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The diagram below shows a position from the third game of the match. Ju Wenjun played the endgame brilliantly, and went on to win by marching the king along the eighth rank to support the c-pawn; however, at this point she could have finished quicker. How?
Game 4 ended in a draw. In the position shown in the diagram below, Ju played the bishop to e4 and managed to hold the draw, but there was a fascinating alternative: 30...d4!? How should White react? Tricky!
And now a mate-in-two.
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Daniel King is the prolific author of the Power Play series which numbers 28 volumes to date. The Tactic Turbo for the King’s Gambit is the subject of his most recent DVD.
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