Tactics Sunday : the strength of the bishops pair !!

Black to play and win

you can play through the solution by clicking forward on the right or by trying a move on the board, if you find the right move, the response will be played and you can carry one!

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tactical sequence

Black to play : Sicilian Tactics

Black to play

What is your assessment and can you calculate the best line for each side ?

Critical moment

Black to play : find the best move !

Key moves : find the winning path

Key Move I: White to play and win !

Key Move II: White to play and win

Key Move III: White to play and win

Linear calculation (Horizon)

White to play

Can you calculate until the end , following the steps of the Grandmaster playing White ?
You are not allowed to move the pieces on the board or to use a computer for help !

What is the best move here for Black ?

Black to play and win

Attacking tactics ( level=easy)

To continue with the theme Queen+Knight.

White to play and win ( Position I)

White to play and win ( position II)

Tactical Fireworks !

White to play and win

Find the right move ( tactics again )

White to play and win

Hints:
White should capitalize on having all his pieces developed.
At least two Black pieces are not well coordinated and should be targeted.

Tactics from Mainz 2009 ( ORDIX open )

Fresh GM tactics today !

I Black to play and win : Easy Puzzle

Sasiskirian-Bacrot 2009, Ordix(10)

II White to play. What is the best move for White here ? Medium difficulty

Sargissian-Gashimov Ordix(10) 2009

III White found below a strong attacking move. White to win (Medium difficulty)

Navara-Stevic Ordix(9) 2009

Chess motifs / Candidate Moves

Two simple puzzles to solve today, where Black had a winning continuation -against your author.

Tactics comes down to identifying the motif and review all possible moves (aka candidate moves). The rest is simple, at least in today's puzzles !



I-Black to play and win




II-Black to play and win

Two easy tactics on Material Winning

In the first position, White has an easy way to win material.
This is extracted from the position reached by Morozevich against Korchnoi in 2004

White to play and win

In the second position, White has a way to win material in two moves. This position was reached in the blindfold game Ivanchuk-Anand 2007, Monaco.

White to play and win

Calculate well !

Feel free to post your solutions/questions in the comments section.

Warming up with tactics (Easy exercises)

Four simple tactical exercises. Tactical warm-up ! Here after finding the right first move, even the best defence will not save the weaker camp. It is a matter of researching all candidate moves, and selecting the decisive one to clinch the game. Calculate well !

1. Black to play and win (Anand-Aronian, 2008)

2. White to play and win (Kramnik-Leko 2004)

3. Black to play and win (Leko-Kramnik 2004)

4. White to play and win (Anand-Carlsen, 2007)

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Solutions here http://games.top10chess.com/tactics08.htm

Kasparov or the killer instinct

Here's another position to test your tactics. Kasparov had the white pieces in the following position and attacked aggressively.Can you find the killer move the world champion played ?

White to play and win

Kasparov-Lautier 1994

Tactics #3

White to play and win

From a game played online thechesscorner-N.N 2007

Solution:

1 Nd5! wins.

1..Bd5 is met by 2Rc8! while 1..Qd5 loses because of 2Bf6 with mate on g7. This tactical theme is called overloading.