Tactics Time Newsletter Shark Week 2014
Published: Tue, 08/12/14
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his position comes from the game FM Eric Rodriguez of the Miami Sharks vs IM Akshat Chandra of the New York Knights from the 2013 United State Chess League (USCL) Championship.
White to move. Answer below.
Happy Shark Week!!
This is my second year in a row doing a Tactics Time Shark Week newsletter!
In case you missed it, or want to read it again, here is my newsletter from last year's Shark Week: http://archive.aweber.com/tacticstime/5nFUY/h/Tactics_Time_Chess_Newsletter_.htm
Interestingly, the current USCF Champions are the Miami Sharks!
Here is a picture of their logo...  Around this time last year, they won the USCL Championship 3.5 - 0.5 against the New York Knights. You can read a nice report of their victory here: http://www.chess.com/news/miami-sharks-win-first-uscl-title-9082
The new USCL season will be starting soon. The Sharks have their first game on August 26. You can learn more about the USCL here: http://uschessleague.com/
Here is the game in PGN
[Event "USCL"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.11.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Rodriguez, Eric"] [Black "Chandra, Akshat"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2386"] [BlackElo "2528"] [PlyCount "155"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. a4 Rb8 9. b3 cxb3 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. e4 Bb4 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nxb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 a5 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 b6 18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Qxc6 Qd7 21. Rac1 Rfd8 22. f3 Qe7 23. Bf1 e5 24. d5 Ne8 25. Bh3 Rb8 26. Rd3 Rd6 27. Qc4 Ra8 28. Rc2 g6 29. Kf2 h5 30. Qb5 Kg7 31. Rdc3 Ra7 32. Qb1 Ra8 33. Qb5 Ra7 34. Kg2 h4 35. Bg4 Ra8 36. Qf1 Rad8 37. Qc1 Qf6 38. Rc4 Qe7 39. R4c3 Qf6 40. Rc4 Kh7 41. R4c3 Qe7 42. Qe3 Kg7 43. Qc1 f5 44. exf5 Rxd5 45. Rc6 R5d6 46. f6+ Kxf6 47. Qh6 Rxc6 48. Rxc6+ Rd6 49. Rc2 Kf7 50. Qh7+ Ng7 51. gxh4 e4 52. h5 exf3+ 53. Kh3 c5 54. h6 Qf6 55. Rf2 Rd3 56. hxg7 Qxg7 57. Qxg7+ Kxg7 58. Rxf3 Rd4 59. Ra3 Kf6 60. Be2 Ke5 61. Bb5 c4 62. Rg3 Kd5 63. Rg5+ Kd6 64. Rxg6+ Kc5 65. Rc6+ Kb4 66. Rxb6 c3 67. Bd3+ Ka3 68. Bc2 Rb4 69. Rb5 Kb2 70. Bg6 Rb3 71. Kg3 Ka3 72. Rxb3+ Kxb3 73. h4 Kxa4 74. h5 Kb4 75. h6 a4 76. h7 a3 77. h8=Q a2 78. Qh1 1-0 You can play through this game here: http://uschessleague.com/games2013/rodriguezchandraplayoffs13.htm
Answer: 54. h6 is a "pin it and win it" on the Knight on g7. On the previous move Black played 53...c5, missing this one move threat, and needed to play 53...Kf6 or 53...gxh5 to prevent this.
Happy Tactics!
Your Friend,
 P.S. If you haven't seen the movie "Sharknado 2: The Second One" yet, I HIGHLY recommend it. I watched it last week, and it was the hardest I have laughed all summer. It is so stupid, but I really got a kick out of it. Tara Reid even retweeted me after I told her how much I loved it :-) https://twitter.com/TacticsTime/status/496474368873332736
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