Ch 23, Three Sectors of the Board (White To Play)

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This page contains four exercises taken from Chapter 23, Three Sectors of the Board with White to play. The actual chapter in the book contains thirty-six exercises.



670. White is up a pawn. Visualize the position after the moves 30 Nxg6 fxg6 31 Qxa8 Rxa8 1 32 Bxd5 Qxd5 33 Rxd5. What is the material balance?

1 The actual game continued 31...Nc3 32 Bd5 Rxa8 33 Bxe6+, when White is up two pawns (1‑0, 38).


681. Visualize the position after the moves 12 e5 Nxd4 13 Bxd4 Bb7 14 exf6 Bxf3 15 fxe7 Qxe7 16 Rxf3. What is the material balance?


690. Visualize the position after the moves 15 Nxc6 bxc6 16 Bxf6 Bxf6 17 Nxd5 Qxe1 18 Nxf6+ Kg7 19 Raxe1 Kxf6. What is the material balance?


691. Black's Bishop on g5 is under attack. Visualize the position after the moves 16 Qxd5+ Qxd5 17 Nxf6+ Bxf6 18 Bxd5+¹ Kg7 19 Bxf6+ Kxf6 20 Bxa8 Rxa8. What is the material balance?

¹ Black resigned here.

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Sources:

670. Taimanov-Antoshin, USSR Championship, 1956.
681. Kulaots-Koch, Neckar Open, Deizisau, 1997.
690. Mozetic-Ivanovic, 2nd League Team Championship, Serbia and Montenegro, 2003.
691. Duppel-Marian, 3rd Neckar Open, Deizisau, Germany, 1999. .
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