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Tactics from the World Cup women 2023

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Some tactics collected from games dowloaded

From the 290 games, downloaded via The Week in Chess, I glanced through 40 and found several tactical moments to share.
The energetic play of finalist IM Nurgyul Salimova was remarkable.

White to move and win :

https://lichess.org/study/tJH0Ecmg/YyxnlkcB#48

White to move and win material :

https://lichess.org/study/tJH0Ecmg/kxFGxUDM#70

Black to move, find the best move :

https://lichess.org/study/tJH0Ecmg/o4kUbcMu#87

White to move, and make us think of Mikhail Tal, the magician from Riga

https://lichess.org/study/tJH0Ecmg/OVMDb1qv#42

Find the best move for black :

https://lichess.org/study/tJH0Ecmg/lSN6vfqH#57

White to move and proceed in attacking style :

https://lichess.org/study/tJH0Ecmg/qHrIvn5Q#52

White to move. What would you play ?

https://lichess.org/study/tJH0Ecmg/jMYWRHLW#64

Solutions : Full games are included. Each time the solution has been played in the games.

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