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Day 6: Setup Your Own Chess Database — 21 Days to Supercharge Your Chess by TheChessWorld.com

21 Days to Supercharge Your Chess

Day 6: Setup Your Own Chess Database

Day 6: Setup Your Chess Database 25% Supercharge Completed

Here is your homework that you should do after reading the chapter!

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Master s Game

Position

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Instructions:

Go through this master game, read all the comments and try to understand the basic ideas behind the moves. To fully understand the game you might want to study it multiple times. For your convenience the PGN of this game is attached below the diagram.

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Let's  look  at  the  following position  that  emerged  from Grunfield  Defense.  Black  to move.  What  do  you  see?  The most  important  thing  you probably  noticed  about  the white's  position  is  that  the  King is  in  the  center.  Black  can exploit  that  serious  positional weakness if he acts fast. A very difficult  move  to  find  that  leads to  a  imbalance.  1...  Na4! Removing the defender. 2. Qa3  [2. Na4 Ne4 3. Qe7 (3. Qb4 Bf3 4. Be7 Qe7 Black sacrifices the Queen  for  3  pieces.  5.  Qe7 Rfe8  Setting  up  a  discovered check.  6.  Qb4  Bd1  7.  Kd1  Nf2 Winning  an  exchange.  8.  Kc2 Nh1¤  Black  is  a  little  better here.)  3...  Qa5  4.  b4  Qa4»+

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Tactics Lab

Homework

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Instructions: Here is your practical (tactical) exercises. Solving these problems is a very important part of the program on your way to improve your game. Try solving them by looking on the diagram. If that is hard you can setup pieces on the board and attempt again. Solutions are given at the bottom.

#31. White to move and win

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#32. White to move and win

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#33. White to move and win

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#34. White to move and win

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#35. White to move and win

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#36. Black to move and win Hide Solution

#31. 1. Be6 Bxe6 (1… fxe6 2. Qc8+ Bd8 3. Qxd8+ Rxd8 4. Rxd8+ Qe8 5. Rxe8#) (1… Rd8 2. Rxd8+ Bxd8 3. Qe8#) 2. Qc8+ Bd8 3. Qxd8+ Rxd8 4. Rxd8# 1-0 #32. 1. Bg8  Rxg8 (1… Bxh6 2. Qh7#) 2. Nf7# 1-0 #33. 1. Qg5  Rg8 (1… hxg5 2. Rh3#) (1… gxf6 2. Qxh6#) 2. Qxh6+ gxh6 3. Rxg8# 1-0 #34. 1. Rd7+  Bxd7 (1… Ke8 2. Qxe6+ Kf8 3. Qf7#) (1… Kf8 2. Qxa8#) 2. Qf6+ Ke8 3. Qxh8+ Ke7 4. Qxa8  1-0 http://www.thechessworld.com/supercharge/21­days­to­supercharge­your­chess/6­2/

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#35. 1. Rxd7 Qxd7 (1… Nxd7 2. Qxg7#) 2. Bxf6 1-0 #36. 1…Nf3+  2. gxf3 (2. Kh1 Nf2#) 2… Rg6+ 3. Kh1 Nf2# 0-1

Endgame Lab: Position 6 Instructions: Here is your practical (tactical) exercises. Solving these problems is a very important part of the program on your way to improve your game. Try solving them by looking on the diagram. If that is hard you can setup pieces on the board and attempt again. Solutions are given at the end. Check them only after your complete/attempt all problems.

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#6. Can black draw this position?

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This  is  the  similar  position  with one  big  difference,  black's  rook cannot  occupy  the  6th  rank  prior to  king  defending  the  pawn. Therefore,  the  game  is  lost. 1...  Rd1  2.  Kc5  Rg1  3.  Rb8  [3. Rb8 This way to defense is not much better. 3... Rg5  4.  Kb4  Rg4 5.  Ka5  Rg5  6.  Rb5  Rg7  7.  Rb7 Winning  for  white.]  3...  Rg6  And black  cannot  catch  the  pawn. 4. a7 Ra6 5. a8Q+»

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