Chess puzzle

No. 359

25 April 2015 9:00 am

Black to play. This position is a variation from Troff-Nakamura, US Championship 2015. How can Black conclude his kingside attack…

No. 359

23 April 2015 1:00 pm

Black to play. This position is a variation from Troff-Nakamura, US Championship 2015. How can Black conclude his kingside attack…

No. 358

18 April 2015 9:00 am

White to play. This is from Lee-Zakharov, Vrnjacka Banja 1963. Black has just captured on c3 and now 1 Qxc3…

No. 358

16 April 2015 1:00 pm

White to play. This is from Lee-Zakharov, Vrnjacka Banja 1963. Black has just captured on c3 and now 1 Qxc3…

No. 357

11 April 2015 9:00 am

Black to play. This is from Cochrane-Staunton, London 1842. How did Staunton exploit his menacing build up of pieces on…

No. 357

9 April 2015 1:00 pm

Black to play. This is from Cochrane-Staunton, London 1842. How did Staunton exploit his menacing build up of pieces on…

No. 356

4 April 2015 8:00 am

White to play. This position is a variation from Bronstein-Zilberstein, Tbilisi 1973. Bronstein has just given up a piece on…

No. 356

2 April 2015 2:00 pm

White to play. This position is a variation from Bronstein-Zilberstein, Tbilisi 1973. Bronstein has just given up a piece on…

No. 355

28 March 2015 9:00 am

Black to play. This position is a variation from Ganguly-Vitiugov, Gibraltar 2014. The game started as a Caro-Kann and is…

No. 355

26 March 2015 3:00 pm

Black to play. This position is a variation from Ganguly-Vitiugov, Gibraltar 2014. The game started as a Caro-Kann and is…

No. 354

21 March 2015 9:00 am

White to play. This is from Pillsbury-Tarrasch, Hastings 1895. White has only one move to bring his kingside attack to…

No. 354

19 March 2015 3:00 pm

White to play. This is from Pillsbury-Tarrasch, Hastings 1895. White has only one move to bring his kingside attack to…

No. 353

14 March 2015 9:00 am

Black to play. This is from James-Sugden, -Cambridge 1972, as featured last week. It’s a win by the Cambridge player…

No. 352

7 March 2015 9:00 am

Black to play. This is a variation from Chandler-Whiteley, Brighton 1979. Here Black can bring his attack to a successful…

No. 351

28 February 2015 9:00 am

White to play. This position is from Nakamura-Karjakin, Zurich classic 2015. White’s knight seems trapped but he can rescue it…

No. 350

21 February 2015 9:00 am

White to play. This is from Anand v Kramnik, Zurich Rapidplay 2015. White has two ways to win this position,…

No. 349

14 February 2015 9:00 am

White to play. This position is a variation from Bellin-Georgiadis, Gibraltar 2015. White has given up his queen. How does…

No. 348

7 February 2015 9:00 am

White to play. This position is a variation from Nakamura-Topalov, Gibraltar 2015. Topalov has already resigned this game as he…

No. 347

31 January 2015 9:00 am

White to play. This is a variation from Carlsen-Aronian, Wijk aan Zee 2015. Black has just played his bishop to…

No: 346

24 January 2015 9:00 am

White to play. This position is a variation from Kramnik-Nakamura, London Classic Blitz 2014. How can White make a decisive…

No: 345

17 January 2015 9:00 am

White to play. This position is a variation from Williams-van Wely, London Rapidplay 2014. How can White bring his kingside…

No. 344

10 January 2015 9:00 am

White to play. This is a position from Adams–Caruana, London Classic 2014. How did Adams convert to a winning endgame?…

No. 343

3 January 2015 9:00 am

White to play. This position is from Caruana–Ponomariov, Dortmund 2014. The structure is symmetrical but White’s pieces are very active.…

Christmas chess puzzle

13 December 2014 9:00 am

White to play. This position is from Anderssen-Kieseritzky, London 1851. It is a brilliant encounter that became known as the…

Chess puzzle

6 December 2014 9:00 am

White to play. This position is a variation from Larsen-Portisch, London 1986. How can White exploit a fatal weakness in…