3! wins White's queen: 2 'I!Vxg3 l:!.xf3+ 0-1

444) Milman-Fang 1 'i/Vg6+! fxg6 (the same finish occurs after l . . .lt:ixg6 2 hxg6+ Wxg7 3 l:th7#) 2 hxg6+ l!<xg7 3 l:!:h7# 1-0

445) Zivkovic-Bodiroga 1 .. Ji:xf2+! 2 1i<e1 (or 2 1Lixf2 'i/Ve3+ 3 �fl 'I!Vxf2#) 2 ... 'i1Ve3+ 0-1 White is defenceless after 3 1Lie2 J:l.xg2 4 Wfl l:th2.

446) Malakhatko-Hartmann 11Lixd6+! 1-0 White wins at least the exchange after l...'ll!'xd6 (or l . . .�fS 2 'I!Vxe5 with a crushing advantage) 2 jcxe5 'i1Ve7 3 d6.

447) Leon Hayes-Sanchez Enriquez 1 ±xh6! removes a key pawn in view of l . . . gxh6? 2 'i1Vxh6 1Lih7 3 l:th3 with a crushing attack.

448) Stephenson-Rowntree 1 'i/Vxf8+! 1Lixf8 2 l:txf8+ 'I!Vg8 3 J:l.xg8# 1-0

449) Zakoscielna-Siembab 1 ... l:!:xb2+! 2 �xb2 '!!Vb7+ 0-1 It's mate after 3 �cl (or 3li<c2 l:ta2+ 4 1i<d3 'i/Vb5+ 5 �d4 'I!Vc4#) 3 ... l:!:al+ 4 1i<d2 fl.a2+ 5 �dl 'li!'b3+ 6 �cl 'I!Vc2#.

450) Bobras-Kanarek 1 ... J:I.c1+! 0-1 It's mate after 2 'i/Vxcl (or 2 �f2 fl.fl#) 2 . . . '1!Vg2#.

451) Stephenson-Greet Rather than exchanging on gS as in the game, 1 'll!'d2! would have forced resignation since White threatens to mate after taking on h6 and 1 ... gxhs (or 1 . . .Wg7 2 1Lixg8 gxh5 3 'i!Vxh6+!) fails to 2 'i!Vd3 followed by mate on h7.

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452) Hellenschmidt-Sakayev 1 1il'f7! leaves no real defence to the threat of 2 f!:e8.

453) Maiorov-Aieksandrov 1 ... jcxg3! 2 >ile2 (it's mate after 2 fxg3 'i!ih1+ 3 >ile2ll:.h2#) 2 ... jcxf2! 3 l:th1 (3 >ilx£2 fails to 3 . . . g3+! 4 �e1 - 4 >ilxg3 'i!ih2+ 5 >ilg4 ll:h4+ 6 >ilg51il'g3# - 4 . . . 11Vh1 + 5 1t:lfl g2) 3 ... jch4 left Black two pawns ahead.

454) Botvinnik-Padevsky 1 'iil'xh7+! 1-0 It's mate after J . . . �xh7 2 l:th5+ �g8 3 l:th8+ lt:lxh8 4 gxhS'Ii'#.

455) Svidler-Morozevich 1 .. .ibg2+! 0-1 White has nowhere near enough for the queen after 2 12lxg2 ex£4.

456) Perez-Vallejo Pons 1 ... jcxg21 2 >ilxg2 (White might restrict his losses to just an exchange with 2 f4) 2 ... 'iil'g4+ 3 >ilh1 'iil'f3+ 0-1 The forthcoming rook lift is decisive after 4 >ilg1 l:tf6 5 li!:d11il'h3.

457) Handke-Kosten 1 ... 'iil'xf1+! 2 'iil'xf1 12lf2+ 0-1 Black has far too much material for the queen after 3 >ilg1 12lxd1+ 4 >ilh1 1t:lf2+ 5 >ilg1 1t:lh3+ 6 Wh1 12lxg5.

458) Roussel Roozmon-Moiseenko 1 ... 1t:lf4+! 2 gxf4 (otherwise White loses his rook on e2) 2 ... gxf4+ 3 Wh2 f3 0-1 There's no defence against the threat of 4 ... l:i:g2+ 5 Wh3 l:l:h 1 #.

459) Aronian-Carlsen 1 ... jcg6! (not fearing the exchange sacrifice; instead the game ended l. . .l:td7? 2 e6! jcxe6 3 .!:!.g8+ jLfS 4 l:i:x£8+ �xiS 51il'h6+ �e7 and 1/2-1/2 as it's perpetual) 2 l:txg6 (the only real try) 2 ... hxg6 3 'iil'xg6 'iil'h3! and Black has a winning counterattack and one which prevents both 4 e6 (due to 4 ... 'iil'f3+ and 5 . . . 'iil'xd1+) and 4 'iil'xc6+ (in view of 4 . . . l:l:d7 5 e6 'iil'f3+ and again the white rook hangs).

460) Carlsen-Topalov Topalov amazingly resigned here, presumably thinking his knight was lost, but Black can actually force a draw: 1 ... 'iil'd5+ 2 Wh2 (2 13 e5 draws in similar fashion; the queen must cover g8) 2 ... e5 3 'iil'h7+ Wf8 4 'iil'h8+ 'li'g8 (the main point) 5 12lh7+ Wf7 6 12lg5+ Wf8 and White has nothing better than perpetual.

461) Capo Vidai-Magana 1 jcxg6! hxg6 2 l:i:xg6+ �f7 3 jch6 'iil'e7 4 li!:g7+ jcxg7 5 li!:xg7+ IlleS 6 :!!.xe7+ lt:lxe7 7 jcg5 saw White's queen comfortably outclass Black's rooks.

462) Gavrilov-Yuzhakov 1 1ilxe6! fxe6 (White wins the exchange after 1 . . . '1Wxf6 2 12lg5+ 'IW£5 3 jcxf5+ lilxf5 41ilxh7) 2

'iil'xe6+ WeB (and not 2 . . . Wc7? 3 '1Wd6#) 3 'iil'd7+ �f8 4 'iil'xb7 picks up two pawns.

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463) Karpov-Korchnoi 1 eS! (decisively cutting off the black queen) 1 ... i.xd5 (White's main idea is revealed by l . . .dxe5 2 tt:lxf6+ exf6 3 tt:lh5! - there's no check on g5 and therefore mate is forced) 2 exf6 exf6 3 'lli'xh7+ l!lf8 4 'lli'h8+ 1-0 4 ... 1!1e7 5 li:lxd5+ wins significant material in view of 5 . . . '1!Vxd5 6 ll:el+.

464) Jobava-Ehlvest 1 ll:f7! 1-0 White's attack quickly assumes decisive proportions after l ... l!lxf7 (or l. . .l:tg8 2 ll:xe7 with a crushing advantage) 2 'lli'xh6 :!l.g8 3 'I!Vh7+ IiieS 4 'lli'xg8+ l!id7 5 l:tdl+.

46S) Savchenko-Balogh 1 ... tt:lxh2! wins the exchange since the knight is immune in view of 21!ixh2?? 'I!Vh4+ when White must give up his queen.

466) Torre Repetto-Samisch 1 l:txe6! tt:lxe6 (it's mate after l ...fxe6 2 'ii'g6+ l!lh8 3 'I!Vh7#, while l . . .ll:hS 2 tt:lf5+ l!ifS 3 f:txh6 gives White a crushing attack) 2 tt:lfs+ l!lg8 3 tt:lxh6+ 1-0 White has a mating attack after 3 . . . 1!1g7 4 li:lf5+ l!lgS 5 iilxe7+ l!lg7 6 tt:lf5+ l!lg8 7 tt:lcxd6.

467) Bronstein-Kotov 1 i,h6! 1-0 White mates with l . . .li:lxe5 2 i.xg7+ l!lgS 3 i.xe5+ i,g5 4 ll:xg5#.

468} Bronstein-Geller 1 'I!Vg6! 1-0 1 M.xf7 also wins, but Bronstein's choice is faster and more aesthetic: mate is threatened on g7 and occurs too after l.. .fxg6 2 :!l:xg7+ and 3 tt:lxg6#.

469) Markosian-Bodnaruk 1 ... '1!Vxh2+! 0-1 It's mate after 2 1!ixh2 i.f4+ 3\!lgl i,h2#.

470) Skurikhin-Samedov 1 l:th4! 'lli'xes (or l . . .'lli'cl+ 2 :!l.el winning material) 2 li:lfS+ l!lg8 3 tt:le7# 1-0

471) Alekseev-Novikov 1 'lli'xh4+! .ltxh4 2 i,d4+ (2 :!l.hl l!lg7 3 l:txh4 is also more than good enough) 2 .. ,i,f6 3 i,xf6+ exf6 4 l:th1+ l!lg7 5 :!l:h7+ l!lf8 6 g7+! 1-0 White emerges the exchange ahead with an easy win after 6 . . . 1!1xf7 7 g8'lli'+ l!lxgS 8 ll:xc7.

472) Kaidanov-Anand 1 'I!Vxf7+11-0 Mate follows with l . . . l:xf7 2 tt:lg6+ l!lgS 3l:Ih8#.

473) Khairullin-Vijayalakshmi 1 i,xg6! l!lh8 (or l . . .'l!i'xg6 2 :!l:g5 winning the black queen) 2 'lli'xh7+! :!l:xh7 3 l:i:xh7+ l!lg8 4 tt:lh6+ 1-0 Mate follows down the f-file after 4 . . . \!lfS 5 :!l:fl +.

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474) Lysyj-Ehlvest It's mate on the h-file: 11Zlf6! 1-0

475) Ulko-Zontakh 1 il:xh7+! �xh7 (l . ..�g8? 2 WVh5 forces mate) 2 'iii'h5+ �g8 3 i.d5+ 'lllif7 (or 3 .. .l:!.f7 4 :!!.c3 and the rook swings decisively into the attack) 4 Sl_xf7+ J:!.xf7 5 'lll'g4 and White won shortly.

476) Kharmunova-Gavrilov 1 ... f!.xg2! 2 �xg2 f!.g8+ 3 �f3 (or 3 Sl_g3 'l!l'e3 and Black's attack is overwhelming) 3 ... 'iii'g1 0-1 Mate follows after 4 'lll'c2 'iii'fl+ 5 'lilif2 'li'dl+! 6 'li'e2 'li'hl+ 7 �f2 l:tg2+ 8 �f3 'lll'xh3+.

477) Vaganian-Sargissian 1 ... 'li'h1+! 2 �2 f!.xe5 3l':!.xe5 (White is mated after 3 f!.ed4: 3 . . . gl'lill+! 4 .!hgl 'li'h2+ 5 �f3 -or 5 .1l:g2 l:!:xf4+ 6 f!.xf4 'li'xf4+ 7 �gll':!.el# - 5 . . . 'i'e2+ 6 �g3li:e3+ 7 �h4 'li'h2+ 8 �g4 'li'h3#) 3 ... g1'1i'+! (or 3 ... .1l:xf4+ 4 �e3 gl 'i!l'+ which transposes after 5 li:xgl ) 4 li:xg1 l:l:xf4+ 5 �e3 'li'f3+ 6 �d2 'iii'c3+ 0-1 Black emerges queen for rook ahead after 7 �dl l:td4+ 8 'li'xd4 'li'xd4+ 9 �c2 'lllixe5.

4 78) lonov-Kremenietsky 1 Sl_xh7+1 �xh7 2 f!.f7 l:tg8 3 'li'h3+ (3 l:td4 is even more clinical) 3 ... 1!1g6 4 'li'xe6+ li:lf6 5 l:txb7l':!.e8 (or 5 ... '1We8 6 l:te7 'liVeS 7 'li'f7+ �h6 8 exf6 with a strong attack and an extra piece to boot) 6 'lillf7+ 1-0

479) Botvinnik-Smyslov Rather than the game's 1 Sl_h3, 1 1Zld4!! li:lxd4 (it's mate after l . . .cxd4 2 Sl_d5+! l:!:xd5 - or 2...�h8 3 l:te7! - 3 l:te8, and l. . .'lillxa2 fails to 2 1Zle6 1:!17 3 1i:lxd8) 2 l:te7 f!.f7 (or 2 . . . 1Zle2+ 3 l:!:lxe2 l:tf7 4li:xc2 l:txe7 5 li:d2 l:l:el+ 6 Sl_fl and White is queen for rook ahead) 3 Sl_d5 would have been crushing, since 3 . . . f!.xd5 4 l:te8+ forces mate.

480) Balashov-Ambartsumova 1 1Zlf6! gxf6 (mate was threatened on h7 and l ...g6 2 hxg6 fxg6 3 'li'xg6 also leads to mate) 2 'li'g4 1·0 Black's queen is lost due to the mate threat.

481) Yakovich-Naiditsch 1 b4!! 1-0 White has a mating attack after l...'lilixb4 2 'l!l'xg5+ li:lg6 3 i.xg6 fxg6 4 l:!:c7+ J:l:f7 5 'liVeS+.

482) Kasparov-Anand 1 i.d8! li:le6 (Black must give up his queen after l . . .ll:xdS 2 1Zle7+, and the move 1 . . . '1Wa7 is also insufficient due to 2 1iJe7+ li:xe7 3 fxe7 'lllixe3+ 4 f!:f2 i.g7 5 eS'lW) 2 1iJe7+ :!!.xe7 3 fxe7 'li'd7 4 :!!.h3 1-0 Mate follows.

483) Okhotnik-Marzolo 1 li:d8+! 1-0 Black must either lose his queen after l ...�c6 2 1Zld4+! or allow mate with 2 . . . cxd4 3 'li'b5#.

484) Marciano-Prie 1 'i!Vxc6+! 1-0

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It's mate after 1 . . Jhc6 2 :!irdS#.

485) Cantin-Perdomo 1 .. .1t'lxh2! wins the exchange: 2 11Jf4 (and not 2 �xh2?? I1Jg4) 2 .. .'ii'xf1 3 '1Wxf1 11Jxf1 4 f:rxf1 �xes and Black won shortly.

486) Cubas-Shcherbine 1 11Jg6+! 1-0 It's mate after 1 . . . hxg6 2 'ii!'h4+ l!lgS 3 11:le7# or 31ilxf6#.

487) Barua-Dreev 1 .. Ji:xf2!! 2 1!ixf2 .!!:xf4+ 3 lile2 (or 3 1!ig2 '1Wxe3 with an overwhelming attack) 3---�<4+ 4 llld2 '1Wd4+ 5 Wc2 .!!:f2+ 0-1 White is crushed after 6 l:le2 (or 6 �e2 'i!Vxe3) 6 ... �d3+ 7 Wb3 'i!!'c4+ S lllb2 .!!:xe2+ 9 �xe2 'i!!'xb4+ 1 0 llla1 �xb 1 .

488) Shashikant-Hossain 1 �xg6! ll:g7 (or l . . .hxg6 2 'ii!'hS#) 2 �xh7+ lllf8 3 �g6 1-0 There's no good defence to the threat of 4 'ii!'hS+ .!!:gS 5 �h6#.

489) Marache-Morphy 1 ... 11Jg3! 0-1 White must lose his queen in view of the threat of 2 . . . 11Jde2+ and of course it's mate after 2 'i!Vxg6 11Jde2#.

490) Evans-Bisguier 1 �c6! 1-0 There's no defence in view of 1 . . . 'i!!'xa3 2 l:txeS#.

491) Evans-Zuckerman 1 gs i1Jhs 2 �d3 creates the decisive threat of capturing on h5: 2 ... e4 3 fl:xhs! gxhs 4 11Jxe4! (even stronger than 4 �xe4 'liVeS 5 �xh7+ lllh8 6 �f5+ l!lg8 7 'ii!'h7+ lllfS 8 �xe6 fxe6 9 g6 '1Wg7 10 'i!!'xh5) 4 ... 'iil'f4 (or 4 . . . f5 5 gxf6 exf6 6 l:tg1+ with a crushing attack) S 11Jf6+ exf6 6 �xh7+ 11/hS 7 �fs+ 1!/gs 8 'lii'h7+ l!lfs 9 'iil'h8+ 1-0 It's mate with 9 . . . 1!1e7 1 0 gxf6#.

492) Kotronias-King 1 'lii'h6! 1-0 It's mate after l . ..gxh6 2 11Jxh6#.

493) X3D Fritz-Kasparov 1 l!.xeS!! dxes (it's far from easy to prevent the exchange-winning threat of 2 .!!:e6; 1 . ..11Jd4 2 Jtxd4 dxe5 3 'iil'xf8 exd4 transposes to the game) 2 '!iilxf8 11Jd4 (White is somewhat better after 2 . . . l:td7 3 'i!!'b8, but this was probably a better try) 3 �xd4 exd4 4 l:te8 .!!:g8 5 'lii'e7+! (neat) s ... l!.g7 6 'iil'd8 l'l:g8 7 'iil'd7+ 1-0 The a-pawn will queen after 7 . . . :!irg7 8 'liVeS .!!:gS 9 J:hgS 'i!!'xgS 10 'l!Vxb7+.

494) Palliser-Eggleston 1 l!.xf6! gxf6 2 'iil'd7 l!lg8 3 'lli'h7+ (even more effective is 3 'i!Ve6+ lllg7 4 'i!Ve7+ 1!/gS 5 �h7+! lilhS 6 �g6) 3 ... 1!/fS 4 'lli'h8+ l!le7 5 'i!!'xb8 1-0

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495) Gordon-Palliser 1 1llxg7! 1-0 White wins a key pawn in view of l . . .lhg7? 2 '!Wxh7+ Wf8 3 '!lilhS+ We7 4 Jtxf6+.

496) Tomashevsky-Popov 1 l:lxg6! 1-0 White's attack crashes through after 1 . . . l:lxg6 2 Jtxf5 since 2 . . . Jtxf5? 3 '!Wxf5 lil:ag8 4 '!Wxh5+ l:lh6 5 '1Wf7+ leads to mate.

497) Skoberne-Hari 1 ... 1i:lxg3+! 2 1llxg3 :!!.xh2+! 3 Wxh2 lil:h8+ 4 1llh 5 l:!xh5+ 5 Wg3 Jtf2+! 6 Wxg4 (or 6 l:lxf2 1Wxe5+ 7 Wxg4 '!Wg5#) 6 ... .!i:h4+ 7 1!1g5 1i'e7# 0-1

498) Kokoi-Varini 1 1lldf7+! 1-0 It's mate after 1 . . . '!Wxf7 (or l . . .Jtxf7 2 '!Wxh7#) 2 1llxf7+ Jtxf7 3 'IW£6+ l:!g7 4 '!Wxg7#.

499) Jeric-Gombac 1 ... Jtb2+! 2 Wb1 (or 2 Wxb2 1llc4+ winning the white queen) 2 ... 1llxb3 3 axb3 (the inclusion of 3 '!We2 '1Wb6 makes no real difference) 3 ... '!Wxb3 gave Black a mating attack.

500) Radosavljevic-Marholev 1 1llxg6! 1-0 White has an overwhelming attack after I...l!lxg6 (or l . . .lil:gS 2 '!lilhS+ l!lg7 3 1llxe7 '!Wxe6 4 li:lx£5+ l!lfS S li:ld4+ winning the queen) 2 '!Wxf5+ Wh6 3 1i'xe4 '!Wxe6 4 l:!f5.

501) Mason-Gunsberg 1 '!Wxg6+! l!lhS (or l...Wxg6 2 lil:g3#) 2 Jtxf5 1-0 There's no defence to 3 '!Wxh6+ followed by mate.

502) Blagidze-Stein 1 ... .ig4! 2 '!lild2 (or 2 hxg4 1i:lxg4 and 3 . . . 1i'xh2#) 2 ... 1i:lf3+! 3 gxf3 '!Wg3+ 4 Jtg2 Jtxf3 0-1 Mate follows.

503) 'Aak'-Palliser Black simplifies to a winning ending with 1 ... l:!xe4! 2 li:C3+ (or 2 1i'xe4? '!lilx£2+ and 3 ... '!Wxg3) 2 ... 1!/bS 3 1i'xe4 '!Wxf2+ 4 l!lc1 '!lilf1+ 5 1!1d2 f!.xd5+! 6 l:ld3 (and not 6 1i'xd5 '!We2+ 7 l!lc1 '!We1+ 8 '!Wd1 1i'xdl#) 6 ... l:l:xd3+ 7 cxd3 (Black escapes the checks after 7 '!Wxd3 1i'xa1 8 1i'd6+ IlleS, such as with 9 '!IlleS+ l!ld7 10 '!Wd4+ l!le7 1 1 '!lilb4+ Wf6) 7 ... '!Wxa1 8 '!Wxg4 1i'xb2+.

504) 'La Vie en rose'-Palliser White �ns ihe queen with 1 lil:cS! l:!:xd5 (or l ... '!Wxc8 2 lile7+ l!lg7 3 1i:lxc8) 2 l:lxd8+ l:!:xd8 3 1Wa5 when his queenside majority should carry the day.

505) Gamzardia-Palliser 1 ... Jtxg3! 2 1:tg2 (or 2 hxg3 l:txg3+ 3 l:!:g2 1llf4 4 Jtxe6+ Wh8 5 l:lxg3 '!Wxg3+ 6 1!1f1 1i:lxe2 7 lllxe2 1i'xf3+ 8 \i<el e3 with an extra queen and a crushing attack) 2 ... Jtxh2+ 3 Wf1 (mate follows after 3 \i<hl Jtf4+ 4 Wgl Jte3+) 3 ... exf3 0-1

506) Nakamura-Har Zvi 1 1llxe6! fxe6 (White wins a piece after 1 . . . 1i'c6 2 1llxf8 Wxf8 3 lil:d6) 2 �xb6 '!Wxb6 (or 2 . . . 1i'e7

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3 'i!Na4+ lil£7 4 f:td7 winning the queen) 3 'ii'g6+ lile7 4 f5 (the huge threat of 5 f6+ is decisive) 4 ... il.d5 5 ll:xd5 ! 1-o

507) Sammour Hasbun-Petrosian 1 'i!Nxh7+! lilxh7 2 J:l.h4+ lilg7 3 l:tcg4# 1-0

508) Palliser-'Diliman12' 1 ll:xg7! lilxg7 (now the rook-lift is decisive, but White also wins after l. . .bxc3 2 ll:g4 'li'c7 3 li:lxc3!) 2 'li'g5+ lilhB 3 'ii'f6+ lilg8 4ll:f4 h5 5 'iWg5+ 1-0

509) Palliser-'Maratonac' 1 l:!xf6! lilxf6 (or 1 . . .'1i'xf6 2 'li'h7#) 2 l:i:e1 (2 J:l.£1+ lile7 3 1i:Jxf7+ is more than sufficient too) 2 ... l:th8 and now I should have finished with 3 'ii'f4+ lilg7 4 '11Vxf7+ lilh6 5 1i:Je6 (or even 5 li:Jf5+! lilxg5 6 ll:e6 l:tg8 7 h4+ leading to mate after 7 ... lilh5 8 g4+!).

510) Palliser-'NoMore' 1 il.xa6! wins a pawn since l . . .bxa6? 2 '11Vxa6+ lild7 (or 2 ... \li'bS 3 11lb5 '11Vd5 4 11:le5! and wins) 3 1i:Je5+ IiieS (3 . . .12lxe5 4 dxe5 costs Black his queen) 4 12lxc6 regains the piece with advantage.

511) Palliser-'Quike' 1 ll:xe7! ll:xe7? (losing a rook and getting mated in the bargain, although after 1 . . .'11Vxe7 2 lhe7 l:txe7 3 'iWxf6 lild7 4 'l!i'd4 White's queen and three extra pawns easily outclass the black rooks) 2 '11Vf8+ 1-0

512) Kochetkova-Lomako 1 'i!Nxh5+! 1-0 It's mate after l . . .gxh5 2 ll:xh5#.

513) Reipsch-Zuse 1 1i:lf4! sees the threat of 2 12lxe6 fxe6 3 '11Vg6# win material: 1 ... il.f7 (or l . . . ex£4 2 '11Vg6#) 2 li:Jxe5! 1-o It's mate after 2 . . . fxe5 3 ll:xe5+ li:lxe5 4 '11Vxd8#.

514) Henrichs-Namyslo 1 il.xg5! hxg5 2 'l!i'xg5! il.a5 (not the best defence, but White wins material after 2 ... '11Vxg5 3 li:lxg5+ l!lg6 4 11:lxf7 lilxf7 5 ll:le7+ lilf6 6 l:ixc7 and even 2 ... il.d7 3 'li'h5+ lilg7 4 '11Vh8+ l!lg6 5 ll:xb8 il.xb8 6 'i!Vxb8 leaves him with a crushing position) 3 'liVhS+ l!lg7 4 'lWh8+ lilg6 5 12le5+ 'lii'xe5 6 ll:1xe5 ll:g7 7 l:txc8 1-0

515) Khantuev-Smallbone 1 .. .li:xg2! 0-1 Disaster occurs on the long diagonal.

516) Timmins-Crouch 1 ll:h7+! lilg8 (and not l ...l!lxh7? when it's mate after 2 'iWb7+ l!lh6 3 'i!Vg7+ lilhS 4 'li'h7+ lilg4 5 '11Vxg6+ lilf4 - or 5 . . . 1!1h4 6 'l!i'h6+ - 6 'li'h6+ lilg4 7 'li'g5#) 2 ll:g7+ Yz-Yz It's perpetual.

517) Bruce-Pafura Instead of the game's l.. .'ii'hl+? 2 lilb2 12lb5? 3 il.eS when Black had to resign, 1 ... l:txc4!! 2

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'li!'xc4 (and not 2 bxc4? when it's mate after 2 . . . '1Wbl + 3 1l<d2 'li!'dl + 4 1l<e3 Jicd4+ 5 1l<f4 'li!'g4#) 2 ... '11Vh1+ 3 1l<b2 (3 1l<d2 fails to 3 . . . '11Vdl+ 4 1l<e3 1i'ld5+ when White must part with his queen) 3 ... 1i'lb5+ 4 l:tc3 .txc3+ 5 1l<c2 1i'lxd6 would have left Black a piece ahead in the endgame.

518) 5mallbone-Marshall 1...1i'lf3+!! 2 1l<h1 (it's mate even faster after 2 gxf3 'li!'g5+) 2 ... '1i!'h4 3 gxf3 (now White is mated on g2 or f3, but neither would 3 h3 have saved him in view of 3 . . . 1i'lxh3! 4 g3 '11Vh5 5 ll<g2 1i'lf4+! 6 gxf4 'li!'g4+ 7 \l<hl 'li!'h3#) 3 ... '11Vh3 0-1

519) Podgornei-Burt 1 ... l:txc4! (removing the key defender) 2 dxc4 .l:!a1+! 3 1l<xa1 'li!'a4+ 4 1f<b1 il'a2+ 0-1

520) Perryman-Brown 1 .. .lba2! 2 d6 (White is mated after 2 1i<xa2 il'c4+ 3 Wxb2 - or 3 Wbl .!:!aS - 3 . . . il'xb4+ 4 \t<cl lilaS) 2 ... '1&'c4 3 il'xb6 l:tda8 0-1 It's mate down the a-file.

521) Palliser-5ummerscale White smashes open the black king position with 1 ii'lxe6! fxe6? (Black could have limped on albeit in a somewhat worse position with l . . . il'c6 2 1i'lxf8 1i'lxf8 3 litxfl I:!.dS) 2 il'xe6+: 2 ... \t<hS 3 il'xg6! (even stronger than the also decisive 3 il'e7 il'd8 4 e6+ li'lf6 5 il'xd8 litaxd8 6 e7) 3 ... 1i'lf6 4 exf6 il'xh2+ 5 1i<xf1 il'h1+ (or 5 ... il'xg2+ 6 il'xg2 JiLxg2+ 7 \t<xg2 and White's bishops dominate proceedings - that's what I call a raking bishop-pair!) 6 1i<e2 I:!.fe8+ 7 l!ld2 :!l:ad8+ 8 l!lc3 1-0

522) Burt-King 1 JiLxd6! JiLxd6 (or l ... liteS 2 il'xf7 JiLxd6 3 1i'le6+ lhe6 4 JiLxe6 with an overwhelming attack) 2 il'f6+ lf<c7 (White forces mate after 2 . . . JiLe7 with 3 1i'lxc6+ Wc7 4 'liVeS+ lt<b7 5 ll:xd7+) 3 li'lb5+! (the main point of the initial sacrifice) 3 ... cxb5 4 'l!l'xd6+ Wb7 5 'lWxd7+ 1-0 Black's king is finally trapped and then mated after 5 . . . l:i:c7 6 JiLd5+ WbS 7 1i'xb5+ lt<cS 8 'l!i'a6+ ll<ds 9 JiLf3+ lt<e8 10 il'd6.

523) Bruce-Palliser 1 axh6+! .txh6 2 'l!i'xh6+ lt<g8 (or 2 . . . '1!Vh7 3 'li'xf8+) 3 :!i:c3 1-0 Black loses his queen.

524) Yates-Rose 1 lith8+! JiLxh8 (or 1 . . .\l<xhS 2 'IIVhl+ li<gS 3 'li'h7#) 2 'li'h1 Se8 3 'lWh7+ ll<f8 4 'lWxf7# 1-0

525) Riley-Burt 1 ... 'li'xa2+! 2 Wxa2 l:.a4+ 3 Wb1 .l:ta1# 0-1

526) 5peelman-Burt 1 ... b2! forces a draw: 2 l:i:xd7 b1'li'+ 3 1l<g2 'li'e4+ 4 wf1 l:i:xf2+! (it's perpetual) 5 1i<xf2 'li'f3+ 6 l!le1 'li'e3+ Yz-Yz

527) Palliser-Henbest 1 i.d5! '11Vxd5 (or J .. .lhe7 2 l:!:xe7 winning the queen in view of the mating 2 . . . \!i'xdS 3 l:!:xg7+) 2 '11Vxe8 d3 3 'lll'c8 and White's extra queen was sufficient for victory.

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S28) Palliser-Miller 1 1i:ld7+! (by no means the only way to win, but by far the most clinical) 1.-.ll:xd7 2 'i!Ve8+! .ltxe8 3 l:l.xe8# 1-0

S29) Lostuzzi-Spada 1 .. .ll:xh3+! 0-1 Black forces mate after 2 li<xh3 'i!Vg4+ 3 1l<h2 'i!Vh5+.

530) Schulten-Kieseritzky 1 ... '11Vxh3+!! 2 Wxh3 1Lle3+ 3 Wh4 1Llf3+ (another attractive finish is 3 . . . g5+ 4 lilh5 il.g4+ 5 lilh6 il.fS#) 4 1!/hs il.g4# o-1

S31) Margiotta-Chen 1 .ltxh7+! lilxh7 2 1LlgS+ il.xgs 3 hxgS+ lilg8 4 '1Wxg4 left White a pawn ahead with a very strong attack.

S32) Donskov-Prokuronov 1 ... il.xg2! 2 '1We3 (White's king is eventually mated mid-board after 2 1lixg2 S:g8+ 3 lilf3 J:l:h3+ 4 \!le4 - or 4 lilf4 '1Wxf5# - 4 . . . d5+ 5 We5 'i!Vc7+ 6 llld4 e5+ 7 lllxd5 J:i:d8+ 8 lile4 J:l:d4#) 2 ... .1tc6! 0·1 Black has an overwhelming attack after 3 ftg2 (or 3 'i!Vxc5 J:l:hl#) 3 ... '11Vxf5.

SH) Malofeev-Fedoseev 1 1Llxg7! removed a key pawn: 1 ... 1!1xg7 2 ll:b3 '!Was 3 ll:g3 lilh8 4 l:txd8! '1Wxd8 S 'liVes 'i!Vd1+ 6 S.f1 1-0 Mate follows.

S34) Mustaps-Somova 1 1Lle6+! fxe6 (otherwise the black queen is lost) 2 '1Wxe6 1-0 There's no defence to the mate threats on f7 and h6.

53S) Fedoseev-Khamidulin 1 ... 'i!Vf2! 2 'i!Vc3+ (the queen is immune: 2 J:l:xf2 ftdl+ mates) 2 .. .'�g8 3 J:l:g1 l:l.d1 0-1 There's no defence along the first rank.

