Tactics Time Chess Newsletter: Norman Schwarzkopf tribute
Published: Sun, 12/30/12
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reetings from Toronto, Ontario! I am currently here visiting for a few days over the holidays with my girlfriend and her daughter. My girlfriend's brother lives here, with his wife and son, and my girlfriend's mom came in from Germany.
In the position on the right it is Black to move.
Answer below.
I was reading in the USA Today yesterday that General H. Norman Schwarzkopf passed away on December 27, 2012.
Schwarzkopt was a United States Army general who, while he served as Commander
of U.S. Central Command, was commander of coalition forces in the
Persian Gulf War.
Here is a little story about Schwarzkopt from Brian Tracy's excellent book "How the Best Leaders Lead", which may be helpful in your chess games, and life in general.
Follow the Rules General Norman Schwartzkopt tells about his first experience of leadership at the Pentagon. His senior officer told him that to do his job well, all he had to do was to "Follow Rule 13." When he asked, "What is rule 13?" his commanding general said, "When placed in command, take charge!" When then Colonel Schwartzkopt asked, "But after I have taken charge, how do I make decisions?" His commanding officer said, "Simple. Use rule 14." When Colonel Schwartzkopt asked, "what is rule 14?" he was told "Do the right thing!" These are excellent ideas for you, as well. When placed in command, take charge, and if ever you are in doubt about what to do, simply do the right thing. Here is the complete game:
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2010.10.08"] [White "Drumlizardo"] [Black "Dogfish44"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "961"] [BlackElo "954"] [PlyCount "22"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 Bb4 4. a3 Ba5 5. g3 Nd4 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nd3 h5 8. b4 Bg4 9. Qa4+ c6 10. bxa5 b5 11. Qb4 Nc2# 0-1 You can play through this game here: http://tacticstime.com/drumlizardo-dogfish44/ Answer:
This position is #258 in my new book, Tactics Time! 1001 Chess Tactics from the Games of Everyday Chess Players, which you can get here for the redonkulous low price of $4.99 http://www.amazon.com/Tactics-Chess-Everyday-Players-ebook/dp/B009TBYA7U
10...Qxa5!! is a brilliant Queen sacrifice deflecting the White Queen from her protection of the c2 square, threatening 11. Nc2#. There are no safe squares for the White Queen, and she will be lost or White will be checkmated. This move was missed in the game, but even very strong players have missed this type of tactic,
such as in the game GM Alexander Yermolinsky (2654) -. IM Emory Tate (2425),
Western States Open, 2001, which went 1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. Nc3 exd5 4. Nxd5 Ne7
5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Qa5+ 7. c3 Nf5 8. Qa4 Qxa4 9. Nc7# 1-0, and you can play
through here: http://tacticstime.com/?page_id=3299.
Happy Tactics!
Your Friend,
 P.S. Chesscafe.com is having its 2012 "Book of the Year" contest at http://www.chesscafe.com/Reviews/botyr1.htm. More on this later...
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