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21 Days to Supercharge Your Chess Day 17: Dominating Opposite Color Bishops

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

Master s Game ' : Position 17

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 position that

arise in the game Shteiner
Colle. What do you think about
the following position? White
has sacrificed a pawn to get
ahead in development. 1. Rf6!
White sacs the rook for a
double attack. 1... gf6 2. Bf6
OO Moving king from the
center of the board and saving
therook.3.Re7Rf6Thequeen
has to be given up, otherwise
Rg7 is a very serious threat.
4. Rd7 Bd7 Now black has a
two rooks against the queen.
Typically in the endgame, two
rooks are superior to a queen
since they can support the
pawnbetter.Butintheattacking
middlegame the queen is
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stronger.5. Ne4 White found a

Download PGN of this exercise.

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Tactics Lab : Homework 17

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.

#a. White to move and mate in 2

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#b. White to move and mate in 2

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#c. White to move and mate in 2

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#d. White to move and mate in 2

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#e. White to move and mate in 2

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Problema:Therearemanywaystomatehere:1.Nd4!Qxd42.Qxh7#or1.Nd4!Bxd42.Qb1#etc.

Problemb:Imgivingjustthemainlinehere:1.Qd5!!Kxd52.Rf5#forothercapturesthereisamateaswell.

Problemc:1.Be4!Nd2+2.Nxc4#thereareothermatesavailablefordifferentresponsesofblack

Problemd:Oneofthepossiblematinglines1.Rd7!Qd42.Nd6#

Probleme:Oneofthepossiblelines:1.Qf3!Qxf3+2.Re4#

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Endgame Lab:Position 17
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.

#17. White to move and draw

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Download PGN of this exercise.

White is down a lot of material,

they need to think hard to draw
this game. 1. Ra4 Ke7 2. Ra7
Kd6 3. Ra8 Qa8= Stalemate.
Anotherneattrickwithabsenceof
legalmoves.

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