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IM Igor Khmelnitsky
IM Igor Khmelnitsky
Igor is a winner of many national and
international tournaments in Europe and the United States.
At various points during his career, he has won individual
encounters with many of the game’s best players.
In total, Igor has beaten over 30 different Grandmasters. He
has been a participant in the Ukrainian National Championship as
well as a three times contestant in the US National Championship.
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Have we met before?
A couple of days ago I saw an interesting position that occurred in the game
of two strong GMs - Becerra vs. Blehm from the match Miami vs.
Baltimore (US
Chess League, I suggest you visit this site frequently and find a team
to route for).
See the diagram 1
below. The way White dismantled Black's position was very impressive,
but I did have a strange Déjà Vu feeling. Then I recalled a
few of positions I saw and stored in my workbooks that were somewhat
similar. See diagrams 2-4.
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#1 After 22...Ne5 |
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#2 After 17...Bxe5 |
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#3 After 31...Bf6 |
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#4 After 21...Qg7 |
STOP - SOLUTIONS ARE BELOW!
Solutions
Becerra Rivero,J - Blehm,P,
USCL New York, 2006
Black's dark squares near his K are compromised due to
the absence of the defender - the dark-squared B. Black is trying
his best to build some barriers - having the Pf6 and with his last move
getting the N on defense as well.
However, White found an elegant way via small but
devastating tactics - 23.Bg5! undermining the Ne5. Black's
position fell apart. He chose 23...Nd7 offering the P on
f6, but White wanted more 24.Rxd7! (It is also fine
if you prefer a risk free 24.Nxf6+ or 24.Bxf6. Black's dark
squares are extremely week and White should have no problem converting
his positional and material advantage. Practice against a friend
or a computer) 24...Bxd7 25.Nxf6+ Kf7 26.Qc4+
Be6 27.Qh4 with a super dangerous attack. |
Here are the remaining moves: 27...Rh8 28.Ne4
Qf8 29.Qf4+ Bf5 30.Qc7+ Ke6 31.Qc4+ Kd7
32.Qd5+ Kc7 33.Bf4+ Kb6 34.Nd6 Black resigned 1-0 |
Reshevsky,S - Shainswit,G,
USA-ch New York, 1938
Once again, the position of the Black K is somewhat
compromised, but at least his defender, the dark-squared
B, is still present. Not only it defends the K, but it also pressures
White's Q-side, specifically the Pb2. White found a nice little tactics
at his disposal that forced Black to trade his prized B for its White
counterpart.
After 1.Bh6! Qxh6 19.Qxe5 Qg7 20.Qd6,
White gained a solid positional advantage due to a better pieces and
safer K. |
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The game
continued 20...f4 21.Bd5+ Kh8
22.Rae1 Bf5 23.Re7 Qd4 24.Qe5+ Qxe5 25.Rxe5 fxg3 26.hxg3 Rab8 27.Rfe1 b5
28.b3 bxc4 29.Bxc4 Rfc8 30.Re7 a5 31.Ra7 Ra8 32.Ree7 Rxa7 33.Rxa7 Be4
34.Rxa5 Rd8 35.Kf1 Rd1+ 36.Ke2 Ra1 37.a4 1-0
Yudasin,L - Hueber,G,
World op Philadelphia, 1991White is completely
dominating here. The shortest way to finish the game is to strike
against the defender of the Ne5.
After 32.Bxg5 Black resigned. |
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Ehlvest,J - Lakdawala,C
Koltanowski mem op San Francisco, 2000Once again we
see the Be5 as a key defender and, once again, White can eliminate it
and regain the P in the process. After 22.Bh6! Qxh6 23.Qxe5+
Qg7 24.Qxc5, White is better because of better pieces (compare the
Bishops) and the weak Black K.
The game continued 24...Re8
25.Rd1 Qxb2 26.Bf7 Qe5 27.Qa3 Re7 28.Rd7 Qe1+ 29.Kh2 Qe5+ 30.g3 Qe1
31.Qb2+ Re5 1-0 |
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Summary
The piece on e5 is
often subject of direct and indirect attack. Reviewing well selected
and organized examples and memorizing ideas will definitely come handy at
some point in the future - as you can see the Tactical and Strategic ideas
tend to repeat themselves.
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please contact me via my website www.IamCoach.com.
You might want to take a look at my new
Tactical test. Try the demo as I am looking for more data to refine
my statistics. The full version is also available at a nominal fee.
More on chess training (serious and enlightening):
Chess Exam and Training
Guide:
Rate Yourself and Learn How to Improve
IM
Igor Khmelnitsky's book, Chess Exam and Training
Guide: Rate Yourself and Learn How to Improve (2004, IamCoach
Press) - winner of Book of the Year from CJA - Chess Journalists
of America (2005).
"...will quickly and
accurately test your
combinational ability, positional judgment and endgame expertise...
Instructive and Entertaining!" - Alex Yermolinsky, Grandmaster,
former US Champion and Olympic team member. |
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