D Is For Discovery VI

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Greetings,

Tonight the Colorado Springs Chess Club will finish the April Quick Six tournament (6SS, G/24+5, $10 entry) with rounds 4, 5, and 6! You can still join with 1/2 point byes for the missed rounds.

This week’s newsletter covers the 1st kind of tactic: Discovery.

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Next week is Tim Brennan Week! Be sure to tell your friends to join you around the computer for the reading parties.

This week’s position comes from the March Swiss 90 tournament. It is black to move.

See the diagram and answer here:

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D Is For Discovery VI

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[Event “March Swiss 90”]

[Site “http://cschess.webs.com/”]

[Date “2018.03.20”]

[Round “3.7”]

[White “Osborn, Larry”]

[Black “Vispute, Ayush”]

[Result “0-1”]

[ECO “D30”]

[WhiteElo “974”]

[BlackElo “1209”]

[PlyCount “78”]

[EventDate “2018.03.06”]

[TimeControl “5400+30”]

  1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 b6

  2. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Re1 a6 11. Ng5 b5 12. b3 h6

  3. Ngf3 Nb6 14. Ne5 g5 15. dxc5 Nxc4 16. Nexc4 gxf4 17. Nb6 fxe3 18. Rxe3 Bxc5

  4. Nxa8 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxa8 21. Qf3 Ne4 22. Qg4+ Kh7 23. Nxe4 f5 24. Nf6+ Rxf6

  5. Qd4 Rg6 26. Rc1 Rg7 27. Qe5 Re7 28. Qf6 Qe8 29. Qh4 Rg7 30. Bf3 Qe7 31. Qd4

e5 32. Qb6 Rg6 33. Rc7 Rxb6 34. Rxe7+ Kg6 35. Rxe5 Kf6 36. Re8 Rc6 37. Bxd5

Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Bxd5 39. h4 Rc2+ 0-1