SPOT ON CHESS PUZZLES for SATURDAY, April 8th of 2023 "The Irregulars ORANGUTAN"

SOCP 04082023 The Irregulars ORANGUTAN.

Oh boy... this one is way long! Hope to keep them down to 10 minutes in length starting Monday. Sunday's will be another long lesson as well. Too easy to get lost in these games and my many chess memory lanes!

Two games in the Orangutan - 1. b4 opening. 4 Puzzle warm up and a bonus puzzle. Enjoy'em!

For completeness I have included both of today's games down below. As always: SPOILER ALERT! Do not play over the games until after you have watched the video! You get better for the effort you put into your area of focus... only then will solutions make sense.

[Event “British Championship”]
[Site “Eeastbourne”]
[Date “1991.??.??”]
[Round "?"]
[White "Basman"]
[Black "Thipsay"]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO "A00"]

1. h3 d5 2. b4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 Nbd7 5. e3 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bb2 Re8
9. Qc2 a5 10. b5 c5 11. g4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Be2 Bf8 14. g5 Nfd7 15. h4 Nd5
16. h5 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 b6 18. Bd3 f5 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng5 Ra7 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22.
h6 1-0

[Event "Simultaneous Display"]
[Site "Cleveland"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Robert Fischer"]
[Black "J Gloger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. e4 Bxb4 4. Bc4 Ne7 5. Qh5+ Ng6 6. f4 exf4 ( 6... a5 7. f5
)7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 d6 10. Nh4 Ne7 11. Nf5 Kf8 12. O-O Qe8 13. Bxf6
Bxf5 ( 13... gxf6 14. Qh6# )14. exf5 d5 15. fxg6 gxf6 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17. g7 dxc4
18. gxh8=Q+ Kxh8 19. Qxf6+ Kg8 20. Rae1 Nd5 21. Qg5+ ( 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qg5+
Kf8 23. Qxd5 )21... Qg6 22. Qxd5+ 1-0

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