Intermediate Test

1. 

   Lösung 593

   Lubbe – Parligras
   2nd Bundesliga 2021/2

   27.Sf5! exf5 28.Txe8+ Kf7 29.Tde1 +–

   • 27.Sxg6? Dxd4 28.Tde1 Dd2 29.Sh4 Dxf2+ 30.Kh1 Te2 –+
   • 27...gxf5 28.Tg3+ Kf7 29.Dg7#

2. 

   Lösung 594

   Lu Shanglei – Zhang Zhong
   Chinese Team Ch 2022

   17...cxb5! 18.Sxf5 De8 19.Dg4 Sg5! –+

   • 17...La5+? 18.b4 Lxb4+ 19.Kf1! cxb5 20.Sxf5 ±
   • 18.Shg6 Lxg6 19.Sxg6 Df7 20.Sxf8 Kxf8 –+

3. 

   Lösung 595

   Ter-Sahakyan – Atakhan
   Erevan 2022

   23.Td5! Le6 24.Txe5 Kd7 25.Th5 +–

4. 

   Lösung 596

   Rapport – Mazé
   World Rapid Ch, Almaty 2022

   21.c4! Dd7 22.Sxf7 Lxd2 23.e6 Dc7 24.Dxd2 +–

5. 

   Lösung 597

   S. Williams – Paravyan
   Internet rapid 2023

   10...Sxc3 11.Dd2 Sc6 0-1

6. 

   Lösung 598

   Loftgård – Galperin
   Stavanger 2023

   38...Db7! 39.Db6 Ta8+ 40.Kb5 Lc4+ 41.Kc5 Tc8+ –+

   • 39.Dd8 Txd8 40.Txd8+ Kg7 –+
   • 40...Ld7+ 41.Txd7 Dxd7+ –+

7. 

   Lösung 599

   Xu Yinglun – Zhao Jun
   Chinese Ch, Xinghua 2022

   36.Dxc4! Td1+ 37.Se1! 1-0

   • 37.Kf2?? Dxh2#
   • 37...Txe1+ 38.Kf2 +–

8. 

   Lösung 600

   V. Krishnan – A. Horvath
   Budapest 2022

   41.Tf8+! 1-0

   • 41...Txf8 42.f7+ Kh7 43.Tg7+ Kh8 44.Tg2+ Kh7 45.Txf2 +–

9. 

   Lösung 601

   Krivolapov – Van Delft
   Belgian Team Ch 2022/3

   41.Tc6! 1-0

   • 41...Lxc6 42.dxc6 +–

10. 

    Lösung 602

    Valenzuela Gomez – Alsina Leal
    Barbera del Valles 2022

    23.Sf6+! gxf6 24.exf6 Db3 25.Txb2 Dxd3 26.Lxd3 +–

    • 23...Kh8 24.Dh7#
    • 24...Kh8 25.Dh3 +–
    • 24...Tfb8 25.Dg3+ Kf8 26.Dg7+ Ke8 27.Dg8#

11. 

    Lösung 603

    D. Khamrakulov – Sarkar
    New York 2022

    20.Lf4! Lxf4 21.g3 1-0

    • 20.g3? Lc5+ 21.Le3! (21.Kh1?? Lf3+ 22.Dxf3 Txf1+ 23.Dxf1 De4+ 24.Dg2 De1+ 25.Dg1 Dxg1#) 21...Txe3 22.gxh4 Txd3+ 23.Kh1 Td2 =

12. 

    Lösung 604

    Maghsoodloo – Yilmaz
    Shusha rapid 2022

    36.Lxg6! hxg6 37.Txg6+ 1-0

    • 37...Tg7 38.Dxh5 +–
    • 37...Kf8 38.Dxh5 +–
    • 37...Sg7 38.Td8+ Tf8 39.Txf8+ Kxf8 40.Dh8+ +–

13. 

    Lösung 605

    Erigaisi – Carlsen
    Internet rapid 2022

    28...S4d5! 29.Lxd5 Sg4 0-1

    • 28...S6d5?? 29.Te1 +–
    • 28...Sg4?? 29.Sc6+! bxc6 30.Td8+ Kb7 31.Da6#
    • 29.Te1 Df4+ –+

14. 

