Test Your Chess Skills by Sarhan Guliev

Author:Sarhan Guliev
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: New in Chess

Solution 102

As a rule, a successfully conducted attack should end with a tactical blow. This usually lands at the most vulnerable point in the enemy position (with rare exceptions). Another important factor is the concentration of the attacking forces in that region.

Even a casual glance at the diagram position is enough to reveal that White has a large advantage and a great likelihood of a combination.

In the game L.Guliev-Terekhin (St Petersburg 1997) White decided that the time had come to act!

25.♘hxf5! gxf5 26.♘xf5 ♘f6 27.♖d6 ♕b8 28.♖e7 ♖a7 29.♘xg7+ ♗g6 30.♕e2 ♖xe7 31.♕xe7 ♖f7 32.♕e3 ♘e4 33.♖xg6 ♖xg7 34.f5 ♕f8 35.♕xh6+ ♔g8 36.♗e5

And Black resigned.

Conclusion: General tasks are achieved through strategy, specific ones through tactics.

Tactics in the service of strategy. – Max Euwe

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