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Julijan Plenca vs Yifan Hou
World Junior Championship (2008), Gaziantep TUR, rd 1, Aug-03
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Variation (C11)  ·  0-1

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Aug-06-08  apple pi: Terrific finish - a great puzzle move!
Aug-09-08  notyetagm: <apple pi: Terrific finish - a great puzzle move!>

Black to play: 32 ... ?


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Here Black (Hou Yifan) notices that the White e5-knight is <LOOSE>, with an equal number of attackers and defenders. That is, Black attacks the White e5-knight twice with her Black c7-queen and Black f4-bishop while White <DEFENDS> the White e5-knight twice with his White d4-bishop and White g4-knight.

<But as Soltis recently pointed out in his lastest book, <<<ANY PIECE, PAWN, OR SQUARE THAT IS ATTACKED AND DEFENDED AN EQUAL NUMBER OF TIMES IS A TACTICAL WEAKNESS>>>>.

Here the fact that the White g4-knight is a critical <DEFENDER> of the White e5-knight and resides on a _VERY_ exposed square (g4, Black's KN5) suggests that attacking this <KNIGHT DEFENDER> to <REMOVE THE GUARD> may bear fruit.

And indeed it does. In the above position Hou Yifan simply played 32 ... h7-h5!, <REMOVING THE GUARD> of the <LOOSE> White e5-knight by <DRIVING OFF> its White g4-knight <DEFENDER>.

Position after 32 ... h7-h5! <remove the guard> 0-1


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Notice that the <COUNTERATTACK> by White 33 ♕e1-f1,f2 against the <UNDEFENDED> Black f4-bishop is simply met by 32 ... ♗f4-g3, placing the Black dark-squared bishop on the g3-square where it is defended by the Black f5-knight while maintaining the threats to the <LOOSE> White e5-knight and the <EMBARRASSED> White g4-knight.

Aug-09-08  notyetagm: These young Chinese players all seem to play the French or the Sicilian against 1 e2-e4.

Hou Yifan plays both.

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