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Solutions to exercises

October 2010

20/10
After 19.Nxg7! black probably planned 19...Rxe3 but forgot 20.Rxe8! with the threat Nxf6+!

06/10
Taking in f5 is very dangerous because of Qh4 with a strong attack for black. But 1.Qc4+ and 2.Qxg4 is simply winning!

September 2010

14/09
After 2...Rxe5 3.Qxa7 if black plays 3...bxc4 4.Qb8+ wins the rook in e5! So black has to win to pawn back with 3...Rg5 and the game is approximately equal. If 2...Qe8 3.Qxa7 bxc4 4.Nxc4 there is no Rd1+ any more and white is in the game.

05/09
After the forced line 1.Rxd7 Rxd3 2.Qxg4 Rxc3 Sokolov totally forgot white has 3.Qb4! winning on the spot.

August 2010

29/08
1...c5+ (the game went 1...Rxe5?? 2.Rxf7?? (2.Re3 1-0) c5+ 0-1) 2.Ke4 Ra4 3.Rc3 Ra5 and black pressure on e5, c4 and a3 is enough to draw, for example 4.Rb3 Ra4 and if white try Rb6+ and Kd5/Kf5 black will take in a3 and h3, drawing the endgame despite being a pawn down.

27/08
1.Qg5+ Kh8 (Kf8 Qh6+ Kg8 Rg3+ Kh8 Qg7#) 2.Rg3 Rg8 3.Qf6+ Rg7 4.Qxg7#

21/08
1...Qe4! 2.Bf2 (if 2.Bg1? Qg2+ winning the bishop with check; if 2.Be3 Qd3+ ; if 2.K moves the black K advances with a quick mate; if Bd8/c7/a5 Qe5+) Qd3+! (the difficult move) 3.Ke1 (Kc1 Kb3 mating) Qf3 (threatening Kd3) 4.Kf1 Kd3 5.Kg1 Ke2 with Qg4+ and Kf3 to come.

20/08
1...Qxh2+ 2.Kxh2 Rh4+ 3.Kg1 (Kg3 Nf5#) Ne2++ 4.Kf1 Ng3#

18/08
56.c6! Bxc6 57.Rf6 Bb5 58.Nc5 Rxh3 59.Nxa6 +-
Bacrot had the idea but he tried one move too late.

15/08
1...g5+ 2.Kxh5 Qxg4+! 3.Qxg4 Bf7#

12/08
1...Ra4! clever move! (Cornette played 1...Ra3 but after 2.Rxg6 Rxe3 3.f5 black are suffering and lost 4 moves later ; 1...g5 is interesting but not a safe draw) 2.Kg2 (if Rxg6 Bxf4 exf4 Rxf4 with an immediate draw) Bxf4 3.exf4 Rxf4 4.Be6 Rxg4+ with a draw.

10/08
1...Ra7 (only move, Tkachiev played 1...c5?? and was lost after 2.Ra3 +-) 2.Ra3 Ra5! it's very important to block the pawn as soon as possible. Now it must be draw: black will go to e6 with the king and then play c5.

05/08 (a)
Because 19.Qd5! black still have some compensations but can't play 19...Rxe2 20.Qxd7 Qxf4 because of the unpleasant surprise 21.Qxb7 with a fork!
05/08 (b)
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03/08
1...h5! threatening mate in 1 and stopping all back rank problems, is a nice intermediate move, 2.gxh5 Nc3 3.Rd2 Rxd4! 4.Qxd4 Qxd4 5.Rxd4 Ne2+

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