QUICK FIX CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Knock

6 Adds muscle to concrete

7 Exclusively

8 Knock

9 Knowledgeable (about)

DOWN

1 Knock

2 Olá

3 “Wolf pack” unit 4 Blanket deposit (geology)

5 Groom

C van Zyl (1710, SA) – T Ofowino (1857, Nigeria): 1 d4 d5 2 Bf4 c6 3 e3 Qb6 4 Qc1 Bf5 5 c4 e6 6 c5 Qd8 7 Nc3 Nf6 8 h3 Be7 9 Nf3 Nbd7 10 Be2 O-O 11 O-O Ne4 12 b4 a5 13 b5 a4 14 bxc6 bxc6 15 Rd1 Qc8 16 Nxe4 Bxe4 17 Bd3 Bxd3 18 Rxd3 Bd8 19 Bd6 Re8 20 Ne5 f6 21 Nxd7 Qxd7 22 Rb1 Be7 23 Rb6 Ra7 24 Rc3 Bd8 25 Rb2 Ba5 26 Ra3 Bc7 27 Rb4 Bxd6 28 cxd6 Qxd6 29 Rbxa4 Rxa4 30 Rxa4 e5 31 Ra6 Rc8 32 a4 exd4 33 exd4 h6? (After 33 … Qc7! Black will get in … c5 or else reply to 34 Qc5 with Re8! with 35 g3 Qc8! 36 Rxc6 Qf5! drawing easily) 34 Rb6 Re8? 35 a5! (36 Rxc6? Qb4 37 Qf4 Qxa4) Qe6? (35 … Qc7 36 g3 Re2 37 Qb1 Qe7) 36

Rxc6 Qe1+ 37 Qxe1 Rxe1+ 38 Kh2 Rd1 39 a6 Ra1 40 Kg3 Kh7 41 Kf4 Kg6 42 h4 h5 43 Rd6 Ra3 44 f3 Ra4 45 Ke3 Ra3+ 46 Kd2 Kf5 47 Kc2 Kf4 48 Kb2 Ra5 49 Kb3 Ke3 50 Kb4 Ra1 51 Kc5 Ra4 52 Kb5 and Black resigned.

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In Round 2, Zambia’s Timothy Kabwe (Black, below) developed a winning attack against Egypt’s GM Hesham Abdelrahman but here he played 1 … Rxh4 and White was able to defend and draw the game after 2 f3 Qf5 3 Qg2 Rh2 4 Qg4 etc. Can you find the elementary winning move that he missed in the diagrammed position?