S36) Strenzwilk-Thaler 1 '1Wxh7+! lilxh7 2 ll:hS# 1-0

S37) Dimitrov-Janev 1 ... S.c2+! 2 '11Vxc2 (or 2 lild5 1Lle3+ 3 Wxd6 'i!Vxf4+ 4 We7 1Llf5+ S lile8 il.a4+ winning a monstrous amount of material) 2 ... '11Ve3+ 0-1 It's mate after 3 1l<xf5 '1We6#.

538) Sokolov-Bologan 1 ... S.xg2+! 0-1 Mate follows with 2 1l<xg2 'i!Vg3+ 3 \llfl (or 3 \llhl 'l!Vxh3#) 3 ... 'l!Vgl#.

539) Bologan-Jakovenko 1 ... J:I:xg6! 2 1Llxg6 (or 2 ll:xg6 S.xeS trapping the rook) 2 ... 'l!Vb8! 0-1 White cannot both prevent mate and save his rook.

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540) Brugo-Grosse Honebrink :J. ••• ti:lf3+! 2 J:!xf3 '1Wxh2+ 3 111f1 i.xgs 4 ti:lxgS (or 4 ti:l2g3 "llfu4 5 �gl f5 with an extra pawn and some initiative) 4 .. .'lil'h1+ 5 ti:lg1 ftxe1+ 6 �xe1 '1Wxg1+ picks up the exchange.

541) Erneker-Meijers :J. ••• i.xb3+! 0-1 l ...'i'xb3+! comes to the same thing: Black is two pawns up in the ending after l . . .�xb3+ 2 'iil'xb3+ 11Vxb3+ 3 �xb3 .l:txd2.

542) Babula-Biatny :1. fl.h8+! �g7 (and not l . . .�xh8? 2 'Llf7+ �g7 3 ti:lxg5) 2 lbb8 wins a piece.

543) Padurariu-Tutulan 1 'iii' dB+! 1-0 Mate follows with l ...ti:lxd8 2 fl.xd8+ �f7 3 l:tf8#.

544) Palliser-Ellison :1. i.xdS+! 1-0 More aesthetic would have been l . ..cxd5 2 i.xd5+ fl.e6 3 i.xe6#, although it's mate in three in either case.

545) Bak-Palliser :J. ••• ti:lg3+! 0-1 White must give up his queen and the exchange on d4 to avoid mate after 2 hxg3 11Vg5 in view of 3 g4 11Vh4#.

546) Rogic-Bulatovic :1. �f6+1 wins the exchange on h8 in view of l. . .�xf6? 2 11t'd4#.

54 7) Plenca-Saric 1 ... 11Vd2! 0-1 Black wins a rook since it's mate after 2 'lil'xd2 fl.xfl#.

548) Vaganian-Gallagher 1 ... ti:lxg3! 2 hxg3 'l!l'xg3+ 3 �h1 lii:d3! '/2-Yz Now that ti:lh2 defences have been negated, it's perpetual after 4 'lil'xd3 11Vh3+ 5 �gl 'lil'g3+.

549) Sandipan-Nisipeanu 1 ... 'l!l'd4+! (forcing the white king to a worse square and thereby making the tactics work) 2 �f1 (or 2 �hl il'xc3! 3 �xc3 l:l:xdl+ 4 �el fl.xel#) 2 ... i.xb3! 3 'l!l'xb3 (White is also defenceless after 3 'lil'b2 i.c4+) 3 ... 'l!l'xd2 4 'lil'xb6 J:!:xc3 0-1

5 50) Kasparov-Chuchelov 1 ll:xh7! �xh7 (or l . ..'li!'g6 2 J:!:dhl ti:ld4 - 2 ... 'lil'xd6 3 'l!l'xe4 is crushing - 3 c5! and White wins since 3 . . . ti:lxc2? 4 �c4+ forces mate) 2 �xf8 'li!'xf8? (now White finishes with a flurry, although otherwise he is a pawn ahead and still with good attacking chances) 3 'lil'xe4+ lllg8 4 'lil'ds+ 1-o 4 .. .'lil'f7 5 il'xf7+ �xf7 6 fl.xd7+ lllg6 7 J:!:xb7 regains the piece with a trivially winning endgame.

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551) Parker-Rasmussen 1 l:i.xg7! forces mate: 1 ... 111xg7 2 .li<xe8+ lllg8 3 "li'xh7# 1-0

552) Borriss-Pa lliser 1 ... 1i:lxb2! 2 Wxb2 "li'xa3+ 3 111<3 (or 3 Wc2 "li'a2+ 4 Wd3 "li'xb3+ S llle2 l:f.a2+ 6 ll:d2 "li'xdS and two pawns ahead, Black should be winning) 3 .. Jl.b8! (the most precise; 3 ... ll:c8+ 4 Wd2 'llib4+ 5 We2 B:c3 6 'liVd4 enables White to put up some resistance) 4 "li'd4? (not the best defence; instead 4 ll:b1 J:f.c8+ 5 Wd3 "li'a6+ reveals the main point of Black's combination, leaving White's king devoid of a good square; however, perhaps White might have tried 4 ll:d3, although Black can at least reach a two-pawn up ending with 4 . . . l:txb3+ 5 Wd2 "li'a2+ 6 11/el ll.bl+ 7 B:dl Sxdl+ 8 11/xdl "li'xdS+) 4 ... "li'xb3+ 5 Wd2 ll:b4 6 "li'e3 "li'xd5+ 7 We2 'liVg2+ 0-1

553) Palliser-Zhigalko 1 ... ll.xh3+! 2 gxh3 "li'e4+ 0-1 White both loses his queen and will be mated after 3 11/gl (or 3 Wh2 J:l.d2+ 4 \llg3 l:tg2#) 3.. .:!i:g5+ 4 Wh2 i:!.g2+ 5 11/hl 'I!Vxc6.

554) Miller-Murray-Smith 1 .li<xg7! .li<xg7? (Black is also crushed after l. . . .li<xh4? 2 "li'g4! hS 3 "li'xh4 111xg7 4 f6+, but he might have restricted his losses to that of an exchange with l. . .ll:e3 2 "li'xe3 .li<xg7) 2 f6 "li'xf6 3 ll.xf6 ll:e6 4 1Df5 1-0

555) Bronstein-Krogius 1 li!:xf6! (not the only way to win, but by far the simplest as Black now loses his queen) 1 .. .'1!\'xf6 2 li:ld7 1-0

556) Voicu-Taras 1 ... 1i:lxb2! 2 Wxb2 .li<xc3+ removed a key defensive pawn.

557) Palliser-Surtees Rather than the game's 1 "li'dl ?, 1 .li<h4+! J:f.xh4 (Black is mated after both l ...Wg6 2 'I!Vxe6+ lllh7 3 1!\'xfS+ Wg8 4 "li'f7+ lllh7 5 'I!Vxg7# and l.. .gS 2 fxgS+ lilxgS 3 'llVf7+ IlleS 4 'lil'e7+ lile6 5 �f6#) 2 "l!\'xa8 would have won the black queen with an overwhelming advantage.

558) Goloshcha pov-Belov 1 l:txe5! i:!.xd2 (l ...'iWxeS 2 1!1'xd8+ lllg7 3 f6+ also leads to mate) 2 .l:i.e8+ lllg7 3 f6+ lllh6 4 g5+ 1-0 It's mate with 4 ... 11/hS 5 .li<f3#.

559) Bocharov-Babiy 1 l'ixf8+! "l!l'xf8 2 1ilg6+ 1-0 Black's queen is lost in view of 2 . . . !'1xg6 3 'llVxf8+.

560) Nepomniachtchi-Kurnosov 1 l'1xb2! 'llVxb2 2 1ilg4 leaves Black unable to defend on the kingside: 2 ... '1lVc1+ 3 11ih2 a3 (or 3 . . . h5 4 1ilh6+ Wh7 S li:lxf7 ll:g8 6 1i:lg5+ ll:xgS 7 hxgS when the queen and pawns combine to force mate) 4 1Dh6+ (missing the even more precise 4 f4!) 4 ... '1lVxh6 5 'ilt'xh6 1-0 White is winning easily after 5 .. .£6 6 'll!'e3 l'ia8 7 'I!Vb3+ Wf8 8 'll!'b7.

561) Rublevsky-Bologan 1 ... ll:xf3! 2 "l!l'xf3 (White must give up his queen after 2 gxf3 .li<x£3+, while 2 l:txf2 ll:xb3

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leaves Black a clear piece ahead) 2 ... '11Yxd2! 3 '11Yxg4 (Black again emerges a piece up after 3 l:l:xd2 ll:cl+ 4 J:i:dl li1.xdl+ 5 'liVxdl �xdl) 3 ... ll:c1 0-1 Serious material losses are unavoidable due to White's weak back rank.

562) Bologan-Van Haastert 1 '11Yxh5+! gxh5 (or 1 ...1!/gS 2 '11Yxg6 with an overwhelming attack) 2 ii:lf6+! �xf6 3 l:i:xh5# 1-0

563) Shabalov-Krush 1 ii:ld4+! exd4 (now it's mate, but otherwise Black's queen is lost) 2 l:l.g5+ l!lf4 3 '11Yxd6+ l!le3 4 '11Yxd4# 1-0

564) Colautti-Burijovich 1 ... ii:le3+! 2 '11Yxe3 '11Yxe1 3 ii:lf3 '11Vh1 wins the exchange.

565) Garro Beraza-Estevez Pegenaute 1 �xg6! hxg6 (or 1 . . . 1!/hS 2 �xeS 'IIYxeS 3 �g7+ with an overwhelming attack) 2 '11Vxg6+ lilh8 3 �g7+ 1-0 Now it's mate, but actually even faster is 3 �fS.

566) Garro Beraza-Kuende Gorostidi 1 .. J!h1+! 0-1 It's mate with 2 1!/xhl '11Vh4+ 3 \llgl '11Vh2#.

567) Yrjola-Riesco Lekuona 1 l:txe6+! 1-0 Mate follows with 1 . ..1!1xe6 (or 1 ...1!/dS 2 'IIYhS+ l!lc7 3 �aS+ l!lc6 4 �a4#) 2 fl.el+ �e4 3 lhe4+ 'l!Vxe4 4 '11Yf6#.

568) Schrocker-Stahlberg 1 ... 'l!Vxh4! 0-1 It's mate after 2 gxh4 ii:lh3#.

569) Dominguez-lturrizaga 1 ... ll:xh2+! 2 l:i:xh2 '11Ye1+ 0-1 Mate follows with 3 l!lg2 l:!:xh2#.

570) Leon Hoyes-Dominguez 1 '11Yh8+! l!lxh8 2 ii:lxf7+ 1-0 It's mate with 2 . . .'�g8 3 ii:lh6#.

571) Rodrigues-Molina 1 ... 'l!Vxc2+! 2 lilxc2 �f5+ 3 1iic1 (or 3 \llc3 l:i:c4#) 3 ... ii:ld3+ 4 l!lb1 ii:lxf2+ wins at least a piece.

572) Graf-Carlsen 1 �c6! 1-o Black has no satisfactory defence to 2 l::i:d8+ and cannot avoid losing a piece.

573) Reinaldo Castineira-Caselas Cabanas 1 fl.dd7! leaves Black defenceless: 1 ... ii:lxd7 2 '11Yxa6+ 1-0 It's mate with 2 . . . bxa6 3 rl.a7#.

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574) Santos-Navarrette 1 'ii'xg7+! 1-0 Mate follows on the back rank after l . . .f!:xg7 2 l:!:d8+.

575) Farago-Grooten 1 ... Sxh3+! 2 gxh3 g2+! 3 �xg2 'ii'g5+ 0-1 It's mate after 4 �h2 (or 4 �hl 'ii'g3) 4 . . . jcf4+ 5 �hl '!!Vg3 and . . . 'ii'h2#.

576) Arakhamia Grant-Hanley

Solutions

1 1i:lxg7! (those seeking something more flashy can be reassured that 1 li:lh6+! �hS l.. .gxh6 2 jcxf6 and mate down the g-file - 2 jcxf6 gxf6 3 1i:lxf7+ �g8 4 'iil'd5 also does the business) 1 ... .ltxg7 2 jcxf6 .ltxf6 3 'ii'xf6 'ii'xd3 (or 3 ... 'ii'b3 4 li!:a5 and a rook-lift decides in any case) 4 'ii'xf7+ �h8 5 'i!l'f6+ �g8 6 .!i:f5 1-0

577) Sagalchik-Krush 1 ... 1i:lxb2!! 2 li!:xe6 (an immediate 2 �xb2 loses to 2 ... jcxe2; for example, 3 li!:xe6 .ltxc3+ 4 �c2 'ii'b4 5 li!:xe2 jcel+ 6 �d3 :Sc3+ 7 12lxc3 li!:xc3# or 3 'ii'd2 .ltxfl 4 J::!.xfl jcxc3+ 5 1i:lxc3 J:l.xc3 6 'i!l'xc3 li!:xc3 7 �xc3 aS with a winning ending) 2 ... 'ii'd7 3 �xb2 (or 3 li!:f3 12\a4 4 �d2 .ltxe2 5 �xe2 1i:lxc3+ 6 12lxc3 .ltxc3 7 �f2 jcxd4+ 8 �g3 .ltg7 with some advantage for Black) 3 ... 3<xe2 4 l:txe2 (this loses, but improvements are hard to suggest; for example, 4 .!l:cl .ltd3 and Black retains a rather strong attack) 4 ... 'iil'b5 5 .!l:c2 (now White loses her queen, but 5 cxb4 'i!l'xe2+ 6 �al 'i!l'xg2 7 l:tf8 'ii!'xg4 also wins) 5 ... .ltf8+ 0-1

578) Menchik-Graf 1 l:d7! 1-0 After l . . .'i!l'xd7, 2 'ii'xhS! forces mate in view of 2 . . . gxh5 3 jch7#.

579) Cohen Gomez-Dizdar 1 ... 1i:lg3+! 0-1 It's mate after 2 hxg3 'likh3#.

580) Narciso Dublan-Lazaro Porta 1 'i!l'xh7+1 1-0 It's mate with l . . .�xh7 2 l:l:h3+ �g8 3 li!:h8#.

581) Wan Yunguo-Liang Chong 1 1i:lxg6! hxg6 (or l ...'ii'f6 2 1i:lxf8+ �xf8 with an extra exchange) 2 'i!l'xg6+ �h8 3 'iil'h6+ �g8 4 3<g5 1-o Black must lose his queen in view of 5 jcf6.

582) Xiu Oeshun-Du Shan 1 1i:lf6+! gxf6 2 .ltxb7 1-0 White wins the exchange on aS in view of 2 ... 'ii'xb7? 3 'ii'g4+ �h8 4 jcxf6#.

583) Allison-Hopwood 1 1Zle7+! 1-0 It's mate after 1 .. .12\xe7 2 'ii'xc8+ li:lxc8 3 J::!.xc8#.

584) Hopwood-Newitt 1 �xh7+! (full marks too for 1 exf6 which wins a piece since l . . . .ltxdl? is mated by 2 .ltxh7+ and 3 1i:lg6#) 1 ... 12\xh7 and now White neglected to play 2 'ii'xd5+ when Black is crushed

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after 2 ... il.e6 3 1iJgxe6 liJb4 4 '!Wb3.

585) Garma-5hanmugam 1 'll!"xh7+! 1-0 It's mate with l . ..li<xh7 2 li:h5#.

586) Tarjan-Karpov 1 ... l:ie3+! 0-1 It's mate after 2 fxe3 'll!"g3#.

587) Ovod-Hou Yifan 1 .. J:t8e3! 2 1iJxe3 l:l:xe3 gives Black a winning attack: 3 ll:ce2 'll!"xh3+ 4 >li'g1 ll:g3+ 5 ll:g2 liJf3+ 6 >li'f1 'lli"h1+ 7 >li>f2 'i'xg2+ 0-1

588) Gunina-Zhao Xue 1 ... li:f2! overloads White's defence of b2: 2 :!l:b1 (2 1bxf2 fails to 2 ... 'i'xb2#) 2 ... 1ba5 0-1 The threat of 3 . . . 1iJb3# is terminal (2 . . . 1bd4 comes to the same thing).

589) Nebolsina-Gromova 1 'i'h8+! 1-0 It's mate with l . . . >li'xh8 2 :!l:xh5+ >li'g8 3 J:l:h8#, although this solution is sadly cooked: 1 l:l:e8! also does the business.

590) Alsina Leai-Mirzoev 1 ... i<xf2+! 2 >li'h2 (or 2 >li'xf2 'i'el#) 2 ... il.xg3+ 3 Wxg3 'lli"el+ (even faster is 3 . . . 'i'e5+ 4 Wxg4 '!Wf4+ 5 Wh5 'li"h4#) 4 >li'h2 g3+ o-1 Mate follows with 5 >li'h3 'li"hl+ 6 >li'xg3 '!Wh4+ 7 Wf3 1ii'f4#.

591) Fischer-Myagmarsuren 1 'i'xh7+! 1-0 It's mate after l . . .>li'xh7 2 hxg6+ Wxg6 (or 2 . . . Wg8 3 J:l:h8#) 3 i<e4#.

592) Player-Fegan 1 ... 1iJf2+! 2 >li'g1 (or 2 .!i:xf2 l:l:el+) 2 ... 1iJh3+ 3 >li'h1 'lli"g1+! 4 :!l:xg1 1iJf2# 0-1

593) Plasgura-Feller 1 i<xh7+! >li'xh7 2 1iJg5+ >li'g8 (the best defence since both 2 . . . >1i'g6? 3 1ii'd3+ f5 4 1bf4+! >li'xg5 5 '!Wg3+ and 2 . . . >1i'h6 3 1ii'd3! quickly culminate in mate) 3 'lli"d3 g6? (a much better defence is 3 . . . :!l:e8, although 4 '!Wh7+ Wf8 5 '!Wh5! liJdS - or 5 . . . 1bdxe5 6 dxe5 1bxe5 7 il.e3 "iilb5 8 '!Wh8+ >li'e7 9 'i'xg7 with strong attacking chances - 6 'i'h8+ >li'e7 7 'i'xg7 :!l:£8 8 a3 1ii'a5 9 1bh7 >li'e8 1 0 il.g5 leaves White with the initiative and some advantage, not least due to his passed hpawn) 4 'lli"h3 1-0 Mate follows on h7 (or f7 should the £8-rook move).

594) Gantsevich-5mirnov 1 1i:lf7+! liJxf7 (or l . . . 'lli"xf7 2 il.xf7 i<xh4 3 i<xe8 with an extra exchange) 2 'lli"xf6+ >li'g8 (White wins a piece after 2 ... 'i'g7 3 'lli"xf7) 3 il.h6! 1-0 Black loses his queen in view of 3 . . . 1ii'xh6 4 il.xf7+ >li'f8 5 il.e6#.

595) Glazov-Stroganov 1 ... 'i'xb2+! 0-1

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It's mate after 2 :!l:xb2 l:i:e 1 #.

596) Kulikov-Gogin 1 1i:lxe6! 1-0 Black's queen is lost since White threatens mate on c7 and l . . . fxe6 fails to 2 'lil'xe6+ followed by mate.

597) Malakhov-Nikiforov 1 l:i:xg7! 1-0 Mate follows after l. . . . ll:xg7 2 '11Yxh6+ l:th7 3 '11Vxf6+.

598) Popov-Ponkratov 1 l:!:xc6! bxc6 2 b7+ ll<xb7 (or 2 . . . 1lib8 3 1i:lxc6+ ll<xb7 4 i:!.bl+ ll<a8 5 'illb6 followed by mate) 3 i:!.b1+ ll<aS (neither is Black's cause helped by either 3 ... 11<c7 4 1i:lb5+ ll<b7 5 'ill'e7+ ll<b6 6 li:lc3+ or 3 . . . ll<c8 4 i<xg4+ ll<c7 5 'illb6#) 4 li!:b4 1-0 Black can no longer defend c6.

599) Chadaev-Lanin 1 ... 1i:lc3+! 2 bxc3 l:i:xd1 3 'lil'xd1 'lil'xc3 4 1i:les .ltxes forced White to give up the exchange with s J:txes 'lil'xes.

600) Potemkin-Aiekhine 1 ... 1i:lxd4! 2 gxfS (White only chance was to try 2 f4, although Black retains a large advantage after 2 . . . 'ill'd7 in view of 3 �xd3? li:lf5+; as he does too after 2 1i:lxd4 �e5+ 3 f4 'ill'xd4) 2 ... 1i:lxfs+ o-1 Mate follows with 3 11<g4 h5+ 4 1lih3 li:lf2#.

601) Airapetian-Burtasova 1 ... l:tg1+! 2 lllxg1 'ill'xf3 and the extra queen prevailed.

602) Kurilov-Urjubdshzirov 1 1i:lxg7! wins a pawn in view of l. . .lllxg7 (or l . . . .ltxd3 2 �xd3 11<xg7 3 i<xf6+ lllxf6 4 �d4+ regaining the piece with some advantage in view of 4 ... 11<f5? 5 g4#) 2 ..lixe4 dxe4? 3 icxf6+ ll<xf6 4 'ill'xd7.

603) Andreikin-Lanin 1 'ill'xg7+! .!l:xg7 2 l:i:fS+ 1-0 It's mate next move.

604) Sevillano-Stripunsky 1 .. Jbd6! 2 '11Vxd6 .lies 3 li!:h4 (desperately trying to avert mate on h2 and there was nothing better) 3 ... Jcxg2+! 0-1 White loses the exchange after 4 \llgl �xh4 5 'lil'xe5 ..lixfl 6 .ltxfl or his queen following 4 lllxg2 'ill'g5+ and 5 ... Jcxd6.

605) Kaidanov-lvanov 1 h6! fxeS 2 il.xe7 1i:lxe7 (or 2 . . . '11Vxd4 3 hxg7 1i:lxe7 4 gxf8'11¥+ ll<xf8 5 '11Yh6+ with an overwhelming attack) 3 l:txg7+ lllh8 4 �gS 1-0 White threatens 5 .!l:h7# and after 4 . . . l:ig8 5 'ill'xe7 the mate threat on h7 continues to decide.

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606) Ehlvest-Pruess 1 1Dc7! costs Black at least an exchange in view of l . . .IL\xc7 2 .ltc3 winning the queen.

607) Anderson-Root 1 .ltxg6! fxg6 2 'lll'xg6+ lilfB 3 'lll'xh6+ 111gB 4 Sf3 (White has a mating attack) 4 ... l:!h7 5 'lll'g6+ 1-0

608) Plunkett-Latino 1 frh8+! 1-0 It's mate after 1 . . . .ltxh8 2 'lll'h3 l:tfd8 3 'lll'h7+ lilfS 4 'lll'xf7#.

609) Akobian-Perelshteyn 1 ... J:txe3! 2 .ltd4 (White is crushed after 2 fxe3 1Zle4! since 3 fxe4 �xc3+ forces him to part with his queen as 4 lilf2 allows mate: 4 . . . '11l'h4+ S lilgl 'lll'g5+ 6 lilf2 'lll'g2#) 2 .. J!.e8 and Black retained excellent attacking chances. The game concluding 3 l:tg1 1Zlhs 4 'lll'd2 ll:a4 5 0-0-0 'lieS+ 6 lilb1 �fS+ 7 lila1 'li'c2 0-1

610) Shulman-Krush 1 g4! 'li'f4 2 'lies+ 'li'xes 3 dxes+ lilg6 4 hS# 1-0

611) Bayaraa-Veal 1 1Zlxh7! 1-0 It's mate after l . . . lilxh7 (or l . . .'li'b4 2 .ltd2 'lll'xd4 3 'lll'h6 when mate follows) 2 'lll'h4+ 'lll'h6 3 'lll'xh6#.

612) Pitson-Fraser 1 ... .ltxh3+! 2 lilxh3 (or 2 lilg3 'li'd7!? - simple and strong is 2 . . . .ltxf1 - 3 'lllle2 1Zlxf3! 4 'li'x£3 .lieS+ S .ltf4 ll:f8 6 0e2 gS with a strong attack which should at least regain the material with interest) 2 ... 1Zlxf3 (now White can only avoid mate by giving up his queen) 3 'lllle2 'llllh4+ 4 lilg2 'lll'g4+ 0-1

613) Bellon Lopez-Berg 1 e6! 'li'e7 (mate occurs after both l . . .fxg6 2 'llllxg6 and l .. .fxe6 2 'liVeS!) 2 exf7 axb3 3 'llllxh6+! gxh6 4 ll:xg8# 1-0

614) Gagarin-Andersson 1 1Zlxf7! ll:xf7 (l . . .lilh7 2 0e6 I:txf7 3 1Zlxc5 ll:c7 4 .lta3 and White emerges ahead on material because of 4 . . . aS? S .ltxb4 axb4 6 .Sxc2 I:txc5 7 .ltgS+!) and now White missed the cleanest continuation of 2 �c3 (the game's 2 .ltxf6 gxf6 3 1Zld5 b5! 4 1Zlxf6+ would not have been so bad at all for Black after 4 . . . lilg7 S IDeS+ lilf8 6 .ltxf7 lilxf7 7 1Zlc7 bxa4 8 bxa4 aS) 2 ... �d3 (the only way to save the bishop) 3 .ltxf7+ lilxf7 4 �xf6 .ltd6!? 5 .ltd4 1Zla2 6 li:a1 1Zlb4 7 1Zla8 with a clear extra exchange.

615) Palliser-Cable 1 .ltxh6! wins a pawn: l . . .gxh6? 2 'llllxh6+ lilgS 3 'IIVxhS regains the piece, leaving White two pawns ahead and still with good attacking chances.

616) Jasny-Palliser 1 1Zlh6+! lilh8 (or 1 ... gxh6 2 'li'e6#) 2 'ill'e6 1-0 Even 2 . . . .lte7 doesn't save Black in view of the smothered mate: 3 'lll'g8+! J:l:xg8 4 1Zlf7#.

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617) Bernardino-Dragicevic 1 �xg7! �xg7 (otherwise 2 �xf6+ or 2 1i'h8+ li<f7 3 1i'h7 decides) 2 l:l:xg7+! ll<xg7 3 fig1+ ltf8 4 'iil'h7 1-0 Mate follows on gS.

618) Borosova-Newrkla 1 f6! gxf6? (or 1 . . . 'iil'e6 2 fxg7 l:l:g8 3 ll:h3 and h6 decisively falls) 2 1Llxh6! 1-0 It's mate after 2 . . . 1i<xh6 3 l:l:f5 or 3 ll:h3+.

619) Short-Ye Jiangchuan 1 'iil'xh7+! 1-0 It's mate after 1 ...1i<xh7 2 ll:h3+ �h4 (or 2 ... \l<g7 3 �h6+ lilh8 4 �f8+ �h4 5 ll:xh4#) 3 litxh4+ l!ig7 4 �h6+ li<h7 5 �fS#.

620) Sild-Piarnpuu 1 ... 'iil'xf3! 0-1 It's mate after 2 gxf3 �x£3#.

621) Shvyrjov-Gansvind 1 ... ll:xa3+! 0-1 Mate follows with 2 �xa3 l:l:a2#.

622) Miezis-Lelumes 1 'iil'f5+! 1-o White wins a piece, either on g4 or after 1 . . .�xf5 2 exf5+ lilf7 3 �xc6.

623) Mikenas-Bronstein 1 ... l:ixa3! 0-1 White cannot both save his queen and prevent mate on the back rank.

624) Grabuzova-Batyte 1 l:l:xf7+! li<xf7 2 'iil'c7+ 1-0 Mate is forced: 2 ... 1!1£6 (2 . . :il;>f8 3 'iil'dS+ li<f7 4 �e6+ transposes) 3 'lil'dS+ lilf7 4 �e6+ ll<g6 5 'lil'e8+ 'illg5 6 'lig8+ 'illf6 7 'lif7+ >lieS 8 'lif5#.

625) Stephenson-Humphries 1 lhf7+! lilg8 (Black loses his queen after 1 . . .l:l:xf7 2 iile6+ and 3 1Llxc7) 2 l:tg7+! (a nice touch) 2 ... 1!ih8 (2 . . . 'illxg7 3 1Lle6+ again wins the queen, while 2 . . . 1Llxg7 fails to 3 'lixh7#) 3 l!.xh7+ ll<g8 4 .i:[g7+ li<h8 5 ll:xg6 1-0 White's attack is absolutely crushing after 5 . . . 1Lldf6 6 l:!:fl.

626) Stisis-Lundvik 1 l:lc5! 'lil'xf3 2 ll:xc8# 1-0

627) Lener-Trap I 1 ... l:lxc2+! 2 l':!.xc2 (it's also mate after 2 'ille1 1Llg2+ 3 'illfl - or 3 \l<dl 'lixd3# - 3 . . . '1Wxf2#) 2 ... 'ii!'xd3+ 3 1ile1 1Llg2# 0-1

628) Svarc-Vokac 1 ... 1Llxg3+! 0-1 Mate follows after 2 hxg3 l:l:xe2.

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629) Geller-Langeweg 1 i<xf7+! 1-0 White wins an exchange either on e8 or with l . . . ll<xf7 2 "l!i'b3+ £!.e6 3 11Jg5+.

630) Stephenson-Rayner 1 1hb2! :!:txd7 (or l . . .'l!i'xb2 2 i<d4+ 'lli'xd4+ 3 l:txd4 l:f.xd4 4 'liVeS+ l:l:f6 5 'lil'xf6#) 2 i<d4+! .!l:g7 (the al-h8 diagonal is also the deciding factor after 2 . . . l:txd4 3 'lli'e5+) 3 l:txb7 i<f7 4 .!l:xf7 1-0

631) Foisor-Pavlovic 1 :!:th4+! 1-0 It's mate after l. . .gxh4 2 g4#.

632) Volokitin-Kravtsiv 1 i<xg7! ll<xg7 (White has a winning attack after l . . .l:tfe8 2 i<f6 and 1. . .16 2 i<xh6 l:tf7 3 i<b3 is rather strong too) 2 'lli'g3+ ll<h7 3 'lil'f4 1-0 It's mate after 3 .. .15 4 'lli'xh6+ ll<g8 5 'lli'h8+ li<f7 6 :!:th7+ l!lg6 7 :!:th6+ l!lg5 (or 7 . . . 11<17 8 'lli'h7#) 8 h4+ l!lg4 9 i<dl+ ll<f4 10 'lli'd4#.

633) Schlechter-Meitner 1 g4+! fxg4 (or l . . .Wh4 2 'lli'xh6+! 'lli'xh6 3 1li'h2 fxg4 4 hxg4 transposing) 2 hxg4+ l!lh4 3 '!!llxh6+! ii'xh6 (otherwise Black loses his queen) 4 1li'h21 1-0 There's no good defence to 5 i<f2#.

634) Spielmann-Hoenninger 1 1iJe7+! 'lli'xe7 2 'lli'xh7+! lli'xh7 3 l:thS+ Wg8 4 l:th8# 1-0

635) Azarov-Zherebukh It's back-rank mate: 1 'lli'xg7+! .!l.xg7 2 l:re8+ 1-0

636) Tadic-Solak 1 i<b6+! axb6 2 'l!i'xb6+ We7 3 ii'cs+ l!ld8 4 i<bs+ liJd7 S ll:xd7+ We8 6 l:td1# 1-0

637) Solak-Arsovic 1 l:te8! 1-0 The rook is immune due to l . . .'l!i'xe8 2 'lli'f6#, while l...'l!i'g5 2 'lii'xf7 is crushing.

638) lvanisevic-Pikula 1 ... ii'd1+! 0-1 Black emerges the exchange ahead after 2 l:txdl :ctxdl+ 3 Wh2 i<d6+ 4 'l!i'xd6 l:txd6.

639) Pham Minh-Tran Quoc Ding 1 l:tf4+! lbc2 2 J:lg8+ lli'hs 3 afs+ 1-0 Mate follows after 3 . . . Wh4 4 g3+ Wxh3 5 l:rh5+.

640) Spalding-Robertson 1 l:txc7! l:td8 (with the point that Black loses his queen after l . . .'lii'xc7 2 11Jxe6+), and now the simplest win is 2 :!:txf7+ Wg6 3 .!l:f6+!.

