A tactic a day keeps the losses at bay! [FEN “1q3kr1/pb3n1Q/1p2R3/2p3N1/2Pp1r1P/1P1P4/P4PB1/R5K1 w - - 0 27”] How did White follow-up on 27.Rae1 Rh8? Hartoch,Robert (2395) - Berg,Klaus (2295) Lloyds Bank op 04th London (6), 25.08.1980 Reti Opening [A05] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.0-0 e6 5.b3 Be7 6.Bb2 0-0 7.d3 c5 8.e4 d5 9.e5 Nfd7 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Re1 Qc7 12.c4 d4 13.Qe2 Rae8 14.Bc1 Bd8 15.Nf1 Qb8 16.Bf4 Bc7 17.h4 f6 18.exf6 Bxf4 19.fxg7 Kxg7 20.gxf4 Rxf4 21.Ng3 Nf6 22.Ng5 Nd8 23.Nh5+ Nxh5 24.Qxh5 Rg8 25.Qxh7+ Kf8 26.Rxe6 Nf7 27.Rae1 Rh8 28.Rg6!! 1-0 And it is mate in eight at most. If 28...Rxh7 29.Nxh7#. … [Read more...]
Daily Chess Puzzles
Daily Chess Puzzle May 27, 2016
A tactic a day keeps the losses at bay! [FEN “1n3rk1/r4p2/p5p1/2p5/1p2q3/1QB1P3/PP3P2/2KR2R1 w - - 0 22”] How should White follow-up on 22.Rd6 Kh7? Zaitsev,Igor - Spassky,Boris Rostov on Don, 1960 Queen’s Gambit Accepted [D25] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Qb3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 b6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.d5 exd5 10.Nxd5 0-0 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.Bd2 a6 13.Rg1 b5 14.Bd5 Ra7 15.Bc3 g6 16.h4 c6 17.Be4 Nxe4 18.fxe4 Qxe4 19.h5 c5 20.0-0-0 b4 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Rd6 Kh7 23.Qc4!! 1-0 If 1...f5 (1...Qxc4 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Rh8#) 2.Qxe4 fxe4 3.Rh1+ Kg8 4.Rh8+ Kf7 5.Rf6+ Kg7 6.Rfxf8+. … [Read more...]
Daily Chess Puzzle May 26, 2016
A tactic a day keeps the losses at bay! [FEN “4r1k1/pp1q1pbp/3p1n2/1NpP1pN1/2P2Q2/8/PP4PP/5RK1 b - - 0 21”] How should Black follow-up on 13...Bd7 14.0-0? Deutsch,Eyal (2272) - Zilberman,Yakov (2467) ISR-ch Tel Aviv (3), 27.11.2002 Trompowsky Attack [A45] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.d5 Qb6 5.Qc1 d6 6.e3 f5 7.Nh3 Nd7 8.c4 Bg7 9.Nc3 Qa5 10.Qd2 a6 11.Bd3 Ne5 12.a3 Rg8 13.Nf4 Bd7 14.0-0 14...Nf3+!! 0-1 If 15.gxf3 Bxc3+!. … [Read more...]
Daily Chess Puzzle May 25, 2016
A tactic a day keeps the losses at bay! [FEN “4r1k1/pp1q1pbp/3p1n2/1NpP1pN1/2P2Q2/8/PP4PP/5RK1 b - - 0 21”] How should Black follow-up on 21...Ng4 22.Nxd6? Brinck Claussen,Bjorn - Littlewood,John Eric Varna ol (Men) fin-B Varna (6), 1962 King’s Indian Four Pawns [E77] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.exd5 Re8 10.0-0 Ng4 11.Re1 Ne3 12.Bxe3 Rxe3 13.Qd2 Re8 14.Bd3 Rxe1+ 15.Rxe1 Nd7 16.Ng5 Nf6 17.f5 Bxf5 18.Bxf5 gxf5 19.Qf4 Qd7 20.Nb5 Re8 21.Rf1 22...Qxd6! (Or 22...Bd4+ first.) 23.Qxd6 Bd4+ 24.Kh1 Nf2+ 0-1 If 25.Kg1 Ne4+ and ...Nxd6. … [Read more...]
Daily Chess Puzzle May 24, 2016
A tactic a day keeps the losses at bay! [FEN “2r2r1k/7p/8/p1P1pPR1/1p1pPn2/5NRP/P1P5/7K w - - 0 40”] How should White follow-up on 40.Nxe5 Rce8? Radulski,J (2501) - Shanava,K (2390) 3rd IECC Batumi GEO (11), 23.06.2002 Closed Sicilian [B23] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.d3 Nc6 6.h3 g6 7.g4 Bg7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 Nd7 10.f5 e6 11.Bg5 Qc7 12.Qd2 b5 13.Bh6 b4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Ne2 e5 16.Ng3 Ne7 17.Rf2 f6 18.Raf1 gxf5 19.exf5 Bb7 20.Nh5+ Kh8 21.Qh6 Rf7 22.Nh4 Rg8 23.Bxb7 Qxb7 24.Rg2 Qb8 25.Kh1 Qf8 26.Qe3 d5 27.Rfg1 d4 28.Qe4 Qa8 29.Nf3 Rff8 30.g5 fxg5 31.Nxg5 Qxe4 32.dxe4 Nf6 33.Nxf6 Rxf6 34.b3 c4 35.bxc4 a5 36.c5 Rc8 37.Nf3 Ng6 38.Rg5 Rff8 39.R1g3 Nf4 41.Rg8+ 1-0 If … [Read more...]
