Tactics,Tactics

Hess-Van Wely (Foxwoods,CT 2009)

Black to play and win !

Note that the very strong dutchman did not find the winning move here and eventually drew the game against the american revelation IM Hess, soon to be GM.

2 Tactical Exercizes

Two positions to calculate with White to play in each case

1. Find the best move for White

2. Find the best move for White and evaluate the position with best play by both sides

Technique & tactics

White to play in the following position. What is the best move for White ?

Alternatively, try to win this position with White against your favorite chess engine.

1.?

3 blitz games tactics

In each position below, the goal is to find the best continuation.
Tactics and missed calculations in action...

Position I: What did White play here ?

1. Qxg5 or 1. Rg1

Position II: Black to play , earlier in the same game

Black played 1..Qb6. Does Rybka agree?

Position III: Black to play
I just played Qe4-e5 in the position below, to control b2 and play h5-h6.
Enough to win ?

I was playing White in all three positions:
I was able to win in position I, while I shouldn't have survived the game if my opponent had seen the right move in position II earlier on.
I won with White in the last diagram, but only after my opponent let me back in the game.

Conclusion: Chess is 99% tactics, at least in blitz.