641) Naiditsch-Ftacnik 1 ... :!:th1+! 0-1 White's queen is lost after 2 Wxhl 'ilfxf2.

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642) Krasenkow-Markowski 1 1i::igf6+! i.xf6 (it's immediate mate after l . . .li:xf6 2 1i:le7#) 2 l:txg5! 1-0 Black loses his queen due to White's pressure down the h-file.

643) Belsitzman-Rubinstein l ... 'ii'xh2+! 0-1 It's mate after 2 1i<xh2 hxg3+ 3 \!<gl :Shl#.

644) Leniart-Gdanski l ... 'ii'xbl! 2 :!ixbl l:i:xb1 3 'ii'f2 (now it's mate, but after 3 i.xbl li::ifl+ 4 \!<gl li::ixd2 Black is a rook up) 3 ... Shl# 0-1

645) Gajewski-Aieksandrov 1 i.xh7+! li::ixh7 (or 1 . ..1!/fS 2 i.d3 with an extra pawn and a clear advantage) 2 'ii'xf7+ (the choice of a human, although the machine points out that 2 1i::ixf7!? 'l!llc7 3 1i:lxd6 'ii'xc3+ 4 ll<e2 'ii'b2+ 5 \!ld3 might have been even stronger) 2 ... \!<hB 3 'i1Vh5 l:!.h6 (3 . . . '1!11xg5 fails to 4 'lilieS+ li::if8 5 'ii'xf8+ l!lh7 6 '11Vxd6) 4 1i:lf7+ l!lg8 s li::ixh6+ gxh6 6 '11Vg6+ li<h8 7 'i1Vxh6 left White better with a rook and three pawns for the two pieces.

646) L'Ami-Smeets 1 1Lixd5! li::ixd5 (or l.. ..!hd5 2 li:xd5 1i:lxd5 3 '11Vg6+ \!IdS 4 'ii'f7 :!ie8 5 li:xd5+! and wins as in the game) 2 illg6+ l!ld8 3 '11Vf7 li:e8 (Black also drops his queen after 3 . . . li:h8 4 b4 l:tcl -4 . . . li:b5 5 a4 - 5 b5 l::Xdl+ 6 ll:xdl 'ii'xb5 7 l:i:xd5+! '11Vxd5 8 e7+) 4 J:l:xds+! 1-0 Black loses heavv material after both 4 . . . l:i:xd5 5 l:i:xd5+ '11Vxd5 6 e7+ l:txe7 7 'l!llxd5+ and 4 . . . \!lc8 5 li:xc5 b�c5 6 '11Vd7+.

647) Jonkman-Berg l iLieS+ l!lh8 2 l:i.xg7! 1-0 White forces mate in view of 2 ... \!<xg7 (2 ... '11Vh4+ 3 1!/gl changes little) 3 'ii'g6+ l!lhS (or 3 ... 1!/fS 4 'i1Vf7#) 4 1i:lf7#.

648) Van der Wiei-Peng l ... :Sc2+ 2 1!1g1 1i::ixe3! would have forced resignation because of 3 'ii'xa7 l:i:xg2+ 4 1!/hl li::ig3#.

649) Van Wely-Karjakin l ... l:txf2! forced perpetual: 2 1!ixf2 'llllh2+ 3 l!lf3 'ii'xg3+ 4 11<e2 'ii'g2+ s l!lel '1!1/gl+ 6 \!le2 (and not 6 1!1d2? 'ii'f2+ 7 \!<cl 'ii'b2#) y,.y,

650) M.Adams-J.Piket l ... l:i:fl+! 2 1!ixfl li::ixh2+ 3 'l!llxh2 (the queen is lost too after 3 1!1f2 1i:lg4+) 3 ... 'ii'xh2 0-1 Due to his exposed king and undeveloped queenside, White's three pieces are no match for Black's extra queen after 4 li::ixc6 b5.

651) Bosboom-Willemze Rather than the game's l. . .li::ixb3+? 2 \!le3 when Black had to resign, 1 ... '1i'b2+! 2 1i<e3 (White must avoid both 2 1i<xc5? '11Vxe5+ 3 l!lb4 - or 3 \!lxc6 :!lacS+ 4 \!<b7 'liVe?+ 5 \!la6 'l!llb6# - 3 . . . a5+ 4 \!la3 '1!1/al# and 2 1Lic3? .!!:fd8+ 3 \!le3 '11Vxc3+ 4 1!114 :&!:d4+ 5 .!!:xd4 '!illxd4+ 6 \!lg3 'l!llxe5+ 7 \!<g2 'lil'e4+ 8 \!lg3 '!illxg6) 2 ... '1!1/xeS+ 3 1i<f3 (or 3 \!<d2 illf4+ 4 \!lc3 'ii'e5+) 3 ... '11Ve4+ 4 l!lg3 'lllle3+ 5 llig2 '11Ve4+ would have forced a repetition since 6 '111113? 'ii'xg6, while not fully clear, should favour Black.

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652) Krasenkow-Van Haastert 1 .!i:xg7! li<xg7 (or l . . .l'!xg7 2 'ili'xf3+ li<e8 3 12:lc6+ winning serious material on e7) 2 l;tg4+ 1-0 Black loses his queen after 2 . . . \i<h7 (or 2 . . . 1i<h8 3 'ili'xh6+ .!i:h7 4 'ili'f6+ followed by mate) 3 'ili'e4+ li<h8 4 12:lg6+ li<g8 S lOeS+.

653) Kosintseva-Berg 1 ... ..\tg4! wins a further exchange and the game: 2 'ili'xg4 "liixf2+ 0-1

654) 5poelman-Van Haastert 1 ... ..\txc2+! 2 1i<c1 (2 \i<al .!i:eS! 3 "liig3 l:i:xel+ 4 'ili'xel 'ili'f6 gives Black an easily winning endgame) and now Black missed 2 ... .ltb3! when he gets to consolidate all his extra pawns after 3 "l!l'f2 (3 axb3?? costs White his queen after 3 . . . l:i:cS+) 3 ... 'ili'c8+.

655) Smallbone-Hackett 1 li!:xe8+! �!<xeS 2 .ltxb5+! 1-0 It's mate on d8.

656) Palliser-Headlong 1 ll:c7! 1-0 White enjoys a crushing attack after l.. .'i!!'xc7 2 'ili'xe8+ li<h7 3 .ltxf7.

657) Speelman-Peng Xiaomin 1 .. .lbg3+! 2 1i<xg3 .lth4+! 3 1i<xh4 (or 3 \i<f4 "l!l'xf2+ 4 \i<eS 'ili'e2+ winning White's queen) 3 ... 'ili'xf2+ 4 1i<g5 f6# o-1

658) Hambartsumian-Yegiazarian 1 ... 12Jxf2! 2 12:lxf2 .ltxf3 3 gxf3 fi:xe5 wins a pawn.

659) Moran-Turner 1 ... 12:le4+! 2 1i<g2 (or 2 fxe4 "i!l'gS+ 3 1i<f3 .ltg4+ 4 1i<g2 .ltxdl+ picking up the white queen) 2 ... "l!l'g5+ 3 1i<h1 ..th3 o-1 It's mate after 4 .!i:gl l2:lxf2#.

660) Costello-Palliser 1 ... l;txg3+! 2 fxg3 "!Wxg3+ 3 1i<f1 .lth3+ 4 l::txh3 'I!Yxh3+ 5 1i<e1 .ltc3+ 6 li<f2 "YII'h2+ 7 1i<f1 l:i:g8 8 12:lg4 'ili'g2# 0-1

661) Adams-Braithwaite 1 ..\tf8+! 1-0 It's mate after 1 . . .\i<xfS 2 "liihS+ li<e7 3 "Y!I'e8#.

662) Woolley-Tozer 1 Sxf7! l:l:e8 (smothered mate occurs after l . . . li<xf7 2 12:lgS+ li<gS 3 'I!Yxe6+) 2 12Jg5 .!hg3 3 J:l.xe6 l:l.xg2+ 4 1i<h1 .!i:xe6 5 "Y!I'xe6 1-0 Mate follows.

663) Bridger-Palliser 1 ... "YII'f1+1 2 l:l:xf1 sxf1# 0-1

664) Barber-Marshall 1 'iiVxe6+! 'iiVxe6 (Black has to avoid l . . .fxe6? 2 .ltg6#, but he might try l . . . .lte7 when he is

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only clearly worse after 2 '!!Vxe7+ "if'xe7 3 i<xe7 '1flxe7 4 l:l:hel+ '1£f8 5 i<e4) 2 1Llxe6 i<d6 3 lt:lxg7+ '1£f8 4 1/Jf5 and a pawn ahead and with the initiative, White went on to win.

665) Hopwood-Cameron 1 1Llxe5!! i<b5? (Black had to avoid L.'!!Vxe5? 2 i<f4 when he must give up his queen in view of 2. .. '!!Vc5? 3 i<xa6#; the text, though, fails to offer any resistance, although even L.lt:lxh5 2 i<xa6+ '1ilb8 3 1t:ld3 '!!Vd6 4 i<xe7 '!!Vxe7 5 '!!Vxh5 1eaves White two pawns up and doing rather well) 2 1Llxf7 1Llxh5 3 '!!Vxh5 i<e8 4 i<xa6+ '1ild7 5 :Sxd4+ 1-0

666) Hopwood-Bennett 1 :Sxg7! J<xe5 (L.'1fixg7 is mated by 2 '!!Vxh6+ WgS 3 '!!Vxh7# and there's no defence) 2 l:txh7+ 1-0 The attack is crushing, just as it is too after 2 '!!Vxh6.

667) Hopwood-Blacker 1 1Llxd5! 1-0 Due to the pin on his c7-rook, Black has no defence and is crushed. Indeed it's mate after 1 . . . exd5 2 :SxdS+ '!!Vd7 3 J::l.xd7+ We8 4 J::l.dS+! Wxd8 5 '!!Vf6+ lt:le7 6 '!!Vd6+ l:rd7 7 '!!Vxd7#.

668) Palliser-Baldwin 1 exf6 i<xf6 2 'li'e4 and the fork wins a rook

669) Palliser-Woolley 1 i<h7+1 1-0 It's mate with L.l!lxh7 2 gS'!!V#.

670) Palliser-Rogerson 1 1Llxg6! hxg6 (Black is destroyed too after Ll!lf7 2 1Llxf8 l:l:xf8 3 l:l:g7+) 2 flxg6+ l!lf7 3 'i1Vh5 il.xh6 (or 3 . . . \!le7 4 i<xfS+ l!ld7 5 fl.g7+ winning serious material) 4 l:rxh6+ 1-0 It's mate after 4 . . . Wf8 5 l:rh8+ '1ile7 6 :Sh7+ '1£d6 7 'liVeS+ Wc6 8 J:l.cl+ lt:lc2 9 l:rxc2#.

671) Turner-Hopwood 1 J::l.xf7!! nets an important pawn, thereby giving White excellent attacking chances: 1 ... '!!Vb3 (capturing the rook leads to mate: 1 . . . '1flxf7 2 1Llg5+ WfS - or 2 . . . '1£f6 3 '!!Vf4+ '1£e7 4 '!!Vf7+ '1ild8 5 1t:le6# - 3 '!!Vf4+ l!lgs 4 'l&'c4+ l!lh8 5 1t:lf7+ Wg8 6 1t:lh6+ '1ilh8 7 '!!VgS+ l:txgS 8 1t:lf7#) 2 Sd7 (2 lt:lgS is also rather powerful) 2 ... .iiJ6? (dropping a piece, but in any case Black was hard pressed to meet White's ideas of 3 1t:lg5 and 3 1Lld2) 3 Rd6 1-0

672) Palliser-Mitchinson 1 il.f7+! '1£xf7 (or Ll!lf8 2 il.h6+ lilxf7 3 'li!'h7+ '1£xf6 4 '!!Vg7+ lilf5 5 'i!!'g5+ lile4 6 :!l.d4#) 2 '!!Vh7+ lilf8 3 '!!Vg7# 1-0

673) Franic-Zelcic 1 ... l::th2+! 2 lilxh2 (or 2 l!lg3 i<e5+ 3 '1£xg4 'l!!'h4+ 4 Wf3 'li'f4#) 2 .. .'lll'h8+ 0-1 Mate follows with 3 '1£g3 'lil'h3+ 4 lilf2 (or 4 Wf4 g5#) 4 ... i<h4+ 5 1i:g3 '!!Vxg3#.

674) Sasikiran-Ponomariov 1 1Lles! 1-0 Black must give up his queen since it's mate after LJxe5 2 'i!l'xe5+.

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675) Pavic-Petrovic 1 ... �xh3! 2 �e1 (or 2 gxh3 lie2+ 3 �hl '!1Vxh3#) 2 ... l:lxe1 3 g3 'l!i'hs 4 l:lxe1 �f1# 0-1

676) Mrdja-Vukusic 1 l:lxe3! wins a piece: 1 .. .fxe3? 2 '!1Vg4+ 1-0 It's mate on h7.

677) Kosanski-Lasic 1 �xg7! �xg7 (or l.. .J:I:d3 2 'I!Vf6 \\l!'xf6 3 �xf6 with an extra pawn and a rather useful passed d-pawn) 2 '!!l'c3+ '!!l'f6 3 '!!l'xd2 1iJb3 4 \\l!'a2 1iJxa1 5 '!!l'xa1 left White a pawn up in the ending.

678) Takac-Vucic 1 "I!Vxg8+! 1·0 It's back-rank mate after l. . .�xg8 2 l:l:b8+.

679) Krajewski-Ziolkowski 1 ... gxh3! 2 lbg6 (Black forces mate after 2 :!!.xd6 ll:xgl+ 3 �e2 l:.8g2+ 4 �f3 J:l.fl+) 2 ... h2! 3 l:th6 (or 3 ll:xd6 hl'!!l'+ 4 �e2 l:lxg6 5 lid7+ �f6 with an overwhelming attack) 3 ... ll:g1+ 4 l!le2 1iJc3+! 0-1 It's mate after 5 '!!l'xc3 (or 5 1!1f2 \\l!'g3#) s ... '!!l'xdl+ 6 l!lf2 '!!l'fl#.

Chapter Three

680) Genzling-Menendez Villar 1 1iJxe5! liJxeS (and not l...�xdl? 2 �xf7+ l!le7 3 1iJd5#) 2 '!!l'xh5 sees White win an important pawn.

681) Jeremic-Nestorovic 1 ... 1iJd4! and the Siberian trap costs White his queen for two pieces since he has to avoid 2 liJxd4 'li'h2#.

682) Ruzicic-Ljangov 1 ... 1iJxe4! 2 '!!l'f4 (the main point is that White emerges a pawn down too after 2 �xd8 1iJxd2 3 �h4 1iJxfl 4 ll:xfl liJc6) 2 ... 1iJf6 saw Black net a most useful central pawn.

683) Budimir-Jakovljevic 1 ... ll:xh7l 0-1 Black wins a piece since it's mate after 2 '!!l'xh7 "liVeS+ 3 1!/fl (or 3 1!/dl '!!l'e2#) 3 ... '!!1'e2+ 4 \l;gl '!!l'el#.

684) Smith-Hunt 1 /iJxes! dxe5 (neither does declining the piece help Black; for example, l ... �e7 2 1iJg4 liJxg4 3 hxg4 '!!l'd7 4 J:l:del with strong pressure down the central files) 2 �xes liJd7 (or 2 . . . l:!:g6 3 lidel �d7 4 '!!l'd4 �g7 5 l:!:xf6 �xf6 6 "ll!'g4+ and wins, as does 2 . . . �e7 3 d6) 3 :!l:de1 liJxe5 4 l:lxe5+ 1-o White wins the queen in style with 4 ... 1!1d7 5 lhf7+ �cS 6 ll:e8! 'li'xe8 7 '!!l'c3+.

685) Cork-Morris 1 ... 1iJxe4! wins material: 2 "lli'd3 (or 2 fxe4 �g5 and White loses his queen) 2...�g5+ 3 1iJd2 liJg3 4 l:!he1 1iJxe2+ 5 l:.xe2 �xf3! and White finally loses the exchange.

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686) Waterfield-Kiein 1 ..il.bs! wins the queen in view of l . . .'i!Vxb5 2 1Llxc7+ and 3 1Llxb5.

687) Williamson-Foster 1 ..il.xf7+! �xf7 2 'li'c4+ �f8 3 'li'xb4+ wins a pawn.

688) Boguszlavszkij-Cherednichenko 1 'li'xf6+! 1-0 Black loses a piece in view of l . . . �xf6 2 1Lle4+ and 3 1Llxc5.

689) Mueller-Tid man Here Black resigned, missing 1 ... ..il.b4! (1 . . . ..il.e7 also averts defeat, but in a far less effective manner) 2 c3 (or 2 'i!ixb4 'i!Vxg5 3 ..il.xe4 'i!Vh4+ 4 �fl 'li'xe4 with a clear advantage) 2 ... 'il'dS! 3 1Llf3 (White loses the exchange after 3 cxb4? ..il.xg2) 3 ... ..il.d6 which would have seen Black maintain her extra pawn.

690) Albrecht-Bering 1 1Llxd5! cxdS (or l . . . 'i!'dS 2 ..il.xe4 0-0 3 ..il.£3 cxd5 4 1Lle2 with an extra pawn and a large positional advantage) 2 'i!'xc8+ �f7 (White picks up even more pawns after 2 . . . "i!Vd8 3 'i!ixb7 1Lld7 4 'i!'xd5) 3 'li'xfS+I and White is two clear pawns up.

691) Young-Palliser 1 ... bs! o-1 White's bishop is lost in view of 2 ..il.xb5 'i!'b6+ 3 �hl 'li'xb5.

692) Soufflet-Bellay The classic trap 1 ... 1Llxds! wins a piece in view of 2 ..il.xdS ..il.b4+ 3 'li'd2 ..il.xd2+ 4 �xd2 �xdS.

693) Harvey-Palliser 1 ... 1Llxh2! 0-1 White loses a ruinous amount of material after 2 'i!ie2 (or 2 �xh2 'i!ih4#) 2 ... 'i!'h4.

694) Rajlich-Schuurman White wins a piece: 1 g4! axb4 (Black's queen is trapped after 1 . . .'li'g6 2 1Llh4) 2 'li'xf6! 1-0

695) Kregelin-Kieinert 1 1Llxf7! 1-0 White wins the rook on hS in view of l . . .�xf7 2 'i!'xe6+ �f8 3 'li'f7#.

696) Johansen-Peterson Black wins a pawn: 1 ... ..il.xh2+! 2 �xh2 "i!Vh4+ 3 �g1 'liilxe4 0-1

697) Wells-Kharlov 1 1LlgS! (threatening both the queen and mate with 2 'il'd6+ �eS 3 'li'dS#) 1 ... fxg5 2 'i!'xgS+ �f7 3 ..il.g4 'i!'xg4 (Black loses his queen too after 3 ... 'li'h6 4 ..il.h5+) 4 'i!'xg4 and White's extra queen was decisive.

698) Lopang-Sikorova 1 ... ..il.xf2+! 2 �d1? (or 2 .!l.xf2 'li'h4 3 0-0-0 'iiixf2 with an extra exchange and pawn) 2 ... ..il.g1 0-1

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699) Santos-Ferro 1 1i:ixes! jtxd1 2 jtbs+ c6 (or 2 ... 1/Jd? 3 jtxd7+ 'l!i'xd7 4 1t:lxd7 Wxd7 5 11lxd1 with an extra piece) 3 dxc6 jta4 (this fails to save Black, but there was no way to maintain the extra queen with 3 . . . a6 insufficient too due to 4 c7+ axb5 5 cxdS'IW+ f!.xd8 6 1i:ixdl) 4 C7+ jtxbS 5 cxd8'li'+ f!.xd8 6 1iJxbS and White went on to convert his extra piece.

700) Libiszewski-Roos 1 jtxb7! wins a clear pawn in view of 1 . . . jtxb7 2 '/Wb5+ 'li'd7 3 'l!i'xb7.

701) Khenkin-Vernay 1 2xe6! wins a pawn in view of l . . .fxe6 (or 1 . . . 1i:ic5 2 2xf7+ f!.xf7 3 dxc5.) 2 'ilxe6+ lilh8 3 'li'xd6.

702) Von Herman-Hausrath 1 ... 1t:lxe4! 2 jtxd8 (otherwise Black is just a piece up after 2 jtxe4 'lieS) 2 ... jtb4+! 3 'l!i'xb4 li:ic2+ 0-1 White remains a piece in arrears.

703) Schudro-Schmeing White wins a pawn: 1 1i:ixes! li:ixes (and not, of course, 1 . ..2xdl? falling into Legall's mate: 2 2xf7+ llle7 3 1i:id5#) 2 'li'xhs ll:lf6 (or 2 ... 11:lxc4 3 '1Wb5+ 'lid? 4 'li'xc4 regaining the piece) 3 'li'e2.

704) Jameson-Nyland 1 1i:ixf7! lllxf7 2 2c4+ lllf8 (now it's mate, but 2 . . . 1!/eS 3 'lidS f!.f8 4 'li'h5+ g6 5 'li'xh7 also would have been rather strong) and now 3 'lids! (rather than the game's 3 'li'f3+) 3 ... 'li'e8 4 'li'fS+ would have led to a beautiful mate after 4 ... .ltf6 5 'li!'xf6+! gxf6 6 .lth6#.

705) Palliser-Taylor 1 f!.xg1! 'li'xg1 2 jte3 il'xh2 (or 2 . . . '/Whl 3 'li!'hS+ l!le7 4 .ltxh6 with decisive threats along the eighth, while 2 . . . 1i:id4+ 3 1!1d3 reveals why White needs his queen on f6 to cover fl) 3 'li'h8+ llle7 4 2gs+! 1-o Black loses his queen down the h-file.

706) Wilson-Dickson 1 ... 11:lxd4! either wins a clear pawn or gives Black an extremely strong attack: 2 1i:ixd4 'lil'h4 3 1i:if3?? (3 2e3 was essential, although 3 . . . 'lil'xh2+ 4 1!/fl 'li'hl+ 5 1!1e2 'li'xg2 is rather dangerous for White after something like 6 11:lc3 11:lxe3 7 11lxe3 'li'h3+ S l!le2 d5!) 3 ... 'ilxf2+ 4 1!1h1 il'g1+! 0-1 Smothered mate follows on f2.

707) Mateo-Larduet Despaigne 1 .ltxf7+! wins the exchange and a pawn in view of l . . .lllx£7? 2 1i:ig5+ l!lgS 3 1i:ie6 trapping the black queen.

708) Hanley-Hickman 1 b4! wins a piece since Black's queen cannot remain covering his fS-bishop.

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709) Adams-Vitoux 1 JLxbs!! axbS (probably Black should settle for l . ..cxd4 2 JLxa6 1Llf5 with only a clear disadvantage) 2 ltlxbs .S:eS 3 e4 'li'hs 4 itld6+ \lidS s lUgs 'li'xd1 6 ltlgxf7+ llle7 7 .S:xd1 l:tgS S lUxeS gave White a large advantage with a rook and three useful pawns for the two pieces.

710) Sehmidt-Rohmann 1 JLxg6!! 1Llxd1? (Black doesn't really have anything for the piece after l. . .hxg6? 2 11ixf2, but he might try l . ..JLc5 when 2 'li'e2! - 2 'li'f3!? 'li'f6 3 JLxf7+ lilfS 4 'li'xf6 gxf6 5 l:l:f1 fxe5 6 JLh5 lllg7 7 l:l:xf2 JLxf2+ 8 l!lxf2 is promising too - 2 . . . '1i'e7 - 2 .. . 0-0 fails to 3 JLxf7+ ll:xf7 4 ltlxf7 lllxf7 5 0-0 - 3 JLxf7+ \lidS 4 l:l:f1 'li'xe5 5 lhf2 JLxf2+ 6 111xf2 leaves White's two extra pieces far superior to Black's extra rook) 2 JLxf7+ llle7 3 i.gS+ llld6 4 ltle4+ Illes S JLxdS (threatening mate with 5 /Uba3 is a decent alternative) s ... lllxe4 6 \llxd1 and White's extra piece prevailed.

711) Palliser-Lim Rather than the game's 1 0-0, 1 JLxf7+! lllxf7 (or l . . .lllf8 2 lUgS e6 3 ltlxe6+ .S:xe6 4 i.xe6 with an extra exchange) 2 lUgS+ lllgS (2 ... \llf6 fails to 3 e5+) 3 /Ue6 would have trapped the black queen.

712) Terentiev-Gallagher 1 ... dxe3! 2 JLes? (White misses Black's idea; he would have done better to restrict his losses to just a pawn with 2 ltlxc3 1Llxc3 3 bxc3 li:xbS) 2 .. Jba2! 3 ltlxe3 (White's problem is that he cannot stop Black's c-pawn queening after 3 l:i:xa2? c2) 3 ... l:txa1+ 4 1Lld1 ltlxf2 s lllxf2 Yxd1 left Black the exchange and three pawns ahead.

713) Romanishin-Brenke 1 .S:xb2! 1-0 Black's queen is lost since it's mate after l . . .'li'xa6 (or l . . .'li'xb2 2 'li'c6+ \lidS 3 1Llxf7#) 2 l:l:xb8+ 'li'c8 3 !!xeS#.

714) Palliser-Smallbone 1 'li'xg7!! i.f6 2 'li'h6 ltle2 (otherwise White is just a pawn up with a good position) 3 1Lle3 ltlxa1 (Black might wish to trade off his bishop before its trapped, but 3 ... JLxc3 4 bxc3 ltlxal fails to 5 'li'g7 ll:f8 6 i.a3) 4 ll:d1 JLd7 (or 4 ... i.d4 5 JLg5 'li'd6 6 'li'xd6 cxd6 7 l:txd4 1Llc2 8 .S:xd6 with two raking bishops and a crushing position) S itldS 1-0 The bishop lacks a good square since both 5 . . . JLe5 6 i.g5 'i!ic8 7 ltlf6+ JLxf6 8 'i!ixf6 and 5 ... i.e7 6 JLg5! i.xg5 7 'li'g7 l:tfS 8 'iiie5+ i.e6 9 ltlxc7+ llle7 10 'li'xg5+ f6 1 1 'li'c5+ are crushing.

71S) Van Gooi-Biijlevens 1 i.xf7+! l!lxf7 2 'iiids+ IlleS 3 'li'xes wins a pawn.

716) Tiviakov-Rivera Rodriguez 1 l:!:xe6! wins a pawn since l. . .fxe6? 2 ltlxe6 traps the black queen.

717) Lahlum-Uirichsen 1 i.xh7+! l!lxh7 2 'li'hS+ lllgS 3 'li'xes saw White win a pawn.

71S) 'Sofine'-R.Palliser 1 b4! exb4 2 axb4 JLxb4 3 Il:xb4! 'li'xb4 4 1Lle4 'li'a3? (White wins back a piece after 4 ... 'i!ie7? 5 d6 while retaining a large advantage, but Black should try 4 ... 'i!Vxe4! 5 i.xe4 1ilxe4 chang-

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ing White's task to one o f a technical nature) S IDxf6+ gxf6 6 'll!'g4+ li<h8 7 'l!Vfs 1-0

719) Palliser-Semkov 1 12if6+! 1-0 It's mate after l . . .gxf6 2 'll!'c6+ ®e7 3 'll!'d7#.

720) Bianchini-Vitri 1 ... .ltxf2+! wins a pawn in view of 2 ®xf2 12ie4+ and 3 . . . 12ixg5.

721) Morphy-Brunswick & lsouard 1 l:lxd7! f!.xd7 2 l:td1 'll!'e6 3 �xd7+ 12ixd7 (or 3 . . . ®e7 4 'ii'b4+ lltdS 5 'i!Vb8+! llte7 6 'li!'eS#) 4 'll!'b8+! 12ixb8 5 l:td8# 1-0

722) Danilov-Tanav 1...�xf2+! 2 1ltxf2 'lieS+ wins a pawn since 3 .f<e3 fails to 3 ... 12ig4+.

723) Pau-Farber Black wins a piece with 1 ... es! in view of 2 �xe5 1i'a5+ 3 1i:ic3 'll!'xe5.

724) Yasin-lstratescu 1 ... 12ixh2! forces White to give up the exchange, such as with 2 f!.dl (and not 2 ®xh2? 'll!'h4#) 2 . . . 12ig4 3 12if3 12if2+ 4 1i'xf2 'li!'xdl+ 5 �xdl .li<xf2.

725) Milov-Castro Acosta 1 12if3! 'li'hS 2 g4! leaves Black unable to continue covering his c5-bishop.

726) Willin-Auschkalnis 1 l::!.xh7! 1-0 Black must lose his rook in view of the threat of 2 1i'g6#.

727) Shakarova-Zankovich 1 ... 1i'xf6! wins a piece: 2 �xf6 .li<b4+ 3 'll!'d2 �xd2+ 4 ®xd2 gxf6 0-1

728) Gibbons-Rej 1 ... i<xf2+! wins a pawn in view of 2 ®xf2 12ixe4+ and 3 . . . 12ixg5.

729) Flitney-Escribano 1 J::txc8+! 'l!Vxc8 2 12id6+ li<e7 3 12ixc8+ l:taxc8 4 .f<xes fxe6 s 'li'd2 1-0 White is a queen ahead and enjoys a powerful attack.

730) Aronian-Navara White wins material on h8: 1 e4! fxe4 2 12ixh8.

731) Ola-Tia 1 f6! �xf6 2 l:ixf6 wins a piece in view of 2 . . . 1i'xf6 3 .f<g5 'l!i'e6 4 Sd8#.

732) Reti-Tartakower 1 'l!i'd8+!! ®xd8 2 .li<gS+ ®c7 (or 2 . . . ®e8 3 l::td8#) 3 .ltd8# 1-0

733) Baramidze-Babuiian 1 ... .f<g4! 0-1

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White's queen is lost in view of 2 'ii'xg4 (or 2 �xh7+ lilh8 3 'l!l'c2 'ii'fl+ 4 ll:xfl l:txfl#) 2 . . . 'ii'fl+ 3 ll:xfl l:txfl#.

734) Kozul-ll lescas Cordoba 1 ... 1Ucs! 2 dxc5 (otherwise Black wins a pawn on e4) 2 ... dxe4 3 'l!l'xd8 :!Hxd8 and Black regains his piece with a large advantage, such as after 4 1Ug5 .!hd2 S li:Jgxe4 1Uxe4 6 1i:Jxe4 ll:b2.

735) Nezis-Duggan 1 ... hsl o-1 There's no defence to the threat of 2 ... 1Ug4 and 2 1i:Jd2 1i:Jg4 3 1i:Jf3 fails to the deflecting 3 . . . 1i:Jd4.

736) Hurwitz-Hopwood 1 ... 1i:Jxf2! wins the exchange in view of 2 'l!l'xf2 'l!l'xc3+ 3 'l!l'd2 'l!l'xal + and 2 l:rgl li:Jd3+ 3 cxd3 'l!l'xgl.

737) Corn hill-Hopwood 1 ... 1Uxe41 wins a pawn after 2 1i:Jxe4 (even worse for White is 2 �xg7? li:Jxd2 3 'ii'b2 1i:Jxfl 4 lhfl f6) 2.. .�xe4 3 'ii'xe4 �xb2.

738) Anderson-Palliser 1 ... �xf3 0-1 Black wins a piece after 2 'l!l'xf3 (or 2 'ii'd2 f6) 2 ... 'ilhg5.

739) Armanda-Sitnik 1 1i:Jxf7! �xf3 (or l . . .Wxf7 2 1i:Je5+ lilg8 3 1i:Jxg4 with an extra pawn and excellent play on the light squares) 2 �g6! threatens mate to win serious material.

Chapter Four

740) Walter-Hiermann 1 1i:Jxe6! wins a second pawn since l ... li:Jxe6 2 f5+ gives White a winning pawn endgame.

741) Yates-Tartakower 1 Wb2 Wc4 (or l. . .Wd4 2 lilxb3 lild3 when White draws by arranging to seize the opposition as soon as Black captures on b4, such as with 3 Wa2 Wc4 4 Wbl lilxb4 5 lilb2) 2 Wa3! b2 (it's stalemate after 2 ... Wc3) 3 Wa2! y,.y, Following 3 . . . >1/c3 4 >libl Black only has a choice between stalemate and giving White the opposition after 4 . . . lilxb4 S lilxb2.

