Post 148 Kiryakov 1.Nh8 Kg8 2.a8=Q Rf8 3.Qa3 Re8 4.Qa4 Rf8 5.Qb4 Re8 6.Qb5 Rf8 7.Qc5 Re8 8.Qc6 Rf8 9.Qd6 Re8 10.Qd7 Rf8 11.Qe7 Rf6 12.Kh3 h6 13.Ng6 Rg6 14.Qe8 Kh7 15.Qe4 h5 16.Kh4 Kh6 17.Qf4 Kh7 18.Qf5 Kh6 19.Qh5 mate
Post 149 Maurice Ashley 1.Qg7 Kb1 2.Qb7 Ka1 3.Qh1 Qb1 4.Qa8 Qa2 5.Qh8 Kb1 6.Qh1 Kc2 7.Qg2 Kb1 8.Qf1 Kc2 9.Qe2 Kb1 10.Qd1 mate
Posr 150 Emanuel Lasker 1.b4 Nc2 2.b5 Na3 3.b6 Nc4 4.b7 Na5 5.b8=N 1-0 You can then have the joy of checkmating with three knights. Very witty.
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Post 145 David Bronstein 1.Nd4 Ke1 2.Qh2 Kd1 3.Qh7 Ke1 4.Qh4 Qf2 5.Nc2 Ke2 6.Qh5 Kf1 7.Qh1 Qg1 8.Qf3 Qf2 9.Ne3 Ke1 10.Qd1 mate
Post 146 John Nunn 1.Qf2 Ka6 2.Kc7 Qb1 3.Qf6 Ka5 4.Qc3 Ka4 5.Kc8 Qb6 6.Qa3 Kb5 7.Qb4 Ka6 8.Qa4 Qa5 9.Nb4 Kb6 10.Qc6 Ka7 11.Qb7 mate
Post 147 Vasily Smyslov 1.Nc3 g2 2.Bc4 g1=N 3.Kg3 Ne2 4.Kf2 Nc3 5.Kf1 Ne4 6.Bd3 Nd2 7.Kf2 Nf3 8.Ba6 Nd4 9.Bb7 Nf3 10.Bf3 mateLeave a comment:
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Post 142 Sobolevsky 1.Nh8 Kg8 2.Kg2 Bf4 3.Ng6 Bh6 4.Ng5 Bg7 5.Ne7 Kh8 6.Nf7 Kh7 7.Bh4 Bf6 8.Ng5 Kh6 9.Ng8 Kh5 10.Nf6 Kh4 11.Nf3 mate
Post 143 Richard Reti 1.Bf5 Kd6 2.Rd4 Ke7 3.Re4 Kd8 4.Bd7 e1=Q 5.Bb5 Qc3 6.Re8 mate
Post 144 Paul Keres 1.Nd5 Kd3 2.Nb4 Kc3 3.Na2 Kb3 4.Nb4 Ka4 5.Nb7 Bd2 6.Nc2 Ba5 7.Nc5 mateLeave a comment:
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I have also had queries as to when I will be doing mate in two problems again. I did say that I would only do a page of longer endgame studies so I will post only six more of them and then back to mate in two problems (starting page eleven in the beauty of problems).Leave a comment:
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In posts 136 to 141 there seems to be some confusion by readers. Only the main line leads to checkmate in each problem. The solution to alternative lines usually are only shown to where a simple win is evident.Leave a comment:
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Post 139 Kasparyan, 1.N8f6 h2 2.Kf7 Bd5 3.Nd5 h1=Q 4.Be3 Kh7 5.Ng5 Kh6 6.Ne6 Kh5 7.Nf6 Kh4 8.Bf2 Kh3 9.Nf4 Kh2 10.Ng4 mate
Post 140 Richard Reti 1.Ke1 g3 2,Nd2 g2 3.Nf3 Kg3 4.Ng1 h2 5.Ne2 Kh3 6.Bc8 mate
Post 141 Hornecker et al 1.Nf4 Ra8 2.Ne6 Kb8 3.Rh5 Ra6 4.Rh8 Ka7 5.Nc7 Rc6 6.Ra8 Kb6 7.Nd5 mateLeave a comment:
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Post 136 Troitzky 1.Nc5, Kd6 2.Nd3, Qf7 3.Qd4, Qd5 4.Qf6, Qe6 5.Qg7, Qf5 6.Nf4, Kc5 7.Qc3, Kb6 8.Qc7 mate.
Post 137 Topko 1.Ne2, Kd1 2.Nd4, Kc1 3.Nb3, Kb1 4.Bf7, Ra2 5.Bg6, Rc2 6.Bc2, Ka2 7.Nc1, Ka1 8.Bh7, a2 9.Nb3 mate.
Post 138 Liburkin, 1939, 1.Nf5, g2 2.Nh4, g1=Q 3.Nf3, Kd1 4.Ng1, a4 5.Kc3, a3 6.Nd5, a2 7.Ne3, Kc1 8.Ne2, Kb1 9.Kd2, a1=Q 10.Nc3, Kb2 11.Nc4 mate.Leave a comment:
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Post 129 Sam Loyd key move 1.Qe3
Post 130 The Chess Corner key move 1.Bb6
Post 131 Dobrinetsky key move 1.d4 Black must take en passant exposing checkmate.
