[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Tactics time in the dog days of summer

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Tactics time in the dog days of summer
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1188539948.shtml


   Here are two positions to solve.
   [jakovenko_zhang_8_2007.jpg]
   Jakovenko-Zhang Pengxiang, RUS-CHN Match (9) 2007
   The lineup of the Bf5 and the Qd3 is pregnant with possibility; what
   ideas can you give birth to, with Black to move?
   [martinez_tiviakov_8_2007.jpg]
   R. Martinez-Tiviakov, Conca della Presolana (7) 2007
   Trying to mate with a pair of rooks at close range is usually an
   exercise in clumsiness, but with Black's pieces bearing down on his
   king White really has no other choice. Can he mate, and if so, how?
   (HT: [1]Chess Today.)
   Solutions [2]here.

References

   1. http://www.chesstoday.net/
   2. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/2_tactics_for_8_31_2007.htm