| Problem | | Tactician | Rating | Comment |
| p00001 | b | TheKingIsBack | 1546 | weird |
| p00001 | b | tommycat1 | 1547 | cool *-* '_' :)
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| p00001 | b | dwnshi | 1559 | What's the point |
| p00001 | b | iggythegreat | 1419 | hu? |
| p00001 | b | iggythegreat | 1419 | WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY????????????????????????????????? |
| p00001 | b | biike | 1777 | im going to make it all the way to the end.YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY |
| p00001 | b | iggythegreat | 1419 | wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????HAHAHAHAHAHAHABeat you biike!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa |
| p00001 | b | iggythegreat | 1419 | YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!_________________________________________________________________________---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------HA!BEAT YOU BIIKE |
| p00001 | b | iggythegreat | 1419 | !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!_________________________________________________________________________---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------HA!BEAT YOU BIIKE________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
| p00001 | b | Palkia6000 | 1133 | weird |
| p00004 | b | plopje | 1678 | childish |
| p00004 | b | RuneMusen | 1585 | Okay problem... I guess |
| p00004 | b | chessgopi | 990 | Okay problem... if not great |
| p00004 | b | Elroch | 1453 | routine two move forcing sequence |
| p00004 | b | tommycat1 | 1547 | stupid :(
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| p00004 | b | bri123chess | 1138 | normal problem |
| p00010 | b | Chesser | 1219 | This was WAY to easy. Piontless, how could this be rated 1769.2??!?! |
| p00010 | b | jimmeebgood | 1156 | easier than most |
| p00010 | b | Yuan | 1630 | very difficult |
| p00010 | b | palindrome | 1658 | quite easy |
| p00010 | b | mbingham | 1437 | This looks more like 700 than 1700. |
| p00010 | b | Olar | 1384 | easy |
| p00010 | b | kpmartin18 | 1483 | Outstanding puzzle, best one on the site |
| p00010 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Easy. A bit too high for 1700s but it is not a bad problem at all, especially for 1300s-1500s. |
| p00010 | b | admeyer73 | 1601 | It's overated, but not that bad because it's so easy it looks like there is a hidden trick involved. Time burns off your clock and your rating decreases. |
| p00010 | b | admeyer73 | 1601 | It's overated, but not that bad because it's so easy it looks like there is a hidden trick involved. Time burns off your clock and your rating decreases. |
| p00010 | b | mastermind2007 | 1359 | Well, it's not obvious at once, but if you've figured it out it seems to be very easy! |
| p00010 | b | john2001plus | 1562 | I found it difficult because it was not what I expected. |
| p00010 | b | notquitekarpov | 1381 | Pointless - solution is the most natural looking move anyway. |
| p00010 | b | realpatzer | 1455 | why |
| p00010 | b | nicola | 1191 | too easy for 1768 :) |
| p00010 | b | nordmela | 1755 | too easy |
| p00010 | b | clav | 1495 | IMO it's not easy, because it really looks like as if there was something hidden in that position. It must have been taken from a real game. |
| p00010 | b | mryucky | 1428 | I agree, it is poor |
| p00010 | b | Boriskudelin | 1754 | It is not that bad. The point id that you have to find out it WAS easy. When you do a lot of tactics - then you don't really know what to look for. For an easy one or for a hard one:) So it works :) |
| p00010 | b | Carnap | 1417 | It is a fairly easy problem. It does appear devious though. |
| p00010 | b | PsyMar | 1250 | I didn't know if it was easy or hard, and I got it wrong. I didn't even see the solution as a possible move. |
| p00010 | b | cyruslaihy | 1342 | it looks complicated, make you think a lot, then you arrove at the most obvious answer |
| p00010 | b | steinar | 1704 | Why? |
| p00010 | b | atefile | 1045 | Good problem |
| p00010 | b | Derek | 1340 | Its pointless, I agree. And this isn't even a tactic!
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| p00010 | b | darthsenior | 1168 | eas |
| p00010 | b | PinnedPiece | 1142 | Get more than a chance |
| p00010 | b | RJHChess | 1700 | It is way too easy. Of course you have to find the obvious move, but that's not the point of tactics-you have to think long and hard to arrive at the conclusion that the obvious move is the correct one |
| p00010 | b | nicola | 1191 | Its too easy |
| p00010 | b | nicola | 1191 | Its too easy |
| p00010 | b | Blackstorm | 1264 | It seems to have a too high rating. Solutions is slightly intuitive |
| p00010 | b | chesschocolate | 1837 | Why is everyone complaining it's overrated? its the players that affect the rating, anyways!! |
| p00010 | b | MHentrop | 1505 | As often here: You are expecting a beautiful, tricky move and than it is a boring standardmove. But this hinders just guessing the problems solution. |
| p00010 | b | TheBlackKnight | 1542 | Too easy for its rating (1804!) When you tell the tactician the problem is tough and then it's like this, it's not clever - it's cheating. |
| p00010 | b | Elroch | 1453 | just the natural move without any calculation |
| p00010 | b | Jegigzem | 1493 | Very easy |
| p00010 | b | TheGastropod | 1151 | It was so simple, I spent way too much time out of my life trying to find something better just in case it was a trap. =) |
| p00010 | b | tommycat1 | 1547 | EZ |
| p00010 | b | tommycat1 | 1547 | I spent like 2 sec !!!!!!!!!!!
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| p00010 | b | tommycat1 | 1547 | Im a 1550
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| p00010 | b | tommycat1 | 1547 |
*_* |
| p00010 | b | Gwynplaine | 1628 | nothing special about it. highly overrated. |
| p00010 | b | drjohn | 1294 | This is the only move on the board! A simple recapture! I guess the battery you get is the tactic. So much going on it took me 10 sec tho. |
| p00010 | b | Prometheus | 1258 | Not a tactical problem. You try to look for a combination and force yourself to just try something after 3 seconds because of the silly time contraints. And then there was nothing to find in the first place. |
| p00010 | b | lepolaputuki | 1826 | Of course this is a tactical problem. Three recaptures available, one doesn't lose the material back since it gains a tempo with an attack. (And even that's not obvious because of ...Bxe3. How many of these "easy" guys worked out how that defence is refuted?) |
| p00010 | b | UNCCHESS87 | 1361 | wow!!! 1820 really??? cmon |
| p00010 | b | dwnshi | 1559 | More like 1300 |
| p00010 | b | REANNA | 1191 | i found it easy , i am a 1203 |
| p00010 | b | hichamino | 1259 | nice move
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| p00010 | b | Elizabeth | 920 | Not bad. Fairly easy.
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| p00010 | b | omsanti | 1424 | this not hard |
| p00010 | b | iggythegreat | 1419 | Easy.Simple.Boring. |
| p00010 | b | kanon8 | 1243 | IT'S VERY VERY EASY!!
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| p00010 | b | kanon8 | 1243 | THIS PROBLEM HAVE GOT VERY MUCH RD |
| p00010 | b | Karpsparov | 1553 | You're all idiots who wish you were great Masters. This problem is difficult, and a good lesson. |
| p00010 | b | ash16 | 1301 | its soooooo dumb |
| p00010 | b | Hypercent777 | 1313 | way too easy-and I'm only 1300! |
| p00010 | b | peanut | 1214 | wow. thats all i can say, wow
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| p00010 | b | DocB | 1237 | designed to make lose on time |
| p00010 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Black makes thematic sac, so it's not easy. White only just has enough time to counter the sac. Nice. |
| p00010 | b | Christo777 | 1430 | after 6. Qg3 in main line, what about 6. ... Bb8. 6. g3 seems better. What means the $18 evaluation ? |
| p00010 | b | Kenicht | 1300 | It is beautiful because of its apparent simplicity with so many underlying complications. It is dangerous to retake the wrong way, and advantageous to take the correct way. Black gets a couple of pawns for his knight, and though White gets a point up in that exchange, his knight's irrelevance to the theater of war on the Kingside is more glaring when referenced to the newly ventilated White castled position. Yet, if all the tactics are worked out for all the possible recaptures, return sacs, significant quiet moves, etc, then this is a subtle puzzle rather than an easy one. Yet how many have pretended that just because the move they picked was the "right move" that this meant that they fully understood both why it was the right move and why the other ones were wrong, or perhaps only not AS right? Not many of us, I would gather. |
| p00010 | b | Kenicht | 1300 | Chess, as life itself, is about quality, not merely quantity. What do YOU get out of it, not merely what is the numerical crunching average that is projected upon you by some normative standardized system. Was your gpa a 3.0 yet you had taken your stand more and earned a few professors who respected you a lot and a few who hated you just as much? Then that means more than a 4.0 with anonymity in at least some respects. If you got a lot out of your education such that you were personally enriched, then your 3.0 means more than a 4.0 of someone who just "tested well" and didn't really personally learn anything which would make him "educated". The same in life. What is 80 years of cynical misery compared to 50 of glorious joy? In chess, what is a good move made but not understood in the context of other moves as well as understood in and of itself to its furthest complexity? If a computer can make the same move without consciousness that you can make, what makes your move better is that you are actually conscious of making it and get something out of it. If all you get out is what you put in, and the most you put in is "Well, that looks good" and you just happen to get it right, whereas someone else can analyze the whole board and tell you not only that it "looks good" but that it IS good and tell you all the reasons why, but took somewhat longer than you, I'd say his move was better than yours or the computer's, though it took him longer. |
| p00010 | b | HateYou | 1627 | I agree with Kenicht, I liked it ! |
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| p00010 | b | iggythegreat | 1419 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| p00010 | b | michaelX | 1335 | Too easy. |
| p00010 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | It's rated about 1850 now! |
| p00010 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 3rr1k1/bp3ppp/p1b4q/3p1Q2/N7/1P1BP3/PB3RPP/4R1K1 b - - 0 2 |
| p00012 | w | RotomPlasma | 1318 | Actually, Rg1 also works... |
| p00012 | w | bkmore | 1254 | i detect sarcasm. actually, it's a force mate in two after ne2+... |
| p00013 | w | Twistedslayer | 1293 | realy easy |
| p00013 | w | Boriskudelin | 1754 | :) yeah |
| p00013 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | too easy for this rating |
| p00013 | w | Blackstorm | 1264 | quite easy, but nice solution |
| p00013 | w | REANNA | 1191 | easy |
| p00013 | w | Lioric | 1526 | lol
what are you?
bunch of monkeys?
0.01 seconds |
| p00014 | w | Olar | 1384 | took me a while to see the first move, after that the rest was fairly easy |
| p00014 | w | nitendo9 | 1185 | what are the goals of these puzzles? I'm new... |
| p00014 | w | nitendo9 | 1185 | what are the goals of these puzzles? I'm new... |
| p00014 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 3qbr1k/pp3pp1/4p2p/4N3/3P3b/PQ2nBN1/1P4PP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p00016 | b | plopje | 1678 | it should have been easy but I just didn't see it |
| p00016 | b | epimedes | 1361 | A good test of visualisation |
| p00016 | b | tralala | 1448 | yeah, nice! |
| p00016 | b | rutger | 1069 | nice, but not to heavy |
| p00016 | b | Kenicht | 1300 | Wow. Took me long enough... I always do find this sort of Queen tactic to be the hardest for me to visualize. It seems to have something to do with her function being 45 degrees from the shape of the board. The key is to never let go of the simple reality that there are no forcing moves which will not include the defense of that rook, which cannot move. If the Rook is defended, then the Bishop is defended. The only piece which can defend the rook is the Queen. The Knight is hanging as well as the King. Fascinating, since this reveals the reversibility of tactics as ITSELF a tactical motif, just as unpinning is a subset of discovered attack, and that is a subset of double attack. This powerful hanging Knight is powerful only if White makes the wrong move, and there is only one right move to make. So the Knight puts pressure on White, strong pressure. But when White find the right move, the counter-pressure is proportional with interest, even though the stake is the loss of a Knight rather than various checkmates. There is a subtle equilibrium here. |
| p00016 | b | Kenicht | 1300 | I meant "as well as the Queen" as in both Black's Queen and Knight were hanging... Even so, it seems that White's Rook AND KING are both hanging also... |
| p00016 | b | Kenicht | 1300 | Some sort of funneled thinking process seems to be the key to tactical thinking then. One looks for the King in all events first. After the King, one looks to the Queen, Rooks, and all the various permutations of material value differences. One must then also evaluate positional features, but not so much in our tactical context here, in which the positional considerations have reached their head already. So in the purely forcing/material tactical motifs here the essence is to seek the correct funneling of one's thought. The "hanging King" is the main thing to defend for White, so she must defend the Rook. Only one move allows this (since the pin on the Queen is futile, as is capturing her). The only move is to reposition the Queen. I can't tell you how many useless thoughts I spent trying to defend that rook in some other impossible way before finally seeing the ONLY way. Ha!!! |
| p00016 | b | deepankarmukh | 1446 | It shows that almost every situation has some surprising tactical resource. It makes us humble. |
| p00016 | b | DocB | 1237 | roaraaar, you kurds will worship obama
!!!!
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| p00016 | b | DocB | 1237 | worshop oblama |
| p00016 | b | Garryback | 1581 | played between Sokolov-Minasian 1995 in Ljubljana. Black played correctly 1...Nc3! and won.
Garryback |
| p00016 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 8/5pkp/3r2p1/4q3/4n2Q/8/2P2PPP/3BR1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p00017 | w | Guptaempire | 1596 | did in two seconds, I am a beginner.. |
| p00017 | w | beydagh | 2020 | I am a Fide Master,But I didn't find it in 2 Seconds! |
| p00017 | w | drjohn | 1294 | pretty tricky. check and forking combinations occupied far too much time. After, oh, about five minutes it was obvious... |
| p00017 | w | theKnife | 1671 | rr4k1/1bQ2pp1/4qb1p/pp1pN3/3P1P2/6P1/PP4BP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p00018 | w | Tama | 1730 | I solved it! |
| p00018 | w | Blackstorm | 1264 | Hard, but I don't trust the Crafty's solution... :P |
| p00018 | w | eclycos | 1323 | excellent, i did it |
| p00018 | w | Coventry | 1613 | lol |
| p00018 | w | ChessIsCool | 896 | failed it (what does the move do?) |
| p00018 | w | DocB | 1237 | kurds, you will all worship olblama and qbama!!!1
kurds |
| p00018 | w | theKnife | 1671 | r1q4r/2knQ1pp/p2p4/8/Pp6/8/1PP2PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p00019 | w | Blackstorm | 1264 | Rather easy to solve. Almost forced moves. |
| p00019 | w | theKnife | 1671 | r3k3/pp2qpR1/2p1bn2/4N3/3Q4/4P3/PPB2r2/2KR4 w q - 0 1 |
| p00021 | b | Blackstorm | 1264 | I'd found it quite easy, althought not immediate. |
| p00021 | b | UNCCHESS87 | 1361 | the problem is... fxe6 that can give black some counterplay for a bit |
| p00021 | b | television | 1655 | is a move based on intuition? |
| p00021 | b | theKnife | 1671 | r4rk1/pb1nqpb1/1p2p1p1/2pP2Np/7P/P1N1P3/1PQ2PP1/1B1R1RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p00022 | w | Blackstorm | 1264 | Really bad: forced move, no thinking, only 1 possiblity. You cannot do other moves. Don't need to evaluate, just do it. I don't like this problem |
| p00022 | w | PaulSmith | 1200 | This is a truly pointless problem... There is only one move you can make! |
| p00023 | w | Blackstorm | 1264 | Rather easy. |
| p00023 | w | warp9 | 1176 | I agree with you BlackStorm. |
| p00025 | b | Blackstorm | 1264 | Near forced |
| p00034 | w | Blackstorm | 1264 | High value for the idea of forcing a zugzwang of the white, thus it was quite easy to solve. |
| p00034 | w | DocB | 1237 | kurds , you will love lblamoa |
| p00034 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 5r1k/1q4pp/1r1pp3/p3p1b1/Q3P3/2PN4/1P3PPP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p00039 | b | Blackstorm | 1264 | Good position, easy enough to see. |
| p00039 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 3r1r2/pb4kp/1p3pp1/q1npP3/2pQ4/2P2N2/P4PPP/1BR1R1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p00045 | w | tjumen | 1598 | nothing exciting but a solid move |
| p00045 | w | chessNERD99 | 1524 | ???
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| p00045 | w | theKnife | 1671 | r3rn1k/pp2q1pp/1np2p2/5b2/3PN3/1Q1B1N1P/PP4P1/4RRK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p00056 | b | nahort | 1382 | The issue with this problem is that you immediately realize its about figuring out a mating combination. |
| p00056 | b | polgary | 1530 | instructive concerning operating with two rooks |
| p00056 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 8/p3kpR1/4p2p/4N2P/3RbP2/8/Prr5/4K3 b - - 0 1 |
| p00057 | w | DocB | 1237 | rard |
| p00057 | w | pablobento | 1546 | is hard and the objetive is the change queen (Pablo Bento) |
| p00057 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 8/3P2kp/4Qpp1/7P/4P3/5PNK/8/1q5q w - - 0 1 |
| p00065 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 38.3 seconds
remembered that there was a discussion about Re8 and Re1 but did not remember which one of them works
need to remember that Re8 lose to Bxf5 |
| p00065 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | can add that Re1 Bxf5 does not work because of Qh5 mate in the end. |
| p00065 | w | DocB | 1237 | re1 is not mate but still clearly wins |
| p00065 | w | DocB | 1237 | re1 is not mate but still clearly wins |
| p00065 | w | DocB | 1237 | this was way lower rated 5 months ago
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| p00065 | w | DocB | 1237 | kurds, you will kneel to obamacare
|
| p00065 | w | polgary | 1530 | FireGarden - all comments are right - nothing to add |
| p00065 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 8/q3rkp1/2Rn2p1/3P1p2/5P2/3B2P1/2Q3PK/8 w - - 0 1 |
| p00071 | w | choerd | 1465 | ... |
| p00071 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 25.4 seconds. i wonder why the rated beauty on this one's so low. i thought it was pretty neet. |
| p00073 | w | Tama | 1730 | ???? what a loke im a 1600 player on the site n anyone can c that the Kight is traped |
| p00073 | w | DocB | 1237 | im hot for you |
| p00073 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 2k5/pp3BRp/2p1p3/5p2/P1Nr1n2/3r4/1PK4R/8 w - - 0 1 |
| p00086 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Skewer: Qg8+ skewers K(e6) and wins Q(c4). |
| p00086 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 3Q4/8/2q1kpp1/4p1p1/2N5/1p2P2P/4nP1K/8 b - - 0 1 |
| p00089 | b | DocB | 1237 | your forced into the right move! |
| p00089 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 4r1k1/2p2pp1/7p/B4qn1/8/P3P1P1/4Q1KP/2RR4 b - - 0 1 |
| p00093 | b | polgary | 1530 | 1...Bxf5!! draw - uncredible line |
| p00093 | b | theKnife | 1671 | rnbB1k1r/2b2p1p/p7/1p2pP2/6N1/2P5/PP3P1P/2KR3R b - - 0 1 |
| p00099 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | easy |
| p00099 | w | theKnife | 1671 | Q7/1P3pbk/3p2pp/4p3/4Pq2/1b3P2/2r2BPP/R5K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p00103 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | nice - pin the bugger! |
| p00103 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | This sort of anti-positional answer is just the short of thing to improve people's tactical eye, mine included. :-) |
| p00103 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 1r1q1rk1/p2b1ppp/3bp3/3nN3/3p1B2/5QP1/PP2PPBP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p00107 | w | DocB | 1237 | deflection |
| p00107 | w | DocB | 1237 | everybodys grooving every bodys moving and th emena are so grogofing and the bamm and amdadf dad is fakiisng is as ujs can tqkin is real as problem hard bjue ink is the inks i rr ka yamaka makda kak akdkfkd slove hsakc laove is wehr its alt at the love shoak is s |
| p00107 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 7k/6rp/4q3/Pp1pp3/4n2Q/1N3P2/7P/R6K w - - 0 1 |
| p00109 | w | mastermind2007 | 1359 | Well, this one takes some risk with it, I think. |
| p00109 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.4 seconds
new rating record 1795.40 |
| p00109 | w | UNCCHESS87 | 1361 | nice puts white in a horrible position |
| p00109 | w | UNCCHESS87 | 1361 | i think the risk is small, white is losing three or four pieces compared to blacks two. |
| p00109 | w | DocB | 1237 | meow meow meowmeowmeowm moew moew meow meow meow meow meow moew meow mewo mewo meow meow moew meow meow meow meow meow meow mmeow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow mwoe meow meow moew meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meowm meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow |
| p00109 | w | theKnife | 1671 | r2qr1k1/7p/1npp1ppb/p2n4/1p1P1P1P/3B1P2/PPPQNB2/2KR3R w - - 0 1 |
| p00110 | w | mastermind2007 | 1359 | easy |
| p00110 | w | penguin | 1197 | one word easy |
| p00110 | w | Guptaempire | 1596 | lol |
| p00110 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | too easy |
| p00110 | w | dwnshi | 1559 | Overrated |
| p00110 | w | dwnshi | 1559 | sucks |
| p00110 | w | CDiaz94 | 1203 | giggity giggity alright |
| p00110 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 8/p4pk1/2n1p1p1/P6p/4P2P/1B6/4K3/8 w - - 0 1 |
| p00110 | w | ShadowXenon | 1097 | CDiaz94... |
| p00117 | b | rockym | 1626 | White loose anyway, see line 3. Ke2...after 8..g4, the g pawn will queen for black. |
| p00117 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 8/8/2p5/P1Q1p1p1/2Pn4/3Pr1k1/1P6/5K2 b - - 0 1 |
| p00118 | w | DocB | 1237 | k |
| p00118 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 3r1rk1/pp4pp/1P2p3/8/3q4/2N5/P1Q1KP1P/R4B1R w - - 0 1 |
| p00119 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | raffiniert... |
| p00119 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 3r1rk1/p7/1p1R1p2/2p3q1/2P1Pp2/1PP4b/P2Q1PB1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p00123 | b | JimM | 1274 | I clicked the back button onmy browser... thus the 2 ratings...
Doh! |
| p00123 | b | TheKingIsBack | 1546 | why Rb1? |
| p00123 | b | drjohn | 1294 | I love these.wresting certain victory's face right off your opponent! |
| p00123 | b | rkrish999 | 1554 | ? Fritz gives the result as winning for Black. Also recommends Qa8+ forcing Kf7 and then Qd5+ and capture the Bishop after that. |
| p00123 | b | gregarious | 1276 | After Rb1 Nh4+ Rxb7 Rxb7 Rf4 saves the rook and gets either the bishop or the knight...this is how it goes, right? |
| p00123 | b | chessidiot | 1219 | Black is still winning after this tho. |
| p00123 | b | jzhang2000 | 1419 | jioganagoeoiaa vmanrki iqoif ni hao ironfvoiadi |
| p00123 | b | jzhang2000 | 1419 | zawequseutrionaryoleeplerth |
| p00123 | b | Koenigsjaeger | 1530 | It was simple, but genial. |
| p00123 | b | Abhishek | 1469 | i may be low rated, but i kind of knew the answer because I got it on the first try. |
| p00123 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 1rb3k1/p6p/6p1/q1P2R2/3b4/2P5/P2Q2nP/R2N3K b - - 0 1 |
| p00123 | b | mart90 | 1452 | the best move is to resign... |
| p00127 | b | polgary | 1530 | 1...Rxe8 could keep balance |
| p00127 | b | theKnife | 1671 | r3Nnk1/pp1bqpb1/n1p3p1/6Pp/2PpPB2/P1N2P2/1P1QB2P/3R2RK b - - 0 1 |
| p00128 | b | polgary | 1530 | what rating??? |
| p00128 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 1rkQr3/pp3pBp/2p3b1/5p2/3P2nN/2P3P1/PP3PBP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p00141 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | B(d3)xf5(N)threatens B(f5)xg6(Q). But ...exf5 restores equality and threatens ...f4, attacking Q(e3). If gxf5, Q(g6)xh5(N). |
| p00141 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 1k1r2rb/pbp5/1p1pp1qp/5npN/2PP2P1/P2BQN2/1P1R1P1P/1K5R w - - 0 1 |
| p00143 | b | tmprat | 1274 | No other possibility |
| p00143 | b | soberjudge | 1531 | I call these "speed bumps," problems where you lose time looking on the belief that there "must" be something more here |
| p00146 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Some neat variations in here. |
| p00146 | b | polgary | 1530 | 3...Qa3 would be answered by Nxc5! |
| p00151 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.0 seconds |
| p00154 | b | barz | 1708 | 8/3Qnk2/1p1Bp1pp/5p2/3P3q/Pp4PP/7K/8 b - - 0 1 |
| p00159 | w | Mclintock45 | 1003 | So what of it, Rook takes rook, my king is open, bishop attaching on one side and knight on the other if I am to loose points for that then put o now! |
| p00159 | w | chessidiot | 1219 | u win a piece, once the queen takes the rook, he leaves the knight hanging
|
| p00165 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | very easy |
| p00165 | b | curiouschild | 1223 | celui là est bon! |
| p00167 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | super easy |
| p00173 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | beautiful pin |
| p00173 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | (Good thing that the promotion to knight is done automatically by the server! Otherwise one might miss it!) |
| p00173 | w | CDiaz94 | 1203 | another one bites the dust |
| p00174 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | another typical discovery |
| p00174 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | r1b1q1k1/pp4p1/4p1np/3pPrBR/2pP2Q1/P1P2N2/2P2PP1/2KR4 w - - 0 1 |
| p00180 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | and what then ... |
| p00180 | b | macLeay | 1639 | not much. the check forks the dark squared bishop and regains parity |
| p00183 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.5 seconds |
| p00190 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14,3 seconds
saw both Kf8 and Nc6 and it took me time to see that Kf8 not good because of Bd6 |
| p00190 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.9 seconds
again the same problem
should remember that
it is better to make a threat with lower piece
because it is possible to defend against threat with piece with higher value.
