Games

 /

Entertainment

White to Play

Pete Tamburro on

Published in Chess Puzzles

An old favorite for beginners.


1.Qxh7+ Also mating, but longer was 1.Ng6+ hxg6 2.Rh2+ Bxh2 3.Rxh2+ 1...Kxh7 2.Rh2 Mate. Did you pick the long way or short way?

 


Send questions and comments to PTamburro@aol.com.

 

More Chess Puzzles

White to Play

Chess Puzzles /

A slashing Kurt Richer attack which all chess players should remember. The game started out (40) Richter - Abramavicius [C13] Hamburg Hamburg, 1930

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 e6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8....Read More

White to Play

Chess Puzzles /

A very interesting for opening theory game that ends rather drastically with a mating attack. It started out Pollock - Allies Buffalo, 1893

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.0–0 Nxe4 6.Re1 d5 7.Bxd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qf5...Read More

Black to Play

Chess Puzzles /

This game contains one of the all-time great saves in the history of chess. You are Black and in deep trouble as you can see in the diagram. What’s your plan?

Comments

blog comments powered by Disqus

 

Related Channels

Comics

Bart van Leeuwen Hagar the Horrible Shoe Chip Bok Dick Wright Archie
See more