Monday, August 27, 2007

August 2007 solutions

Chess puzzles Solutions ( August 2007)


Position 1: 1 Bg6! Rh6 2 Bf7! and checkmate on g7 or g8 cannot be prevented. Note that 1..Bg6 2Qg6 followed by the deviation Rd8+ is winning as well.


Position 2: 1 Nh6+! gh6 2 Qh6 Bf6 3 Bf6 wins. 2..Bf8 3 Qg5+ leads to checkmate.






Position 3: 1 Rh7+ Kh7 2 Qh5+ Kg8 3 Ne7+ wins for White. 3..Kg7 4 Nf5+ Kg8 5 Nd6 +-






Position 4: 1..Qh4! and taking on g3 will follow. 2 Kh2 Rgg3 3 fg3 Qg3+ wins for Black.





Position 5: 1..Bf2+ 2 Kf2 ( forced) Qb6+ 3 Kf1 Bc8!! with devastating check from a6.




Position 6: 1..Bb3 ! 2 ab3 Rb3+ 3 Rb3 Qd2!+ wins. Brute force attack !




Position 7: 1..Rh3+! 2 Kg1 f3! wins. If 2 gh3 2..Qe4+ followed by Nf3+ wins the Queen.




Position 8: 1..Nd2! (Black promotes if White takes the knight) 2 a4 b1=Q 3 Rb1 Nb1 4 a5 Rb5



Position 9: 1..Nd7+! 2.Kc7 2..Ra7+ 3 Kc8 Nb6+ 4 Kb8 Rd7! wins for Black. The white King walks into checkmate schemes, with no help from white pieces !



Position 10: 1 Re4! Re4 2 Rb6! wins since the Black's queen is overloaded and White threatens to promote the a-pawn as well as giving check on the last rank.



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