[Event "FIDE World Cadet Chess Championships U8"] [Site "Montesilvano"] [Date "2024.11.19"] [Round "5"] [White "Zhang, Yangming"] [Black "Li, Aiden Linyuan"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1770"] [BlackElo "1877"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [FEN "5r2/6kp/1p4p1/p1qPN3/5P2/7P/P5PK/Q7 b - - 0 43"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "Tactics Tuesday 12/10/2024: FIDE World Cadet Champs, Pt. 1"] [ChapterName "Zhang, Yangming - Li, Aiden Linyuan"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/JB3RElYx/Wq41Pj8s"] [FEN "5r2/6kp/1p4p1/p1qPN3/5P2/7P/P5PK/Q7 b - - 0 43"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "black"] { This week's puzzles begin a series featuring American players' games from the FIDE World Cadet U-8, U-10, and U-12 Open and Girls Championship, held last month in Italy. Enjoy an assortment of forced mates and forks! Our example shows the importance of calculation. Black's king is vulnerable to discovered attacks from White's a1-queen after any move of the e5-knight. Impressively, Black played the best move: } 43... Rxf4 { ignoring the eight (!) discoveries White could reply with, as none of them win anything. Black calculated White's threats fully, rather, than running away from them with an inferior move. } 44. Nf3+ (44. Nd3+ { forked Black's queen and rook, } 44... Qd4! { blocks the check while saving the queen and threatening White's own queen. Since } 45. Qxd4+ Rxd4 { got the rook out of danger, Black had nothing to worry about. }) 44... Rf6 { Black's rook is pinned, but there is no "pin and win" from the knight. } 45. Qd1 (45. g4 { , intending g4-g5, loses to } 45... Qf2+ 46. Kh1 Qxf3+ 47. Kh2 Qf2+ 48. Kh1 Qf1+ { forcing queens off. }) 45... Qd6+ 46. Kh1 Rf5 { Out of danger, Black picks up a pawn and went on to win. } 0-1