****Chess Tactics Problems Here****
03-17-2009
, 06:12 AM
This position occured in my tournament game this weekend. I was black against some 1900+ guy. I realise that this shouldn't be hard at all for any 2000+ player, but a lot of weaker players should find it quite interesting. Writing one move is not sufficient - please write down the ENTIRE winning line till the point where black has a crucial advantage (there might be a couple wins in the end, so put the one where black has the largest advantage).
03-17-2009
, 07:57 AM
03-17-2009
, 04:00 PM
03-17-2009
, 04:04 PM
03-17-2009
, 04:17 PM
If quite a lot = one error and another slightly suboptimal move, then I agree :P I am really threatening Qxb3+ because the queen hangs on g3. missed that the f-pawn becomes pinned after 4.Qh4 g5 tho 
But 4.-Qd8 wins pretty easily instead of g5.
But 4.-Qd8 wins pretty easily instead of g5.
03-17-2009
, 04:22 PM
Here is one I had today on Chess Tempo that I really liked.
White just played Rb4. Black to move. Show the whole line.
White just played Rb4. Black to move. Show the whole line.
Last edited by ATrebek; 03-17-2009 at 04:22 PM.
Reason: Sorry for the huge image
03-17-2009
, 05:12 PM
Quote:
Here is a "Black to move and find a plan to increase his advantage although he will need to take it deep into the endgame to win and it doesn't even win a pawn or anything"
So, that's the position.
1) What's White's plan?
2) What's Black's plan?
3) What should black do now?
This is from a grandmaster game. If you can't guess what black played, at least see if you can get the theme!
This is rated VERY HARD. Because I found it very hard.
Here is a "Black to move and find a plan to increase his advantage although he will need to take it deep into the endgame to win and it doesn't even win a pawn or anything"
So, that's the position.
1) What's White's plan?
2) What's Black's plan?
3) What should black do now?
This is from a grandmaster game. If you can't guess what black played, at least see if you can get the theme!
This is rated VERY HARD. Because I found it very hard.
counterpart and White's pawn structure is much worse, esp. with a weak
a5 pawn. If White can somehow trade his bishop for Black's knight, that
would help; if White can get his c-pawn to c4 perhaps supported by a
pawn on b3, he might hold.
I see two ideas for Black:
a) 1...Bf6 2. Re1 Bd8 3.b4 Bf6 with the idea of giving White a permanent
backward c-pawn; or
b) 1...Ba7 with an eventual "commital" ...f5 banking everything on Black's
much better pieces. I think ...f5 gives up a lot : d6 and e6 are "hanging
pawns" and White no longer has a relatively bad bishop.
03-17-2009
, 07:31 PM
Bishops tend to be better than knights. But, you need pawns on both sides of the board. In this exact position, White's knight is really passive being stuck defending the f3 pawn.
03-17-2009
, 11:25 PM
03-22-2009
, 07:13 PM
Obviously, precise analysis is required, but it seems like a reasonable idea for investigation (unless it's already been determined that your main line of 1...Kf4 is a forced win).
03-24-2009
, 01:30 AM
Here is one for beginners like me from a game I just played. It may or may not be interesting. I did not see it at the time.
White to move (and win?).
White to move (and win?).
03-24-2009
, 01:55 AM
03-24-2009
, 04:17 AM
03-24-2009
, 05:20 AM
04-03-2009
, 10:09 AM
Here's one for weaker players like me.
You were up an exchange, but you just hung your rook to a discovered attack (the last two moves were 1. Rf1d1? Nd4e2+! 2. Kg1h2 Qd7xd1). But all is not lost. White to move and achieve at least a draw. (That part is easy. If white decides to go for the win, how should he proceed?)
You were up an exchange, but you just hung your rook to a discovered attack (the last two moves were 1. Rf1d1? Nd4e2+! 2. Kg1h2 Qd7xd1). But all is not lost. White to move and achieve at least a draw. (That part is easy. If white decides to go for the win, how should he proceed?)
04-03-2009
, 10:23 AM
04-03-2009
, 10:47 AM
04-03-2009
, 10:50 AM
04-03-2009
, 10:51 AM
04-03-2009
, 03:14 PM
Quote:
Here's one for weaker players like me.
You were up an exchange, but you just hung your rook to a discovered attack (the last two moves were 1. Rf1d1? Nd4e2+! 2. Kg1h2 Qd7xd1). But all is not lost. White to move and achieve at least a draw. (That part is easy. If white decides to go for the win, how should he proceed?)
You were up an exchange, but you just hung your rook to a discovered attack (the last two moves were 1. Rf1d1? Nd4e2+! 2. Kg1h2 Qd7xd1). But all is not lost. White to move and achieve at least a draw. (That part is easy. If white decides to go for the win, how should he proceed?)
Spoiler: