Forks, Pins and Loose Pieces Test

1. 

   Lösung 797

   Navara – G. Guseinov
   Braila rapid 2022

   21.b4! 1-0

   • 21...Da7 22.Se7+ Kh8 23.Sxc8 Tbxc8 24.Txd7 +–

2. 

   Lösung 798

   Languidey – N. Filgueiras
   São Paulo 2022

   40...Txf4! 41.gxf4 Dh4+ 42.Kg2 Dxe1 –+

3. 

   Lösung 799

   Alshameary Puente – Matamoros
   Seville 2022

   24...Df5! 25.Lxf6 Dxc2 26.Txd5 gxf6 0-1

4. 

   Lösung 800

   Liu Yan – Ding Liren
   Chinese Rapid Team Ch 2022

   35...g5! 36.Txg4 hxg4 37.hxg4 Sxg4 38.Lf3 T2e3 –+

   • 36.hxg4 gxh4 37.gxh5 h3 –+

5. 

   Lösung 801

   Neverov – A. Bai
   Budapest 2022

   23.Dxb5! Txc3 24.Dxb7 Txb7 25.Lxc3 Tc7 26.Ld4 +–

6. 

   Lösung 802

   T.L. Petrosian – Yilmaz
   World Rapid Ch, Almaty 2022

   20.Lc7! Dxc7 21.Txc7 Txc7 22.Td1 +–

   • 20...Txc7? 21.Txd8+ Le8 22.Tad1 +–

7. 

   Lösung 803

   Weishäutel – Pezelj
   2nd Bundesliga 2022/3

   27.Dxg6! fxg6 28.Lxd5+ Kh7 29.Lxe4 1-0

8. 

   Lösung 804

   Agdelen – Goriachkina
   European Ch, Vrnjačka Banja 2023

   38...h5! 39.Te4 Dg5+ 40.Kf2 Th2 0-1

9. 

   Lösung 805

   Grishchuk – Aditya Mittal
   Internet rapid 2023

   35.Se6+! Dxe6 36.Dxg5 +–

10. 

    Lösung 806

    Safarli – I. Schneider
    Tegernsee 2022

    39.Sf7+ Kd7 40.Dxe8+! Kxe8 41.Sd6+ 1-0

11. 

    Lösung 807

    Alekseenko – Andreikin
    Internet rapid 2023

    24...0-0! 0-1

    • 25.Lxd2 Dxd2 –+

12. 

    Lösung 808

    Sklyarov – Sepp
    Finnish Team Ch 2022/3

    24...Se4! 25.Dh4 Sg5 0-1

    • 25.Df4 Sc5 –+

13. 

    Lösung 809

    Panjwani – Miezis
    Chennai Olympiad 2022

    14.Sxd5! Sxd5 15.Sxc6 Dd6 16.Lxd5 1-0

    • 15...Lxc6 16.Dxc6 +–
    • 16...Dxd5 17.Se7+ +–

14. 

    Lösung 810

    Kourkoulos-Arditis – Janik
    Greek Team Ch, Thessaloniki 2022

    21.De7! Tf8 22.h3 Db6 23.hxg4 Dxb2 24.Td1 Lxg4 25.Lxf7+ 1-0

    • 22...Sf6 23.Lxf6 gxf6 24.Dxf6 +–
    • 22...Sh6 23.Lxh6 gxh6 24.Te1 +–

15. 

    Lösung 811

    Pakleza – Lewtak
    Polish Team Ch 2022

    24.Txe4! dxe4 25.Sc4 e3 26.Sxb6 e2 27.Db3 exf1D+ 28.Kxf1 +–

    • 25...Db4 26.Sxd6 +–

16. 

    Lösung 812

    Beradze – Paragua
    Charlotte 2022

    28...Se2+ 29.Kh1 Sc1! 30.Txc7 Sxb3 31.axb3 De2 –+

17. 

    Lösung 813

    Malakhov – Khismatullin
    Moscow rapid 2022

    30.Txd7 Dxd7 31.Dxf6! Txc5 32.Dg6 Dxb5 33.Sxc5 Dxc5 34.De6 +–

    • 31...gxf6 32.Sxf6+ Kg7 33.Sxd7 +–

18. 

