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Question 2.
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Question 4.
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Question 5.
Question 6.
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Question 7.
Question 8.
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Question 9.
Question 10.
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Question 11.
Question 12.
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Question 13.
Question 14.
White to play.
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Question 15.
An important thematic
position. Black has offered the
exchange of dark-squared
Bishops.
What should White do?
Question 16.
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Question 17.
Question 18.
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Question 19.
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Question 21.
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Question 23.
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Solutions
1 The Black threatens both ...Nb4 and ...Nd4, so the best way to avoid
problems is to get rid of the Knight with 12.Bxc6!, which also weakens
Black’s pawn structure.
5 21.Cxd5!! wins a pawn for White after 21…Nxd5 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.dxe4
Nf6 24.e5. Therefore, in the game, Black tried 22…Nxe3, but after
23.fxe3 Nxg7 dxe4 White still won material.
6 White plans to play Nc4 to put pressure on the weak e5 pawn and d6
square. However, this move isn’t possible because the e4 pawn falls so
the correct move is 11.Re1.
7 19.Rd6! takes control of the outpost on the open file and prepares to
double Rooks.
8 With 22.Rxf6! Bxf6 23.Qxc5 and White wins material. Neither 22.bxc5?
Qxa5 or 22.Qxc5 Nxe4 work.
9 After 29.b4! the Nc5 must move leaving the Qb7 without defenders.
This can be exploited by, for example: 29...Ne6 30.Nxe7+! Rxe7
31.Qxb7 winning. We must always pay close attention to the long
diagonal!
10 65.e4! fxe4 66.Ke3 opens a path for the king, deciding the game. It
was not possible to play 65.Kd2 Kb5 66.Kc3 Kxa5 67.Kd4? Nf3+ as the
h4 pawn falls.
11 13.Nh4 maneuvers the Knight to Black’s weakest square, d5. The game
continued 13 ...0-0 14.Nf5 Rfd8 15.Ne3 Rxd1 16.Rxd1 Rd8 17.Nd5,
with a clear edge for White.
12 The 18...g5 advance has weakened all the light squares on the
Kingside, which should be immediately seized upon with 19.Bf3! After
19...Bd6 20.h3!! Kg6 21.Bg4 Black is faced with a difficult decision: to
swap his good bishop for a White’s bad bishop clear or play 21...Bf7 and
allow White an active Bishop as happened in the game.
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13 19.g4! Bc8 20.Qg3! Qe7 21.g5!! This gets White open lines against his
opponent’s King, giving him a powerful initiative. After 21...hxg5
22.fxg5 Bxf5 23.Ndf3 Bf6 we reach the position in the next diagram.
14 With 24.Nxc6! bxc6 25.e5! White regains the piece and, more
importantly, eliminates Black’s best defender. After 25...Bh4 26.Nxh4
Nxc2 27.Rc1 Bh7 28.Rg1 White has a decisive attack and won a few
moves later.
15 White has more space and the Be5 is in a delicate position where it can
be attacked by a Knight (winning the Bishop pair) or kicked by our f-
pawn. Therefore, the right thing to do is avoid the Bishop exchange
with 12.c3!
16 With 26.Rb4! White threatens 27.Rxa4 Qb5 28.Ra5, winning the Queen.
If 26...Ra8 then 27.Nd6 threatens Re8 and Bd4, wins at least the
exchange.
17 With 13.Nh4! the Knight heads for the strong f5 square where it will be
a strong attacking piece. In addition, it makes way for the Nd2 to
improve its position.
22 First it’s important to weaken the Ng4 with 24.h3 Nh6 and now White
wins with 25.e5! dxe5 26.fxe5 attacking both Knights and winning one.
Therefore Black played 25…Nh7 but after 26.Nd5! (threatening a fork
on e7) …Rfe8 27.exd6 exd6 (27…Qxd6 28.Nxe7+! wins) 28. Ne7+ Rxe7
29.Rxe7 wins the exchange.
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