RELOAD: using right piece to exploit alignment

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RELOAD: using right piece to exploit alignment
Compiled by notyetagm

<<<<RELOAD>: all it really means is that the defender is not <DEFENDING> a critical square -enough- times, enough times to keep -all- of the opponent's attacking pieces out.>>>

RELOADING is the terminology used by Martin Weteschnik in his new book "Understanding Chess Tactics" to succinctly describe what I call the principle that <One Defender Cannot Keep Out Two Attackers>, especially a single pawn defender.

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Salov vs J de la Villa Garcia, 1987

Black has just played 14 ... ♕d5-d7.

White to play: 15 ?

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Notice the <ALIGNMENT/CONFIGURATION> of the Black heavy pieces and king: Black a8-rook, Black d7-queen, and Black e8-king.

White would -love- to place his light-squared White f3-bishop safely on the c6-square, where it would <FORK> the Black a8-rook and d7-queen as well as <PIN> the Black d7-queen to the e8-king.

In Weteschnik's outstanding "Understanding Chess Tactics", page 77,:

But here is a little trick for you: it helps a lot to be on the lookout for squares you wish to place your pieces on, even if your wish doesn't seem possible. The dream square might become reality by moving another(!) piece to that square first, paving the way for you to occupy it once more; this time with the piece you initially envisioned for that glorious square.

So to occupy the c6-square with the White f3-bishop, Salov (White) first occupies this square with his White d4-knight: 15 ♘d4-c6!! (Burgess).

Position after 15 ♘d4-c6!!

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15 ♘d4-c6!! is a perfect example of the <RELOADER> concept.

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From an ICC bullet game by GM Harikrishna:

With 25 ♘f3! White sets a devilish tactical trap. The trap is sprung after 25 ... ♗g4? 26 ♕x♖f7!, winning material based upon the <DOUBLE KNIGHT FORK> <RELOADER> on the g5-square.

Event "ICC 1 0 u"
Site "Internet Chess Club"
Date "2008.06.25"
Round "-"
White "tomcruise"
Black "sweetcricket"
Result "1-0"
ICCResult "Black resigns"
WhiteElo "2604"
BlackElo "1546"
Opening "English, Tröger defense"
ECO "A25"
NIC "EO.20"
Time "13:10:29"
TimeControl "60+0"

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Be6 5. d3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O h6 8. Rb1 Qd7 9. b4 a6 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a4 O-O 12. b5 axb5 13. axb5 Nd8 14. Qb3 Nh5 15. Ba3 f5 16. Ra1 f4 17. Nd2 fxg3 18. hxg3 Bh3 19. Bh1 Qf5 20. Nce4 Kh7 21. c5 dxc5 22. Bxc5 Rf7 23. Rxa8 Ne6 24. Be3 Nef4 25. Nf3 Bg4 26. Qxf7 Qxf7 27. Nfg5+ 1-0

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Radjabov vs Topalov, 2008

Position after 18 ... ♘g6xe5!

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Topalov's outstanding 18 ... ♘g6xe5! gets my vote as the most instructive <RELOADER> of all-time, since it does not involve either a <KNIGHT FORK> or a square lined up with the enemy king, as most <RELOADERS> do. Black simply wants to get his h5-rook onto the e5-square so that he can <SKEWER> White's two <UNDEFENDED> minor pieces (e4-♘,e3-♗) ehich are conveniently already lined up on the e-file.

After 19 f4x♘e5? ♖h5xe5 Black regains his sacrificed knight with the <ROOK SKEWER> of the <UNDEFENDED> White e4-knight and <UNDEFENDED> White e3-bishop, winning two pawns for nothing.

(VAR) Position after 19 f4x♘e5? ♖h5xe5

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What makes this tactical blow even more impressive is that the super-tactician Radjabov overlooked it. Simply -amazing- tactical acuity by Topalov.

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Mamedyarov's great <RELOADER> 30 ♖e1xe6!! in his game against Nielsen is based on the simple tactical point that the Black f7-pawn <DEFENDS> the e6-square -only- -one- time, and thus cannot keep the White c4-bishop, d4-knight, and e1-rook out of this square.

