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Friday, 02 May 2014

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By GM Kevin Spraggett, Canada.
Best FIDE rating: 2633
Kevin's blog (parental advisory)

The examples below are all taken from the recently completed Coimbra International Open. Good luck! Solutions later.

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IM Butkiewicz, Luk

Pinho, Paulo

BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN!

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Pais,Bruno

IM Butkiewicz,Luk

WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!

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Ferreira,Luis

FM Silva, Luis

WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!

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Comments (1)

	1. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it on 01:48 10 ìàÿ 2014 ã.
	Amateur From top diagram to bottom: A.Pinho, Paulo vs Butkiewicz, Luk 1. ... Ba4 2.b3 RxB 3.RxR Bb5 4.Re1 Nh5 5.Qd2 Bc3 6.NxB bxN 7.Qc1 RxR 8.RxR Qe6 9.Qd1 QxR+ 10.QxQ c2 11.QxB c1=Q+ 12.Ke2 axQ 13.d7 Qc2+ 14.Ke3 Qc3+ 15.Ke2 Nf4+ 16.BxN Qd4 and Pawn d7 falls. B.Butkiewicz, Luk vs Pais, Bruno 1.Bh6 gxB 2.Rxf7 RxR 3.Qg8# C.Silva, Luis vs Ferreira, Luis 1.f7+ Kh7 2.Bxh5 QxQ 3.Bg6#

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