Info Pbk
The ability to calculate accurately, economically and quickly is one of the main differences between masters and the rest of us, yet until comparatively recently there had been very little written on the subject. In 1971, Kotov's Think Like a Grandmaster was published in English. It contained the first attempt to recommend a system that players could use to improve their calculating abilities. In the 1990s, Mark Dvoretsky's chess training books set out Kotov's views in conjunction with his own,...
Lemoir Vs. Poolake 1968
On the othec hand. White now seems w have nothing better than 26 fixb7 Wxhi 27 We7 28 g4 Wd2 , when he can draw, but no more. Levitt was stunned to find Adams exchanging rooks, the last thing you would expect him to do when he is on the attack. The sting in the tail. There is no square available for the rook along the il-file, hence the rook must retreat to f8 in order to defend f6 against 28 g4. However, after 27 2f8 White still plays 28 g4. when Black has no defence against because the white...
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the h-file. In his turn, Black has prepared a clever defence using the fact that his c8-bishop pins the white f-pawn against the h3-rook. 19. g6 20 fxg6 kxhl 21 gxh3 D 21 amp xc3 would again allow 22 amp e3 , a line-clearance sacrifice that attacks the queen and threatens mate on h7, so the queen scampers back out of danger, lending its king some defence in the process. This line clearance sacrifice attacks the black bishop, and thereby ensures that the queen is dragged away after all. As the...
HOW TO BECOME A DEADLY CHESS TACTICIAN Gzf
We are at the end of a sequence of moves in which Nezhmetdinov has tried to break through on the g2-square. His opponent has met all of the threats and now confidently expects his attack on the rook to lead to an early draw. Nezhmetdinov's skill is evident in the fact that he almost certainly foresaw this position, and the winning idea, several moves ago. OK, so the threat is mate, but White has a spare move in which to organize a defence. Surely, with an open board and so few pieces left, he...
W Elf
The e7-bishop covers the dark squares, on which White would like give checkmate. Black must decline the rook as 24 jLxf6 25 xf6 eliminates the bishop, allowing the queen to mate on g7. However, White had another purpose in placing his rook on f6. 25 fxg6 allows 26 xg6 M 27 tfg7 . 26 g7 amp g8 27 jLxe5 fxg6 28 xg6 amp f8 29 g7 1-0 We shall give the name elimination to the motif of eliminating a specific capturing piece in order to remove its defensive function. Elimination is a frequent motif in...
Info Vkv
He clears the e4-square for his queen and tries to deflect the black f-pawn. Rubinstein chooses to lose material. If the sacrifice is accepted, mate comes quickly 25 fxg6 26 g2, coming out at h3, also works 26 ,jLd6 the bishop must move to meet the threat of 1 fh4 or Wxg6 J followed by h7 27 h4 lt amp g8 28 0h7 f8 29 th8 lt e7 30 0xg7 here is why he needed the f-pawn out of the way 30, amp e amp 31 Lf8 32 lt amp e7 33 26 xf7 Sxf7 27 i.xf7 0f5 28 Sfdl Exdl 29 Sxdl WxT7 30 Wxc8 amp h7 31 Wxa6 Wf3...
Polgar-shirov Donner Memorial Amsterdam 1995
My two-pawn gambit has gone badly wrong, and Black is developing far too comfortably. As anyone who has read my book How to Be Lucky in Chess will know, the natural but not necessarily correct thing for a player to do when he is a pawn or two ahead is to aim to bring the endgame closer by exchanging queens. In this position, Black can do that by moving his queen to a3 or b4. I was so sure that this was coming that I concentrated my attention on what I could do to gain from it. After 11 a3 say ,...
Aba
Black played 30 Axf3 in this position. What was White's reply White wins with a combination that exploits Black's weak back rank. Make sure you play the right way, as there is a feasible combination that only draws. White is a rook down, so he is looking for a draw in this position. How does he force perpetual check You have a chance to start a king-hunt with 1 Wxf7 . Do you go for it White to play and win quickly. Test 2.2 White played 25 ixg6 and followed it up with two fairly quiet moves...