742) Balogh-Paichadze 1 1i:Jxf7! lilxf7 2 l:txd7+ wins a second pawn.

743) Van Wely-Guseinov 1 .ltxh1+! lilxh7 (Black isn't helped either by l ...lilf8 2 g6 when the pawn queens) 2 g6+ Wh6 (the f-pawn is unstoppable too after 2 . . . >1/gS 3 f7+ >llg7 4 1i:Jd7) 3 f7 (missing the more attractive and faster 3 lilh4 followed by 4 g5#) 3 ... Wg7 1·0 4 1i:Jd7 is game over.

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744) Shirov-Kramnik 1 b6! cxb6 (or 1 . ..1ilc6 2 l:!:b8 and the a-pawn queens) 2 l:!:h8 1-0 Black either loses his rook on aS or after 2 .. .lha7 3 lilh7+ and 4 lha7.

745) McNab-Kunte 1 h8'iW+! lilxh8 2 1iih6 1-0 Black cannot prevent the g-pawn from queening.

746) Westra-Palliser 1 ... h3! 2 gxh3 1iih4 3 1iib6 1Lxh3 0-1 Black queens first and wins after both 4 iLxh3 1iixh3 5 1iixb7 c5 6 lilc6 lilg3 7 lilxc5 h4 and 4 iLe2 .il.g2 5 lilxb7 1iig5 6 1iixc6 h4.

747) Berkes-Tomic 1 JLg6+! liltS (the d-pawn slips home after 1. .. lilxg6? 2 d7) 2 JLxhS won a pawn, leaving White's connected passed pawns to decide.

748) Palliser-Round 1 .. .'lii'xf2+! Yz-Yz There's no way to escape Black's checks and it's stalemate after 2 1iixf2.

749) Collinson-King 1 ... ti:lxb3! creates a decisive passed b-pawn: 2 lilxb3 lilxd3 3 .il.f1+ (or 3 a5 lile2 4 iLh3 d3 5 iLf5 d2 6 .il.g4+ lilel 7 lilc2 transposing) 3 ... 1iid2 4 a s d3 5 1iib2 1iie3 6 lilb3 (6 lilcl b3 forces one of the pawns home) 6 ... d2 7 1iic2 1iif2 8 iLh3 1iie1 9 .ll.g4 b3+! (le point) 10 lilxb3 d1'i'+ 11 .ll.xd1 1iixd1 12 1iic3 1iie2 0-1 After 13 1iic2 lile3 14 lilc3 lile4 Black has the opposition and c4 will fall.

7 50) Galliano-Small bone 1 ... ti:ld4! leaves White in zugzwang: 2 ti:lxg6 (or 2 f4 ti:lf3+ 3 ti:lxf3 1iixf3 4 lilh3 lilxf4 with a trivial win in the pawn ending) 2 ... hxg6! 3 h7 ti:lf3# 0-1

751) Savage-Shikerov Black queens his g-pawn with the deflecting 1 ... tLlc2+!.

752) Cobb-Duncan 1 ... �xe3+! 0-1 The a-pawn queens after 2 lilxe3 b3 3 axb3 a3!.

753) Ozeren-Ciarke Rather than the game's l ...g6??, Black can simplify to a very promising ending with a neat intermezzo: 1 ... lild1! 2 ti:lxd1 (or 2 li:xd 1 cxd 1 'i!!' 3 ti:lxd 1 with an extra pawn and bishop against knight) 2 ... g51 (other kingside pawn moves lead to the same outcome) and Black either queens on cl or with 3 li:d8+ lilg7 4 l:!:xc8 cxdl'i!!'.

7 54) Barrett-Taylor 1 ... .ll.xg2! 2 J:!.xg2 l:!:xb3 won a key pawn.

755) Haslinger-Bates Black wins a piece and the game with 1...'i!!'xb3! 2 axb3 a2 3 '!Wh1 c2.

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7 56) Wade-Korchnoi 1 bs! Wh5 (or l. . .Wf6 2 Wg4 g5 3 Wh5 with an easy win) 2 a5! 1-0 The d-pawn queens after 2 . . . bxa5 3 b6 cxb6 4 d6.

7S7) Vovk-Bobras 1 ... .licS+! 0-1 White's king cannot reach the corner: 2 l!ife4 (or 2 liifxc5 liifxh5 3 Wd4 li<g4 4 >i<e3 Wg3 and the h-pawn queens) 2 . . . .lib6 (zugzwang) 3 Wd3 Wxh5 4 liife2 liifg4 5 >i<fl >i<f3 and the h-pawn runs home.

758) Safronov-Lysyj 1 ... '1ii'c6+! 2 was 'ii!'b6+! 0-1 Black wins a rook with 3 'iil'xb6 (or 3 l:ixb6 axb6+ 4 liifxb6 �d8) 3 ... axb6+ 4 >i<xb6 ll:xb8+.

7S9) Jones-Dive 1 ... gxh3!! 2 liifxf3 g4+ 3 Wf2 g3+ 4 Wg1 (or 4 Wf3 h2 5 li<g2 f3+ and one of the pawns will queen) 4 ... h2+ S Wh1 f3 6 1tle4 Wf4 7 b4 Wg4 (or immediately 7 .. .f2) 8 bS f2 9 1tld2 (Black has a choice of which pawn to queen after 9 1tlxf2+ gxf2 10 l!ifg2) 9 ... >i<h3 10 b6 g2# 0-1

760) Shaw-Palliser 1 ... d3+ 2 We3 (2 Wf2 Wb3 3 .lixe5 d2 4 We2 Wc2 is similarly hopeless for White and otherwise he loses his f-pawn) 2 ... Wc3! 3 .lixeS+ Wc2 0-1 The d-pawn cannot be stopped.

761) Timofeev-Guseinov 1 ... gS+! 2 l!ifxgs (or 2 hxg5 l!ifg6 and the threat of 3 ... e5# is decisive) 2 ... l:les+ 3 Wf4 .!l:fS+ 4 We3 d4+ s liifxd4 .!l:xbs 0-1

762) Zelcic-Riazantsev 1 ... g6! (but not l . . .gxh6? 2 liifxd4 12 3 1tlxf2 .lixf2+ with a draw since Black is left with the wrong coloured rook's pawn) 2 h7 (this doesn't come close to saving White, but the win is quite straightforward too after 2 Wxd4 f2 3 1tlxf2 .lixf2+ 4 We4 .lig3) 2 ... .lies 3 1i'lgS .lig7 4 liife3 liife7 s ltle4 .lies 6 liiff2 l!iff8 7 liife3 liifg7 o-1

763) Kotanijian-Pantsulaia 1 ... b3! 2 axb3 a3 3 i<f3 (also hopeless for White is 3 b4 a2 4 f!.a3 al'lii'+ 5 l:!:xal l:thl+ 6 liiff2 .!l:xal, but perhaps he might have tried 3 Wgl a2 4 Wxh2 al'iil' 5 i<xh5 'i!lb2+ 6 l:le2 'lii'd4 when Black still has some work to do) 3 .. ..!i:xh3 4 b4 a2 5 .!l:a3 and now I suspect that Black played s ... a1'iil'+ when 6 .!l:xal .!l:xf3+ is an easy win, rather than the gamescore's 5 ... 1iife5? which allows White to mount a strong defence with 6 liifg2 g4 7 .!l:a5+ Wf4 8 i<d5.

764) Gustafsson-Pedersen 1 l:lf6! :etas (White queens after l . . .gxf6 2 g6+ liifh6 3 g7, while the pure pawn ending is also an easy win with l . . . lhf6+ 2 gxf6 gxf6 3 l!ifxf6 liifg8 4 We7) 2 l:!.h6+! 1-0 Mate follows.

76S) Socko-Le Kieu Thien 1 ... We6! (and not l ...We5?? 2 liife7 Wf5 3 Wd6 Wg4 4 l!ife5 Wxh4 5 Wf4 Wh3 6 Wf3 with a draw) 2 1i<e8 liiffs 0-1 White's king has been shouldered away, allowing Black to win with 3 oJi;e7 1i<g4 4 li<f6 Wxh4 5 li<f5 li<g3.

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766) Grischuk-Rublevsky 1 J:i.xc6! bxc6 2 Jil.xf7 l:tf4 (the main point is that the b-pawn runs home after 2 .. Jhf7 3 b7) 3 c3! (now there's no defence) 3 ... l:!:e4 4 J:l:e7+ 1-0

767) Kreuscher-Sarthou 1 ... g3! 2 hxg3 (Black queens too after 2 fl.xf8 gxh2) 2 ... J:i.xf2 3 >!ixf2 (now the h-pawn runs home, but otherwise White is simply a rook down) 3 ... h2 0·1

768) Borriss-Steingrimsson After White's hideous 1 bxa5, 1 ... b5! ensured he was left with only a useless extra a-pawn: 2 a4 bxc4! 3 a6 1i<b6 4 a7 Y•·Y•

769) Khenkin-Vuilleumier The Lucena position: 1 fl.d4! >lieS (or l ...l:l.gl 2 1i<e7 J:l:el+ 3 11116 l:tfl+ 4 1i<e6 J:l:el+ 5 11115 l:tfl+ 6 .11.14 and White's 'bridge-building' technique triumphs) 2 l:'!:d7 (2 l:H4 l:ta3 3 l:l:g4 also wins) 2, .. \t>c6 3 llle8 l:tf3 4 l:te7! 1·0

770) E.Bacrot-P,Tregubov The Lucena position is always a common guest in tournament practice: 1 l:td4! l:tg1 2 1i<e7 1-0 White has built a bridge as shown by 2 . . . J:l:el + 3 >!if6 l:!.fl + 4 1i<e6 J:l:el + 5 >!if5 J:ifl + 6 :!l:f4 when the checks have run out.

771) Glek-Roos 1 g6! 1-0 White threatens to queen the g-pawn and after l . . .fxg6 (or l .Ai'xg6 2 .li:g8+ and the a-pawn queens) 2 J:l:f8+! Jl,xf8 3 aS'li' his extra queen is decisive.

772) Timman-Baramidze 1 f3! 1-0 Black's bishop is trapped after l . . .'llkxf3 2 'li'el, while l.. .Jl,xf3 loses to 2 l:td8 f6 3 'llkxf6 'li'g7 4 'li'xf3.

773) Quillan-Ansell 1 l:ta3! Philidor's third-rank defence. White draws in view of l ...e3 2 l:ta8 followed by a barrage of checks from behind.

774) Nakamura-Arakhamia Grant Black avoids the stalemate trick to win trivially: 1 ... 'li'g2! 0·1

775) Adams-A! Modiahki 1 ... J:l:g1! 2 ll:f3 (2 J:!.xgl is an immediate stalemate) 2 ... fl.fl! 3 ll:xf1 Y•·Y•

776) Citak-Dimitrijevic 1 l:tg7+ >!itS (or l ...li<h8 2 J:l:h7+ >!igS 3 17+ >IllS 4 l:!:hS+) 2 :!l.h7! 1-0 There's no defence in view of 2 . . . >!/gS 3 f7+.

777) Trevelyan-lenni 1 ... JLc2+1 2 l:txc2 (now it's mate, although after 2 >!lxc2 l:l.xa2+ 3 1i<cl fl.xh2 Black's extra exchange is decisive) 2 ... .!l.a3# 0-1

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778) Terrieux-Kryvoruchko 1 .. .'ill'xf1+! 0-1 2 'li'xfl i<b2 forces the c-pawn home, leaving Black a piece ahead.

779) Arkeii-Palliser 1 .!l.xa4! 1-0 The h-pawn queens after l . . .lilxa4 2 'il<xd4.

780) Wade-Palliser 1 ... d1'1i'+! z lilxd1 Wd3 o-1 The e-pawn is unstoppable.

781) Hunt-Hopwood 1 f5+! gxf5 2 gxf5+ lild7 (2 . . . \l<x£5 3 Wxd5 costs Black a piece) 3 'il<xd5 Wxc7 4 �<5 (the pawn ending is a trivial win) 4 ... h6 5 �xb5 'il<d6 6 \l<xa4 'il<e5 7 b4 1-0 White wins in straightforward manner after 7 ... \l<x£5 8 b5 'il<e6 9 Wa5 Wd7 1 0 Wa6 Wc8 11 Wa7.

782) Linares N apoles-Gongora Reyes 1 ... i<xf2! wins a key pawn in view of 2 Wxf2 l:Ixh2+ 3 J:l.xh2 li!:xh2+ and 4 ... fl.xc2.

783) Mannion-5areen 1 ... g5!! (much clearer than 1 . ..£4 2 gxf4 ex£4 3 \i<xcS g5 4 e5 gxh4 5 Wd6 h3 6 e6 h2 7 e7 hl 'l!l' 8 e8'l!l') 2 exf5 (Black also wins after both 2 hxg5 £4 and 2 \!<xeS £4) 2 ... g4 3 fxg4 e4 4 gxh5 e3 5 'il<d3 <4+! 0-1 Black queens by force in view of 6 bxc4 b3 7 axb3 a2 when White is helpless despite his four extra pawns.

784) Yates-Marshall 1 ... Wb2! 2 Wxa4 �<3 Yz-Yz Black's king is in time to both halt and win the £-pawn.

785) 5pielmann-Duras 1 ... wg5! o-1 Black decisively seizes the opposition after 2 .!l.x£5+ Wx£5.

786) Bannik-Nikolaevsky 1 i<xb6! 1-0 One of the pawns will queen after l . . .i<xb6 (or l . . .i<c3 2 i<aS!) 2 g6 i<d4 3 b6.

787) Djukic-Pavlovic White wins a pawn: 1 12lef6+! gxf6 (l . ..'il<d8? 2 12ld5 costs Black a piece) 2 12lxf6+ Wd8 (and not 2 ... �£8? 3 i<h6#) 3 12ld5 i<e6 4 i<xe7+ 'il<d7 5 i<g5 and White went on to convert this clearly better ending.

788) Davies-Morgan Rather than the game's l . . .'i!<e7, the breakthrough 1 ... c3! would have won: 2 b3 bxa3 3 g6 Wf8 4 Wh4 a2 5 �g5 a1'1i' 6 'il<f6 'l!l'g1 and the extra black queen decisively halts White's passed pawns.

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789) Gourlay-Palliser 1.-.i.d6+ 0-1 White loses a rook after 2 lilxf3 l:!:fl + and a piece after 2 lilf2 l:!:h2+.

790) Palliser-Hunt 1 ... lile8! (and not the game's l. . .lile6?? 2 lilf8 lild6 3 lilf7 and 1-0) 2 lilh7 lild7! maintains the opposition and draws.

791) Palliser-Hodgson 1 ... Wf7! 0-1 White's cause is hopeless in view of his horribly exposed king after 2 '!We2 (or 2 '!Wxa7+ lilg6 and there's no defence against 3 ... 'iiVf2#) 2 . . . 1t:lc6.

792) Barata-Costa Black draws by bringing his king to c5 to prevent i.c6: 1 ... lild4! (the game actually ended l . . .i.c8? 2 i.d7 i.a6 3 i.g4! i.b5 4 i.f3 and 1-0 in view of 5 i.c6; Black faces the same outcome after l . . .i.g4 2 i.d7 i.e2 3 i.h3 i.b5 4 i.g2 - he needs his king to be playing a much greater role) 2 i.d7 i.c4 (both 2 . . . i.b3 and even 2 . . . i.f7 - in view of 3 i.f5 i.eS 4 lild8 lile5! -are also sufficient to draw) 3 i.c8 (3 i.h3 i.b5 4 i.g2 lilc5 comes to the same thing) 3 ... i.b5 4 i.b7 1iic5 and with 5 i.c6 ruled out, White cannot make progress; for example, 5 oltc8 lild4 6 oltd7 oltc4 7 i.e8 i.e6 S lild8 lile5 9 lile7 i.g4 1 0 i.d7 oltd1 1 1 i.e6 i.a4 and Black continues to defend without too much difficulty.

793) Savickas-Garnelis 1 i.b7+! 1-0 The ending is an easy win after l . . .lilxb7 (and not l ...l:!:xb7 2 l:!:d8#) 2 l:txd7+ lilc6 3 l:!.xe7 lild6 4 f!.xg7 i.d3+ 5 lilf2 lilxe6 6 lilf3.

794) Leko-Kramnik 1 ... l:tf2! 0-1 White loses his bishop.

795) Capablanca-Lasker 1 h6! 1-0 There's no defence to the threat of 2 g6 followed by queening.

796) Bilek-Heidenfeld 1 ... '1Wg3+! Yz-Yz It's stalemate after 2 'iiVxg3.

797) Rasmussen-Nunn 1 .. .f3! 0-1 After 2 gxf3 (otherwise 2 .. .£2 follows and 2 lile3 fails to 2 . . . 1t:lc2+) 2 ... 1t:lc2 White loses his rook in view of 3 :!l:xe2 f!.d4#.

798) Smyslov-Rossetto 1 cxb6! f!.e1+ (or 1 . . . 1!Vxb5 2 l:!:xb5 axb6 3 lilg2 l:teS 4 axb6 with an easy win in the rook ending) 2 J:!:xe1 '!Wxb5 3 bxa7 'lifc6 (3 . . . '1Wxa6 fails to 4 l:te8+ lilh7 5 aS'!W) 4 l:tb1 1iih7 5 l:!:b8 1-0 Black must give up his queen.

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799) Stephenson-Spence 1 .\ta6! bxa6 2 'llilc7 'liVeS (the only move, but now White's passed b- and c-pawns are decisive) 3 'llilxc6 �8 4 'lli'xds as (or 4 .. .1t:lb8 5 'lli'd6+ \1;>£7 6 d5 'lli'b5 7 h3 and White's pawn armada decides) S c6 11Jxb6 6 'liVes+ \l;>f7 7 'lli'xb6 \l;>e7 8 <7 'lli'c8 9 'li'xas (the pawn ending is an easy win, but 9 d5 would have been even more clinical) 9 ... Wd7 10 'ill'cs 1-0

800) Stephenson-Wise 1 d3! (another move order is 1 e4 Wc5 2 d3! - the key point in both cases is that White's rear d-pawn makes all the difference) 1 ... <3 2 e4 \l;>c7 3 es Wd7 4 d6 We6 s d4 Wd7 6 ds We8 7 e6 \l;>d8 8 d7 We7 9 d6+ Wd8 10 \l;>b3 (having stalemated the black king, White now picks up the black pawns with a little care) 10 ... c2 11 Wxc2 b3+ 12 \l;>b1 b2 13 e7+ Wxd7 14 \l;>xb2 1-0

801) Banach-Birjukov 1 ... .\ta3! 2 11Jd1 (the b-pawn queens after 2 bxa3 b2) 2 ... .txb2! 3 12lxb2+ Wa3 4 12\d1 b2 S 11Jxb2 l!lxb2 6 l!ld2 11Jf4 0-1 White is in zugzwang and c3 will decisively fall.

802) Volokitin-Ganguly 1 1!1f6! (and not the 1 12\£3?? e5 2 Wf5 e4 3 12\g5 - crucially 3 12\d2 e3 comes with tempo -3 ... e3 4 Wf4 e2 5 11Jf3 b3 and 0-1 of the game, although White can also begin with 1 Wh5!) 1 ... b3 (l . ..e5 2 >i<f5 b3 3 12\e4 b2 4 12ld2 transposes) 2 11Jf3 es 3 12ld2 b2 4 >i<fs Wd4 s lt:lb1 e4 6 Wf4 Wd3 7 12la3 e3 (the only try; Black must keep both pawns) 8 Wf3 e2 9 Wf2 and Black cannot maintain his pawns in view of 9 . . . Wd2 10 lt:lc4+ l!lc1 11 12lxb2.

803) Bronstein-Botvinnik 1 12\e6! l!lfs (after the continuation l.. . .l:th7 2 11Jg7 .!;[hS 3 \l;>c5, White wins due to his superior king) 2 12\fs 1-0 The h-pawn queens after 2 . . . J;rdS 3 .lid6! J;rxd6 4 h7.

804) Garcia Gonzales-Quinteros 1 g6! f3 2 Wg1 Wf6 3 eS+! (forcing one of the pawns home) 3 ... dxes 4 d6 e4 S d7 1-0 White queens first.

80S) Movsesian-Kuzubov 1 ... '1Wd1+! 2 'lli'e1 .tg2+! 3 1!if2 (now it's mate, but White loses his queen after 3 Wxg2 '1Wxe1) 3 ... '1Wf3+ 4 l!lg1 .th3 o-1 Mate follows after 5 'ill'f2 'ill'd1+ or 5 'ill'd2 'ill'fl#.

806) Grigoriants-Shaposhnikov 1 e8'1i'! lt:lg7+ 2 Wg6 12\xe8 3 hs leaves the h-pawn unstoppable: 3 ... 1t:lc7 4 Wf7! (and not 4 h6?? lt:le6 5 W£6 12\18 with a draw) 4 ... 12\bs s h6 12ld6+ 6 Wg6 1-0

807) Novikov-Jakovenko White saves himself with a stalemate trick: 1 l:tf4+! S.xf4 Yz-Yz

808) Ehlvest-Biuvshtein 1 .1ixg6! fxgS (the pawn queens immediately in the case of l . . .hxg6 2 h7) 2 .!:tc1! 1-0 The only way to halt White's h-pawn is 2 . . . .!:txc1 3 Wxc1 \l;>d6 4 .txh7 We7 5 .lte4 Wf6, but after 6 .txd5 Black's cause is clearly completely hopeless.

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809) Schlechter-Wolf 1-..li:e1+! 2 J:txe1 Y>-Y> It's stalemate.

810) Savchenko-Har Zvi 1 ... ..ixh3! wins a pawn in view of 2 �xh3? ll.h1#.

811) Chigorin-Tarrasch Rather than the game's 1 gxf6?, 1 �g4! �e4 2 g6 h6 (or 2 . . . hxg6 3 fxg6 f5+ 4 �g5 f4 5 h5 f3 6 h6 and both sides queen with a draw) 3 �h5! would have drawn since 3 . . . �xf5 is stalemate.

812) Michalczak-Schoene As so often in opposite-coloured bishop endings, it is the number of passed pawns rather than the number of extra pawns which decides: 1 .. .f4! (creating a decisive second passed pawn) 2 gxf4 (or 2 .ltd2 ..ie4+ 3 lilf2 fxg3+ 4 �xg3 �f5 5 ..ic3 h4+ 6 �h2 g4 7 hxg4+ �g4 8 a4 ..if5 9 .lte5 a6 10 b5 axb5 1 1 axb5 ..id7 12 ..ic7 .ltxb5 13 Sl.xb6 Sl.d7 14 Sl.d4 �f3 1 5 lilg1 �e2 and White will have to give up his bishop for the c-pawn) 2 ... g4 3 hxg4 hxg4 4 .ltd2 �5 5 lilg3 Sl.c2 (now Black's king infiltrates with decisive effect) 6 ..ie3 Sl.a4 7 .ltd4 .ltd7 8 .lte5 1!1e4 o-1 The black king and c-pawn decide.

813) Smallbone-Brown 1 a6+!! �a8 (now it's mate, but it also is after l . . .lilxa6 2 Sl.c8+ lilb5 3 .ltxe3 lhe3 - or 3 . . . h2 4 b7 h1'iil' 5 b8'iil'+ �aS 6 .ltd2+ followed by mate on b4 - 4 b7 h2 5 b8'iil'+ �c5 6 'l!Va7+: for example, 6 . . . 1!1d6 7 'l!Vd7+ �c5 8 .ltb7 h1'l!V 9 'lil'xc6+ �b4 10 'l!Vb6+ �c4 1 1 .lta6+ �d5 12 c4# or 6 ... 1!/bS 7 .lta6+ �a4 8 .ltd3+ �b4 9 'lil'a3#) 2 b7+ �b8 3 .ltd6+ 1-0

814) Palliser-Lappage 1 b4! axb4 (or 1 . . . h5 2 bxaS bxaS 3 cS �f6 4 �e4 with a trivial win) 2 C5 1·0 White queens first and wins with 2 . . . b3 3 �d3 lilf6 (or 3 . . . h5 4 1!/c3! when Black is in zugzwang and lost, such as after 4 . . . e4 5 fxe4+ �eS 6 d6 cxd6 7 cxb6) 4 d6 b2 5 lilc2 1!le6 6 dxc7 �d7 7 cxb6 h5 8 a5 g4 (very similar is 8 . . . e4 9 fxe4 g4 10 a6 gxh3 11 a7 h2 12 c8'l!V+) 9 fxg4 e4 10 a6 e3 11 a7 e2 12 c8'l!V+.

815) Palliser-Lappage 1 ... l:!g4! 2 d7 ll:h4+ 3 �g3 l:!bxh2 0-1 Mate follows with 4 d8'l!V l:t4h3#.

816) Milovanovic-Jacobs 1 ll:xb7+! creates an unstoppable g-pawn: 1 ... 1!1xb7 2 g6 l:l.d4 3 g7 ll:d8 4 .lte6 1-0

817) Bronstein-Panno 1 lilg5! (Black is powerless against the advance of the king - always improve your worstplaced piece!) 1 ... .1tf5 2 �h6 ll:e7 3 'l!Vb3+ J:l.e6 4 'l!Vb2 1-0 The knight is lost since 4 . . . l:!f6 fails to 5 :!:[xf8+! �xfS 6 'l!Vxf6+.

818) Acs-lvanchuk Black only has one way to draw: 1 ... h4! (White wins easily after both 1 . ..1!ld5 2 1!lxf4 1!1e6 3 l!lg5 1!lf7 4 �xh5 lilg7 5 �gS and l . ..l!ld4 2 �xf4 h4 3 \!lg4 1!le4 4 1!/xh4 lilf4 5 g4) 2 �Xf4 (or 2 1!lxh4 l!ld4 3 �g4 1!le3 with a clear draw) 2 ... h3! 3 gxh3 y,.y,

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The only way for White to prevent Black's king from reaching the corner is to allow his own king to become blocked in on the h-file.

819) Berke-Franciskovic The game ended with the hideous 1 l:i:b1 f3 2 J:l:cl J:l:h2 0-1, but White should have held the draw with 1 J:l:f7!: 1 . . . \i<£3 (l. . .f3 2 l:i:g7+ commences a barrage of checks and l. . .l:ta1+ 2 1i<e2 also sees Black failing to make progress) 2 1i<g1! (correctly heading for the short side) 2 . . . l:ta1+ 3 1i<h2 .!l.fl (or 3 . . . 1i<e3 4 1i<g2 l:i:a2+ 5 \i<fl li<£3 6 \i<g1 keeping Black at bay) 4 l:ta7 .!l.e1 5 l:tf7 and Black can only go round in circles.

820) Bocharov-Roiz Rather than the game's 1 l:i.g8, 1 1i<g4! lbb3 2 l:i:g8+ li<f6 3 l:tg6+! would have offered excellent chances to draw: for example, 3 . . . \i<e7 (and not 3 . . . \i<xg6? with stalemate) 4 .!hg5 a4 5 ll:a5 a3 (or 5 . . . J:!:b4+ 6 Wf3 Wd6 7 We3 1i<c6 8 �d3 �b6 9 l:ta8 and the white king is again close enough to the a-pawn) 6 Wf4 l!ld6 7 �e4 �c6 8 Wd4 Wb6 9 Wc4 .!l.h3 10 ll:a8 and White holds.

821) Nimzowitsch-Tarrasch 1 ... fS+! 0-1 It's an easy win after 2 �d4 (or 2 Wxf5 a4 and the a-pawn queens) 2 . . . f4! 3 Wc5 Wg6 4 Wb5 Wh5 5 Wxa5 �xh4 6 �b4 Wg3 7 Wc3 Wxg2.

822) Bystryakova-Airumian 1 il.xb6! axb6 2 l:i.xa6 wins a pawn.

823) Gunina-Dolgova Black can queen the d-pawn: 1 ... il.b4+! 2 Wxc1 d2+.

824) Shabalov-Kaidanov 1 il.c6+! �as 2 b4+ Wb6 3 bxcs+ 1-0 White's simplification leads to a winning pawn endgame after 3 ... Wxc6 4 1i:lb4+ �b5 5 1i:lxa6 Wxa6 6 Wd3.

82S) Karlsson-Furhoff 1 J:l.h1! Wg3 (Black actually loses after 1 . . . g3? 2 Wf3 h2 - or 2 . . . g2 3 l:i.a1 - 3 Wg2 Wg4 4 J:l.a1 when his pawns fall) 2 l:tg1+! Wh2 (or 2 ... Wf2 3 ll:a1 h2 4 l:i:xa2+ Wg1 5 J:l:a1+ li<g2 6 J:!.a2+ Wh3 7 ll:a1 with a perpetual since 7 . . . g3? forces Black to defend with knight against rook after 8 Wf3 g2 9 l:l.a8 g1N+ 10 Wf2 1i:lf3!? 11 J:l.a1 1Llg1 1 2 ll:a3+ l!lg4 13 Wg2) 3 ll:a1 g3 4 Wf3 g2 s li<f2 g11iV+ 6 l:txg1 a1'iil' 7 .!l.xa1 y,.y, It's stalemate.

826) Onischuk-Timoshenko 1 ... 1i:lh6+! (the only defence but a good one) 2 We7 (the best try; 2 �g6 1i:lg4 3 h6 1i:lxh6 4 liixh6 Wd7 is a simple draw) 2 ... 1!1c6 3 e6 �!ids (Black's king is just in time to halt the hpawn) 4 Wd7 (or 4 Wf6 1i:lg4+ 5 Wg5 l!lxe6 with a draw) 4 ... 1i:lg8 S e7 1i:lf6+ 6 Wd8 We6 7 h6 liif7 8 h7 1i<g7 y,.y,

827) Petrosian-lvkov 1 l:!.xd4! 1-0 It's mate after any capture of the rook: e.g. l . . .l:txd4 2 .!l.xe5+ Wxg4 3 f3#.

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828) Wall-Stephenson Instead of the game's l . . .�b2, 1 ... �a4! draws since 2 1!ig6 lhh7! 3 �xh7 is stalemate and 2 l:t£7 �xa3 3 �g6 �xb4 4 l:tf5 l:i:xh7 5 1!ixh7 �c4 6 �g6 b4 leaves White's king too far from the front b-pawn.

829) Arakhamia Grant-Baburin 1 ... f2! 0-1 Black either has an easy win with queen versus rook (due to his passed f-pawn) or wins White's rook.

830) Shirov-Aronian 1 l:i:xd4+! �xd4 2 1i:lfS+ �xes 3 �xe3 sees White solve his problems by simplifying. Aronian's last chance was 3 ... /iJes, but after 4 g4! hxg4 5 h4 (a key move to have seen at the beginning of the combination) 5---�C4 (White also draws after the long forcing line 5 ... 1i:lc4+ 6 �f4 1i:lxa3 7 h5 1i:lc4 8 h6 f6 9 h7 1i:le5 10 li:le3 a3 1 1 �f5 1i:lf7 12 �xg4 a2 13 1i'ic2 �c4 14 1lif5 �c3 15 1i:la1 1i'ih8 16 �xf6 1lib2 17 �g7) 6 hs l!ib3 7 1lid4 1i:lf3+ 8 �d3 1!ixa3 9 �c3 progress was impossible with Black's king incarcerated and his kingside pawns stymied. y,.y,

831) Van Wely-Aronian 1 ... l:i:xd1+! 2 1lixd1 1lif7 leaves White unable to save both rook and bishop: 3 l:l:xh6 (or 3 1lie1 l!ixg7 4 l:l:h4 f5 5 gxf5 Jl.xf5 again with rook against bishop and pawn, and a complete draw) 3 ... Jl.xg4+ y,.y,

832) Winants-Hansen 1 ... 1!ih3! o-1 Black is too far ahead after 2 1lie3 1lig3 3 £4 �g4 4 �e2 �x£4 5 Wf2 1!ie4.

833) Warakomski-Baramidze 1 f4! 1-0 White wins a piece with J . . .gxf4 2 gxf4 lhd1 3 fxe5+ l!ixe5 4 Jl.xd l .

