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White to move and mate in FOUR.
Yesterday in Baku, Magnus handily bested Kasparov’s nemesis, Vasyl Ivanchuk. Magnus was one of the signatories of a letter asking Ukraine to let Chucky travel out of the country to compete in the World Cup. Dommaraju Gukesh rose to #7 in the world by beating Wang Hao with the black. Leinier Dominguez spent 48 minutes on a single move and defeated Alexey Sarana.
CARLSEN,MAGNUS (2835) – IVANCHUK,VASYL (2667),
FIDE WORLD CUP 2023 BAKU 12.08.2023
The second classical game of Round 5 is today, Sunday 13 August.
There are usually video interviews with the players after. Yesterday (I think) the cameras followed Magnus out the door into the public area where he was swamped mostly by kids looking for autographs. Very patient. Today the interviewer asked him about that… then watch to the end.
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Qxhp +
Kg7
2. Qg4+
Kf8 (otherwise mate in 3)
3. Qg8+
Ke7
4. Qe8#
1. Qxh5+ Kg7
2. Qg4+ Kf8 (if Kh8, 3. Qg8 mate)
3. Qg8+ Ke7
4. Qe8 mate.
Nice to have to think deeper than mate in two. Even though this one seemed fairly straightforward, it was taxing for my untrained mind to keep the board position straight.
Here’s my solution: 1. Qxh5+ Kg7 2. Qg4+ Kf8 (or 2. … Kh8 3. Qg8#) 3. Qg8+ Ke7 4. Qe8#.