From the Pawn's perspectives

Politika Newspaper weekly puzzle 15

Hey there,

Again, in Politika Newspaper, Marjan Kovačević, grandmaster of chess composition, published another problem from the European Championship. This time it is mate in 4, with an idea which is very hard to find. So, as always on my blog, you can try this tough puzzle here:

Evgeny Bogdanov

"Уралски проблемист" 2005.

Mate in 4

The art of chess

Politika Newspaper weekly puzzle 14

Hello everyone,

This is an endgame study from European Team Senior Championsip in solving chess problems in Athens, of which will be discussed later. As I don't want to reveal too much, the study has got great content, with very nice moves, as you can see: 

 

Yehuda Hoch,

2. Prize Israel RT 1982.

White wins

Pawns

Strategy

Never give up

Target

Someone stays, someone falls, sometimes we fall when we tend to fall down.

Politika Newspaper weekly puzzle 13

On 9-10 Apr 2016, chess problem composing and solving tournament in Baku was ongoing. The following problem achieved special prize. White uses Black's vulnerable King position to play a nice little tactical move, and Black can't avoid the misery.

Alexey Oganesyan,

Special award Baku OT 2016.

Mate in three

Final Cadet Chess Championship of Belgrade Boys U12 - Round 4

Hello everyone,

I've played in Final Cadet Chess Championship of Belgrade Boys U12, as you can see here:

http://drdukis-chess-corner4.blogspot.rs/2016/04/great-sunday_6.html

I have played my best game in tournament at round 4, I was board 4.  This game I prepared for 3..a6, but my opponent played 3..Qc7, a move that I've never seen before. So, here's the game:

Mijatovic, Dusan (1652 FIDE) - A.M. (0 FIDE)

1-0 , Round 4 , Apr 3, 2016 ECO: B30

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qc7

As I said, I prepared for 3..a6, so all next moves I found during the game.

4. O-O a6 5. Bxc6 Qxc6?

He should of done either both good 5... bxc6 with the idea 6...a5 7... Ba6 or 5... dxc6 with classical development.

6. d4!

A pawn sacrifice, that I didn't prepare at home and compensation for a pawn is tremendous lead in development.

6... Qxe4 7. Nc3 Qc6 8. dxc5 Qxc5?!

8... e6 and I am a little better. Now I am really better.

9. Ne4 Qc6 10. Te1

Threatening 11.Nd6+

Main variation I calculated is : 10... e6 11. Bf4! d5 12. Ne5! Qb5 13. c4! dc4 14. Rc1! +-

Such a beautiful position! White is down two pawns, and when I put this in the engine, it says +- (4.44)!!!

Unfortunately, he played:

10... g6?? 11. Nd6+ Kd8 12. Nxf7+ Ke8 13. Nxh8? (Nd6+ Ke8 14. Ne5 +-)  Qf6 14. Nxg6 Qxg6 15. Ne5 Qf6 16. Qh5+ Kd8 17. Qxh7 Qg7 18. Qxg7 Bxg7 19. Nc4 Kc7 20. Be3 Rb8?! 21. Bf4+! d6 22. Rxe7+! 

22... Nxe7 23. Bxd6+ Kc6 24. Bxb8 

And on move 50, Black gave up.

After this win, i got 2.5 out of 4, and got good chances for winning bronze medal:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr214569.aspx?lan=14&art=1&rd=4&wi=821 

Here's the PGN:

[Date "2016.04.03"]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[White "Mijatovic, Dusan"]
[WhiteElo "1652"]
[Black "A.M."]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Event "Final Belgrade B12"]
[Round "4"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qc7 4.O-O a6 5.Bxc6 Qxc6? { He should of done both good : } ( 5...bxc6 6.d3 a5 7.Nbd2 Ba6 ) ( 5...dxc6 6.d3 Bg4 7.Nbd2 e6 8.b3 Nf6 9.Bb2 Be7 10.a4 O-O 11.a5 Nd7 12.Nc4 ) 6.d4! 6...Qxe4 7.Nc3 Qc6 8.dxc5 Qxc5?! ( 8...e6 ) 9.Ne4 Qc6? ( 9...Qc7 ) 10.Re1 { +/- } 10...g6?? ( 10...e6 11.Bf4! 11...d5 12.Ne5 Qb5 13.c4 dxc4 14.Rc1 { White is just winning. } ) 11.Nd6+ Kd8 12.Nxf7+ Ke8 13.Nxh8? ( 13.Nd6+ Kd8 14.Ne5 ) 13...Qf6 14.Nxg6 Qxg6 15.Ne5 Qf6 16.Qh5+ Kd8 17.Qxh7 Qg7 18.Qxg7 Bxg7 19.Nc4 Kc7 20.Be3 Rb8?! 21.Bf4+ d6 22.Rxe7+! Nxe7 23.Bxd6+
1-0

Hope you enjoyed this game!