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Step Into Carlsen's Shoes + Giri v DIng



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Black to play and mate in two.
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The first correct answer gets the left shoe.
The second correct answer gets a right shoe.
The third correct answer gets a left shoe.

You are no doubt thinking that I’ve stolen the single display shoe from
the display rack at three different outlets. You guessed wrong because;

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green pawns

Three puzzles for you to solve. The first ‘hidden’ is a clue.

Gaal - Vidic, Budapest, 2021
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White to play.
Check All Checks! it mate in two.

1. Qf5+ gxf5 2. R1h6 Checkmate.


Krishna Teja, - Savic, Serbia, 2021
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White to play.
White is not looking too good here.

1. Rxf7+ Kh6 2. Rh7+ Kxh7 3. Qh5+ Kg7 4. Qh7+ Kf8 5. Qf7+ Rxf7 Stalemate.


Suarez Real - Sielecki Online 4NCL 2021
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White to play
Stop looking at Knight checks. Look at the Black Queen

1. b3 Qa5 {(Or 1....Qa3)} 2. Nc4 Qc5 3. Nxe5 Qxe5 4. Rd6 a5 5. Qd4

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Anish Giri - Ding Liren, Superbet Chess Classic, 2023.

In this position with White to play. Ding Lien has just played 11...g5.
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Giri played 12.Nxg5 and set about working against the pinned Knight on f6.

This is a relatively common Knight for two pawns and pressure sacrifice. The first
time I can find it being played was in the Labourdonnais - McDonnell match in 1834.
Ding knew he was entering risky territory playing 11...g5 (he took 10 minutes) Giri took
4 minutes before playing 12. Nxg4 but he had no choice. 12.Bg3 leads to a poor position.

Before looking at the Anish Giri-Ding Liren game lets us look at some ground rules

The critical pattern. The Basic Attacking and Defending Ideas.
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The most common ways of piling on the pressure on the pinned
f6 Knight are Qf3. Nd5 and f4 with e5 hitting the pinned Knight.
This f2-f4 idea can be combined with a Rook on f1 taking on e5.

Black’s most common defensive ideas are Kg7 (mainly against Qf3)
Be7 If Black can break the pin this way then it is difficult for White.
Stop Nd5 by either taking on d5 or c6. Qe7 with Qe6 breaking the pin.
Look out for a Black Queen check to break the pin (after f4 by White.)
If there is a Knight on c6 it can drop back to b8 and reappear on d7.

Look at this position from Lizard King - dinc RHP 2021.(Black to play)
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The e2 Bishop is stopping Qf3. The move f4 cannot be played. The only way to put
pressure on the pinned f6 Knight is Nd5. Black played d6 and after Nd5 it was 1-0.

Let us see how it could have been defended and a plausible what happens next.
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1.Nxg5hxg5
2.Bxg5Bc5
3.Nd5Be7
4.Nxe7Qxe7
5.f4exf4
6.Rxf4Qc5
7.Kh1Qxg5
8.Rf3Ng4
9.Rg3Nf2
10.Kg1Qxg3
11.hxg3Nxd1

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      This is fun, let us look at another needlessly lost game because of slack defending

      GMForsythe - fredrickrivenson RHP 2022 (Black to Play)
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      Seeing the two major threats Nd5 and Qf3 Black only stopped just one and they
      played Kg7 to take the sting out of Qf3 but after Nd5 it was 1-0 a few moves later.

      Let’s try defending it. If I get what I think is an unclear position in these situations
      I always go for the sac, so should you. The attackers moves are the easiest to find.
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      1.Nxg5hxg5
      2.Bxg5Nd4
      3.Nd5Bxd5
      4.exd5Kg7
      5.c3Nf5
      6.Qf3Nh6
      7.d4exd4
      8.cxd4Bb6
      9.Rae1Nhg8
      10.Qf4Re8
      11.Bb1Rxe1
      12.Rxe1c5
      13.Bh6Nxh6
      14.Qg5Kf8
      15.Qxh6Kg8
      16.Re3Ne4
      17.Rg3Nxg3
      18.Bh7Kh8
      19.Bg6Kg8
      20.Qh7Kf8
      21.Qxf7

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          Finally a pin breaking return sacrifice. Look out for this in the main game.

          blunt hedgehog - ziggy57 RHP 2009
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          1.Bg5h6
          2.Bh4d6
          3.h3g5
          4.Nxg5hxg5
          5.Bxg5Bxf2
          6.Kxf2Nxe4
          7.dxe4Qxg5

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              So now we look at the Giri-Ding Liren game and you see both players using
              the same ideas we saw in the RHP games only in a slightly more subtle way.

              Anish Giri - Ding Liren, Superbet Chess Classic, 2023
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              1.e4e5
              2.Nf3Nc6
              3.Bc4Nf6
              4.d3Bc5
              5.Bg5h6
              6.Bh4d6
              7.c3a5
              8.Nbd2Ba7
              9.a4O-O
              10.h3g5
              11.Nxg5hxg5
              12.Bxg5Kg7
              13.Qf3Be6
              14.Nf1Rh8
              15.Ne3Qe7
              16.O-O-ORag8
              17.Rhf1Nb8
              18.d4exd4
              19.cxd4Nbd7
              20.e5dxe5
              21.d5Qb4
              22.Qe2Bxh3
              23.gxh3Kf8
              24.h4Bd4
              25.Rxd4exd4
              26.Nf5Rxg5
              27.hxg5Ne5
              28.Bb5Nfg4
              29.Kb1Kg8
              30.Nh6Nxh6
              31.Qxe5Ng4
              32.Qxc7Kg7
              33.g6Rf8
              34.gxf7d3
              35.Rg1Rxf7
              36.Qc3Qxc3
              37.Rxg4Kf8
              38.bxc3Rxf2
              39.Rd4d2
              40.d6

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