7k/5bpr/4R3/q3b3/1p5N/3B4/p3K1Q1/8 w - - 0 1

Advanced Problem - White To Play (1355)

How does White obtain an overwhelming advantage?

R7/P5k1/8/5P2/8/8/r7/7K w - - 0 1

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Problem Solutions

Beginner Problem - White To Play

1k3b1r/pp6/1r2bqp1/8/2Q2P2/1P6/P6P/2R1R1KB w - - 0 1

47 Beginner problem:

Qc7+ Ka8
Qc8+ Bxc8
Rxc8#

Posted by: mikeski at June 12, 2021 04:56 PM (P1f+c)

Intermediate Problem - White To Play

7k/5bpr/4R3/q3b3/1p5N/3B4/p3K1Q1/8 w - - 0 1

1.Re8+ Bxe8

If 1...Bg8 then 2.Ng6#

2.Qg6 Bxg6

if 2...Rxh4 then 3.Qxe8# or 2...Bd7 3.Qxh7#

3.Nxg6+ Kg8
4.Bc4+ Qd5
5.Bxd5#

Advanced Problem - White To Play

R7/P5k1/8/5P2/8/8/r7/7K w - - 0 1

Push that pawn! Black's choices are surprising limited:

1.f6+ Kf7

He really can't take the pawn: 1...Kxf6 2.Rf8+ Ke7 3.a8=Q Rxa8 4.Rxa8 and wins

2.Rh8 Kxf6

or 2...Rxa7 3. Rh7+ Kxf6 4. Rxa7 and wins

Black's rook is pretty much stuck on the 'a' file. And if he tries to harass White's king with it, he'll soon run out of checks: 2...Ra1+ 3.Kg2 Ra2+ 4.Kf3 Ra3+ 5.Ke4 Ra4+ 6.Kd5 Ra5+ 7.Kc6 Ra6+ 8.Kb7 Rxa7+ 9.Kxa7 Kxf6 and wins.

3.a8=Q Rxa8
4.Rxa8 winning.

Hope to see you all next week!

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Note: that cryptic line of letters and numbers you see underneath each board diagram is a representation of the position in what is known as "Forsyth-Edwards Notation", or F.E.N. It's actually readable by humans. Most computer applications nowadays can read FEN, so those of you who may want to study the position, you can copy the line of FEN and paste into your chess app and it should automatically recreate the position on its display board. Or, Windows users can just "triple click" on it and the entire line will be highlighted so you can copy and paste it into your chess app.

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