Tactics positions to solve

5 tactical positions to solve today


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Last post of the year- Tactics

Black to play in the following position:

This is a position requiring careful analysis of various continuations (difficult). The tactical theme is once again attack against the white king. Good luck ( this position is coming from a correspondence game with Black being the belgium player M. Geenen).

Sicilian Attacks with Black : Tactics Quiz !

The previous post featured a nice sicilian game won by GM Ivanchuk in his last game against Cheparinov in the M-Tel 2008 tournament.

Here, we present 4 tactical training positions. There are all issued from the Sicilian Defence, and all feature a tactical idea leading to the victory of the black pieces. Please note that a previous post showed an attack from Kasparov in a Sicilian Scheveningen against GM Michael Adams in Linares 2005.

The roster in this quiz includes games from GMs J.Polgar, Delchev and V. Ivanchuk (again!)

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1.Black to play and win ( Ehlvest-Ivanchuk, 1991)
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2. Black to play and win (Zaragatski-Delchev 2005)
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3. Black to play and win ( Nijboer-J.Polgar 1989)

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4. Black to play and win ( Xie Jun-Polgar 1988)

SOLUTIONS:
Replay all games on a board with annotations here

October 2007 tactical positions ( Part I)

October Quiz ( Part I)

1. White to play and win

2. White to play and win




3.Black to play and win




4. White to play and win