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| p00202 | b | theKnife | 1671 | â—„ Position â–º r2qr1k1/pp1n1pbp/n5p1/2pP1b2/5B2/1QN2N2/PP2BPPP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p00205 | b | penguin | 1197 | very easy shouldn't be a 1039 problem |
| p00207 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6,7 seconds |
| p00216 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | surprise :-) |
| p00216 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | incredible checkmate! |
| p00217 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | too easy for the rating |
| p00217 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Double check by Nh4+ and Q(b7), with loss of material. {Nh4 also blocks check by R(h1).} If Kh2 or g1, Qg2#. If Kh3, f1 or f2, Qxh1(R). If Qf3, Qxf3+. |
| p00217 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Very nice fork with DISCOVERED check !! |
| p00218 | w | miguelcardoso | 1470 | We always loose Qh8+.... |
| p00218 | w | LowScore | 1564 | There is no Qh8+. |
| p00221 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by 2...Kxf7 missed
3.Nxd4
note that I saw 2...Nf3+ but did not like Nxd2 Rxf6 missing that Rxd2 also threats the rook |
| p00222 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | too easy for the rating |
| p00222 | w | ibis | 1460 | Took me a minute and a half -- thought there had to be more to it. |
| p00229 | b | cheetah7 | 1492 | I don't see what is so hard about it. |
| p00229 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | there is no way out of the knight pin. |
| p00237 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | great, i loved it. |
| p00237 | w | detroitman | 1469 | take all the pieces! |
| p00237 | w | Elroch | 1453 | chop, chop, chop |
| p00241 | b | CirqueDude | 1300 | Black could defend with Nc6 instead... |
| p00241 | b | drjohn | 1294 | Not very beautiful,but very obscure and powerful. |
| p00241 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with drjohn |
| p00252 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 22.4 seconds |
| p00252 | w | Piter227 | 1620 | very very easy 3.8 |
| p00253 | w | MPradical | 1411 | can someone explain this one? |
| p00253 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | uh, you win a piece |
| p00253 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | yeah, you have to take it. |
| p00253 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | because of the following pin. |
| p00253 | w | Blackstorm | 1264 | Queen and Knight for a poor Bishop. Good times for black. |
| p00253 | w | NK123 | 1263 | i don't now what just happened |
| p00256 | b | Roger | 1497 | its is a very good problem
|
| p00256 | b | arusa18 | 1606 | easy |
| p00256 | b | UNCCHESS87 | 1361 | decent remove the defender |
| p00256 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | yes easy but nice |
| p00260 | b | giovmendoza | 1350 | thanks to the bishop |
| p00261 | b | barz | 1708 | 1r2kb1r/3p1ppp/b1p1p3/p2nP3/2Pq1P2/P2B2P1/1P1NQ2P/R1B1K2R b KQk - 0 1 |
| p00265 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | difficult for the rating |
| p00265 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | beautiful checkmate ! |
| p00266 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds |
| p00267 | w | nonso | 1712 | NICE!!!! |
| p00267 | w | Chessdoom | 1586 | splendid! |
| p00267 | w | d4d5e4 | 1449 | wonderful |
| p00268 | b | itzerkle | 1033 | i dont get this one |
| p00268 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | follow up ? |
| p00268 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | its mate in 4. |
| p00269 | b | DocB | 1237 | rrrgg |
| p00270 | b | TacticsSucks | 1783 | I missed that you could take With the N saved me some time. |
| p00270 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | Ok... you're still totally lost either way.
|
| p00270 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | or...maybe not totally. But in serious trouble judging by crafty's -3.12 rating. |
| p00270 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | I think -3 is totally lost. Bad problem. |
| p00270 | b | milos62 | 1916 | It is a typical bad problem:
either you are mated or you
get a hopeless position. |
| p00270 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds
only move not to get mate but the speed is only because I was lucky not to see 2.Nxe2(saw it immediately after playing) |
| p00270 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I can say that it is surprising that this problem has rating that is so high.
only people with rating above 1750 get this problem and I could expect most of them to beat the problem by solving it in less than 10 seconds.
The high rating warn players that there may be a trap so it should cause them to think few seconds and few seconds should be enough to see the line 2.Nxe2 Qe1 mate
People with rating above 1750 may be sometimes blind and it happened to me when I simply did not see 2.Nxe2 but I do not expect them to be blind by missing 2...Qe1 mate most of the time. |
| p00270 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | rating of this problem is
now 1955.9 and I hope it is going to go down. |
| p00273 | b | attilaturzo | 1869 | What about first Qd5 and than Bc4? |
| p00273 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Maybe because black can play Re6 |
| p00273 | b | snakehead | 1475 | If Qd5+ then ...Kg6, then if h4+ the K escapes to g5. In the solution, this square is guarded by the white Q. |
| p00273 | b | UNCCHESS87 | 1361 | even if g 6 the situation is a cluster F*** for black, you could just check with pawn and setup another attack on that nice queen diagonal |
| p00273 | b | UNCCHESS87 | 1361 | even if g 6 the situation is a cluster F*** for black, you could just check with pawn and setup another attack on that nice queen diagonal |
| p00273 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | rejected Qd5+ because of Re6; Kg6 Nxe8 is good for White |
| p00273 | b | theKnife | 1671 | r1b1r3/ppNn1kb1/3P1q1p/2p2p2/4p2P/2P2P2/PP1Q2P1/2KR1B1R b - - 0 1 |
| p00273 | b | grom43 | 1654 | 2 Bc4+ +- 2 Qd5+ +/-
2 Nxe8 +/- Another problem with several winning moves to choose from. |
| p00275 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | hmm, too easy... |
| p00275 | b | wild | 1305 | more than 1/2 of players are getting this wrong? |
| p00280 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | like it. |
| p00280 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | forced mate in 2; Anastasia's mate |
| p00280 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Not quite Anastasia's mate, but very similar to it. |
| p00284 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.3 seconds |
| p00293 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | lindo - excellent |
| p00294 | w | rhennig | 1450 | cute |
| p00294 | w | Holy | 1098 | Multiple themes (pawn fork, discovered attack) in a combo to win a rook, no matter what White does. |
| p00294 | w | dktransform | 1479 | not 1200! no way! |
| p00296 | b | underated | 1374 | this is more like a must than a puzzle. |
| p00296 | b | underated | 1374 | this is more like a must than a puzzle. |
| p00296 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | too easy for the rating |
| p00299 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | why is this 1999? Not as hard as it's rating |
| p00299 | w | ibaric | 1428 | It took me some time because i was focused on the attack and not on queen capture. |
| p00299 | w | stbrie | 1314 | Nice way to give it away, ibaric. |
| p00299 | w | sujabdul | 1603 | everybody thinks abt moving forward only...
but it seems something else |
| p00299 | w | hedgehoghead1 | 1028 | attacking is not everything |
| p00299 | w | blcnngn | 2223 | not difficult as 2013 |
| p00299 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | I thought about Bf2+ and Bh2+ and saw nothing and it took me more than 2 minutes to find Rg6 so the problem beat me 1:0 and took all the rating points.
I should know to stop fast when I see nothing and try to think about something else but unfortunately I often forget about this idea. |
| p00300 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.0 seconds |
| p00300 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | trapping ideas all the time |
| p00300 | w | chessNERD99 | 1524 | 0.8 |
| p00303 | w | Leucky | 1538 | Many weak players stop calculating when they see 2. Ra8. So its a fair 1450-Problem. |
| p00305 | w | jokim | 2000 | How to add the pressure? |
| p00306 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | hmm, first i didnt see the mate. hahaha |
| p00306 | w | mathaias | 1434 | First thing I thought was "Loose rook!" and did not see the mate. Oh, I feel so dumb! |
| p00306 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Ditto here, this is another one of those little games that try to trick you into thinking you can get material - annoying! |
| p00308 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | uhhh, difficult for the rating. |
| p00308 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Counter-threat: If N(f2)xh3(B), then Q(f3)f1#. |
| p00317 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | easy
|
| p00322 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 2k4r/1pp1Bp2/2p1bN2/r1b1P3/2P3Pp/1P6/3R1P2/4R1K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p00325 | w | hmpf142000 | 1670 | overrated"! |
| p00325 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | Overrated. |
| p00325 | w | Derek | 1340 | 2230.5!? Way Overrated.
|
| p00325 | w | dwnshi | 1559 | Crappy |
| p00325 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | overrated |
| p00325 | w | DocB | 1237 | kurds, worship oblama |
| p00329 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.7 seconds |
| p00329 | b | UNCCHESS87 | 1361 | why 1948? too easy |
| p00329 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | now 1954.1
I have no explanation for the high rating except the possibility that some people fail in purpose again and again.
Maybe somebody who failed in this problem is going to explain what happened.
I used more than 10 seconds again but again earned rating. |
| p00331 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | ok, and then ?? |
| p00336 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | and then ? |
| p00336 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | hmmm, its mate, didnt see :) |
| p00346 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | too easy |
| p00346 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | or too hard
played Qc4 and did not see Qh5+
I guess that
at least you earned rating points so no reason for you to complain. |
| p00346 | b | UriBlass | 1852 |
looking at your rating I wonder how did you get it
It seems that you never had rating to get 1900+ problems
for rating and I wonder if you solved it unrated.
Here are your details
http://chess.emrald.net/tProfile.php?TacID=20431
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| p00347 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | yeah, easy |
| p00349 | w | Wolfgang | 1388 | I needed very long to spot that the queen is in danger! |
| p00351 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | and then... |
| p00351 | b | wild | 1305 | ...Qxe6 Qxb8+, winning a Rook and dislodging black king. Would be nice to see this as a multi-step problem though |
| p00352 | w | Coventry | 1613 | !!?? |
| p00352 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.0 seconds
got it in the past and it is one of the problems that is easy to remember. |
| p00352 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | why doesn't white play 2.Qf6?? gxf6 is a big mistake |
| p00361 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | where does he go ??? |
| p00361 | b | pdazz | 1388 | should defenitely be shown further... |
| p00364 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | beautiful combination, a bit difficult for 1165 |
| p00370 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Almost missed this one! Freakingly nice position indeed. |
| p00370 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 50.7 seconds |
| p00370 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 27.7 seconds |
| p00370 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.2 seconds |
| p00388 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 2 RxBg7+! is a great example of the DESTRUCTION/DECOY principle applied to a bishop (Black g7-bishop) defending an opposing bishop's (White c5-bishop) TACTICAL BASE (d4-square, attacking Black c3-rook). |
| p00388 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | beautiful |
| p00388 | b | skully10 | 1402 | But what if the King doesn't take? If the King stops the bleeding with a move instead of trading down further... |
| p00396 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | followup ? |
| p00398 | b | Milacek | 1775 | excellent ...
clearly better than Rh7+ |
| p00398 | b | Tama | 1730 | i dont understand Bb2+ was the first move i saw????? WTF 2200????? |
| p00398 | b | grom43 | 1654 | @ Milacek. Really? Clearly better? 2 Bb2+ is better, certainly, but 2 Rh7+ is pretty strong. In ten seconds. |
| p00408 | b | moegigo | 1611 | cxd4 doesnt threat mate on g7 |
| p00408 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.1 seconds
The long time is because
in my first thought rejected Bxd4 because thought about the line
Bxd4 Rxe1+ Kf2 Re7 and missed Qxe7. |
| p00408 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.8 seconds |
| p00408 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.3 seconds |
| p00408 | b | UNCCHESS87 | 1361 | i thought it was Rxe7 followed by qxe7 follwed by bxd4 so white would be up a piece |
| p00411 | w | Improchess | 2054 | So many wining variations. |
| p00413 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23479 to solve
9.9 seconds
my first thought was that black has Qc7 and took me time to see that black cannot defend the bishop d7. |
| p00413 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Nor can Black defend his Nd7, Uri. "Crisscross" |
| p00416 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | easy... |
| p00423 | w | impromptus | 1450 | Missed the Bishop + |
| p00423 | w | soberjudge | 1531 | always check for checks |
| p00425 | w | plopje | 1678 | yeah. But obvious. It had to be a forced mate otherwise it was a loss. Knight e3 failed on bishop f1. |
| p00425 | w | DocB | 1237 | pretty tricky |
| p00425 | w | grom43 | 1654 | 2.3 seconds. why rated so high? nice mate but i didn't see it until after 1st move. just knew it had to be there (see plopje's comment). |
| p00425 | w | drad | 1651 | it's rated high because people don't see the mate and try for the piece fork. |
| p00426 | w | Chessdoom | 1586 | 2 easy 4 me! |
| p00426 | w | tmprat | 1274 | No big deal. Overrated. |
| p00426 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Very odd. Who would play anything else? |
| p00426 | w | Carbonic | 1527 | WTF what is that ? |
| p00436 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | hmmm, cant see, whats happening ?? |
| p00436 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | ah, fork :-) |
| p00438 | b | sarciness | 1465 | A simple pin does the trick. Nice one. |
| p00440 | b | Auge | 1591 | Ein bekannter Konter. |
| p00440 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | good idea |
| p00441 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | In fact this is a very deep problem that worth playing. |
| p00441 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | The 3rd move is so tactful that it ensures the victory. Nice problem indeed. |
| p00441 | b | Blackstorm | 1264 | the 3rd move require some hard thinking, while the 1st is quite easy, althought not simple to see. |
| p00441 | b | Blackstorm | 1264 | the 3rd move require some hard thinking, while the 1st is quite easy, althought not simple to see. |
| p00441 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Takes a lot of time to see how many of the moves don't work. Quite a nice trick by black. |
| p00441 | b | Garryback | 1581 | very instructive is also to play the best black 1...move |
| p00441 | b | Piter227 | 1620 | It's incridible :) |
| p00445 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed K & B
uncovery, attacking defender |
| p00446 | w | mastermind2007 | 1359 | very easy one! |
| p00446 | w | underated | 1374 | bang bam... |
| p00451 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.2 seconds |
| p00451 | b | LowestRd | 1946 | I didn't realize my rook was hanging |
| p00451 | b | nahort | 1382 | Good one! |
| p00455 | w | sevkisen | 1964 | what is this Kg1 |
| p00456 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Should include ...Nf8 Qxc2 and Rxa8 |
| p00456 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | @tomahawk: Agreed. This problem is the PINNING VERSION of the FORK-OVERLOAD TRICK. |
| p00456 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | Nf8 Qxc2 and Rxa8 costed me some time so I earned less rating points then people who did not calculate this line. |
| p00456 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.2 seconds
agree with tomohawk |
| p00456 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 49.1 seconds |
| p00456 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Qxc2 that I had from memory after seeing no logical alternative but did not remembner that I need to play Re8+ first. |
| p00461 | w | lagplayer | 1668 | This was silly since rxb4 leads to an easy won pawn endgame. |
| p00461 | w | edgy | 1645 | Terrible problem. ...Rxb4+ is a trivially won endgame. Of course lousy problems like this never get removed... |
| p00461 | w | Meyinor | 1796 | I suggest to add a pawn on a3, to fix this problem. |
| p00461 | w | uraleech | 2721 | So you would rather be up by a pawn than up by a rook? True, they both win, but which is the better move? |
| p00461 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | This problem is rated 1802??? |
| p00461 | w | edgy | 1645 | uraleech, a trivially won game is a trivially won game. Both moves have the same value. |
| p00461 | w | mark1960 | 1539 | Rc1+ is correct. Faster win with a rook up. Argue otherwise and you miss the point of the problem. |
| p00461 | w | fredc | 1420 | Rxb4 leads to easy endgame. |
| p00461 | w | w1b888 | 1264 | the question is to find the best move (Rc1+), not to find one of the winning moves (ex: Rxb4+). |
| p00461 | w | bwtaylor | 1447 | Crafty has scored the moves wrong because it can't search deep enough. Both are +99.99. There is no way to argue that Rc1+ is better than Rxb4. Both win, by force, with no complications. The number of moves to win has no value according to the rules of chess. |
| p00461 | w | chesswiz | 1620 | 1. none of us paid for this site so we shouldnt be complaining in the first place.
2. the point of this site is to help our tactical skills, wether you found rc1+ or rxb4 it did just that. |
| p00461 | w | KABOOOM | 1789 | People. Yes, Rxb4 leads to a won endgame. But Rc1+ just wins a Rook. Which is better being up a pawn or up a Rook? Use your heads. Alot of these problems have many moves that win, but the machine only accepts the best. |
| p00461 | w | Linder | 1552 | Meyinor is absolutely right. And this site is there to make your tactical and not your endgame skills better |
| p00461 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Calm down everyone, SveJoe already suspended this problem. Twice. |
| p00461 | w | imnothere | 1165 | I dont get it...I thought Rxb4 was the answer...o wait a minute nvm.rook to c1 then d1 and you get to take the white rook while keeping yours |
| p00461 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Suggestion: how about moving the pawn from b4 to b6? Would that make the problem work? |
| p00464 | b | SmokenFlames | 1418 | Very nice! |
| p00467 | w | grom43 | 1654 | I didn't even see 1...Qh1+? which misses win completely. Fingerly correct (except the Bg3 is not hanging, so 2 Kg1 would also be fine for White). |
| p00468 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.0 seconds |
| p00468 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.9 seconds |
| p00468 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | B&Q in action |
| p00472 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.7 seconds |
| p00472 | b | DocB | 1237 | dudnnnn |
| p00472 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 4rrk1/pp2Bpb1/1nq3pp/8/8/1NP1Q3/PP3PPP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p00479 | w | underated | 1374 | block that queen... |
| p00479 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | and then ... |
| p00479 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | ok, good idea. |
| p00490 | b | Auge | 1591 | Without considering all stupid moves before. |
| p00490 | b | jacovanniekerk | 1359 | ouch! |
| p00490 | b | Garryback | 1581 | all defeats base on suboptimal moves |
| p00490 | b | theKnife | 1671 | â—„ Position â–º r3rbk1/1bqn1p1p/pp1p3p/4n3/2P1PRQ1/1P4P1/PB1N2BP/5R1K b - - 0 1 |
| p00491 | w | Tama | 1730 | way to simple no distractions to get your attention of track.
1870?????? wtf think its that high because there rent a lot of people that play it. |
| p00491 | w | LowScore | 1564 | it's 1750 now... |
| p00491 | w | DocB | 1237 | not bad but rated kinda high |
| p00491 | w | babyman | 1553 | 24seg
|
| p00491 | w | DocB | 1237 | got it wrong 3 times and i said it was kinda high 5 months ago
|
| p00491 | w | DocB | 1237 | kurds, worship oblamacare
|
| p00491 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed. lol |
| p00498 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | difficult... |
| p00499 | w | DocB | 1237 | who want's to be dougs. lover lvber
|
| p00499 | w | JeremyW | 1597 | Difficulty would go up quite a bit if this continued for a few moves. |
| p00507 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | back rank mate. gooood. |
| p00507 | b | CDiaz94 | 1203 | hey wolf...shut up |
| p00514 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Exploitation of pinned pawn. Beware of the enemy Queen going for hanging pieces! |
| p00516 | b | underated | 1374 | lovely sequence and sacrafice. |
| p00516 | b | underated | 1374 | stuffed this up 2nd time around. |
| p00517 | b | underated | 1374 | nice a neat. |
| p00517 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | its very tenting to take the queen. hahaha... |
| p00517 | b | longhairedgit | 987 | very nice when you see it |
| p00523 | w | PeaceProcess | 1568 | What after 2.Bf3,Qxf5 3.Bg4 |
| p00523 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Bf3 Qh4 i guess |
| p00523 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Bf3 Qh4 i guess |
| p00523 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | the queen has no other place to go |
| p00523 | w | Holy | 1098 | Yes--it's the only move for the queen. I still give 2 stars because the player still has to see that there's no other tactic. |
| p00530 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Extremely poor. There is no practical difference between eveluations of -3.85 and -5.89 pawns. Whoever included this here has either
a) no commonsense, or
b) no understanding of chess, or
c) is an arsey little pedant with smelly old anorak and a plastic bag full of scoresheets.
In any case, whoever included this problem certainly deserves no friends.
GET RID OF THIS SHITE. |
| p00530 | w | LowScore | 1564 | Sometimes you pick the wrong answer...get over it :-) |
| p00530 | w | wild | 1305 | er, I agree with floreatdunum. Nf3 is a good move, maybe not on paper quite as strong as Nb5, but still a winning move no? Plus, the kind of opponents I play, I could get that h-pawn to the finish line. |
| p00531 | b | georgerabbit3 | 1707 | this is the right way |
| p00535 | w | mastermind2007 | 1359 | nice |
| p00535 | w | Stress | 1659 | Really nice. |
| p00535 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | 2nd queen move is not easy to find |
| p00535 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 2r2r2/1BP2p1k/3q2p1/p6p/1p5P/6P1/PQ3PK1/2R5 w - - 0 1 |
| p00535 | w | grom43 | 1654 | That is a nice problem! |
| p00536 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | why not show the next moves? |
| p00536 | w | greatkid | 1694 | 1.0 secs i never look at solution |
| p00537 | w | Mikeiavelli | 1301 | Clearly overated. |
| p00537 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate with R, N, and P |
| p00539 | b | Prufrock | 1509 | It is mate on the move if the rook is taken by the Bishop. I'm with JoeLag on this |
| p00539 | b | justafan | 1390 | Ne7..Rf7?..2.Ng6+..Kg8..3.Qxh7+...Kf8...4.Qh8 ++ |
| p00539 | b | young026 | 1304 | 3.Qxh7+...Rxh7 |
| p00539 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | beautiful. For explanations look at Crafty. Ne7= +2.0, Re7= +7.0. :) |
| p00539 | b | bumbly | 1561 | Ne7 is fine, but not the best. Annoying :| |
| p00539 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | weak K, interception |
| p00543 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.5 seconds |
| p00543 | b | RedBeetle | 1508 | 0,77 seconds |
| p00543 | b | UNCCHESS87 | 1361 | nice little combo |
| p00546 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds |
| p00546 | b | drad | 1651 | wow I'm impressed you got that in 1.9 seconds, it took me over 20 |
| p00546 | b | theKnife | 1671 | â—„ Position â–º r4rk1/pp2ppbp/3p2p1/2n5/1qBnPP2/1PN4P/P1PB2P1/1R1Q1R1K b - - 0 1 |
| p00549 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | and then? What follows, is so beautiful. |
| p00549 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | white Q without defence. |
| p00549 | w | Holy | 1098 | If 2. K any, then 2. ...Ng3+ wins the Q. But what if 2. Ng5? Why didn't Crafty choose that to avoid losing White's Q? |
| p00549 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Well said Holy! |
| p00551 | w | Arkenshaw | 1733 | 31.4 seconds |
| p00563 | b | JSorel | 1664 | very easy for a 1700 |
| p00563 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | lol missed that nxd7 is check! |
| p00564 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played Rxh3+ first planning Bc6 next move and maybe this is wrong because of Rg3 |
| p00564 | w | Zuggy | 1902 | I tried Rg8, I don't think there is much wrong with it, but it doesn't have much of a threat |
| p00568 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | needs more moves - at least 2...Kf7 3. Nd5+ please! |
| p00568 | b | themagician | 1543 | overrated |
| p00568 | b | drad | 1651 | 60.5 seconds. Yes this is very simple, but it's a theme not commonly seen in the lower rated puzzles (just 1 or 2 I can think of) |
| p00568 | b | barz | 1708 | 1qrr1bk1/3n2pp/1p3p2/4RQ1N/b1P5/3B3P/1B3PP1/2R3K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p00577 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | it was easy ! |
| p00577 | w | slacker00 | 1521 | Talk about a help-mate. White hangs himself with his last move. It took me a while to see it, though, somewhat peculiar to see that opportunity pop up. |
| p00577 | w | Leucky | 1538 | looking for checks an threads first, you see it. How can white prevent? - only by giving the knight for noting.
