White to move and mate in 7 (Aron Nimzowitsch, My System).
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White to move and mate in 3 (Samuel Loyd, 1858).
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White to move and mate in 4!
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Black looks close to victory but white has one saving combination. White to move and mate in 7 (Giambattista Lolli – N.N., Italy 1763.)
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Black to move and mate in 5 (Paul Keres – Tigran Petrosian, Yugoslavia 1959).
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White to move and mate in 3 (A. Galitskiy, “Chess Journal”, 1900.) For added challenge, imagine that the players switch chairs (i.e. pawns moving in the opposite direction) and solve for mate in three again. Remarkable!
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White to move and mate in 7! (Edward Lasker vs. George Thomas, City of London Chess Club, 1912) “The following game I consider the most beautiful I ever played … though it was not a tournament game and can, therefore, hardly be classed among the best games.” – Edward Lasker “A year later, Alekhine calledContinue reading “Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle! 16”
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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 12.