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Part 2. Combinations & countercombinations

Part 1. Unexpected sacrifice

Diagram 1

dkdo – mazal; gambler 2022

black goes on the attack

13...e5-f4!! 14. g1-h2 h4-g3!! 15. f2xh4 e7-f6 16. e1-f2 f6-e5 17. a3-b4! c5xa3 18. f2-g3 d6-c5 19. h6-g7 f8xh6 20. h4-g5 e5-d4 21. c3xe5 f4xd6 22. d2-c3 h6xf4 23. g3xc7 d8xb6 24. h2-g3 c5-b4 25. c1-d2! b6-c5 26. g3-h4! c5-d4 27. c3xe5 a3-b2 28. e5-f6 b2-c1

[ 16. ... b2-a1 17.f6-e7 b4-a3 18.e7-f8 a1-h8 19.d2-e3 a3-b2 20.e3-f4 b2-a1 21.h4-g5 = ]

29. d2-c3 b4xd2 30. f6-g7 c1-b2 31. g7-h8 b2-c1 32. h4-g5 d2-e1 33. g5-h6 a5-b4 {The game is a draw.} 1-1

Diagram 2

mazal – Denis_13; gambler 2020

10. e3-f4! e5xg3 11. f2-e3! and the white is freed from the shackles

11...f6-e5 12. h4xf2 g7-h6 13. e3-f4 e5xg3 14. f2xh4 e7-f6 15. d2-e3 b6-c5 16. b4xd6 c7xe5 17. b2-c3 b8-c7 18. a3-b4 h6-g5 19. c3-d4 e5xc3 20. b4xd2 c7-d6 21. d2-c3 d6-c5 22. a5-b6 c5-b4 23. c3xa5 a7xc5 24. e1-f2 g5-f4 25. e3xe7 d8xf6 26. f2-e3 f6-e5 27. e3-f4 e5xg3 {The game is a draw.} 1-1

Diagram 3

gregur – matvej27; gambler 2020

it seems that white has no good options

17. f4-g5!! f6xh4 18. d2-c3 c5-b4 19. c3-d4 b4-c3 20. d4xb2 g7-f6 21. b2-c3 e7-d6 22. c1-d2? mistake

[easy win after 22.c3-d4! X]

22...d6-e5 23. g1-h2 c7-d6 24. e3-f4 e5xg3 25. h2xf4 f6-e5 26. a5-b6 e5xg3 27. b6-a7 g3-h2 28. a7-b8 d6-c5 29. c3-b4 c5-d4 30. b8-a7 a3xc5 31. d2-c3 d4xb2 32. a7xa1 h2-g1 33. h6-g7 f8xh6 {The game is a draw.} 1-1

Diagram 4

gregur – Invisible; gambler 2020

10. e3-f4! e5xg3 11. f2-e3! g3-f2 12. e1xg3 h2xf4 13. e3xg5 h6xf4 14. d2-e3 f4xd2 15. c3xe1 f6-g5 16. h4xf6 e7xg5 17. e1-f2 d8-e7 18. c1-d2 e7-f6 19. d2-e3 f6-e5 20. f2-g3 g5-h4 21. g1-f2 e5-f4 22. e3xg5 h4xf6 23. g3-h4 f6-e5 24. f2-e3 e5-d4 25. e3-f4 d4-c3 26. b4xd2 {Black resigns.} 2-0

Diagram 5

Miloserdnyj – mazal; gambler 2020

19. h6-g7! f8xh6 20. f4-g5! h6xf4 21. e3xg5 c5-d4!! 22. a3xe3 e7-f6 23. g5xc5 b6xb2 24. d2-c3 b2xf2 25. g3xe1 e5-d4 26. h4-g5 d4-c3 27. g5-f6 c3-b2 28. f6-e7 a5-b4 29. e7-f8 b4-a3 30. f8-g7 b2-a1 31. g7-h8 a7-b6 32. e1-d2 a3-b2 33. h8-g7 b6-c5 34. g7-f8 c5-d4 35. f8-h6 b2-c1 36. d2-c3 d4xb2 37. h2-g3 c1-d2 38. h6xa3 {The game is a draw.} 1-1

