Tactics Time Chess Newsletter: Spell Quest
Published: Sun, 08/28/16
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his position comes from the game Jeffrey Baffo (1835) vs Joshua Williams (1588), Round 3, Pikes Peak Open, played August 13, 2016.
In the position on the right it is White to move.
Answer below.
Congratulations to Fred Spell on winning the "Best Electronic State Newsletter" from the Chess Journalists of America in their 2016 CJA awards! Fred has been the editor of the Colorado Chess Informant, the official state magazine of the Colorado State Chess Association (CSCA) for many years now. He does a really outstanding job. Fred has a really good eye for design, and does a really amazing job with his use of colors, fonts, and layout. Everything he touches is very beautiful and professional looking. I was the editor of the magazine in 2004 and 2005 and it is a lot of hard work. It was a really good experience though, and that was when I first created "Tactics Time". The issues I did look like psychotic ransom letters compared to the art that Fred creates! Former CSCA President Paul Covington deserves a lot of credit as well, because he was the one that lobbied the CJA to create a category for electronic magazines. Previously their awards were mostly focused on paper based media. Kudos to Paul! You can see an archive of the Colorado State Chess Association magazines here: http://www.coloradochess.com/informants.shtml You can see the full list of award winners here http://chessjournalism.org/2016entries/AwardsRecipients.htm Congrats again Fred! Here is the complete game:
[Event "Pikes Peak Open"] [Site "QNA"] [Date "2016.08.13"] [Round "3"] [White "Baffo, Jeffrey"] [Black "Williams, Joshua"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1835"] [BlackElo "1588"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. Nce2 e5 4. Ng3 c5 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nf3 h6 7. O-O Bg4 8. Nxe5 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. d3 Bd6 11. Ng6 Rg8 12. e5 Bc7 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Qh5 Kd7 15. Ne4 Qf7 16. Ne5+ 1-0 You can play through this game here: http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2016/8/28/Game307736437.html
Answer:
8. Nxe5! wins a valuable pawn, and sets up a Légal Mate style trap. If Black takes the Queen with 8...Bxd1 he gets mated after 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. Nf5# Playing 8. Bxf7+ first also wins a pawn, after 8...Kxf7 9.Nxe5+ Kg8 10.Nxg4 The computer likes playing Nxe5 slightly better than Bxf7, but both give White a nice advantage. This is a tactical pattern you absolutely have to know inside and out. I even see very strong and experienced players miss it in their games. You can read more about Légal Trap here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9gal_Trap Happy Tactics!
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