White to move and mate in 2.
White to move and mate in 2.
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Posts Tagged ‘chess problems’
Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle! 44
April 11, 2019Winning Chess Moves: Mayet vs. Anderssen, 1851
April 10, 2019You 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).
So I was just playing a game of #chess and then this happened! 24
April 8, 2019What is white’s best move?
What is white’s best move?
So I was just playing a game of #chess and then this happened! 23
April 6, 2019You can’t park that here! Black to move and trap a white’s queen.
Black to move and trap a white’s queen.
Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle! 43
April 4, 2019Today 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)
Winning Chess Moves
April 1, 2019Today’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)
Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle! 42
April 1, 2019White 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).
Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle! 41
March 29, 2019White to move and mate in three (Samuel Loyd, 1863).
White to move and mate in three (Samuel Loyd, 1863).
So I was just playing a game of #chess and then this happened… 22
March 23, 2019What is white’s best move?
What is white’s best move?
Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle! 39
March 15, 2019White to move and mate in 4 (Georges Legentil, Le Journal de Rouen, 1910).
White to move and mate in 4 (Georges Legentil, Le Journal de Rouen, 1910).