@the comment by slacker00: The last move of the opponent is often a blunder. |
| p00577 | w | theKnife | 1671 | â—„ Position â–º 2qr2k1/pb2ppb1/1p4p1/8/2P5/1PPNB3/P5PP/4QRK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p00578 | b | netbuzzard | 1245 | There is only one legal move. |
| p00587 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | but why not s h o w the following moves? :( |
| p00593 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | how about Bg5+ retard? |
| p00593 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | allows the king to escape the pin |
| p00593 | b | sarciness | 1465 | Haha, I tried the illegal move 0-0-0 (kingside)... oops! |
| p00593 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23153 to solve
3.1 seconds |
| p00593 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.7 seconds |
| p00593 | b | LowScore | 1564 | 0-0-0 kingside was my try as well :-) |
| p00593 | b | MaryHansen | 1567 | I forgot the rule, damn. |
| p00593 | b | barz | 1708 | I sort of castle too :( |
| p00598 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | please show what follows then, its so interesting ! |
| p00600 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.7 seconds
believe that got it in the past but was not sure about it. |
| p00602 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Nice countertactic. |
| p00606 | w | morkovkin | 1644 | wrong problem. there are at least 3 equal possibility
Qg5; Qa7; Nd3 |
| p00606 | w | ostap | 1950 | 1...Qg5 2.Rc2 and what?
1...Nd3 even loses to 2.Be6+ |
| p00606 | w | morkovkin | 1644 | You are right. I do not understand why I wrote that :) |
| p00606 | w | armeno | 1859 | but why is 1803 so easy problem? |
| p00606 | w | JSorel | 1664 | it's rated 1736.8 now... |
| p00608 | w | edgy | 1645 | stupid non-problem |
| p00608 | w | Violinist | 1418 | It takes a strategist to realize the passed pawn is compensation for the rook... except that the position shown doesn't quite give you any choices eh? |
| p00608 | w | zenchess | 1612 | i agree this is a non-problem, and i think white is better anyways in the final position, so this should be removed |
| p00608 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | Too easy for 1500s... but maybe some pseudo-strategists don't realize that. It's easy to make mistake. |
| p00608 | w | AngryPirate | 1308 | I agree with edgy and zenchess.....It isn't really a problem as you MUST take back with the rook, there really isn't any choice...there is no tactic or strategy involved. |
| p00608 | w | netlava | 1438 | LOL |
| p00608 | w | spacecowboy | 1394 | This comment is in reply to the prior comments posted by edgy, Violinist, zenchess, & AngryPirate. Juding from your comments, you four guys didn't understand something when you made your comment about this problem. Go to the bulletin board and find the posts by JoeLag and SveJoe on August 24, 2005. Those posts should explain a little something to you guys.
Now, the comment by zenchess regarding he thinks White is better in the final position (after 1...Rxe8) is an opinion that is probably correct. For confirmation, one just has to take a look at Crafty's analysis of the problem which is presented on this web site. Crafty agrees with zenchess and so do I. Crafty's score of +.2.04 means White has a decisive advantage. For this reason, I agree with zenchess' assertion that this problem should be removed. The best move by Black after 1.Bxe8 still loses. |
| p00608 | w | beco | 1308 | Sorry the rate mistake. I think it is poor. One star only. |
| p00608 | w | theKnife | 1671 | very poor |
| p00608 | w | wald | 1565 | well I guess in real chess games, you don't know a priori when there is a problem-like tactics, so it's good to have some "non-problem" problems amongst the problems.
However, at least then one should not be loosing, as in this one ... |
| p00608 | w | Chessdoom | 1586 | Damnit you fools, whats the problems? For every1 who thinks it is "to easy" why did you had it wrong then? Thats the tactic, You think so hard when its so esy, you've think easy in a real chessgame 2 right? |
| p00608 | w | Derek | 1340 | this is overrated!!!!! |
| p00608 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | What's the catch? |
| p00608 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Boo! Whoever makes these problems (non-problems) should give up chess |
| p00608 | w | lyctc | 1466 | when a monkey could make the correct move... |
| p00608 | w | knobgoblin | 1444 | yet another waste of storage and bandwitdh from whatever retard posts the many non-problems like this. not only should this be removed but the guy who posted it should be removed. |
| p00608 | w | jvanhine | 1458 | lol |
| p00608 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | bilge. i agree with knobmonkey - exterminate SveJoe or whichever vermin it was included this sewage. |
| p00608 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | Chessdoom,
I doubt if many people got it wrong.
It is possible that the high rating of the problem is because people spent time in order to find something better than the solution.
A problem can get high rating even if everybody get it right but is too slow.
Uri |
| p00608 | w | Stress | 1659 | Agreed, UriBlass. |
| p00608 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.0 seconds
did not memorize getting it in the past and used too much time to searh for something better |
| p00608 | w | lamon2000 | 1759 | It should be rated 965. |
| p00608 | w | UNCCHESS87 | 1361 | not only is there that passed pawn but the white rook is doomed if it moves up a square black takes, two squares and the pawn just attacks. |
| p00608 | w | UNCCHESS87 | 1361 | but there are a lot of dull problems like this on here
|
| p00608 | w | tjumen | 1598 | rated beauty = 0/5 |
| p00608 | w | Vandebent | 1701 | Stupid and difficult. After 1. .. Rxe8 black is lost. So you expect there is something better. Unfortunately you are invited to search for something that isn't there. Please operators, throw this one out. |
| p00608 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | I agree with everybody that says this problem is junk ! I still found it in 3.1 secs. throw this problem out ! |
| p00608 | w | tjumen | 1598 | When there is a loose piece - capture it - I beleive that's the brilliant idea behind the move. Still 0/5 th |
| p00608 | w | grom43 | 1654 | After 1 Be8 Re8 2 Qh5 d2 3 Qd1 you want White?? I don't think so. 3...Ne4 4 Rcf3 Rc8 5 Qe2 Rc1 6 Rd1 someone tell me they'd prefer White here. After 6...Qc5 still want White? 6...Qd4 even better? (with 6..Qd4 you threaten Nf2+ AND Qa1. How does Crafty get 6...Qxf5? Violinist got it right way at the top: you have no choice but to pay 1...Re8 so it's maybe not a great problem, BUT interesting to note the passed pawn puts Black firmly in control. |
| p00608 | w | JohnSmith | 1502 | bullshit |
| p00611 | b | lepolaputuki | 1826 | Look at 2nd best evals... enough said |
| p00611 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | agree with lepo; got it "right" mind but still bollocks |
| p00611 | b | drad | 1651 | come on, did any of you actually see Rhe1+ Qe7? |
| p00611 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Rhe1+ Qe7 Rxe7 Kxe7 Nd5+... and i think white wins by a lot. What i didn't see was Rhe1+ Ne5 |
| p00611 | b | Garryback | 1581 | ??? everything was said |
| p00611 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | Re1+ IS WINNING! lol! THERE'S NO WAY A MOVE LIKE THAT IS NOT GONNA WIN! lol. just cause i'm so good at finding winning moves really fast CTS always docking my points! lol |
| p00611 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | it's not that I'm so good. it's more like Re1 is just obviously winning and there's no need to find a better move. I think that if one of white's pieces or at least 2 of their pawns were taken away then it would be necessary to find the better move here. |
| p00612 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | And so????? |
| p00612 | b | jokim | 2000 | CTS bluff! |
| p00612 | b | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | Ha Ha... Never thought about actually bluffing in chess. (This is kind of like the recapture problems, but includes a bit of calculation. |
| p00612 | b | CLance | 2086 | really stupid problem |
| p00612 | b | theKnife | 1671 | â—„ Position â–º r1b1k2r/1p2bppp/p1qp4/2n3P1/8/1P2PN2/PBQ1BP1P/2KR3R b kq - 0 1 |
| p00613 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Nice - first use the pin against the f7 pawn, then use the pin against the g7 pawn... |
| p00613 | b | jokim | 2000 | "Step forward" |
| p00613 | b | grom43 | 1654 | step forward. good call. |
| p00617 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.0 seconds |
| p00623 | b | underated | 1374 | I think it's great when you muff these ones and second time round when you see the solution. the sound of the moon slap you give yourself is priceless.. |
| p00623 | b | Chesshitsch | 1489 | easy |
| p00623 | b | DocB | 1237 | pretty tricky for my talent level |
| p00623 | b | DocB | 1237 | what a sham! |
| p00624 | b | mastermind2007 | 1359 | oh well... |
| p00624 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.3 seconds |
| p00624 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed limited K and B |
| p00624 | b | babyman | 1553 | very
very easy
|
| p00633 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 36.4 seconds |
| p00633 | w | Svenja | 1588 | What else than Qc5?
This is not a "problem" |
| p00633 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | this is clearly a problem and the problem is to find that there is not something better than Qc5
I clearly needed a long time for it inspite of rating above 1800 |
| p00638 | b | MEGALODON | 1302 | before this position I had solved 5 problems within or better then the time suggested why do I continue to lose rating points then? |
| p00639 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 17.1 lol! |
| p00641 | b | nemrod | 1406 | and what abot Qe7? |
| p00641 | b | Wilsonia | 1682 | Off the top of my head, 2.Qe7 Rxe7 3.fxe7 Qb5 4.Rxf7+ Bg7 and black wins I think. |
| p00641 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | yes Black wins |
| p00641 | b | theKnife | 1671 | â—„ Position â–º 3Q4/pr3pbk/1p2pPpp/8/1P1p4/3q4/P2N1RPP/6K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p00647 | b | Improchess | 2054 | DaifÃcil para 1692 |
| p00647 | b | UNCCHESS87 | 1361 | why wouldn't black refute it by just taking the pawn |
| p00647 | b | UNCCHESS87 | 1361 | why wouldn't black refute it by just taking the pawn |
| p00647 | b | UNCCHESS87 | 1361 | why wouldn't black refute it by just taking the pawn |
| p00647 | b | UNCCHESS87 | 1361 | nevermind i guess black is doomed either way |
| p00651 | b | georgerabbit3 | 1707 | it is so good |
| p00658 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.8 seconds |
| p00658 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.4 seconds |
| p00659 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Beautiful combination. |
| p00659 | b | sarciness | 1465 | Nothing special. |
| p00659 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Counter-attacking with checks to avoid material deficit. |
| p00661 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 104.6 seconds
need to be longer
I do not understand at this moment how black win after Nh5+ Kg4 but did not find better moves. |
| p00661 | w | themagician | 1543 | 1.9 seconds |
| p00665 | b | Alseki | 1484 | Not much of a tactics problem. |
| p00665 | b | sarciness | 1465 | You sort of stumble into the solution by default. |
| p00667 | b | e4e5f4 | 1402 | Spieß |
| p00667 | b | HPeter | 1517 | what about De8#? |
| p00667 | b | tdemedts | 1728 | HPeter, what about Kd6 then? :p |
| p00667 | b | wild | 1305 | i tried that too pete. Black escapes.... |
| p00674 | b | franquechi | 1315 | good strategical move |
| p00681 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | 1...Bxd5 is also winning, as Crafty's output below indicates. Who really cares whether its -8.49 or -3.33, in real life? |
| p00681 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | crafty does |
| p00681 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | floreatdunum is right ... mykingislonely is humorous. ;-) |
| p00681 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 28.8 seconds |
| p00681 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | good problem but the dual (I got the right one!) means it is flawed; I was going to give 4 stars, but seeing the dual has to be 1 |
| p00689 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | No point. How is this 1373?! |
| p00689 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Because the hanging bishop is hard to see. |
| p00689 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | But I got it again... Albeit in more time. Maybe I need to sleep. |
| p00689 | w | ankka | 1302 | Extreme suckiness. |
| p00689 | w | Nixda | 1200 | I do not understand this - he takes my bishop and sulution is taking back. Where was the problem ? |
| p00689 | w | polgary | 1530 | no star |
| p00690 | b | pinkerton | 1434 | Emanuel Lasker loves these economical mates. To him everybody on the attack's has been stretched in an ideal manner. |
| p00690 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Really pretty puzzle - unique pattern I've not seen before. |
| p00690 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.2 seconds |
| p00690 | b | UNCCHESS87 | 1361 | that was cool, i was tempted to get that queen at first tho |
| p00690 | b | Schumi | 1523 | Very nice mate. |
| p00690 | b | grom43 | 1654 | First time I saw this puzzle. Very nice. |
| p00693 | w | FireGarden | 1557 | This problem has got to be trading on its rating!
At least as far as I was concerned! :) |
| p00693 | w | freeher | 1327 | I actually missed this one. For some reason, I just assumed it was a perpetual check and moved Qc1 without looking too closely, missing that the queen was hanging altogether. (of course, Qc1 isn't even a perpetual...) |
| p00693 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | too easy for the rating. |
| p00693 | w | Schumi | 1523 | I went for the non-working perpetual too. The hanging queen is so ridiculous that I didn't even see it. |
| p00693 | w | loot | 1486 | great demonstration of the fact that a hanging queen can be captured |
| p00693 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | wtf |
| p00693 | w | tjumen | 1598 | haha |
| p00693 | w | Garryback | 1581 | no star |
| p00693 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | arg, it's just not my day. i did the same thing freeher did. i think i'm just being lazy today after doing so good yesterday. |
| p00694 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | too easy |
| p00694 | b | benu | 1193 | ? |
| p00694 | b | ajotatxe | 1405 | There is an easy mate behind the recapture, but it's even easier recapturing without realizing the mate. |
| p00699 | b | waaek | 1120 | These sorts of questions are harder on a tactics site than in a game: you keep looking and looking for moves which win, and sometimes there just aren't any. |
| p00703 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice pin! |
| p00709 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 30.8 seconds
queen needs to protect the rook |
| p00709 | b | steinar | 1704 | Good practical problem |
| p00709 | b | steinar | 1704 | I wanted to add that this is the reason I like emrald; Many problems are unspectacular, everyday tactics (that also need to be practiced!) |
| p00710 | w | Auge | 1591 | standard defense against standard attack |
| p00710 | w | drad | 1651 | found it hard |
| p00710 | w | drad | 1651 | even though it was easy |
| p00710 | w | drad | 1651 | a standard completely suicidal attack? ;) |
| p00710 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 10.0 lol! |
| p00711 | w | Theodor | 1830 | Should continue with 3. Dc1 |
| p00711 | w | UNCCHESS87 | 1361 | haha that took a bit, thats a good problem |
| p00712 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Solution should be longer. |
| p00712 | b | milos62 | 1916 | Fully agree. |
| p00712 | b | television | 1655 | people can check and dont realize that we want to block the passed pawn |
| p00712 | b | theKnife | 1671 | â—„ Position â–º 4k3/1N2b3/1p2p1b1/1P6/5B2/3p1K1P/5P2/8 b - - 0 1 |
| p00713 | b | Faurey | 1227 | Original! |
| p00719 | w | jkool | 999 | i am 72 but i leep trying i love chess i hope 2 get beter problems help a lot i like playing here thanks |
| p00719 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Nice combination... If knight takes rook there's forced mate with Bc4+ Qd3 Bxd3+ Kg1 Re1# |
| p00725 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Recapture with check |
| p00725 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | The check wins a tempo that saves the h4 rook. |
| p00727 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.0 seconds |
| p00728 | b | drad | 1651 | meh :| |
| p00728 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 39.3 seconds |
| p00728 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.7 seconds |
| p00740 | b | ShadowXenon | 1097 | damn... this is hard! |
| p00741 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | ? |
| p00741 | b | Carbonic | 1527 | inexpected rook trap |
| p00750 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | seems sooo easy, but... |
| p00752 | w | barz | 1708 | 4qrk1/p1Q3b1/1rn3p1/3p1pp1/4p3/6P1/PP2PPBP/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p00755 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.3 seconds
idea Rh8 mate and thanks to black for Rf7. |
| p00755 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.5 seconds |
| p00755 | b | theKnife | 1671 | r1b2rk1/pp1n2p1/2nbpqNp/3p4/3P3P/3B1N2/PP3PP1/R1BQ1K1R b - - 0 1 |
| p00758 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | easy |
| p00758 | w | nickware | 1177 | too easy for the rating |
| p00759 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.4 seconds
line should continue and I think many guessed and missed 2...Rb1+ |
| p00759 | w | loot | 1486 | I saw continuation after Kxb2, but not after Ka1. Five stars if continue solution |
| p00759 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.7 seconds |
| p00759 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.8 seconds |
| p00759 | w | polgary | 1530 | acc. to Fritz 11 2...Rxc2 is prefered |
| p00759 | w | polgary | 1530 | franckly open 2...Rc1+ is a really ellegant move |
| p00759 | w | polgary | 1530 | correction b1 |
| p00761 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 1.3 |
| p00763 | b | ShadowXenon | 1097 | giggity giggity alright!!!! |
| p00770 | b | tjumen | 1598 | haha |
| p00770 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 48.7 seconds
It is not easy to decide if capturing the queen is safe because black has some attack |
| p00776 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | zu leicht für ranking. |
| p00784 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | The f1-rook is not loose, the f1-square is a loose mating focal point! So 1 ... Qh3! threatens 2 ... Qxh2# and 2 ... Qxf1#. White cannot meet both threats. |
| p00784 | w | theKnife | 1671 | White cannot meet Qxh2 at all anyway. ;-) |
| p00789 | w | Philwillb | 1205 | Very good. I thought that Ng5 was better because then KxR is answered by NxQ+ forking White's Rook. Missed the little fact that White could play the Queen to b3 checking, and then allowing KxR without the preceding punishment. |
| p00789 | w | QuickFire | 1582 | What Phil said! |
| p00789 | w | EngrStudent | 1315 | nicely done! |
| p00791 | b | CLance | 2086 | more than one winning lines |
| p00796 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.3 seconds |
| p00796 | b | Arkenshaw | 1733 | I do not think it is really possible to solve this.
2. Nxe5? Nxe5 (not 2...Bxf1 - awful move!!!), 3. Bxe5 Qg6+ with Bxf1 to follow.
Now if 2. Bxe5! Nxe5, 3. Nxe5 black does not have the g6 square and white has time to play Rxf8 himself - not that he would, as Qd3+ will bag him the bishop on h3! |
| p00796 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | After 2...Nxe5 Black's Q is hanging. |
| p00798 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | too easy for the rating |
| p00798 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | much too easy. there is no other move. |
| p00799 | w | underated | 1374 | what a great turn around. |
| p00799 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | very easy :-) |
| p00800 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Remove the guard: ...R(b4)xc4(B)+; K(c3)xc4(R) allows ...K(g6)xf7(R). |
| p00802 | b | 9isprime | 1250 | nice subtle fork opportunity |
| p00806 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | epaulette mate |
| p00806 | b | justwar85 | 1473 | Rc1 also completely winning? |
| p00806 | b | aligen5 | 1546 | Rc1 works too |
| p00819 | b | camembert | 1620 | The solution really should be extended to Qxe5 dxe5 Rxd7+ Kg8 Bc4+. Playing Qxe5 on a whim because you can't see anything better (which I almost did myself) isn't the same as solving the problem. |
| p00819 | b | moegigo | 1611 | very nice problem. but it needs 4 moves to calculate.
saw Qxe5 after one second. but not why black can not play Kg8 some moves later. so I began to calculate.
so if you are aiming to have a good score you risk that move without knowing why.
and that really bad!!! |
| p00819 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | agree with cam and moggy |
| p00819 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with all above. |
| p00819 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.9 seconds |
| p00819 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.7 seconds |
| p00819 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | agree with camembert |
| p00819 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 44.2 seconds first try. was a lot to think about. |
| p00820 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | i like those backrank mates. :) |
| p00820 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | Deeper than it seems at first glance. |
| p00824 | w | JSorel | 1664 | ahahah :) |
| p00824 | w | lamon2000 | 1759 | 0.5 sec |
| p00824 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | first move that I thought about bit rejected it because Qg6+ seemed better.
I may analyze later |
| p00824 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | missed 1...Rd8+ 2.Ke2 fxe3 3.Qxh7 mate |
| p00825 | b | blcnngn | 2223 | overrated 1996 |
| p00825 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Bxe5 |
| p00825 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | surprisingly easy for 2001! |
| p00825 | b | jzhang2000 | 1419 | Battery's are awesome |
| p00827 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | obvious |
| p00827 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | not obvious and needed significant time. |
| p00827 | w | barz | 1708 | 4r1k1/p4p1p/1p2pQp1/4PnBP/4R1P1/6P1/P1q3K1/3R4 w - - 0 1 |
| p00829 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.0 seconds |
| p00829 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.4 seconds |
| p00829 | w | HateYou | 1627 | 2.1 seconds |
| p00829 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 2.5 seconds, quite obvious |
| p00830 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | too fast
thought about Nc6+ and Nxe5 when d6 is pinned and forgot the pawn is not pinned after king escape. |
| p00830 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 3k4/1r3p2/p2pp3/1n2b3/1N2r3/1BP1BK2/PP6/3R4 b - - 0 1 |
| p00832 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Solver should have to play it out to mate. |
| p00832 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.7 seconds |
| p00832 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Solver should not have to pick between more than one winning solution. |
| p00838 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | pin + N fork |
| p00842 | b | underated | 1374 | a good points earner for the quick |
| p00842 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | ok, relatively easy. |
| p00842 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p00849 | w | Iliev | 1596 | more moves |
| p00849 | w | fwgb | 1624 | Regardless of problem:
Could You please make a larger board available ( optional )
Otherwise the server is quite fine as it is, thank You
|
| p00849 | w | theKnife | 1671 | â—„ Position â–º R1n5/5pk1/7p/4P1p1/B2P2P1/p2K1P2/7P/r7 w - - 0 1 |
| p00855 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.5 seconds and earned rating.
part of the time to check because the high rating |
| p00855 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | too fast captured the bishop instead of the pawn |
| p00858 | b | pinkerton | 1434 | This position teaches us not to be afraid of ghosts. |
| p00858 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | Didn't see the rook could block the check -- so didn't take the bishop! |
| p00861 | w | underated | 1374 | missed this 3 times |
| p00861 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | seems so easy, but didnt find it |
| p00861 | w | texian | 1113 | it took nearly a full minute to solve the first time .. on review, i completely missed it .. on analysis, it seems to boil down to the obviously advantageous PxB followed by a not so obvious favorable exchange of all major pieces leaving black up a bishop with all kingside pawns vulnerable to being swept up on black squares by the bishop |
| p00862 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.1 seconds |
| p00862 | b | decembersnake | 1528 | decent
|
| p00865 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | 1. ... Qd3 also seems to win. |
| p00865 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | @Hyperbeam: 1 ... Qd3? is met by 2 Qd7-g4, the White g4-queen DEFENDING the potential e2-mating square. Instead of focusing on the LOOSE SQUARE NEAR THE ENEMY KING on e2, you win by using the fact that the White e1-king is STALEMATED and that ANY CHECK CAN BE MATE AGAINST A STALEMATED KING with 2 ... Re8xe3+!. |
| p00865 | w | JSorel | 1664 | I found it very easy for a 1700+ problem! |
| p00865 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.7 seconds |
| p00865 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | unlucky to look first at the queen and not at the rook so blundered by Qd3 |
| p00865 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | checks first |
| p00865 | w | memo | 1570 | 1. ... Qd3 also wins (2 Qg4 Rxe3) FYI, It's ANNOYING to see repeatedly EMPHASIZED words particularly in connection with ERRONEOUS analysis from a PATZER. |
| p00866 | b | deepfriedbrain | 1795 | of course mate is best, but i think Rb4+ also wins (cxb4 Qxb4 Kc7 Re7+ Qxe7 Qxe7+ is a won ending for white, yes?) |
| p00866 | b | mtracey | 1552 | Brian black could just block the check so 2 Rb4+ cxb4 3 Qxb4+ Rb5 and black is up a rook |
| p00866 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.2 seconds
should be longer |
| p00866 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Informative problem opening lines and using initiative. |
| p00869 | b | Russellovich | 1468 | very sweet |
| p00871 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Hard to see that white is missing a rook. |
| p00876 | b | theKnife | 1671 | â—„ Position â–º 2rq1rk1/pp2b1pp/2n1bp2/3P4/3N4/P1P1B3/4BPPP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p00890 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Big queen trap. |
| p00898 | b | tpollet | 1651 | étonnant que ce problème soit si difficile, alors que la solution est d'une simplicité absolue. |
| p00898 | b | kswarrior | 1660 | A simple skewer, found it in a second |
| p00898 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.9 seconds |
| p00898 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 18.9 seconds |
| p00899 | w | mavaddat | 1579 | Neat problem. |
| p00899 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 1rR5/bP6/1k3p2/3B1p1p/5P1P/3Kp1P1/8/8 w - - 0 1 |
| p00900 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1; epaulette mate |
| p00916 | w | barz | 1708 | 4qn1k/pr4b1/3Pnpp1/2p1p2p/4P3/4BN1P/P3NPP1/2QR2K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p00919 | w | bumbly | 1561 | uhhhhh right. |
| p00919 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | agreed bumbly uhhhh right |
| p00923 | b | underated | 1374 | painfully exposed king... |
| p00927 | w | wald | 1565 | again one of those: find the only moves which do not instantly loose... |
| p00927 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | P promotion: After ...R(b5)xd5(N), White can't stop ...b1=Q. |
| p00929 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | bet White felt like Nelson going, "Haha!" |
| p00930 | b | chesschampion | 1391 | sneaky |
| p00937 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Quite long. And each move is hard to find. |
| p00938 | w | theKnife | 1671 | And thanks to the knight on e1. |
| p00938 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.8 seconds |
| p00938 | w | ash16 | 1301 | with a rating like that, it shouldnt be difficult for you |
| p00942 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | A theme known with reversed colours from the Dutch Defence. What was the opening here? |
| p00947 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | back rank mate! |
| p00951 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | N fork: N(e6)xc7(B) forks Q(d5) and R(a8). |
| p00959 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 26.8 seconds |
| p00959 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | failed in it played Nxe4 |
| p00959 | b | barz | 1708 | r2q4/bppb1kpp/p2p2n1/5NN1/3pr3/2P3PK/PP3P2/R1BQR3 b - - 0 1 |
| p00967 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.1 seconds
got it in the past.
