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Originally posted by RahimK
[fen]r1b2rk1/pp2qp1p/1n2p1p1/Q3N3/8/3R2P1/PP2PPBP/2R3K1 b - - 0 17[/fen]

White has just played 17.Rd3! Why can't Black play 17...Rd8?
Hmmm....

After 17 ...Rd8, what are white's options?

18. Rxd8+..Qxd8 seems to go nowhere.

18. Rf3 pressures the f7 pawn, but also blocks the g2 bishop.

18. Rcd1 looks good, but after ...Rxd3 19. Rxd3 cant black play ...Bd7 and free up his other rook?

What am I missing? I thought about sacrificing the knight with 18.Nc6 or 18. Nxf7, but neither of those options look sound.

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Originally posted by RahimK
White has just played 24.Qc5! Why did Black resign?



[fen]r1br2k1/pp2qp1p/1n2p1p1/2Q1N3/P3P3/1P4P1/5P1P/2RR1BK1 b - - 0 24[/fen]
a)moving queen to safety leads to R*R+....Qf8 winning..... b)any other move looses queen followed by Qf7 winning (or down a piece after R*R, R* R....... c)q*q leads to R*R+ down a rook after R*Q



thanks rahim ... good game ... how about the next one

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Originally posted by acubed123
a)moving queen to safety leads to R*R+....Qf8 winning..... b)any other move looses queen followed by Qf7 winning (or down a piece after R*R, R* R....... c)q*q leads to R*R+ down a rook after R*Q



thanks rahim ... good game ... how about the next one
c) QxQ Rxd8+ Qf8! Rxf8+ Kxf8

Not down a rook.

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Originally posted by RahimK
No comments about this game? I know it was a very short game but it teaches some important lessons, that is why I went over it.

I don't mind going over games on here, but it does take me 1-2 hours and I don't want to be wasting my time doing this if no one cares to learn. So I would appreciate some comments about the game and questions, etc...
Well I see 1 ......K d8
2 Nxc6=+ NxN
3 Rx Q + B-d7
4 B-e6 (attacks B second time)
or
3 RxQ+ B-d6
4 Bxg7 trapping rook.
Need to have a chess set out to see anything else.
both of those variations seems to leave black in a winning position.

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Originally posted by sonhouse
Well I see 1 ......K d8
2 Nxc6=+ NxN
3 Rx Q + B-d7
4 B-e6 (attacks B second time)
or
3 RxQ+ B-d6
4 Bxg7 trapping rook.
Need to have a chess set out to see anything else.
both of those variations seems to leave black in a winning position.
Which position are you talking about? I posted 3 different ones and I don't see 1...Kd8 and 2.Nxc6+ in any of them?

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Originally posted by acubed123
a)moving queen to safety leads to R*R+....Qf8 winning..... b)any other move looses queen followed by Qf7 winning (or down a piece after R*R, R* R....... c)q*q leads to R*R+ down a rook after R*Q



thanks rahim ... good game ... how about the next one
It shows the importance of linking your rooks and how it can cost you when you don't.

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Originally posted by RahimK
Which position are you talking about? I posted 3 different ones and I don't see 1...Kd8 and 2.Nxc6+ in any of them?
Its the third one you made an image of, the one where the
black queen is on d1 attacking the rook.

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Originally posted by sonhouse
Its the third one you made an image of, the one where the
black queen is on d1 attacking the rook.
I don't see a Black queen on d1?

I see a white rook on d1 attacking a black rook on d8.

And I don't see Nxc6 stuff either.

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Originally posted by RahimK
[fen]r1b2rk1/pp2qp1p/1n2p1p1/Q3N3/8/3R2P1/PP2PPBP/2R3K1 b - - 0 17[/fen]

White has just played 17.Rd3! Why can't Black play 17...Rd8?
Here is the solution:

17...Rd8? 18.Qc5! Qxc5 19.Rxd8+ Qf8 20.Rxf8+ Kxf8 21.Rc7 and the pawn structure on the 7th rank is ruined.

18...Qf8 leads to a similar variation with a white rook ending up on c7.