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32 ♕h4-f6+! forces 32 ... ♕b6x♕f6 33 e5xf6, <RELOADING> on the f6-square to <REINFORCE> the <PIN> on the <COMPLETELY PINNED> Black g7-rook with a pawn, winning a whole ♖ instead of ♖ for ♗.

RELOAD: one defender (Black b6-queen) cannot keep out two attackers (White e5-pawn, White h4-queen).

The f6-reloading square is lined up in a <PAWN ATTACKING> alignment (f6-g7) with the <COMPLETELY PINNED> Black g7-rook.

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Event "ICC 3 0"
Site "Internet Chess Club"
Date "2008.01.05"
Round "-"
White "ledope"
Black "weicp"
Result "*"
ICCResult "Black resigns"
WhiteElo "3223"
BlackElo "3122"
Opening "French: Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn variation" ECO "C18"
NIC "FR.11"
Time "02:53:43"
TimeControl "180+0"

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Ne2 Ng6 11. O-O c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. a4 Bd7 14. h4 Rf7 15. f3 Qc7 16. Kf2 Rf5 17. Rh1 Be8 18. Ke1 Qa5 19. Kd2 Rc8 20. Qh3 a6 21. g4 Rf8 22. h5 gxh5 23. gxh5 Rf5 24. Rhg1 Kf8 25. Qg4 Rc7 26. Ng3 h6 27. Be3 Rcf7 28. Nxf5 exf5 29. Qh4 Nd8 30. Rxg7 Rxg7 31. Bxh6 Qb6 32. Qf6+ Qxf6 33. exf6

18 ... Qd6-d5?? walks into the <DOUBLE KNIGHT FORK (RELOADER)> 19 Ng4-f6+!, 20 Ne4-f6+, 21 Nf6xQd5

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Event "ICC 3 0"
Site "Internet Chess Club"
Date "2007.12.29"
Round "-"
White "dinasor"
Black "UptownExpress"
Result "1-0"
ICCResult "Black resigns"
WhiteElo "2534"
BlackElo "2406"
Opening "Sicilian defense"
ECO "B40"
NIC "SI.43"
Time "01:04:09"
TimeControl "180+0"

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Qg4 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. d3 O-O 12. Qh3 Ng6 13. Ng4 Bg5 14. g3 Bxc1 15. Raxc1 Re8 16. Qh5 Qd6 17. f4 d4 18. Ne4 Qd5 19. Ngf6+ gxf6 20. Nxf6+ Kg7 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Re3 23. Rxe3 Nxf4 24. gxf4 Rd8 25. Qxd8 f5 1-0

Here is a brilliant reloader example, from an ICC 1 0.

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Black was just blundered with 47 ... ♔g7?. The White queen now has a forking square on f6, where she double attacks the undefended Black e7-rook and the Black g7-king. Although this forking square has only two defenders versus three White attackers, it appears to be safe for Black because the White queen is the first attacker.

But after 48 ♕f6+!, anyway, Black has a big problem. If he tries to save his e7-rook by defending it with 48 ... ♔f8?, then he drops his g6-rook to the discovered pin 49 ♕xg6!. So Black must play 48 ... ♖xg6.

Now White -reloads- on the f6-square with his g5-pawn by playing 49 gxf6+, and the pawn forks the Black e7-rook and g7-king just like the queen did!

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This type of reloading is called "reloading with a similarly functioning piece". The tactical point was that f6 was a forking square for both the White f5-queen and the White g5-pawn, so reloading with the g5-pawn fully compensated for the loss of the White queen on this square.

After 49 ... ♔f8 50 fxe7+ ♔xe7 51 ♖a4 a6 52 ♖b4 White has a technically won endgame.

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Reloading on the f6-square has allowed White to trade ♕♙ for ♖♖, killing off any Black hopes of counterplay and leaving Black with a simplified lost position.

In the actual bullet game White blundered and "reloaded" with his f4-rook (49 ♖xf6? instead of 49 gxf6), which did -not- compensate for the loss of the White queen on f6 because the f6-rook does not fork the Black king and rook like the f6-pawn does!

