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Tactics: Insisting on a Gruenfeld

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Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 05/27/2014 - 16:47

It is White to Play in this week's Canadian Tactic, which comes from:
Harry Moore - Robert North
2014 Grand Pacific Open
Victoria, BC.

Tactics: Endgame Evil

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Submitted by John Upper on Sat, 05/17/2014 - 11:29

What happens on 68... Kd1?

from: Sutovsky - Hambleton
Tradewise Gibraltar
2014.02.03

Tactics: Leaving Reykjavik in Style

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 04/30/2014 - 23:20

This week's Canadian Tactic comes from Kazmaier - WGM Vojinovic (Reykjavik Open, 2014).
Black to play.

Tactics: Too Close for Comfort

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Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 04/21/2014 - 16:42

This week's Canadian Tactic comes from Esserman - Piasetski, San Francisco, 2014.

White has just played 28.Re7 and has pieces swarming the Black King. Black would feel more comfortable if he could trade a Rook. Should he try:
28...Rf8 or 28...Rd8 (planning ...Rd7)

Tactics: Lonely King

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Submitted by John Upper on Tue, 04/15/2014 - 14:36

Van Rooy - Milinkovic
Guelph Pro-Am U2000
2014.01.25

Black to play:
Question 1: What happens on ...Qxd3?
Question 2: What happens on ...h6?

Tactics: Good Move? Better Move?

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Submitted by John Upper on Thu, 04/10/2014 - 00:04

Black has just played 23...Qf4, attacking the h4-pawn and not fearing h4-h5.

Question 1: what happens after 24.h5 gxh5?
Question 2: does White have anything better?

From M.Chang - O. Nikulich,
Pere Noel, Montreal (2013.12.26)

Tactics: It's not over... or is it?

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Submitted by John Upper on Sat, 03/29/2014 - 22:48

White's Knight is straining to cope with Black's pawn, but it's not over yet...
What happens if White plays 57.e5-e6!?

Tactics: Bator's Brainwave

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Submitted by John Upper on Mon, 03/24/2014 - 17:21

Canadian champion GM Bator Sambuev writes:
"Going into this position I thought I have nothing better than the routine Nxf8, winning a piece; but then I got a brainwave..."

What did Bator see and play?

Tactics: A good Knight for a bad King?

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 03/05/2014 - 23:56

Black's Nc5 is attacked but can't move because it is pinned to the Qd5. Rank Black's following options:

a) 28... Qf5
b) 28... Qd7
c) 28... Rxf2

Tactics: Blockade or Attack?

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Submitted by John Upper on Fri, 02/14/2014 - 23:07

White has an Isolated Queen's Pawn. What should Black do: blockade it with ...Nb5? or attack it with ...Rad8?

From the game:
Jeffrey Zhu (CAN) - Rowan Willathgamuwa (AUS)
WYCC U12, Al Ain, UAE
2013.12.20

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