second move easy to remember |
| p00967 | b | rockym | 1626 | get into a pin...is ok when you can check (and the pineer is unprotected !) |
| p00967 | b | tjumen | 1598 | super good |
| p00967 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | self-pin - but really just setting up the discovery - nice |
| p00970 | w | ChessPlayer56 | 1801 | 1.8 seconds |
| p00970 | w | JSorel | 1664 | logical move |
| p00982 | w | MasterThak | 1402 | I like 1...Kf4 |
| p00982 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | N fork: N(f5)g7+ attacks K(h5) and R(e8). |
| p00982 | w | DocB | 1237 | dnag gilz |
| p00984 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 36.7 seconds |
| p00984 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Great calculating problem: three king moves, two lose to mate. One piece interposition, also losing. After 1...Kg7, might still be tricky, but Black has the extra piece to help. |
| p00984 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | i didn't even notice i was in check! |
| p00984 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | if the other 2 king moves are losing than why aren't the line's analysis shown? |
| p00984 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 25.3 |
| p00984 | w | grom43 | 1654 | @JoshBrack. White threatens Qe6+ and Qf7# if black doesn't choose Kg7 to escape. Crafty gives that plus the next best line (giving up the Nf6). Crafty doesn't bother showing how badly you can lose; he only shows your two best choices. |
| p00986 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Good problem! |
| p00992 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.7 seconds |
| p00992 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.4 seconds now |
| p00992 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.1 seconds |
| p01001 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | i like this knight attack :) |
| p01001 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Nice combination... Setting up a fork. |
| p01015 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Nice way to solve the problem (in the common sense) |
| p01015 | b | dktransform | 1479 | not superficial, at all |
| p01016 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | But if White moves immediately 2.Rc8 (no check), then 2...d1+ (with check), and it's winning for Black! |
| p01016 | b | zappash | 1374 | you'd get the check mate with Rxc8, moving the queen first it doesn't make any difference for the final result.... |
| p01018 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | removal of defense, beautiful. |
| p01023 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | Somehow interesting. |
| p01023 | w | hmpf142000 | 1670 | a bit underrated... |
| p01023 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | last queen move is difficult. |
| p01023 | w | drad | 1651 | I like these puzzles |
| p01023 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Really underrated. |
| p01023 | w | stevie | 1222 | nice |
| p01023 | w | dktransform | 1479 | underrated for sure |
| p01025 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.6 seconds |
| p01026 | w | jokim | 2000 | Typical of how CTS works; in the initial position you look at Ne5, then the application's first move makes that the Knight has to go the other way. |
| p01026 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23171 to solve
10 seconds |
| p01026 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.7 seconds this time |
| p01028 | w | JSorel | 1664 | very nice (missed at first try with Qxd4) |
| p01035 | w | nemrod | 1406 | nice ;) |
| p01038 | b | wild | 1305 | took me a full minute but I got it! |
| p01042 | b | wild | 1305 | Not sure if I'd have the stones to play that in a game. |
| p01042 | b | ankka | 1302 | Well, you should have the nuts if you knew that you should play 3. Bxf7+! instead of 3. Bxh7+?. |
| p01046 | b | theKnife | 1671 | â—„ Position â–º 2r3k1/7p/1b2q1pB/6Q1/1p1Np3/2p3P1/5P1P/3R2K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p01051 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | removal of defense. |
| p01051 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Setting up the King for a fork. |
| p01056 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | If 2.gxh3, then its mate in three: 2...Qh4+ 3.Ke2 Rg2+ 4.Rf2 Qxf2++. |
| p01057 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | needs more moves, for goodness sakes
|
| p01057 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Saves White's rook (and wins a tempo). White goes on to win a rook and pawn against the loss of a bishop and knight. But at least White's rook pair survive. |
| p01058 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.1 seconds |
| p01059 | w | JSorel | 1664 | not so difficult for a 1850 |
| p01059 | w | JSorel | 1664 | everything is forced... |
| p01063 | b | pkendal | 1520 | very nice. |
| p01063 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | 7r/k1N2p2/ppb5/7p/3B1Q2/5P2/P2rqR1P/R6K b - - 0 1 |
| p01069 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | is there a point to this? |
| p01069 | w | bumbly | 1561 | These problems are completely useless. |
| p01069 | w | Elroch | 1453 | outrageous |
| p01069 | w | jokim | 2000 | Well, that is what CTS is; assessing a position quickly. Here for example you have to notice you won't lose material because of a checkmate on g7, for example. |
| p01069 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.5 seconds |
| p01069 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Exactly, jokim. |
| p01069 | w | kendal | 1531 | well said jokim |
| p01072 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.5 seconds |
| p01076 | w | bumbly | 1561 | What is with these 'only one logical move' problems? Waste of time and inflates ratings. |
| p01079 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: 2.Qd6+ attacks K(f8) and R(h2). |
| p01079 | b | howeworth | 1463 | What's wrong with RxQ? |
| p01079 | b | howeworth | 1463 | Ooops, I meant NxQ. |
| p01079 | b | wimpel | 1277 | @honeworth..
look at B7 |
| p01092 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds |
| p01092 | b | ChessMaster08 | 1308 | wow |
| p01092 | b | Garryback | 1581 | ? |
| p01103 | b | ShadowXenon | 1097 | This gave me a boner!!! |
| p01110 | b | wald | 1565 | Kh2 is not wrong, it only prolongs blacks misery by one move. |
| p01110 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | wald is right and wald is wrong - why would you play 2. Kh2 Qg1+ 3. Kg3 Qe3+ 4. Kh4 if you already had seen that 2. Kh4 was safe to play and winning? |
| p01110 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | You might do it if you had little time, there was an increment or another time control immediately coming up, and you were delaying analysing Kh4 for one of those reasons.(?) |
| p01110 | b | edgy | 1645 | solution should be extended |
| p01110 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.3 seconds |
| p01110 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | You've solved problem p01110 in 1.7 seconds. ( Result 1.00 : 0.00 )
Your new rating is 1758.20 (+3.32). |
| p01110 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | I agree with tomohawk - you are on move 39 and you have 1 secs left on your clock, just enough to calculate that Kh2 gets at least a draw and the time control is in 1 move - you play Kh2 then Kg3 fast and than you have time to think if kh4 is good. |
| p01110 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | repeating the position aside. i don't think black has a chance with Qe3+ cause it didn't look good to me and also if crafty suggested blacks's best choice was to play for a draw that's another big clue. so overall this is another crap problem imo. |
| p01111 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | failure
tempted by Bxb5 that wins only a pawn |
| p01111 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | failed again in the same trap had the feeling that it may be a trap but found nothing better |
| p01111 | b | milos62 | 1916 | Great. It takes imagination
to capture a queen in the
middle of the board. Not a hint of it in the initial position |
| p01111 | b | JSorel | 1664 | Bxb5 too... this time |
| p01111 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | trapped in the middle of the board! sort of agree with JS, that Bxb5 is also good, but really there is a big difference in value of result (+4.5 vs. +1.3) and really e5 is screaming to be played |
| p01111 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 9.5. all i have is imagination. i don't even know if i'm real or not! |
| p01119 | w | BughouseMaster | 1555 | Nice problem, but after thinking for about 20 secs I still couldn't see the solution! I had looked at Rxe5 but then after he takes back, didn't see the Ng3 Kh2 forced move and then Nf1+, forking... I felt this was tougher than 1475 rated problem. |
| p01119 | w | Chessdoom | 1586 | Greatproblem, but i agree wit bughousemaster, (not that i had it wrong, I got 0.64+ rating!) |
| p01119 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | @Bughousemaster: Yes, this problem is a great example of the need to EVALUATE FORCING MOVES LIKE A COMPUTER (1 ... Re8xBe5!, 2 ... Nh5-g3+, 3 ... Ng3-f1+) |
| p01119 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | @Bughousemaster: Yes, this problem is a great example of the need to EVALUATE FORCING MOVES LIKE A COMPUTER (1 ... Re8xBe5!, 2 ... Nh5-g3+, 3 ... Ng3-f1+) |
| p01119 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | N fork: R(e8)xe5(B) removes guard of g3 square. After R(e1)xe5(R), N(h5)g3+; Kh2, then Nf1+ forks K and Q(d2). |
| p01121 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.4 seconds
not so easy as the rating suggest because Bxb6 is alternative to think about |
| p01121 | w | themagician | 1543 | 1.7 seconds |
| p01123 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | Yet another example of the fork-overload trick. After 1 ... Nxd5? 2 Nxd5 Qxd5, White plays the fork-overload trick 3 Re1+!, to deflect the d1-rook from its defense of the White queen along the d-file. White loses material. Chernev used to say "When you double your rooks on an open file, you more than double their power". This problem makes a good example of this saying.
Without the doubled rooks the fork-overload trick would not work here since the White f3-knight defends the e1-checking focal point. |
| p01123 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Sometimes doubling rooks on an open file more than halves their value rather than more than doubles it! Despite what Irving Chernev or Irving Berling, for that matter, said. |
| p01123 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.4 seconds |
| p01126 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.8 seconds |
| p01126 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | 2 minor pieces for R |
| p01141 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | A wonderful example of the tactical theme . Here 1 ... Nxc4?? is a blunder because White can play 2 QxNc4!, exploiting the fact that the Black e6-bishop is an , having to both the Black c4-knight and the White e5-pawn to stop the e5-e6+, winning the Black f7-queen. |
| p01141 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | A wonderful example of the tactical theme BLOCAKADERS DO NOT DEFEND, THEY ONLY BLOCKADE. Here 1 ... Nxc4?? is a blunder because White can play 2 QxNc4!, exploiting the fact that the Black e6-bishop is an OVERWORKED BLOCKADER, having to both DEFEND the Black c4-knight and BLOCKADE the White e5-pawn to stop the DISCOVERED CHECK e5-e6+, winning the Black f7-queen. |
| p01141 | b | Sidorsky | 1502 | should be rated higher |
| p01141 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | wonderful, but difficult for the rating. |
| p01141 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Very nice discovered check! |
| p01142 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.9 seconds |
| p01143 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.2 seconds |
| p01143 | w | themagician | 1543 | a recapture again |
| p01143 | w | barz | 1708 | r1bq1bk1/pp6/3n2p1/3Ppn1p/4p3/BPN5/P3BNPP/R2Q3K w - - 0 1 |
| p01153 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 22.3 seconds |
| p01158 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.0 seconds |
| p01158 | w | theKnife | 1671 | â—„ Position â–º r1b2rk1/p3bppp/2pq1n2/6B1/3pp3/1N3N2/PPP1QPPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p01161 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 1n2kr2/p6Q/bnB1p1p1/4N3/2pqP3/P5P1/5P1P/1R3K1R b - - 0 1 |
| p01164 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.6 seconds |
| p01167 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds
new record of 1776 |
| p01167 | w | Alseki | 1484 | Well boo for you. :) |
| p01172 | b | greatkid | 1694 | p01172 3.0 secs overrated of a lot should be 1626 |
| p01172 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | 3.Rg1+ should also win, although not as convincingly |
| p01174 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failure
tempting sacrifice Qxg2+ that I played too fast when the quiet checks are winning |
| p01174 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | need more moves
The idea is 3.Kh1 Rh4+ 4.Bh3 d4+ |
| p01174 | w | barz | 1708 | 1r2k3/1b3pp1/p3p3/2Pp4/1Q5r/1N4q1/PP4B1/R3RK2 w - - 0 1 |
| p01175 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | B fork: After ...N(c5)d3+; R(d1)xd3(N), if B(e4)xd3(R), then B(d5)Xb7, forking Black's Rs on a8 and c8. |
| p01175 | b | pdubs | 1146 | I don't see that as a great outcome - doesn't forking black's R's leave vulnerable to Rxa2 and eventual loss of white's last remaining rook? |
| p01176 | b | Improchess | 2054 | +2.20?¿?¿? |
| p01176 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | white up 2 pieces and pawn for rook; +2.20 makes sense |
| p01176 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 5rk1/pp3p1p/6p1/3P4/bP6/2b1B3/P2RKPPP/2rB2NR b - - 0 1 |
| p01180 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | Should play out two more moves. |
| p01184 | b | Leucky | 1538 | Nice to have problems with quiet moves. |
| p01184 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.7 seconds
relatively easy
not quiet move but mate threat. |
| p01192 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.2 seconds |
| p01200 | b | tmprat | 1274 | Too easy |
| p01202 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.5 seconds |
| p01202 | b | grom43 | 1654 | I liked 2 Bd3 attacking g6, but it is not forcing. |
| p01203 | w | Kenicht | 1300 | Ye olden zwichenzug. Gotta get all your checks in before you cash in on a plain Jane trade. |
| p01208 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | too easy for the rating. |
| p01218 | b | edgy | 1645 | Nxc6 also kills |
| p01218 | b | nabla | 1861 | 1.Nxc6? Bb4! 2.Nxd8 c2+ |
| p01218 | b | JoeLag | 1409 | 8 tries at all, 5 failed tries and 3 tries |
| p01218 | b | JoeLag | 1409 | 8 tries at all, 5 failed tries and 3 tries less or equal 1 sec. What should you think of that? |
| p01218 | b | Mattdw | 1364 | Nxc6 is blunder as it is overlooking an altogether more superiour move. Bh5+ is mate if black just tries to sidestep the check. The only way out for black is to play Nxh5 (as the knight is the only thing blocking the kings escape route after the next move), which forces Ke7 which then makes Nxc6 a winning move. |
| p01218 | b | InfamousG | 1217 | Excellent problem, sacrificing the bishop to fork the queen.
While Nxc6 will win the queen (if 1.Nxc6 Qb6 2.Bh5+ Nxh5 3.Qh5#), it can force a difficult time after. Bb4 should not be "!" because of Nxb4 preventing the trade of queens by the threat from c2+ and an altogether more complicated game after. 1.Bh5+ forces 1...Nxh5 2.Qh5+ Ke7 3.Nxc6 Kf6 4.Nxd8 Winning Knight, Pawn, Queen and excellent positition for a Bishop. |
| p01218 | b | Garryback | 1581 | super |
| p01218 | b | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | Agreed with InfamousG... but it wasn't much of a bishop sacrafice... |
| p01223 | b | deadbeatoz | 1904 | qb8+ is totally won as well |
| p01223 | b | milos62 | 1916 | Stupid problem. Qb8 also wins. |
| p01223 | b | chessidiot | 1219 | Qb8, Qf8 and u don't get anything. The solution is correct |
| p01224 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Why suspended? What's crafty auto? |
| p01224 | b | Oded | 1762 | I guess it's because the evaluation difference between the two moves is too small. They both draw. |
| p01228 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Funny desperado. |
| p01228 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Saw it again. Loved it just as much the second time. |
| p01228 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failed by 2...Qxd5 and could find the correct move with slightly more time |
| p01238 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Definitely should extend solution. |
| p01238 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 27.7 seconds
agree with tomohawk |
| p01240 | b | ngnblcn | 1851 | nice |
| p01242 | b | Elroch | 1453 | 2. ...Kg7 3. Qf8+ Kf6 4. Rxa8 |
| p01242 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Thanks elroch. |
| p01244 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | and then... |
| p01244 | b | ghost1 | 1193 | king g8 and tour a8 mat |
| p01250 | b | sleiman | 1406 | response to the check: Rook mate! |
| p01253 | b | impromptus | 1450 | wow this is quite a long sequence.. |
| p01253 | b | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | Last move shouldn't be needed. It's forced anyways. |
| p01253 | b | mazette | 1350 | I am unsure whether this is a fearless or a chicken king. |
| p01255 | w | Fromper | 1338 | Tricky. Good endgame exercise. |
| p01255 | w | knobgoblin | 1444 | Nice. |
| p01257 | b | jokim | 2000 | Rad1 instead of Bb5+ appears correct |
| p01257 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | have to sort of agree with jokim (I got the solution "right", though!) |
| p01258 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.1 seconds |
| p01259 | b | fatherpeter | 1483 | clever.... |
| p01267 | b | Wojtas257 | 1516 | GREAT |
| p01267 | b | Fromper | 1338 | Oddly, that last move took some thought. I must really suck if it takes me that long to find the one and only move that avoids mate. |
| p01267 | b | underated | 1374 | yeah that trap was set and I was thinking of attack...attack...silly me. |
| p01267 | b | memo | 1570 | Ugly but instructive |
| p01269 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | 2. Qe4+ is very much winning too, leaving White a full piece up with Black's king dreadfully exposed. 2. Qe6+ is mate in 9, which is a bit much to expect anyone to calculate in 3 seconds. Therefore a 50/50 guess for either of two winning moves in 3 seconds. FUCK OFF YOU PRAT. |
| p01269 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Much too long |
| p01269 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Solution should make player find more moves (but don't toss in 2...Bf6) |
| p01269 | b | Vandebent | 1701 | Disgusting. I fully agree with floreatdunum. |
| p01269 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Mating net. The computer chucks the bishop (2. Qe6+ Bf6 3. Qxf6+) else it's quicker. Also after 2. Qe4+ Kf7, if 3 Bb8 white's winning, but there's a long way to go and if 3 Qh4? black wins. |
| p01269 | b | drad | 1651 | umm.. Qe4 is not a full piece up.. it's like 2 pawns up.. assuming white plays perfectly. the mating net is far safer and easier |
| p01269 | b | kendal | 1531 | What's wrong with you? Qe6+ is CLEARLY the better option, preventing the king from squeaking away out of the net. |
| p01269 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | What's wrong is that there are two winning moves, yet points are only rewarded for one of them. Everyone here knows that Qe6+ is CLEARLY the better option because is it CLEARLY pointed out by crafty. No need to state the obvious, but it is unfair to ask us to find a mate in 9 in under 3 seconds when there is a simpler way to win. |
| p01283 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | this is 1831? This should be like 1950. Get lessons on how to rate problems please |
| p01283 | w | Improchess | 2054 | Este problema es muy complicado. Nada de 1842 |
| p01283 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | The is a very tough one...! |
| p01283 | w | chessyeti | 1756 | Arthurrocks, it is you and me and everyone who does the problems who rate them, it is not some person from the emrald server. For example I found it so it is now 1841 instead of 1843 |
| p01283 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | now it is 1844.8.
but
I admit that I do not know how to rate problems and I solved it in 7.5 seconds and reduced the rating of the problem.
As one of the persons who is now responsible for the fact that the problem has not something like 1950 but lower rating
Maybe Arthurroks can give me some lessons how to rate problems better. |
| p01288 | b | slacker00 | 1521 | I was completely blind to that move. Could've given me all day, I wouldn't have seen it. |
| p01288 | b | tjumen | 1598 | far from the obvious move |
| p01288 | b | loot | 1486 | surprised it's not higher |
| p01288 | b | mimano | 1404 | nice |
| p01288 | b | Aleric | 1393 | I tried every other move first before I "saw" it :/ |
| p01288 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | interception |
| p01301 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | interesting puzzle. |
| p01302 | b | underated | 1374 | why did I throw the rook into the fray... |
| p01302 | b | Tacticus | 1639 | A relatively hard problem because of the need to combine offense and defense. Should be higher rated. |
| p01302 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | tough to solve in 3 seconds |
| p01303 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Took me a while to see the pin. |
| p01304 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 51.9 seconds |
| p01304 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r4rk1/ppp1bppp/n1p3q1/4Pb2/2RN4/2N1BQ2/PPP2PPP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p01308 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | if you see it, its so easy |
| p01309 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | last minute salvation :) |
| p01312 | w | DocB | 1237 | worship obabma
obama you disgusting nations |
| p01315 | w | LoseOften | 1457 | This problem is, i think, much more difficult than 1384 |
| p01315 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | This problem is ridiculously difficult. It should be rated 2100 at the bare minimum. Even 2.Bxb5+ axb5 3.Qxa1 should throw off many 1600 tacticians, not to mention the crafty line, that has a *THIRD* Queen capture at c6! The beauty of the crafty line is *****, but I have to give it * because 1300 players just guess the right answer without even seeing the simplest of White's responses. |
| p01315 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | I meant a third queen capture at move 6, not c6--actually c7. |
| p01315 | w | notquitekarpov | 1381 | Agreed. I rejected b5 on basis of Bxb5 and if axb5, Qxa1 but then I am only 1375 rated. A really difficult solution to find for grade given. |
| p01315 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | why not show the continuation? Would be very interesting. Can be analysed in Fritz. But is complicated to transfer it. |
| p01315 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | too complicated for this rating. Have to think 6 moves ahead !! |
| p01315 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | with luck i got the solution, but without knowing, if it was really a good move. im rated 1180 at the moment. :) |
| p01315 | w | Subrosian | 1658 | 2. Bxb5+ axb5 3. Qxa8 Bxh7
Not that complicated... |
| p01315 | w | Subrosian | 1658 | The crafty line is inaccurate, as well. After playing ...b5, white should play Qb4!
THEN if black plays ...Bxh7, then Qg4+ Ke7 Qe6# |
| p01315 | w | Lenz | 1609 | Very bad because it doesn't test the skill right. In fact, the less you look ahead the better. |
| p01315 | w | amyii | 1354 | as usual , you have to answer in 3" not to lose points, instead of giving the whole line in a reasonable time. It would better to limit the choice to 2-3 movers with forced lines to reinforce patterns, which is the ratio of such a brief time. |
| p01319 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | here its not necessary show the next move, its supereasy. |
| p01319 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Discovered attack. |
| p01323 | b | DocB | 1237 | yeoman bear |
| p01331 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | This problem should make people find 3...Kxf7; I didn't think it was obvious.
|
| p01331 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23299 to solve
11.4 seconds
3...Kxf7 was obvious to me |
| p01331 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failure
chose the wrong check this time
2...Nf3+
thought that white needs to protect the queen and the knight is between the rooks so black played Kxf7 but of course it is possible to capture the knight. |
| p01331 | w | themagician | 1543 | Kxf7 is obvious. |
| p01331 | w | themagician | 1543 | this time 3.2 seconds instead of 2.8 of yesterday |
| p01331 | w | JSorel | 1664 | I think that Kxf7 should be included. |
| p01331 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with JSorel and smotherhubbard. |
| p01332 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | A discovered attack that wins a piece. |
| p01335 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | complicated continuation :( |
| p01335 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | it was a guess move, because there was a mate threat of black present. |
| p01335 | b | Mikeiavelli | 1301 | After gxe6; Qe6#! |
| p01335 | b | Mikeiavelli | 1301 | (Sorry, I meant "after fxe6"...)
|
| p01335 | b | Mikeiavelli | 1301 | OK, OK, I need some coffee: Rxe6+, then if ...fxe6, we have Qxe6+; Be7, QxBe7#. But you saw that, didn't you? |
| p01340 | b | raimond1996 | 1505 | hoi |
| p01342 | b | LowScore | 1564 | Okay Qc5+ wins with +4.24 and Qf4+ wins with +6.64 ...come on. |
| p01342 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 57.8 seconds
thought too much about other checks |
| p01342 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | agree with LowScore - rubbish - as various things win easily |
| p01344 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | 1863? |
| p01344 | w | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | Probably many people tried attacking with the Bishop, which is needed for pinning the pawn |
| p01344 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 4rrk1/bp3qpp/p1b2n2/3pp3/1P6/P1PB2B1/4QPPP/3NRRK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p01347 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | A great one! |
| p01350 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.8 seconds |
| p01350 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.8 seconds |
| p01350 | b | drad | 1651 | blacks check threat is telling |
| p01358 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | too easy. |
| p01365 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r1k2b1r/2q2ppp/p1Ppnn2/2P5/8/6P1/P4PBP/1RBQR1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p01369 | b | padman | 1706 | maybe I missed something silly, but doesnt queen takes f5 check win in the same way?? |
| p01369 | b | padman | 1706 | damn, q*f5+, king takes, rook checks, and then the black pawn can block...my mistke!! |
| p01369 | b | sven | 1633 | the pawn can block, but still f4+ is possible. This would win was it not for gf: ep. |
| p01369 | b | kitaro | 1614 | since Qxe4 is not check, black can play Qf3+, then you can forget the mating net. The right move is Qxf5+. I want my points back |
| p01369 | b | kitaro | 1614 | ohh I see the e5 pawn block. dont pay attention to the last comment |
| p01369 | b | izicik | 1960 | nice |
| p01369 | b | Improchess | 2054 | 1.Qxf5? |
| p01369 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Qxf5 Kxf5 Rd5+ e5! |
| p01369 | b | theKnife | 1671 | â—„ Position â–º 3R1b1r/p3p2p/2R3k1/2PQ1p2/4n1p1/q5P1/5PKP/8 b - - 0 1 |
| p01390 | b | BughouseMaster | 1555 | What makes this problem difficult is the fact that the last move, Ne3, FORKS the 2 rooks and upon first glance makes the white player worry about his position. That's why you see so many people failing this problem. |
| p01390 | b | Chessdoom | 1586 | A excellent move great! |
| p01390 | b | JSorel | 1664 | You've solved problem p01390 in 1.5 seconds ;-))) |
| p01390 | b | tjumen | 1598 | 10.5 seconds ) |
| p01394 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | very messy position |
| p01394 | w | JamesBJames | 1657 | This position is extremely messy. Geez. |
| p01394 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 4.8 sec not very messy, when you think about it. How do you think White can mate your King?? |
| p01394 | w | sleiman | 1406 | should be easy, but there's too much to think about in so little time. |
| p01394 | w | musiclife | 1602 | I can't believe this is only a 1 move problem... |
| p01398 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.3 seconds |
| p01398 | w | mavaddat | 1579 | Sometimes, you have to take a perpetual draw. Tactics aren't just for winning!! |
| p01409 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | This is a trap for the unwary...
