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Wijk aan Zee Rd11: Carlsen plays like Tal to beat Topalov
27.01.2012 – Six wins in seven games in both groups A and B, but the highlight was Carlsen's game against Topalov in which he went for broke with a Tal-like attack, and turned a lead position into gold. Leader Aronian lost to Navara but so did Ivanchuk, after committing suicide against Gelfand. Radjabov beat Gashimov and joins Carlsen tied for second. Express report.
 

Way out?
27.01.2012 – Playing 53.e5-e6 (diagram) White has deprived the bishop d5 of its protection and more or less forced it to strike on g2.
This (53...Bxg2) leads to victory for ...
A) ... Black;
B) ... White;
C) ... neither nor (equality).

ChessBase Magazine, larger diagram and solution.
 

David Friedgood: More on Novotnys
27.01.2012 – We continue with our discussion of the Novotny theme in chess problems, where a white unit plays onto the intersection square of, typically, a black rook and bishop, causing a double interference. Dr Milan Vukcevich was an OTB IM and a GM of Chess Composition. He explored this theme with many superb creations and our selections in this article are all by him.
 

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