Chess puzzle

no. 535

5 January 2019 9:00 am

Black to play. This is a variation from today’s game Aronian-Kramnik, Berlin 2018. How can Black briskly conclude his kingside…

Puzzle

15 December 2018 9:00 am

White to play. This is a variation from Carlsen-Caruana, World Championship (Game 11), London 2018. Carlsen set a small trap…

Chess Puzzle

8 December 2018 9:00 am

Black to play. This is a variation from Caruana-Carlsen, World Championship (Game 10), London 2018. Black is a rook down.…

no. 534

1 December 2018 9:00 am

Black to play. This is a variation from Caruana-Carlsen, World Championship (Game 10), London 2018. The black queen is trapped…

no. 533

24 November 2018 9:00 am

White to play. This is a variation from Caruana-Carlsen, World Championship, London 2018. White has sacrificed a piece in order…

no. 532

17 November 2018 9:00 am

Black to play. This is a variation from Carlsen–Caruana (Game 2), London 2018. White has forked the black bishop and…

no. 531

10 November 2018 9:00 am

White to play. This is from Carlsen-Caruana, Bilbao 2012. Black has blundered right out of the opening. How did Carlsen…

no. 530

3 November 2018 9:00 am

Black to play. This is from Cornette-Jumabayev, Isle of Man 2018. Black’s next move led to an overwhelming material advantage.…

no. 529

27 October 2018 9:00 am

Black to play. This position is from Carlsen-Ding Liren, Porto Carras 2018. Black tried 1 … Nxg4 here but Carlsen…

no. 528

20 October 2018 9:00 am

White to play. This position is from Khmelniker-Harari, Isle of Man 2017. How did White make the most of his…

no. 527

13 October 2018 9:00 am

White to play. This is from Pace-Aguilar, Batumi Olympiad 2018. How did White finish off crisply? Answers to me at…

no. 526

6 October 2018 9:00 am

White to play. This position is from Giron-Altaya, Batumi Olympiad 2018. Can you spot White’s classic winning combination? Answers to…

no. 525

29 September 2018 9:00 am

White to play. This position is from Rogers-Milos, Manila Olympiad 1992. How can White do better than recapturing on c3?…

no. 524

22 September 2018 9:00 am

Black to play. This position is from Gurgenidze-Tal, Moscow 1957. What is the most direct way to break into the…

no. 523

15 September 2018 9:00 am

Black to play. This position is from Potkin-Caruana, Dagomys 2010. How did Caruana finish off with a flourish? Answers to…

no. 522

8 September 2018 9:00 am

White to play. This position is a variation from Caruana-Karjakin, St Louis 2018. Can you spot White’s classic mating finish?…

no. 521

1 September 2018 9:00 am

White to play. This is from Mamedyarov–Georgiadis, Biel 2018. Many of Mamedyarov’s games feature a kingside attack based upon a…

no. 520

25 August 2018 9:00 am

White to play. This position is from Nakamura-Mamedyarov, St Louis 2018. Unfortunately for Mamedyarov, he has just blundered in a…

No. 519

18 August 2018 9:00 am

White to play. This position is from Fernandez-Pritchett, Hull 2018. White found an extraordinary, problem-like move to finish the game.…

no. 518

11 August 2018 9:00 am

Black to play. This is from Howell-McShane, British Championship, Hull 2018. This was the conclusion of the game that enabled…

no. 517

4 August 2018 9:00 am

Black to play. This position is from the classic game Réti-Alekhine, Baden Baden 1925. What was Black’s next move? It…

no. 516

28 July 2018 9:00 am

Black to play. This position is from Brown-Adams, British Championship, Bournemouth 2016. Black has various ways to force mate but…

no. 515

21 July 2018 9:00 am

Black to play. This is from Carlsen-Polgar, Mexico 2012. Judit had been struggling in this game but when Carlsen slipped…

no. 514

14 July 2018 9:00 am

Black to play. This is from Karpov-Korchnoi, Dortmund 1994. In this unusual position Karpov has two queens but Korchnoi’s forces…

no. 513

7 July 2018 9:00 am

White to play. This is from Nakamura-Kramnik, Paris Blitz 2018. The third victim of Nakamura’s hypnotism was Vladimir Kramnik who,…