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21 Days to Supercharge Your Chess Day 13: Finding the Right Move in a Complex Position

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Here is your homework that you should do after reading the chapter!

Master s Game ' : Position 13

Instructions:

Go through this master game, read all the comments and try to understand the basic ideas behind the moves. To
fully understand the game you might want to study it multiple times. For your convenience the PGN of this game is
attached below the diagram.

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Let's look at the following

position that occurred in the
game Keres Ejve. We should
do analyses of this position, to
comeupwithareasonableplan
for both sides. Two things that
areimmediatelyclear:1.Black's
knight on d4 is pinned to the
queen 2. White has a pawn
majority on the queen's side: 2
vs 1. However, black has an
unprotected passed pawn on
c5. Overall, white has an
advantagecountingtheirstrong
bishops, activity of the pieces,
stronga5b5pawnsandthepin
on d5. What can black do to
save the game? Keep in mind
that black should act fast
otherwise they will lose. Think
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about opening the a8h1

Download PGN of this exercise.

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Tactics Lab : Homework 13

Instructions:

Here is your practical (tactical) exercises. Solving these problems is a very important part of the program on your
way to improve your game. Try solving them by looking on the diagram. If that is hard you can setup pieces on the
board and attempt again. Solutions are given at the bottom.

#73. White to move and win

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#74. White to move and win

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#75. White to move and win

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#76. Black to move and win

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#77. Black to move and win

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#78. Black to move and win

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#73.1. Bc5 Rxd3 (1...g5 2. Rxd8+) (1...Bxc5 2. Rxd8#) 2. Bxe7+ Ke8 3.Bc5+ Kd8 4. cxd3 1-0

#74.1. Bd5 Qxd5 (1...Rxd5 2. Qc8+ Qxc8 3. Rxc8+ Rd8 4. Rxd8#) (1...Qf6 2.Qxa2) 2. Qxd5 Rxd5 3. Rc8+ Rd8 4.
Rxd8# 1-0

#75.1. Nxf7 Qe7 (1...Kxf7 2. Qxe6+ Kg7 3. Qf7#) 2. Nxh8 1-0

#76.1...Qxg3+ 2. Qxg3 (2. Kxg3 Rxg7) 2... Rxg7 3. Qf3 (3. Qb8+ Rg8)
3...Rdxg2+ 4. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 5. Kxg2 Kg7 0-1

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#77.1...Be3 2. Ra1 (2. Bxe3 e1=R#) 2...gxf2+ 3. Kh2 f1=Q 0-1

#78.1...Bc3 2. Rxc3 (2. Bxc3 Qd1#) 2...Qxd2+ 3. Kf1 Qxc3 0-1

Endgame Lab:Position 13
Instructions:

Here is your practical (tactical) exercises. Solving these problems is a very important part of the program on your
way to improve your game. Try solving them by looking on the diagram. If that is hard you can setup pieces on the
board and attempt again. Solutions are given at the end. Check them only after your complete/attempt all problems.

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#13. White to move and win

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White needs to get closer to the

pawns, while preventing the
black's king from doing the same.
Opposition comes handy. 1. Kc7
Ka6 2. Kc6 Ka5 3. Kc5 Ka4
4. Kc4 h5 5. g3 Ka5 6. Kc5 Ka6
7. Kd4 It is time to capture the
pawn.7...Kb68.Ke4Kc7 9. Kf5
h4 Black tries to sac the pawn,
hoping for hrank pawn drawing
ideas. 10. gh4 Kd7 Now if black
occupiestheh8squareitwillbea
draw,butwhitecaneasilyprevent
that.11.Kf6Ke812.Kg7+Ke7
13.h5Ke614.h6Andwhitewins.

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GreatJob! That's it for today. You can move to the next lesson!

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