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Chess Tactics and Games (Day-4)

1) In the end-game position, White plays h5, forcing Black's king away from protecting the pawn, then promotes the pawn to win. 2) In the middle game position, Black sacrifices the exchange with 1...Rxa4, threatening mate in two moves. White defends accurately to reach an endgame draw. 3) The document provides commentary on chess games and positions, analyzing opening, middle game, and endgame stages with the goal of improving strategic and tactical understanding.

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Chess Tactics and Games (Day-4)

1) In the end-game position, White plays h5, forcing Black's king away from protecting the pawn, then promotes the pawn to win. 2) In the middle game position, Black sacrifices the exchange with 1...Rxa4, threatening mate in two moves. White defends accurately to reach an endgame draw. 3) The document provides commentary on chess games and positions, analyzing opening, middle game, and endgame stages with the goal of improving strategic and tactical understanding.

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Unicorn Chess Academy White remains a piece up and maybe Black

can draw because the Bishop doesn't control


20/Dec.2018 the promotion square of the h-pawn?
Answers 4.h5 Ke5
End-Game The King stays in the square of the pawn.
1. White to Play 5.h6 Kf6
6.Bf5! ...
Simple but of great classical beauty; one is
reminded of the early studies of Troitzky. The
King is forced away from the square of the
pawn. Ironically if Black had no pawn he
could now draw by placing his King on f7.
6...Kxf5
7.h7 wins
Usually two Rooks and a Bishop are more
than a good match for a Queen but in this Middle Game
1. Black to Play
position Black has a double attack: The King is
threatening to take the Rook and there is also
the less obvious threat of Qa3+ winning the
Bishop. White redeems himself by a
temporary sacrifice of the Rook.
1.Rd5+ ...
1.Rd3?
Qa5+ 2.Kc4 Qa6+=Black has a perpetual;
1.Rdf6?
Qa3+ 2.Kd2 Qxh3 and we have a difficult
1...Rxa4 2.bxa4
ending with the likely result a draw;
[2.Re6+ Kh5 3.bxa4 b3 4.Rxe7 b2 5.Rb7 Bb4]
1.Rfd2?
Qa3+ 2.Kc4 Qa4+ 3.Kc5 Qa5+ 4.Kc6 Qc3+
2...b3 3.Rg4 Be1+ 4.Kxe1 b2 0–1
5.Kb6 (5.Kd7 Qxh3+ 6.Ke7 Qxh4+ 7.Kxf7=
Thompson Database.) 5...Qxh3 6.R2d5+ Ke4
7.Rd4+ Ke5 probably a draw.
1...Qxd5
Black cannot avoid taking the Rook with the
Queen:
1...Kxd5?
2.Bg2+ wins the Queen;
1...Ke4?
2.Bg2+ Ke3 3.Rf3+ Ke4 4.Rxf7+ Ke3 5.Re5+
Qe4 6.Rxe4#
2.Rf5+ Kd6
3.Rxd5+ Kxd5

End-Game
1.White to Play
1.d4 Nf6 2.c3?! d5 3.Bf4 Bf5!
[Making very good Bishop]

4.Qb3 Nbd7 5.Qxb7 Rb8 6.Qxc7


[6.Qxa7 Rxb2 7.Bxc7 Qc8 8.Nd2 Rb7–+]

6...Qxc7 7.Bxc7 Rxb2 8.Nd2 e6 9.Ngf3 [9.a4


Be7 10.Ngf3 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Nd2 Bg6
13.f3 0–0 14.e4 dxe4 15.fxe4 Rc8 16.Ba5
Bh4+ 17.g3 Bg5 18.c4 Bxd2+ 19.Bxd2 Bxe4
20.Rg1 e5 21.d5 Nc5 22.Bc3 Rc2 23.Bxe5 Re8
24.Bd4 Bf3+ 25.Be2 Nd3+ 26.Kf1 Rcxe2–+]
Middle Game
1.White to Play 9...Ba3 10.e3 Rc2 11.Ba5 Bb2 12.Rb1 Bxc3
13.Bxc3 Rxc3 14.Rb7 Rc1+ 15.Ke2 Rc2
16.Rxa7 Ne4 17.Ke1 Rc1+ 18.Ke2 Nc3#

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