    Lösung 606

    Pechač – Blomqvist
    European Clubs Cup, Mayrhofen 2022

    12...Sxh2! 13.Tfe1 Sg4 14.Tad1 Se5 15.Dh3 h5 ∓

    • 13.Kxh2 Dh5 14.Dh3 e5 15.Df3 (15.g4? Lxg4 16.Dg3 Le7 –+) 15...Dxh4+ 16.Kg1 Df6 ∓

15. 

    Lösung 607

    Giri – Gukesh
    Internet rapid 2022

    26...hxg2 27.Txh8 Txh8 28.Sxb6 Dxd1+! 29.Dxd1 Th1 0-1

    • 28.Ka2 Le6 –+

16. 

    Lösung 608

    Rapport – Niemann
    World Rapid Ch, Almaty 2022

    27...d4! 28.Lxd4 h4 29.b3 Df7 30.e6 Dxe6 31.Dxb7 De1+ 32.Lg1 hxg3 0-1

    • 27...h4? 28.e6!

17. 

    Lösung 609

    Ning Kaiyu – Xiao Yiyi
    Chinese Women's Team Ch 2022/3

    35...Txf2+! 36.Dxf2 La6+ 0-1

    • 37.Kg1 (37.Ke1 Txe3+) 37...Tg8+ 38.Dg2 Txg2+ 39.Kxg2 Dg4+ 40.Kh2 Dxd1 –+

18. 

    Lösung 610

    Gavrilescu – Huschenbeth
    Bundesliga 2022/3

    28...Se4! 29.Lf6 Sxg3+! 30.hxg3 Te4 31.Lxg7 Txh4+ 32.gxh4 Kxg7 –+

    • 29...Dxg3?? 30.Dh8+ Kf7 31.Dh7+ Kf8 32.Lxe5+ Sf2+ 33.Txf2+
    • 30...Tf8 31.Lxg7 Txf1+ 32.Kh2 Kxg7 –+

19. 

    Lösung 611

    Ig. Sarić – J. Přibyl
    Internet rapid (team event) 2023

    46.Tf8! Txf8 47.Lh6+! Kxh6 48.exf8D+ 1-0

20. 

    Lösung 612

    Thejkumar – Nikitenko
    Colombo 2022

    39...b2 40.Db1 Dc4! 41.Kg2 Dc1 42.Ld4 Dxb1 43.Lxf6 De4+ 44.f3 De2+ 45.Kh3 g5 0-1

21. 

    Lösung 613

    Pranav – Nitish
    Paraćin 2022

    29.Txd7! Txd7 30.Sf6+ Kh8 31.Sxd7 Td8 32.Sxc5 +–

    • 31...Dxd7 32.Df6+ Kg8 33.Dg7#

22. 

    Lösung 614

    G. Ginsburg – Kobo
    Jerusalem 2022

    34...Lxg3! 35.Dg4 Lxh2+! 36.Kg2 Dd2 37.Dd4 Sd3+ 0-1

    • 35.Ld5 Lf4+ 36.Lg2 Sg4 37.h3 Se5 –+
    • 36.Kxh2 Sxg4+ –+

23. 

    Lösung 615

    Prraneeth – Krstulović
    Budapest 2022

    26.Lxh7+! Kxh7 27.Se4 Dc4? 28.Dh5+ Kg8 29.Sf6+ gxf6 30.Dg4+ Kh7 31.Tf3 +–

    • 26.Se4? Dc7?? 27.Sf6+! gxf6 28.exf6 1-0
    • 27...Dc6? 28.Dh5+ Kg8 29.Sf6+ gxf6 30.exf6 De4 31.f5
    • 27...g6 28.Sxc3 bxc3 29.Df3
    • 29...Sd5?! 30.f5!

24. 

    Lösung 616

    Dudin – Abdusattorov
    Turkish Team Ch 2022

    20...Sf6! 21.Lxf6 g6! 22.Lxg6 Lxf6 23.Tg4 hxg6 24.Txg6+ Lg7 –+

    • 23.dxc6 Lxa1 24.cxb7 Dxb7 –+

25. 

