Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Gashimov-Miton 2008 (level: difficult, hint provided)

V. Gashimov won two high-level events recently: Capelle-La-Grande open (tied for first) and the Baku Grand Prix (tied for first again). Let's take a look at the following position with White having a decisive advantage. The idea is to take advantage of the Queen in d7 defending key squares and pieces. The variation is long as Black can defend for at least three or four moves...


White to play and win


Gashimov-Miton 2008

Calculate well!

Hint: the tactial theme here is overloading.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

1. Bg5!
1...Rxd1; 2.Bxf6+ and 3.Rxd1 (white wins)
1...Bxg5; 2.Rxd6,Qxd6. 3.Qxf7+ and Qxe8
1...Re6; 2.Bxe6

chess_planet said...

1. Bg5! is the right move played by Gashimov.
Miton resisted by playing 1..Qe7.
It follows 2 Rd6 Qd6 3 Rd1 Qe7.

How did Gashimov break through then ?