Not that I faltered, of course! |
| p01411 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | hmm, doppelangriff :) - it was so common, so i looked for other solutions. |
| p01413 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | I changed my mind. This one sucks. |
| p01413 | b | edgy | 1645 | One move. Totally absurd. Continue solution with 2. ...Ke7 3.Re4+ Kf8 and now? |
| p01413 | b | chris2001 | 1747 | 2. ...Ke7 3.Re4+ Kf8 4. Qd6+ Kf8 5. Rg4+ Kh6 6. Qf6+ isn´t it? |
| p01413 | b | tjumen | 1598 | The solution is longer than one move. It takes several moves to win material. |
| p01413 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | needs more moves - it isn't even clear from one move whehter white thinks he wins or draws! |
| p01413 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with the others. Needs more moves. |
| p01413 | b | drad | 1651 | 126 seconds |
| p01424 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | there is something wrong. Crafty shows 2.Kxf3. :( |
| p01424 | w | kendal | 1531 | @wolf: yes, because that would be best. |
| p01427 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | The king is a poor defender of pieces, because it has to avoid checks. |
| p01432 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Nice blocking tactic. |
| p01433 | w | scuba | 1321 | whats so horrible about Kh8 |
| p01433 | w | mtracey | 1552 | If Kh8 then Qf6 is mate |
| p01434 | b | underated | 1374 | I got distracted. |
| p01434 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | continuation? |
| p01435 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.9 seconds |
| p01435 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | hanging pieces, exposed Q, Q fork |
| p01436 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.2 seconds
hesitated too much about defensive moves. |
| p01438 | w | tacticaldeep | 1821 | quite good exercise, but after 1.Rxd1 Qxe7 2.Rxe7 Nxe7 3.Rd7!= fe.3...Rc1+ 4.Bf1 Nc6 5.Rc7 g5. |
| p01438 | w | tacticaldeep | 1821 | im sorry first 5.Kg2! is better threatening 6.Bb5! |
| p01438 | w | tacticaldeep | 1821 | thats it!? |
| p01438 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 36.5 seconds |
| p01438 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds this time |
| p01439 | w | wild | 1305 | bah. I missed the mate threat and played Re7. I'm an idiot.... good problem |
| p01439 | w | varun3 | 1501 | what mate threat? |
| p01442 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Played 2 Bg5 which also wins, but not as fast as best move: 2 Re7. Nice. |
| p01447 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Nice misdirection. |
| p01447 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 18.3 seconds |
| p01447 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 37.2 seconds |
| p01458 | b | grom43 | 1654 | A nice pattern to know. |
| p01460 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.5 seconds
the point is to promote the pawn. |
| p01460 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.6 seconds this time |
| p01460 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 0.8 seconds this time |
| p01460 | b | chessjunkie001 | 1602 | A recapture... so instructive! |
| p01460 | b | jedzz | 1511 | It's not "just a recapture," and if you got it right without understanding why it's correct, then you just got lucky. Capturing with the knight allows 1. ... Bf4, and promoting the pawn becomes far more difficult. 1. Kxe4 is an easy and decisive victory. |
| p01462 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | 1st move is very normal, but the obsure 2nd move is indeed quite a great move. Let's mate, guys! |
| p01463 | w | wild | 1305 | I had a hard time seeing this one.. recognized it as a Q trap problem but couldn't find the move |
| p01463 | w | DocB | 1237 | lets have a gasm |
| p01463 | w | KingKarrl | 1163 | Same here wild. |
| p01467 | w | abcdef | 1573 | cool |
| p01467 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failed played Bg2+ that is bad order of moves and does not work |
| p01467 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.4 seconds |
| p01474 | w | amyii | 1354 | simple discovered attack |
| p01480 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | very, very easy |
| p01487 | b | wild | 1305 | tricky |
| p01487 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Rb6 threatens Rb8#, which Black cannot prevent. |
| p01488 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | A beautiful example of BLACKBURNE'S OTHER MATE follows after 2 ... Kh8-g8 3 Nf5-h6#. For a recent example of this mating pattern, see the great game Cheparinov-Ivanchuk M-Tel Masters 2008, round 10. |
| p01488 | b | Alseki | 1484 | I like this problem a lot, though it took me a while. |
| p01495 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | hmmm, fork. |
| p01495 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | when i found it, i laughed. ;) |
| p01495 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | B fork: B(c8)e6 forks N(f7) and N(d5). |
| p01495 | w | Dzergwuh | 1147 | That seems reasonable, but it opens to... 1. Nd5 Be6 2. Nc2, which minimizes the damage significantly. |
| p01498 | w | Holy | 1098 | Every piece is still on the board. Has the themes of discovered attack, bishop fork, and removing/distracting the defender. |
| p01498 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Triple counter-threat: ...N(c6)xd4(N) threatens ...N(d4)xb3(Q), or R(c8)xc1(R)+, or Q(a6)xd6(N) |
| p01501 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Should extend the solution. |
| p01501 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 29.0 seconds
agree |
| p01501 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | agreed |
| p01501 | b | themagician | 1543 | Its me that extends it: 2.Rxf8+ a) 2... Ke7 3.Qf6+ Kxf8 4.Qh8+ Ke7 5.Nd5+ exd5 (5...Nxd5 6.Bf6+ Nxf6 7.gxf6#, 5...Qxd5 6.Bf6#) 6.Bf6+ Ke6 7.Bh3#. b) 2...Kxf8 3.Qh8+ Ke7 4.Nd5+ is the same as above. |
| p01502 | w | theKnife | 1671 | â—„ Position â–º 5rk1/p3Bpb1/1q1p2p1/1p1B1P1n/8/4Q3/P1P2p2/1K1R4 w - - 0 1 |
| p01513 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | cool |
| p01513 | b | greatkid | 1694 | underrated |
| p01513 | b | Aleric | 1393 | 105.5 seconds... but I still don't understand why. |
| p01513 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | the reason is that you have a decisive material advantage |
| p01513 | b | mazette | 1350 | The material advantage seems less than decisive. Just about one pawn-equivalent more. |
| p01513 | b | memo | 1570 | You are temporarily up a piece, but the opponent threatens to win it back. Instead of giving back a whole piece, you find a combo gives back a Q for R + B. |
| p01516 | b | Elroch | 1453 | It should be easy to see that the K has no moves and any check will mate, but... |
| p01518 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 6.3 |
| p01518 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Although Rf2 is the only move, Crafty's evaluation is false. This is a draw because Black has perpetual check. |
| p01518 | b | theKnife | 1671 | r3k3/1b3p1p/p3p3/2p5/7q/pP3P2/P1P1B3/R1Q2RK1 b q - 0 1 |
| p01520 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | too easy |
| p01522 | b | camembert | 1620 | Couldn't the solution be extended with something like 2...Qh6 3.Qc3+ (and maybe even on to 3...Kh7 4.Nf6+)? Those moves are the only ones that win, and I think they make the point of the problem clearer. |
| p01522 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | I agree with Camembert |
| p01522 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | I agree as well. Many problems are like this one. They end too soon and can't be "correct" if you can't find out the entire sequence. Otherwise it is just guessing. |
| p01522 | b | grom43 | 1654 | On the other hand, 2 Nf1 would look better if you didn't see the Q check on long diagonal? |
| p01524 | w | RagingSurf | 1485 | nice backward move that we sometimes fail to take into consideration,... |
| p01532 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | what a Q sacrifice ! |
| p01532 | w | peterbrace | 1205 | nice |
| p01532 | w | Miloexe | 1213 | Truly beautiful.
|
| p01532 | w | stoyan | 1167 | Beautiful sacrifice and trap! |
| p01532 | w | mavaddat | 1579 | Ah, the ol' Snuffleupagus mate. |
| p01532 | w | wild | 1305 | Isn't Snufflepaugus a character from the Muppets??? |
| p01532 | w | cindybro | 1191 | wow |
| p01532 | w | jackduluoz | 1269 | nice, i wasn't able to find it ;) |
| p01532 | w | ibis | 1460 | Really good choice. |
| p01540 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | Here White made a QUIESCENT ERROR: he stopped analyzing after 2 Bg2xBa8, overlooking the crushing CHECK 2 ... Qd8-a5+ which wins the UNDEFENDED White a8-bishop. You simply -CANNOT- stop your calculations while your opponent still has FORCING MOVES in the position, like Black's 2 ... Qd8-a5+ here. |
| p01540 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | White's QUIESCENT ERROR here is especially egregious because after 2 Bg2xBa8 he has both an EXPOSED KING (White e1-king) and an UNDEFENDED PIECE (White a8-bishop). These tactical factors simply cry out for a FORK, and 2 ... Qd8-a5+ is it. |
| p01540 | w | justwar85 | 1473 | yes, the QUIESCENT ERROR should not be taken lightly, for if white continues to play like this his EXPOSED KING is likely to meet many untimely CHECKMATES, and may incline the player to consider early RETIREMENT. |
| p01540 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | I wonder with these ones whether the relatively low rating of 1573 is due to some blockheads missing Bxa8 altogether! |
| p01540 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | I don't see the problem with 1...Qa5+ 2.Bd2 Qxb5 |
| p01540 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º bn1qk2r/4bppp/2p1pn2/1p6/8/2NP2P1/1PQ1PPBP/2B1K1NR w Kk - 0 1 |
| p01540 | w | barz | 1708 | JoshBrack : 1...Qa5+ 2.Nc3 |
| p01543 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 22.9 seconds
hesitated if to play f3 first but it does not work because of Bc8 3.Bb6 Qd6 Bxa5 Qc5+ |
| p01543 | b | LowestRd | 1946 | Nice,... I didn't see that |
| p01544 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | An excellent combination that looks like it results from an Open Sicilian position. 2 Nf5+!! e6xf5 is a LINE-OPENING SACRIFICE that open both the d-file and the a2-g8 diagonal. The opening of these two lines to the Black e7-king creates two LOOSE SQUARES next to the Black king, the Black d7-knight and Black f7-pawn. Then 3 Rxd7+!! Kxd7 is a KING DEFLECTION, DEFLECTING the Black e7-king from defending the f7-square, allowing 4 Qxf7+, winning. |
| p01544 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | pretty...hard to find ! |
| p01544 | b | malvig | 1664 | underrated problem |
| p01550 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | The famous SIBERIAN TRAP. If 2 NxN??, then 2 ... QxP#. |
| p01550 | w | amok | 1657 | very nice |
| p01550 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | missed it and played Nxh2 |
| p01557 | w | Braydin | 1131 | Unless I'm mistaken Qh1# is also a solution, but will give you a failed rating. |
| p01557 | w | fulmar | 1290 | If Qh1+ then Bf1 |
| p01559 | w | underated | 1374 | nice little one 2 there. liked it. liked it a lot. |
| p01562 | b | diegoami | 1392 | Ng5 wins too |
| p01562 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Ng5 f5 |
| p01562 | b | impromptus | 1450 | I thought Ng5 would work lol |
| p01562 | b | macLeay | 1639 | I think Ng5 loses three pieces for the queen. |
| p01563 | w | thingfish | 1345 | easy, but pretty, especially with the white queen still on the board. |
| p01563 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | 1...Rh3+ fails: after 2. Kg5, the enemy king can then slip out with 3.Kf4 |
| p01564 | b | tpollet | 1651 | Très subtil dans l'idée. C'est une prise qui permet la bonne déviation. |
| p01564 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23012 to solve
13.3 seconds
should think faster about trading pieces but I did not like first to trade pinned knight.
I think that this problem should get higher rating than 1598.3 |
| p01564 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | i agree with uriblass |
| p01569 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | N fork + pin |
| p01571 | b | CLance | 2086 | :-) |
| p01573 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | The power of the diagonal. |
| p01575 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.8 seconds |
| p01575 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.8 seconds |
| p01575 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | trap |
| p01585 | w | plopje | 1678 | I couldn't see a defence at first. Mate in one I didn't expect that at first. |
| p01585 | w | LowScore | 1564 | Patzer sees check, patzer delivers check! :-) |
| p01585 | w | Alseki | 1484 | Over rated problem? |
| p01585 | w | CryptorKid | 1348 | over rated |
| p01585 | w | kendal | 1531 | It's only rated where it is because a lot of people got it wrong. |
| p01585 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r2r4/1p1b1p1p/p3p2k/4q2n/8/1BP2Q2/PP3PPR/R6K w - - 0 1 |
| p01587 | b | wetpaste | 1344 | Qd3 looks pretty interesting as well |
| p01589 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | didnot find it easily.... |
| p01589 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | The King is a poor defender of pieces! |
| p01592 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | surprise ;) |
| p01592 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | hmmm, its so tenting taking the rook. (Its better always looking for mate). |
| p01592 | b | johangnorman | 1341 | beautiful study, I never saw the solution, congratulations to whoever did solve it in the first attempt. |
| p01592 | b | herrahuh | 1331 | Nice pins. |
| p01593 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | White had a major mental malfunction that day... |
| p01616 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | removal of defense. A difficult one. |
| p01622 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | yeah, i like it. |
| p01626 | w | snakehead | 1475 | D'Oh! |
| p01631 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.6 seconds |
| p01631 | b | drad | 1651 | damn it I always get this freakin puzzle wrong |
| p01631 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Obvious what you'll do after 2...Ka7, but what if Black plays best move? 2 a5+ Kb5 3 Rc5+. Does that help, drad? |
| p01631 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 2R5/1p1r2p1/p1k1p1Qp/4q2P/PP6/6P1/5P1K/8 b - - 0 1 |
| p01633 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | not too easy to find... |
| p01637 | w | blcnngn | 2223 | not difficult as 2138 |
| p01641 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.4 seconds |
| p01641 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 2rr2k1/1p2qpp1/4pn1p/p1b5/P7/1Q2PBP1/1PN2P1P/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p01644 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | poor Queen. |
| p01649 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | mate in 1 |
| p01653 | w | barz | 1708 | 2rq1rk1/5pb1/2n1b1pp/pnp1p3/3pP3/P2P1NPP/1PQ2PBK/R1B1RN2 w - - 0 1 |
| p01654 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | hmm, its mate if you dont do nothing... |
| p01654 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Look for the pin !! |
| p01659 | b | edgy | 1645 | don't see why Rxf8 and then e5 doesn't work |
| p01659 | b | Sagwagon | 1588 | because of 1.RxB RxR 2 e5+ Nxe5 |
| p01659 | b | Sagwagon | 1588 | because of 1.RxB RxR 2 e5+ Nxe5 |
| p01659 | b | Sagwagon | 1588 | haha i didnt know that hitting the back button would post it twice..anyway i thought you said RxB not RxR so..forget my two posts :D
|
| p01659 | b | Sagwagon | 1588 | because of 1.RxB RxR 2 e5+ Nxe5 |
| p01659 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Rxf8 Rxf8 e5+ Bxe5 Ne4+ and the king may go back down |
| p01659 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 276.2 dude, rxf8 is in the analysis lines... |
| p01662 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | I agree with tomohawk. This is indeed an excellent problem. |
| p01662 | b | kwanpin | 1752 | fantastic...!!!!!!!!! |
| p01662 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | very hard to find
did not know what to do and played Qd2.
Qe5 seems illogical even after seeing the solution(it threats mate but it is surprising that even after capturing the queen black cannot prevent mate. |
| p01662 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 63.2 seconds, one of the best problems here! |
| p01663 | w | underated | 1374 | hesitant to sack the queen. but it looked so good. |
| p01663 | w | limbo696 | 1359 | i couldn't spot this one. |
| p01663 | w | limbo696 | 1359 | i couldn't spot this one. |
| p01668 | b | john2001plus | 1562 | Practical, but not very pretty. Queen takes queen. D'oh. |
| p01670 | b | FireGarden | 1557 | I think more people might fail this if they were asked for a further move. The point of the tactic is that after
1. ... hxg5
2. hxg5 Bxg5
3. Rh2+ is a discovered attack on the black rook. So black can't save his bishop.
At the moment, some of the people who solve this position may simply be recapturing a pawn. Right move for less than best reason. |
| p01670 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | and what then ? |
| p01670 | b | herrahuh | 1331 | Agreed with previous comments. |
| p01673 | w | limbo696 | 1359 | only legal move |
| p01673 | w | InfamousG | 1217 | 1...Kc7 or 1...Kc5 are both legal moves. Both lead to a struggle for position and potentially a draw by 3-fold reptition as white is in a much tougher position. Nb6 effictely removes the White Queen from the game with her only two safe squares are her current position and Qa7. The White Bishop is pinned to the King. Regardless of White's next move, exploiting the pin and Black's pawn threat should make quick work to check mate. Nb6 is far superior to moving the king. |
| p01673 | w | InfamousG | 1217 | 1...Kc7 or 1...Kc5 are both legal moves. Both lead to a struggle for position and potentially a draw by 3-fold reptition as white is in a much tougher position. Nb6 effictely removes the White Queen from the game with her only two safe squares are her current position and Qa7. The White Bishop is pinned to the King. Regardless of White's next move, exploiting the pin and Black's pawn threat should make quick work to check mate. Nb6 is far superior to moving the king. |
| p01674 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | A delectable variation of the Hook and Ladder trick ! |
| p01675 | b | theKnife | 1671 | â—„ Position â–º r1b2Q2/pppqN2p/3p2pk/4b3/2P5/1P4P1/P5BP/6K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p01676 | b | tjumen | 1598 | Great exercise for calculating forced lines. |
| p01676 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.7 seconds |
| p01676 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r4rk1/1p3ppp/pqb1pn2/8/1b2P3/1NN3Q1/PP1B1PPP/2RR2K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p01684 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.2 seconds |
| p01684 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.7 seconds |
| p01684 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Find the tempo gain for your N or lose! |
| p01686 | b | Iliev | 1596 | more moves |
| p01686 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 27.5 seconds
hesitated too much |
| p01686 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.1 seconds |
| p01686 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.7 seconds |
| p01694 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | missed qf2 bf1 |
| p01698 | b | impromptus | 1450 | almost got me lol |
| p01698 | b | deusdeusdeus | 1459 | It has two solutions |
| p01698 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | 8/8/3p1Q1p/2p3p1/5kPn/3r3P/8/6K1 b - - 0 1
No two solutions Qf2-f1 is only winning line |
| p01703 | b | nune | 1526 | Rxb2 is clearly winning also |
| p01703 | b | chessidiot | 1219 | not really. all it does is regaining the pawn |
| p01703 | b | Stress | 1659 | Rxb2 is clearly winning also. |
| p01703 | b | Leucky | 1538 | don't cry - find the BEST move! :-) |
| p01703 | b | drad | 1651 | I sympathise with people who lose crap loads of rating points off this puzzle |
| p01703 | b | GameOfChance | 1411 | Very nice one.
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| p01703 | b | theKnife | 1671 | â—„ Position â–º 4r2k/1R5p/3p4/3N4/P4r2/5P2/1n5P/5RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p01706 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.8 seconds |
| p01706 | b | Jackson123 | 1138 | 32.8 seconds |
| p01710 | w | ChessMaster08 | 1308 | cool problem
|
| p01712 | w | loot | 1486 | kinda forced |
| p01712 | w | JSorel | 1664 | I liked it... |
| p01712 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Taking time to realize that Kf7 is not possible (Nh6, duh). Then there isn't any choice... |
| p01718 | w | hmpf142000 | 1670 | Stupid problem were qxb1 works as well! |
| p01718 | w | piedmon | 1421 | Qxb1 wins as well. |
| p01718 | w | ealster2004 | 1632 | Well, as the crafty analysis shows Nf7+ is clearly much better because white does not get counterplay but puzzles classically are not supposed to take that stuff into account so I think the puzzle should be withdrawn. |
| p01718 | w | RedBeetle | 1508 | yep. Qxb1 should work |
| p01718 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Qxb1
failed to see that the queen is defended by the bishop so thought that Qxb1 is better. |
| p01718 | w | chessyeti | 1756 | Nf2 is clearly better than Qb1, so in a blitz or zeitnot you'dd play Nf2, since it is the best. And here we have max 8 seconds to win elo points so its like a blitz: play the best move, it's all that counts. |
| p01718 | w | drad | 1651 | yep this is a great puzzle, Qxb1 fails to see the horde of white pieces bearing down on your king |
| p01718 | w | Zuggy | 1902 | Problems still shouldn't have multiple solutions. |
| p01718 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | To chessyeti: I don't know what kind of blitz u play.... but all i was taught was to win. Always playing the best move isn't necessary. |
| p01718 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Ah... This again. |
| p01719 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | nice one! got me! i'll get it next time i think! :) |
| p01721 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.2 seconds |
| p01721 | b | theKnife | 1671 | â—„ Position â–º r2q1rk1/4bppp/p1b1p3/Pp1n4/1n1PN3/1B3N1P/1P1BQPP1/2RR2K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p01723 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.6 seconds
solution too short
should include 3.Be2 Rf5+ |
| p01732 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 3.7 seconds |
| p01732 | b | barz | 1708 | r2r2k1/pp1bbpp1/2n2n1p/q2R2N1/2B2B1P/P3P3/1PQ2PP1/1K5R b - - 0 1 |
| p01736 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.4 seconds |
| p01736 | b | loot | 1486 | 13.3 seconds |
| p01743 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | here continuation isnt necessary. |
| p01755 | w | tpollet | 1651 | Ne pas avoir peur d'un échec.
Je ne pense pas avoir tout vu.
