A Couple of Easy Tactics

14 days ago

White to move and win material

The above positions were from the following game.

d4 d6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c5 8. h3 a6 9. O-O Rb8 10. a3 Ne8 11. Rc1 Nc7 12. b4 b5 13. dxc5 dxc5

[Black has been preparing to push b5 but this fails because White's dark squared Bishop covers the h2-b8 diagonal and pins the Knight on c7]

14.cxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Rxb5

[Black can't take with the c7 Knight so he takes with the Rook (Rxb5) instead, reaching the first position above but that still loses]

16.Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Bxb5 Nf6 18. Rxc5 Qb6 19. Qc2 Be6 20. Bd3 Rd8 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Rc1 Ne8 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Qb7 25. Be4 Qd7 26. Rc5 Nd6 27. Bf3 Qe6 28. Bd5 Qf6 29. Ba2 Ne4 30. Rc6 Qh4 31. Rc4 f5 32. Rxe4+ Kh8 33. Rxh4 { Black resigns. } 1-0

Solutions in the comments.

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@iamchessguy 56

14 days ago

Solution 1

! Bxc7 followed by Bxb5 win some material.

Solution 2

! Rxe4+ discovered check wins the Black Queen.

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14 days ago

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14 days ago

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