I found this mate-in-three puzzle by E.H. Shaw, first published by the British Chess Federation in 1936, to be quite a challenge. Ultimately, I spent an hour and a half brute-forcing my way through it to find the solution. During those intense moments of concentration, I was temporarily distracted from my other worries. Perhaps, forContinueContinue reading “Betcha Can’t Solve this #Chess Puzzle! 85”
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White to move and mate in 3 (Samuel Loyd, 1858).
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E. Pogosiants (1935 – 1991) was a very prolific puzzle composer who created some surreal but very compelling compositions. His masterpiece below has one of my all time favorite solutions. White to move and mate in 7.
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White to move and win (puzzle by Emanuel Lasker, Chess World Champion from 1894-1921).
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This nineteenth century chess puzzle has a really fun solution. White to move and mate in 12 (B.S. Barrett, 1874).
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One of my all time favorite puzzles. I first saw this position in Reno, Nevada in 1999 while having breakfast with the late GM Eduard Gufeld. White to move and win! (Hint: It’s always a good plan to treat a grandmaster to breakfast.)