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Tuesday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | November 13, 2012 - 12:14 |January 4, 2013 Exercises, Quiz

White to move and win

Some more tactics on rules and themes :)

By Yelena Dembo | November 7, 2012 - 08:56 |November 7, 2012 Exercises, Quiz

Here is a new collection on “Dembo-rules”, themes and patterns from my dad’s blitz games (he always plays 2 minute blitz!).

 [Event "Friendly Game, 2m"]  [Site "Café"]  [Date "2012.09.12"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Guest217730"]  [Black "Dembo, V."]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "B22"]  [Annotator "DemboChess"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "r1B2nk1/4b2p/p5p1/3p4/q2P1N2/Pp3P2/1PnQ4/1K1R2NR b - - 0 25"]  [PlyCount "7"]  [EventDate "2012.09.12"]  [TimeControl "120"]   25... Bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 27.  Ne7+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Be6+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kh8 {  [%emt 0:00:07] ' Zeit  (Lag: Av=0.49s, max=4.9s) .} 0-1

 [Event "Friendly Game, 2m"]  [Site "Café"]  [Date "2012.08.25"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Dembo, V."]  [Black "Guest2310616"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B40"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "2r2rk1/5pp1/p1bbp2p/1p6/2pP3q/2P2PN1/PP3QPP/1B1RR1K1 w - - 0 25"]  [PlyCount "7"]  [EventDate "2012.08.25"]  [TimeControl "120"]   25. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxg3 {  [%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Rxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 28. Rg8+ {  [%emt 0:00:03] Guest2310616 geeft op  (Lag: Av=0.39s, max=1.0s)} 1-0

 [Event "Friendly Game, 2m"]  [Site "Café"]  [Date "2012.08.16"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Dembo, V."]  [Black "Guest1610101"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C00"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "1k1r3r/Rb2bpp1/1p2p3/4Pn1p/1n1pNP2/3P1NP1/2qBQ1BP/R5K1 w - - 0 18"]  [PlyCount "19"]  [EventDate "2012.11.07"]  [TimeControl "120"]   18. Neg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 19. Rxb7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kxb7  {[%emt 0:00:10]} 20. Ne1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 21. Nxc2 {  [%emt 0:00:01]} Nxc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:  01]} 23. Rxc2+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 24. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]}  Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 25. Qc6+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. Rxc5 {  [%emt 0:00:02]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 27. Qxc5+ {[%emt 0:00:02] Guest1610101  gibt auf  (Lag: Av=0.20s, max=0.3s)} 1-0

 [Event "Friendly Game, 2m"]  [Site "Café"]  [Date "2012.11.07"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Dembo, V."]  [Black "Guest1752751"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C00"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "r1b3k1/pp4pp/1q2p3/4P3/2pPp3/b1P1B1P1/PP2Q2P/5RK1 w - - 0 20"]  [PlyCount "7"]  [EventDate "2012.11.07"]  [TimeControl "120"]   20. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 21. Qf7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kh7 {  [%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 23. Rxh6# {  [%emt 0:00:02] (Lag: Av=1.03s, max=9.9s)} 1-0

An “easy, but nice” of the day

By Yelena Dembo | November 6, 2012 - 10:16 |November 6, 2012 Exercises, Quiz

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Black to move. Can you find the win?

Typical sacrifices

By Yelena Dembo | July 1, 2012 - 06:28 |January 4, 2013 Exercises, Quiz

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Here are some more examples from games of my dad with typical sacrifices and lots of “Dembo – rules”. Enjoy! 🙂

 [Event "Friendly Game, 2m"]  [Site "Café"]  [Date "2011.12.08"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Dembo, V."]  [Black "Guest153666"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B50"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "q2r2k1/3nrp1p/p3p1pQ/1p6/6N1/2P2b1P/P1B2P2/3RR1K1 w - - 0 26"]  [PlyCount "5"]  [EventDate "2011.12.08"]  [TimeControl "120"]   26. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rexd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 27. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh8  {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Qxh7# {[%emt 0:00:01] (Lag: Av=0.33s, max=1.4s)} 1-0

 [Event "Friendly Game, 2m"]  [Site "Café"]  [Date "2012.02.11"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Guest119788"]  [Black "Dembo, V."]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "E94"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "r3nrk1/1N1b2b1/1P3n2/p2Pp1qp/P3Ppp1/BN3P2/4B1PP/2RQ1RK1 b - - 0 22"]  [PlyCount "7"]  [EventDate "2012.02.11"]  [TimeControl "120"]   22... g3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 23. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. h3  {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxh3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 25. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:  00:07] Guest119788 gibt auf  (Lag: Av=0.28s, max=0.7s)} 0-1

 [Event "Friendly Game, 2m"]  [Site "Café"]  [Date "2012.02.14"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Dembo, V."]  [Black "Guest404181"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C00"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "r5k1/2qb1Rbp/4p1p1/p2pP1N1/2pP4/2n2QP1/P5BP/5RK1 w - - 0 26"]  [PlyCount "7"]  [EventDate "2012.02.14"]  [TimeControl "120"]   26. Rxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 27. Qf7+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh6  {[%emt 0:00:02]} 28. Qxh7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 29. Qh4# {  [%emt 0:00:02] (Lag: Av=0.42s, max=0.9s)} 1-0

A very nice game! :)

By Yelena Dembo | June 30, 2012 - 21:03 |January 4, 2013 Exercises, Quiz

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Some more tactics on rules and themes :)

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Typical sacrifices

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