Chess puzzle
no.437
White to play and win. This is a position from Caruana-Kramnik, Leuven 2016. Answers to me at The Spectator by…
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Black to play. This position is from Topalov-Nakamura, St Louis 2014. Black seems to be in big trouble, but how…
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White to play. This position is from Rubinstein-Johner, Carlsbad 1911. How did Rubinstein gain a winning position with a standard…
no. 436
White to play. This is from Karjakin-Carlsen, World Championship, New York (Game 7) 2016. This position will be dead equal…
no. 435
White to play. This is a position from Topalov-Caruana, St Louis 2016. Can you spot White’s crushing blow? Answers to…
no. 434
White to play. This is a position from Carlsen-Shirov, Biel 2011. Can you spot Carlsen’s crushing blow? Answers to me…
no. 433
Black to play. This position is from Nakamura-Carlsen, chess.com Blitz Final 2016. The position looks quiet but after Black’s next…
no. 432
White to play. This is from Lasker–Teichmann, St Petersburg 1909. Black had already resigned this game as he could anticipate…
Puzzle no. 431
White to play. This position is a variation from Carlsen-Karjakin, Monaco 2011. Although White is a rook up he only…
No. 430
White to play. This position is from Mamedyarov-Kramnik, Moscow 2016. White’s next concluded the game. What was it? Answers to…
no. 429
White to play. This is from Tal-Botvinnik, World Championship (Game 12), Moscow 1961. Tal’s next move did not force an…
No. 428
Black to play. This position is a variation from Gelfand-Mamedyarov, Tal Memorial Blitz 2016. Black has various strong moves but…
No. 427
White to play. This position is from Heredia-Videnova; Women’s Olympiad, Baku 2016. Can you spot the White continuation that enabled…
no. 426
White to play. This position is a variation from Li Chao-Short, Baku Olympiad 2016. White has various ways to win…
No. 425
White to play. This is a position from Short (England)-Pasaribu (Indonesia), Baku-Olympiad 2016. How did White win material? Answers to…
No. 424
White to play. This is from Palucha-Skettos, Bhubaneswar 2016. Here White destroyed the black position with a typical tactical thrust.…
no. 423
Black to play. This is from Vachier-Lagrave–Anand, Sinquefield Cup, St Louis 2016. White has played to win a pawn but…
no. 422
White to play. This is a position from Adams-R. Pert, British Championship, Bournemouth 2016. What is White’s most direct route…
no. 421
White to play. This position is from Steinitz–Chigorin, World Championship (Game 4), Havana 1892. How did White finish off? Answers…
No. 420
White to play. This position is from Olafsson-Tal, Moscow 1971. How did White finish off? Answers to me at The…
No. 419
White to play. This position is from So-Giri, Bilbao Masters 2016. How did White make the most of his active…
No. 418
White to play. This position is from Najer-Buhmann, Dortmund 2016. How did White make the most of his g7-pawn? Answers…
No. 417
White to play. This position is from Staunton-Horwitz, London (Game 3) 1846. How did White conclude his attack? Answers to…
No. 416
White to play. This is from Kasparov-Alonso, Simultaneous Display, Moenchengladbach 2016. How did White conclude his attack? Answers to me…
No. 415
White to play. This position is from Nakamura-Caruana, Leuven Blitz 2016. White can now win material. What is the key…