Strong threats

Let’s play from the beginning position:

1.33 – 28 18 – 23

2.39 – 33 12 – 18

3.44 – 39 7 – 12

4.31 – 27 1 – 7

5.37 – 31 20 – 25?

Black’s last move, putting a piece at the edge of the board, was a serious mistake. White can face his opponent with a strong threat.

X 27

X 22

White is threatening to play 22 – 18 13 x 22 34 – 30 25 x 34 40 x 27 W+1.

There is nothing black can do against this threat!

Look at the gaps in white’s position! Black to move has to look for a way to take advantage of these weaknesses.

1… 18 – 23!!

Blacks plan is to play 13 – 18 at the next move, threatening both with the arch shot 24 – 30 and 24 – 29. For this reason white has to close squares 37 and 39. But even then white can’t avoid a shot from black.

2.41 – 37 13 – 18!

So if white plays 31 – 27 black makes the Arch shot with 24 – 30! 35 x 22 14 – 20 28 x 19 17 x 50 +.

3.44 – 39 24 – 30!

There was one gap left: square 38.

4.35 x 22 23 – 29

5.33 x 24 14 – 19

X 13 9 x 49

Do you remember that the piece at 36 can often be used for shots? In this case white faces his opponent with a threat. If black avoids the threat white has a nice shot.

1.39 – 33!

White threatens 33 – 29. For example: 1… 7 – 11 2.33 – 29 11 – 16 3.27 – 22! etc. +

1… 23 – 29 costs a piece, so there is only one reply left to avoid 33 – 29 to be played.

1… 20 – 24

X 47

X 30

X 9 13 x 4

X 2

A very nice shot: Six pieces are fed to the king!

☼ Too many gaps make your position dangerous because of enemy shots

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