834) Carpenter-Wallace 1 l:!.xa1! forces the pawns home with shades of McDonnell-De Labourdonnais: 1 ... l:!.xa1 2 f7 J:l.aa8 3 g6! 1-0

835) Round-Palliser 1 .. .'i'xg2! won a rook in view of 2 "lli'xg2 �g6 followed by mated on h7.

836) Palliser-Gayson The c-pawn decides: 1 'i!Vxa4! 1-0

837) Krutti-Palliser 1 ... hS! (White escapes after l ...�f6? 2 l:l:g8 h5 3 l:tf3+ llle7 4 �h4) 2 �h4 (or 2 g4 l:th2+ 3 1!ig3 h4+ 4 1!if3 l:i:h3+ 5 �e4 l:l:a4+ 6 c4 - 6 1!id3 e4+ 7 1!id2 l:i:a2+ wins the rook on e3 - 6 . . .lhc4+ 7 llid3 :!l.d4+ 8 1!ie2 J:l.h2+ 9 11/el - 9 1!if3 l:!:f4# - 9 . . . l::l.b4 and White must finally lose his rook with 10 l:te2 l::l.b1 + 1 1 llid2 l:tb2+ 12 lllc3 f!.bxe2 to avert mate) 2 ... 1!if6 0·1 The mate threat costs White a rook.

838) Sokolov-Sasikiran 1 Jl.a1! 1-0 The bishop has to retreat to a1 so that White can win the a-pawn at the end with J . . . lilf7 2

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839) Lacasa Diaz-Moreno Ruiz 1 .. .'lli'xc3! 0-1

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Black emerges a piece ahead after 2 'i1Vxc3 1i:lxe2+ 3 lilhl li:lxc3 4 ..\txg7 1i:lxdl 5 ..\txf8 lilxf8 6 l:i.xdl.

840) Perez-Ramirez Garcia 1 i.xh7+! li:lxh7 2 'lli'xb3 .!l:xf4 3 li:lxf4 'lli'xe5 4 'lli'g3 left White a clear exchange ahead.

841) Tai-Benko 1 l:td8+! won the exchange on hS in view of 1 . . . 11/xdS? 2 1Zlxf7+ and 3 1i:lxe5.

842) Can-Erdogdu 1 i.xg5! wins a pawn: 1 ... fxg5 2 1Zle5 'lli'e6 3 li:lxc6+! 'lli'xc6 4 'lli'xe7+ IlleS 5 'lli'xf7 'lli'xc3 6 'lli'd5 left White clear! y better.

843) Caruana-Majer 1 1i:lxg6! wins a pawn in view of l . . .fxg6? 2 'lli'xe6+ :C:f7 3 ..ltxd6.

844) Korchnoi-Karpov White must keep eS defended: 1 1Zld3! Sxd3+ 2 lilc4 1-0 The b-pawn costs Black his remaining pieces.

845) Narciso Dublan-Timman 1 i.h5+! lilh6 2 i.f7 1-o White wins the rook on c4 in view of the threat of 3 f:thS#.

846) Lundberg-Czerownski 1 ... 'lli'xf2+! 2 lilxf2 1i:lxd5 trapped White's queen and saw Black emerge the exchange ahead after 3 'i1Vxc5 (or 3 'lli'xd6 1Zle4+ and 4 ... 1i:lxd6) 3 ... dxc5.

84 7) Faranka-AI Aqrabi Black wins queen for rook: 1 ... l::tg2+! 2 :C:xg2 'lli'xh5 0-1

848) Damaso-Malakhov 1 'lli'g7+! 1-0 The h-pawn queens after l . . .'lli'xg7 2 f:txe8+ lilxeS 3 hxg7.

849) Parr-Collins 1 l:txb7! 1-0 White wins significant material after l . . .'lli'xb7 (or l . . .'lli'cS 2 dxc6 l:tc7 3 'lli'xd6) 2 dxc6 'lli'b6 3 cxd7.

850) Heidenfeld-Franklin 1 'lli'a7! 1-0 Black loses his queen in view of l . . .'i1Vxa7 2 J:l:cS#.

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851) Kosten-Taylor White simplifies with 1 l:i:dxc5! iLxc5 (or l . . .bxc5 2 'li'xbS J::!.xbS 3 iLe5 l::tb7 - 3 . . . l::tc8 4 iLxg7! - 4 1i:id6 i/_xd6 5 i/_xd6 1i:ia6 6 iLxc5 with a trivially winning ending) 2 1i'c6 (with the rather awkward thread of 3 J::!.xc5 bxc5 4 1lie7+ WhS 5 1lixc8 'li'xcS 6 S<e5) 2 ... 1i:ie6 (there wasn't anything better; for instance 2 . . . J:I:e8 3 b4 and White wins a piece) 3 1lie7+! 1-0

852) Rosen-Taylor 1 ... iLxh2+ 2 Wxh2 'li'h4+ 3 Wg1 1i'xb4 left Black a clear pawn ahead.

853) I.Thompson-B.Lund 1 .!l.e8+! 1-0 Black loses his queen in view of l.. .Wf7 2 'Wie7#.

854) Parker-Pert 1 ... .!l.h1+! 0-1 White loses his queen after 2 1!1xhl li:ixf2+ 3 J:l:xf2 1i'xc3.

855) Plaskett-Gallagher 1 .!l.xg7+! l!lxg7 2 'lli'd7+ 1-0 White wins a rook after 3 iha4.

856) 5haw-Johannessen 1 l::te8! i<c7 (White wins a piece after l ...ll:xeS 2 1lixd6) 2 d6 i<a5 3 d7 1-0 There's no stopping the decisive threat of 4 1lid6 and 5 1i:ixf7.

857) Shepley-Rosen 1 ... 11.xh2+! 2 l!lxh2 (or 2 1!/hl S<d6) 2 ... 1i:ig4+ 3 Wg3? 'lli'xg5 and Black was a pawn up with a rather strong attack.

858) Bhatia-Bentley 1 1lif6+! gxf6 (or 1 . . . 1!/fS 2 'li'h7 with a winning attack) 2 S<xf7+! l!lxf7 3 'W/xc5 wins the black queen.

859) Richardson-Ozeren 1 .. J:lxe3! saw Black win a pawn before favourably simplifying with 2 i:lxe3 li:ig4+ 3 Wf3 li:ixe3 4 ll:e1 1lif5 5 lbe7 1i:ixe7.

860) Davis-Rice 1 1lif6+! 1-0 White wins the exchange with l . . .i<xf6 2 ll:xd7.

861) Alfred-Smallbone Black loses his queen: 1 ll:c8! 1-0

862) Palliser-Brameld Rather than the game's 1 S<b3, 1 1lixd6! 'li'd7 (the main point is that l . . . 'li'xd5? 2 1i:ie8+! and 3 li:ixc7 wins a piece) 2 1lie4 'lli'xd5 3 'li'xd5 1i:ixd5 4 1lixc5 wins a pawn.

863) Palliser-Houska 1 'Wixb8! 'lli'xb8 2 .!l.a8 i<d6 3 11.a7 1-0 The b-pawn costs Black a piece.

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864) Hagesaether-Rabbitte 1 l:icb2! 1-0 White wins the b6-knight since Black must move his c6-rook in order to give his queen an escape square against the threatened 2 iLdl.

865) Salem-Doggers 1 ... 1Lxf2+! wins a pawn in view of 2 1Lxf2? 'llllxc7.

866) Weiler-Toth 1 ... 1Lh2+! 0-1 Black wins the exchange with 2 Wxh2 '!1Vxb6.

867) Cooper-Walsh White wins a pawn with 1 1Lxh7+! l!lxh7 2 'lllld3+ (and not 2 '!1Vh5+?? Wg8 3 li:.h3 ll:el#) 2 ... 1!ig8 3 'llllxd6.

868) Pilaj-Naranjo Moreno 1 1Llxg6! 1-0 White wins a second pawn in view of l . .Jl:xe4? 2 1Llxf8+ 1!/gS 3 fxe4.

869) Rogers-Fitzpatrick 1 1Llxa7! 11Vxa7 (or 1 ... 1La4 2 :&!:xeS 1Lxb3 3 l:!xd8+ 'llllxdS 4 li:.c8 - the key point: White regains the queen - 4 . . . 11Vxc8 5 ILlxcS 1Lxa2 6 1Llxb6) 2 fl.xc6 wins a pawn.

870) Carlsen-Fressinet 1 11Vf5! 1-o White wins a rook in view of l.. .'llllx£5 2 ftxbS+ with mate on the back rank.

871) Drozdovskij-Georgiev White missed the fork 1 J:!.xb8! ftxb8 (or l . . . 'llllxf5 2 J:l:xeS+ ILlxeS 3 1Lxf5) 2 'llllf4 winning a piece and the game.

872) Mkrtchian-Riazantsev 1 'llllxe7! (much better than 1 l:txg6? .!i:dd7!) 1 ... .!i:g8 (after 1 . . .1Llxe7 White picks up a piece with 2 li:.xg7+ l!ihS 3 fl.g5+ Wh7 4 .!hh5) 2 'llllf7 1-0

873) Rendle-Arjun 1 'llllxd8! 'llllxd3 (or l .. .ll:fxdS 2 1Llf6+ l!lg7 3 1Llxd5) 2 'lllle7 saw White win a piece.

874) Ferro-Rotstein 1 ... �xf2! 2 l!lxf2 ll:xc3 3 fl.xc3 1Lle4+ 4 l!ie3 1Llxc3 left Black two pawns up in the endgame.

8 7 5) Krivoshey-Ferro 1 l!.xb7! J:l:xb7 (or l . . .gxf5 2 l:!xd7 1Llxd7 3 �xd5+ l!lg7 4 �e6 1Llb8 5 �xf5) 2 �xd5+ 1Lle6 3 �xb7 gxf5 4 �xa6 forced a winning endgame.

876) Aoustin-Perez 1 'llllxe4! 11Vxe4 2 �a7+ Wxa7 3 l!.xe4 saw White pick up a second exchange.

877) Reefat-Hakki 1 'llllxh7+! 1-0

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White is a piece up after l . . . llixh7 2 �x£5+ l!lg7 3 J:i:xb2.

878) Palliser-Khandelwal 1 "iil'xc8! 1-0 White wins a rook in view of l . . . �xc8 2 :!l:xd8 "iil'xd8 3 li:lf7+ l!lg8 4 li:lxd8.

879) Palliser-Hague 1 ll:xc6! 1-0 White wins a piece since l . . ."iil'xc6? (or 1 ... e4 2 "iil'c4 exf3? 3 li:lf6+) 2 li:le7+ .::!.xe7 3 �xc6 wins the black queen.

880) Beliavsky-Van den Doel 1 �37+! l!lxa7 2 l:lxe6 wins the exchange.

881) Zweschper-Giantz 1_..l:lxd4 2 cxd4 li:ld3+! 0-1 Black is a piece ahead after 3 1!id2 li:lxcl or a rook ahead after 3 �xd3 l:lxcl + 4 1!112 fi:xhl.

882) Jorczik-Gashimov 1 ... �b5! traps the queen: 2 "iil'xd5 ll:xd5 3 J:.xd5 �c6 4 ll:a5? "iil'd8 0-1

883) Georgiev-Holzke 1 ... l:le8! created the decisive threat of 2 ... �£8, winning the b3-bishop or the queen, since 2 "iil'c4 (or 2 "iil'c2) runs into 2 . . . "iil'a5+ and again White's dark-squared bishop is a goner.

884) Womacka-Kritz 1 l:ixg7+! 1-0 Black loses his queen after l. . .li:lxg7 2 li:lg5+ fxg5 3 "!l!lxc2.

885) Katte-Pert Black wins queen for rook: 1 ... ll:c2+! 0-1

886) Ruck-Dreev 1 ... 1De2+! 2 "!l!lxe2 l:txc1+ wins the exchange.

887) Zhigalko-Durarbayli 1 �b6! "!l!lxb6 (or J . . ."iil'b7 2 �xd8) 2 li:lxe7+ l!lf8 3 li:lxc8 wins the exchange.

888) Burnett-Bucher 1 �xc7! wins a second pawn in view of l.. .l!lxc7 2 lhe7+.

889) Eggleston-Ramaswamy 1 lbe7+! 1-0 White wins a piece in view of l . . .l!lxe7 2 1i:ld5+ and 3 1Dxb6.

890) Jones-Ruxton 1 .•. �xa3! 2 bxa3 J:.xc3 picks up a second pawn.

891) Kosintseva-Jackova 1 i.xf7+! wins the exchange in view of 1 . . .1!/x£7 (or l.. .l!lh7 2 �xeS) 2 li:le5+ l!lg8 3 1Dxc6 and 4 1Dxb8.

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Solutions

892) Jakovenko-Shirov Black wins a pawn: 1 ... 'l!i'xc3+! 2 lilxc3 �b4+ 3 lild4 S.xf7 and Black's connected passed pawns carried the day.

893) Hess-Kamsky 1 ... S.xd1! 0-1 Black wins a piece in view of 2 lhdl li:le3+ 3 1!/gl li:lxd l .

894) Wagner-Miralles 1 ... .!i:xe3! wins a pawn and leaves White in all sorts of trouble: 2 ll:xe3 'l!i'xg2+! 3 lilxg2 li:lxe3+ 4 lilf2 1i:lxc2 5 J:lxc2 and now 5 ... b4! (rather than the game's 5 . . . g5) 6 axb4 �a4 would have won the exchange.

895) Tiviakov-Bunzmann 1 �xg7! netted a pawn in view of l . . .lilxg7 2 l:!f7+ and 3 l:!xd7.

896) Thorfinnsson-Najer 1 ... lire1+! 0-1 White's queen is lost in view of 2 l:!xel 'l!i'xd3.

897) Porper-Mikkelsen 1 �Xf7+! 1-0 White is two pawns up after 1 . . . 1!/x£7 2 1Lle5+ and 3 1Llxc6.

898) Tallaksen-Lie 1 ... .!i:xc2 2 l:!xcz e3 forces White to give up his rook to halt the pawns: 3 lild3 e2 4 l:!xe2 fxez 5 1!1xe2 1i:lxd5 0-1

899) Reppen-Guddahl 1 ... 'l!i'xc3! 2 'l!i'xc3 d2 0-1 White can only stop the d-pawn by giving up his queen.

900) Cherniaev-Pauchard 1 1i:lxe6+! 1-0 Black loses his queen after 1 . . . �xe6 2 'l!i'xa4.

901) Huss-Khenkin 1 ... l:!xb2! (threatening mate on c2) 2 lilxb2 d2 0-1 White must give up his rook to stop the d-pawn.

902) Handke-Reuss 1 1Llxd4! 1-0 White emerges two pawns ahead after l .. .cxd4 2 'l!i'xd4 'l!i'c7 (or 2 . . . 1i:le7 3 �xc6 1Llxc6 4 'l!i'xd7) 3 �xd5 �xd5 4 'l!i'xd5.

903) Langheinrich-Pelletier 1 ... �xf2+! 2 ll:xf2 'lli'h1+! 0-1 Black emerges the exchange ahead after 3 lilxhl li:lxf2+ 4 1!/gl li:lxdl.

904) Sargissian-Nisipeanu 1 ... J:Ixe5! 2 �xd5 (it's mate after 2 l:!xe5? �xf3+ 3 1!/gl 'l!i'g4+ 4 1!/fl 'l!i'g2#) 2 ... '1li'g5 (or

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2 . . . '1!Vh3; the mate threat is decisive) 3 'lii'g1 'lii'xg1+ 0-1 Black emerges a piece up after 4 �xgl .!l:xe3 5 fxe3 1i:lxd5.

905) Firman-Sakaev 1 'li'xc7! 1-0 White emerges the exchange ahead after l.. .'!i'xc7 2 1i:le6+ and 3 1i:lxc7.

906) Kindermann-Schneider 1 ... �xb2! 2 �xb2 'lii'e5+ 3 �b1 'li'xg5 won a pawn.

907) Heinemann-Sarbok 1 1i:lxe6+! fxe6 2 l:ixe6 1-0 Black cannot both cover e8 and defend his bishop on h6.

908) lvanchuk-Gyimesi 1 �xa7! cxd5 (the main point is that l .. .li:xa7? 2 'li'b6 forks Black's rooks) 2 �b6 l:ie8 3 exd5 won a pawn.

909) Ribli-Kalinitschew 1 lbb7! lbb7 2 ll:c8+ l!ig7 3 f4 wins a piece.

910) Butnorius-Cramling 1 ... 'lii'xf2+! 2 1!ih1 (the main point is that 2 1!ixf2? runs into 2 . . . 1i:lcxe4+ 3 1!/el �f2#) 2 ... 1i:lcxe4 picked up two important pawns.

911) Krush-Richardson 1 1i:lxd6! wins either the exchange or Black's queen after l . . . 'lii'xd6 2 �c5.

912) Rashleigh-Bucknell 1 ... ll:xc2+! 0-1 White loses his queen after 2 1!ixc2 'lii'xa2+ and 3 ... 'lii'xg2.

913) Sarkar-Obers 1 'lii'xf7+! l!ixf7 2 1i:ld8+ 1-0 White emerges a piece ahead after 3 li:lxc6.

914) Ramesh-Werner 1 1i:lxc6! exploits Black's vulnerable back-rank and cS-rook to win a pawn.

915) Abergei-Wallace 1 �xf7+! ll:xf7 2 ll:xa8 won the exchange.

916) Keres-Spassky 1 'iWxg7+! 1-0 Black emerges a piece down with a hopeless position after l . . .l!ixg7 2 1i:lxd7+ l!igS 3 1i:lf6+ l!if7 (even worse is 3 . . . 1!/hS 4 1i:lxe8+ l!igS S li:lxc7) 4 1i:ld5+ l!igS S li:lxc7.

917) Olivier-Adda 1 ... '1i'xe1+! 2 1!ixe1 1i:lg2+ 3 1!if1 1i:lxh4 wins a rook.

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Solu tions

918) Smyslov-Kottnauer 1 1Llcs! dxcs (or l . .Ji:c7 2 1Llxd7 l:ixc6 3 1Llxb8 with an extra piece) 2 �f4 �d6 (White's main point is that 2 . . . 'i!i'xf4 fails to 3 'ili'c8+ �e7 4 'i!i'xb7 and 5 J:l:xd7+) 3 �xd6ll:b6 4 'li'xd7+! 1-0 White wins a piece.

919) Walton-Palliser Black wins a crucial pawn: 1...�xb3! 2 J:i:b1 <4 and White's position collapsed.

920) Breutigam-Pajeken 1 'i!i'f7+! 1-0 White wins a rook with l . . .'i!i'xf7 2 J:l:xc8+ 'lWeS 3 .!l:xe8+.

921) Palliser-Adrian 1 ... 1t:lf3+! 0-1 White loses his queen after 2 gxf3 (or 2 �hl 'i!i'h2#) 2 . . . l:i:g7+ 3 �g2 '1Wxc4.

922) Greet-Grant 1 'li'xf7+! �xf7 2 1Lle5+ �e6 3 1Llxd3 wins a pawn.

923) Donovan-Webster 1 .!l:xd6! wins a piece in view of the simplifying trick l . . .'i!i'xd6 2 'i!i'xaS :SxaS 3 1t:lf7+ Wg8 4 lt:lxd6.

924) Bowers-Stewart White wins the black queen: 1 ll:xg7+! lt:lxg7 2 '11Hxh4.

925) Stellwagen-Bosboom 1 �xa6! decisively won a second pawn in view of l ...�xa6 (or l . . .lt:lc6 2 l:i:f4+) 2 ll:xe5.

926) Kuznetsova-Bogorads 1 ... 1t:lxd3! wins a pawn in view of 2 'i!i'xd3? 'ili'xel+.

927) Alekhine-Euwe Rather than the game's 1 a3, 1 'lll'h8+! �xh8 2 1Llxf7+ Wh7 3 1Llxes would have simplified to a winning endgame.

928) Palliser-Stalmans 1 ... .!l:d1+! 0-1 White loses his queen after 2 l:l:xdl (2 �c2 is mated by 2 . . .ll:xb2+ 3 �xdl 'i1Hd4+ 4 �cl 'lll'c3+ 5 llldl l:tbl#) 2 . . . '1Wxg3.

929) Georgiou-Palliser 1 ... 1t:lxg4! wins a pawn in view of 2 fxg4?! �xc3 (2 ... l:txc3!? is pretty reasonable too) 3 bxc3? 'i'xa3+ 4 \Jibl 'i!i'a2+ 5 1!/cl 'i!i'al#.

930) lkonnikov-Negi White wins material with 1 'i!i'xe8: 1 ... 'i!i'xe8 2 11'\xcs 'i1Hc6 3 �xc8 1-0 The d-pawn queens after 3 . . . 'i!i'xc5 4 d7, while 3 . . . �xd6 fails to 4 ll:xd6!.

931) Malakhatko-Groffen 1 l:txh8! 1-0

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White wins a piece since 1 . . . /iJxhS 2 J:l:f6+ IiieS 3 c6 forks the black rooks.

932) Morris-Gilhespy 1 ... 1Dxh2! 2 J:l:f2 (White's queen is lost after 2 1!1xh2 'lii'h5+ 3 Wgl iDh3+ 4 Wh2 1Df2+ 5 Wgl 'lii'hl + 6 Wxf2 '!li'xg2+ 7 1!/el 'lli'xc2) 2 ... 'lli'hS 0-1 There's no good defence to the threats of 2 . . . 1Zlf3+ and 2 . . . 1Dg4 since 3 Wg1 1Df3+ 4 J:l:xf3 'lli'xf3 leads to mate.

933) Gunnarsson-lraheta 1 J:l:xe6! li:fs (White mates after 1 .. Jl.xc3 2 ::l:xe7 as, of course, he also does after l . . . lxe6 2 'lli'f8#) 2 'lli'xd6! 1-0 Black comes out a piece down in the ending after 2 . . . 'lli'xd6 3 ll:xd6 exd6 4 li'lxf5 gxf5 5 ll:xd6.

934) Rublevsky-Gurevich 1 i.xe6+! 1-0 l...fxe6 2 'I!Vxe6+ costs Black the exchange and 1 . . . i.d7 2 i.xf7 is also crushing.

935) Meins-Abel 1 ll:xf7! 'lil'xf7 2 '1Wxa8+ wins a pawn.

936) Morales-Heimbacher 1 1Dxf7! >llxf7 (or 1 . . .3l.xf7 2 J:l:xe7) 2 ll:xe6 wins a pawn.

937) Zapata-Moreno 1 1Df6+! exf6 2 3l.c6 wins the exchange.

938) Carlsen-lvanchuk 1 ds! exds 2 1iJd4 wins a piece and the game.

939) Rayner-Vranesic 1 i.xh7+! l!lxh7 2 'lli'd3+ l!?g8 3 'lli'xdS wins a pawn.

940) James-Waters 1 i.xh6! wins a pawn since 1. . .3l.xh6? 2 'lli'xg6+ forks Black's minor pieces.

941) Nunn-Piaskett 1 'iWfS! :!!.e6 (the queen is immune due to l . . .'lli'xf5? 2 ll:xe8# and l . . . 'lil'dS? fails to 2 l:e7! followed by mate) 2 ds liJxd3 3 dxe6 fxe6 4 'i!!'xe6+ and White had won the exchange. 1·0

942) large-Baker 1 i.h6+! l!?xh6 (or 1. . .>1/gS 2 i.xf8 3l.h4+ 3 \!?d2 3l.f2 4 ::l:dl with an extra rook) 2 gS+ i.xgs 3 ::l:xh3+ l!?g7 4 l:!.xg5 and White's extra piece proved decisive.

943) Hebbes-Palliser 1 .. .£l:xc2+! 2 Wxc2 'i!!'xe2+ 3 'i!!'d2 and now 3 ... ::l:c8+ would have won White's queen.

944) Hartston-Basman 1 �xf7+! lilxf7 (otherwise Black loses the exchange on g8) 2 'i!!'hS+ ::l:g6 3 'li'xh3 wins a pawn.

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Solutions

945) Tsirulnik-Kosyachenko 1 ... '1Wxa3! wins a piece in view of 2 :=:xa3? :!:lfl#.

946) Arutyunova-Maiko 1 �xg6! hxg6 2 l:l:xd7! won a key pawn and gained White a decisive initiative in view of 2 . . . '1Wxd7 3 1Llf6+ \!lg7 4 1Llxd7.

947) Blackburne-Owen 1 '1Wxf7+! '11Vxf7 2 J:lee7 1-0 Black's bishop is lost in view of 2 . . . l:l:f8 3 :!Ixb7.

948) Ausan-Chan Wei Vi 1 ... £lb1+! 2 ll<xb1 (or 2 lli'd2 l:l:xh1 with an extra rook) 2 ... �xa2+ 3 \l<xa2 'lWxf6 0-1 Black's extra queen and passed h-pawn decide.

949) Najdorf-Rossetto 1 1Llxc6! wins a pawn in view of l ...bxc6 2 �xeS.

950) Klima-Boros 1 1Llxe6! fxe6 (or 1 . . . '11Vd7 2 �xb6 1Llxc4 3 1Llc7 picking up the exchange) 2 �xb6 '!Wc8 3 �xas wins two pawns.

951) Markiewicz-Sokolowski 1 £Ixc8! 1-0 White wins a piece after l . . .l:l:xc8 2 1Lle7+ lli'g7 3 /LlxcS.

952) Warakomski-Orzech 1 ... �xb2+! 2 ll<xb2 l:!xd2 wins a pawn and seizes the initiative in view of 3 'lWxd2? ltlc4+ and 4 . . . 1Llxd2.

953) Bergez-Vassallo Barroche 1 ... 1Llfxe4! wins a pawn in view of the skewer 2 lllxe4 lllxe4 3 '11Vxe4 �fS.

954) Hodinott-Palliser 1 ... 1tlxd4! 2 1Llxd4 �xc3 3 �xc3 l'bc3 wins a pawn.

955) lvanchuk-Anand 1 f4! '1Wxf4 2 l:l:e4 1-0 The knight is lost after 2 ... '1Wf5 3 .l:l:ael f6 4 f4.

956) Kramnik-lvanchuk 1 ... 1tlce7! wins a clear piece in view of the threat of 2 ... �a4, and if 3 l:b2, then 3 ... 1Llxc3. Kramnik tried 2 �xd5 1tlxd5 3 �b2, but this failed to save the piece after 3 ... �a4 4 S.a3 ::lxb2 5 Yxa4 1Llb6 (the crucial sting in the tail) 6 l:l:a7 l:l:xd2 when he might as well have resigned.

957) Almada-Roselli Mailhe 1 ... 1tlxc3! wins a pawn in view of 2 \!lxc3 l:!xe3+.

958) lvanchuk-Topalov 1 '11Vxc4! 1-0

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White wins a piece in view of both l. . .ll:xc4 2 l:ixf7 and l . . .ll:xa7 2 ll:xa7 'lWxa7 3 'lWxcS.

959) Milov-Akobian 1 12id7+! ll:xd7 2 ll:xf8 wins the exchange.

960) Chudinovskikh-5itnikov 1 12id7+! 'iWxd7 2 'lWxe6 wins the exchange.

961) Vasiukov-Kholmov 1 12ixc5! 'i!l'xc5 (the inclusion of l . ..J:l:xel+ 2 l:ixel 'i!l'xc5 makes little difference) 2 il.xg7! 1·0 Black loses his queen after 2 . . . il.xg7 3 'i!l'h5 h6 4 il.h7+ ll.>xh7 5 'lWxc5.

962) Kashdan-Kotov 1 12ie7+! 1·0 After l . . .'!Wxe7 2 '!Wxc8+ 'lWf8 Black loses his queen to 3 il.h7+! .

963) Ambartsumova-Gunina Black wins a piece: 1 ... ll:xf2! 2 ll.>xf2 'iWf4+ 3 ll.>g2 'i!l'xc1 0·1

964) Petrosian-Lahno White missed 1 'iWf7+ ll.>h8 2 '!Wa2 winning the bishop in view of the threatened smothered mate.

965) Petrosian-5passky 1 '!Wh8+! 1·0 White is a piece up in the endgame after 1. . .\l.>xhS 2 12ixf7+ ll.>g7 3 12ixg5.

966) Petrosian-Simagin 1 'iii' aS+ ll.>g7 2 il.xe5+! (far simpler than 2 12ixf7 'i!l'dl+) 2 ... 'i!l'xe5 3 'i!l'h8+! ll.>xh8 4 12ixf1+ 1·0 White will be a piece up in the ending.

967) Burmakin-Burlov 1 12ixa7! wins a pawn in view of 1 . . .12ixa7 2 'i!l'xa5.

968) Malakhov-Areshchenko 1 l:!.xd71 ll:xd7 2 g4 1·0 White wins the rook after 2 ... 'i!l'xh3 3 12\xeS or a piece following 2 . . . a6 3 'i!l'xd7+! ll.>xd7 4 gxh5.

969) Ragozin-Panov 1 ... 'lWc6! 0-1 White must lose a rook in view of 2 'i!l'xc6 l:ixdl+ 3 \l.>g2 bxc6.

970) Sandipan-Nezar 1 ... /2ixb2! 2 il.xb2 il.xc3 wins a pawn.

971) Saidy-Santasiere 1 li!xe6+! 1·0 Black loses his queen after l .. .l!.xe6 2 'i!l'xc6.

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972) Capablanca-Fonaroff 1 'lll'xe5! 'lll'xe5 2 1Llxf7+ 1-0

Solu tions

White emerges a piece ahead after 2 ... \li>gS (and not 2 .. Ji:xf7? 3 l:!.d8+ with back-rank mate) 3 li:lxe5.

973) Capablanca-Graham 1 l:!.xc6+! 1-0 Black's queen is lost after l . . . 'lll'xc6 2 1Lle7+ in view of 2 . . .J:!.xe7 3 '1Wxc6+.

974) Maletin-Andreev 1 �xg7! wxg7 2 '1Wg4+ l:!.g6 3 '1Wxd7 wins a pawn.

975) Palliser-Gallagher 1 .. Jl:xe4+! 2 dxe4 d4+ wins the white queen and with check in view of 3 Wd3 �a6+.

976) Andrijevic-Grunberg 1...�xe5! 2 .ixe5 '1We3 (threatening the queen-winning 3 . . . �d3+) 3 .ic2 '/Wxe5 wins a pawn.

977) Aagaard-Wiltshire 1 �xf7+! Wxf7 2 .!bd8 wins the exchange.

978) Rutkowski-Hilton 1 'lll'xb7 leaves Black unable to save both his rook and queen: 1 .. ..!l:f8 2 1Llf6+! 1.0 3 'lll'xg2 follows.

979) 'Erdnussbuddha'-Palliser Black resigned before White won his queen with 1 ll:c8+!.

980) Kamsky-Sher 1 �xa6! decisively opened the queenside in view of l.. .bxa6 2 l:!.b8 .!l:c7 3 1i:lb6 regaining the piece along the eighth.

981) Lappage-Smallbone 1 '1Wxa6! li:lxa6 2 1Lld6+ 1-0 2 ... \li>bS 3 1i:lxf7 l::tf8 4 1i:lg5 (or 4 .!l:xc7 l!lxc7 5 l:!.cl+ l!ld7 6 l:!dl+ l!le6 7 1i:ld8+) 4 .. .fxg5 5 .ia7+ lli>xa7 6 ll:xf8 is pretty hopeless for Black.

982) Smallbone-Lipman 1 1Lld5! wins either Black's queen or a clear piece after 1 . . .'1Wxd2 2 1Llxe7+.

983) Burt-Small bone 1 ll:xe7! 1-0 Black must give up his queen since 1 . . .'1Wxe7 2 �xc6+ forces mate.

984) Burt-Mcintosh Rather than the game's 1 c4, 1 g6! hxg6 2 l:!.e7! '/Wxe7 (the inclusion of 2 . . . �g2+ 3 11i>xg2 'lll'xe7 4 'lll'd5+ makes little difference, while the reason for White's first becomes clear after 2 ... c5 3 'lii'M) 3 '1Wxd5+ lli>g7 4 '/Wxa8 would have won a piece.

985) Dervishi-Vallejo Pons 1 ... .ixb3! exploits all the pins to win a key pawn in view of 2 l:!.xb3 '1Wxb3.