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| p01759 | b | Kacparov | 2002 | underrated |
| p01759 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I disagree
memorized all the solution. |
| p01759 | b | drad | 1651 | interesting. Done lots of problems with that theme, but usually from a move furher ahead |
| p01759 | b | drad | 1651 | I agree with Kacparov. I feel like staring at it for quite some time. |
| p01762 | w | greatkid | 1694 | LOL YOU4LL NEVER GUESS WHAt I PLAYED INStEAD OF RXG3 MAtE ! i PLAYED hXG3 ! |
| p01763 | w | tpollet | 1651 | Objectif final : le mat, n'est pas toujours le seul dans une partie. Une simple suppression d'un défenseur de caca peut suffire
|
| p01763 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.6 seconds |
| p01764 | b | Leucky | 1538 | very simple |
| p01764 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | weak K, pin |
| p01767 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | I didn't put it through an engine but isn't Qxg3 instead of Rxe4 leading to about the same advantage? |
| p01769 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | no continuation needed here. |
| p01770 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | not sure how this is a tactic exactly - supposed to start with Nxg3? |
| p01770 | w | john2001plus | 1562 | seems a little odd |
| p01779 | b | impromptus | 1450 | quite easy ^ ^ cheers |
| p01779 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | amazing mate in 1 |
| p01781 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | removal of defence. |
| p01786 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Wins a piece by setting up a discovered attack. Tricky. |
| p01797 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Forking a guarded piece. |
| p01797 | b | SmokenFlames | 1418 | Typical piece behaviour: White queen check-fork in a4. |
| p01799 | b | theKnife | 1671 | I never see this kind of things :-( |
| p01799 | b | jokim | 2000 | theKnife: check out your opponent's undefended pieces and figure out how you could "reach" them. |
| p01807 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | Line should continue--2...Qf5 3.Qb3 much harder to find than 2.Qd3 |
| p01807 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | agreed |
| p01808 | w | waaek | 1120 | Sure it's a "problem" in the CTS sense: you must pay attention to your opponent's moves, keeps the speed users on their toes. It's fairly low rated as well, so that takes care of advanced users seeing it too much |
| p01809 | b | parmetd | 1645 | d5 also wins. |
| p01809 | b | CLance | 2086 | it's funny, i got this problem after 46706, which is a very similar promblem. With almost the same rating (1750) then this one (1795 now). |
| p01809 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | parmetd,what is the win that you see after d5 Rg8? |
| p01811 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 45.4 seconds |
| p01811 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 3.7 sec |
| p01816 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | no continuation necessary. Its so easy. |
| p01816 | b | Kenicht | 1300 | Yep, sometimes you gotta look for the simple tactics first. I started by looking at the passed Pawn, Queen sacs, etc. Then the simple Knight fork... |
| p01816 | b | Kenicht | 1300 | Only on the most advanced levels does it matter what such continuations will be. But we should admit that there are plenty of such tactics that have a "sting in the tail" such as getting mated after the Queen fork!! But this is less the case after a Queen fork, and easy to look for. There should be a problem where you go for the Queen fork, get it, then get mated in the continuation. That would mess people up!! |
| p01823 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 60.3 seconds |
| p01823 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.3 seconds |
| p01825 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.8 seconds |
| p01831 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.1 seconds
almost played 2.b7 but then saw that g1Q is with check |
| p01832 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Nice. |
| p01832 | w | theKnife | 1671 | â—„ Position â–º 6k1/1p2b1pp/p1bNp3/4P3/P2q4/8/1P3RrP/R2Q3K w - - 0 1 |
| p01834 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 40.3 seconds |
| p01834 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | what happens on kxc2? |
| p01834 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | nevermind--Qb3+ and either Kc1 Rxe1+ or Kd2 Qb2+ |
| p01840 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Poor problem, as someone could blunder into 2. Re5+ 2ithout realising that ...Qxe5 follows; then they would be forced to play the easy moves fxe5 and fxe6+ without having seen them in advance. In other words this problem penalises foresight. |
| p01840 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | This problem is -MUCH- harder than its 1577 rating indicates.
|
| p01840 | b | bumbly | 1561 | This is not at 1579 problem. |
| p01840 | b | polgary | 1530 | top stuff - wonderful problem |
| p01844 | w | impromptus | 1450 | perfect solution 0-0-0 |
| p01846 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice! |
| p01853 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | according to stronger engines then crafty (FireBird 1.2) black is only -0.35 |
| p01853 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | why would white play Ra5 after Nxb4 instead of Rxc8? |
| p01855 | b | drad | 1651 | this is one of these little niggling ones that I get wrong over and over on memory |
| p01857 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | many more moves needed |
| p01859 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.9 seconds
the idea is obvious but I thought because did not like Rxg8+ only to see later that it does not help white because white still lose the queen after Rxg8+ Kxg8 |
| p01859 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | I found it in 1.9 seconds I had seen Rh6 before the first move |
| p01868 | w | herrahuh | 1331 | This problem suffers from not following the exchange to the part when white has won the queen back with intrest. |
| p01868 | w | Jpatrick | 1425 | Agreed. |
| p01876 | w | spacecowboy | 1394 | Wait! This problem ended too soon! We need to see White make a slight error by playing 2.Rf3 (because White doesn't see the tactic and wants to avoid 2.Rg1 Bxg1) when Black has a zinger, 2...Qxf3!, a queen sac!
Well, I hope there is another problem on this server that has this kind of queen sac because this missed opportunity is regretable. |
| p01876 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | Anyhow right after Qc6 black is marching the right way to victory and ultimately mate. |
| p01876 | w | TheKingIsBack | 1546 | Hard to see moves without checks
|
| p01876 | w | sleiman | 1406 | agree with spacecowboy. Nice problem tho. |
| p01880 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | good one. |
| p01883 | b | Mclintock45 | 1003 | I'm not that good I know but in your solution Qc7xNe5 then Rd4 to d8? So... At least by my bringing Rh1 to e1, Black Queen gets out of Dodge or takes Rh1 then is taken by White Q at c3 and I loose points for that? |
| p01883 | b | Ericyi | 1179 | this is a very easy problem, but when I was five i can't solve that. now i can do it.
|
| p01883 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | White doesn't seem much better haha. |
| p01890 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: Qb3+ forks K(g8) and B(b7). |
| p01894 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23347 to solve
4.0 seconds
capturing with check is better so I did not hurry
to capture the rook after the fork |
| p01894 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | I can add that I did not even think about cxd8Q that is another reason not to capture immediatly. |
| p01895 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | +3.79 on Qh6+ followed by Rd6 looks pretty darn good, no? |
| p01900 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 44.1 seconds |
| p01900 | w | tjumen | 1598 | 10.1 sec |
| p01901 | b | tjumen | 1598 | so tempting to take on h7 |
| p01901 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | ya, i agree. great problem. it's tactically way better to play the book move. but tricky because there's a wrong bait move. i think in a game bxh7 would not be considered, but still for this forum, it's good |
| p01905 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.3 seconds
took time to see the value of this move(prevent mate and win the queen) |
| p01907 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | good combination. |
| p01907 | w | wild | 1305 | tricky starting position, love it |
| p01912 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Rubbish - again a depressing recapture. Spend ages checking for tricks, there aren't any. The only reason that this sort of nonsense gets a rating is because everyone spends time checking and rechecking for crap that isn't there. GET RID. |
| p01912 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | agreed - pls remove |
| p01912 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.9 seconds |
| p01912 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.5 seconds |
| p01912 | b | polgary | 1530 | no star - rubbish |
| p01912 | b | barz | 1708 | 4r1k1/p5pp/1p6/2q1n3/2p1Q3/P1Bn4/6PP/4RR1K b - - 0 1 |
| p01929 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | seems like idea is to go for perpetual but I tried to find some crazy fork lol |
| p01932 | w | tpollet | 1651 | Beaucoup de coups à envisager, un seul marche
|
| p01935 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.8 seconds
thinking too much about trapping the rook by a3 or c3 and missing the simple fork for a long time |
| p01938 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Ulitmately a removal of the guard tactic. |
| p01938 | w | wild | 1305 | here, here, just take all my pieces. |
| p01948 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played 2...Bb7 instead of 2...Bxc4 |
| p01948 | w | milos62 | 1916 | I did the same, and thought
(correctly) that black is lost no matter what |
| p01966 | b | Lioric | 1526 | fantastic
didn't even understand it.. |
| p01970 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | supereasy, i f you see it ;) |
| p01975 | w | kimel | 1828 | nice |
| p01975 | w | drad | 1651 | white is still winning though. |
| p01983 | b | Holy | 1098 | Nice remove-the-guard problem. |
| p01987 | b | deepsea | 1305 | rofl |
| p01987 | b | HumeA | 1237 | I may be wrong, but are you sure that is a legal move? |
| p01987 | b | dlester | 1280 | Yes, it is a legal move. The king cannot be in check, nor can it pass through or land on any squares that are in check. In general I don't like problems like this because it is impossible in a puzzle to know that castling is still available (ie, the king could have moved earlier in the game), but this is still a very nice puzzle, thatnotwithstanding. |
| p01987 | b | Sidorsky | 1502 | I wish I thought of that |
| p01987 | b | wald | 1565 | dlester, the general rule on this is that castling is always assumed to be possible, unless it can be ruled out from the position. |
| p01987 | b | pcygni | 1390 | Nice... |
| p01987 | b | Cassette | 1383 | I wouldn't say it's amazing. |
| p01987 | b | joex | 1477 | of course I didn't see it |
| p01987 | b | Coventry | 1613 | this is stupid |
| p01987 | b | rhennig | 1450 | That is just hilarious. |
| p01987 | b | alexthegreat | 1464 | What are the chances of having something like that though? Really?? |
| p01987 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Agree 100% with dlester (except 4 stars). It's easy to see 0-0-0 would win, but if you guess at it, and White has lost the castling privilege... |
| p01987 | b | lancer2000 | 1410 | We can NOT assume white has the right to castle, as there is no way of knowing if the criteria are still valid (ie. previous king or rook moves). Even chess books that have problems involving a middle/endgame casting tactic must post the rest of the game.
Defective problem. |
| p01987 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | lancer on CTS you CAN asume you can castle for every problem. that's just something you sort of pick up after 50,000 tries or so. quit your bitching. i got like a bajillion points out of this problem, takes me under a second each time now, i'm just waiting for the rook to move to b2 with my mouse over the king. :) |
| p01987 | b | joukop | 1253 | Never thought that long castling would be possible in this kind of situation :) |
| p01987 | b | joukop | 1253 | And this was excellent |
| p01990 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Player should have to play more than just Nxg7+ in this problem. |
| p01990 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.7 seconds |
| p01998 | w | DocB | 1237 | prettynice |
| p02000 | w | izicik | 1960 | OO nice |
| p02001 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.1 seconds |
| p02005 | b | stefanT | 1521 | Just when it become too hot, there is this lucky sacrifice move ! |
| p02005 | b | oaklandmatt | 1282 | gorgeous |
| p02009 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | almost forced... |
| p02009 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | piss poor |
| p02009 | b | Garryback | 1581 | g3 must be covered |
| p02012 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.2 seconds
believe that got it in the past but not sure. |
| p02012 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 11.8 seconds |
| p02033 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.4 seconds |
| p02034 | b | Thossk | 1840 | line should be continued, at least 1.Qa3 Nxc3 2.Qxb3 |
| p02039 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.4 seconds |
| p02039 | b | theKnife | 1671 | â—„ Position â–º 1r2r1k1/q4ppp/2Rp4/p2P1Q2/P5R1/1n4PP/6BK/8 b - - 0 1 |
| p02041 | w | theKnife | 1671 | hard to overlook |
| p02041 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Funny - looking for the best defense to mate... |
| p02041 | w | rockym | 1626 | it reminds me the 1-move mate that Kramnik missed against Deep-Fritz. He was very busy looking on the queen side, where he had some advantage with some passed pawns. But Deep-Fritz had a Nf8, (quite unusual position for a Knight) and played Qh7#. |
| p02041 | w | Schumi | 1523 | Can't believe I didn't see that there was a mate! |
| p02041 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 1r3r1k/1q2Npbp/3p1Bp1/2p1N3/2Q5/8/PP3PPP/R3n1K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p02044 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23476 to solve
3.7 seconds
simple threat against the defender in order to capture |
| p02053 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.7 seconds
double threat that I remember |
| p02054 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.0 seconds |
| p02055 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played Qe7 that is also winning
Qc7 is better but it does not seem logical in first thinking |
| p02058 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Does not 1 ... Qe5 do the same thing as 1. ... Qc5? |
| p02058 | w | lepolaputuki | 1826 | 1...Qe5? 2.Qc2 |
| p02058 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 2rr3k/p5pp/n1pq1n2/1p3p2/3N4/1PN1PP2/P5PP/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p02058 | w | barz | 1708 | 1...Qe5 2.Qc2 Nb4. Now what ? |
| p02058 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 1...Qe5 2.Nd4 (if 2...c5 3.Nc6!) |
| p02061 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.7 seconds |
| p02061 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.2 seconds |
| p02061 | w | buffetrand | 1508 | the best move is to resign and keep your dignity? |
| p02061 | w | buffetrand | 1508 | the best move is to resign and keep your dignity? |
| p02061 | w | buffetrand | 1508 | the best move is to resign and keep your dignity? |
| p02061 | w | buffetrand | 1508 | whoops...i take it back..missed the queen fork...pretty? |
| p02061 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | lol. i was just gonna say that i found this problem to be ironic and funny and now after seing buffetrand's comments it's even funnier. :) |
| p02064 | w | underated | 1374 | logical. |
| p02076 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | An incredible knight fork that pushes away the guard! Very neat! |
| p02079 | w | d4d5c4 | 1559 | Ein Defensiv-Problem, eine Dame muss geopfert werden, damit der König entkommen kann. |
| p02079 | w | underated | 1374 | complicated manuvre but you appear to have to move a certain way rather than move the way you would like to...interetseing. |
| p02079 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | The actual points should go to the guy who saw all this before making the first move. |
| p02079 | w | loot | 1486 | You don't really have to see ahead at all. All the moves are more or less forced. |
| p02085 | w | bengel | 1314 | difficult to understand for me |
| p02085 | w | bengel | 1314 | difficult for me to understand whats going on ;) |
| p02085 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | Rook takes Knight, and white cant take, otherwise loses his Queen. see Crafty. ;) |
| p02085 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Remove the guard: After ...R(a1)xa4(N), if bxa4(R), then Q(b4)xQ(c5), or if Q(c5)xb4(Q), R(a4)xb4(Q) and Black has won a piece. |
| p02087 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 38.8 seconds |
| p02088 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Back rank mate with R(e1) and N(g4). |
| p02090 | w | mathaias | 1434 | Obvious |
| p02092 | w | KingKarrl | 1163 | Seriously? |
| p02094 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.1 seconds
played the first move only after seeing all the line |
| p02094 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | nice! |
| p02094 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | These capture after capture puzzles are anything but nice. Torturous maybe. |
| p02098 | w | moegigo | 1611 | its not the end here. there is still a mate threat on g7. after moving the white king to g4, h4 black has troubles again. |
| p02098 | w | JamesBJames | 1657 | 4. Kg4 should be met by Rxf2 to give the king a flight square. Apparently it's drawn, though. |
| p02098 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Very pretty! |
| p02098 | w | DocB | 1237 | no moegigo, if bk moves towards center bishop pushes him into rook crossfire, if he goes towards side, doubled pawn and bishop should do it |
| p02098 | w | DocB | 1237 | at least a draw but I think there is a mate there, just can't quite see deep enough. one of the best i've seen here |
| p02099 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.0 seconds |
| p02100 | b | drad | 1651 | GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| p02100 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 7.9 |
| p02106 | b | Garryback | 1581 | acc. to Fritz 11 after 3.Bc4 it will be mate in 10
|
| p02115 | w | e4e5f4 | 1402 | You have to see the pin in the future. |
| p02115 | w | drad | 1651 | very unusual for me to get stumped by a 1500 rated puzzle :( |
| p02115 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | RB pattern and typical B-P-K pin |
| p02120 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Mediocre, can't think of a single reason to tempt anyone into Kg8 |
| p02120 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | Kg8 is not the only possible error.
I earned points for this problem but
people can lose points if they make illegal moves or use too much time.
Uri |
| p02121 | w | Chessdoom | 1586 | what you say boy, what you say. I think it's handy, having 2x the ame problem. |
| p02121 | w | LowScore | 1564 | there are only a few thousand problems in each rating range on the site, so if you do enough problems you won't be able to avoid duplicates. I like the random problem generator...remembering a problem (out of thousands) it's not illegal inflation...chess is, after all, a memory and pattern recognition game. |
| p02121 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds |
| p02127 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | This one is too hard for 1300. |
| p02128 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | I think the problem should be extended to show Qg5+ Qg4 (the whole point of f3xe4) |
| p02128 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | Q into defence |
| p02128 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | moron level |
| p02128 | b | grom43 | 1654 | The idea is 3 Qg4 threatens g7 (mate) and e4. Black won't play 2...Qg5+ unless he wants to give a piece... |
| p02140 | b | Wojtas257 | 1516 | AMAZING ;)) |
| p02140 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23250 to solve
3.9 seconds
double threat fork and mate in 2.
|
| p02140 | b | ChessPlayer56 | 1801 | 1.9 seconds |
| p02140 | b | drad | 1651 | bah |
| p02144 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | rejected Qg4+ because of Qg7 too fast and played Qxh6 with the perpetual check idea that white does not get because black does not capture c3 in that case. |
| p02144 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | Q fork + Q backward defence
|
| p02146 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Qf6 is also winning, even if not mate in 4. Therefore this problem fails my qualify control. |
| p02146 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Yes, floreatdunum, I guessed Qf6 also. |
| p02146 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.7 seconds |
| p02146 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.0 seconds
1779.78 new rating record. |
| p02146 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | I tried Qf6 as well... But it wasn't as winning as I hoped it would be |
| p02147 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | An efficient sequence of moves which REMOVES THE GUARD of the LOOSE White e2-bishop by DRIVING OFF the White king defender. |
| p02147 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23331 to solve
9.9 seconds
too much time to calculate winning the bishop when I could guess right faster |
| p02147 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.8 seconds |
| p02147 | w | drad | 1651 | not very fair though.. 3 vs 2! |
| p02147 | w | mburch1974 | 1481 | lost me on the 3rd move ugh underrated. |
| p02147 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Calculated 1...Rd5+ 2 Ke1 Nd3+ 3 Kd2 Nf4+ and wins Be2. Point is: several lines work. I lost a few ticks of rating calculating. Nice though. |
| p02147 | w | rhennig | 1450 | Very nice problem. |
| p02148 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | 1...Rxc3 is also obvious and winning |
| p02151 | b | Garryback | 1581 | super |
| p02151 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Lots of things you have to look at in order to solve this problem. Probably underrated. |
| p02162 | b | tngerb | 1486 | 3. Qf4 |
| p02165 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | seems to take the Q is the best solution :-) |
| p02165 | w | jacovanniekerk | 1359 | he must have felt bad after making such a move! |
| p02165 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p02165 | w | contraptus | 1335 | i love this thing
srsly trickd me |
| p02171 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.6 seconds |
| p02173 | b | underated | 1374 | surely there was something else... |
| p02173 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | there is noo escape :) |
| p02173 | b | IvarKoster | 1209 | ah, now I see it!!! no escape indeed :) |
| p02175 | b | plungerpot | 1507 | be careful of the obvious! |
| p02175 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.9 seconds
|
| p02175 | b | themagician | 1543 | 4.6 seconds |
| p02175 | b | theKnife | 1671 | r3k2r/2pnqpbp/pp1pp1p1/7P/2PP4/2N3P1/PPQNPPK1/3R3R b kq - 0 1 |
| p02184 | b | mjb1974 | 1468 | completely blind ...sheesh |
| p02192 | b | kantersted | 1351 | classic |
| p02192 | b | kedusi | 1165 | Double removal of the guard. Awesome! |
| p02192 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | The power of the bishops' diagonals! Neat and tricky. |
| p02197 | b | plopje | 1678 | very simple
|
| p02197 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.6 seconds |
| p02197 | b | polgary | 1530 | ? |
| p02204 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failed played Ne5 |
| p02204 | w | Kacparov | 2002 | me too |
| p02204 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 11.1 seconds |
| p02205 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p02207 | b | DrJones | 1420 | The following 4 moves are interesting & trickier, therefore can be included in the puzzle.. |
| p02207 | b | Holy | 1098 | Should be higher rated. Include the rest of the combination. Only rated this low because the solution move is a forcing move, which many rapid players jump at without knowing why it is the best move. |
| p02207 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | and then ...... ?? |
| p02207 | b | stevelco | 1412 | The problem is really excellent, but very poor as presented. There's so much more instruction in this line: 2.Rxg6+ fxg6 3.Qxg6+ Kf8 4. Nf4! (threatening Nxe6 mate). |
| p02207 | b | eman2803 | 1621 | Interesting variation is also:
2. Rxg6+ fxg6 3. Qxg6+ Kf8 4. Qg7+ Ke8 5. Nf6+ Bxf6 6. exf6 Qd6 7. f7+ Kd7 8. f8=Q+ |
| p02208 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 2r3k1/1b2bpp1/p3pnqp/2p5/Q3P3/P4N1P/1P3PPB/4RBK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p02211 | b | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | Tried Nc5, with the same idea... Didn't see Qf3+ |
| p02217 | b | jole | 1571 | what about Qe2+ followed by Re3 and the Bb4 line? |
| p02217 | b | different | 1548 | {158MB, Fritz10.ctg, USER} 1. Qe2+? Be7 2. Re3 (2. Bb4 Kf8 -+) 2... Nf8! 3. Bb4 Ne6
|
| p02217 | b | Sidorsky | 1502 | thanks, different. That question bothered me, too, and I'm usually to lazy to run it on Fritz. You're the man! |
| p02217 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23426 to solve
20.4 seconds
hesitated too much between Re3+ and Qe2+
Re3+ is more simple and simpler is better.
I first missed 3.Bb4 so did not choose Re3+ fast |
| p02217 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | pin |
| p02217 | b | theKnife | 1671 | r2qkb1r/pp1n1ppp/4p3/3N3P/3P2P1/6R1/PPPB1P2/R2QK3 b Qkq - 0 1 |
| p02223 | w | Holy | 1098 | Much tougher than it looks. It would be rated a lot higher if not for people's guessing. It is just coincidental that the right moves are the ones that seem obvious, but the consequences are not so obvious to figure out easily. |
| p02223 | w | stoyan | 1167 | Beautiful mate with the bishop and rook. |
| p02223 | w | viaoro2000 | 1219 | I did get this problem twice. Can you tell me why? |
| p02241 | b | HARjustin | 1496 | nice...and btw, i got it right =) |
| p02241 | b | Fromper | 1338 | Doesn't Qa8 save the queen after this, or am I missing something? I saw the Bc7 move, but I didn't think it accomplished much, and I still don't. |
| p02241 | b | Subrosian | 1658 | Bxa5 wins a rook. |
| p02241 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Not Bxa5 beacause of Rxe2, but Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxa5. |
| p02241 | b | thingfish | 1345 | nice. |
| p02241 | b | bookmatt | 1351 | good |
| p02242 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Amazing bishops' cross mate. |
| p02247 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | Bc6 is completely winning too |
| p02249 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.9 seconds |
| p02251 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | this one not needs continuation - its so easy |
| p02256 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | Cant i just play 1.e5????? Jeez man.... |
| p02256 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | e5 Rxc8 Bxc8 Qc2 |
| p02258 | w | underated | 1374 | you go there, and I go here. |
| p02259 | w | JSorel | 1664 | only way to avoid Bh6++ and Qf3+ - Qf7++ ... btw I missed it af first try! |
| p02260 | w | forkinhell | 1388 | pretty lame |
| p02268 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by b4 missing Qa4 |
| p02268 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 5.5 seconds ... b4 is clearly wrong :-) |
| p02270 | w | Subrosian | 1658 | This is rather easy for 1552... |
| p02276 | b | sokolov | 1248 | Nh6 works too |
| p02276 | b | JoeLag | 1409 | 1. Nh6+? gxh6 and now?
