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Girl Power on the Chessboard: 10 Tactics from Round 1 of the Women's Olympiad

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Discover 10 tactics from Round 1 of the Women's Olympiad in Budapest. See how girl power shines on the chessboard!

Hey there!

Today I bring you a post about the first round of the Olympiad in Budapest, a city I've always wanted to visit. I've passed there several times, but only on my way to Serbia. However, it's definitely on my list of countries to visit soon.

I reviewed the games from the first round of the women's teams and noticed a lot of aggression and interesting tactics, so I’d like to share these 10 examples with you. There were more, but these are the ones that caught my attention the most. Many are simple tactics that we are used to seeing in the puzzles on lichess.

I hope you enjoy them! If you saw any other examples that I didn’t include, please comment, and I’d love to incorporate them into my lessons.

Puzzle 1: The Brave Queen

https://lichess.org/study/embed/KYPa6YNL/wJOepKjc#34

Puzzle 2: The Crazy Bishop

https://lichess.org/study/embed/KYPa6YNL/dPipux4e#49

A few puzzles involving sacrificing the bishop on h7! It's crazy how many of these I found in this round. Be careful with h7, guys!

Puzzle 3: Bxh7

https://lichess.org/study/embed/KYPa6YNL/7bzHfRnN#20

Puzzle 4: Bxh7

https://lichess.org/study/embed/KYPa6YNL/07OcuVMQ#28

Puzzle 5: Bxh7

https://lichess.org/study/embed/KYPa6YNL/133uWU18#34

Puzzle 6: Bxh7

https://lichess.org/study/embed/KYPa6YNL/q4qproFi#14

Puzzle 7: The Pin

https://lichess.org/study/embed/KYPa6YNL/teIYqTxR#36

Puzzle 8: A rook, two bishops, and a queen say hello!

https://lichess.org/study/embed/KYPa6YNL/Mx5Z0TBK#29

Puzzle 9: Decoy

https://lichess.org/study/embed/KYPa6YNL/xykp76pq#57

Puzzle 10: Nxd5!! ... and Black pieces cry

https://lichess.org/study/embed/KYPa6YNL/wWYXWTrj#48

I hope you enjoyed these puzzles. As mentioned earlier, if you saw any others from the first round of the women’s Olympiad, don’t hesitate to share them. I liked these a lot, though I also saw other nice ones.

I was planning to upload a line I’m preparing to play with White this week, but with the big event we’re experiencing right now, the Olympiad, it doesn’t make much sense.

See you around and make your opponents cry, respectfully, of course!