    Lösung 617

    Chopra – Z. Rahman
    Abu Dhabi 2022

    39.Sxd5! exd5 40.e6 Tb7 41.exf7+ Sxf7 42.Dxf7+ Dxf7 43.Txf7 1-0

    • 40...Le4 41.Dxb8 Dxg5 42.exf7+ Sxf7 43.Tf4 +–
    • 41...Kh8 42.Te3 +–
    • 43...Txf7 44.Lxd5 +–

26. 

    Lösung 618

    J. Song – Vignesh
    Dubai 2022

    20...c4! 21.Sxa5 La8 22.Da6 Sc5 23.Dxc6 Lxc6 24.Sxc6 Sxa4 25.Sxb8 Dxb8 0-1

    • 21.Sbd4 La8 22.Da6 Sxd4 23.Dxd6 Sxf3+ 24.gxf3 Sxd6 –+
    • 22.Sxc4 Dd8 –+

27. 

    Lösung 619

    Sadhwani – Ganguly
    Internet rapid 2022

    30.De2! Te5 31.Txf3 exf3 32.Txf3 Tg5+ 33.Tg3 Txg3+ 34.fxg3 Dxg3+ 35.Kf1 Df4+ 36.Kg1 Dg3+ 37.Kf1 Df4+ =

    • 30.Ld6? Te6 31.De2 Tg6+ 0-1 (32.Lg3 Th6 –+)
    • 30...Te6 31.Txf3 exf3 32.Txf3 Tg6+ 33.Tg3 Txg3+
    • 36.Ke1 Dc1+ 37.Dd1 Dxc4 =
    • 36.Kg2 Dg5+ =

28. 

    Lösung 620

    So – Shankland
    USA Ch, Saint Louis 2022

    36.Txf6! gxf6 37.Sg4 dxe4 38.De3 exf3 39.Dxh6 Td6 40.Td2 Te6 41.Sxf6+ Txf6 42.Dxf6 +–

    • 37...Kg7 38.Dd2 Th8 39.exd5 +–
    • 40...Txd2 41.Sxf6#

29. 

    Lösung 621

    Gormally – Alsina Leal
    British League (4NCL) 2022/3

    15...Sxc4 16.Dxc4 La6 17.Dxc7 Lxf1 18.Kxf1 Da6+ 19.Kg1 Ld8! 20.Dd6 Dxd6 21.exd6 Sd3 –+

    • 20.Db8 Sd3 –+

30. 

    Lösung 622

    Sankalp – Saydaliev
    Delhi 2022

    14.Lxh7+! Kxh7 15.Dh4+ Kg8 16.Sg5 Te8 17.0-0-0 Sd8 18.The1 1-0

    • 16...Td8 17.Dh7+ Kf8 18.Dh8+ Ke7 19.Dxg7 Tf8 20.0-0-0 +–
    • 18...Dc6 19.Le5

31. 

    Lösung 623

    G. Guseinov – Zajić
    Braila rapid 2022

    13.Se4! gxf3 14.Sd6+ Kf8 15.La3 Lxe5 16.Sxb7+ De7 17.Lxe7+ Kxe7 18.Tb1 +–

    • 13...Lf8 14.Sd4 h5 15.Sb5 +–
    • 15...Se7 16.Dxf3 +–

32. 

    Lösung 624

    Makarian – Aravindh (Variante)
    World Rapid Ch, Almaty 2022

    33.Kg2! Tg4 34.e8D Txg3+ 35.Kh2 Tg2+ 36.Kh1 Tg1+ 37.Txg1 Dxe8 38.Dd5 +–

33. 

    Lösung 625

    Ivić – Pechač
    Wijk aan Zee 2023

    39.Tg7+ Kh8 40.f7! c2 41.Tg8+ Kh7 42.Lf4 1-0

    • 42...Txf4+ 43.gxf4 c1D 44.f8D De1+ 45.Tg3 +–

34. 

