[Event "Promotion threats 1"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pawn race"] [Black "(basic)"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "Jochens,Arne"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/pk6/8/8/8/8/6KP/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "9"] 1. h4 a5 2. h5 a4 3. h6 a3 4. h7 a2 5. h8=Q $18 * [Event "Promotion threats 2"] [Site "?"] [Date "1895.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Schiffers"] [Black "(Study)"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "Jochens,Arne"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/5p1p/8/K6k/8/8/PP6/8 w - - 0 2"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "1895.??.??"] 2. b4 f5 3. b5 f4 4. b6 f3 5. b7 f2 6. b8=Q f1=Q 7. Qb5+ $1 Qxb5+ 8. Kxb5 Kg4 9. a4 h5 10. a5 h4 11. a6 h3 12. a7 h2 13. a8=Q $18 * [Event "Promotion threats 3"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017.02.18"] [Round "?"] [White "Split pawns"] [Black "(Rule of the common square)"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "Jochens,Arne"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1k6/8/P2P4/8/8/8/K7 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "8"] 1... Ka6 2. d6 Kb7 3. a6+ Kc6 4. a7 Kb7 5. d7 $18 * [Event "Capturing threats (EU-chT)"] [Site "Vienna"] [Date "1957.08.26"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Zita, Frantisek"] [Black "Bronstein, David I"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A48"] [Annotator "Jochens,Arne"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1957.08.22"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"] [BlackTeam "Soviet Union"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c4 e6 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rfd1 a5 12. Nb1 Ne4 13. Nfd2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Qh5 20. Kg2 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Rae8 22. Rd5 f5 23. h3 Re6 24. a3 Qh4 25. f4 g5 26. fxg5 Qxg5+ 27. Kf1 Qh5 28. Qe2 Qxh3+ 29. Ke1 f4 30. Kd2 Qg2 31. Kd3 fxe3 32. fxe3 Qg6+ 33. Kd2 Ref6 34. Qd3 Qg2+ 35. Kc3 Qg7 36. Rd1 {Diagram #} c6 (36... Rf2+ 37. Qd4 (37. Rd4 c5) 37... R8f6 {also wins.}) (36... Rf3+ 37. Kc2 (37. Qd4 Rxe3+)) (36... Rf4+ 37. Kc2) 37. Rd4 (37. Rxd6 Rxd6+) (37. Rh5 Rf5+) 37... c5 38. Rd5 Rf2+ 0-1 [Event "Pawn break (Isle of Man)"] [Site "Isle of Man"] [Date "2019.10.12"] [Round "3.69"] [White "Sarin, Nihal"] [Black "Nebolsina, Vera"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2252"] [Annotator "Chess.com; AJ"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Ne5 c6 8. Be2 Nfd7 {Diagram #} (8... Nbd7 {The natural knight move is better.}) 9. g4 $1 { Nihal sniffs the smallest opportunity and grabs it.} Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bxg4 11. Bxg4 hxg4 12. Qxg4 Nd7 {Diagram #} 13. f4 $5 (13. Qg3 $1 $16) (13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. h5 Nf6 15. Qg2 Rh8 16. hxg6 Rxh1+ 17. Qxh1 fxg6 18. O-O-O $14) (13. h5 Bxe5 $1 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qg3 Qd6 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. O-O-O Nc4 $132) 13... Qc8 $1 ( 13... f6 14. h5 $1 gxh5 (14... fxe5 15. Qe6+) 15. Qxh5 fxe5 16. fxe5 $40) ( 13... Nxe5 14. fxe5 $16) 14. Qg3 f6 $1 15. h5 {Nihal simply goes for it.} (15. Rg1 {also gives compensation.}) 15... gxh5 $4 (15... fxe5 $8 16. h6 (16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qf5 $132) 16... Bf6 17. dxe5 Kh7 $1 18. exf6 Nxf6 $11) 16. O-O-O {The game is effectively over. The white pieces will simply clean up on the kingside now.