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986) Uhlmann-Fischer 1 ... 1i\xe4! 2 ti:lxe4 (Black also wins a pawn after 2 hxg4 £xc3 in view of 3 bxc3 /tJxc3 and 4 ... ti:lxe2+) 2 ... ll:xe4 3 £g5 'lil'e8 4 £d3 £xf3 5 'lil'xf3 ll:b4 leaves Black a pawn up and some-what better.

987) Timofeev-Yevseev 1 .. J!.h1+! 2 l!lxh1 ti:lgxf2+ 3 1iJxf2 ti:lxf2+ 4 Wg1 1iJxd3 leaves Black queen for rook ahead.

988) Nguyen Thien Viet-Pham Due Thang 1 ... 1iJe3! 0-1 White must give up the exchange on dl since 2 £xe3 (2 fxe3? drops the queen to 2 . . . /tJxf3+ 3 gxf3 'lil'xd3) 2 . . . /tJxf3+ 3 gxf3 'lil'xd3 4 i:txd3 Bxd3 loses it under even more unfavourable circumstances.

989) Giani-Garofalo 1...'lil'xg2+! 2 1!1xg2 ti:le1+ 3 Wg3 1ilxd3 4 £xd3 £f4+ saw Black pick up the exchange.

990) Gnetti-Orlov 1 ... £xf2+! wins a pawn: 2 l;txf2? (now Black wins the exchange) 2 ... 'lil'xf2+ 3 l!lxf2 2<2+ 4 l!le2 j<xa4 0-1

991) 5amuels-Miller Rather than the game's l. . .BdcS, 1 ... 1iJh3+ 2 Wh1 'lil'xd1! would have forced resignation in view of 3 'lil'xdl liJxf2+ 4 \!lgl liJxd l .

992) Wegerer-Jankovic 1 1iJxc5! wins a pawn in view of l . . .dxc5 2 l:td7 'lil'h4 (or 2 . . . ti:ld4 3 Bxe7 /tJxe2+ 4 ti:lxe2 £xb2 5 Bxb7) 3 :!l.xb7.

993) Krstic-McPhillips 1 2h7+! l!lxh7 2 Bxd7 j<xc3 3 'lil'd3+ l!lg8 4 'lil'xc3 'lil'xc3 5 bxc3 gave White a clearly better endgame.

994) Landa-Manca 1...Bxf2+! 2 1!1xf2 (or 2 \!lel 'lil'gS with an overwhelming attack) 2 ... 1tJxe4+ wins the queen and the game.

995) Huzman-Kasparov White wins two pawns: 1 l:l:xd5 'lil'e8 (Black loses his queen after l . . .'lil'xd5 2 1iJe7+ and the f6-knight is, of course, pinned against mate) 2 .Xl,xc4 1-0

996) Baldursson-Bjornsson 1 ... J:!:xe3! 2 l:ixe3 £c5 3 l!lf2 g5 4 Wf3 £xe3 5 1!1xe3 l!lg7 simplified to a winning pawn ending.

997) Doroshkievich-Tukmakov 1 ... /tJxd7! 0-1 Black wins a piece after 2 J/.xg2 'lil'xg5 or a rook after 2 2xd8 gxhl 'lil'.

998) Solovjov-Belozerov 1 ... 1tJxb2! 2 l'l:xa4 4lxa4 wins a pawn.

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999) Vera Gonzalez Quevedo-Aguado Zabaleta 1 jcc7! 1-0 Black loses his queen after 1 . . . l'ixc7 2 1i'lxe6+ fxe6 3 'IIVxdS+.

1000) Morales-Vera 1 ... jcxc2! 2 jcxc2 '11Va7+ 3 '11Vd4 (White would have had better chances to defend after 3 llihl ·li'xa2 4 jce4 12Jd5 5 jcxdS exdS 6 "I!Vxb4) 3 ... "11Vxa2 4 .l¥.e4 iild5! 5 jcxd5 "I!Vxd5 6 '11Vxd5 exd5 7 J:txd5 J;lbS simplified to a winning rook ending.

1001) Palliser-Dyce 1...12Jf4! 0-1 The mate threat on dl costs White a piece.

1002) Palliser-Hankinson 1 '11Vxh6+! lilxh6 2 1i'lg4+ fxg4 3 J:lxe6 g3 4 fxg3 jcxg3 5 \11<2 and the extra exchange proved sufficient.

1003) Sadorra-Dao Thien Hai 1 J;lxa8 "I!Vxf2+ 2 \lld2 J;lxa8 3 '11Vxd5+ lilh7 4 '11Vxa8 1-0 Black's pawns are no match for White's extra rook.

1004) Anand-Kramnik 1 jcd1! '11Vd3 (White forks Black's pieces immediately in the case of 1 . . .'11Vc6 2 J;leS) 2 l:te3! '11Vxc4 3 l:te5 1-o Black loses a piece along the fifth.

1005) Vujcic-Matas 1 '11Vxh6! wins an important pawn in view of l . . . gxh6? 2 1i'lf6+ and 3 12Jxd7.

1006) Obiamiwe-Piayer 1 ... 12Jxf2+! 2 "I!Vxf2 '11Vxc4 wins a second pawn.

1007) Yermolinsky-Stripunsky 1 jcg6+! 1-0 Black loses a piece after 1. . .\lle7 (or l . . .Wxg6 2 '11Vxe6+) 2 '11Vxe6+ ll<xe6 3 jcxeS in view of 3 .. .ll:xe8? 4 cS'IIV+.

1008) Kudrin-Robson 1 jcb6+! '11Vxb6 2 l:txd7+ 1-0 White is a queen up with an overwhelming attack after 2 . . . lilxd7 3 '11Vxb6.

1009) Hanley-Jones White wins a piece: 1 l:txc8! '11Vxc8 2 '11Vf7+ 1-0

1010) Gavriei-Palliser 1 ... iilxd4! wrecks the white position: 2 cxd4? "I!Vxd4+ 3 lile1 '11Vxb2! 4 "I!Vc3 jcg7 0-1

1011) Mandla-Cunanan 1 ... l:txh2+! 0-1 White loses his queen after 2 llixh2 1i'lf3+ and 3 . . . 12Jxf3.

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1012) Rogers-llic 1 1Dh6+! jcxh6 2 'li'xd7 wins the exchange.

1013) Benidze-Magalashvili 1 1De7+! 'li'xe7 2 �xeS+ wins the exchange.

1014) Torrecillas Martinez-Lezcano Jaen White wins the exchange and the game: 1 Jl,xf7+! 'li'xf7 2 'li'xd8+ l!<g7 3 l:l:e1 1-0

1015) Garcia-Ghobrial 1 ... 1Dxh3! 2 gxh3 l:txf3 wins a key pawn.

1016) Fedorov-Lastin 1 ... 'li'xh2+! 2 11<xh2 1i:lg4+ 3 1!<g1 1Dxe3 wins a pawn.

1017) Van Wely-Aronian The overloading 1 jcc1! wins a piece after which White should have won, but he later returned the favour in the scramble - see Puzzle 831 .

1018) Kramnik-Shirov Black resigned before White picked up a piece with 1 fl.xe6! in view of l . . . l!<xe6 2 1Dc5+ l!<fS 3 1i'lxb7.

1019) Palliser-Tuplin 1 ... il,xb6! removes a dangerous pawn in view of White's vulnerable back rank.

1020) Palliser-Bekker Jensen 1 l:!.xe4+! �xe4 2 1i'lxd6+ 1-0 White emerges a piece ahead after 3 12:lxc8.

1021) A.Karpov-R.Bergmann 1 1i'lf7+! 1-0 White wins the exchange and gains a crushing initiative after l . . .'li'xf7 2 'li'xd6.

1022) Grigoryan-Jessel 1 :cth8+! 1-0 Black's queen is lost after 1 . . .\!<xhS 2 12:lg6+ and 3 1i'lxh4.

1023) Kramnik-Aronian 1 jcxe6+! 'li'xe6 2 "ilVb3 leaves Black unable to save both pieces and after 2 ... 1Df4+ 3 gxf4 'li'xb3 4 axb3 jcxf4 5 lha6 White had reached a highly favourable endgame.

1024) Hopwood-Barber 1 l:i:xhS+! 'it>g8 (White wins the queen after l. . .'li'xh5 with 2 1Df6+ �g6 3 1i'lxh5 'it>xh5 4 'li'xg7 leading to an easy win) 2 l:!g5 'llfc2+ 3 'it>g3 jcxd4 4 'li'e6+ l!<f8 5 l:l:f5+ and the attack was crushing.

1025) Hopwood-Eggleston Rather than the game's l ...jcbS, 1 ... 1i'lxb3! 2 axb3 'li'xb3 would have seen Black emerge a pawn ahead, such as after 3 jca3 �xc2 4 :C:bl 'li'a4 5 Jl,xe7 1i'lxe7 6 �xb7 :C:fcS.

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1026) Sriharan-Hopwood White wins the exchange: 1 Jich7+! Wxh7 2 'ill'xc3.

1027) Watson-Lockwood 1 ... 'ill'xes! 2 dxe5 (or 2 'ill'g4 'ill'f5 and wins, but not 2 .. Jl.xd4?? due to 3 ll:xd4 'ill'xd4?? 4 li:lgS+!) 2 ... ll:xd1+ 3 .ltxd1 1Dxf4 and Black's extra material and potential passed c-pawn shortly prevailed.

1028) lsmaii-Mitchinson Black wins the exchange with 1 ... 1Dd4! 2 hxg4 (and not 2 /Dxd4? 'li'h2+ 3 1!/fl 'ill'hl+ 4 'ilie2 ll.xf2#) 2 ... /Dxe6.

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1029) Sadvakasov-Baladjaev 1 ll:e5!! d5 (the rook is immune due to l. . .dxe5 2 ll:d7+ Wb8 - it's mate even faster after 2 . . . 1i:lxd7 3 'i'a7+ - 3 ll:b7+ WaS 4 c7 with a crushing attack and l...'I!Vxb4 2 ll:b3 is also terminal) 2 l:l:exd5! 1Dxd5 3 l:i:xd5 (an immediate 3 'i'a7+ is also rather powerful) 3 ... 'l!i'xc6 4 'ill'a7+ 1-0

1030) Trifunovic-Lalic 1 ... gxf3!! 2 il..xf6 (or 2 l:i:xf3 l:i:hg8 3 il..e2 ll:xg2+! 4 li<xg2 'ill'g4+ 5 Wf2 il..xf3 6 Jicxf3 /De4+! and mates) 2 .. Jl:hgB 3 Sf2 (there's nothing better: 3 g3 f2+ forces mate and 3 l:i:a2 f2+! 4 l:i:fxf2 :!l:xdl+ 5 .ltfl 'ill'hl is crushing) 3 ... ll:xg2+ 4 l:!.xg2 (or 4 1!/fl il..xh2 5 Wel ll:gl+ 6 il..fl 'i'd3 with the decisive threat of 7 ... l:i:xfl + 8 l:i:xfl 'ill'd2#) 4 ... f2+! (the star move in the combination; mate is now forced) s l!lxf2 'lii'xg2+ 6 lile1 'lii'd2+ 7 'ilif1 il..g2+ 8 lilg1 .1txh2+! g l!lxh2 Jicf3+ 10 .lte2 'lii'xe2+ 11 1Df2 'i'xf2+ 0-1

1031) Wheeler-Emms 1 ... /Dxd3+!! 2 'lii'xd3 l:i:ee2 (with a decisive threat of 3 . . . 'lii'h6+) 3 'ilid1 "ii'f6 4 'lii'd5+? (a better defence is 4 'lii'd4 l:!d2+ 5 'I!Vxd2 'lii'xal+ 6 'ill'cl 'I!Vxa2 - threatening both 7 . . . '1!Ve2# and 7 . . . 'ill'b3 -7 /Dc3 'ill'b3+ S lilel l:lc2 9 'ile3 'l!i'xc3+ 10 11Vxc3 l:txc3 when Black is only a pawn up in a rook ending) 4 ... 11/hS s l:lc1 (or 5 /Dc3 ll:e8 when White can't avoid losing his queen down the dfile) and now, rather than Emms' 5 . . . ll:xg2, s ... J:txa2! 6 :!l:e1 (or 6 '1Wd3 'l!i'g5 and the check on d2 forces mate) 6 ... ll:f1 would have been decisive since White has no good way to meet the threat of 7 . . . l:i:xel+ 8 li<xel 'ill'f2+ 9 1!/dl 1\Vfl#.

1032) Sutovsky-Sokolov 1 1Dd5+!! lhd5 2 :!l:xf7+! li<d8 (Black is also mated in style after 2 . . . 1!1xf7 3 'lii'f3+ We6 4 "iil'f6+ l!ld7 5 'liVf5+ lild8 6 licg5+ We8 7 '1We6+ l!lf8 8 il..h6#, while 2 . . . We8 3 l:tf8+ l!le7 4 il..g5+! transposes to the game) 3 l:l:f8+ l!le7 4 .ltg5+! 1-0 It's mate after 4 . . . 'iltxf8 5 'I!Vf3+ l!lg8 6 '1Wxd5+ l!lg7 7 ..ll.h6+! l!lxh6 8 '1We6+ l!lg7 9 1i'f6+ l!lg8 10 J:tg3#.

1033) Turner-Howell 1 l:td5! (threatening both mate and the black queen) 1 ... ..1l.xds 2 g5+ li<xg5 3 'liVes+ J:tfs 4 f4+ 1-0 It's mate after 4 ... 1!1h6 5 /Dg4#.

1034) Georghiou-Mogasha 1 1Dxf7!! Wxf7 2 /Dds 'lli'd8 (or 2 . . . 1\Vc6 3 1i'h5+ l!lf8 - 3 .. . Wg8 4 /Dxf6+ gxf6 5 :!l:xf6 forces mate

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� 4 l:txf6+! gxf6 5 i<h6+ li:lg7 6 12:lxf6 and Black is helpless) 3 J:\xf6+! (very aesthetic and even stronger than 3 'i'h5+ g6 4 'i'h3) 3 ... gxf6 4 'i'h5+ Wf8 (this is not the most testing defence, but 4 . . . \l,/gS 5 i<c3 i<e7 6 l:lfl also gives White a decisive attack) 5 l:lf1 i<e7 6 Jl.h6+ Wg8 7 l:lf3 1-0 The rook lift decides.

1035) Watson-Kuczynski 1 ... 'i'xg1+!! (the only winning try; l . . .fxg6? would have led to a draw after 2 'i'h6! 'i'xgl+1 3 l:txgl bxa2 4 gxfS'i'+ li:lxf8 5 I:txg6+ li:lxg6 6 'i'xg6+) 2 ll:xg1 bxa2 3 gxf7+ (perhaps a better try was 3 'i'h6!?, although after 3 . . . al 'ii'+ 4 \l,?d2 fxg6 5 'i'hS+ \l,?f7 6 'ii'h7 \l,?eS 7 l:lxal I:txal 8 'i'xg6+ WdS 9 gxfS'i'+ i<xfS Black again has more than enough for the queen) 3 ... \l,?xf7 4 'i'g2 a1'i'+ 5 Wd2 "iilxg1! (very aesthetic; a second queen is sacrificed on gl) 6 gxf8"iil+ li:lxf8 7 "iilxg1 l:ta5 and Black's rook and two minor pieces outpowered White's queen.

1036) 5akelsek-Rodriguez lopez 1 12:lxe6!! fxe6 2 'i'xe6+ i<f7 (White also emerges with sufficient extra pawns after 2 . . . \l,/fS 3 i<d5 i<f7 4 'i'xf7+! li:lxf7 5 i<xc7; probably the best defence was 2 ... Wh8!?, although 3 1i:ld5 �

3 ll:hel!? is also possible � 3 . . . 'i'c8 4 "iilxc8 12:lxc8 5 12:lc7 /ijb6 6 12:lxa8 I:txa8 7 l:thel leaves White with somewhat the better ending) 3 12Jd5 i<xe6 (White gains a decisive lead too after 3 . . . 'lil'd7 4 12:lxe7+ li:lxe7 5 'i'xd6) 4 1'ilxc7 i<g4 5 12:lxa8 i<xd1 6 fixd1 and White's two extra pawns were decisive.

1037) Sokolov-Vovk The former candidate missed 1 fixh5+!! gxh5 (or 1 . . .\l,/g? 2 l::rg5 'i!Ve8 3 l:lgf5! Wh7 4 'i/ff4 and h5 will follow with decisive effect) 2 ll:f5 \l,?h6 3 'ii'f4+ \l,?g7 4 ll:g5+ \l,?h6 5 "iilf3 ll:e1+ 6 \l,?h2 when Black must give up his queen to avert mate, but 6 ... 'i!Vxg5 7 hxg5+ \l,?g7 8 'lil'f6+ \l,?g8 9 g6 fxg6 10 'ii'xg6+ \l,?h8 11 "iilxh5+ \l,?g7 12 'i'g4+ \l,?f7 13 "iilf3+ We8 14 'iifxd5 sees White's queen triumph over the black rooks.

1038) Sott-Pokorny 1 ... 1i:lf3+!! 2 gxf3 i<xf3 leaves White unable to prevent Black's queen from decisively infiltrating his kingside: 3 1i:lxc5 (a better defence is 3 h3, but Black is still winning after 3 . . . 12:lg4! 4 12:lf4 'i!Vh4 5 1iJce2 g5; for example, 6 i.d7 gxf4 7 i<xg4 i<xg4 8 hxg4 f3 9 1iJf4 l'!fe8 1 0 d4 "iilxg4+ 11 Whl J:ie6! and mate follows) 3 ... 1iJg4! 4 d4 (as 4 h3 is also mated by 4 . . . 'i!Vh4, the only defence is 4 'i'e3, not that that really helps White after 4 . . . 1iJxe3 5 fxe3 'i'g5+ 6 Wf2 'i'g2+ 7 Wei dxc5 when Black is winning quite straightforwardly) 4 ... 'iifh4 (now it's mate on h2 or g2) 5 i<f4 'i'h3 0-1

1039) Plachetka-Zinn 1 'iifh5! liJf6 (the only try: l . . . gxh5? is mated by 2 :cig3+ WhS 3 1iJxf7#) 2 12:lg4!! (the main point of White's play) 2 ... gxh5 (and not 2 . . . 1iJxh5? 3 1iJh6#) 3 1i:lxf6+ \l,?h8 (again it's mate in the case of 3 ... Wg7 4 12:le8+ Wh6 5 i<g7+! Wg6 6 ng3+ \l,?f5 7 l::rg5+ \l,?e4 8 12:lf6# or S li:lc3#) 4 nxh5 h6 5 1iJxd5+ 1-0 White is no less than three pawns up after 5 ... Wh7 6 12:lxc7 i<xc7 7 l:lxc5.

1040) Tozer-Palliser 1 ... "iilxd5+!! 2 1i:lxd5 i<e4+ 3 l:lf3 Jl.xd5 (3 ... /iJel is also pretty effective) 4 Wg2 (the inclusion of 4 d7 l:le1+ 5 Wg2 � 5 'i'xe1 i.xf3# � 5 . . . \l,?g7 changes little) 4 .. Ji:e1 0-1 White must give up his queen as 5 'ii'xc2 l:l:gl + 6 Wh3 ihf3 leads to mate.

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1041) Grassie-Duke Rather than the game's 1 J:l:g5, 1 S.ds!! (preventing . . . 'i'xd6+) would have left Black without a defence to the threat of 2 'i'g7; for example, 1 ... exd5 2 'i'g7 l!le7 (or 2 . . . 'i'xd6 3 'i'xg8+ 'i'f8 4 'i'xf8+ li<xf8 5 ::i:h8#) 3 dxe7 and Black can resign.

1042) McNab-Brunella 1 l!lh6+!! gxh6 (or 1 . . .\i<hS 2 'i'g4 'liVeS - 2 ... 'i'e7 3 dxeS fxe5 4 .l¥.xe5 wins - 3 dxe5 'i'xg4 4 l!lxg4 fxe5 5 1!lxe5 with an extra pawn and the initiative) 2 'i'g4+ Wh8 (White gains a crushing attack after 2 . . . .1¥.g7 3 dxe5 ·�c8 4 'i'xc8 ll:xcS 5 exf6 .l¥.h8 6 .l¥.h3 l:ieS 7 J:l:d7) 3 dxes 'i'c8 4 exf6! (4 l'l.d7 is also easily sufficient) 4 ... 'i'xg4 5 f7+ ::i:es 6 .ltxe5+ 'i'g7 7 .l¥.xg7+ li<xg7 8 S.a1 and White emerges the exchange ahead.

1043) Trifunovic-Koch 1 J:l:xh6! 'i'd7+ (it's mate after 1 . . . ::i:xc4 2 :::!:h8+ li<f7 3 ::i:1h7+ li<f6 4 g5#) 2 "l!Vds! ll:d4+ (White retains a crushing advantage after 2 . . . 'i'xd5+ 3 exd5 ll:xg4 4 ::i:h8+ li<f7 5 ll:xa8) 3 'i'xd4! exd4 4 ::i:g6+ li<f7 5 ll:h7+ 1-0 Mate follows on the back rank.

1044) Karjakin-Van Wely 1 .1¥.xh6!! wins a pawn: 1 ... gxh6? 2 'i'g6+ Wh8 3 'i'xh6+ li<g8 4 'i'g6+ li<h8 5 ::i:e3 (threaten-ing 6 l'l.g3 followed by mate) s ... f4 6 ll:xe5! dxes 1 'i'h6+ li<g8 8 d6 ll:f7 (Black is defenceless: another winning line being 8 . . . 'i'd8 9 .l¥.c4+ ll:f7 1 0 dxe7 'i'xe7 1 1 'i'g6+ li<fS 12 .l¥.xf7 'i'xf7 13 'i'd6+ li<g7 14 'I!VxbS) 9 .l¥.c4 .l¥.f5 10 dxe7 1-o White has a crushing attack after 10 . . . ::i:e8 11 'I!Vg5+ WhS 12 .l¥.xf7.

1045) Horvath-Kosten 1 ... '1!Vg3! 2 .l¥.e3 (White had to of course avoid 2 fxg3? hxg3+, while he also loses the exchange in the case of 2 'i'f3 l!lxg4 3 .l¥.f4 l!lxf2+ 4 l:txf2 'i'xf2) 2 ... 11:lxg4! (le point) 3 fxg3 hxg3+ 4 1i<g1 l!lxe3! 5 ::i:f2 l!lfs 6 exf5 gxf2+ 1 'i'xf2 .l¥.xf2+ 8 \i<xf2 1i<e7 and Black's extra exchange prevailed.

1046) Ftacnik-Cvitan 1.. . .1¥.xg2+! 2 1i<xg2 'I!Vh3+! 3 Wxh3 l!lg5+ 4 Wg2 l!lh4+ 0-1 Mate follows with 5 Wh1 g2#.

1047) Richter-Hertneck 1 'i'xg4!! fxg4 2 ll:xf7 gives White a decisive attack due to his raking bishops: 2 ... 'i'c6 (neither 2 . . . Wh8 3 l!ld5, with the idea of 3 . . . .1¥.xd5 4 l!lg6+ li<h7 5 ll:xg7#, nor 2 . . . 1i<h7 3 ll:xe7 ::i:g8 - desperately trying to cover g7 - 4 .l¥.d3+ li<h8 5 l!lg6+ Wh7 6 1i:le5+ 'Oii>hS 7 l!lf7# helps Black) 3 fl:xe7+ l!lh8 and now 4 1i:le4! J:l:g8 (Black is also crushed after both 4 . . . '1!Vxe4 5 .l¥.xg7+ l!lh7 6 il.e5# and 4 ... 1i:le5 5 fl:xd8+ J:l.xdS 6 .1¥.xe5 ::i:d1+ 7 Wf2) 5 l!ld6 would have been even stronger than the game's 4 l!ld5.

1048) Spraggett-Speelman Instead of the game's 1 l!lxg3, 1 l!lgs!, threatening to capture on h7 would have forced mate in view of 1 . . . .1¥.xh2 2 ll:xh7+! "l!Vxh7 3 l!lxf7#.

1049) Williams-Prosiriakov 1 'i'h6!! f5 (White's main point is that l . . .dxc3 2 l!lg5 .l¥.xg5 3 .l¥.xg5 cxb2 4 S.ab1 f6 5 .l¥.xf6 'i'c7 6 S.xd5! is rather powerful, especially since 6 ... 12ic6? fails to 7 J:l.d7! 'i'xd7 8 .l¥.d5+ followed by mate) 2 l!lgs .l¥.xg5 3 .l¥.xg5 'i'd7 4 e6! 'lif'd6 (or 4 ... 'i'xe6 5 J:l.e1 'i'f7 6 l!lxd5 .l¥.xd5 7

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:C:e7 winning material) 5 ILlxds Jcxds 6 �f4 ( 6 e7 also does the trick) 6 ... 1Wxe6 7 :C:e1 Jce4 (again 7 . . . '1Wf7 is met by the decisive 8 :C:e7!) 8 f3 and White won a piece.

1050) Johnson-Palliser 1 ... l:ixf31 2 l:ixg7+ (White doesn't have to interpolate this, but he is mated in the same manner as in the game after 2 Jcx£3 i1Jd2) 2 .. .'il<xg7 3 iLxf3 i1Jd2! 4 'lil'c1 (Black's main point is revealed after 4 �xd2 'lil'b3+ 5 >lla1 ll:xa3+ 6 bxa3 1Wxa3#) 4 ... 'l!l'xC4+ 5 >lla1 1Llb3+ 0-1 It's mate after 6 Wa2 1Llxc1+ 7 >llal 'lllla2#.

1051) Perenyi-Schneider 1 l:ixd7! 'lil'xd7 (or l . ..Wxd7 2 Jce6+ We8 3 gxf6 i1Jd8 4 'l!l'd5 �d6 5 :C:gl with a ruinous attack) 2 gxf6 gives White a winning attack: 2 ... �d6 (2 . . . 'l!Hc7 3 fi:dl �d6 4 £7+ 'illd8 5 il.e6 leaves Black defenceless against the threat of 6 il.c5 since it's mate after 5 . . . 'i!le7 6 'llilh4+ 'illf8 7 i<h6#) 3 il.e6 'lil'c7 4 f7+ 'illd8 5 l:id1 (the simpler 5 il.g5+ and if 5 ... il.e7, then 6 'lil'd5+, is also crushing) s ... !l:c8 6 'lil'xes!? 1-0 White's £-pawn decides after 6 . . . 11:lxe5 7 �g5+ 'lllle7 8 l:i:xd6+ 'illc7 9 il.xe7 !l:a8 10 :C:d5, but no less stylish and even stronger is 6 i<g5+ 11:le7 7 !l:xd6+! 'llllxd6 8 1Wxb7.

1052) Fairbairn-Bobras 1 ... !l:c2!! is a beautiful silent sacrifice which allows Black to force favourable simplification: 2 'l!i'xc2 (or 2 �cl 'l!i'c7 with serious pressure and after, for example, 3 il.g4 11:lg5 4 11:le4 11:lxe4 5 dxe4 'lll'c6 6 il.g5 11:le3+! 7 il.xe3 il.xg4 Black is somewhat better) 2 ... 'lll'xf2+! 3 l:i:xf2 (3 >llhl 11:le3 4 :C:xf2 11:lxf2+ transposes) 3 ... 11:le3+ 4 'illh1 iLlxf2+ 5 'illg1 1Llh3+ 6 'i!lh1 11:lxc2 and Black went on to convert his extra pawn.

1053) Kantsler-Smirin 1...'l!l'xh2+!! 2 'i!lxh2 l:th6+ 3 'illg3 (it's mate after 3 'illgl 11:lh3+ 4 'illhl ILlx£2+ 5 'illg1 11:lh3+ 6 'i!lh2 ILl£4+ 7 'i!lgl li:xg2#) 3 ... 11Je6+ 4 'lll'g4 (Black wins material after 4 Jcg4? 1Llxd4 since 5 11:lxd4 allows 5 .. .l:hg4#) 4 ... 11:lxg4 5 il.xg4l:txg4+ 6 'illf3 :C:xc4 left Black two pawns up.

1054) Alekhine-Rubinstein 1 i<g6!! 'liVeS (White threatens 2 'l!l'e4 and l .. .fxg6 is mated by 2 'lil'g2 Wg8 3 'llllh3 il.xb4 4 'llilh7+ 'illfS 5 'l!l'h8+ We7 6 'llllxg7+ We8 - or 6 . . . 11/d6 7 l:tfd1+ - 7 'lll'gS+ �f8 8 'llllxe6+ :C:e7 9 'l!l'xg6+ !l:f7 10 'lil'x£7#, while l . . .il.b7 loses to 2 1Llxf7+! lhf7 3 'lil'xe6 threatening both 4 'l!l'h3+ and the f7-rook) 2 1Llxf7+ l:i:xf7 3 Jcxf7 and White's extra exchange soon proved decisive.

1055) Palliser-Eames 1 :S.xe6!! 11:lxh4 (White's connected passed pawns will carry the day after l.. .. !l:cS 2 'l!l'b3 ILl£8 3 :S.xa7! 'lil'xe6 4 :S.xb7 'lll'xb3 5 l:!xb3, but Black might have tried 1 . . . 11:lf8, although those central pawns should again eventually prove decisive after 2 ll:c6 �xc6 3 'l!l'xc6 l:i:e8 4 f3) 2 ll:xa7! ll:c8 (White's main point is that it's mate after 2 . . . :S.xa7 3 :C:e8#) 3 'llllb3 1-0 There's no defence along the seventh and 3 ... 11:lf5 4 l:txb7 11:lxd4 fails to 5 l:i:e8+! which forces mate.

1056) Marovic-Tsagan 1 'l!l'xg6! hxg6 2 i<xf7+ !l:xf7 3 :C:h8+! lllxh8 4 11Jxf7+ lllh7 5 11Jxd6 :C:d8 6 l:!e6 and White went on to convert his extra pawn.

105 7) Mastrovasilis-Savic 1 �xg7!! >llxg7 (Black is crushed too after l . . .bxc3 2 e5 and even 1 . . . 11:lc5!? fails to save him after Movsesian's 2 'lll'h6! :C:eS 3 1Lle2!) 2 'l!l'h6+ lllg8? (a tougher defence is 2 ... >llh8, although

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3 e5 f5 4 g6! should be decisive, such as after 4 . . .lH7 5 gxf7 'li'f8 6 'l!Vxf8+ Jl.xf8 7 l:thg1 Jl.h6+ S lilb1 Jl.b7 9 Jl.c4! 1Llxe5 1 0 Jl.xe6 1Llxf7 1 1 Jl.xf7 bxc3 12 l:txd6 with an extra exchange in the ending) 3 e5 fs 4 gxf6 1Llxf6 5 l::thg1+ 1-0 Mate is forced after 5 . . . 1!1f7 6 Jl.g6+!.

1058) King-Emms Rather than the game's 1 'lWf3, 1 l:txf6!! J:i:xe2 2 lU7+ l!lg8 (or 2.A i'xg6 3 l:tlf6+ l!lg5 4 l:H5+ and it's mate with either 4 ... 1!1xg4 5 l:tg7+ lilh3 6 l::th5# or 4 . . . 1!1g6 5 Jl.h5#; it's also mate after 2 . . . 1!/hS 3 l:ih7+ l!lgS 4 Jl.e6#) 3 Jl.e6 is crushing: 4 l:th7# is the threat and 3 ... Sg2+ (the bishop cannot be dislodged by Black's rook in view of both 3 . . . ll:e8 4 ll:e7+ lilh8 5 Sh7# and 3 . . . l:tb6 4 :!l:f8+ ®g7 5 l:ig8#) 4 1!1xg2 'lWb2+ 5 lilh3 'il!'b6 fails to defend in view of 6 .!US+! ®g7 7 l:i.1f7+ ®xg6 8 Jl.f5+ lilh5 9 l:tg7 Jl.d1 10 g4+ Jl.xg4+ 11 Jl.xg4#.

1059) Lasker-Thomas 1 'i'xh7+!! ®xh7 2 1Llxf6+ lilh6 (it's also mate after 2 . . . 1!/hS 3 1Llg6#) 3 1Lleg4+ l!lg5 4 h4+ ®f4 5 g3+ ®f3 6 Jl.e2+ (even quicker is 6 \l<fl followed by 7 1Llh2#) 6 ... 1!1g2 7 Sh2+ ®g1 8 'ii<d2# 1-0 A classic king-hunt.