Event "ICC 1 0"
Site "Internet Chess Club"
Date "2006.06.27"
Round "-"
White "MasterSierra"
Black "D-Fernandez"
Result "0-1"
WhiteElo "2094"
BlackElo "2528"
ICCResult "White forfeits on time"
Opening "Sicilian"
ECO "B50"
NIC "SI.01"
Time "02:17:37"
TimeControl "60+0"

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bb5 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Bg5 Ne5 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Ng6 14. Qe3 Nd7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. d4 f5 17. exf5 exf5 18. dxc5 f4 19. Qd3 fxg3 20. fxg3 g4 21. hxg4 Qxg4 22. cxd6 Bg5 23. Nxg5 Qxg5 24. Ne4 Qe5 25. Rae1 Rad8 26. Nf6+ Rxf6 27. Rxe5 Nxe5 28. Qd5+ Bf7 29. Qxe5 Rfxd6 30. Qe7 R6d7 31. Qe5 Re8 32. Qf4 Rde7 33. Qxh6 Re6 34. Qg5+ Rg6 35. Qf5 Re7 36. Rf4 Re1+ 37. Kf2 Ree6 38. g4 Re7 39. g5 Kg7 40. g4 Kg8 41. Kg3 Rge6 42. g6 Rxg6 43. g5 Rge6 44. Kh4 Re3 45. Qf6 R3e6 46. Qf5 Rg6 47. Kg3 Kg7 48. Qf6+ Rxf6 49. Rxf6 Kf8 50. Kf4 Re6 51. Rxe6 Bxe6 52. Ke5 Bxa2
White forfeits on time 0-1

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Tarrasch vs M Kuerschner, 1892
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Khalifman vs Bareev, 2002
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C H Capon vs J O H Taylor, 1873
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G Andruet vs Spassky, 1988
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Bledow vs P Bilguer, 1838
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24 Rxf6! White reloads on f6-square lined up with Black f8-king
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Vladimirov vs A V Kharitonov, 1977
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(C78) Ruy Lopez, 36 moves, 0-1
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S Polgar vs Z Kiss, 1980
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Beliavsky vs Gelfand, 1992
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45 Bd3xf5! Black g6-pawn defends f5-square from White e3-knight
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(D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 35 moves, 0-1
26 Re4-e7+! White reloads on e7-square with e1-rook, mating
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Ivanchuk vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2008
(A15) English, 32 moves, 1-0
13 Bb3-d5! Fischer intended to reload on d5-squar with d1-queen
Fischer vs Tal, 1959
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19 Nb6-d5!! plans 20 e4xd5, harvesting the trapped c6-bishop
Fischer vs H Rossetto, 1959
(B41) Sicilian, Kan, 37 moves, 1-0
37 Qg6xg7+! reloads on g7-square with 37 Rg3xRg7+, gains a pawn
Fischer vs Pachman, 1960
(C11) French, 43 moves, 1-0
12 Bg5-f6! Black g7-pawn must keep White e4-knight out of f6-sq
Tal vs I Zilber, 1949
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 33 moves, 1-0
15 Bc1-g5! traps Black f6-queen after reloading on g5 with pawn
Fischer vs V Ciocaltea, 1962
(C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 26 moves, 1-0
18 Rd1xd5! Black e6-pawn keeps White c3-knight out of d5-square
Alekhine vs A Asgeirsson, 1931
(C13) French, 25 moves, 1-0
23 ... d4xe3?? 24 Qe4xc6+! White reloads on c6 with 25 Bh1xc6#
I Sokolov vs Morozevich, 2005
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 34 moves, 0-1
28 Rc1xBc5! White reloads on c5-square wtih 29 Ne6xc5+, winning
Tarrasch vs Janowski, 1896
(C25) Vienna, 32 moves, 1-0
20 Bd3xb5! White will reload on b5-square with fork 21 Nc3xb5
Kramnik vs Short, 2008
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 47 moves, 1-0
9 Nf3-g5!? intends 9 ... h6xNg5? 10 Bc1xg5 with a fine game
Reshevsky vs Rubinstein, 1917
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Topalov's 18 .. Ng6xe5!: most instructive reloader of all-time?
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(C67) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
26 Qf6+!! Bxf6 27 Bxf6+ White reloads on the f6-square
T L Petrosian vs A Minasian, 2006
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Keres vs Levenfish, 1947
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