Tactics Flow From Inferior Positions

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This week’s position comes from my start as a chess Tournament Director and highlights Tim Brennan’s philosophy that tactics flow from inferior positions. It is white to move.

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Tactics Flow From Inferior Positions

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[Event “CSCC March Swiss”]
[Site “http://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “2015.03.31”]
[Round “5.6”]
[White “Williams, Selah”]
[Black “Williams, Teah”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “B00”]
[WhiteElo “897”]
[BlackElo “1104”]
[PlyCount “70”]
[EventDate “2015.03.03”]
[TimeControl “4500+30”]

  1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nf3 Ng6 5. Nc3
    Nf6 6. Bg5 c6 7. d6 h6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bc4 Qf6 10. O-O Bxd6 11. h3 Nxe3 12. fxe3
    O-O 13. Nh2 Qe7 14. Ng4 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 d6 17. Qd3 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Rad8
  2. Rab1 b5 20. Bb3 d5 21. exd5 Qxa3 22. Ra1 Qc5 23. c4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 cxd5 25.
    Bb3 d4 26. e4 Nf4 27. Qc4 Qxc4 28. Bxc4 Rc8 29. Bd5 Rxc2 30. Rf2 Rxf2 31. Kxf2
    Nxd5 32. exd5 Rd8 33. Rxa7 Rxd5 34. Ra1 f6 35. Rd1 Kf7 0-1
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[Event “CSCC March Swiss”]
[Site “http://cschess.webs.com/”]
[Date “2015.03.31”]
[Round “5.6”]
[White “Williams, Selah”]
[Black “Williams, Teah”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “B00”]
[WhiteElo “897”]
[BlackElo “1104”]
[PlyCount “70”]
[EventDate “2015.03.03”]
[TimeControl “4500+30”]

  1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nf3 Ng6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 c6 7. d6 h6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bc4 Qf6 10. O-O Bxd6 11. h3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 O-O 13. Nh2 Qe7 14. Ng4 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 d6 17. Qd3 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Rad8 19. Rab1 b5 20. Bb3 d5 21. exd5 Qxa3 22. Ra1 Qc5 23. c4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 cxd5 25. Bb3 d4
    It’s difficult to argue that White is inferior after 25…d4?? Instead, we should note that Black weakened her control of the center, resulting in an immediately winning attack for White after 26 Qxg6!

  1. e4?? Nf4 27. Qc4 Qxc4 28. Bxc4 Rc8 29. Bd5 Rxc2 30. Rf2 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 Nxd5 32. exd5 Rd8 33. Rxa7 Rxd5 34. Ra1 f6 35. Rd1 Kf7 0-1