    Lösung 626

    Ding Liren – Giri
    Wijk aan Zee 2023

    35...Sf3+! 36.Txf3 Te1+ 37.Lf1 Kh8 0-1

    • 36.Lxf3 Dg3+
    • 36.Kf2 Te2+ 37.Kxf3 Dh2 –+
    • 36.Dxf3 Te1+ 37.Kf2 T8e2+ 38.Dxe2 Txe2+ –+
    • 38.Td2 Lxf1 39.Txf1 T8e3 –+

35. 

    Lösung 627

    Giri – Rapport
    Wijk aan Zee 2023

    35.Txd6! Kg5 36.Td5 De1+ 37.Kg2 Le7 38.Txf5+ Kh4 39.Dg3+ 1-0

    • 35...Dxd6 36.Dxf5#
    • 38...Kg6 39.Tf6+ Kg5 40.Txf7 +–
    • 39...Dxg3+ 40.Sxg3 Tc5 41.Txf7 +–

36. 

    Lösung 628

    Rychkov – Grachev
    Yakutsk 2023

    28...Sd3! 29.f4 Dd5+ 30.Kg1 Tfe8 31.Db6 Df3 32.Txd3 Txd3 –+

    • 29.Txd3 Txd3 30.Dxd3 Dxc1+ 31.Kg2 Dxb2 –+

37. 

    Lösung 629

    Erigaisi – Indjić
    Internet rapid 2023

    41...Dxe4! 42.Lf8 Df4+ 43.Kh3 Txf3+! 44.gxf3 Dxf3+ 45.Kh2 Df2+ 46.Kh1 Dh4+ 47.Kg2 Dxg4+ 48.Kf2 Df4+ 49.Kg2 c3 –+

    • 41...Txb4?? 42.Sxe5+ fxe5 43.T1d6# 1-0
    • 43.Kf2 Tb2+ –+

38. 

    Lösung 630

    Warakomski – Harikrishna
    Czech Team Ch 2022/3

    30...Tf3! 31.Txf3 Txf3 32.Td2 Dxh3+ 33.Kg1 Tf8 34.Td7 Dh4 –+

    • 31.Sxf3 Dxh3+ 32.Kg1 Dxg4+ 33.Kf1 Dh3+ 34.Kg1 Sxf3+ 35.Txf3 Txf3 –+
    • 32.Te3 Txh3 33.Txh3 Dxh3+ 34.Kg1 Sf3+ 35.Sxf3 Dxg4+ 36.Kh2 Dxf3 –+

39. 

    Lösung 631

    Zhu Jiner – Lahno
    New Delhi (women) 2023

    28.Sxh7! Kxh7 29.Th3+ Th5 30.Txh5+ gxh5 31.Te5 Se8?! 32.Txh5+ Kg8 33.Df5 Dg6 34.Tg5 +–

    • 29...Kg7 30.Dh6+ Kf6 31.Dxf8 +–
    • 29...Kg8 30.Dh6 Th5 31.Txh5 gxh5 32.Te5 +–

40. 

    Lösung 632

    K. Schmidt – Thuesen
    Copenhagen 2022

    20.Lxh6! g6 21.Lxg6 Se2+ 22.Kh1 fxg6 23.Dxg6+ Kh8 24.Tbe1 +–

    • 20...Sxf5 21.Lxg7 1-0 (21...Sxg7 22.Dg5 Kf8 23.Dxg7+ Ke8 24.Tbd1 +–)

41. 

    Lösung 633

    Shvyrjov – Pultinevicius
    Viljandi 2022

    42...Dh5+! 43.Kg1 Le3+! 44.Kf1 Df5+ 45.Ke2 Df2+ 46.Kd3 Df1+ 0-1

    • 44.Sxe3 Dxb5 –+
    • 45.Ke1 Df2+ 46.Kd1 Dd2#
    • 46.Kd1 Dd2#

42. 

    Lösung 634

    Al. Ostrovskiy – J. Williams
    New York 2022

    34...Txh4! 35.gxh4 Dxh4 36.Sf7+ Kg8 37.Sh6+ Kh8 38.Sf7+ =

    • 35.Sf7+ Kg8 36.gxh4 Dxh4
    • 36...Txf7?? 37.Dd8+ Dxd8 38.Txd8+ +–
    • 37...Lxh6?? 38.De6+ Tf7 39.Dxh6 +–

43. 

