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    1) The document discusses the chess tactic of "zwischenzug", which is an intermediate move that disrupts the opponent's plans. It provides several examples where players win material or gain an advantage through an unexpected zwischenzug. 2) In one game, Black plays 1...Sd5!, an zwischenzug that wins White's knight due to a back rank issue. 3) Another example shows Arakhamia playing 1...Ld1!!, an zwischenzug that wins the queen for a rook, bishop and knight due to weakened white king position.

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    1) The document discusses the chess tactic of "zwischenzug", which is an intermediate move that disrupts the opponent's plans. It provides several examples where players win material or gain an advantage through an unexpected zwischenzug. 2) In one game, Black plays 1...Sd5!, an zwischenzug that wins White's knight due to a back rank issue. 3) Another example shows Arakhamia playing 1...Ld1!!, an zwischenzug that wins the queen for a rook, bishop and knight due to weakened white king position.

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    1) The document discusses the chess tactic of "zwischenzug", which is an intermediate move that disrupts the opponent's plans. It provides several examples where players win material or gain an advantage through an unexpected zwischenzug. 2) In one game, Black plays 1...Sd5!, an zwischenzug that wins White's knight due to a back rank issue. 3) Another example shows Arakhamia playing 1...Ld1!!, an zwischenzug that wins the queen for a rook, bishop and knight due to weakened white king position.

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    Susan Polgar - Zwischenzug

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    1) The document discusses the chess tactic of "zwischenzug", which is an intermediate move that disrupts the opponent's plans. It provides several examples where players win material or gain an advantage through an unexpected zwischenzug. 2) In one game, Black plays 1...Sd5!, an zwischenzug that wins White's knight due to a back rank issue. 3) Another example shows Arakhamia playing 1...Ld1!!, an zwischenzug that wins the queen for a rook, bishop and knight due to weakened white king position.

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    The document discusses several examples of tactical motifs like forks, pins, and discoveries, and emphasizes the importance of intermediate moves or 'zwischenzugs'.

    An intermediate move or 'zwischenzug' is a move played in between the expected sequence of moves, often resulting in a tactical gain like winning material.

    One example given is Arakhamia vs Spassky where Black played 1...Lf3, White responded 2.Dc5?, but Black unexpectedly played the intermediate move 2...Ld1!! winning the exchange.

    Susan Polgar: Zwischenzug

    As you probably already know, the German word zwischenzug stands for intermediate move or in-between move. This important topic, however, is often forgotten in many books on chess tactics. I found over the years that even good players simply forget about zwischenzug a lot more frequently than they do about other types of tactics such as forks, pins, or discoveries etc. Lets first see a couple of simple examples from my own experience. Rodriguez D. : Polgar S. Tunja 1989

    fine for Black. However, Black has a problem. The Bishop on b4 is on an unprotected square which enables White to win a Pawn. Polgar S. : Cuijpers Wijk aan Zee Wijk 1986

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    How can White win a pawn? 11.Sd5! Now if 11...Ld2 then 12.Sf6 - intermediate check. 11...Sd5 12.cd5 Ld2. Now comes another intermediate move. 13.de6! La5. 13...Le3 14.De3 Black is down a pawn too. 14.ed7 Lc7 15.b4 Dd7 16.Tab1 White is up a Pawn and I won this game. Now lets see some examples from other players. Tiviakov : Georgadze G. Gausdal 1992

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    This game is from the World Junior Championship. My opponent's last move was S(c6), assuming that I would either respond with the natural bc6 or Ld1. However, he was up for an unpleasant surprise as I chose neither. I went with the intermediate move 12...Dc3! instead. This wins a piece! 13.De2 Or 13.bc3 Ld1 14.Td1 bc6. 13...Dc6 and I won a little later. In the next example, everything seems to be

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    Can Black win a piece here by capturing with 1...Td3? Then, if 2.Db8, retreat the Rook to d8. No, as after the immediate capture on d3, White has a hidden trap with 2.Tc3!, using Blacks back rank weakness. Therefore, it is very important to first include the trade with 1...Lf5 Now after 2.ef5 Td3 Black is already free to escape with the King via g7. 2.e5 Is White still saved? Not quite! 2...Ld2! 3.Dd2 3.ef6 Lf4. 3...Dh4 4.Tc3 Dd4 and the pin is deadly. Here are the rest of the moves of the game: 5.e6 fe6 6.De1 Ld3 Here White tried his last chance. 7.Td3 In hopes for perpetual checks ... 7...Dd3 8.De5 Kg8 9.De6 Kg7 10.De7 Kg6 11.De6 Kg5 12.De7 Kf5 13.Df7 Kg4 14.f3 Kg3 15.Dg7 Kf4 16.Dh6 Ke5 17.Dg5 Ke6 True, there were many checks, but finally Black ran out of them. 0:1 Alekhine : Bogoljubow Germany (m/5) 1929

