Game Of The Week
A couple years back, I came up with a method to organize chess tactics. I called it the DROP Method. The DROP method is an acronym for the basic kinds of tactics. It is meant to remind you not to drop your pieces and help you get your opponent to drop theirs.
I said that the DROP Method was a work in progress, and it was. So, I thought I would revisit each of the four kinds of chess tactics to provide more examples.
The first kind of tactic in the DROP Method is Discovery, which I revisited on June 12th (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2021/06/d-is-for-discovery-ix.html).
The second kind of tactic in the DROP Method is Removal., which I revisited on June 19th (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2021/06/r-is-for-removal-x.html).
The third kind of tactic in the DROP Method is Overload.
Overload is a chess move that attacks a target.
The Overload is played when the player creates a threat on a target that cannot be defended. The classic example is choosing a target and piling more attackers on it than supports the defender can muster. When the number of attackers is greater than the number of supports, material can be won through a series of captures. Each capture creates a new target until the final support is exhausted and an unguarded target appears.
However, the Overload is, perhaps, the broadest kind of tactic. Not only does it use multiple attackers on one target, but also it uses a single attacker on multiple targets. The idea is the same: gain a target than cannot be defended. So, most players will become familiar with the different types of Overloads:
- Battery (Overload with multiple attackers on a file or diagonal)
- Fork (Overload with multiple targets by the Knight)
- Double Attack (Overload with multiple targets by the other pieces)
- Over-Worked Piece (Overload with multiple targets)
- Skewer (Overload with multiple targets where a high value piece is in front)
Here is a position from the Colorado Springs Chess Club's Sunday Night event, Removal Rapid Online. Ayush Vispute was eager to get his first gold medal in our Corona Chess Olympics and went for a sacrifice to expose my King. I thought I had it defended when I got careless and boxed in my Queen. Now, my only hope was to create an entry into LM Brian Wall's Burden Award contest for dropping your Queen but still winning. I had my chance in this position, but I missed it. See if you can do better?
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| Black to move |
O Is For Overload X
[Event "Removal Online"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "2021.06.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vispute, Ayush"]
[Black "Anderson, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1611"]
[BlackElo "1764"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2021.06.20"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]
1. e4 h6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. h3
a6 9. Kh2 Nh7 10. f4 Bd7 11. f5 f6 12. g4 Ne7 13. h4 Nc8 14. Qe1 c6 15. Qg3 Qe8
16. Qh3 Qe7 17. Bf3 Ba7 18. g5 fxg5 19. hxg5 Nxg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Ng3 b5 22.
Nh5 Rf7 23. Bg4 Be3 24. Ne2 Nb6 25. Rf3 Bc5 26. Rg3 Qd8 27. f6 g5 28. Bf5 Qc8
29. c3 Bxf5 30. exf5 Nd7 31. d4 exd4 32. cxd4 Bb6 33. Rag1 Rh7 34. Rxg5+ hxg5
35. Rxg5+ Kf7 36. Qg3 Qh8 37. Nef4 Nxf6 38. Kg2 Rg8 39. Ng6 Ne4 40. Nxh8+ Rhxh8
41. Qb3+ d5 42. Rxg8 Rxg8+ 43. Kh3 Rg5 44. Qf3 Bc7 45. Kh4 Bd8 46. f6 Kg6 47.
Nf4+ Kf7 48. Qh3 Bxf6 49. Qe6+ Kg7 50. Nh5+ Kg6 51. Qe8+ Kh6 52. Qf8+ Kg6 53.
Nxf6 Nxf6 54. Qd6 Rg4+ 55. Kh3 Rxd4 56. Qxc6 Rd3+ 57. Kg2 Rd2+ 58. Kf3 Rxb2 59.
Qxa6 b4 60. Qd3+ Kf7 61. Kf4 Rxa2 62. Kf5 Rf2+ 63. Ke5 Rg2 64. Qf3 Rg5+ 65. Kd4
Rg4+ 66. Ke5 Re4+ 67. Kd6 Rg4 68. Ke5 Re4+ 69. Kd6 Rg4 70. Ke5 1/2-1/2
This Week In Chess
https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/removal-rapid-online-2412346
Place, Removal Rapid Online, Score
1 "#1 CosmicNovaGalaxy (1629)" 2.5
2 "#2 KingVed (1555)" 2.5
3 "#3 cschessnews (1749)" 1.5
4 "#4 msmcgough (1623)" 1.5
5 "#5 jfoxhoot (1692)" 1.5
6 "#6 JJ7X (1936)" 1.0
7 "#7 pktiger90 (1195)" 1.0
8 "#8 bazinga2 (1572)" 0.5
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