Tactics Time Chess Newsletter: Sinquefield Cup
Published: Tue, 09/10/13
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his position comes from the game GM Hikaru Nakamura vs GM Levon Aronian's at Round 1 of the Sinquefield Cup played this past Monday, September 10, 2013 in St. Louis, MO.
In the position on the right it is White to move.
Answer below.
There is currently a prestigious tournament going on in St. Louis that I wanted to make sure you knew about.
The Sinquefield Cup is a chess tournament in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, honoring Rex Sinquefield and his wife Jeanne, the founders of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.
The first edition will be held from 9 to 15 September 2013 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
The four grandmasters will play the classic time control (40 moves in 90 minutes with a 30-second increment as of move one, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game) in double round-robin tournament.
This year's players are:
The average FIDE rating for the field is 2797, the highest in chess history. The website for the event is at uschesschamps dot com and is outstanding.
Live Coverage of the Sinquefield Cup begins at 1 p.m. CST each day. Tune in to live commentary with GMs Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley and WGM Jennifer Shahade!
Here is the complete game: [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "St Louis Chess Club"] [Date "2013.09.09"] [Eventdate "2013.09.09"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2813"] [Plycount "82"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4 9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nbd2 Nfd7 12.Nd4 c5 13.Nf5 Nf6 14.Ne3 Bb7 15.f3 Ng6 16.Ndc4 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Nf5 Qc7 19.Nxe7+ Ngxe7 20.Bg5 Nf5 21.c3 bxc3 22.bxc3 h6 23.Qd3 g6 24.Bd2 Rad8 25.Qe2 Nf4 26.Bxf4 Qxf4 27.Rad1 Bd5 28.Nd2 Bxb3 29.Nxb3 Qxa4 30.Nxc5 Qb5 31.Qxb5 axb5 32.Nd7 Rxd7 33.Rxd7 Ra8 34.Kf2 Ra6 35.g4 Nh4 36.f4 Rc6 37.Re8+ Kg7 38.Ree7 Rf6 39.Kg3 g5 40.f5 h5 41.Re6 1-0 You can play through this game here: http://www.chess.com/news/nakamura-carlsen-take-early-lead-in-sinquefield-cup-4736
Answer:
White traded off queens on the previous move, so he could play 32. Nd7! if 32...Rfe8 then 33. Nf6+ forks the Black King and Rook. White wins the exchange. Happy Tactics!
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That's one of the things they teach little kids. If you see a forced line, check that you're not blundering anything. I've been telling that to my friends many times. It's embarassing. ~ Levon Aronian (after the blunder featured in the tactics position below)
