/games/chess/ en-us Copyright 2013 ArcaMax Publishing Solution: If you’re good at knight paths and you also realize there has to be a breakthrough sacrifice with the knight, then you are on your way to solving it. You will also need the king nearby to help push the pawn through after the ...

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]]> http://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-1329339 May/22/2013 Solution: You were warned that this was tricky! If you tried this line you would be out of luck--1.e6 Kg6 2.f5+ Kg7 3.Kf1 b5 4.Ke2 Kf8 5.Kf3 c4 6.Ke4 Ke7 7.h4 a5 8.Kd4 Kd6 9.e7 [9.h5 Kc6 10.Kc3 a4 11.Kd4 Kd6 12.Kc3 Kc7 13.Kd4 only ...

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]]> http://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-1328814 May/21/2013 Solution: Did you do all the variations in your head? Here are some things that don’t work… 1.Nb6 Kf4 2.Nd5+ Kg3 nor 1.Kg6 Kf4 2.Kh5 Kg3 1.Nc7 Kf4 2.Ne6+ Kf5 3.Nd4+ Kg5 4.Ne2 Kh5 5.Ng1 Kg5 6.Kg7 Kh5 7.Kf7 Kg5 8.Ke7 Kh5 9.Kd6 Kg6 ...

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]]> http://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-1326897 May/17/2013 Solution: Despite all the threats, Black found a win here. He proves that you have to calculate rather than just rely on first impressions. His giving up the bishop was worth a look because he knew the passed f-pawn could win for Black. ...

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]]> http://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-1325638 May/15/2013 Solution: This is another example, and a great one, of checking out your “wish list” of moves. You look at all checks and captures, as we advise before each move, and see that 1....Bf4+ would be mate except for the pesky queen being ...

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]]> http://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-1324609 May/13/2013 Solution: The hint about one of the three variations not ending in mate on e4 hopefully led you to think that you might have to self-block, so as to let the king move from e4 since it could not do that on its own. 1.Bg8 dxc6 [1...d6...

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]]> http://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-1323349 May/10/2013 Solution: It is a real hammer blow of a solution, but it does involve some good attacking themes to always keep in mind: the usefulness of long range pieces. The bishop exercises great influence from a3. The rook, although on the queenside...

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]]> http://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-1322224 May/08/2013 Solution: Reti picked the fastest and simplest way. Being a problem composer, he preferred not to start with a check with 1.Rxf6+, which works, and he probably thought it would be more fun not to have a capture either with 1.Nxf6, which ...

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]]> http://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-1321119 May/06/2013 Solution: With wish list thinking, you have to be like a kid peering into a candy store window—“Oh, I wish I could have that yummy knight!” The practical young lad would realize that something real like money would do the trick. Here...

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]]> http://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-1319269 May/03/2013 Solution: This is an especially instructive position because it addresses a problem many chess players suffer from at one time or another. With all the possibilities that can happen on a- and b- files, you can easily forget what’s going ...

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]]> http://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-1318692 May/01/2013 http://www.arcamax.com/chess