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The two highlights of Round 7
were Aronian-Radjabov and
Polgar-Anand. Aronian defeated
Radjabov in a Modern Benoni
Defense by playing positionally
and coolly, while Anand defeated
Polgar by beating her at her own
game (she had beaten Anand in
a similar position some 10 years ago).
As usual, I have provided you
with some tactical puzzles from
these games.
(3) Aronian,L (2739) - Radjabov,T (2735) [E61]
1. d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 0-0
6. Bg2 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. 0-0 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8
10. Nd2 b6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. h3 Ba6 13. Qa4
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Black to Move: A tactic from Radjabov
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Bd3 14.Nf1 b5 15.Qd1 Bc4 16.Nd2 Nb6 17.Nxc4 Nxc4 18.Nxb5 Qa5
19.a4 Nd7 20.Bf4 Bxb2 21.Rb1 Be5 22.Qc1 a6 23.Qxc4 axb5 24.axb5
Nb6 25.Qc1 c4 26.Bxe5 Rxe5 27.e4 Ree8 28.Re3 Qa2 29.h4 Nd7
30.Rc3 Nb6 31.h5 Re5 32.h6 f5 33.exf5 Rxf5 34.Rc2 Qa3
35.Qd2 Qc5 36.Bh3 Rf3 37.Rc3 Rf6 38.Be6+ Kh8 39.Re3 Raf8
40.Qb2 Na4 41.Qa3 Rxf2 42.Qxc5 dxc5 43.Ra3 Nb6 44.Rd1 R2f6
45.Rda1 g5
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White to Move: A simple tactical combination that wins the game
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46.Ra6 c3 47.Rxb6 c2 48.Rc6 1-0
(2) Polgar,Ju (2707) - Anand,V (2799) [B90]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5
7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 0-0 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Bb3 Be6 11.Bg5 Nd7
12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Qe2 Nc5 15.Rad1 b5
16.Ne3 Nxb3 17.axb3 Qc7 18.Rd3 Nb4 19.Rd2 Qe7
20.Rfd1 Rad8
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White to Move: How does Polgar move and is her vision justified?
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21.Nf5 Bxf5 22.exf5 Rfe8 23.c3 Nc6 24.Qe4 Na5 25.Qd5 Qf6
26.Re2 Rc8 27.Nd2 Qxf5 28.Ne4 Qe6 29.Nxd6 Rcd8
30.Red2 Nxb3
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White to Move: Is Polgar's combination justified?
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31.Nxe8 Rxd5 32.Rxd5 h6 33.Rd8 Kh7 34.Nd6 Nc5 35.h3 Qg6
36.g3 Ne6 37.Rd7 Ng5 38.h4 Qe6 39.Rb7 Nf3+ 40.Kg2 Qg4 41.Rd5
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Black to Move: Can you find the winning tactical combination for Black?
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Nxh4+ 42.Kf1 Qf3 43.Rd2 Nf5 44.Nxf5 Qxb7 45.Ke2 a5
46.Ne3 a4 47.Rd5 b4 48.cxb4 Qxb4 49.Rd2 f5 50.Rc2 Qb3
51.f4 exf4 52.gxf4 Qb4
53.Nc4 g5 0-1
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