From my game tonight. What is black’s best move?
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Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle! 15
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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White to move and mate in 2.
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A tricky endgame study by the great player/composer Pal Benko. White to move and win.
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This endgame study makes a very good lesson in and of itself. White to move and win (M. Grinfeld, 1903).
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White to move and mate in 7! (Kasparyan, 1935)
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White to move and mate in 12.
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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.)
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White to move and mate in 3.
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Black to move and win.
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White to move. With best play, will the result be a win for white, loss for white or draw?
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The situation is dire and seems to require nothing short of a miracle for Black to survive. What is Black’s miraculous move?
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White to move and mate in 2.
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What is white’s best move?
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What is black’s best move?
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White to move and mate in 3. White to move and mate in three.
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White to move and mate in 3.
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What is White’s best move?
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White to move and mate in 3.
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White just played “28. f4?”. How does Black punish White’s mistake? From the game: Salome Neuhauser – Defne Sade, European Club Cup (Women) in Antalya, Turkey 10/11/2017.