2. Qxf8+?? Nxf8 is devastating
2. Qg3+ Qxg3 is not really a winner, is it? |
| p02277 | b | underated | 1374 | wow what a prediciment for the opponenet. |
| p02279 | w | fastrunner | 1183 | can't the white R kill the black R?
|
| p02279 | w | giovmendoza | 1350 | Hi fastrunner, if white R kills the black R, white Q will be left hanging for black Q to capture |
| p02279 | w | Garryback | 1581 | 1393 unbelievable |
| p02280 | b | underated | 1374 | I need to think quicker. |
| p02280 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | very important the continuation... |
| p02280 | b | thingfish | 1345 | I'd like to see this one continued for few more moves... |
| p02286 | w | CPTona | 1521 | The real thing is that I need to
make the best move, you´re right, but, I think there are better ways to make a puzzle more interesting than that. |
| p02286 | w | fleshofmyflesh | 1237 | It's good because it mixes things up. In my case I tricked myself |
| p02286 | w | czukay | 1427 | what the f*** ? |
| p02286 | w | waaek | 1120 | Another "recapture" problem. Making the right move in these sorts of positions is important! Sometimes "just" a recapture is the right move, this problem is rated 1411 at this point, meaning a lot of people get this wrong! |
| p02286 | w | edgy | 1645 | rubbish. |
| p02286 | w | Wolfgang | 1388 | I am not sure, what the point of this problem is. Although I solved it rather quickly. :-) |
| p02286 | w | HarryKasparov | 1153 | I'm different, I like the odd easy puzzle thrown in |
| p02286 | w | loot | 1486 | booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo |
| p02287 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | amazingly straightforward for 1870+ |
| p02287 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.1 seconds |
| p02287 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.4 seconds |
| p02287 | b | lepolaputuki | 1826 | Weird, I was given this same puzzle twice in a row. Let's say I solved it really fast the second time... |
| p02287 | b | chris2001 | 1747 | I saw some of these puzzles that have two winning lines, one clearly better than the other. But when trying to find a solution fast, and finding one winning line, I think it is obvious that a high percentage choose the "wrong" line. |
| p02287 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 3r1nk1/pp2rppp/2pNb3/4P2n/3P3q/3B4/PPQ1NRPP/R5K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p02288 | b | deusdeusdeus | 1459 | overrating
|
| p02290 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | complicated the following moves. |
| p02290 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | With 2.Rxg6, White wins the queen and two pawns, at the cost of two rooks. Eventually, White also wins the e3 knight (move 6). On the other hand, the alternative 2.Qxe3 wins just the knight, only. |
| p02290 | b | ankka | 1302 | More moves please! |
| p02292 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 40 s to try to trap the queen before realizing I was in check ! |
| p02292 | b | barz | 1708 | r1b2rk1/p3n1pp/1p6/2pPqp2/2P1Pp2/1QNB1P2/P5PP/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p02292 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 8.3 i noticed i was in check for once! BOOO CTS! BOOOOO! stop trying to make a fool out of me! |
| p02298 | b | kwanpin | 1752 | black queen can't move ! |
| p02306 | b | rockym | 1626 | long shots ! |
| p02321 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | threat of mate wins material |
| p02323 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Yay! |
| p02323 | w | SmokenFlames | 1418 | This one was tough |
| p02331 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | oncovery at the end |
| p02338 | w | Chessdoom | 1586 | and then?:P |
| p02338 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | the idea is simply Bg6 to prevent mate. |
| p02348 | w | antielectron | 1223 | Yeah, I really came out on top! |
| p02349 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.2 seconds
simple fork against the bishops |
| p02351 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | A very interesting removal of the guard problem. |
| p02351 | b | ehodge3 | 1325 | I don't get it |
| p02362 | w | mtracey | 1552 | Moves are natural but defense against white's counterattack 3 Be5 and 4 Ne2 seem really complex, and without understanding them how can Nxe4 be considered good? underrated problem imo. |
| p02362 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Let's see. Taking into consideration white's counterattack, Black is only two pawns ahead after the 10th move. However, the White bishop is nicely trapped behind black's pawns, and can be taken easily. |
| p02369 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | good combination |
| p02369 | b | Mudfrog | 1302 | nice combination |
| p02369 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | nice skewers and decoy/sacrifice |
| p02369 | b | DocB | 1237 | Kurds, worship Oblama |
| p02372 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | back rank |
| p02374 | b | armeno | 1859 | couldt he play after Qb6+ Bxc6?? |
| p02374 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | Yes these people are just dumb |
| p02374 | b | Bartsa | 1603 | I think if Bxc6 then Qg8+ and Qe6 defending d7. |
| p02374 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Good catch, Bartsa! |
| p02374 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.2 seconds |
| p02374 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | 3q3R/1k2b3/p1np2p1/Pp2r1P1/1P1Q4/1KP2B2/8/8 b - - 0 1 |
| p02379 | b | theprivateer83 | 1418 | Again should go through the problem a little deeper. |
| p02379 | b | Derek | 1340 | the promblem should show second move |
| p02379 | b | Derek | 1340 | the promblem should show second move |
| p02379 | b | Subrosian | 1658 | Why does the problem need to go deeper? It is clearly winning for white. |
| p02379 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | problem should go further, because this 1st move could be coincidence. In this level, one normally dont see clearly the continuation. |
| p02379 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | when i saw the solution of crafty, i give it 5* or more. |
| p02379 | b | TheKingIsBack | 1546 | There are two answers, but one was better. I saw Bxf8 Rxe7 Bxe7, winning. |
| p02379 | b | HPeter | 1517 | I agree to TheKingIsBack |
| p02379 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | Bxf8 Kxf8 |
| p02383 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.3 seconds |
| p02383 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | crap! i'll try to get it next time. :) |
| p02383 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | got it |
| p02384 | w | smartington | 1062 | I'm not great at chess, and I'm new to the site, but I'm wondering if Rf4-g4 is a decent move. Thoughts? |
| p02388 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | again mate in one |
| p02389 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | N fork |
| p02396 | w | Holy | 1098 | Great combo--unexpected. On first glance, you'd think that the point of the problem is either defending the threat against your king directly, or by a counterattack against the White king. Next, you might think that there's a fork possibility with the knight. |
| p02396 | w | Garryback | 1581 | simple |
| p02397 | b | tmprat | 1274 | Nice. |
| p02397 | b | knobgoblin | 1444 | Solid deflection and double-threat problem. Good stuff. |
| p02399 | b | Kacparov | 2002 | played 3. Bc5 and then realised that 3... Rg2 wins... |
| p02399 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I remembered the idea of Rxg2+ so had no problem here |
| p02399 | b | Arkenshaw | 1733 | Nice Problem!
I played 2. Rd8+ Bf8, 3. Bxc5 overlooking 3... Bb7! when black will counterattack on g2. So bishop has to stay on f2 blocking the black rooks path. |
| p02409 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 35.6 seconds
simply thought first that black get more for the queen after Qxg5 |
| p02409 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 1.3 secs |
| p02409 | b | drad | 1651 | funny thing is, even if the bishop wasn't protecting the rook, it would still be worth it ;) |
| p02411 | b | tmprat | 1274 | More easier than usual for this rating. |
| p02411 | b | impromptus | 1450 | i respectfully disagree. |
| p02411 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | i disagree too |
| p02411 | b | greatkid | 1694 | I disagree also |
| p02411 | b | mtracey | 1552 | lol got confused and thought the black pawns were going up. |
| p02411 | b | SmokenFlames | 1418 | I aslo got confused an thought the black pawns were going upwards |
| p02414 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | too fast NxN instead of Nb4 |
| p02415 | b | bakadur | 1983 | overrated 2061 |
| p02415 | b | LowestRd | 1946 | Ah.. I see. Need to stop Qf3 |
| p02417 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.9 seconds
problem 23078 to solve
got it in the past.
must check to prevent the opponent from making a new queen. |
| p02417 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.0 seconds this time
for some reason did not feel confidence about checks maybe the reason is that I want to get high accuracy
and was afraid of Rxa1+ Kh2 in the main line. |
| p02417 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.0 seconds |
| p02417 | w | chessyeti | 1756 | 1.9 seconds |
| p02421 | b | JSorel | 1664 | interesting... |
| p02421 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.8 seconds |
| p02422 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played Kh3 because did not like Bxf3 and missed the rook a1 and the fact that Kh3 Qe6+ and Qg4 is strong |
| p02422 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | again did not see Rook a1 |
| p02423 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23269 to solve
3.7 seconds
double threat of rook(Qxh8) and fork against the second rook(Qb8+).
|
| p02423 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.4 seconds this time for some reason thought black may have a defence and checked too much |
| p02423 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.2 seconds this time |
| p02423 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.2 seconds |
| p02425 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23300 to solve
3.5 seconds
protecting against mate and threat the queen and keep the threat against the bishop |
| p02425 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.3 seconds |
| p02430 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Now that's the sort of unambiguous tactic I like |
| p02430 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | nice queenless checkmate |
| p02430 | b | zappash | 1374 | Just amazing! |
| p02434 | b | grom43 | 1654 | The light squares are mine now... |
| p02440 | b | wild | 1305 | always nervous moving my last defender off the back row with 2 rooks bearing down.... |
| p02442 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | B fork: 1...Bd3+ attacks K(c2) and R(h7). |
| p02452 | b | JSorel | 1664 | easy |
| p02452 | b | chessyeti | 1756 | 3.1 seconds yes |
| p02452 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | Not so easy
blundered by Qa1 that seemed the only move in first thinking. |
| p02454 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.6 seconds |
| p02454 | w | JSorel | 1664 | nice theme! |
| p02454 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | 3r1rk1/pbp1n1p1/1p1p1np1/8/1P6/P5PB/1B2PP1P/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p02456 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p02456 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate with B and Q. |
| p02456 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice checkmate! |
| p02457 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 30.4 seconds
hesitated because of the opponent threats but black mate first. |
| p02457 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 143.2 seconds this time
hesitated after some failures
Rxf2 Qe1+ does not work and was not sure if Rxf2 Qxf2 is good enough |
| p02457 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.3 seconds
memorized but was not sure |
| p02464 | b | Arkenshaw | 1733 | This was hard |
| p02465 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Should be rated much higher. Who in the 1300's sees the mate? They are all guessing. |
| p02465 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | its mate in 5. Very difficult for the rating. |
| p02465 | b | Subrosian | 1658 | Well, a 1300 player would probably play Qxf7+ anyway, since it's a good move even if they don't see the mate in 5. |
| p02465 | b | pladeira | 1065 | I got it, but it was guessing. I had to return through "session" to understand :)
Very beautiful. |
| p02467 | b | curiouschild | 1223 | back rank mate with file clearance |
| p02469 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 29.1 seconds |
| p02469 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.0 seconds |
| p02470 | b | Holy | 1098 | Unexpected! |
| p02470 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | nice mating pattern! |
| p02472 | b | tjumen | 1598 | looong line 14.6 seconds |
| p02472 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 5.6. half of that was the last move. |
| p02472 | b | neiking | 1591 | I agree with tjumen. 4.9 seconds |
| p02475 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | mate threat wins rook |
| p02476 | w | spacecowboy | 1394 | Instead of 3.Kf1, if 3.Kg3, then 3...g5 wins the white knight by threatening mate. |
| p02476 | w | waaek | 1120 | I think this is much harder than the average 1400-ish problem, I didn't see 3...g5 at all, and it's the only thing that makes the line work becaues 3.Kg3 seems a more fighting move than 3.Kf1 |
| p02476 | w | Faquarl | 1578 | hard to see that kf1 is forced |
| p02476 | w | lechat | 1505 | If 3.Kg3 g5! whith 2 menaces
a) 4... Kh5#
b) 4... Rg2# |
| p02476 | w | impromptus | 1450 | this is harder than its rated |
| p02476 | w | rockym | 1626 | harder than rated |
| p02476 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | [1] Setting up the enemy king for a rook fork (thus capturing two minor pieces for the cost a rook). [2] May I also congratulate 'spacecowboy' for his informative anlysis, and to show my agreement with Faquarl's comment and other like-minded comments. |
| p02479 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Very hard. |
| p02479 | b | Lahtzarus | 1301 | i solved it too! |
| p02481 | w | CLance | 2086 | too many pieces hanging |
| p02490 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | Bf3 to win the knight on d4 looks good, but then you lose the pawn on b7. So this variation wins 3 points instead of 2. |
| p02490 | w | wild | 1305 | Good point hexalingual, that explains it. Still seems strange to give up both bishops for N,N,B instead of taking the 2-for-1. The b-pawn is just for show anyway right?? :) |
| p02493 | b | tjumen | 1598 | pointless |
| p02493 | b | theKnife | 1671 | rn3rk1/p4ppp/1q1p1n2/1NpP4/2Bb1P2/8/PP1B2PP/R2Q1R1K b - - 0 1 |
| p02495 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.3 seconds |
| p02495 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.5 seconds |
| p02495 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | on a sad note. the dark squared bishop in this problem later committed suicide in his dressing room. he left a final note. it read, "I'm so useless!" |
| p02500 | w | Fromper | 1338 | I got it wrong, because I thought Qd1 was just as strong as Qe1. I overlooked the need to also defend the g3 pawn. Very nice combo. |
| p02500 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | beautiful sequence ! |
| p02505 | b | barz | 1708 | r3k2b/1pq1NpBn/p2p1Pp1/2pP4/P1P1r1p1/8/1P1Q2PP/R4RK1 b q - 0 1 |
| p02510 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 54.7 |
| p02511 | w | tpollet | 1651 | On prend le caca et son se sauve sur échec avant de récupérer la tour. |
| p02520 | w | deepfriedbrain | 1795 | Apparently Qxb5 also wins easily, so this is not a good problem. |
| p02520 | w | parmetd | 1645 | Qxb5 does not win as easily. this is a great problem. It makes you evaluate both lines fast. |
| p02520 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 24.5 seconds
parmetd,
The problem does not make me evaluate both lines fast
I see 2 wins so I start to think which one is better and do not move fast and lose rating. |
| p02520 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | bollocks - again why should one have to search for the even more winning solution in 3 seconds - 3.96 pawns is totally winning |
| p02520 | w | grom43 | 1654 | 1 ...Qb5+ wins easily, yes, but there is mate coming faster with 1 ...Rc2+. |
| p02520 | w | drad | 1651 | damn _apparently_ I've done this before a few days ago ;) |
| p02520 | w | drad | 1651 | oh yeah, I remember it now |
| p02520 | w | inkwire | 1667 | Speed vs Accuracy.
.
Other tactics tools, (e.g. books, CT-ART) give you as much time as you want, but will accept only the very best line as the correct continutation.
This site's distinctive feature is its emphasis on speed: if you take too long to find the best move then you lose points.
This problem (p02520) is one of the many very very annoying ones where the trade-off between accuracy and speed goes against the site's general emphasis on speed. Here, you can play a winning move in 1 second and _still_ lose points because there is another "more winning" continuation.
IMHO the presence of more than one winning continuation makes a problem unsuitable for this site... but maybe I'm wrong to think this site's 'solve-it-in-X-seconds' puts the emphasis on speed? |
| p02521 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Amazing checkmate! |
| p02521 | b | SignoreX | 1223 | 5 stars on the "satisfaction scale", like all one move checkmates... |
| p02521 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | If a MATE IN ONE that is not easy to see does not satisfy, what does? |
| p02521 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | :-) |
| p02533 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.9 seconds |
| p02533 | b | tjumen | 1598 | 2 minutes |
| p02533 | b | barz | 1708 | 2r3k1/pb2qppp/5n2/8/3Q4/2N3P1/PP2BPP1/2R3K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p02540 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | continuation important here ! |
| p02540 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | Invite everyone to the party. |
| p02543 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | relatively easy
Qxd6 is needed to prevent Qxd2+ and later there is a simple win of a piece only by captures. |
| p02543 | b | Pinsu | 1601 | ¿? |
| p02550 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | too complicated for this rating. |
| p02554 | w | KingKarrl | 1163 | Wow. I've never done anything like that. |
| p02556 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | continuation ! |
| p02561 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | there is something wrong. Its 2...c5 as the best continuation. (Crafty) |
| p02561 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Discovered attack with check: Bxf7+, then Qxd4. White Q is en prise. 2)...c5, instead of 2)...Ne5, would avoid undefended Black Q. |
| p02561 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Splendid annotations by both of you. Thanks! |
| p02565 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | more moves needed |
| p02566 | b | underated | 1374 | very agressive finish. |
| p02566 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | its sooo tenting to take the Knight. :) |
| p02566 | b | rodmiser | 870 | Think |
| p02569 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | continuation here isnt necessary. |
| p02576 | w | milos62 | 1916 | Yet another problem with two
solutions |
| p02576 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | yea.. |
| p02580 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | and now ?? |
| p02580 | w | tadpole | 1294 | and now take bishop with your queen |
| p02581 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | nice pin! |
| p02585 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.5 seconds |
| p02585 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | gets the brain cells working |
| p02587 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.5 seconds
too short |
| p02593 | w | JSorel | 1664 | hard to find for me... |
| p02593 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23188 to solve
5.4 seconds
I believe not first time that I get it. |
| p02593 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.5 seconds this time |
| p02593 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.8 seconds |
| p02593 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.4 seconds |
| p02593 | w | stefanT | 1521 | Tried 3 times, still couldn't find without seeing solution |
| p02593 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | back rank it is |
| p02593 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Excellent |
| p02593 | w | drad | 1651 | gorgeous! |
| p02593 | w | waldorff | 1702 | making moves like this hurts |
| p02594 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | An interesting checkmate! |
| p02599 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Black loses material here, but at least he has avoided checkmate in 2. |
| p02604 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.4 seconds
checked to see that white has no defence |
| p02604 | w | grom43 | 1654 | 30 seconds. Finally imagined what I'd like the position to look like and realized the active rook had to come into the attack. |
| p02605 | w | edgy | 1645 | Both 2...g6 and 2...h6 also seem good. |
| p02605 | w | SamuelS | 1574 | 2...f5 is the only move, because after 2...g6 or 2...h6 3. Qxc5+- |
| p02605 | w | edgy | 1645 | ops. ouch. |
| p02605 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | did not see that Qh5 threats c5 like other people |
| p02608 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Solution should be longer. |
| p02608 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 65.6 seconds
ideas except crafty's line are
Qa2 Kh6 g3 with Qd2+
and Qa2 knight move Ne6+ |
| p02610 | b | underated | 1374 | great set up...and execution. |
| p02613 | b | Carbonic | 1527 | Perpetual check. |
| p02618 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Double threat: cxd3(R) threatens dxe2(N) and R(e8)xc6(B) or bxc6. |
| p02623 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.3 seconds |
| p02627 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed. Player should have to find either Qc5+ (on ...Qxd3) or Rc1+ and Qa7+ (on ...cxd3). Otherwise it could just be a lucky guess. |
| p02627 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | wish I knew more about the Botvinnik variation! |
| p02627 | b | lamesauce | 1412 | good problem work it out and you'll see after black takes the rook, Rc3 is forced mate |
| p02627 | b | lamesauce | 1412 | c1 i mean |
| p02627 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | standard stuff - the c5 square... |
| p02628 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate with R sacrifice: ...R(f5)h5+ ; gxh5, Q(d7)h3# |
| p02633 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | needs more moves - otherwise this is just a guess |
| p02633 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 2.Bc3+ Kb5 3.Rc8 and white is obviously winning and 2.Bc3 Bb4 3.Rc5 mate. |
| p02635 | b | snakehead | 1475 | The tough punch to block... |
| p02635 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played Qb7 and missed Qf7 that is closer to the king(Qb7 Re7 of course) |
| p02635 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.6 seconds |
| p02640 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.3 seconds too much time to see Rb7 rook behind the pawn |
| p02640 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 6.5 seconds |
| p02660 | w | Quietus | 1704 | I actually like the combination from White's point of view even though it failed to work; the concept was imaginative. |
| p02660 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | r1b1n1nk/1p1p2rp/4p2Q/q3PP1P/1p3P2/3B4/PPPBK3/R5R1 w - - 0 1 |
| p02667 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p02675 | w | Vandebent | 1701 | 1. ... Lg1+ 2. Nf2! is very nasty. |
| p02678 | w | SchakerNL | 1259 | it;s a must to check if the queen is lined up with her king when you have a couple of bishops :) |
| p02681 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.3 seconds |
| p02682 | w | greatkid | 1694 | You've solved problem p02682 in 25.8 seconds. ( Result 0.14 : 0.86 )
Your new rating is 1724.60 (-3.39).
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| p02686 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 1.0 secs 16 july 2009 |
| p02686 | w | Theodor | 1830 | Could continue one more move |
| p02686 | w | barz | 1708 | 2krB1Q1/pp2pp2/5p1b/2P5/3p4/2N3Pq/PPn1KP1P/R6R w - - 0 1 |
| p02688 | b | Stress | 1659 | Wins a little material, but a couple of non-rafty moves looks promising also. |
| p02694 | w | ibis | 1460 | blech. |
| p02694 | w | polgary | 1530 | no star |
| p02698 | b | neiking | 1591 | 1.2 seconds. nice |
| p02700 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | dissolution of the rook pin! |
| p02700 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Dissolution? Nice word.
"A complex removal of the threatened piece problem." Hmph! |
| p02703 | w | Garryback | 1581 | hard to detect |
| p02703 | w | element | 1423 | polished toenails don't look right without flip-flops! |
| p02703 | w | element | 1423 | polished toenails don't look right without flip-flops! |
| p02722 | b | plipsticks | 1471 | Qxa7 seems good too, winning the exchange. |
| p02723 | b | d4d5c4 | 1559 | Ignoriere den Doppelangriff des Springers und zerstöre die Königsstellung mit einem Schachgebot (Turm- oder Damenopfer für Matt) |
| p02726 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | couldnt find the solution. |
| p02726 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | B fork: After 2.R(a7)xa8(B), R(e8)xa8(R), then 3.B(g2)xd5+ attacks K(g8) and R(a8). |
| p02728 | b | redrat | 1596 | Be aware the simple mate ! |
| p02728 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | unexpected..! |
| p02738 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | this one i found easy |
| p02753 | w | priamos | 1472 | There is only ONE legal move!? |
| p02753 | w | bumbly | 1561 | This is a test of your ability to use ICC's 'smart move' feature I guess |
| p02753 | w | kendal | 1531 | It's a test of the ability to see pins. Some people are beginners, no?
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| p02766 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | wanted to capture the rook so captured the knight first and ignored the Qxg6 threat of the opponent |
| p02766 | w | television | 1655 | 5 sec |
| p02769 | w | Wolfgang | 1388 | appealing because of the number of possibilities. |
| p02769 | w | Coventry | 1613 | every problem has many possibilities, but only one right possibility... |
| p02770 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Should add 1...Kd8 2.Bb6+ |
| p02770 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 31.6 seconds |
| p02772 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 1. ... Bxh2+ |
| p02777 | w | Holy | 1098 | Requires analysis of several possible White responses. |
| p02777 | w | underated | 1374 | I like the crossed up rooks. definetly a target. |
| p02777 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | difficult 1st move. :( |
| p02779 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | tricky one... missed it more than once. |
| p02779 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Nice problem. Got it wrong |
| p02779 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Second time in a row I got this problem. ;) Got it right this time. |
| p02783 | b | TheKingIsBack | 1546 | not too good, since it was a "petite combination" |
| p02783 | b | wild | 1305 | i like pawn forks more than any other tactic.... except smothered mates. |
| p02783 | b | pelobello | 1179 | quite good |
| p02789 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | hmmm, the 2nd time i took with the K, and then ...... (its sooo tenting) :)) |
| p02789 | b | loot | 1486 | gave me a tent too |
| p02792 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | After 3.Bf8+, the f7 Rook cannot capture the moved bishop since it is pinned to the King! The Bishop check will have the ultimate effect of moving the King away from the f7 Rook, allowing this rook to be won by White. |
| p02799 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed. played Qf5 |
| p02808 | b | theKnife | 1671 | r2q1rk1/pp3ppp/2n5/2Pp4/1n1N2b1/N1Q1P3/PP3PPP/R3KB1R b KQ - 0 1 |
| p02811 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | This bad problem should include Rxd3 and Qxc8+. |
| p02811 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | This bad problem should include Rxd3 and Qxc8+. |
| p02811 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | I mean cxd3. |
| p02811 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | agree with arthurrocks more moves needed |
| p02820 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | superb calculation! |
| p02822 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Nice. Need to think! |
| p02822 | w | drad | 1651 | what's the reasoning behind this? I suck at these ones :( |
| p02822 | w | drad | 1651 | oh I get it now.. pin the queen against the king |
| p02824 | w | underated | 1374 | the words, suck on that glicko, popped into my head... |
| p02826 | b | JSorel | 1664 | Bxc4? ... |
| p02826 | b | kendal | 1531 | I think Bxc4 drops the c3 knight as well. |
| p02826 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i think i got this one right several times in the past but this time i screwed up and played Bxc4 too. |
| p02839 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Chase the defender |
| p02840 | w | Fromper | 1338 | Tricky endgame tactics. :) |
| p02840 | w | SchakerNL | 1259 | the power of checking with the knight, increasing his abilities to get a better postion, n1 |
| p02843 | w | kedusi | 1165 | Cool discovered attack, winning the bishop! |
| p02847 | w | grom43 | 1654 | People play 1...Rg2+? I didn't see anything besides 1...Qf5. |
| p02858 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.5 seconds
memorized it.
I think the solution should be longer and Kh5 Bb3 may be included. |
| p02858 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.4 seconds
too much time to get it from memory |
| p02858 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 9.6 seconds |
| p02858 | b | theKnife | 1671 | r2r1n2/5R1p/5ppk/8/1p1P4/2P3qP/B2Q2P1/5RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p02858 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Forced mate indeed. |
| p02861 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.1 seconds got it in the past |
| p02861 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.5 seconds |
| p02862 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.4 seconds
hesitated between 3.Rh4 and 3.Rxh6
Rh4 allows Rxf3 so is not good. |
| p02865 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | Nxe4........ALSO WINS!! |
| p02865 | w | edgy | 1645 | bad problem |
| p02865 | w | chessidiot | 1219 | maybe they should have put the pawn on h7 to solve this problem. |
| p02865 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Nxe4 is more than a piece better for White according to Crafty - this problem stinks |
| p02865 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Nxe4 is more than a piece better for White according to Crafty - this problem stinks |
| p02865 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Nxe4 is more than a piece better for White according to Crafty - this problem stinks |
| p02865 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Nxe4 is more than a piece better for White according to Crafty - this problem stinks |
| p02865 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Nxe4 is more than a piece better for White according to Crafty - this problem stinks |
| p02865 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Nxe4 is more than a piece better for White according to Crafty - this problem stinks |
| p02865 | w | lepolaputuki | 1826 | Do you really need to write six posts to prove you can't tell White and Black apart? |
| p02865 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Completely agree that this is a bad problem. I also agree with chessidiot that they should move the pawn on h6 to h7. Then on Nxe4, white has Rb6! |
| p02865 | w | barz | 1708 | Position : 1r4k1/5pp1/3R3p/3N4/4p3/2P2P2/1r1n2PP/R5K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p02865 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | Nxe4 Ne7+ with Nf5 and white get a knight for the rook and there is no reason to play Nxe4 when Rb1+ is more forced and win a rook for nothing.