18...Qe8 leads to 19.Ng4 threatening a lovely fork on f6 winning the Queen. Best is 19...Qf8 20.Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Qe5 centalizing the queen with ideas of Nf6+ and Black has to be very careful that he does not get mated.

A knight working with the Queen against a king are very dangerous.

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Originally posted by RahimK
White has just played 20.Rdd1 . Why can't Black develop his bishop and play 20...Bd7?

[fen]r1b1r1k1/pp2qp1p/1n2p1p1/Q3N3/4P3/6P1/PP3P1P/2RR1BK1 b - - 0 20[/fen]
Solution:

20...Bd7?? 21.Nxd7! Nxd7 22.Rc7 pinning the knight. 22...Red8

Remeber the theme? When a piece is pinned keep attacking it

23.Bb5 or Qb5 attacking the knight a third time and winning it.

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Originally posted by RahimK
White has just played 24.Qc5! Why did Black resign?



[fen]r1br2k1/pp2qp1p/1n2p1p1/2Q1N3/P3P3/1P4P1/5P1P/2RR1BK1 b - - 0 24[/fen]
Solution:

This is similar to the 1st problem.

If 24...Qxc5 25.Rxd8+ Qf8 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.Rc7

White is threatening Rxf7+ as well as a5 winning the knight.

24...Qe8 or Qf8 lead to 25.Rxd8 Qxd8 26.Qc7 threatening f7

Black either trades queens 26...Qxc7 27.Rc7 similar to the above line. White is threatedning Rxf7+ as well as a5 winning the knight

Or black can decline the queen trade and play 26...Qf6 27.a5 winning the knight again.

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Black's opening play led to his defeat. Petrosian was in to much of a hurry to simplify and though that c5 would equalize.

After that, tactics took over and he's rook on a8 and bishop on c8 didn't play any part in the game. It was as if Kasp was up a whole rook and a bishop.

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Alright, I'm going to make you guys a deal. I'll post another game and I'll have some questions at the end as usual. After you solve each one, I will post another game. If you don't solve them then I'll get the message and stop. They will be easy problems, 3 moves deep or so, so you don't need a chess program to solve them. Using a chess program won't help you learn tactics better.

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Welcome everyone 🙂 Today's game is between Yasser Seirawan, White vs V. Ivanchuk, Black.

Yasser is a great player and author who most of you must have heard of. His books are great especailly the Winning Chess Series.

I saw Ivanchuk at the Canadain Open in July of 2005. We were lucky enough to host the tournamnet in Edmonton and I volunteered to work 3 demo board on the last round for the top 3 boards. It was a great experience to watch Ivanchuk, Shirov, Bologon and others. Ivanchuk tied for first with 5 other players I belive.

White: Seirawan
Black : Ivanchuk

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4

This is the King's Indian. Black allows white to take control of the center in the beginning and starts chipping away at the center slowly. White is glad to take all the space in the center.

4...d6
Stops white for kicking the knight out on f6 with e5. It also help the e5 push.

5. Bd3 e5
Chipping away at the center and gaining some space.

6. d5 White keeps his center and takes more space on the kingside.Whites plan is to play c5 and open up the c-file for his rooks.

6...a5
Ivanchuk stops white from playing b4 which would support the c5 push for white.

7. Nge2 Na6
Controlling the dark squares, namely b4 and c5.

8. f3 See the Problem below

8...Nd7 Prepare to generate kingside counterplay with f5

9. Be3 Bh6 Blunder? See Problem below

10. Qd2 Making sure White benefits from the trade of bishops

10...Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Notice the weak holes in Black's kingside. f6,g7,h6.

11...c6 Opening up the b6 square for the Queen

12.Qh6! Preventing Black from castling. 12.0-0 is not a good move. See problem.

12... Ndc5 13.Rd1! Qb6 Black continues play on the Queenside

14. Bb1! Ke7 15. f4! The time is right now

15... exf4 16. Rf1! Rf8 17. Qxf4 threatening a check on f6

17... f6 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Nd4 Gaining tempo on the Queen

19...Qe8 20. Nd5+ Kd8 21. Qxd6+ Bd7 22. Nb5 1-0.

Black resigned.

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Black just played 7...Na6. Why did White play 8.f3 and not 8.Be3?

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