Daily Chess Puzzle May 23, 2016
A tactic a day keeps the losses at bay! [FEN “6k1/3R1pp1/p7/5P2/1P1Q2qp/8/5PPK/4r3 b - - 0 38”] How should Black follow-up on 38...Re4 39.Qd5? Tarjan,James - Karpov,Anatoly Skopje (13), 1976 Queen’s Gambit Declined [D55] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 0-0 6.Rc1 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 Bb7 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Qe2 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.0-0 h6 13.Bh4 a6 14.Rfd1 Re8 15.Bc2 Nb6 16.Na4 Rc8 17.Ne5 Qd6 18.Nxb6 Qxb6 19.Qf3 Rc7 20.Bg3 Bf8 21.Ng4 Rc6 22.Ba4 Nxg4 23.Bxc6 Nxh2 24.Kxh2 Bxc6 25.b3 Re6 26.Rxd5 h5 27.Qd1 h4 28.Bf4 Bxd5 29.Qxd5 Qa5 30.Rd1 Be7 31.Bg5 Bd6+ 32.Bf4 Bxf4+ 33.exf4 Qxa2 34.Qxc5 Re8 35.b4 Qe2 36.Rd7 Qg4 37.Qd4 Re1 38.f5 39...Qf4+ 40.Kh3 Re3+!! 0-1 If 41.fxe3 … [Read more...]
Daily Chess Puzzle May 22, 2016
A tactic a day keeps the losses at bay! [FEN “r4r1k/1p1b1p1B/p2qp1p1/3p2N1/1n1P2Q1/2N5/PP5P/R4R1K w - - 0 22”] How should White follow-up on 22.Qh4 Kg7? McDonnell,Alexander - Finch,James London, 1830 French Defense [C00] 1.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 a6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.Bc2 Bd7 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nh6 10.Nc3 0-0 11.0-0 Nb4 12.Bb1 Nf5 13.g4 Nh6 14.f5 Nxg4 15.f6 Nxf6 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Kh1 Qb6 18.Bg5 Bxg5 19.Bxh7+ Kh8 20.Nxg5 g6 21.Qg4 Qd6 22.Qh4 Kg7 23.Bg8! Forces mate in five at most. In the game Black tried 23...f5 and quickly lost to 24.Qh7+ Kf6 25.Nce4+ dxe4 26.Nxe4# 1-0 … [Read more...]
Daily Chess Puzzle April 10, 2016
A tactic a day keeps the losses at bay! How should White follow up on 32.Kd2 Qg4? Loyd,Samuel - Rosenthal,Samuel Paris, 1867 Giuoco Piano [C50] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Be3 Bb6 7.h3 Na5 8.Bb3 Nxb3 9.axb3 Be6 10.Nb5 Bxe3 11.fxe3 c6 12.Nc3 Qc7 13.g4 a6 14.d4 0-0-0 15.d5 Bd7 16.g5 Ne8 17.Nd2 c5 18.Nc4 h6 19.Qh5 Rf8 20.gxh6 Rh8 21.hxg7 Rxh5 22.g8Q Rxh3 23.Rxh3 Bxh3 24.Nb5 Qe7 25.Qh7 Bg4 26.Na7+ Kb8 27.Rxa6 Nc7 28.Ra5 Qf6 29.Qh1 Rh8 30.Qf1 Bf3 31.Nb6 Qh4+ 32.Kd2 Qg4 33.Qxf3!! Qxf3 34.Nd7+ Ka8 35.Nc6+ Na6 36.Nb6# 1-0 Had Black played 32...Bg4, the position would have remained equal. … [Read more...]
Daily Chess Puzzle March 27, 2016
A tactic a day keeps the losses at bay! [FEN “2r1rbk1/pp1n1pp1/2q1pB1p/7P/2P1N1Q1/8/PP3PP1/1K1R3R w - - 0 23”] How did White follow-up on 23.Rh3 Qxc4 24.Rc3 Qb5? Xu,Yuhua (2502) - Ushenina,Anna (2398) FIDE-Wch KO Ekaterinburg (2.2), 14.03.2006 Caro-Kann Defense [B19] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.0-0-0 Be7 13.Qe2 0-0 14.Kb1 Qb6 15.c4 Rfe8 16.Ne5 Rad8 17.Bc3 c5 18.Nxd7 Nxd7 19.Ne4 cxd4 20.Bxd4 Qc6 21.Qg4 Bf8 22.Bf6 Rc8 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.exd6 cxd6 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.Qxd5 Nf6 16.Qd3 d5 17.Rfe1 Re8 18.Rad1 Qb6 19.b3 d4 20.Ne5 Qb5 21.Qf3 Bd6 23.Rh3 Qxc4 24.Rc3 Qb5 25.Rxd7! The rook is immune to … [Read more...]
Daily Chess Puzzle March 8, 2016
A tactic a day keeps the losses at bay! [FEN “r3r1k1/5ppp/p2b1n2/1qp1N3/3p1B2/1P3Q2/P1P2PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 22”] How did White follow-up on 22.a4 Qb8? Bykova,Elisaveta - Kogan,L Moscow-UKR match, 1954 Ruy Lopez [C79] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 c5 9.Nf3 Be7 10.e5 Ng4 11.Bf4 0-0 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.exd6 cxd6 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.Qxd5 Nf6 16.Qd3 d5 17.Rfe1 Re8 18.Rad1 Qb6 19.b3 d4 20.Ne5 Qb5 21.Qf3 Bd6 22.a4 Qb8 23.Nc6! Qc7 24.Re7!! Rxe7 25.Bxd6!! 1-0 It is hopeless after 25...Qxd6 26.Nxe7+ Qxe7 27.Qxa8+. … [Read more...]
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