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21 Days to Supercharge Your Chess Day 16: Finding Grandmasters with the Same Style as Your Own

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

Master s Game ' : Position 16

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 Chigorin Znosko
Borovskiy.Whatshouldwepay
attention to here? Because of
the white bishop on a3, black
cannot castle king's side.
Black*s turn to move. What
should they play here? 1... Bf3
Blackinitiatestradeoftheminor
pieces with a following idea.
[Black cannot castle here, if
theydo1... OOO 2. Ne5 Be2
3. Qe2 Rd4 4. Nf7 Re8 With a
much better position for white]
2.Bf3Nd2Black'sknightfound
aniceoutpostond2.Theknight
attacks both the rook and the
bishop as well as threatens the
c4pawn.Howshouldwhiteplay
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here? 3. d5! White ignores the

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Tactics Lab : Homework 16

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.

#92. White to move and win

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#93. White to move and win

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#94. White to move and win

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#95. Black to move and win

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#96. White to move and win

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#97. White to move and win

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#92.1. Qh4 Rf3 (1... Rxh4 2. Rxf8#) (1...Bxd6 2. Qxh8+ Bf8 3. Qxf8#) 2. Rxf8+Kxf8 (2...Rhxf8 3. Qe7#)

3. Qxh8+1-0

#93.1. Rxf7+ Qxf7 (1... Nxf7 2. Qg7#) 2. Qh4+ Qh5 3. Qxh5# 1-0

#94.1. Bf6 $18 h5 (1...Nxf6 2. Qxg7#) (1... Bxf6 2. Qxf8#) (1... Qxb2 2. Qxf8#) (1...Ne6 2. dxe6 h5 3. Bxg7+ Kh7
(3...Nxg7 4. Qxg7#) 4. Bxg6#) 2. Qxf8+ Kh7 3.Rxg7+ Nxg7 4. Qxg7# 1-0

#95.24...Qg1+ 25. Kxg1 Re1# 0-1

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#96.27. Qh5+ Bh6 (27...gxh5 28. Nxf7#) 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qxf7#1-0

#97.35. Bf7+ Rxf7 (35...Kxf7 36. Qe6#) 36. Qe6+ Re7 37. Qxe7# 1-0

Endgame Lab:Position 16
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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#16. White to move and win

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1. Kc3 White needs to promote

the pawn and prevent or at least
to delay the pawn promotion for
hisopponent.1...Ka32.Kc4Ka4
3. g4 b5 4. Kd3 Staying on the
diagonaltocatchthepawn.4...b4
5. g5 b3 6. g6 b2 7. Kc2 Ka3
8.g7+Winningthegame.

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

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