1060) Stephenson-Blaine 1 l:td8+!! 'i'xd8 2 'i'xe5 '!!Vd7 (the only way to cover g7, but White can't be prevented from forcing a neat mate in any case) 3 'li'h8+! l!lxh8 4 l::tf8# 1-0

1061) NN-Mason 1 ... Jl.b5!! 2 axb5 (both 2 Jl.d3 1Llhg3+ and 2 c4 Jl.xc4 3 Jl.d3 1Llhg3+ make no difference to Black's beautiful idea) 2 ... 1Llhg3+! 3 1Llxg3 (or 3 hxg3 hxg3+ 4 l!lg1 Jl.c5+ winning the queen or mating after 5 1Llf2? gxf2+ 6 l:txf2 1Llg3) 3 ... 1Llxg3+ 4 hxg3 (essential to avoid losing the white queen, but now it's mate) 4 ... hxg3+ 5 1li'g1 l:!.h1+! (even more accurate is 5 . . . Jl.c5+! 6 1Llxc5 l:ih1 +, avoiding any f!.f2 defences) 6 lilxh1 .Sh8+ 7 1li'g1 Jl.c5+! 8 1Llxc5 (White is also unable to avoid mate after 8 ll:f2 gxf2+ 9 'lii'xf2 l::th1+ 10 \!;xh1 Jl.xf2) 8 ... Sh1+! (completing the back-rank clearance) 9 lilxh1 'li'h8+ 10 l!lg1 'i'h2# 0-1

1062) Williams-Palliser 1 1Llhg6+!! fxg6 (l. ..lli'g7 2 1Llh5+ lilxh7 3 1Lle7+! 1/;hS 4 1Llf6 doesn't help matters) 2 1Llxg6+ lli'g7 3 'lii'h3 Jl.g3+ (there wasn't anything better: 3 ... 1!1xg6 4 'li'h6+ lilf7 5 g6+ l!le7 6 Jl.g5+ is hopeless, as is 3 ... '!1Va5+ 4 Jl.d2 Jl.g3+ 5 \l<fl 'l!Vxd2 6 hS'ili'+ l:txh8 7 'i!Vxh8+ ll<xg6 8 'i1Vf6+ lli'h7 9 g6+ l!lh6 10 g7+ l!lh7 1 1 'i'f8 '!!Vf4+ 12 Jl.f3) 4 l!lf1 lilxg6 (now it's mate, but 4 . . . Jl.h4 5 1Llxh4 'li'd7 6 Jl.g4 'i1Vf7+ 7 Jl.f5 is crushing) 5 '!!Vh6+ li<fs 6 Jl.g4+ li<e5 7 'i!Vg7+ l!le4 8 'i!Vg6+ lli'e5 9 'li'f5# 1-0

1063) Hsu Li Liang-Nunn 1 ... 1Llxg3! 2 1li'xg3 (otherwise White just loses a key kingside pawn) 2 ... '1i'h4+! 3 1!ih2 (Black's main point is revealed by 3 1!ixh4 f4 4 1li'g5 ll:ff8 followed by 5 ... h6+ 6 1li'h4 Jl.f6# or 6 1li'xg6 Jl.e8#) 3 ... '1i'xe1 and Black's extra exchange shortly made its presence felt.

1064) Leko-Carlsen 1 ... l:i.xd5+!! 2 1Zlxd5 'i!Vd8!! (much stronger than Carlsen's 2 . . . 'i!Ue4 when 3 1!ie2 would have led to an immediate perpetual or to one after 3 ... 'i1Vxh1 4 1Llb6+ l!lc7 5 'IiVaS since 3 . . . exd5 4 'i!Vg3 doesn't give Black enough for the sacrificed rook) 3 'i1Vg3 (there's no good way to avoid the threats of 3 . . . Jl.b4+ and 3 . . . '1i'xd5+ followed by 4 ... 'i!Vxh1; White might try 3 1!ie2, but he loses his queen after 3 . . . Jl.g4+ 4 1!112 'i1Vh4+ 5 1!/gl 'i!Vxe1) 3 .. .'ihd5+ 4 ®e2 1li'xh1 5

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Jl,g2 �g1 sees Black decisively emerge two pawns ahead.

1065) Morozevich-Aronian 1 �dB+! (White can also begin with 1 llth4', but in the game he failed to find the correct idea: 1 l::tf3? !l:£1? 2 fxg6? - 2 �d8+ llfg7 3 f6+ llth6 4 11ih4 was still on - 2 ... llxf3+ 3 �xf3 �e1+ 4 11if4 hxg6 5 'l!Vxd5 'l!Vf2+ 6 it:Jf3 1/2-1/2) 1 ... 11tg7 2 f6+ llth6 3 11ih4!! and the white king plays a decisive attacking role: 3 .. ."'l!Vxd4+ 4 g4 'l!Vb4 (trying to prevent the mate on fS, but...) 5 �f8+! 'l!Vxf8 6 g5#.

1066) Volkov-Zvjaginsev 1 ... �xg3!! 2 hxg4 (Black's extra e-pawn is decisive after 2 fxg3 llxf1+ 3 11ig2 1i:Jxe3+ 4 Wh2 lt:Jxc2 5 llxc2 lle1) 2 ... 'l!Vh4+ 3 Wg1 'l!Vxg4+ 4 Jl,g2 llg5 5 f4 exf3 6 lld8 f2+! 0-1 Black is the exchange up and still attacking after 7 llxf2 (or 7 Wxf2 'l!Vxg2+ 8 We1 �g1+ 9 llte2 11i'xe3+ 10 Wd1 llg1#) 7 . . . llxd8.

106 7) Zhou Jianchao-Bocharov 1 ... 1i:Jxg2! 2 a6 (it's mate after 2 Wxg2 'l!Vx£3+) 2 .. .'111ixf3 3 llxd3 (or 3 'li'xb7 'li'xd1+ 4 Wxg2 'l!Vg4+ 5 Wh2 d2 6 a7 d1 'l!V and again Black forces mate) 3 ... 'l!Vxd3 4 axb7 ii"lf4 5 b8'l!V 'lllih3 0-1 The double mate threat decides and 5 . . . '111if3 would have also done the job.

1068) Sorokin-Nureev 1 ... .!l.xg2+!! 2 1i<xg2 .!l.g8+ 3 Wh3 (Black's attack is overwhelming after 3 Whl li:Jxf3 4 llxf3 'li'h4 followed by 5 . . . '1i'h3 or 5 . . . 'l!Vg4; likewise 3 Wf2 Jl,xf3 doesn't assist White's cause) 3 ... '1i'f6 4 lt:Jg5 (or 4 llg1 'l!!'f5+ 5 1i<h4 1i:Jxf3+ 6 'li'xf3 .!l.xg1 7 'l!!'xb7+ Wxb7 8 llxg1 'li'xd3 and Black's queen is far too powerful) 4 ... hxg5 5 fxgs llh8+ (also rather effective is 5 . . . '1i'h8+ 6 Wg4 'li'xh2) 6 lltg4 11i'g6 7 Wf4 'li'fs+ 0-1 It's mate with 8 Wg3 llh3#.

1069) Karjakin-Rychagov 1 Jl,xe6!! Jl,a3 (White's pieces are immune in view of 1 . . . hxg4 2 Jl,xd7# and l . . .fxe6 2 f!.xe6+ llif7 3 litxd7+ WgS 4 �f4 .!l.h7 5 �f7+ llih8 6 Jl,e7) 2 Jl,xd7+ li<f8 3 'li'g3 (3 �c4 'li'xg5+ 4 f4 also does the trick) 3 ... h4 (unfortunately for Black 3 . . . .!l.xc3+ 4 Wb1 1l:xg3 fails to mate in one with 5 liteS) 4 'lies 1-0

1070) Larsen-Petrosian 1 �xg6!! li:Jf4 (l . ..fxg6 fails to 2 Jl,xe6+ Wh7 3 l:l:h3+ Jl,h6 4 Jl,xh6 with an overwhelming attack due to 4 . . . .!l.f5 5 l:ixf5 gxf5 6 Jl,f7!) 2 ftxf4 fxg6 3 Jl,e6+ l:i:f7 (or 3 ... 11th7 4 l:i:h4+ Jl,h6 5 i.xh6 'li'b6+ 6 c5 leaving Black defenceless) 4 l:l:xf7 Wh8 (4 . . . Jl,e5 can be met by the cute 5 litd4! - 5 l::i:£5+ li<g7 6 l:i:fxe5 dxe5 7 l:i:xdS litxd8 8 11?12 is simpler and also rather good - with the point that 5 ... '1i'b6 - or 5 . . . �e8 6 ll.f8+ li<xf8 7 Jl,h6+ i.g7 S l:tf4+ winning a piece - 6 l:!f3+ Wg7 7 ll:g4 gives White a winning attack: for example, 7 . . . '111ixb2 8 ll:f7+ Wg8 9 llf6+ Wh7 10 l:l:h4+ Wg7 11 l:.f7+ WgS 12 l:tf2+ Wg7 13 Jl,h6+ li<h7 14 Jl,£8#) s ll:gs bs 6 llg3 1-o There's no good defence to the threat of 7 l:i:h3+.

1071) Miles-Nedobora 1 l:i:f8+! litxf8 2 J:!.xf8+ Wxf8 3 'lllif7+! (3 'ill'e8+! also forces stalemate) 3 ... Wxf7 Vz-Vz

1072) Ragger-Wirig 1 Jl,xh6! fxe4 (Black is crushed after 1 . . . gxh6? 2 l:l:g3+ Wh7 3 1i:Jg5+ Wg6 4 lt:Jxe6+) 2 Jl,xg7! li:Jsf6 (another possible defence is 2 ... Wf7, but after 3 il.e2 1i:J7f6 4 'llllg5 litgS 5 l::th7! White has a decisive attack in view of 5 . . . 1i:Jxh7? 6 il.h5#) 3 'li'h8+ (rather strong too is 3 '!llig5 Wf7 4

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ll:h6) 3 ... �f7 4 il.xf8 1i:lxf8 5 il.e2 'liVd2 (Black is also defenceless following 5 . . . 1i:lg6 6 l:th7+! li:lxh7 7 '11Vxh7+ �f6 8 il.h5 when one neat finish occurs after 8 . . . 1i:lf4 9 "il'f7+ �g5 10 h4+! �h6 11 g4) 6 I!.g3! 'iiif4 (or 6 ... '11Vxe2 7 '11Vg7+ �e8 8 '11Vxf6 with a winning attack) 7 il.h5+! li:lxh5 8 '11Vxh5+ �e7 9 ll:g7+ 1·0 White's final piece joins in the attack after 9 . . . �d8 10 l:ld1+ when 10 . . . il.d7 11 i:tgxd7+! li:lxd7 12 'ii'h7 is decisive.

1073) Aroshideze·Nigalidze 1 il.f8!! ll.xf8 (White also wins after both l. . .�xf8 2 .!hh7 il.g7 3 l:txg6 fl.e7 4 ll.gxg7! fl.xg7 5 '11Vh6 and l. . .il.f6 2 '11Vh6 ..ll.e6 3 ll:xg6+! hxg6 4 'lWxg6+ �xf8 5 'lii'xf6+ il.f7 6 ll.h8#) 2 '11Vh6 ll:f7 (or 2 . . . �f7 3 'lWxh7+ �e8 4 'lWxg6+ �d8 5 'lii'd6+ �e8 6 .!l:xh8! l:txh8 7 ll.g7 and mate follows) 3 ll:xg6+! (the killer follow-up, exploiting the fact that Black cannot capture due to mate on h8) 3 .. ,il.g7 4 'il>i'xh7+ �f8 5 i:thg1 wins the bishop with a crushing attack.

1074) Cordova-Smirin 1 i:txg7!! li:lxe2+ (White's main point is seen after 1 ...ll:xg7 2 il.xf6 ll.eg8? - 2 . . . 1i:lfxe6 3 dxe6 li:lxe6 is a better defence, although after 4 '11Ve4! 'il>i'a4 5 c4! White's initiative is too strong; for example, 5 . . . bxc4 6 ..ll.xc4 l:lc8 7 ll.g4 (now everything amazingly holds together) 7 ... d5 8 'i'xd5 "il'a3+ 9 �d2 '1Wb4+ 10 �e2 i:te8 1 1 fl.e4 and Black is out of good moves - 3 .lhg7 ll.xg7 4 e7 when his e-pawn decides) 2 'lWxe2 1i:lb3+ 3 �b1! 1·0 Mate follows after 3 . . . 1i:lxd4 4 '11Vh5.

1075) Morell Gonzalez.fernandez Juan 1 .. ,'11Vh4! 2 1i:lf3 (the only try since 2 gxh4 is mated by 2 ... l:tg6+ 3 �h1 li:lxf2#) 2 ... 1i:lg5! 3 gxh4 li:lxf3+ 4 �g2? (now it's mate, but even 4 �h1 l:txh4 5 h3 would have left White two pawns down after 5 . . . 1i:lxd4+ 6 lt>h2 1i:lxc2 7 ..ll.xc2 i:txc4) 4 ... 1i:le1+ 5 �g3 ll.g6+ 0·1 It's mate after 6 �f4 .!!:g4+ 7 \t>e5 1i:lf3# or 7 ... 1i:lc6#.

1076) Georgiev-Jakovenko 1 .. .f5+! 2 gxf6+ lt>h6 (with a deadly threat of 3 . . . i:thh3 and . . . .!l:ag3#) 3 i:tc1? (White is helpless after 3 ll:a8? ll.g2+ 4 \t>h4 fl.e3! because 5 fl.al ll.gg3 6 fl.hl g5+ 7 fxg5+ fl.xg5 8 I!.fl :!l:xe4+ 9 lt>h3 �h5 forces mate on h4; a better defence was 3 :!l:h8! l:i:hh3 4 f5, but then 4 . . . exf5+ - and not 4 . . . g5? 5 ll.xh7+! �xh7 6 \t>xg5 with serious counterplay - 5 �f4 (now 5 exf5? g5 6 fl.xh7+ lt>xh7 7 �xg5 fails to 7 . . . fl.hg3+ 8 �f4 :!l.gc3 9 ll:d8 l:tc4+ 10 lt>g5 l:ig3+ l l lt>h5 l:i:cl) 5 .. Jl:h4+ 6 �e5 l:i:xe4+ 7 \t>d5 :!l:d3+! 8 l!lc5 J:ld7 9 fl.hf8 f4 should still be winning for Black) 3 ... J:lg2+ 4 �h4 e5! 5 f7 (not 5 fxe5 g5#, but White had to try 5 .!l:g8 l:lf2 6 fl.gl, although after 6 .. .lhf4+ 7 f!:g4 .!l:x£6 Black has an easy win) 5 ... J:[f2! 0-1 White cannot prevent mate on f4.

1077) Karatorossian·Nalbandian 1 ll.xg5! "ii!'xg5 2 "il'd4+ \t>g8 (or 2.. .�h7 3 1i:lf6+ - another crushing option is 3 l:tg2 '11Vd8 4 il.h5! - 3 ... 1!1h6 4 fl.g2 and White either wins the queen or mates with 4 . . . "ii!'cl + 5 J:[gl '11Vc2 6 "ii!'h4+ �g7 7 1i:lh5+! l:i:xh5 8 "ii!'e7+ lt>h6 9 'IIV£8+ lt>h7 10 'liVf7+ �h8 11 'liVf6+ �h7 12 'lii'xg6+ �h8 13 "il'g7#) 3 .!l:g2 l:ih4 (3 ... "ii!'cl + 4 ll.gl '11Vh6 5 ll.xg6+! wins the black queen) 4 1i:lf6+ �7 5 �d5+ �e7 and now White sadly missed the only, if straightforward, path to victory: 6 J:l:e2+ l!ld8 7 J:le8+ lt>c7 8 '11Va7+ :!l.b7 (or 8 ... il.b7 9 "ii!'xa5#) 9 J:lxc8+! lt>xc8 10 "ii!'xb7+ l!ld8 11 "iil'd7#.

1078) Li Chao-Wang Hao 1 l:ld8+! �h7 (Black loses his queen after l . ..fl.xd8 2 '11Vxe2) 2 .!l:g7+! �xg7 (or 2 . . . �h6 3 "iil'f4+ l!lxg7 4 "ii!'g5+ lt>h7 5 '11Vg8+ transposing) 3 'liVg2+ l!lh7 4 "ii!'g8+ l!lh6 5 "iil'h8+ l!lg6 6 "iil'f6+ lt>h5 1 "il'g5# 1-o

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1079) Petrosian-Minasian 1 12:ixc7!! 'iif7 (Not the best defence. The main point of White's combination can be seen after l ...Wxc7 2 .!l:e7+! .il..xe7 3 l:i:xe7+ when Black is undone on the dark squares: 3 ... Wd8 - or 3 . . . Wb8 4 'i!Vxb6 'i!Vd1+ 5 Wh2 'ili'd5 6 'i!Vc7+ Wa7 7 .il..d4+! forcing mate - 4 'iill'xb6+! lt>xe7 5 .il..a3+ li.ld7 6 'lWe6+ li.lc7 7 b6+ Wd8 8 'lWe7+ Wc8 9 'ilic7#. Very similar is l . . . .il..xc7 2 l:ie7+ lt>c8 3 E:xc7+!, while l.. .J:l:ac8 fails to 2 'Wd2. However, perhaps Black might have tried l. . .ll:ag8!?, not that this would have saved him in the event of 2 l:!:e7+!! - 2 12:ie6 .il..d5 with the idea of ... g6 isn't so clear - 2 ... .il..xe7 - or 2 ... li.lc8 3 12:id5 and wins after both 3 . . . .il..xd5 4 'i!Vxb6 and 3 ... .il..xe7 4 12:lxe7+ li.lb8 5 'iil'xb6 - 3 'iil'xb6 with a crushing attack; for starters both 4 J:l.xe7+ and 4 'iil'xb7 are threatened.) 2 12:ie6!? (there was nothing wrong with 2 12:ixa8 .!l:xa8 3 ll:e6, but the young Armenian prefers to play for the attack) 2 ... Wc8 3 l:tc3 .il..d5? 4 '!Wxb6 .il..b4! 5 Sxc4+ .il..xc4 6 litc1 and the attack was decisive.

1080) Marshall-Hopwood Rather than the game's l...l:!:g7, 1 ... .il..xg4 2 fxg4 h3! gives Black a winning attack: 3 g3 (3 gxh3 '!Wh4 also leaves White defenceless; for example, 4 .il..f3 12:ixh3 5 aa3 l:txf3! 6 .!l:xf3 12:ig5+ 7 ®g2 'i!Vxg4+ 8 .!l:g3 '!Wxg3+! 9 Wxg3 12:ixe4+ 10 li.lg4 12:ixd2 with an extra piece in the endgame) 3 ... 12:ixe2!! is the main point when it's a picturesque mate after 4 'i!Vxg5 (or 4 'i\Vxe2 'lWei+ 5 li.lh2 l:i:fl, winning White's queen) 4 .. JI.f1+ 5 Wh2 l:i:f2+ 6 1t>xh3 (or 6 ®h1 12:ixg3+ 7 Wg1 l:i:g2#) 6 ... 12:ig1+ 7 Wh4 li:h2#.

Chapter Seven

Test One

1081) Rodriguez-Polgar The desperado 1...'iil'xc3! 2 'lWxe2 (or 2 bxc3 .il..xdl 3 l:l.xd1 bxc6) 2 ... 'i!Vxc6 left Black a clear piece ahead. (l point)

1082) Bronstein-llivitzki 1 ll:cxd8! (1 point) 1 ... 'lWe1+ (after l . .Jl:bxd8 or 1. .. l:iexd8, with 2 12:ih6+ White either wins the black queen with 2 ... \t>h8 3 12:ixf7+ or mates with 2 ... gxh6 3 'i!Vxf7+ lt>h8 4 'i!Vxh7#) 2 li.lg2 1-0 White emerges a piece ahead after 2 ... .!:!bxd8 3 12:ih6+ lt>h8 4 12:ixf7+ li.lg8 5 l:!:xd8 (take a second point for seeing this far).

1083) Adams-Palliser 1 ... .il..xa3! 2 bxa3 :!l:xc3 wins a pawn. (1 point)

1084) Baburin-Palliser 1 .!:!e8+! (1 point) 1 .. J!.xe8 2 dxe8'ii+ Wxe8 3 f4 leads to an easily winning pawn ending due to White's outside passed pawn: 3 ... a6 (or 3 . . . gxf3 4 \t>f2 c4 5 \t>xf3 li.ld7 6 g4 a6 - 6 . . . We6 7 We4 'iii>f6 8 \t>dS Wg5 9 1t>c6! sees the a-pawn queen shortly - 7 1!ie4 b5 8 axb5 axb5 9 li.ld4 and White's soon to be passed c-pawn decides) 4 c41 (take a second point for seeing this useful follow-up) 4 ... 1t>d7 5 We2 1t>c6 6 \t>d3 b5 (Black cannot maintain the opposition in view of 6 ... Wd7 7 We4 We6 8 15+ Wd6 9 \t>f4 b5 10 axb5 axb5 11 cxb5 c4 12 16 when White queens first) 7 cxb5+ axbs 8 a s 1-o

1085) Palliser-Hotham 1 ... .il..xc2+! (1 point) 2 'iii>xc2 12:ib4+ 3 1t>c3 (or 3 llic1 12:ifd3+ when White must give up his queen to avoid 4 Wb1 'i!Vxa2#) 3 ... 12:ixa2+ 4 'iii>c2 12:ib4+ 5 11ic3 '!Wc5+ and Black regained his piece with a huge advantage (also rather effective would have been 5 ... 12:ibd3+ 6 li.lc2 'i!Va2).

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1086) Gower-Hopwood 1 ... i.xg2! 2 1tlxg2 (or 2 i.xg2 l:txg2+ 3 \t>hl 'iil'g4 4 1tlxg2 f3 followed by mate) 2 ... l:txg2+ 3 lt>h1 (3 i.xg2 f3 and mate on g2 is the main point of the combination) 3 .. ..!i:g6 0·1 (2 points)

1087) McNab-Sherwin 1 'iil'g7+! 1-0 White forces mate with l ..Jhg7 2 e7+. (1 point)

1088) Ziatdinov-Kotronias 1 ... i.g51 2 1tlbS+ (the only real try with White's queen being tied to the defence of both b2 and d4) 2 ... -ltxbs 3 'iil'xgS i.e2 (the main point: White can't both prevent mate and save his rook) 4 �e7+ lt>b8 0-1 Take 1 point for finding 1 . . . i.g5 and a second if you saw 3 . . . i.e2.

1089) Berzina-Ciuksyte 1 i.xh7+! lt>xh7 1-0 Mate follows with 2 g8'iil'+! .!l:xg8 3 l:txf7+ li<h8 4 'i!Vh4#. (2 points)

1090) Schulz-Kulovana 1 ... i.xg2! 2 \t>xg2 'iil'g5+ 3 1i<h2 �xd2 won a pawn. (1 point)

1091) Zakharevich-Ovod 1 1tlf6+! ! i.xf6 (or l ...gxf6 2 i.xh7+! ltlxh7 3 :C:g3+ ltlg5 4 fxg5 fxg5 5 l:i:h3 i.f6 6 i.b4 followed by mate) 2 i.xh7+! ltlxh7 3 .!:l:h3 1il'xd4 (Black also can't escape from the white attack after 3 ... a5 4 'iil'xh7+ lt>f8 5 i.e3 1l<e7 6 J:idl) 4 'iil'xh7+ lt>f8 5 exf6 gxf6 6 i.c3 'ill'xf4 7 ll:f3 'il'xf3 (White mates too after 7 ... 'il'c4 8 i.xf6 1il'g4 9 'i!Vh8+ '!Wg8 10 'i!Vh6+) 8 i.b4+ 1·0 It's mate with 8 .. Jl.e7 9 'i!Vh8#. Take two points for finding 1 1tlf6+ and a further two for seeing as far as 7 '1:1.f3 .

1092) Cox-Trent 1 i.xf7! wins a key pawn: 1 .. .l:l:xf7 2 �e8+ l:l.f8 3 1tlxg6+ lt>g8 4 1tlxf8 i.xf8 5 'ill'e6+ lt>h7 (or 5 . . . \t>hS 6 1il'xe5+ 'ii<g8 7 'iil'e6+ 'ii<h8 8 �c8! 'l!Vd6 9 �c2 trapping the black knight) 6 'iil'f5+ 1-0 Black loses his knight after 6 ... 'ii<g8 7 �g4+. Take one point for 1 i.xf7 and a further two if you realised that the knight on d1 was trapped.

Test Two

1093) Aronian-Svidler 1 ... :C:e1+! 0-1 White loses his queen after 2 .lhel 'ill'xd3. (1 point)

1094) Bielby-Smith 1 ... axb5l 2 1tlxc7+ lt>e7 0-1 Black is a piece up for insufficient compensation after both 2 . . . \t>e7 3 1tlxa8 1tld4 4 'lil'xf4 i.h6 5 'iil'f2 1tlxc2+ 6 lt>fl ltlxal and 3 1tld5+ 'ii<d8 4 d3 'lii'g3+. Take 1 point for 1 . . . axb5 and a further one if you saw as far as 4 . . . i.h6.

1095) Parkin-Palliser Black increases his advantage to an extra rook: 1 ... .!:1:xd3 2 'il'xd3 'ill'xa1 (1 point)

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1096) Levitsky-Marshall 1..-'i1Vg3!! 0-1 Black emerges a piece ahead after 2 "ili'xg3 (it's mate after both 2 hxg3 1i'Je2# and 2 fxg3 li'Je2+ 3 1!/hl ll:xfl #) 2 . . . 1i'Je2+ 3 1iihl li'Jxg3+ 4 1!/gl li'Je2+. Only 2 points I'm afraid as there were less attractive ways to win and because this position is rather well known.

1097) Adorjan-Ribli 1 i.xg7! i.xg7 2 h6 i.f6 (it's also mate down the g-file after 2 ... i.f8 3 "ili'g5 f6 4 "ili'g6+ lilhS 5 h7, while 2 ... i.h8 fails to either 3 "ili'g5 or 3 ll:g7+) 3 'I!Vg2 1-0 There's no defence to the threat of 4 'I!Vg7+!. (2 points)

1098) Lund-Rawson White solves his back-rank difficulties in style by simplifying with 1 .!!.xc5+! lilb8 (or l ...bxc5 2 'I!Vb7#) 2 l:!.c8+! 1-0 (2 points)

1099) Abergei-Tebb 1 i.Xf7+! Wxf7 2 1i'Jd6+ 1-0 Black must give up his queen since 2 . . . \ilgS 3 'i!Vb3+ mates. (1 point)

1100) Frostick-Miller 1 .. .l:lxg2+! (1 point) forces perpetual: 2 1iixg2 'i1Vg6+ 3 1!ih2 (or 3 1iif2 'i1Vf5+ 4 \ilel 'i!Vbl+ 5 lild2 "ilih2+ and the white king cannot escape) 3 ... 'i1Vc2+ 4 1iig1 "ili'g6+ 5 Wh2 Yz-Yz

1101) Cullen-Varnam 1 ... i.xf2+! 0-1 It's mate on the back rank after 2 .!!.xf2 "ili'al+. (1 point)

1102) Slinger-Rooney 1 'ilf'h8+! i.xh8 2 .!!.xh8+ l!lg7 3 i.xe5+ f6 4 gxf6+ 1-0 White emerges a rook up. (2 points)

1103) Zhao-Markos 1 1i'Jxh5!! .!!.dB (giving the king an escape square, while preventing the other threat of 2 li'Jf6+; White's queen was immune in view of l . . .li'Jxd3? 2 l:!g7+ lilfS 3 1i'Jh7# or 2 ... \ilhS 3 li'Jf7#) 2 'i!Vxd5! gxh5 (or 2 . . . 'i!Vxd5 3 1i'Jf6+ l!lhS 4 l:!h7#) 3 l'U8+! 1-0 Mate follows with 3 . . . 1!1g7 4 'i!Vg8+ lilh6 5 1i'Jf7#. 2 points for 1 li'Jxh5 and a further two if you found 2 'i!Vxd5.

1104) Cooley-Noden 1 l:!.xe4! (1 point) 1 ... 'ilf'f5 (after l . . ."iixe4, 2 1i'Jg5 wins Black's queen in view of the mate threat on hS) 2 1i'Jf6+! (a further 2 points are available for this) 2 ... 1iixg7 3 l:tg4+ 'll'ig6? (now it's mate, although after 3 ... "iixg4 4 "iixg4+ l!lxf6 5 "iih4+ lilg6 6 'li'xe7 White's extra queen and pawns should decide) 4 "iih7+ lilxf6 5 l:!.f4+ "iif5 (or 5 . . . 1iig5 6 'i!Vh4#) 6 'li'h6# 1-0

Test Three

1105) O'Neill-Hopwood 1 ... .!!.xc3! removes the white queen's defender to net a piece. (1 point)

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Solutions

1106) Balbashova-Sulejmanova 1 ... 'ii'xaS! wins a piece in view of White's vulnerable back rank. (I point)

1107) Alonso-Ciaros Egea 1 lLixf7! li<xf7 (a much better defence is l .. .'ii'xf6 2 lLixhS 'i!'xh8, although White is the exchange ahead and doing rather well after 3 'i!'hS+) 2 'ii'h5+ li<xf6 (now Black loses his queen, but 2 . . . \l<gS was impossible on account of 3 'ii'g6+ .§l,g7 4 'ii'xg7#) 3 'ii'xh4+ 1-0 1 paint for I lDxf7 and a bonus point if you spatted then 3 'ii'xh4+.

1108) Reiner-Steinitz 1 ... 'ii'h4! (1 point) 2 l:tg2 (or 2 fl.xh4 :Sgl#) 2 ... 'ii'xh2+! (and a second point for this) 3 :Sxh2 l:tg1# 0-1

1109) Bronstein-Kottnauer 1 tLie8! 1-0 The most elegant way of preventing Black's idea of . . . 'ii'b6-g1+ with perpetual, although 1 lLig6+ l!<g8 2 'ii'a4 is also more than good enough. After 1 lLieS, if l. . .'ii'b6 then White has the pretty 2 'ii'h7+! ll<xh7 3 lhg7+ Wh8 4 tLig6#. 1 paint for I lDg6+ or two if you found both I lLieS and the queen sacrifice.

1110) Karpov-Malaniuk 1 .§l,d5+! 1-o Mate follows after l . . .cxd5 2 'ii'xd5+ lli'eS 3 'ii'e6+. (I paint)

1111) Turner-Mestel 1 ... ttJxe4!! 2 .§l,xe4 (or 2 lLixe4 .§l,xal 3 .§l,e3 'ii'a5+ and Black is the exchange up) 2 ... d5 3 cxd5 cxd5 4 .§l,f3 (neither does 4 .§l,xg6 fxg6 5 .§l,b2 S.ae8 6 0-0-0 save White in view of 6 ... :Sc8 fol-lowed by 7 . . . d4) 4 ... .§1,f5 gives Black a winning attack: 5 '1Wd2 S.fe8+ 6 1i<d1 (or 6 .§l,e2 .§l,xc3 7 'llkxc3 .§l,g4 when White must resign) 6 ... .§1,xc3 7 'llkxc3 l:tac8 0-1 8 'llkd2 .§l,c2+ 9 'ii'xc2 l:l:xc2 10 li<xc2 'llkf2+ is absolutely crushing. 2 paints far 1 . . . ttJxe4 and a further one if you realised that the attack was immensely powerful.

1112) Sowray-Palliser 1 ... tLixg2! (I point) 2 11i'xg2 'llkf6!? (also rather good is 2 . . . tLih4+, pretty much forcing 3 lLixh4 .§l,xdl 4 l:i:axdl 'li'xh4) 3 Wh2 '1Wf4+ 4 Wg1 .§1,xf3 5 'ii'd2 '1Wh4 6 .§l,d1 'llkxh3 7 .§l,xf3 'li'xf3 8 'llke3 '1Wg4+ 9 'llkg3 'llkxe4 and Black's extra pawns carried the day.