    Lösung 635

    Paravyan – Jumabayev
    Internet rapid 2022

    34.Sf5+! Kc6 35.Se7+ Kb6 36.Sc8+ Kc6 37.Sxa7+ Kd6 38.Txc5 Kxc5 39.Sxb5 Kxb5 40.Kc3 1-0

    • 35...Kd6 36.Sc8+ Kc6
    • 36...Txc8 37.Txc8 +–
    • 37...Kb6 38.Txc5 Kxc5

44. 

    Lösung 636

    Gareyev – Hakobyan
    Internet rapid 2022

    18...Txc4 19.Sxe6! Dxc3 20.Dd8+ Kh7 21.Sf8+ Kg8 22.Se6+ Kh7 23.Sf8+ =

    • 19.Txc4?? Dd5 20.Sc6 Dxc4 –+
    • 19...Txc3 20.Dd8+ Dxd8 21.Txd8+ Kh7 22.Sf8+ Kg8 23.Se6+ Kh7 24.Sf8+ =
    • 20.Dxc3 Txc3 21.Td8+ Kh7 22.Sf8+ Kg8 23.Se6+ Kh7 24.Sf8+ =

45. 

    Lösung 637

    S. Volkov – Tsydypov
    Cheliabinsk 2022

    28...Dd5! 29.Lf3? Dd3 30.Tc1 Tc2! 31.Td1 Dxd1+ 32.Lxd1 Txc7 0-1

    • 29.Db8 Ta8 30.Db5 Dxb5 31.Lxb5 Lxd6 32.exd6 Txd6 ∓
    • 30.Dc1 Lxd6 31.exd6 Tc4 32.De1 Dxd6 –+
    • 31.Dxc2 Dxc2 32.Txc2 Ta1+ 33.Tc1 Txc1+ 34.Ld1 Txd1#
    • 33.Lxc7 Ta1 –+

46. 

    Lösung 638

    Kramnik – Morozevich
    Krasnogorsk rapid 2022

    54...Lxe4 55.fxe4 Tf1! 56.Lf5+ Txf5 57.exf5 h5! 58.Ld4 hxg4 59.f6 c3 60.Lxc3 g3 61.Ke6 g2 62.f7 g1D 63.f8D De3+ 64.Kd5 Dxc3 65.Df7+ Kh6 66.De6+ Kh5 –+

    • 55...h5?? 56.Lf5+ Kh6 57.Lg7# 1-0
    • 64.Kd7 Dd3+ 65.Ke7 De4+ 66.Kd7 Da4+ 67.Ke6 Dc6+ 68.Kf7 Dc4+ 69.Ke8 Dc8+ 70.Ke7 Dxf8+ 71.Kxf8 g4 –+

47. 

    Lösung 639

    Dziuba – Shirov
    Bundesliga 2022/3

    24...Tg4! 25.Se3 Dg3! 26.Dc3 Lxg2 27.d5+ Tg7 28.Sf5 Dxc3 29.Txc3 Tg5 –+

    • 24...Txf1+? 25.Txf1 Tc8 26.Db3 Dxd4+ 27.Se3 =
    • 25.De2 Dg5 26.Se3 Tg3 –+
    • 26.Sxg4? Dxg2#

48. 

    Lösung 640

    Romero Pallares – Valle Luis
    Platja d'Aro 2022

    28.Txh4! Txh4 29.Sxh4+ Kg5 30.Df7 Dxf2 31.Sg2! Dxg2 32.Dxe8 Ld6 33.Txe2 Dxg4 34.Te1 +–

    • 31.Dh5+? Kf4 32.Sg2+ (32.Sg6+? Ke3 –+) 32...Kf3 33.Dxe8 Dxg2 (33...Lb4 =) 34.Db5 Df2 35.Dd5+ Kf4 36.Dc4+ Kf3 37.Dd5+ Kf4 =

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