    Lösung 814

    Keymer – Grandelius
    Internet rapid 2022

    25.e6! fxe6 26.Dxe6+ Kh8 27.Lg4

    • 27...Td3 28.Dxe7 Dd4 29.Te1 1-0

19. 

    Lösung 815

    Artemiev – Carlsen
    World Rapid Ch, Almaty 2022

    26.f4! Df5 27.g4!

    • 27...Txc3 28.gxf5 Txb3 29.axb3 exf5 30.Td7 +–

20. 

    Lösung 816

    Jansa – Omelja
    Czech Team Ch 2022/3

    19.Sf6+! Txf6 20.exf6 Sxf3+ 21.Txf3 gxf6 22.Tg3 +–

    • 19...gxf6 20.Sxh4 +–
    • 21...Lxf3 22.Txe7+ Kf8 23.gxf3 +–

21. 

    Lösung 817

    Stalmach – Gähwiler
    Marianske Lazne 2023

    39.Txg7! Txg7 40.Df8+ Tg8 41.Df6+ 1-0

    • 39...Dxg7 40.Txg7 Kxg7 (40...Txg7 41.Df8+ Tg8 42.Df6+ Tg7 43.h6 +–) 41.Df5 Tdd8 42.Dxe5+ Kf7 43.Df5+ +–
    • 41...Dg7 (41...Tg7 42.Te8#) 42.Txg7 Txg7 43.h6 +–

22. 

    Lösung 818

    Sankalp – Ter-Sahakyan
    Internet rapid 2023

    20...Txe3+! 21.fxe3 Lh4+ 22.Kf1 Sd2+ 0-1

    • 22.Sxh4 Dxe5 –+

23. 

    Lösung 819

    Meškovs – Sipilä
    Finnish Team Ch 2022/3

    22.Te3! b4 23.Db2 d5 24.Lxd5 Kf7 25.Txe6 1-0

24. 

    Lösung 820

    B. Amin – El Gindy
    Riyadh rapid 2023

    25.Sf5! Kxg8 26.Se7+ Kg7 27.Sxg6 hxg6 28.Df2 d6 29.Dh4 Kf7 1-0

    • 25...Dxg8 26.Sh6+ +–
    • 25...Df6 26.Tg7+ Kf8 27.Dh5 +–

25. 

    Lösung 821

    Isik – Yilmazyerli
    Turkish Ch, Kemer 2022

    27...Txf3! 28.Td8 Df2+ 29.Kh1 Txg3 30.Txf8+ Kh7! 0-1

    • 28.Txf3 Db1+ 29.Kh2 Dxd3 –+
    • 30...Kxf8?? 31.Dd8#

26. 

    Lösung 822

    Casadio – Hourigan
    Munich 2023

    37.Dh7+ Kf8 38.Dh8+ Ke7 39.Dxe8+! Kxe8 40.Sd6+ Kd7 41.Sxc4 +–

27. 

    Lösung 823

    Plischki – A. Mirzoev
    Česke Budejovice 2022

    15...Lxd2 16.Sxf6+ Dxf6 17.Dxd2 Lf5 0-1

    • 18.e4 Lxe4! 19.Txe4 Dxa1+ –+

28. 

    Lösung 824

    Bharath – Matinian
    Internet rapid 2022

    12.Sd5! cxd5 13.Dxd5 Lxf4 14.Dxa8 Kd8 15.Lb7 De6 16.Lxc8 +–

    • 12...De6 13.Sxc7+ Lxc7 14.Lxc7 +–
    • 13...Tb8 14.Dxe5 Dxe5 15.Lxe5 +–
    • 14...Dd8 15.De4+ +–

29. 

    Lösung 825

    Maltsevskaya – Ali Marandi
    Paleochora 2022

    21...Txe4! 22.Txe4 Sc3 23.Lxc3 Lxe4 24.Ta1 b4! 25.Sd2

    • 25.Ld2 Lb2 –+
    • 25...Ld3 26.Sf3 Lg6 27.Ld2 Lb2 –+

30. 

