Tango Tactics
The following games offer solutions to the "Tango Tactics" puzzle page, and great training for anyone who wants to make the Black Knights Tango (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6) a weapon. The games are offered without notes, but the PGN file is below for those who want help from a computer to understand various sidelines.
P Collier - Yermolinsky Alex [A50]
New York op (01) 1993
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. e4 Ng6 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Nge2?
This may be the best known "trap" in the Tango.
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Sherer - Goeller [E33]
Blitz:5'/Kenilworth, NJ
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Qc2 e5 8. e4

14... Nxg2!
a) 14... Bh3!? 15. Ne1 (15. gxh3? Qg6+ 16. Kf1 Qg2+ 17. Ke1 Qxf3
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15... Qg6 16. Bf1 Bd7 (16... f5!? 17. Kh1 Bg4 18. f3 fxe4!? 19. fxg4 Nxd5)
17. Rab1 b6![]()
b) 14... Qg6 15. Nh4 Qg5 16. g3 is less conclusive.
15. Kxg2?
Glenn C Flear - Viktor Bologan [E33]
FRA-chT poule haute/Belfort (11) 2004
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bd2 e5 8. d5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne7 10. e4 Nh5 11. g3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
17... bxc4 18. Ne4 Rb8 19. Rhf1 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Qxc4 Qb5 22. Qe4 Qc5 23. f4 Rf7 24. Rf3 Rbf8 25. Rfd3 exf4 26. gxf4 Nf5 27. Kb1 Re7 28. Qf3 Qc4 29. Rc1 Nh4 30. Bxg7 Re1 0-1
Conover Wayne - Yermolinsky Alex [A50]
It (open)/Philadelphia (USA) 1993
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. e4 Ng6 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bg2 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. Ne2 b6 10.
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H Spiller - Orlov Georgy [A40]
It (open)/Los Angeles (USA) 1991
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. e4 Ng6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. f3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. c5
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Jens Enevoldsen - Alexander Alekhine [E33]
Buenos Aires 1939
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 e5 7. d5 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne7 9. Nh4?! Qd7! 10. g3 Qg4 11. Qb3 Ng6 12. f3 Qd7 13. Ng2
35... Nxg4+
36. Qf2
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Eliashoff/Kahn V/Ros - Alexander Alekhine [E33]
Nice 1938
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3
13... e4
14. Rac1 Rac8 15. d5 Ne4 16. Qc2 f5 17. Rcd1
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17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nxc4 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Qxe4 b5 21. Bc1 Rf6 22. Qb1 Qd7 23. e4 Rcf8 24. f3 Rg6 25. Kh1

25... Rxf3 26. Qc2 Qg4 27. Rg1 Rh3 28. g3 Qf3+ 29. Qg2 Rgxg3 0-1
Zhu Chen (2538) - L Christiansen (2566) [A50]
US-China Summit/Seattle USA (4) 2001
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. g3 Ng6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. e3
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29... Nf4+ 30. exf4 exf4 31. Rxd2 Qxg3+ 32. Kf1 Qf3+ 33. Ke1 Qxh1+ 0-1
Mark Schwarman - Georgi Orlov [A50]
NWC October op/Seattle 1992
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 Ne7 9. c5 Nf5 10. Bd3 Ng4 11. Qe2

Arturo Pomar Salamanca - Dirk Daniel Van Geet [A50]
Hoogovens/Beverwijk (10) 1967
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d5 Ne5 4. e4 e6 5. f4 Ng6 6. Bd3 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb4+ 8. Nc3
Black has complete control of the dark squares even if he is a little cramped.
11... h6 12. Bh4 Bc5 (12... g5!?) 13. Qc2 Neg4
12... Bc5! 13. b4?! Bf2+! 14. Kf1 Neg4 15. Qc1 h6
14. Be2 Re8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qd2
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16... Bxf5!! 17. exf5 Nc4 18. Qd3
18. Qf4 Ne3 19. Qg3+ Kh8 20. Rb1 Rg8
18... Nxb2!
18... Ne3!?
19. Qg3+ Kh8 20. Rb1 Re5 21. Rf1
22... Qg1+ 23. Rf1 Qd4! 24. Rf3 Re3
25. Rxe3 Rxe3 26. Qxd6 Nd3+ 27. Kd2 Nc5+?!
28. Ke1 Qxc3+ 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. dxc6 Ne4?!
30... bxc6![]()
31. cxb7 Nxd6 32. b8=Q Ne4 33. Rd1 Qc2! 34. Qb5 Nc3 35. Qc4 Qxe2+ 36. Qxe2 Rxe2 37. Rd7 Ra2 38. Rxa7 Nb5 39. Ra5 Nxa3 40. h3 Ra1+ 41. Kf2 Nc2 42. Rc5 Ra2 43. g4 Nb4+ 44. Kg3 Rc2 45. Rb5 Nc6 46. Rb3 Nd4 47. Rb7 Rc3+ 48. Kh4 h6 49. Rb1 Rf3 50. Rh1 Ne2 51. Rh2 Nf4 52. Rh1 Kf8 53. Rh2 Ke7 54. Rh1 Kd6 55. Rd1+ Ke5 56. Re1+ Kd4 57. g5 Ng2+ 0-1