1113) Potts-Rendle 1 '1Wxd5+! 1-0 White forces mate after 1 ...\!<hS (or l. . .fl.xd5 2 :SxfS#) 2 '1/kxfS!. I paint for each queen sacrifice.

1114) Jones-Gallagher 1 ... fl.xa3+! 2 bxa3 iVxa3+ 0-1 Mate follows after 3 'llka2 'llkc3+. (I point)

1115) Anand-Van Wely 1 l:!xg7!! (3 paints) 1 ... 1¥ixg7 (the queen is immune in view of l . . .lLixdS? 2 l:txh7#) 2 l:!g1+ Wh8 3 .§l,h6 lLig4 (setting a cheapo and there was no good way to cover g7, especially since 3 . . . lLih5 fails to 4 .§l,xf8 l:txf8 5 fl.g8+ fl.xg8 6 fxgS'Ii'#) 4 l:l:xg4 fl.xf7 5 'l!l'xa8+! 1-0

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1116) Aronian-Papp 1 l:!.xf7!! �xf7 (now the attack is too strong. but neither was there a good way to decline the rook: for example, l ...b5 2 l:tc7 'l!VaS 3 il_xe6+ lhe6 4 'l!Vb3 and the e6-rook falls) 2 'l!Vh7 .!l.xd6 (desperation in the face of 3 J:!:fl#; mate would also have occurred after both 2 .. JH8 3 .!1:11+ �eS 4 'li!'g6+ �d7 5 i-xe6# and 2 . ..1!<f6 3 �fl+ �e5 4 'l!Vf5+ �d4 5 'l!Vd3+ �e5 6 ll:f5#) 3 cxd6 'illf6 4 .!l.f1+ �eS 5 d7 (5 'l!Vd3 was even stronger, but we're rather splitting hairs) s ... 'l!Vxd7 6 'l!l'fs+ 1-o Black will lose his queen. 3 points for finding both the rook sacrifice and the all-important follow-up, 2 filh7.

Test Four

1117) Schon-Egan 1 1Lixc6! wins a key pawn in view of l.. .'li!'xc6? 2 i-b5. (1 point)

1118) Mahesh Chandran-Vavrak 1 1Lic8! 1-0 White threatens mate and after I. . .l:hcS 2 i-xb7 Black's rooks are skewered. (1 point)

1119) Lin Zhigen-Hvistendahl 1 1Lif6+! 1-0 White wins the exchange on eS. (1 point)

1120) lzoria-Heimann 1 :!!.xa6! 1-0 White's pawns decide after l . . . �xa6 (or l. . .l:hd7 2 �a7+ �c8 3 .!:!.aS+ �b7 4 �bal followed by mate down the a-file) 2 �xc6 (threatening 3 li!.al#) 2 ... �a5 3 �c7 l:tgg8 4 b7 l:l.b8 5 c5 �a6 6 c6 h4 7 �d6. (2 points)

1121) Samedov-Kirikova 1 ... i-xh3! 2 gxh3 (or 2 �gl i-xg2 winning material) 2 ... 'l!Vxh3+ 3 1Lih2 (similar and rather effective is 3 J:!.h2 i-xh2 4 1Lixh2 'l!Vxf3+) 3 ... il_xh2 4 l:txh2 'l!Vxf3+ 5 lilg1 .!l:g6+ 6 l:l.g2 .!l:xg2+ 7 'i!l'xg2 'l!l'xd1+ S lilh2 .l:!.f6 gave Black an overwhelming attack. 2 points for 1 . . . i-xh3 and a further one if you spotted that the d1-rook would become loose.

1122) Kolev-Hernando Rodrigo 1 1LihS! i-ds (Black is crushed after l...gxh5 2 'li!'h6 f6 3 l:!xe6, but there's no satisfactory defence in any case with l ...i-f5 failing to 2 'i!l'h6 i-fS 3 'i!l'g5) 2 'li!'h6 i-fS 3 filgS and White's threats down the long diagonal are decisive: 3 ... i-xe4 4 1Lif6+ lilh8 s 1Lixe4+ 'llfd4 6 i-xd4+ cxd4 7 'iil'f6+ 1-0 1 point for 1 1Lih5 and a further one for seeing up to 3 'li!'g5.

1123) Grivas-Hrisostomidis 1 .!l:xh7+! lilxh7 (or l ... lilgS 2 d6+ 1Lic4 3 'i!l'h5 followed by mate) 2 'li!'hs+ lilg8 3 1Lie7# 1-0 (1 point)

1124) Pitl-Savchenko 1 ... i-f2! trapped the white queen: 2 "i!l'xf2 1Lid3+ 3 i-xd3 'iil'xf2 0·1 (1 point)

1125) Sokolov-Saric 1 1Lid7! (2 points) 1 ... �d8? (Black had to give up the exchange with l . . .�g6, even though the

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Solu tions

ending should be winning for White after 2 /DxfS+ .ltxfS 3 :!i:xf5) 2 Sh4+ 1-0 It's mate after 2 ... :!i:h6 3 1Zlf6+ lt>hS 4 ll:xh6#.

1126) Pucher-Gerard 1 .. .li:xg21 (2 points) 2 l:!.c8+ (or 2 'ill'xg2 'ill'xcl+ 3 \t>h2 'ill'e3 with an extra pawn and some advantage) 2 ... i<.xc8 3 'ill'xg2 '!Wxe5 saw Black pick up two pawns.

1127) Palliser-Burnett 1 .ltxg61! hxg6 (after 1 ...1Dxg6 2 1Zlxg6 Black has nothing better than to transpose with 2 ... hxg6) 2 1Dxg6 /Dxg6 3 lbg6+ lt>h8 (and not 3 ... \t>h7? 4 .ltfS!) 4 'ill'h5 ll:h7 5 .l:tg7! :!i:xg7 (the main point of White's whole combination is that 5 ... 'ill'e8 fails to 6 .!:ldxd7!: 6 . . . '1Wxh5 7 .l:txh7+ lt>gS S l:l:dg7+ lt>fS 9 l:l:h8# or 6 . . . '1Wxd7 7 l:l:xd7 :!i:xd7 8 .ltg5+ when White's queen and bishop combine with deadly effect; perhaps Black might have tried 5 . . . .1te4, although after 6 ll.xe7 ll.xe7 7 .ltg7+ WgS 8 '!Wg4 it's hard to believe that White's attack won't shortly net further material) 6 .ltxg7+ lt>g8 7 'ii'h8+ Wf7 8 'ill'hS+ Wg8 and now 9 i<.h6! (rather than the game's horrible 9 l:tgl ?) 9 ... Wh8 10 :!i:g1 wins the black queen after 10 ... 'ii'h7 11 J<g7+ l!<g8 12 .ltxf6+. 1 point for 1 J<xg6, two more for 5 l:!:g7 and a fourth point is available for seeing 9 J<h6.

1128) Euwe-Reti 1 ... .lth3! (l...J<c5+ 2 \t>hl J<h3! also does the business) 2 '!Wxa8 .lll.c5+ 3 '>!<h1 (or 3 ll.dd4 .lil.xd4+ 4 l:l:xd4 'ill'el#) 3 ... J<xg2+! 4 \t>xg2 '!Wg4+ 5 Wfl 'iWf3+ 6 '>!<e1 'ill'f2# 0-1 (2 points)

Test Five

1129) Von Herman-Tabatt 1 :!i:fd1! 'ii'b5 (l . . .fxe4? fails to 2 :!!xeS+ ll:xcS 3 '1Wxd7#) 2 1Zlf6+! l!<e7 3 l:txc8 :!i:xc8 4 1Zlxd7 gave White a crushing attack. 1 point for 1 l:l.dJ+ and a second for 3 l:!:xcS.

1130) Pomar Salamanca-Liljedahl 1 1Zlg5! (1 point) wins material down the long diagonal: 1 ... f6 2 J<xb7 fxg5 3 'ill'e3 1Zld7 4 'ill'xe6+ l!<f8 (or 4 . . . '1We7 5 'ii'xe7+ Wxe7 6 .ltxa8 l:i:xa8 7 bxc3 with an extra exchange) 5 J<xa8 'ill'xa8 6 f3 and White went on to convert his extra exchange (Black cannot save both his knights).

1131) Ferguson-Wallace 1 l:!xg6! 1-0 White wins a piece in view of l...'ill'xf2 2 fl.xg7+ and 3 lhf2. (1 point)

1132) Stadt-Roehr! White wins Black's queen: 1 1Zlg6+! 1Dxg6 2 'ill'xd6 1-0 (1 point)

1133) Alekhine-Reshevsky 1 ll:xb8+! Wxb8 2 '!Wxe5+! 1-0 Mate follows on the back rank after 2 .. .fxe5 (or 2 ... Wa8 3 ll:al+) 3 l:!f8+. (2 points)

1134) Morrison-Basman 1 .. .lhh2! 2 Wxh2 ll.h8+ 3 '>!<g1 l:!.h1# 0-1 (1 point)

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113S) Cebalo-Aieksic 1 1i:ld6! "fie7 (it's mate after L.cxd6? 2 1Da6+ bxa6 3 "ficS#) 2 1i:ldxb7 1-0 Black swiftly finds himself defenceless on the queenside after 2 . . . 1i:lxb7 3 1Da6+ IiieS (or 3 ... \ilaS 4 "fixc7! with a winning attack in view of 4 ... "fixc7 S li:lxc7+ lilbS 6 1i:la6+ lila8 7 l:l:c8#) 4 1i:lxc7. I point for I ltld6 and a second if you realised just how fast the attack is after 2 !Ddxb7.

1136) Spraggett-Hernandez Garcia 1 1i:lxa6+! II point) 1 ... 1iia8 (or L.bxa6 2 1i:lc6+ and 3 1i:lxc6 winning the black queen) 2 1Dxc7+ 1-0 White's attack is overwhelming after 2 . . . l:i.xc7 3 axb6+ lilb8 4 "fiaS.

1137) Svidler-Tiviakov 1 l:i.xf7+! li:lxf7 2 1De6+ lilg8 3 1i:lxd8 wins a piece in view of 3 . . . /i:lxdS 4 ll:a8. (2 points)

1138) Cnossen-Regniers 1 ... "fixf2+! 0-1 Back-rank mate follows after 2 ll:xf2 J:i:al+. (I point)

1139) F.N.Stephenson-K.Neat 1 ll:xf6! gxf6 (White was ready with a double exchange sacrifice: l . . .li:lxf6 2 ll:xf6! gxf6 3 "fig4+ lilh8 4 "figS - shades of Lasker-Reshevsky) 2 "fig4+ lilh8 3 ll:xf6! Illes (3 . . . /i:lx£6 4 "figS l:i.g8 S �xf6+ "fixf6 6 "fixf6+ ll:g7 7 "fixd6 sees White's extra queen run amok) 4 "f/fs J:lg8 (or 4 ... 'ili'd7 5 "fixd7 - 5 "fih5 is a very reasonable alternative - S . . . li:lxd7 6 J:lxd6+ WgS 7 l:l:xd7 and White's bishops and d-pawn are far too strong) S ll:xd6! 1-0 2 points for each played exchange sacrifice on f6 and a bonus point if you spotted 5 l:!.xd6.

1140) Karpov-Csom 1 /i:lfs!! 1-o 2 ll:h7+ and 3 "fig7# is threatened, and 1 . . . 1i:lxd7 fails to 2 "fih2+ lilgS 3 "fig3+ lilf7 4 'ili'g7#. (3 points)

Test Six

1141) Vanderbeeken-Fiear 1 ... 1ixc3! 0-1 Black wins a piece due to the pin down the d-file. (I point)

1142) Palliser-Westra 1 'ili'xg7! (I point) 1 ... J:l:xf4? (a blunder, although after l . . .'ii!'xg7 2 1i:le6+ lile7 3 1Dxg7 ll:f7 4 l::xf7+ lilxf7 5 /i:lfS gxf5 6 ll:h7+ lile6 7 exf5+ lild6 8 \ilbl White's extra exchange should prevail) 2 :C:h8+ 1-0

1143) Dvirnyy-Pomaro 1 1i:lxf7! 'iil'xf7 2 l:i.xd6 wins a pawn. (I point)

1144) Morris-Burton 1 b4! ensures that White remains a piece ahead after either L.'ili'xb4+ 2 c3 'iil'xd4 (2 ... 'iil'b2? loses to 3 'iil'eS+ �e7 4 'iil'xe7#) 3 �xd4 or l.. .�xb4+ 2 c3 gxf6 3 cxb4. 2 points for finding 2 c3.

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Solutions

1145) Gibson-Cork 1 tt:lxb7! wins a key pawn since the a-pawn is unstoppable after 1 . . . 1Llxb7? 2 a6. (1 point)

1146) Narayanan-lkonnikov 1 ... 1Zlg3+! 2 'li'xg3 f4 forced 3 'li'h3 (3 'lWei or 3 'li'f2 would have allowed mate after 3 . . . '1i'xh2+! 4 '<l<xh2 �h6+ 5 '1Wh4 �xh4#) 3 .... 1hh3 with an easy win for Black. 2 points for 1 . . . 1Llg3 and a further point for the queen sacrifice on h2.

1147) 5zakolczai-Okara 1 ... '1i'xf2+! 0-1 Mate follows with 2 l:txf2 l:cl + 3 l:fl Si.e3+ 4 '<l<hl l:xfl #. (2 points)

114S) Bronstein-Ratner 1 tt:lxe6! (1 point) 1 .. .l::lxd1 (White wins easily after this, but he also would have done after both l .. .fxe6 2 l:txd7 tt:lxd7 3 'li'xe6+ 'li'f7 4 J::ih8+! - a second point for seeing this important follow-up - and l . . . 'li'e7 2 ll:h8+ '<l?xh8 3 'li'h6+ '<l?g8 4 'li'g7#) 2 tt:lxfS lbh1 3 '<l<xh1 l:txfS 4 'flile7 '<l<g7 5 'flilxb7 ILleS 6 'li'd7 1-0

1149) McNab-Gayson 1 l:!:xg6+! hxg6 (or 1 .. .'<1?£7 2 l:!:xh7+ WeB 3 l:!:gg7 with a mating attack) 2 S..xg6 1-0 Mate follows on h8. (2 points)

1150) Sareen-Palliser 1 ... tt:lxf2! (2 points) wins the exchange since 2 Wxf2 failed to 2 ... fxg3+ 3 '<l?xg3 (or 3 We2 'ii'f2+ 4 Wd3 .!l:£3+) 3 ... '1i'f2+ 4 1iig4 l:tf4+ both winning the queen and forcing mate.

1151) Bologan-Vaganian 1 J:!:xh7! 1-0 It's mate after 1 . . . 1iixh7 (or l . . . gxf6 2 'ii'xg6+ lilf8 3 'ii'f7#) 2 l:rhl + lilg8 3 'li'xg6 ll:e7 4 .ltxg71 ll:xg7 5 '1We8#. 2 points for 1 l:txh7.

1152) Negi-Hermansson 1 tt:lxe6!! fxe6 (l . . .'li'xe4 fails to 2 '!ilixe4 .ltxe4 3 ll:c8+ and mate) 2 f7+ lildS (or 2 . . . ll:xf7 3 tt:ld6+ ..txd6 4 'ii'xe6+ ..te7 - 4 . . . ll:e7 5 l:tc8+! .ltxc8 6 '1Wxc8# - 5 '1Wxf7+ lild8 6 ll:fdl + tt:ld7 7 '!l!'e6 with a crushing attack) 3 'li'g5+ 'l:le7 (now Black is crushed, but it's mate after 3 ... ..te7 4 f8'1W+ J:!:x£8 5 ll:xf8#) 4 '!l!'e5 1-0 (3 points)

Test Seven

1153) Berbatov-Suuronen 1 ..txf7+! wins the black queen: 1 ... 1iie7 2 ..tc5+ lilxf7 3 'ii'xdS 1-0 (1 point)

1154) Repkova-VIkovic 1 tt:lxh7! wins a pawn in view of 1 . . .lhh7? 2 '1Wg6+ lilf8 3 '!l!'xh7. (1 point)

1155) Akatova-Nebolsina 1 ... l:txa3! 2 J:!:xa3 (White also loses a rook after 2 bxa3 tt:lf5) 2 ... 1Llc2 forked White's rooks and left Black a piece ahead after 3 ll:a7+ IileS 4 ll:a4 (or 4 litbl ..td4+) 4 ... 1Llxa1. 1 point for 1 . . . 1:l.xa3 and a second if you spotted the check on d4.

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1156) lukovnikov-Bezgodova 1.-. .ll.xf2! 0-1 Black emerges a piece ahead after 2 'l!Vxf2 'l!Vxe5+ 3 'l!Vg3 'l!Vxa1 . (1 point)

1157) Ehlvest-lllescas Cordoba 1 dxc6! l2lxc6 (White's main point is that 1 ...�e4 2 .!ha7!! J:l.xa7 3 c7 sees the c-pawn queen) 2 J:l.xb1 and White went on to convert his extra pawn. (1 paint)

1158) Brown-Hardman 1 �xh7+! 1-0 White emerges the exchange ahead in an ending after l . . .l!lxh7 2 'i!Vxd5 12lxd5 3 J:!.xc6. (1 point)

1159) Debbage-Palliser 1 ... 12lxg5! (otherwise 2 J:i:hl paralyses Black on the kingside, leaving White with a free rein on the queenside) 2 hxg5 'l!Vxg5+ 3 1i<h1 (and not 3 lllf2?? 'li!'g3#) 3 ... 'l!Vh4+ 4 1f<g1 'l!i'g3+ Y>-Y> Neither side can avoid the perpetual. (2 points)

1160) Weller-Clarke 1 �xh7+! lllxh7 2 'l!i'd3+ 111gB (the game's 2 . . . f5 should have led to mate with 3 exf6+ l!lg8 4 h7+ l!lf7 5 'l!Vg6#) 3 12lxe6 threatens 4 h7# and thereby forces Black to give up his queen, either immediately or after 3 . . . '1!1'a5+ 4 b4 'l!Vxb4+ 5 c3. 1 point for 1 �xhl+ and a second for 3 l2lxe6.

1161) Cmilyte-Atalik 1 .. ."ii'g4! 2 'l!i'xg4 (or 2 l:tel l2lf2+ 3 1!/gl 'l!Vxe2 4 J:l.xe2 12lh3+ 5 11/hl l:tfl+ 6 �gl lllxgl with an extra piece) 2 .. ..1l:xf1+ 0-1 Black is a rook up after 3 �gl l2lf2+ 4 1!/h2 12lxg4+. (2 points)

1162) Rotlewi-Rubinstein 1 ... .ll.xc31! 2 gxh4 (neither would 2 �xb7 ll:xg3 3 lbcl l:th3 4 l:ic2 �f2! nor 2 �xc3 �xe4+ 3 'l!Vxe4 'l!i'xh2# have saved White) 2 ... .!l:d2! 3 'l!i'xd2 �xe4+ 4 il'g2 f!h3! 0-1 Mate follows on h2. (3 points)

1163) Evans-larsen 1 ... J:i:f1+! (2 points) 2 Il:xf1 (it's mate too after 2 1!/xfl 'li'f5+ 3 J:l.£3 - or 3 11/gl 'l!l'c5+ 4 1!/hl l2lf2+ 5 1!1gl l2lh3+ 6 \t>hl 'l!i'gl+ 7 .!hgl l2lf2# - 3 ... .!l:xdl+ 4 l!le2 12lc3+! (a bonus point for this) 5 bxc3 'li'c2+ 6 l!le3 'l!Vd2+ 7 llle4 .ll.el+ 8 111£5 'lllld5+ 9 l!lf4 'lilieS#) 2 ... 'l!i'c5+ 0-1 Black mates after 3 1!/hl l2lf2+! 4 ll:x£2 'l!i'cl +.

1164) Spassky-Tal 1 ... �xh2+l 2 l!lxh2 l:th5+! (much stronger than 2 . . . 12lg4+ 3 lllg3!) 3 1!1g1 (or 3 l!lg3 12le4+ 4 �xe4 'llllh4+ 5 lllf3 'l!Vxe4+ 6 l!lg3 'l!Vh4#) 3 ... 12lg4! 0-1 There's no good defence to the mate threat (beginning 4 . . J:thl+ 5 1!/xhl 'l!Vh4+). 1 point for l . . .�xh2+ and a further two for 2 . . . 1:1.h5+.

Test Eight

1165) Hindle-Horton 1 'ili'd8+! 1-0 Mate follows with l . . .�xd8 2 J:l.xd8#. (1 paint)

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Solutions

1166) Kynoch-Hogg 1 il.xf7+! <ilxf7 (or l . ..oild8 2 1Lle5 followed by either a crushing 3 1i:lc6+ or 2 . . . il.b7 3 1Llxd7) 2 li:lg5+ <ile8 3 'lo1Ve6+ 1-0 It's mate after 3 . . . <ild8 4 1i:lf7#. 1 point for 1 il.xp+ and a second if you spotted the mate.

1167) Neave-Bryson 1 .. ."i!l'xg2+! 2 �xg2 1i'lf4+ 0-1 Black will emerge a rook ahead after 3 �gl li:lxd3. (1 point)

1168) Ballon-Meenakshi 1 ... J::lxb2! 2 'lo1Vxb2 il.xc3 3 'lo1Vc2 il.xd2 wins two very useful minor pieces for a rook. (1 point)

1169) lrizanin-Sarenac 1 ... J::lxa2! o-1 It's mate down the a-file. (1 point)

1170) Rozentalis-Preuss 1 ... 1i:lxf2! (1 point) wins the exchange: 2 'iil'd2 (or 2 �xf2 eS) 2 ... e5 0·1

1171) Palliser-Howell 1 ... .!l.xc3! (1 point) 2 'i!l'xc3 l:!.e2 0-1 White can only avoid mate on g2 by giving up his queen.

1172) Val mana Canto-Eggleston 1 il.xg6! hxg6 (or J . . .li:lxdl 2 "i!l'xh7#) 2 l:!.xd4 1i:lxf1 3 'iil'f6+ 1-0 Mate follows after 3 ... <ilh7 4 ll:d3. 1 point for 1 il.xg6 and a further one if you spotted 3 "i!l'f6+.

1173) Zheleznov-Vovk 1 ... il.a2+! 2 <ilc1 'lo1Vxc2+ 3 <ilxc2 il.b3+ 4 �b1 il.xd1 5 .lhd1 left Black the exchange ahead for insufficient compensation. (2 points)

1174) Hunt-Howell 1 ... J:txe4!1 2 .!l.xe4 (or 2 'i!l'c8+ <ilf3 3 ll:fl+ <ile2 and the f- and g-pawns decide) 2 .• ."1!i"b6+ 3 <ilh1 'iil'f2 4 'iil'g1 �h3! 0-1 Mate follows after 5 ... g2+ or 5 'iil'xf2 gxf2. 2 points for 1 . . . J:lle4 and a further two if you saw through to 4 . . . <ilh3.

1175) 5praggett-Lianeza Vega 1 1i:lxg6! <ilxg6 (otherwise White simply wins material, such as with l .. . .!l.g8 2 "lWxhS il.f7 3 il.xg7 1!1xg7 4 1i'ldxf4) 2 'i!l'xh5+! (3 points) 2 ... �xh5? (better is 2 . . . <ilh7 3 1i:lxf4 with only an extra pawn and some attacking chances for White) 3 1i'lxf4+ �g5 4 h4+ <ilg4 5 <ilh2 1·0 Mate follows with 6 il.h3#.

1176) Smeets-Bu Xiangzhi 1 ... 1i:ld5! (or l . . .bxc2+ 2 1!1xc2 1i:ld5!, transposing after 3 exd5) 2 exd5 bxc2+ 3 <ilxc2 litxa2+ and Black's counterattack is strong enough to force a draw: 4 �b1 .!l:a1+! 5 <ilxa1 (5 �c2 .!!.a2+ repeats) s ... 'lo1Vxc3+ 6 <ilb1 'iil'b3+ 7 Wc1 'iil'c3+ 8 �b1 "iil'b3+ 9 <ila1 'iil'c3+ y,.y, 2 points for J . . . ILld5 and a bonus one for 4 . . . l:l.a1+.

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Test Nine

1177) Bernstein-Capablanca L.'i!i'b2! 0-1 White loses his rook after 2 'i!i'el (or 2 l:tc2 'i!i'bl+ 3 "l!Vfl 'i!i'xc2) 2 ... 'i!i'xc3. (1 point)

1178) Smallbone-Ciiffe 1 g3! (1 point) 1 ... ->l.xg3 2 ll:g1 and White's extra piece was decisive.

1179) Donner-Stephenson 1 .. .ll:xh2+! 2 >t>xh2 "l!Vxf2+ 3 >t>h1 g3 0-1 It's either mate on h2 or with 4 1Llf3 g2+ 5 >t>h2 gl"l!V+ 6 >t>h3 "l!Vgg3#. (2 points)

1180) Cooper-Smith 1 l!!:xas! 1-0 With l . . . 'i!i'e4+ Black attempts to avoid the check on c7, but after 2 �e2 he must remain a piece down in view of 2 . . . 1t:lxa5? 3 1t:ld6+. (1 point)

1181) lvanchuk-Van Wely 1 :!l:e8+! >t>g7 (Black loses his queen immediately after l . . .lhe8 2 "l!Vxc7, but she cannot be saved in any case) 2 1Lle6+! 1-0 In view of 2 .. .fxe6 3 l:te7+ winning the queen and the game. (2 points)

1182) Lehtinen-Kaiju 1 1Llf6+! 1-0 White wins the exchange on e8. (1 point)

1183) Kramnik-Svidler 1 �xf7+! 1-0 White's connected passed pawns decide after l . . .Wx£7 (or l . . . >t>d7 2 eS'i!i'+ fl.xe8+ 3 .ll.xe8+ >t>xe8 4 l:txh7 with an easy win) 2 d7. (2 points)

1184) Onischuk-Kravtsiv 1 1Llh7+1 WeB (Black's queen is lost after l ...lt:lxh7 2 �xe7+, while l . . .>t>gS runs into 2 1Llf5 Wb7 3 'i!i'xg6) 2 1Llf5! 1-0 White wins at least a piece after 2 ... gxf5 3 "l!Vxg7. 1 point for 1 1Llh7+ and a second if you found 2 1Llf5.

1185) Coleman-Simms 1 1t:lxf7! 1-0 White wins a rook in view of l . . .>t>xf7? 2 "l!Vxe6+ Wf8 3 "l!Ve7+ Wg8 4 "l!Vxd8+ >t>f7 5 fl.e7#. (1 point)

1186) Taylor-Mirabile 1 ..ixh6! >t>gS (White forces mate after l . ..�xh6 with 2 "l!Vxf8 "l!Vcl 3 l:te3 1Llg7 4 lt:lg5#) 2 �xg7 >t>xg7 (or 2 . . . 1t:lxg7 3 l:!.h8+!) 3 l:th7+! >t>xh7 4 "l!Vxf8 1t:lg7 (White has a mating attack too after 4 . . . "l!Vcl 5 ll:e3) s lt:lg5+ >t>h6 6 1t:lxf7+ 1-0 Mate follows on h8. 1 point for 1 .>l.xh6 and a further two if you found 3 l:lh7+.

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Solutions

1187) Lisitsin-Ragozin 1 .\l.h7+!! �xh7 (Black's cause isn't helped by l . . . �hS 2 12lg5) 2 12lg5+! �g8 (after 2 ... hxg5 3 'iii'h5+ �g8 4 1i'xf7+ �h7 5 'iii'h5+ �g8 6 hxg5 Black must give up his queen to prevent mate with 7 g6 and 8 'iii'h7#, while 2 . . . �g6 is swiftly mated by 3 h5+! �xg5 4 .\l.cl#) 3 1i:lxf7 'i1Vb8 4 li:lxh6+! gxh6 5 'i/Vg4+ �h8 6 l:tf7 1-0 Mate follows after 6 . . . l:tg8 7 'iii'h5. 2 points for 1 .\l.h7+ and a further point for 4 12lxh6+.

1188) Alekhine-Prat 1 1i'h5+!! li:lxhs 2 fxe6+ �g6 3 .\l.c2+ �g5 4 l:tf5+ �g6 (or 4 . . . �h4 5 l:te4+ li:lf4 6 l:texf4#) 5 l:tf6+ �g5 6 l:tg6+ �h4 7 l:te4+ li:lf4 8 J:l.xf4+ �h5 9 g3 1-0 There's no defence to 10 l:th4#. Just 1 point for 1 1i'h5+, but three zf you calculated through to mate.

Test Ten

1189) Palliser-Davies 1 12lxd5! (1 paint) 1 ... 'i/Vd8 (not the best defence, but in the case of 1 . ..exd5 2 .ll.xd7+ and 3 'i1Vxb7 Black would have been quickly destroyed) 2 'ii'c3 and the rook on h8 dropped off.

1190) Bonilla G uzman-Michelmann 1 ... fxg112l+! 0-1 Black is a piece up with a crushing attack after 2 �e1 (the main point of this Albin trap is that 2 J:l.xg1 .\l.g4+ wins White's queen) 2 ... 'iii'h4+ 3 �d2 12lc6 4 jl,c3 jl,g4. (1 point)

1191) Arluck-Benjamin 1 ... jl,xg2+! 2 i..xg2 l:txe3 3 fxe3 12lf5 saw Black's extra queen shortly prove decisive. (1 point)

1192) Katte-Zweschper 1 ... 1i:lxe3! picks up two pawns after 2 fxe3 (or 2 1i'b3 1i:lxf1 winning the exchange) 2 ... 'i/Vxe3+ and 3 . . . 1i'xd3. (1 point)

1193) Granados Gomez-Larina Nieto 1 i..xb7! (1 point) wins a pawn since the a-pawn queens after 1 ... 1i:lxb7? 2 a6.

1194) Navara-Ponomariov 1 �e4! 1-0 (1 point) White just needs to avoid 1 �xf4?? because 1 .. Jl.xf5+! 2 �xf5 would be an embarrassing stalemate.

1195) Milman-Rukavina 1 :!l.xf4! 1-0 After 1 . . .exf4 Black loses his queen to 2 'i/Vd4+ �f8 3 'ii'f6+! �e8 4 i..c6+. 1 point for 1 1:!xf4 and take a second if you saw as far as 4 .\l.c6+.

1196) Meier-Saltaev 1 J:l.c7+! �d4 2 J:i:c5 1-0 The threat to capture on d5 wins a rook. (1 point)

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1197) Pashikian-Yegiazarian 1 .. .'1Wg1+! 2 lt<xf3 i.c6 0-1 White's queen is lost after 3 'iii'xc6 'l!l'hl+. (2 points)

1198) Portisch-Berger 1 1Zlxh71! lt<xh7 2 l:hs+ l!<g7 3 .lies+ f6 4 l:g5l 1-o The key sting in the tail. Black cannot satisfactorily defend g6. 3 points if you saw all the way through to 4 l:tg5.

1199) Sammalvuo-Smeets 1 i.d811 1Zlxd8 (it's mate after l . . . l:td7 2 l:!.xg7+ l!<xg7 3 'iii'g5+ i.g6 4 'i1Vf6+ 'i!<g8 5 li:h8#, while White wins further material in the event of 1 . . . \!<eS 2 l:t7h2) 2 l:!:xg7+! lt<xg7 3 'iii'gS+ 'i!<f7 4 J:lh8 1-0 There's no defence to 5 'iii'f6#. 2 points for 1 .lidS and take a further two if you found 4 l:!.h8.

1200) Palliser-Dineley 1 bxc3! 'il'b2+ 2 i.d2l (the star move preventing Black's queen from escaping via c3) 2 ... 'iii'xa1 3 'l!Vgs g6 4 'i'f6! gxhs 5 i.h6 'iii'xa2+ 6 1Zle2! 1-0 Now it's mate after 6 ... '1Wxe2+ 7 \t<g3 h4+ 8 Wh3, but White had to avoid 6 'i!<g3? in view of 6 . . . h4+! 7 \t<xh4 (or 7 '1Wxh4 'We6) 7 ... 'il'xg2. Take two points for 1 bxc3 and a further two if you initially found 6 1Zle2.

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