    Lösung 826

    Alexakis – Bratović
    Belgrade 2022

    27.Sxg7! Txg7 28.Txg7+ Dxg7 29.De6+ Df7 30.Dxc8+ Kg7 31.Ld4+ Kg6 32.d7 +–

    • Partie: 27.Ld4?? Sc6 28.Sxg7 Sxe5 29.Sxf5+ Sg6 –+

31. 

    Lösung 827

    Maerevoet – Parligras
    Chennai Olympiad 2022

    25.Dg4! Tf7 26.Td1! 1-0

    • 25...g6 26.Td1 Tf4 (26...Db5 27.De6+ Kh8 28.De7) 27.Tc8+ +–
    • 26...Txc7 27.Txd5 Tc1+ 28.Td1 +–
    • 26...Dxd1+ 27.Dxd1 Txc7 28.Dd5+ Kf8 29.Dxa8+ +–

32. 

    Lösung 828

    C. Krishna – Motylev
    Leca da Palmeira 2022

    15...Txc3! 0-1

    • 16.Dxd7 (16.Txc3 Dxb5 –+) 16...Txc1 17.Da4 (17.Txc1 Sxd7 –+) 17...Lc2 –+

33. 

    Lösung 829

    L. Carlsson – Blohberger
    Uppsala 2022

    19...Sd7! 20.Sxd7 dxc3 21.Td6 Sxa2! 22.Sb8 Txd6 23.Txd6 Txb8 0-1

    • 21.Sf6+ gxf6 22.Txd8+ Txd8 23.Txd8+ Kg7 24.Td1 Sxa2! –+
    • 22.Sxc5 Txd6 23.Txd6 c2 –+

34. 

    Lösung 830

    Sindarov – Yudin
    World Rapid Ch, Almaty 2022

    29...Txd4! 30.Txd4 Dxc1+ 31.Td1 Dxd1+ 0-1

    • 30.Dxd4 Lc5 –+
    • 31.Ld1 Lc5 –+
    • 31.Df1 De3+ 32.Df2 Dxf2+ 33.Kxf2 Lc5 34.Ke3 Sxb2 –+
    • 32.Lxd1 Lc5 –+

35. 

    Lösung 831

    Bernadskiy – Grigoriants
    Tallinn rapid 2023

    28.Db8+! Dc8 29.Dxc8+ Lxc8 30.Tc1 1-0

    • 28...Kh7 29.Sc5 Dd8 30.Db1! Lf5 31.Sxd3 Lxd3 32.Td1 Lxb1 33.Txd8 +–

36. 

    Lösung 832

    Volokitin – Yaniv
    Israeli Team Ch 2023

    30.Ta8+ Tc8 31.f6! Kc7 32.T1a7+ Kb6 33.Ta6+ 1-0

    • 30...Kd7 31.f6+ Kc6 32.T1a6+ Kb5 33.Le2+ Kc5 34.Txh8 +–
    • 30...Ke7 31.Te1+ Kd7 (31...Kf6 32.Txh8) 32.f6+ Kc6 33.Txh8 +–

37. 

    Lösung 833

    Lewtak – Kriebel
    Slovakian Team Ch 2022/3

    26...Txf3! 27.Kxf3 Td3+ 28.Kg2 f3+ 29.Kf1 fxe2+ 30.Kxe2 Td8 0-1

38. 

    Lösung 834

    Fernandez Cardoso – Diaz Murgada
    Cuban Ch, Holguin 2023

    30.Dxh5+! 1-0

    • 30...Kg8 31.De8+ Df8 32.Dxf8+ Kxf8 33.Txb6 dxe4 34.dxe4 +–
    • 30...Lxh5 31.Tc8+ Kh7 32.Sg5+ Kg6 33.Sxf3 Lxf3 34.Tc6+ Kf5 35.Txb6 +–

39. 

    Lösung 835

    Tari – A. Liang
    Internet rapid 2023

    19...Dc2+ 20.Ka1 Dxd1+! 21.Txd1 Sc2+ 22.Kb1 Sxa3+ 23.Lxa3 Lf5 –+

40. 

