White to move and mate in 3 (Samuel Loyd, 1858).
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White to move and mate in 2.
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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)
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White to move and mate in two (Александр Ажусин, 1971).
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White to move and mate in two (R. Alan, 1895).
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White to move and mate in 2 (Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen, 1953).
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White to move and mate in 3 (by Andre Chéron, Hamburgischer Correspondent 1930). Stumped? Perhaps you would benefit from a free introductory lesson ($40 value) with Chris Torres on Wyzant. Claim your free lesson today. Just use Coach Chris’ link: https://is.gd/u5bIVd
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White to move and mate in 2(Michail Aktschurin, 1982). Stumped? Perhaps you would benefit from a free introductory lesson ($40 value) with Chris Torres on Wyzant. Claim your free lesson today. Just use Coach Chris’ link: https://is.gd/u5bIVd
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White to move and mate in 3 (Puzzle by: Yuri Voronov, Kursk 01/01/2000).
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White to move and win.
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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!
Calculation Test: Mate in Four
This is a fairly simple mate-in-four that is a good calculation test. Give yourself fifteen minutes to solve it and then set it up on a chessboard if you are still stumped.