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New York Post, Sunday, October 25, 2020

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Black to play and win.

D. Dvirnyy-A. Shirov

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Lastweek: 1 Bc4! Qc72 Bxe5! Qxe5 3

Qxf7+ or1...Rd7 2 Qg6+ Bg73 Nf5.

1 Nf3....................c5

2 e4..................... d6

3 d4 ................ cxd4

4 Nxd4...............Nf6

5 Nc3.................. a6

6 Be3 .................. e6

7 f3 ..................... b5

8 a3...................Bb7

9 g4 .................... h6

10 Qd2............Nbd7

11 O-O-O..........Rc8

12 Kb1................ d5

13 exd5 ..........Nxd5

14 Nxd5..........Bxd5

15 Rg1 .............. Bc5

16 f4 ..................Nf6

17 Bd3 ..............Qc7

18 Qe1..............Ne4

19 h4.................Qb7

20 c3..............Bxa3!

21 f5 ................... b4

22 c4.............. Nc3+

23 Ka1 ............ Bxc4

24 fxe6 .............O-O

25 Bxc4 .......... Rxc4

26 Rd2 ........Bxb2+!

27 Kxb2............ b3?

28 exf7+..........Qxf7

29 Nxb3?..........Rb4

30 Resigns

SICILIAN DEFENSE

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Ding Liren Magnus Carlsen

From the word or phrase above, form at

least 29 five-letter words, without using

more than one form of the same word.

For example, drink or drank, not both.

Sunday MACHINERY

Word

Force

You may have heard of

chess boxing. It’s a real thing:

Two players alternate rounds

of fisticuffs and games of

chess.

There is also chess diving:

Players must make their

moves on an underwater

board.

The Russian ministry of de-

fense has come up with a new

competition, chess marks-

manship.

Under the rules of the “in-

tellectual biathlon,” players

compete first in chess, then in

small arms fire.

The number of bullets a

contestant can fire at a target

is determined by how many

points he scores in the chess

tournament that preceded it.

It was introduced in August

in the Russia-hosted Interna-

tional Army Games and more

than 60 competitors took part.

In this week’s game, White

was lost after 20...Bxa3! (21

bxa3 Nxc3+) but might have

survived after 29 Rf2!.

Give it a shot

By Andy Soltis

Chess

©SyndicatedPuzzles Inc #265 5

20 15 38 8 24 24

22

22

8

16

32

29

24

6 10

11

9

14

12

35

23

16

15

5

12 13

24

17 3

14

17

9

10

4

23 35

24 7

Place 1 to 9 in

each white cell.

To choose the

right number, you

need to work

from the clues in

around the edge.

The numbers

below the

diagonal lines are

the sums of the

solutions in the

white cells

immediately

beneath. The

numbers above

the divide are the

sums of the

solutions

immediately to

the right. Rows

and columns do

NOT have to be

unique.

All Sunday puzzle answers

are on Page 50

Kakuro

“I’m collecting money for a

worthy cause,” Cy the Cynic told

me in the club lounge.

“And what would that be?” I

asked.

“New glasses for Minnie,” Cy

said grimly.

“She seems to do

fine with the pair

she has,” I shrugged.

Minnie Bottoms,

my club’s senior

member, wears an-

cient spectacles that

make her mix up

kings and jacks, of-

ten to her oppo-

nents’ dismay. Cy

has been Minnie’s

chief victim.

“Look what she

did to me -- again --

in a team match,”

the Cynic said,

showing me today’s deal. “Min-

nie and I were both declarer at

four spades, and West led a club.

I ruffed, led a trump to dummy’s

king, came back to my king of

hearts and led the A-J of trumps.

When East took the queen, he

led a heart, cutting my link with

dummy.”

Cy took two hearts, pitching a

diamond, but East ruffed the

next heart. Cy overruffed but

ended up down two. When he

led a diamond next, East took

the queen and forced Cy to ruff

a club with his last

trump. Then the de-

fense took the rest

with the ace of dia-

monds and good

clubs.

Minnie did better.

She cashed the ace

of trumps at Trick

Two, crashing

dummy’s king, and

continued with the

jack.

“East for my team

won and led another

club,” Cy told me,

“and Minnie said it

was her lead! She

thought her jack of trumps had

been the king. They got her

straightened out, but Minnie

ruffed the club return, drew

East’s last two trumps and ran

the hearts for 10 tricks.”

“Minnie played it well,” I said.

“Are you going to donate or

not?” Cy growled.

Minnie said it was her lead!She

thoughther jack of trumpshad been

the king. They got her straightened

out, but Minnie ruffed the club return,

drew East’slast two trumpsand ran

the heartsfor 10 tricks.”

“Minnieplayedit well,” Isaid.

“Are you going to donateor not?”

Cy growled.

East dealer

Both sides vulnerable

NORTH

♠K

♥A Q J 10 3

♦K 9 3

♣8 7 5 4

WEST EAST

♠7 4 ♠Q 8 5 3

♥7 6 2 ♥9 5 4

♦10 6 4 ♦A Q

♣K J 9 6 3 ♣A Q 10 2

SOUTH

♠A J 10 9 6 2

♥K 8

♦J 8 7 5 2

♣None

East South West North

1 ♣ 1 ♠ Pass 2 ♥

Pass 2 ♠ Pass 3 ♠

Pass 4 ♠ All Pass

Openin g lead —♣ 6

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Bridge

Each row and

each column

must contain

the numbers 1

through 4

(easy) or 1

through 6

(challenging)

without

repeating.

The numbers

within the

heavily

outlined

boxes, called

cages, must

combine using

the given

operation (in

any order) to

produce the

target

numbers in

the top-left

corners.

Freebies: Fill

in single-box

cages with the

number in the

top-left

corner.

KENKEN