Archive for the ‘Chess Homework’ Category
April 17, 2019
This position is from Petrosian vs. Korchnoi, Moscow 1963. Viktor Korchnoi (Black) has just played 34… Rf8.
White to move. Position after 34… Rf8.
Now Tigran Petrosian has serious winning chances and plays 35. Rxh6. Was this a good move?
Position after 35. Rxh6.
Like this:
Like Loading...
Tags:blown endgame, chess, chess endgame, endgame blunder, famous endgames chess, grandmaster blunders, losing won endgames, painful losses, Petrosian Korchnoi, Petrosian vs Korchnoi, Tigran Petrosian, Viktor Korchnoi
Posted in chess, Chess Endgame Worthy of Study, Chess History, Chess Homework, chess lessons, Chess Puzzles | Leave a Comment »
April 11, 2019
White to move and mate in 2.
White to move and mate in 2.
Like this:
Like Loading...
Tags:best chess puzzle, chess, chess problems, chess puzzles, difficult chess, hard chess, mate in 2, tricky chess
Posted in Betcha Can't Solve This, chess, Chess Homework, Chess Puzzles | Leave a Comment »
April 10, 2019
You are playing the role of the quintessential Romantic, Adolf Anderssen. Karl Mayet has just played the dreadful 12. Qxe4. How does Anderssen (Black) punish his opponents in dramatic fashion?
Black to move and mate in 5 (Mayet – Anderssen, Berlin 1851).
Like this:
Like Loading...
Tags:Adolf Anderssen, Anderssen chess, Anderssen vs Mayet, Berlin, best chess moves, black to move, chess, chess homework, chess problems, chess puzzles, chess tactics, Karl Mayet, mate in 5, winning chess combinations
Posted in Adolf Anderssen, chess, Chess Homework, chess lessons, Chess Puzzles, Winning Chess Moves | Leave a Comment »
April 8, 2019
What is white’s best move?
What is white’s best move?
Like this:
Like Loading...
Tags:chess, chess homework, chess problems, chess puzzles, chess tactics, easy chess problems, real chess tactic, simple chess tactics
Posted in chess, Chess Homework, Chess Puzzles, real game tactics | Leave a Comment »
April 4, 2019
Today I share a beautiful endgame study/mate-in-4 that I have come across in a couple of books. Carel Christiaan Wilhelm Mann has placed black in zugzwang (1…f5 2.Qh4# or 1…Kf5 2.Qd5#) but has white to move. The resulting solution is sure to entertain!
White to move and mate in 4 (Carel Christiaan Wilhem Mann, De Amsterdammer, 1/8/1893)
Like this:
Like Loading...
Tags:beautiful chess, chess, chess homework, chess problems, chess puzzles, famous chess study, Mann, mate in 4, zugzwang
Posted in Betcha Can't Solve This, chess, Chess Homework, Chess Puzzles | Leave a Comment »
April 1, 2019
Today’s position comes from round 10 of the 2019 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship. IM Anna Zatonskih (White) has just erred with 30. Qe1. How does seventeen-year-old Jennifer Yu (Black) punish Anna’s mistake to win the game and the U.S. Women’s Championship?
Black to move and win. (Zatonskih – Yu, US Women’s Championship, 3/20/2019)
Like this:
Like Loading...
Tags:Anna Zatonskih, Anna Zatonskih vs. Jennifer Yu, chess, chess homework, chess problems, chess puzzles, Jennifer Yu, Jennifer Yu chess, St Louis, u.s. women’s chess championship, uscf chess, USCF women’s chess, women's chess, Yu chess, Zatonskih - Yu, Zatonskih vs. Yu
Posted in 2019 U.S. Women’s Championship, chess, Chess Homework, chess lessons, Chess Puzzles, Jennifer Yu, USCF Chess, Winning Chess Moves | Leave a Comment »
April 1, 2019
White to move and mate in 4 (Erich Ernest Zepler, Ostrauer Zeitung, January 1928).
White to move and mate in 4 (Erich Ernest Zepler, Ostrauer Zeitung, January 1928).
Like this:
Like Loading...
Tags:chess, chess homework, chess problems, chess puzzles, hard chess problems, mate in 4, tricky chess puzzles
Posted in Betcha Can't Solve This, chess, Chess Homework, Chess Puzzles | Leave a Comment »
March 29, 2019
White to move and mate in three (Samuel Loyd, 1863).
White to move and mate in three (Samuel Loyd, 1863).
Like this:
Like Loading...
Tags:beautiful chess, chess, chess homework, chess problems, chess puzzles, difficult chess, hard chess, mate in 3, Sam Loyd, tricky chess
Posted in Betcha Can't Solve This, chess, Chess Homework, Chess Puzzles, Sam Loyd | Leave a Comment »
March 25, 2019
White to move and mate in 4! (Wolfgang Pauly, Schweizerische Schachzeitung, September 1920)
White to move and mate in 4! (Wolfgang Pauly, Schweizerische Schachzeitung, September 1920)
Like this:
Like Loading...
Tags:chess, chess puzzles, difficult chess, hard chess, impossible chess puzzle, mate in 4, tricky chess
Posted in Betcha Can't Solve This, chess, Chess Homework, Chess Puzzles | Leave a Comment »