} fxe5 17. Rdg1 Rf7 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxh5 $6 (19. fxe5 $18) 19... Ng4 $2 (19... Qg4 $8 20. Qh2 Rf5 $8 21. Rxg4 Nxg4 22. Qh3 Rxh5 23. Qxh5 Nxe3 24. Qg6 $16) 20. Qh4 $1 {Not interested in the material at all.} e5 21. Rxg4 Kf8 (21... Qxg4 22. Qxg4 Re8 23. Ne2 {Black holds on for longer, but she is just lost.}) 22. Rxg7 $3 {A decisive blow!} Rxg7 23. Rh8+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ Ke7 25. Qxe5+ {A simple attack that gives a clean win to the Indian prodigy.} 1-0 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017.01.27"] [Round "?"] [White "INTRO"] [Black "Forcing Major Piece Moves"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "Jochens,Arne"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6rk/3r1p1p/4pPpQ/8/8/R7/2q2PPP/1R4K1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "3"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] {Targets?} 1. Qxh7+ (1. Rab3 $4 Rd1+ (1... Qd1+) (1... Qxb3)) (1. Qg7+ Rxg7 2. Ra8+ Rg8 3. Rxg8+ Kxg8 4. Rb8+ Qc8 5. Rxc8+ Rd8 6. Rxd8#) 1... Kxh7 2. Rh3# { Forcing major piece moves are among the easiest forcing moves to miss, because in an open position, there are so many of them.} * [Event "Raging rooks"] [Site "?"] [Date "1921.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Rinck"] [Black "(Study)"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Jochens,Arne"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3r2r1/7k/8/7K/8/8/8/3RR3 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "13"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. Re7+ Kh8 (1... Rg7 2. Rxg7+ Kxg7 3. Rxd8) 2. Kh6 Rge8 (2... Rgf8 3. Rh7+ Kg8 4. Rg1#) 3. Rdd7 $18 (3. Kg6 Rg8+ 4. Kh6 Rge8 {just repeats.}) (3. Rc7 $2 Rxd1) (3. Rh7+ $2 Kg8 4. Rg1+ Kf8 5. Rgg7 (5. Rf1+ Kg8 6. Rg7+ Kh8 7. Rff7 Re6+ $11) 5... Re6+ $11) 3... Kg8 4. Rg7+ Kh8 (4... Kf8 5. Rdf7#) 5. Rh7+ Kg8 6. Rdg7+ Kf8 7. Rh8# 1-0 [Event "Decoy (Curacao)"] [Site "Curacao"] [Date "2002.11.26"] [Round "8"] [White "Timman, Jan H"] [Black "Kosashvili, Yona"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2594"] [BlackElo "2543"] [Annotator "Bulletin; AJ"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2002.11.02"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AHO"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.01.09"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qb3 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. d4 d6 8. Bd3 e5 9. Ne2 Re8 10. d5 e4 11. Bc2 Ne5 12. Ng3 b5 13. cxb5 Ned7 14. b4 Bb7 15. Bb2 Bxd5 16. O-O-O Re5 17. Rhf1 Rc8 18. f4 exf3 19. gxf3 c5 20. Kb1 cxb4 21. Qxb4 Ba2+ 22. Kxa2 Rxc2 23. Kb1 Rxb2+ 24. Kxb2 Qb8 25. Rc1 Nc5 26. Rfd1 Nd5 27. Qa5 Nxe3 28. Rd4 h5 29. a4 Ne6 30. f4 Rc5 31. Rxc5 dxc5 32. Re4 Nd1+ 33. Kc2 Nf2 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Qe1 Qxf4 36. Qxe6+ Kf8 37. Qc8+ Kf7 38. Qd7+ Kf8 39. Qd8+ Kf7 40. Qd7+ Kg6 $4 {Diagram #} 41. Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 42. Nxh5+ Kf7 43. Nxf4 Ke7 44. h4 Kd6 45. h5 Ng4 46. Kc3 Nh6 47. a5 Ng4 48. a6 1-0 [Event "Preparing decoy (Queens vs. Kings)"] [Site "Jinan"] [Date "2002.07.21"] [Round "2"] [White "Xie, Jun"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C09"] [WhiteElo "2562"] [BlackElo "2682"] [Annotator "Bulletin; AJ"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2002.07.21"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.12"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 cxd4 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nb3 Nge7 9. Nbxd4 O-O 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. c3 