Diagram 6

mazal – beluga; gambler 2022

11...h6-g5!! 12. f4xh6 c7-d6! 13. f2-g3 h4xf2 14. e1xg3 d6-e5 15. e3-f4? c5xg5 16. h6xd6 e7xc5 17. c3-b4 c5-d4 18. b4-c5 d4-e3 19. c5xa7 f6-g5! 20. b2-c3 g5-h4 21. g3-f4 e3xg5 22. a3-b4 g5-f4 23. c3-d4 h4-g3 24. b4-c5 f8-e7 25. c5-b6 e7-f6 26. b6-c7 b8xd6 27. g1-f2 g3xe1 28. a7-b8 d6-e5 29. d4-c5 e1-g3 30. c5-b6?

[30.c5-d6! =]

30...f6-g5 31. b6-c7 g5-h4 32. c7-d8 g3-h2 33. d8-e7?? e5-d4 {White resigns.} 0-2

Diagram 7

mazal – depech; gambler 2020

9. b4-c5 d6xb4 10. f2-e3 g7-h6 11. e3xe7 d8xf6 12. h2-g3 h6-g5! in Brazilian version this sacrifice is justified, but in Russian version white has a bad position

13. g3-h4 h8-g7 {White resigns.} 0-2

Diagram 8

mazal – tsinman; gambler 2022

14. d2-e3? mistake

[ 14.d2-c3!! b4xd6 15.c3-b4 b8-c7 16.c1-b2 in Russian white has a winning position ]

14...b4xd6 15. d4-c5 d6xb4 16. a3xc5 b8-c7 17. c1-b2 h6-g5 18. f4xh6 f6-e5 19. b2-c3?? the draw after19.h4-g5!

19...c7-b6 20. e3-d4 e5-f4 21. c3-b4 b6-a5 {White resigns.} 0-2

Diagram 9

mazal – Dkdo; gambler 2022

10. c3-b4!! e7-d6 11. c5xe7 a3xc5 12. d4xb6 a7xc5 13. d2-c3 d8xf6 14. c1-b2! c7-b6 15. g3-h4 b6-a5 16. c3-d4 c5-b4 17. b2-a3 f6-e5 18. f4xd6 f8-g7?? 19. a3xc5 g5-f4 20. e3xg5 h6xf4 21. d6-c7 g7-f6 22. c7-b8 {Black resigns.} 2-0

Diagram 10

G.Getmanskii – M.Zhekeyev; World Youth Championship 2017; Kranevo (Bulgaria); classic; Brazilian version

in this position black thought that they are winning

14...f6-g5 15.f2-e3 c7-b6 but after this move followed an unexpected sacrifice

16. c5-d6!! e7xc5 17. d2-c3 d8-c7? 18. e1-f2 a5-b4

19. c3xa5 c5-d4 20. e3xc5 b6xd4 21. f2-e3 d4xf2 22. g1xe3 c7-d6 23. b2-c3! d6-e5?? 24. f4xd6 h4-g3 25. d6-e7 g5-f4 26. e3xg5 h6xf4 27. e7-d8 g3-h2 28. d8-b6 b8-c7 29. b6xd8 f4-e3 30. d8-h4 h2-g1 31. a7-b8 {Black resigns.} 2-0

Diagram 11

G.Getmanskii – Vladimir Egorov; World Championship among juniors 2008; Novoyarovsk (Ukraine); classic; Brazilian version

16. d4-c5! d6xb4 17. a3xc5 g7-f6 18. c5-b6!! white fearlessly sacrifices the checker

18...c7-d6

[impossible 18...e7-d6 due to 19.f4-e5! f6xb2 20.d2-c3 b2xd4 21.e3xe7 d8xf6 22.b6xd8 X]

19. c3-b4! a5xc7

20. d2-c3 {Black resigns.} 2-0

Diagram 12

mazal – Yerotomanka; gambler 2022

12. a3-b4

[White misses an easy win after 12. d2-e3 b6-c5 13. d4:b6 b8-a7 14. g3-h4 a7:c5 15. a3-b4!! e5:g3 16. h2:f4 c5:a3 17. e3-d4 d6-c5 18. d4:b6 c7-d6 19. g1-f2 d8-e7 20. f2-e3 X]

12...b6-c5 13. d4xb6 f6-g5 black makes an unexpected sacrifice

14. d2-e3 g5-h4 15. g1-f2?

