Ashik vs Arvind Sankar, Ameteur Team West 2014, Round 3

Can you find black's next move here? I am very proud of executing this move over the board against an opponent of my equal strength! This game has been featured in current CalChess Journal at page 10.




You can replay the full game below.

A small but nice combination in a coffee house game

I often go to Fremotn Statbucks near Mowry and Blacow Road crossing for coffee as there is a group of chess players who play chess everyday there. While picking up coffee last evening, I saw a game that reached the below position. Black captured the Bishop with Pawn in this position and had a hard time to win the end game. However, I pointed out that there is a nice small combination here that Black could have played. Do you see it?