    Lösung 836

    Kobalia – Shevchenko
    European Ch, Vrnjačka Banja 2023

    34...Dxd2+! 35.Lxd2 e3+ 0-1

    • 36.Lxe3 Se4+
    • 36.Kxe3 Sd5+
    • 36.Ke1 exd2+ 37.Kxd2 Se4+
    • 36.Kf3 exd2

41. 

    Lösung 837

    Carlsen – Lazavik
    Internet rapid 2023

    20.Lxh6+! Kxh6 21.hxg6+ Kg7 22.Th7+! Txh7 23.Dxe8 fxg6 24.Dxd7+ Kg8 25.De8+ Kg7 26.Te1 +–

    • 20...Txh6 21.Dxe8 +–

42. 

    Lösung 838

    Nakamura – So
    Saint Louis rapid 2023

    39.Tb1! Sa4 40.Tfc1! a5 41.Tc4 +–

    • Partie: 39.Tf3? Tb8! 40.Tcf1 a5 41.Txf7+ Txf7 42.Txf7+ Kg8 43.Ta7 Sd3 44.Txa5 Sf4
    • 39...Sd3 40.Tf3 +–

43. 

    Lösung 839

    Katz – Sa. Narayanan
    San Jose 2022

    25.b5! Tbxb7 26.bxa6 Tb8 27.Txd7+! Txd7 28.Sc6+ Kf6 29.Sxb8 Td4 30.Tb4 1-0

    • 25...Sc5 26.Sxc5 bxc5 27.Txd7+! Txd7 28.Sc6+ Kf6 29.Sxb8 +–

44. 

    Lösung 840

    Bok – So
    Internet rapid 2022

    21...Ld1+!! 22.Kxd1 Dxc3 23.Db5 Txb5 24.cxb5 Dxc5 25.Td8+ Kh7 –+

    • 22.Txd1 Dxa6 –+
    • 23.Tb6 axb6 24.cxb6 Td8+

45. 

    Lösung 841

    Savitskiy – Grachev
    Novorossiysk rapid 2022

    38...La6! 39.Td2 Txf3+!! 0-1

    • 39.Sc1 Lxe2 40.Sxe2 Lf2+ 41.Kg2 dxe4 42.Lxe4 Lh4 –+
    • 40.Kxf3 dxe4+ 41.Ke2 (41.Kxe4 Lb7#) 41...exd3+ –+

46. 

    Lösung 842

    Bethke – Parvanyan
    German Ch, Magdeburg 2022

    16...Sxe5 17.Sxe5 Dh4! 18.Df3 Sg6! 19.Sxc6 bxc6 –+

    • 17...Dg5? 18.Df3! Sxh3+ 19.Dxh3 Dxe5 20.Dh4 =
    • 18.Lxf4 Lxf2+ 19.Kh1 Lxe1 –+
    • 18.Le3 Lxe3 19.fxe3 (19.Txe3 Dg5 20.Sg4 h5 –+) 19...Sxh3+ 20.gxh3 Dg3+ 21.Kh1 Dxh3+ 22.Kg1 Dg3+ 23.Kh1 Dxe5 –+
    • 19.Sxg6 fxg6 –+
    • 19.Sc4 Lxc4 20.Lxc4 Se5 21.De2 Sxc4 –+

47. 

    Lösung 843

    Aditya Mittal – J.B. Bjerre
    Internet rapid 2022

    19.Sf6+! gxf6 20.Lh7+! Kxh7 21.Txf7+ Dxf7 22.Dxf7+ Kh8 23.Dxf6+ Kh7 24.De7+ Kh8 25.Dc5 1-0

    • 19...Kh8 20.Txf7 +–
    • 20...Kg7 21.Dg6+ Kh8 22.Txf7 Dxf7 23.Dxf7 Td7 24.Dxe6 Txh7 25.Dxc6 +–

48. 

    Lösung 844

    Khanin – Raja Harshit
    Las Vegas 2022

    30...Dxe5! 31.dxe5 Lb7+ 32.e4 Lxe4+! 33.Dxe4 Sf2+ 34.Kg1 Sxe4 –+

    • 34.Txf2 Td1+

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