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You Can Do It! (from page 7) Quiz #1 1. Qxh5+ Rxh5 2. Bg6# Quiz #2 1. Qxc8+ Kxc8 2. Re8# Quiz #3 1. Qd8+ Kxd8 2. Rf8# Quiz #4 1. … Qxg2+ 2. Nxg2 Rh3# Quiz #5 1. … Qf3+ 2. Rxf3 Rg1# Quiz #6 1. Qh3+ gxh3 2. g3#
The Chess Detective (from page 9) #1
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from a game between Alexey Shi- rov and Garry Kasparov in Linares, Spain, in 1997.
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Black just played 36. ... Rd5? lin- ing up his rook and knight on a light-squared diagonal and White has a light-squared bishop. White plays 37. Rxf7+!, Black re- signed. If Black would have con- tinued playing, White would have simplified the position after 37. ... Kxf7 38. Bb3 Ke6 39. Rxd4 Rbd8 40. Ke2 Ke5 41. Rxd5+ Rxd5 42. Bxd5 Kxd5 43. f3 gxf3+ 44. Kxf3 and White would win the king and pawn ending. This position is from a game that took place in the 2007 World Chess Cup between Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Zdenko Kozul. #2
Black notices that White has his
pieces lined up on dark-squared diagonals and looks for ways to take advantage with his bishop. He played 38. ... Rxe3!, Black Resigned. After 39. Rxe3 Rxe3 40. Kxe3 Bg5+ skewers the king and rook and wins back the Ex- change. Black would win the king and pawn ending after 41. Ke2 Bxd2 42. Kxd2 f4. This position is
This position is from a game between Vassily Ivanchuk and Alexey Shirov from Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2009. Shirov played 22. ... d4 gaining space in the center and re- alizing that even though the pawn was attacked three times and de- fended only twice, White couldn’t take it because of a pin on the g1- a7 diagonal. After 23. Nxd4 Qb6 24. Rfd1 (24. Nc2 Qxe3+ 25. Nxe3 Rxd2 wins because the knight on d4 was also pinned to the rook.) 24. ... Rd5, White resigned, be- cause Black can play 25. ... Rcd8 bringing an extra attacker on the pinned knight. If White plays 25. Nc2, then 25. ... Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rxc2 27. Qxb6 Rc1+ and 28. ... axb6.
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Donato Rivera played White in this game against Bobby Fischer in Varna, Bulgaria, 1962. Fischer noticed that White’s bishops are lined up on the b-file and took ad- vantage by gaining a tempo to at- tack them with the queen by threatening mate with 14. ... Qc6 15. f3 Qb5 16. Ba4 Qxb2, White resigned.
#5
Black’s last move with his queen walked her into a pin, a dangerous plan. Be extra careful when you voluntarily walk into a pin! White took advantage of the pin by playing 24. Rf7! Bxg4 25. Bf6 exf6 (Notice the g7-bishop can’t capture on f6 because it is pinned to a mate on h7.) 26. Rxd7 Taking advantage of another pin! 26. ...
Bxd7 27. exf6 a4 28. fxg7+ Kxg7 29. Kf2 and White went on to win.
This position is from 2008 in Sofia, Bulgaria, between Teimour Radjabov and Bu Xiangzhi. #6
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, was the site for this game where this position occurred between Garry Kasparov and Jan Timman in 1994. 24. Re5! Skewering the queen and the knight. 24. ... Bxe5 (24. ... Qxd3 25. Qxd3 Bxe5 26. Qc2 with the advantage.) 25. Ne7+ Kg7 26. Nxd5 Bxb2 27. Nf4 Bxd3 28. Nxd3 Bxc1 29. Qxc1 Rxd3 30. Qg5+, Black resigned as Kasparov forks the king and knight.
Move The Pieces (from page 10) #1 – 1. Bxh7+ Kh8 2. Bg6+ Kg8 3. Qh7#
#2 – 1. Nd5! and Black must give up the queen as Nxd5 is met with 2. Qxh7# #3 - 1. Rxh8+!! Kxh8 2. Qh1+! Kg8 3. Qh7+ Kf8 4. Qh8# #4 - 1. Rxh8+!! Kxh8 2. Rh1+ Kg8 3. Rh8+!! Kxh8 4. Qh1+ Kg8 5. Qh7+ Kf8 6. Qh8# #5 – 1. Bxh7+ the Greek Gift sacrifice Kxh7 (1. … Kh8 2. Nxf7+ wins) 2. Ng5+ Kg6 (2. … Kg8 3. Qh5 and mate on h7; 2. … Kh8 3. Qh5+ Kg8 4. Qh7#; 2. … Kh6 3. Ngxf7+ Kg6 4. Qg4+ Kh7 5. Qh5+ Kg8 6. Qh8#) 3. Qd3+ f5 4. exf6 e.p.+ Kxf6 (4. … Kh5 5. Qh7+ Kg4 6. h3#) 5. Qf5# #6 – 1. Qxh7+!! Kxh7 2. hxg6+ Rxg6 (2. … Kh6 3. Rh2#; 2. … Kh8 3. Rh2#) 3. Rh2+ Kg8 4. Rgh1!! Kf8 5. Rh8+ Rg8 6. Bh6+ Ke8 7. Rxg8#
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