/games/chess/ en-us Copyright 2012 ArcaMax Publishing Solution: This solution took my breath away. There are so many variations, and yet the queen, rook and knight cooperate beautifully in every scenario. How this man actually came up with this idea is a mystery to me. 1.Rh4 Ke4...

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]]> http://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-1148404 May/25/2012 Solution: White basically forces Black to move and even allows a discovered check and promotion to a queen in one of the variations. The problem does have a slight flaw in that White has two other ways to mate after 1…Kf1, but it does...

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]]> http://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-1148193 May/23/2012 Solution: If you tried 1...Rxe1+ 2.Qxe1 Qxg7 3.Qxe2 Qxf6 you would eventually win because of your material advantage. If you tried 1...Qxg7 2.fxg7 Rxe1+ 3.Qxe1 Rd1 4.g4 Rxe1+ 5.Kg2 Rg1+ 6.Kf3 e1Q 7.Kf4 Rf1+ 8.Kg5 Qe5+ 9.Kh4 Be7+ 10.g5 ...

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]]> http://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-1147269 May/21/2012 Solution: This is an example of what we were discussing last time out. This time, the theme is looking for all checks, captures and forced moves, as we have mentioned many times before. It cannot be emphasized enough. There are myriad ...

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]]> http://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-1145481 May/18/2012 Solution: Three previous themes are in operation here: the weakness on f7 left by the rook moving to e8; the Lucena mate which appears in several of the variations; the idea that this position will have several variations that will ...

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]]> http://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-1144930 May/16/2012 Solution: There is the pedestrian 1.Rg2 Bxh6 2.Rh2 dxe3 3.Qg7# with another possibility: 1.Rg2 Qc4 2.Qg8+ Kxh6 3.Qh8# Kudos if you as well saw the more spectacular 1.Qg7+ Bxg7 2.hxg7+ Kg8 3.Rh8# Send questions and...

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]]> http://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-1143932 May/14/2012 Solution: Black can take the rook! The weakness on the diagonal decides the game after 1...Qxa1 2.Qxf4 Qa8+. A chess writer years ago called this an airplane check—an apt phrase. Send questions and comments to PTamburro@aol....

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]]> http://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-1142373 May/11/2012 Solution: Here’s the whole game for the serious students. Brinckmann,Alfred - Keller,Rudolf1 [B80] GER-ch 06th Bad Oeynhausen , 1939 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.0–0 Be7 9.Qe2 Nd7 ...

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]]> http://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-1141734 May/09/2012 Solution: 1.Qe7!! Qxa2 [1...Ba4 2.Qxf7+ Kh8 3.Bg7#; 1...Rxf3 2.Qg7#; 1...Rxe7 2.Rf8#] 2.Qf8+ Rxf8 3.Rxf8# Send questions and comments to PTamburro@aol.com.

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]]> http://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-1140333 May/07/2012 Solution: The game itself is interesting. White gets the advantage out of the opening and seems to be on his way to victory, but Devos is a fighter. His 17…Ne3 move starts the brawl. If you see why the knight is immune then you will ...

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