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editied by Bill Harvey

This is a collection of 58 critical positions from the games of

the Tradewise Masters chess tournament held in Gibraltar,

England from Jan. 22 to 31, 2013. The player at the bottom

of the board moves first and the solution and diagram are

found at the back of the pamphlet.

2013 Gibraltar Chess

Tournament:

58 Critical Positions

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1) Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant

vs Javier Baeza Escudero

1/22/2013

White Mates in 4.

2) Olga Dolzhikovavs Klas Berggren

1/22/2013

3) Mariya Muzychuk

vs Fredrik-Aunan Lindsoe

1/22/2013

White Mates in 4.

4) Alan Tate

vs Ladislau-Alexandru Colompar

1/22/2013

White Mates in 2.

5) Gata Kamskyvs Johannes Kvisla

1/23/2013

6) Meelis Kanep

vs Alan Tate

1/23/2013

White Mates in 5.

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7) Bernd Skutta

vs Jaroslav Piovar

1/23/2013

8) Francois Webervs Antonio Guerrero Romero

1/23/2013

White Mates in 3.

9) Anna Zatonskih

vs Piotr Dukaczewski

1/23/2013

10)Andrea Amato

vs Oliver Kurmann

1/25/2013

11) Eduardo Iturrizagavs Nana Dzagnidze

1/25/2013

12) Jose Manuel Diaz Velandia

vs Carsten Byrn

1/26/2013

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13) Kaido Kulaots

vs Lawrence Trent

1/26/2013

14) Brede Kvisvikvs Saleh Salem

1/26/2013

15) Kiril Georgiev

vs Yangyi Yu

1/27/2013

16) Kai Christian Meyer

vs Inna Iasman

1/27/2013

17) Anna Muzychukvs Stefan Kuipers

1/27/2013

18) Xue Zhao

vs Kevin Roser

1/27/2013

White Mates in 4.

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19) Artur Jakubiec

vs Maxence Godard

1/29/2013

White Mates in 3.

20) Moritz Nazarenusvs Dietmar Gieritz

1/29/2013

21) Saleh Salem

vs Jovana Vojinovic

1/29/2013

22) Sarai Sanchez Castillo

vs Inna Iasman

1/29/2013

White Mates in 3.

23) Katarina Skrabakovavs Neil Savage

1/29/2013

24) Gilles Suez-Panama

vs Juan Antonio Urbina Perez

1/29/2013

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25) Sven Telljohann

vs Kambez Nuri

1/29/2013

26) Khalid Becham

vs Ruben Valhondo Morales1/30/2013

White Mates in 4.

27) Mateusz Bartel

vs Mathias Womacka

1/31/2013

28) Maxence Godard

vs Khalil Nafri

1/31/2013

White Mates in 3.

29) Alexei Shirov

vs Mohammed Al-Sayed1/31/2013

White Mates in 2.

30) Khalid Becham

vs Peter Dittmar

1/22/2013

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31) Antonio Guerrero Romero

vs Espen Forsaa

1/22/2013

32) Monika Neumanovavs Gabriel Gaehwiler

1/22/2013

33) Vaness Reid

vs Eric De Haan

1/22/2013

Black Mates in 3.

34) Javier Baeza Escudero

vs Juan Antonio Urbina Perez

1/23/2013

Black Mates in 3.

35) Heinz Boeschvs Michael Stockmann

1/23/2013

36) Leon Lederman

vs Oliver Kurmann

1/23/2013

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37) Szilvia Lochte

vs Martin Burrows

1/23/2013

38) Jorgen Karlssonvs Xander Wemmers

1/24/2013

39) Julio Sevillano Leal

vs Stephen Fairbairn

1/24/2013

40) Saul Diaz Gallego

vs Jack Hutton

1/25/2013

Black Mates in 4.

41) Emil Sutovskyvs Mohammed Al-Sayed

1/25/2013

42) Ruben Valhondo Morales

vs Brede Kvisvik

1/25/2013

Black Mates in 2.

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43) Rotimi Dasaolu

vs Moritz Nazarenus

1/26/2013

44) Stefan Docx

vs Meelis Kanep1/26/2013

Black Mates in 6.

45) Michael Stockmann

vs Wnjun Ju

1/26/2013

Black Mates in 4.

46) Juan Campos Calvo-Sotelo

vs Juan Antonio Urbina Perez

1/27/2013

Black Mates in 2.

47) Paulo Pinho

vs Joseph Gallagher1/27/2013

48) Julio Sevillano Leal

vs Mark Lyell

1/27/2013

Black Mates in 5.

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49) Ashley Stewart

vs Thomas Marttala

1/27/2013

Black Mates in 3.

50) Gilles Suez-Panamavs Andrei Olhovik

1/27/2013

51) Sandu Ungureanu

vs Alan Tate

1/27/2013

Black Mates in 2.

52) Ellisiv Reppen

vs David Jameson

1/28/2013

Black Mates in 4.

