May 23, 2023

Sharjah Chess Masters International keeps producing chess gems!

Two puzzles today taken from the games given below. Please visit Mark Crowther’s “TWIC” (The Week In Chess) for comprehensive global chess news, event coverage and, most importantly, GAMES! There is also the organizer’s excellent website at:
https://shjchessmasters.com/
While TWIC can be accessed at:
https://theweekinchess.com/

Today’s Games:

Manuel Petrosyan vs Alexandr Predke 1-0

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 a5 6. O-O d6 7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. a3 Bh5 12. Bb3 Kh8 13. Rf2 g5 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. Nf1 Nf6 16. Ng3 Ng4 17. Rd2 Ne7 18. Rf1 c6 19. Qe2 Qc8 20. Qf3 Ng8 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 N8f6 23. h3 exd4 24. hxg4 dxc3 25. Rxd6 Ne8 26. Rh6 Qd8 27. f6 cxb2 28. Qf5 Nxf6 29. Rxf6 a4 30. Rh6
Black Resigns 1 - 0

Sanan Sjugirov vs Wenjun Ju 1-0

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Nfd2 Nc5 10. Nc4 Ne6 11. a4 f6 12. Nc3 b6 13. Ne2 c5 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. b3 a6 16. Bd2 b5 17. Ne3 g6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Nd5 f5 21. f3 f4 22. b4 Qa3 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. c3 Bd6 25. d4 Bc6 26. Bc1 Qa8 27. Qb3 Kh8 28. Nb4 Bd7 29. dxe5 Bxe5 30. Nd3 Bg7 31. Nexf4 c5 32. Nxe6 c4 33. Qb4 Bxe6 34. Nf4 Bd7 35. Be3 Rf7 36. Nd5 Bc6 37. Qc5 Bxd5 38. exd5 Rf5 39. Rd1 Qa4 40. Re1 Qa8 41. Bd4 Rxd5 42. Qa7 1 - 0

Have a good one ~ S