Daily Rome Shot 778 –

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White to move and win (attain a winning position).  Not all that tough, but it has a good tactic which should be a regular arrow in our quivver.

NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.

How good is Magnus?   This is crazy. Carlsen arrives late for a 3 minute blitz game, with only 30 seconds on his clock. Announcing ends up being as fast as a hockey game.

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Here’s a position from OTB yesterday. I managed to get myself into a pickle after my opponent’s super aggressive pawn rush in a QGD. I’m now dedicated to punishing this strategy severely in the future.  A while back I forced exchanges to simplify and cut down on white’s attacking firepower.

But for now, here is the position and black to move.

27. Kh7…

What would you do?  

It’s a little hard to see but black has a light square bishop on e6.  It looks like a pawn from this angle.

Obviously there is a space differential on the queen side. Those pawns aren’t going anywhere.  All the pawns are still on the board at move 27!  There is a lot of tension in this closed position.  The action is on the king side, for sure.  Black’s rooks are good.  I put this into an engine, and to my shock, the assessment is -0.95!