53) Terence Chapmanvs Ralf Akesson

1/29/2013

54)Nana Dzagnidze

vs Kiril Georgiev

1/30/2013

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55) Chino Nwachukwu

vs David Jameson

1/30/2013

Black Mates in 3.

56) Rudy Van Kemenadevs Gerald Loew

1/30/2013

57) Ian Williamson

vs Nigel Dennis

1/30/2013

58) Andrea Amato

vs Emilio Moreno Tejera

1/31/2013

Black Mates in 4.

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White Mates in 4.

1) 1.Qh6 if 1...Qxe6 2.R1xe6 g5 3.Rg6+

2) 1.Bxf5 Rxf5 2.Qe6+ Rf7 3.Qxg4

White Mates in 4.

3) 1.Qxb5+ if 1...Kd8 2.Ne7+

or if 1...Qxb5 2.Nc7#

White Mates in 2.

4) 1.Re8+

5) 1.Bxe6+

White Mates in 5.

6) 1.Qf5+ g6 2.Rxf7+

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7) 1.Nxd7

White Mates in 3.

8) 1.Qh7+

9) 1.Nbc6+ Bxc6 2.Bb4+ Bd6

3.Rxd6 mates

10) 1.Rc8+ Nxc8 2.Qe8+

if 2...Bf8 or 2...Kh7 3.Rxc8

11) 1.Nc6

12) 1.Qxd5 if 1...Qxd5 2.Nxc7+

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13) 1.Bg5 if 1...Nc7 2.Bf4

or if 1...Bxg5 2.Rf8#

14) 1.Rc7 if 1...Nxc2

2.Rxe7+ Kh6 3.Nf7+

15) 1.Qe7+ Rxe7 2.dxe7

16) 1.Qe1+ if 1...Qe4+ 2.Qxe4

or if 1...Kd7 2.Nxd6

17) 1.Qg5 w/2.f6

White Mates in 4.

18) 1.Ne6+if 1...Kh6 2.Qg5+

or if 1...Kg8 2.Qxd8+

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White Mates in 3.

19) 1.Rxg7+ Rxg7 2.Qxh6+

20) 1.Nf5 Rxd2 2.Nxe7+ Kf8 3.Nxc8

21) 1.Qd2

White Mates in 3.

22) 1.Bb3+

23) 1.Be6+ Kxf8 2.Qxh5 Qxe6 3.Qxf3+

24) 1.Rd8+

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25) 1.Bxc6 Bxc6 2.Qh5+ Kg8 2.Bxg5

if 2...Qg7 3.Bh6 or if 2...Qf7 3.Ng6

White Mates in 4.

26) 1.Rb1+ Kxa6 2.Qa2+

27) 1.Rxd4 Rxd4 2.b3

White Mates in 3.

28) 1.Bf7+ if 1...Kxf7 2.Rf5+

White Mates in 2.

29) 1.Ra4+

30) 1...Nxd4

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31) 1...e6 w/2...Bxe5

32) 1...Nxb3 2.axb3 Rc1+

3.Rd1 Rxd1+

Black Mates in 3.

33) 1...Qxh3

Black Mates in 3.

34) 1...Qe2

35) 1...Qxd5 if 2.exd5 Rxe1+

36) 1...f4 2.Bxf4 Bh4 if 3.Qh3 Rxf4

or if 3.Qxh4 Nxf3+

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37) 1...Nxe4 if 2.Rxe4 Qxe4

38) 1...Bxc3

39) 1...Nxf4 if 2.Rxf4 Qxg3+

Black Mates in 4.

40) 1...Bxb2+

41) 1...Nd7

Black Mates in 2.

42) 1...Bb8+

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43) 1...Rxe2+ if 2.Kxe2 Ng3+

Black Mates in 6.

44) 1...Rd2

Black Mates in 4.

45) 1...Nxh3+ if 2.Kg3 Be5+

Black Mates in 2.

46) 1...Qg6 if 2.Rg1 Nxf2#

47) 1...Nd3 if 2.Bxd3 Qf3

3.Qd2 Bxe3+

Black Mates in 5.

48) 1...Rxh4 if 2.gxh4 Qg4+

or if 2.Bxf3 Rh1+

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Black Mates in 3.

49) 1...Rh2+ 2.Kf1 Qb5+

50) 1...Re6+ if 2.Re4 Rxe4+

or if 2.Kxd3 Rd6+

Black Mates in 2.

51) 1...Rg3

Black Mates in 4.

52) 1...Ng4+ 2.Kh1 Qg3

53) 1...Qe5+ 2.Ka2 Bg4

54) 1...Ne4+ 2.fxe4 Qxe4

3.Rf3 Rxf3 4.Bxf3 Rf8

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Black Mates in 3.

55) 1...Nd2+ 2.Rxd2 Qxg1+

56) 1...Qf1+ if 2.Kg3 Nf5+

57) 1...Rxc4

Black Mates in 4.

58) 1...Nf4+ 2.gxf4 Rd3+ 3.Ng3 g4+