Topalov-Aronian 2006
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For annotations and analysis to the game, please visit the following link:
http://www.geocities.com/thechesscorner/topalovaronian2006.htm
The game is famous for the double exchange sacrifice used by Topalov, the first one being prepared before the actual game with his second Cheparinov. Serious home preparation indeed !
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
August 2007 solutions
Chess puzzles Solutions ( August 2007)
Position 1: 1 Bg6! Rh6 2 Bf7! and checkmate on g7 or g8 cannot be prevented. Note that 1..Bg6 2Qg6 followed by the deviation Rd8+ is winning as well.
Position 2: 1 Nh6+! gh6 2 Qh6 Bf6 3 Bf6 wins. 2..Bf8 3 Qg5+ leads to checkmate.
Position 3: 1 Rh7+ Kh7 2 Qh5+ Kg8 3 Ne7+ wins for White. 3..Kg7 4 Nf5+ Kg8 5 Nd6 +-
Position 4: 1..Qh4! and taking on g3 will follow. 2 Kh2 Rgg3 3 fg3 Qg3+ wins for Black.
Position 5: 1..Bf2+ 2 Kf2 ( forced) Qb6+ 3 Kf1 Bc8!! with devastating check from a6.
Position 6: 1..Bb3 ! 2 ab3 Rb3+ 3 Rb3 Qd2!+ wins. Brute force attack !
Position 7: 1..Rh3+! 2 Kg1 f3! wins. If 2 gh3 2..Qe4+ followed by Nf3+ wins the Queen.
Position 8: 1..Nd2! (Black promotes if White takes the knight) 2 a4 b1=Q 3 Rb1 Nb1 4 a5 Rb5
Position 9: 1..Nd7+! 2.Kc7 2..Ra7+ 3 Kc8 Nb6+ 4 Kb8 Rd7! wins for Black. The white King walks into checkmate schemes, with no help from white pieces !
Position 10: 1 Re4! Re4 2 Rb6! wins since the Black's queen is overloaded and White threatens to promote the a-pawn as well as giving check on the last rank.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
August 2007 Hints
Hints ( Aug 07)
Puzzle 1: The Black queen is too far away to defend. Try to open more lines !
Puzzle 2: The bishop in b2 is powerful. How to extend its range ?
Puzzle 3: Morphy sensed that Black's lack of coordination could be exploited. Try to get closer to the king.
Puzzle 4: The rooks are active, but can you bring another piece into the action ?
Puzzle 5: The first 2 moves are logical ( attacking the white king) but the third one is about geometry ( there's an elegant switchback move to be found ).
Puzzle 6: Try to break through the defenses by destroying them.
Puzzle 7: It's time to strike, as all your pieces are centralized. The White Queen is not protected!
Puzzle 8: Tactical motives help strategical goals : here the goal is to promote the b pawn.
Puzzle 9 :Was it safe for White to bring his king so far into the enemy's territory ?
Puzzle 10: Opposite bishops help the attacking side. Try to sacrifice pieces for a larger pay-back.
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Saturday, August 4, 2007
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
July 07 Tactical Puzzles Solutions
July 2007 Solutions
(chess tactics explained)
Position 1 ( Kasparov-Short 1993)
1 Nh6! Nh6 [ 1..Bf6 2 Bf7! 1-0 happened in the game ]
2 Qg5+ Kh7 3 Bc2! Bf6 4 Qf6 [threatening Re7 or Re8] Rg8 5 Re6! and White is winning
Position 2 ( Internet Game 2007 )
1 Re4! Qa5 [ 1..Ne4 2 Qh7+ ] 2 R1e3 Qa1+ 3 Bf1 Bf5 4 Rf4!? Qc1 5 g4! with a winning attack
Position 3 ( Tal-Koblentz, 1976 )
1 f6 !! Re2 2 fg7 Rd2 3 Bd2! Qe2 4 Kc1 1-0
Note that 1..gf6 doesn't save Black since 2 g7 Rg6 3 Rg1! wins for White.
Position 4 ( Adams-Giorgadze, 1997 )
1 Qd2!! Superb move, if Black takes the queen , then Ra8+ leads to checkmate.
1.. Qc6 2 Qh6+ Ke8 3 Qe6 1-0 [ if 3..Kf8 4 Ra7 Qe8 5 Ne7]
Position 5 ( Aleksandrov-Lugovoi 2003)
1 Rd5! 1-0 Black can't take the queen because of checkmate on g7.
Position 6 (Svidler-Nedobora)
1 Qe6! Nf8 2 Nf6! Bf6 3 Qd5!! and Black has no moves. For instance 3..Nd7
4 Bf6 Nf6 5 Rf6 wins easily for White.
Position 7 ( Internet Game )
1..h4! (attacking White's king) 2 Qf8+ Bg7 3 Qd6 Qg4+ 4 Kg2 Qc4 wins a piece for Black.
Position 8 (Huzman-Kasparov 2003)
1 Bd5! ( Bishop can't be taken because of Ne7+ or Qg7 #) Qe8 2 Bc4! 1-0
Position 9 (Internet Game, playchess.com )
1 ..Rd8! ( Wins a piece ) 2 c3 c5! 0-1
Position 10 ( Gelfand-Kasparov 1997)
1..Bf1! Kf1 2.. Ne3+ 3 Ke1 Qh4!+ ( the strongest as the two bishops are lost) 4 Kd3 Nf5 0-1
Note that 1..Be2 2 Kh1 Qh4 is good for Black but not as clear as Kasparov's move.
July07 puzzles Hints
Here are hints if you need a little help to solve July puzzles.
Position 1: You need to focus on attacking the Black king and for that remove something which keeps him safe.
Position 2: The knight in f6 is defending h7. You can introduce a deviation and bring more forces into the attack.
Position 3: Don't hesitate to consider all candidate moves. A radical breaktrough is needed !
Position 4 : The Black Queen will soon be overloaded. Try to think in terms of a double attack.
Position 5 : The Black Queen has lots of things to do. Can you take advantage of that fact ?
Position 6 : You need to increase the pressure and get closer to the King. Sometimes quiet moves introduce strong threats.
Position 7 : The White king is in danger obviously. And the bishop c4 could soon be hanging as well.
Position 8: Overloading again. Can you combine threats against the King and the Queen ?
Position 9: White is defending. In particular, one of his pieces is awkwardly placed. Try to win a piece.
Position 10: Think of all candidate moves, and try to think of a temporary piece sacrifice. Attacking the King will bring you victory!
Position 1: You need to focus on attacking the Black king and for that remove something which keeps him safe.
Position 2: The knight in f6 is defending h7. You can introduce a deviation and bring more forces into the attack.
Position 3: Don't hesitate to consider all candidate moves. A radical breaktrough is needed !
Position 4 : The Black Queen will soon be overloaded. Try to think in terms of a double attack.
Position 5 : The Black Queen has lots of things to do. Can you take advantage of that fact ?
Position 6 : You need to increase the pressure and get closer to the King. Sometimes quiet moves introduce strong threats.
Position 7 : The White king is in danger obviously. And the bishop c4 could soon be hanging as well.
Position 8: Overloading again. Can you combine threats against the King and the Queen ?
Position 9: White is defending. In particular, one of his pieces is awkwardly placed. Try to win a piece.
Position 10: Think of all candidate moves, and try to think of a temporary piece sacrifice. Attacking the King will bring you victory!
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