[easy win after 15.e3-d4 h4xf2 16.g1xe3 X]

15...g7-f6 16. c3-d4 e5xc3 17. b4xd2 b8-a7 18. f4-e5 a7xc5 19. e5xg7 h6xf8 20. g3-f4 f8-e7 21. d2-c3 c7-b6 22. a5xe5 c5-d4 23. e3xc5 e7-d6 24. e5xc7 d8xb2 25. f4-e5 {The game is a draw.} 1-1

Diagram 13

depech – gregur; gambler 2020

6.d4-e5!! f6:d4 7.g1-h2! e7-f6!!

8.f4-e5 d6:f4 9.g3:c3 h6-g5! 10.h2-g3 c5-d4 11.c3:e5 f6:d4 12.e3:c5 b6:d4 13.b2-c3 d4:b2 14.a3:c1 g7-f6 15.d2-e3 f6-e5 16.c1-b2 c7-d6 17.e3-d4 e5:c3 18.b2:d4 d8-c7 19.f2-e3 h4:f2 20.e1:g3 g5-h4 21.a1-b2 h4:f2 22.e3:g1 a7-b6 23.g1-f2 d6-c5 24.f2-e3 f8-g7 25.d4-e5 c7-d6 26.a5:c7 d6:d2 {The game is a draw.} 1-1

Diagram 14

mazal – Miloserdnyj; gambler 2020

10. f2-g3 h2xf4 11. e1-f2 b8-a7 12. b2-a3 f4-g3 13. f2xh4 b6-c5?? 14. d4xb6 a7xc5

[ easy win after 13...e5-f4! 5.g1-h2 d6-e5 6.b4-c5 c7-d6 7.a5:c7 d8:b6 X]

15.g1-h2 white has a winning position

Diagram 15

dudden2020 – gregur; gambler 2021

11. b2-c3 a7-b6?

[ the win after 11...e7-f6! 12. a1-b2 f6:d4 13. c3:e5 d8-e7 14. b2-c3 e7-f6 15. c3-d4 a7-b6 16. f4-g5 h6:f4! 17. e3:e7 c5:c1 18. a3:a7 d6:f8 X]

12. a1-b2?

[ the draw after an unexpected sacrifice 2. h4-g5!! e7-f6!! 3. g5:e7 d8:b2 4. a1:c3 g7-f6 5. g3-h4 f6-e5 6. h2-g3 e5-d4 7. c3:e5 b4-c3 8. d2:b4 a5:c3 9. h4-g5 b6-a5 10. g3-h4 a5-b4 11. g5-f6 c3-b2 12. a3:c1 b4-c3 13. c1-d2 c3:g3 14. h4:f2 =]

12...e7-f6 13. f4-g5 f6xd4 14. c3xe5 h6xf4 15. e3xg5 d6xh6 16. b2-c3 h6-g5 17. h4xf6 g7xe5 18. f2-e3 h8-g7 19. e3-f4 c7-d6 20. f4-g5 g7-h6 21. g3-f4 e5xg3 22. h2xf4 d8-e7 23. f4-e5 h6xf4 24. e5xg3 d6-e5 25. g3-h4 e7-f6 {White resigns.} 0-2

Diagram 16

G.Getmanskii – N.Struchkov; European Championship 2019; Izmir (Turkey); classic; Russian version

8.g1-h2 d6-e5 9.f2-e3? 

9...f4-g3!! 10.h2xd6 c7xe5 11.a5xc7 b8xd6

[ in first game black missed an unexpected sacrifice and played 9...c7-d6 10.e3xg5 h4xf6 11.a5xc7 d8xb6 then the game ended in a draw ]

12.e1-f2 e7-f6 13.e3-d4 d8-c7 14.a3-b4? c7-b6 15.d2-e3 b6-c5 16.d4xb6 a7xa3 17.e3-d4 f6-g5 18.d4xf6 g5xe7 19.c3-d4 e7-f6 20.c1-d2? d6-e5 21.d4-c5 e5-f4 22.c5-b6?? f4-g3 23.f2-e3 g3-h2 24.b6-a7 h4-g3 25.d2-c3 a3-b2 26.e3-d4 b2-c1 27.a7-b8 h2-g1 28.b8xh2 g1xa7 29.h2-c7 a7-b8 30.c7-b6 f6-e5 31.b6-a7 c1-a3 32.a7-e3 b8-a7 33.e3-c1 a7-b6 34.c1-d2 e5-d4 35.c3xe5 f8-g7 36.h6xf8 b6-c5 37.f8xb4 a3xc1 {White resigns.} 0-2

Diagram 17

runor – gregur; gambler 2021

15...b4-c3! 16. b2xd4 f8-g7 17. e5-d6!

