ABQ CHESS

SUNDAY PUZZLER Pawn Her Crown; Take His (Level: Intermediate)

White to move and mate in 2.

Original submission by NM Steven B. Dowd.

Tata Steel Continued

The 83rd Tata Steel chess tournament wraps up today in the small town of Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. Following are a position and a game from this event.

Firouzja vs. Guijarro Donchenko vs. Caruana 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Bd2 Be7 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.0–0–0 a6 12.g4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 b5 14.Be2 c5 15.d5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.f4 b4 18.e4 d4 19.e5 Nb6 20.e6 Qd5 21.exf7+ Kf8 22.h4 Qxa2 23.Qxg6 b3 24.Be1 c4 25.Rxd4 Na4 26.Qb1(D)

Solutions

Puzzler: 1.Qg5!! mate next. Position: 51.Ne7!! (51.Nh8+ Kf8 52.N8g6+ etc) 51...Ng5+ (51...Kxe7 52.Rxg7+ Rxg7 53.Rxg7+) 52.fxg5 Kxe7 53.gxf6+ Kxf6 54.Rg6+ Kf7 55.Nf3; 1-0 soon Game: 26…Ba3! 27.Qxa2 (27.bxa3 b2+ 28.Kc2 Qb3+ 29.Kd2 Qc3+ 30.Kd1 Qxd4+ 31.Kc2 Qe4+) 27...bxa2 28.Kc2 Rb8 29.Rd8+ Rxd8 30.bxa3 c3 31.Bg3 Rd2+ 32.Kb3 Nc5+ 0-1 Click & Move abqchess.com Password: Tata2 Suggestions? Submissions? journalchess@gmail.com Learn notation: abqchess.com/n Events: nmchess.org