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    After a difficult start, Black is close to getting out of his troubles. All he needs to play is e6-e5 and then Black's only real bad However, it is White's turn and Alekhine

    found a nice way to make use of the temporary lack of coordination between the Black pieces. 1.Sb5! Sb5 This is forced. Otherwise, Black would lose the a7 pawn. 2.Td8 Td8 3.Sb7! The first intermediate move! 3...Tb8 If 3...Td2, then 4.Ke3 Sbd6 5.Kd2 Sb7 6.Tc8, followed by 7.Ta8 and 8.Ta7 with an easy win for White. 4.Sc5! This is the second intermediate move, threatening to fork with Sd7. 4...Ke7 5.ab5! As an end result of the combination, White is up a pawn. The rest was is pure technique. 5...Sd6 6.Ta1 Sc8 7.Lc4 Lg8 7...e5 8.Le6. 8.f4 Lf7 9.e5. Soon all of the Black pieces will become paralyzed and the White King can freely enter the Black camp. 9...fe5 10.fe5 Tb6 11.Ke3 Le8 12.Ta6! This move indirectly protects the b5 pawn. If now 12...Lb5, then 13.Tb6 wins. 12...Ld7 13.Kd4 Le8 Black has no choice but to sit and watch how White improves his position move by move. 14.h4 Ld7 15.Le2 Tb8 16.Sd7 Kd7 17.Lf3! This move stops any plan of counterplay to activating the Black Rook through b7-c7. 17...Tb6 Naturally, the b5 pawn was taboo because of the fork (with Lc6). 18.Kc5 Tb8 19.h5 Kd8 20.Lc6 Ke7 21.Ta3 Kf7 22.Le4 Now Black is helpless, Either the White King will enter to c6 or the Rook through the d- or f- files. 22...Ke7 23.Kc6 Kd8 24.Td3 Ke7 25.Kc7 A great performance by the Alekhine! 1:0.

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    Simagin : Beilin Vilnius 1946

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    In the position above, White is a pawn up. Whites last move was Sb7. The Knight on b7 is now indirectly protected, due to the discovery threats in the air. Remarkably, Black has a way to still win a piece. 1...Sd5! This powerful intermediate move wins the game! 2.Te2 The Knight (on d5) couldnt be captured because of the back rank problem: 2.Dd5 Df2 3.Kh1 Df1. 2...Db7 3.Tc5 Tad8 4.Te5 Df7! and again the same idea! 0:1. Balashov : Biyiasas Manila 1976

    the pin (on the d-file). It turned out to be a mistake as White has another and better option than the immediate recapture on c1: 16.Td7! Dd7 17.Dg4 and Black either loses his Queen or gets checkmated. 17...Df5 Or 17...g6 18.Sh6 Lh6 19.Dd7. 18.ef5 And White won. 1:0. Arakhamia : Spassky Roquebrune 1998

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    Here the ex-world Champion played 1...Lf3. His opponent decided not to recapture right away, but to first exchange the Queens with 2.Dc5? White overlooked (or underestimated) that Black has another option than the natural recapture on c5. Black responded with the unexpected: 2...Ld1!! Now Black will have a Rook, a Bishop, and a Knight for the White Queen and pawn. This in itself isn't necessarily a decisive material advantage, but combined with the weaknesses around the White King, it gives Black the upper hand. 3.Db6 Lg4 4.Db7?! This only makes life easier for Black. 4...Tb8 Now the Rook enters to the second rank which is very strong, especially because

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    Black with his last move (Lc1) was hoping to simply trade Bishops before getting out of

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    both the f- and g- pawns of White's have advanced already. 5.Dc7 Tb2 6.a4 Lh3 7.a5 Tg2 8.Kh1 Ta2 Now the a-pawn is lost too. White resigned. 0:1. Hromadka : Prokop Prague 1926

    Boze : Dennik Corr. 1963

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    Here Black played 1...Lf4? with hopes to ruin White's pawn structure. However, Black forget that White doesnt have to recapture but has a better move: 2.De7! This pin and the entrance to the seventh rank is very powerful. 2...Lc1 3.Le6! This is a pretty move using the fact that Black's Bishop is pinned. 3...Dc8 After 3...fe6 4.de6 White's passed pawn is unstoppable. 4.Lf7 Kg7 4...Kh8 would only shorten the end by two moves. 5.Df6 Kh7 6.Lg6 Kg8 7.Df7 Kh8 8.Dh7 checkmate. 5.Le8 Kg8 6.Df7 and Black resigned the checkmate is unavoidable. 1:0.

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    Blacks position looks scary with the King being all exposed. However, it seemed that Black is getting out of trouble with the following combination: 1...Ta1 2.Kf2 Tf1 3.Kf1 Lc4 and winning White's Queen. Yet, the unexpected: 4.Ld3!! first (instead of White moving his King out of the check) changes the whole picture. 4...Ld3 5.Kf2 De5 And now 6.Tf8# checkmate is possible. 1:0

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