You can’t park that here! Black to move and trap a white’s queen.
Tag Archives: Chess Puzzles
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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!
Winning Chess Moves
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?
Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle! 42
White to move and mate in 4 (Erich Ernest Zepler, Ostrauer Zeitung, January 1928).
Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle! 41
White to move and mate in three (Samuel Loyd, 1863).
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White to move and mate in 4! (Wolfgang Pauly, Schweizerische Schachzeitung, September 1920)
So I was just playing a game of #chess and then this happened… 22
What is white’s best move?
Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle! 39
White to move and mate in 4 (Georges Legentil, Le Journal de Rouen, 1910).
So I was just playing a game of #chess and then this happened… 21
What is black’s best move?
Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle! 38
White to move and mate in 4!
Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle! 37
White to move and mate in two (Александр Ажусин, 1971).
So I was just playing a game of #chess and then this happened… 20
What is white’s best move?
So I was just playing a game of #chess and then this happened… 19
What is white’s best move?
Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle! 36
White to move and mate in 4 (Фомичёв, Евгений Васильевич & Феоктистов, Александр Фёдорович, Melnichenko MT 2009).
So I was just playing a game of #chess and then this happened… 18
Black to move and win.
Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle! 35
White to move and mate in two (R. Alan, 1895).
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White to move and mate in 6. (Gad Rechlis – Sergei Lobanov, FIDE World Rapid Championship, St Petersburg, 12/28/2018)
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GM Dmitry Andreiken plays the most beautiful game ending combination of 2018 right before the new year starts! Can you spot black’s brilliant continuation? Black to move and mate in 6! (GM Peter Svidler – GM Dmitry Andreikin, FIDE World Rapid Championship, St Petersburg, 12/27/2018)
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White to move and win (Aron Nimzowitsch, My System 1925.)
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White to move and mate in 2(Hyacinth Agnel, 1868).