These days the European Championship is being held. In round 6 a member of the leading group, Arkadij Naiditsch, won a very nice game against Ivan Sokolov. Which surprising tactical blow decided the game in white’s favour?
It is white’s 10th move and there is already a win possible. Can you spot it?
Also, Sutovsky played a very nice game in round 6 against Kozul. White to move and win.
Jens,
Re: Tactic Tuesday #24,Naiditsch (W) vs Sokolov (B) (1st frame in series,March 27,2012)
White has a draw possibility if:
1) G6-F7+,H8-G8
2) F7-H6+G8-H8
3) H6-F7+,H8-G8,etc.
P.S.-I’m new to this website,following it on Google+
I think you should number the the chess frames/examples given in Tactic Tuesday to make commenting easier in the future. Thanks!
@Robert
Thanks for the proposal, we will consider this and pass this idea on to our contributor. Having numbers to the puzzles makes commenting much easier.
Regarding the first puzzle, after 1.Nf7 Kg8 2.Nh6 black can take the knight on h6 with his bishop on g7, so this is not the right solution. But the you are right, the black king is the target in this puzzle.
Better playing: KXh7!
Not a huge expert, but I’d probably go with:
1. Bxg6, Rxd1+
2. Rxd1, hxg6
3. Nf7+, Kg8
4. Nxd6
It gives up the bishop for two pawns, but the bishop had limited mobility and the resulting position exposes the king and isolates two other pawns.
I doubt this is the sequence played and there’s likely something better that I can’t see, but I would try this in any game in the park.
I’m curious about the answer.