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Re1 Ng6 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. b3 Rfe8 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Nxe1 c5 19. Ndf3 h6 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Qd2 Ne7 22. h3 Bf5 23. Nd3 Be4 24. Nfe1 g5 25. b4 cxb4 26. cxb4 Qc4 27. Bc5 Bxc5 28. Nxc5 Nc6 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. a3 Nd4 31. h4 f6 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Qe3 Kf7 34. Kh2 Ne6 35. Qa7+ Kg6 36. Qe7 Ng7 37. f3 exf3 38. Nxf3 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Qxa3 41. Qe4+ Kh6 42. Qd4 Nh5 43. Qd8 Qb3 44. Qh8+ Kg6 45. Qe8+ Qf7 46. Qc6 Qe7 47. Qxa6 Qxb4 48. Qd3+ Kh6 49. Qd8 Qf4+ 50. Kg1 Ng7 51. Nd4 g4 { Diagram #} 52. Qh8+ Kg6 53. Qxg7+ $1 (53. Qxg7+ Kxg7 54. Ne6+) 1-0 [Event "Zwischenzug (Kiel)"] [Site "Kiel"] [Date "2009.08.06"] [Round "8"] [White "AJ"] [Black "Hanhörster, Stephan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [Annotator "Jochens,Arne"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. Rc1 Nf8 11. Qc2 g6 12. f3 Ne6 13. Bh4 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bf2 d4 16. exd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Qf4 21. Ne4 Be6 {Diagram #} 22. Qc7 $1 (22. Nxf6+ $2 Qxf6) (22. Qc7 Qxc7 (22... Qh4 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. Nxf6+ $1 Kg7 $6 25. Nxe8+ $1 Rxe8 26. hxg3 $18) (22... Qf5 23. Nd6 $18) (22... Nd5 23. Qxf4 Nxf4 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 $18) 23. Nxf6+ $1 Kg7 $6 24. Nxe8+ $1 Rxe8 25. Rxc7 $18) 1-0 [Event "Deflection, zw.zug (Karlsbad)"] [Site "Karlsbad CZE"] [Date "1923.04.29"] [Round "2"] [White "Gruenfeld, Ernst"] [Black "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D64"] [Annotator "Jochens,Arne"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1923.04.28"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 a6 9. a3 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Ba2 c5 14. Rd1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. Bb1 Bb7 17. O-O Rac8 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qc2 g6 21. Qe2 Nc4 22. Be4 Bg7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rc1 e5 25. Nb3 e4 26. Nd4 Red8 27. Rfd1 Ne5 28. Na2 Nd3 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. f3 Rxd4 31. fxe4 Nf4 32. exf4 {Diagram #} Qc4 $1 (32... Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qc4 (33... Qc5+ 34. Kh1)) (32... Qc5 33. Rxd4 Qxd4+ ( 33... Bxd4+ 34. Kf1) 34. Kf1) (32... Qd8 33. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 34. Kf1) 33. Qxc4 (33. Qf3 Qxa2) (33. Nc3 Qxe2) 33... Rxd1+ $1 34. Qf1 (34. Kf2 bxc4 $19) 34... Bd4+ $1 (34... Bd4+ $1 35. Kh1 Rxf1#) 0-1 [Event "Queen forks"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "Nunn; AJ"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "K7/P4k2/8/8/8/8/4R3/1r6 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "39"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. Rc2 Ke7 2. Rc8 $1 Kd6 $5 (2... Kd7 3. Rb8) 3. Rb8 Rh1 4. Kb7 Rb1+ 5. Kc8 (5. Ka6 Ra1+ 6. Kb6 Rb1+ 7. Ka5 Ra1+ 8. Kb6 Rb1+) 5... Rc1+ 6. Kd8 Rg1 $5 7. Rb6+ ( 7. Ke8 {may be an easier way to win.} Re1+ (7... Ke6 8. Kf8 Rf1+ 9. Kg8 Rg1+ 10. Kh7 $18) 8. Kf8 Rf1+ 9. Kg7 $18) 7... Kc5 {Diagram #} 8. Rc6+ $1 Kxc6 (8... Kd5 9. Ra6 $1 $18 (9. Rc8 Kd6 10. Rc6+ Kd5 {repeats.})) 9. a8=Q+ Kb6 10. Qb8+ Kc6 (10... Ka5 11. Qa7+) 11. Qc7+ Kd5 12. Qb7+ Ke5 13. Qb2+ Kd5 (13... Kf4 14. Qf2+) 14. Qb5+ Ke4 15. Qe2+ Kd5 16. Qd3+ Kc6 17. Qc4+ Kb7 18. Qb5+ Ka8 { Diagram #} 19. Qa6+ $18 Kb8 20. Qb6+ * Complete and Continue