Post 132 Szypulski key move 1.Bh2
Post 133 Kyla Enaj key move 1.Bc2
Post 134 Donisthorpe vs Mandell, 1892 1.Qxe5+ if dxe5 2.Bc5 mate, if 1...fxe5 2.Bg5 mate. Famous and stunning queen sacrifice.
Post 135 from Chess Minds key move 1.Bh1 zugzwang forcing checkmate next move.Leave a comment:
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Post 124 Kyrylo Demchenko key move 1.Kg7
Post 125 Kyla Enaj key move 1.c3
Post 126 Abel Vergara key move 1.Qa1
Post 127 Kyla Enaj key move 1.Qh3
Post 128 Sam Loyd key move 1.Nd2Leave a comment:
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Post 119 Basic Training Key move 1.Kc2 or 1.Ke2
Post 120 Basic Training 1.Qg3+, Rf2 2.Qc3 mate (switchback)
Post 121 Basic Training F8 = N mate. Key underpromotion.
Post 122 Basic Training 1.Nc3+, Kb4 2.Rb5 mate.
Post 123 Jung, Butler collaboration 1.c6+, Ka6 2.a4, b5 3.Nc5+, Kb6 4.a5 mate.Leave a comment:
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Post 115 Tuxen, 1.Nf3 if Nc6 2.Qd5 mate if 1...Nb5 2.Bxb7 mate, if 1...Nb3 2.Qxb1 mate, if 1...Nc2 2.Qd3 mate, if 1...Nxe2 2.Qxe2 mate, if 1...Nxf3 2.exf3 mate, if 1...Nf5 2.Rg4 mate, if 1...Ne6 2.Re5 mate. Otherwise 2.Nd2 mate.
Post 116 Fritz Giegold 1.Qf6, Qxd2 2.Qxe7 mate, if 1...Bh4 2.Rxd6 mate but I particularly like 1.Qxd6+, Bxd6 2.Rxd6+, exd6 3.e7 mate, even though it's mate in three.
Post 117 Philippe Van key move 1.Qh1
Post 118 Heinrich Friedrich Ludwig Meyer 1.c8=N, Kxc8 2.Ba6 mate, or 1...Ka8 2.Bc6 mate.Leave a comment:
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Post 111 G. Heathcote 1.Be4, Bxe4 2.f4 mate or 1...Rex4, 2.Rxa5 mate, or 1...Kxe4, 2.Re3 mate.
Post 112 A.M. Sparke 1.Qd4, Ne2 2.Rg1 mate or 1...Ke1 2.Re2 mate
Post 113 C. Mansfield key move 1.Ng2
Post 114 Guarini 1.Rd4+ if Bxd4 2.f4 mate, if1...Kxd4 2.Qd3mate, if 1...Nxd4 2.Nc7 mate, if 1....cxd4 2.Nf6mate, if 1...exd4 2.Qf5 mateLeave a comment:
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Post 106 Kyle Enaj 1.Qh6, Kxe2 2.Qa6 mate or 1...Kg2, 2.Ne3 mate or 1...fxe2 2.Qh1 mate
Post 107 Tarnawieki, Elkies, The Supplement 2004, Full Dunbar 1.Kf3, Kd5 2.Ke3+, Kc5 3.Ke4, Kc6 4.Kd4 mate or 2...Ke6 3.Kd4, Kf6 4.Kd5 mate
Post 108 Philippe Van 1.Rb8, Rxb8 2.cxb8 = N mate or 1...B moves 2.Rb6 mate
Post 109 Karel Makovsky 1884 1.Qh4, Kza4 2.Bd7 mate or 1...Kc4 2.Be2 mate or 1...N moves 2.Be2 mate or 2.Bd7 mate depending on where N moves.
Post 110 Philippe Van 1.Qf6, gxf6 2.Nxf6 mateLast edited by Hans Jung; Friday, 2nd August, 2024, 03:47 PM.Leave a comment:
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Post 101 Sam Loyd 1.Qc3 and queen mates on h8 or h3 depending on what White moves..
Post 102 Kyle Enaj 1.Nc2 and queen mates on a2 or b4 depending on what White moves.
Post 103 Sam Loyd 1.A8 =B, if 1...Kg8 2.Kg6 and 3.B8 = R or Q mate, or 1...Ke8 2.Ke6 and 3.B8 = Q mate, or 1...Kf8 2.B8=Q or R, 2....Kf7 3.Bd5 mate.
Post 104 Wormald 1.Qh1, 1....Kxb6 2. Nc4 mate.
Post 105 Philippe Van 1.Bxf5, 1....Ke2 2.Ng1 mate.Leave a comment:
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Post 96 Cook 1.Rc4, b5 2.Bh3, bxc4 3.Bd7 mate or 1....Kb5 2.Rc1+, Ka4 3.Ra1 mate
Post 97 Boswell 1.Qa8, b2 2.Kb4 mate or 1...c3 2.Kxb3 mate or 1...d4 2.Qh1 mate
Post 99 Knight technique 1.Ne3, a2 2.Kc1, a3 3.Nc2 mate or 1...Ka2 2.Nd5, Ka1 3.Nb4, a2 4.Kc1, a3 5.Nc2 mate
Post 100 Luis Alberto 1.Qd6, cxd6 2.Bb6 mate or 1...exd6 2.e7 mate or 1...Bb7 or Ba6 2.Qxd7 mateLast edited by Hans Jung; Tuesday, 30th April, 2024, 10:31 AM.Leave a comment:
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