[ 17.c1-d2 b6-a5 18.d2-c3 a5-b4! second unexpected sacrifice 19.c3:a5 a7-b6 20.e5-d6!The game is a draw ]

17...c7xc3 18. g5-f6 e7xe3 19. g3-f4 e3xg5 20. h4xh8 a3-b2 21. c1xa3 {The game is a draw.} 1-1

Diagram 18

S.Belosheev – G.Getmanskii; European Championship 2019; Izmir (Turkey); blitz; Russian version

it seems that black has no good options

12...e5-d4 13. c1-b2 but follows an unexpected sacrifice

13...d6-e5! 14. b4xd6 c7-b6!! 15. a5xc7 d8xb6 16. e3xc5 e5xc7

17. b2-c3! the only reasonable option

17...b6xb2 18. a3xc1 g5xe3 19. f2xd4 h4xf2 20. g1xe3 c7-d6 21. e3-f4 d6-c5 22. d4xb6 a7xc5 {The game is a draw.} 1-1

Diagram 19

Kondrachenko E. – G.Getmanskii; White nights 2019; classic

Diagram 20

G.Getmanskii – D.Shkatula; European Championship 2021; Cappadocia (Turkey); classic; Brazilian version

8. . . d4-e3!?

[ 8. ... e7-f6! 9.g5:e7 d8:f6 10.e1-d2!= ]
[ 8. ... g7-f6 9.g3-f4 f6-e5 10.h2-g3 += ]

9.e1-d2 c5-d4

[ weakly 9. ... c7-b6?  10.d2:f4 b6-a5 11.b2-c3c5-d4? 12.c3:c7 a5:c3 13.g5-f6! e7:e3 14.a3-b4!! c3:a5 15.c1-b2 b8:d6 16.g3-f4 e3:g5 17.h4:h8 ]

10.d2:f4 g7-f6

[ 10. ... g7-h6 11.b4-a5 d6-c512.a3-b4 c5:a3 13.c1-d2 a3:e3 14.f4:d2 h6:f4 15.g3:c3 e7-d6+= ]

11.b4-a5 d4-c3 12.b2:d4 d6-e5 13.f4:d6 e7:e3 14.g5:e7 d8:f6

15.a3-b4 c7-b6 16.a5:c7 b8:d6 17.b4-a5 d6-c5 18.c1-b2 f8-g7 19.b2-c3 c5-b4 20.c3-d4 e3:c5 21.a5:c3 c5-d4 22.c3:e5 f6:d4 {The game is a draw.} 1-1

Diagram 21

Ka3aX – gregur; gambler 2021

in this position there is a choice from two sacrifices at once

14...e5-f4

[ another possibility 14...e5-d4 2. e3:c5 c7-b6 3. c5-d6 b6-c5 4. b2-a3 c5:e7 5. b4-c5! d8-c7 6. h2-g3 c7-b6 7. c3-d4 a5-b4 8. g3-f4 b4:d6 9. d4-e5 d6-c5 10. e5-d6 g7-f6 11. d6:f8 b6-a5 12. f8:b4 = ]

15. e3xg5 g7-h6 16. g1-f2 h6xf4 17. f2-g3 f4-e3 18. b2-a3 e3-d2 19. c3xe1 a5xc3 20. g3-f4 c7-d6 21. h4-g5 d8-e7 22. h2-g3 a7-b6 23. g5-h6 b6-c5 24. g3-h4 c5-b4 25. a3xc5 d6xb4 26. f4-g5 c3-b2 27. g5-f6 e7xg5 28. h4xf6 b2-c1 29. f6-e7 {The game is a draw.} 1-1