Submitted by
benws on Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:50pm.
Keres takes advantage of an opening slip by his opponent, and quickly mounts a kingside attack. With the help of a few rook sacrifces, the final breakthrough provides an elegant finish to a model game.
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Submitted by
fgm351 on Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:39am.
what would you do in this position against a beginner?
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Submitted by
chessthings on Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:29pm.
The 2009 Daily Chess Calendar features an exciting position from a master games. All the greats from Steinitz, Lasker, and Capablance to Anand, Kasparov, and Tal are included. This calendar is a must have for every player and enthusiast. http://ch... Read more »
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Submitted by
Fupper16 on Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:46am.
Please help me. I see a combination here, but I can't figure it out. If any of you have a spark of Mikhail Tal in you, please find the combination and post it. Thanks!
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Submitted by
gokul009 on Sat Aug 9, 2008 9:29am.
You shall play White here and you will quickly find out that the material is equal, but both your rook on e5 and your pawn on b2 is attacked. When you move you rook out of the way, your opponent will take your b-pawn, and then your a-pawn will be ... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Fri Aug 8, 2008 10:37am.
A tense opening battle leads to a nice queen sacrifice by white, who proceeds to hunt down black's exposed king in the endgame. Black's extra queen is completely helpless to defend.
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Submitted by
odirtyredo on Thu Aug 7, 2008 3:55pm.
I thougth this was a nice puzzle
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Submitted by
gokul009 on Fri Aug 1, 2008 7:40am.
This position is faily equal and you are playing White. Material is equal and you ave an advantage that your pieces are more developed than his while his positive sign is that his center is stronger. Well, it is your turn, and you can checkmate... Read more »
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Submitted by
odirtyredo on Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:58am.
I thought this puzzle was easy. For all new puzzle i am going to try to find some that are more challenging. I still hope you all can enjoy this one though. Let me know what you think about it.
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Submitted by
gokul009 on Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:30am.
In this position, you are Black. You are down in material, down a knight for two pawns. The two extra pawns are doubled on the g-file and soon one or both of them can be lost. You are set for a defeat but you got one last chance to avoid it as he ... Read more »
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Submitted by
gokul009 on Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:36am.
Now this one is a little hard, certainly harder than the previous two. You are Black. Material is even but White has a much stronger pawn structure, and you have doubled f-pawns. Looking at the position further, you can see that your rook on e5 is... Read more »
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Submitted by
gokul009 on Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:51am.
You are playing as White. You are a full piece and two pawns down and your opponent is threatening a mate in 2. His position looks strong, and it is except for one major flaw. You have to use that flaw to checkmate him in four moves to turn a losi... Read more »
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Submitted by
gokul009 on Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:16am.
You are Black in this position. You are two pawns down, and your opponent is strongly placed. What do you do in this position?? You can mate in 3 by force.
If you don't know the answer, see it down.
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Submitted by
rvitorper on Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:59pm.
A puzzle from a match that I played, try to solve it! Black to play and gain material Read more »
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Submitted by
odirtyredo on Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:41pm.
Black to move and draw
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Submitted by
chesslife on Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:19pm.
really hard
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Submitted by
AlexCn on Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:44pm.
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Submitted by
odirtyredo on Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:47am.
I hope you all enjoy this Puzzle
i had to use help to find the solution
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Submitted by
planauts on Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:37am.
Black currently has a piece advantage but white has the posistional advantage. White has the potential to gain the piece advantage by 1 pawn! Read more »
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SHIROV on Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:37pm.
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AlexCn on Wed Jul 9, 2008 9:23am.
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AlexCn on Tue Jul 8, 2008 12:47pm.
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AlexCn on Tue Jul 8, 2008 12:43pm.
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AlexCn on Tue Jul 8, 2008 9:36am.
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