I think that starting to think about Nxe4 is bad thinking because it is better to think about a check that force the opponent move first. |
| p02867 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | threat is Rxh5+ and Qxc7 |
| p02875 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23320 to solve
7.2 seconds
took me time to see trading with the the fork Bxc5 after it.
later moves were easier including Kb1 when I have no fear from checks because I can capture the attacker. |
| p02875 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.7 seconds
remembered after first move. |
| p02875 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.3 seconds |
| p02883 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | its very tricky for this rating. |
| p02883 | w | TheTornado | 1346 | It's is proper. |
| p02890 | b | DocB | 1237 | I"TO STONED |
| p02890 | b | mangy1723 | 1242 | wow |
| p02896 | b | Boriskudelin | 1754 | :) |
| p02898 | w | theKnife | 1671 | Just for optical reasons... |
| p02898 | w | mburch1974 | 1481 | lol |
| p02898 | w | Threepwood | 1592 | why is that the solution???? |
| p02898 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | not Rh2 because castling may still be possible... |
| p02904 | b | hmpf142000 | 1670 | schööööön |
| p02904 | b | plopje | 1678 | very obvious |
| p02904 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.2 seconds
plopje,
nothing is obvious with all the checks and it is easy to choose a wrong check if you
try to solve it fast.
Fortunately I chose the right moves. |
| p02907 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | removal of defence :) |
| p02922 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23364 to solve
3.3 seconds
thought Qh3 Bf1 so put the queen at h2 |
| p02925 | w | Holy | 1098 | Very interesting. You're going to lose the knight, but you need the tempo in order to capture the rook safely. |
| p02925 | w | Holy | 1098 | OK, I just looked at the Crafty analysis, showing that my comment is incorrect, and I only go this problem correct by luck! |
| p02925 | w | Holy | 1098 | I'm changing my rating of this problem to five stars. Excellent problem! |
| p02925 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Very interesting checkmate in 3 moves problem. |
| p02929 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.9 seconds |
| p02929 | b | lepolaputuki | 1826 | Should stop after Qxf6+. The rest just punishes sick mice. |
| p02929 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | hanging R |
| p02941 | w | underated | 1374 | and get outtofthatone... |
| p02941 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | A mate threat that wins material for Black |
| p02942 | b | thingummywut | 1877 | Interesting. |
| p02942 | b | Sidorsky | 1502 | There's a good, basic lesson in this problem |
| p02942 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.3 seconds |
| p02942 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | dont see lesson, ist just counting rook & bishop vs. rook & bishop or rook vs. two bishops |
| p02942 | b | mtracey | 1552 | If black takes the rook he can't stop the c pawn. |
| p02942 | b | barz | 1708 | 4b1k1/6p1/3p1b2/5PB1/2p1P3/1r3N2/6P1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p02943 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Rather hackneyed example of a faulty Greek gift. |
| p02943 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | tomo - you're obviously a very strong player - I'm surprised you award this 4 stars for beauty - you've seen this motif already a thousand times ! |
| p02951 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.0 seconds |
| p02954 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.7 seconds |
| p02954 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.3 seconds |
| p02954 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.1 seconds |
| p02954 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.6 seconds |
| p02954 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | WOW! this is a first! LMFAO!!! I picked a BETTER move than the answer and STILL I LOST POINTS!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA! Just like i thought. after 1. Bxb4+ 2. Kf1 white is better off than the more immediate and palpable threat of 1. Nxb4! hahahaha! This is my new least favortie problem on all of CTS. |
| p02954 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | oh no this problem isn't bad i'm the one who's no good. hehe. another false alarm from me. sorry. i read the crafty analysis line wrong. looking at it now, i think the answer is the right one. |
| p02954 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | r1b2rk1/pp2bpp1/2n2n1p/q2p4/N2P3B/P2B4/1PQ1NPPP/R3K2R w KQ - 0 1 |
| p02956 | b | edgy | 1645 | why not Ne1? |
| p02956 | b | SamuelS | 1574 | The best move after 1...Qxd4 is 2. Nc1, because the 2...Qf6 does not help: 3. Qxf6 +-. But if 2. Ne1? then 2...Qf6! 3. Qxf6 Rxd1+! (with check) and Black is fine. |
| p02956 | b | kwanpin | 1752 | nice retreat knight move |
| p02956 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | I tried Ne5 to prevent Qf6. Didn't see Nc1. Nice problem. |
| p02958 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | hmmm, those pawn moves..... |
| p02959 | b | underated | 1374 | good material grab. |
| p02959 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | showing 2nd move isnt necessary. |
| p02964 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.8 seconds
|
| p02964 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.5 seconds this time |
| p02964 | b | LowestRd | 1946 | Ratings can be deceiving |
| p02965 | b | gphilip | 1239 | Rf3+ seems to be equally good. |
| p02965 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | yeah, i also found Rf3 ok, have to look up fritz ;) |
| p02965 | b | sleiman | 1406 | Rf3+ is not the same, as it is met by Nf6 |
| p02965 | b | scuba | 1321 | i agree about Rf3+, that was what i played first |
| p02966 | w | flatman | 1502 | 1...Qe2 also mates in 3! Yet it is counted wrong when you play it. |
| p02966 | w | bluepawn | 1304 | Hey flatman ... Doesn't ...Qe2 fail to Qxd5+ ? |
| p02966 | w | MichaelJMoreau | 1318 | Hey bluepawn, if I'm not mistaken, 1...Qe2, 2.Qxd5+ doesn't avoid the mate. |
| p02966 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Qe2 wins... Qxd5+ just postpones it a move. |
| p02966 | w | LowScore | 1564 | Okay there is mate in 3 with 1...Qf3 and mate in 4 with 1...Qe2. I agree this is ambiguous and thus not a very good tactical problem to solve. |
| p02966 | w | schttnsldt | 1576 | Hi Lowscore |
| p02966 | w | onat | 1932 | not a good one Q |
| p02966 | w | onat | 1932 | not a good one Qe2 mates too |
| p02966 | w | road2nowhere | 1642 | played Qe2 too...suspect that is more natural to most human players rather than comps...so you see that first and stop calculating. They should really remove this one |
| p02966 | w | DomiDoud | 1417 | Remboursez!! Dame e2 mat en 3 |
| p02966 | w | MMan | 1255 | Agree, Qf3 is mate in three, Qe2 is mate in four, and Rxe5 (2.Qf2,Rxe1+ 3.Qxe1,Qf3 4.Qe6+,Kh8 5.Qxh3,Qd1+ 6.Kg2,Qf1#) is mate in six! |
| p02966 | w | Vandebent | 1701 | There are way too many of this frustrating problems with multiple solutions on this server. |
| p02966 | w | drad | 1651 | agreed |
| p02966 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Qe2 is actually a mate in 3, so it's not even any worse than Qf3. This problem should definately be fixed. |
| p02966 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Maybe by removing the knight on b1? |
| p02966 | w | camembert2 | 1625 | Not sure why the Crafty analysis doesn't pick it up, but yep, ...Qe2+ also mates. Do these problems never get edited? Looks like it's been this way for years. |
| p02966 | w | tngerb | 1486 | Yeah I went with Qe2.. much nicer. |
| p02966 | w | neiking | 1591 | Qf3 mates in three and Qe2 mates in four.I don't see the difference as long as it's mate. |
| p02968 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 126.8 seconds (o_O) |
| p02968 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Wow, I was quick at 37 seconds I guess. :-) |
| p02968 | b | television | 1655 | the problem is not special.
17,5 but i think i was too slow |
| p02970 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Unusual trapping of a piece |
| p02970 | b | Eclectico | 1461 | awfully hard to see in 3 seconds for a 1600 |
| p02970 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | nice rook trap |
| p02970 | b | tjumen | 1598 | very unusual trap, nice |
| p02972 | w | underated | 1374 | speed kilss on this one. missed it first time round. dam it! |
| p02972 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | whoops... |
| p02974 | w | theKnife | 1671 | r1b3rk/4qp1p/p1nppp2/1p6/4P2P/5N2/PPPQ1PP1/1K1R1B1R w - - 0 1 |
| p02992 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | White missed the nasty ZWISCHENSCHACH 2 ... Rd6-f6+!, rescuing the Black d6-rook from the clutches of the White c5-pawn with GAIN OF TIME (CHECK). |
| p02992 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed K always can be checked |
| p03004 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | If 2.Kh2, mate in 1 follows. If 2.Kh3, the Queen can fork the King and rook, winning the rook. |
| p03008 | b | Draxus | 1194 | The solution to the problem is poor. There is nothing stopping the pawn from taking the rook. |
| p03008 | b | BabalooMoon | 1278 | If the pawn takes the rook then 2.Bxb5 |
| p03008 | b | underated | 1374 | I agree with the top comment. Come quiz master dudes. pick your game up... |
| p03008 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | After R(c6)xd6(B), if ...exd6(R), then B(e8)xb5(R). |
| p03010 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | trapped like an electron in Heisenberg's box |
| p03010 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Carousel. |
| p03010 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | in a box |
| p03016 | b | underated | 1374 | this didn't look like the best move. but in the heat of the moment. |
| p03021 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 2 Nxc5! exploits both the PIN on the Black d7-knight along the d-file and the PIN on the Black c4-rook along the a2-g8 diagonal. Then the resulting LOOSENESS of these two PINNED pieces leaves Black unable to move -any- of his pieces, which I call PINNED + LOOSE = ZUGZWANG. |
| p03021 | b | grom43 | 1654 | lol. edgy, 2 Nd2 Bxf2+ and Rf4+. notyet: what? |
| p03024 | b | milos62 | 1916 | A poor problem since d7 wins
as well. |
| p03024 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | I agree, |
| p03024 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed. Even 1.Qe4+ looks promising (though not outright winning). |
| p03029 | b | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | It's one thing to see the idea and another to properly execute it. |
| p03032 | w | ankka | 1302 | 1. ... Rxc6+ was so tempting. :-) |
| p03036 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | discovery |
| p03037 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | failure
blundered by e6 with fork and missed the simple Rxd5 |
| p03041 | w | Poliniques | 1865 | Rh2 fails, no perpetual the King find a place in g6, and ideas with Qe1-Qa5 let whites queen and Bishop mates |
| p03052 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Should include at least Qxf6 Bxe5 in solution. |
| p03052 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | No its obvious ! |
| p03052 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | No Qxf6 Bxe5 is not obvious and I did not see it for a long time and initially rejected Nxd4 because of Qxf6 and looked at different moves. |
| p03055 | b | defense | 1680 | no difference between Kg2 and Kh1 |
| p03055 | b | Bahram | 1519 | if Kh1 then Rxc1+ Bxc1 Bxa1 |
| p03064 | b | greatmink | 1402 | fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| p03064 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | simple fork ! |
| p03066 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.9 seconds |
| p03067 | b | amyii | 1354 | looks more complicated than it is |
| p03069 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.8 seconds |
| p03074 | w | Faquarl | 1578 | does black win any material??? Why a positional move??? |
| p03074 | w | Schumi | 1523 | Without the check, black loses the bishop on b2. |
| p03074 | w | ldef7 | 1422 | True. The point is to avoid losing the bishop. |
| p03076 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | no continuation needed, obvious. |
| p03080 | w | drad | 1651 | cute |
| p03081 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | very difficult for the rating. |
| p03081 | w | Wolfgang | 1388 | I agree, needed more than half a minute for it. |
| p03081 | w | Regiomontanus | 907 | Somebody can explain why Rg2 is not the best move : you win a queen for free and a good position ? thank you for your help :) |
| p03093 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | missed the long move and saw only Kxg7 and Kg8 |
| p03093 | w | ChessPlayer56 | 1801 | 1.5 seconds how can this be 1812?? |
| p03093 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | this is 1813.3 now because people miss the rook at a7 and do not see Rxg7
This time had a feeling that there is a trap and Kxg7 is not the right move but used more than 20 seconds to find Rxg7 and lost rating.
ChessPlayer56
It seems that you see more than most of us if you see Rxg7+ easily. |
| p03099 | b | masterchinna | 1724 | haha |
| p03099 | b | olechrhaavald | 1193 | lol |
| p03099 | b | VickM | 1201 | how is that the easiest one? |
| p03099 | b | hqofai | 1495 | I solved this problem myself. |
| p03099 | b | peterski | 1662 | Yes, he is very diffecult. |
| p03099 | b | eragon21 | 1754 | It is too hard... :) |
| p03099 | b | Tama | 1730 | haahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahhahahahahahahahahahah |
| p03099 | b | matej | 1663 | verry good hihihihihihihi |
| p03099 | b | kuba | 1866 | brrrr... |
| p03099 | b | Dieter | 1676 | it is not as easy as it seems |
| p03099 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | it corresponds to the rating. |
| p03099 | b | Chesshitsch | 1489 | easy :-) |
| p03099 | b | palindrome | 1658 | More of these, please. At higher ratings.
|
| p03099 | b | Gianluca | 1136 | is very hard hihi |
| p03099 | b | Rabatt | 1256 | didn't get it at first ... then when reviewing the solution, it's like "duh ... of course" |
| p03103 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds |
| p03103 | b | neiking | 1591 | 2.9 seconds |
| p03109 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.8 seconds |
| p03109 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.6 seconds |
| p03111 | b | Auge | 1591 | Naheliegend |
| p03111 | b | pcygni | 1390 | The Queen on a rampage... |
| p03115 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.3 seconds |
| p03124 | w | ankka | 1302 | Nice queening problem :-) |
| p03135 | b | Kickaha99 | 1350 | A good problem, tricky to see at first because of X-Ray and pin. Always check checks! |
| p03149 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Checkmate in 2 !! |
| p03158 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | What a blunder by black at 3 ...bd7! |
| p03167 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p03168 | w | EricQc | 1142 | No tactics at all. |
| p03168 | w | rarerstill | 1123 | that's it? |
| p03171 | w | 9isprime | 1250 | simple fork |
| p03172 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | argh...! devilish - Nf7+ threatens Qh6# |
| p03172 | b | barz | 1708 | r1b3rk/p2nq2p/2p1p1p1/1p1pPPN1/3P3Q/4P2B/2P3RP/1R5K b - - 0 1 |
| p03172 | b | grom43 | 1654 | What? Must be missing something. 2 Bxf5 gxf5 3 e6 and now White's threat (Nf7+) means something (Rg2xg7 and Rbg1 also idea). Material is even in Crafty's line, so where's white's advantage? |
| p03173 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 57.0 seconds long time to see Qd2 with Qxh6+ |
| p03174 | w | underated | 1374 | I didn't see too many other options |
| p03174 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Recapture with the right piece. |
| p03177 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Yes, that's nice. |
| p03177 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 6r1/8/P3R3/3N2pk/3B4/8/1PPK1P1p/6b1 b - - 0 1 |
| p03179 | b | EngrStudent | 1315 | This is a nice problem |
| p03179 | b | SmokenFlames | 1418 | Vry insidious |
| p03182 | w | DocB | 1237 | my balls itch |
| p03182 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | promotion |
| p03183 | b | moegigo | 1611 | not so easy at least not 1400 today the low rating problems make me a little bit angry |
| p03184 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | very, very nice. |
| p03184 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | and difficult for the rating. |
| p03184 | b | Holy | 1098 | Classic. |
| p03190 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Fully appreciated! |
| p03193 | w | underated | 1374 | that was not as obvious as it looked. |
| p03193 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | large combination. |
| p03198 | w | drad | 1651 | well that took me by surprise |
| p03202 | b | gbekker | 1383 | It is important to note that if Black plays 2..Kf7 then 3.Qd7+ followed by 4.Qxc6+ also wins the rook. |
| p03202 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: After Kh7, Qc2+ attacks K and R(a4). |
| p03206 | b | Holy | 1098 | Nice discovered attack--and you have to eliminate any pawn moves as better options. |
| p03210 | b | JSorel | 1664 | confusing... |
| p03210 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.1 seconds |
| p03221 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | thats all ?? |
| p03230 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | The alternate move Qh6 looks pretty strong. Seems Crafty agrees. |
| p03236 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Pretty sad position for Black even after this "best defense". |
| p03236 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.1 seconds |
| p03244 | w | jideck | 1520 | best in situation but a normal move |
| p03256 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Again, put the row and rank labels on the board to help avoid disorientation. I spent half of my 4.5 seconds making sure the pawns were going the right way.... |
| p03256 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | we have enough data to see the direction of the board before the first move so I can only blame myself if I do not use the data.
|
| p03261 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.2 seconds |
| p03262 | w | knobgoblin | 1444 | nifty |
| p03262 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.4 seconds
trivial because this type of trick repeat again and again here. |
| p03262 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.0 seconds |
| p03271 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.8 seconds |
| p03271 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.3 seconds |
| p03273 | b | Wolfgang | 1388 | Maybe a little to high rated. |
| p03273 | b | Ponderable | 1472 | One needs tonotice that Qg5+ won't work because of the Knight. |
| p03273 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23446 to solve
5.9 seconds
need to notice that Qh6 threats also h7 and not only g7 |
| p03273 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | otherwise there is Qh6 Qf8 |
| p03275 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Double (discovered) attack: Bxb4+ checks K and threatens R(c1)xd5(R). |
| p03275 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Setting up a DISCOVERED ATTACK with CHECK. |
| p03276 | w | stefanT | 1521 | Very difficult ! |
| p03278 | b | pat5547 | 1248 | This should really continue to Bxf7+, when White wins back his pawn. |
| p03280 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate with R and B(c5). |
| p03280 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Surprise checkmate! It's the power of the diagonal. |
| p03286 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Don't miss a better move for a good move. |
| p03286 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | the power of the double check! |
| p03287 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed R, hanging B, uncovery |
| p03289 | b | tibtob | 1245 | why? |
| p03289 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | removal of defense |
| p03289 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | The wily Hook and Ladder tactic! |
| p03297 | b | steinar | 1704 | cheap :) |
| p03297 | b | benu | 1193 | aaaargh!?? |
| p03297 | b | Mitikoba | 1507 | What about 1.Rxf8+ Kxf8 2.Rxf2+ and White is up 2 pawns. This should deserve some points. |
| p03297 | b | Garryback | 1581 | because of + impossible |
| p03297 | b | JohnSmith | 1502 | blöd |
| p03303 | b | thal2008 | 1367 | Please check this puzzle for Be3! Pins the Queen to the knight. Play it through, response leads to this position:
r6kr/5ppp/8/ppB5/5PP1/5K2/PPP4P/R6R
Isn't that better? |
| p03303 | b | Subrosian | 1658 | Be3 Nxc2+ |
| p03303 | b | underated | 1374 | I thought that looked logical. and had good tempo for black |
| p03303 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | tricky removal of the guard problem |
| p03306 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Skewer: After Qh8+, K moves, then Qxc3(R). |
| p03311 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Excellent bishop play to relieve the king of his guard duties! |
| p03316 | w | knobgoblin | 1444 | waste of space. |
| p03316 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Mate in 1. Very nice! |
| p03319 | b | inkwire | 1667 | 3.Be5? Bxe5 4.Rxd4+ Be4 = |
| p03321 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | I just felt like attacking his Queen, but then I realized that there's a free rook! Nice! |
| p03323 | b | plopje | 1678 | I thought it has to be ne6 but it took me 76 seconds t orealize nf4 |
| p03324 | w | moegigo | 1611 | threats checkmate in 7 moves.
i analysed with an engine.
so how does someone with rating of 1550 suddenly see checkmate in seven moves within a few seconds????????? |
| p03324 | w | mark1960 | 1539 | If you are familiar with standard smothered mate patterns, once you get Qe3(+) in, the knight does a dance, Q-sac on g1, Nf2#. Standard pattern. |
| p03324 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.3 seconds got it in the past |
| p03324 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 1.1 secs |
| p03324 | w | piorgovici | 1520 | Q-sac on g1 not works because KxQ. It's more a "short windmill" with knight+queen...winning a pawn+queen for a bishop (maybe:) |
| p03324 | w | piorgovici | 1520 | Q-sac on g1 not works because KxQ. It's more a "short windmill" with knight+queen...winning a pawn+queen for a bishop (maybe:) |
| p03324 | w | grom43 | 1654 | 1...Bxf2+ 2 Kxf2 Ng4+ and now 3 Kf1 Ne3+ wins Qd1. Else, 3 Kg1 Qe3+ 4 Kh1 (4 Kf1 Qf2#) Nf2+ 5 Kg1 Nh3++ 6 Kh1 Qg1+ 7 N(R)xg1 Nf2# to be specific on mark1960 comment. |
| p03331 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.2 seconds |
| p03331 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.1 seconds |
| p03331 | b | jzhang2000 | 1419 | 1+1=2 |
| p03332 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Two parts: the Bd4+ not only saves B, it sets up queen trap. Maybe play one more move? |
| p03334 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Duh. |
| p03334 | b | Oprostite | 1318 | worst "tactic" ever |
| p03335 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Simple checkmate with Q(e7)h4# |
| p03339 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23271 to solve
19.1 seconds to find mate in 1.
too much thinking about Rxc6 |
| p03339 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.2 seconds |
| p03339 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 0.9 seconds |
| p03339 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 0.4 secs: Record of fastest puzzle |
| p03340 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 13149 to solve
2.3 seconds
easy fork |
| p03340 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 23149 should be |
| p03345 | b | Sidorsky | 1502 | This is a slick 1500 |
| p03351 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | meant the right move but clicked the wrong move
meant Rxe5 but clicked the knight first and did not click it again to cancel |
| p03352 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 61.6 seconds |
| p03370 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Should definitely extend the solution to include the perpetual check. |
| p03380 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds memorized |
| p03381 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.2 seconds |
| p03381 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.5 seconds |
| p03381 | w | greatkid | 1694 | You've failed to solve problem p03381.
Your new rating is 1732.73 (-3.04). |
| p03382 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | yeah, those pawn-moves :( didnt find it. |
| p03384 | w | Voxxxy | 1228 | that sucks... you lose a queen and a rook for only a rook... |
| p03384 | w | Subrosian | 1658 | Voxxxy, sacrificing your queen leads to a forced mate. |
| p03384 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | difficult, didnt find it. |
| p03384 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Ahhh... Gotta remember this sequence... |
| p03384 | w | TheaN | 1604 | I think it is disturbing that the first comment of this puzzle is just laziness. The evaluation is down below: Qxf2+ -Mat04. To be honest this is a very common back rank tactic, nice puzzle format this one. |
| p03389 | w | kendal | 1531 | very nice |
| p03401 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | the only way |
| p03407 | w | texas | 1392 | Surprisingly difficult to see over Qxa3. |
| p03407 | w | RedBeetle | 1508 | Just laughed at how simple it was... AFTER I saw it. |
| p03407 | w | barz | 1708 | r1b3k1/pp3pp1/2n1pn1p/q7/4PP1B/Q1N5/PPP3PP/2Kr1B1R w - - 0 1 |
| p03412 | w | Holy | 1098 | Subtle trap. |
| p03412 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Well said, Holy! |
| p03416 | w | Coventry | 1613 | beautiful one |
| p03418 | b | grom43 | 1654 | You know what? That theme is nice. Eliminate defender with threat = opponent's. |
| p03419 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | Zwischenzug |
| p03420 | w | edgy | 1645 | So. If I'm reading this right, if White doesn't play the extremely obliging 2.g3??, he's just winning. Stunningly bad problem. |
| p03420 | w | caliban | 1688 | I agree with edgy if white plays 2.Kg1 or 2.Ne7+ then 3.Kg1, he can escape from mate. |
| p03420 | w | SamuelS | 1574 | 1. Nxc8 Qh5! 2. Kg1 (or 2. Ne7+ Kh8 3. Kg1) is not any better for White:
2...Ng5 and any pawn move loses to 3...Qh2# or 3.Be2 Qh2+ 4. Kf1 Qh1#, and finally
3. Bd3 Qh2+ 4. Kf1 Qh1+ 5. Ke2 Qxg2+ 6. Ke1 (or 6. Kf1) Qf2#. Other defences lose as well. |
| p03420 | w | caliban | 1688 | I don't think your variation is correct SamuelS,3.Bd3 Qh2+ 4.Kf1 Qh1+ 5.Ke2 Qxg2 is not a check since there is still a pawn on f2 that you can defend with a rook for instance. |
| p03420 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | After ...Qh5 Black is threatening ...Nf3#, so no need for a king chase if no g3 |
| p03420 | w | edgy | 1645 | Why is this problem still up, when the Crafty analysis shows that 2. Kg1 Ng4 3. Bd3 wins for White? |
| p03420 | w | kwanpin | 1752 | Qh6 not good? |
| p03420 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | why do you use the analysis of Crafty to decide that white is losing.
There are better engines than
Crafty and it is obvious that Crafty does not see deep enough.
Kg1 Ng4 seems to give black at least a draw based on rybka
Here is the analysis
New game - Toga II 1.2.1a
1rN3k1/pp4pp/n7/P2Ppp1q/QPP5/8/5PPn/R2R1B1K w - - 0 1
Analysis by Rybka 3 1-cpu 32-bit :
2.Nc8-e7+
+- (2.77) Depth: 2 00:00:00
2.Nc8-e7+
+- (2.04) Depth: 3 00:00:00
2.Nc8-e7+
+- (1.94) Depth: 4 00:00:00
2.Nc8-e7+
+- (2.14) Depth: 5 00:00:00
2.Nc8-e7+ Kg8-f7 3.Kh1-g1
+- (2.33) Depth: 5 00:00:00
2.Nc8-e7+ Kg8-f7 3.Kh1-g1 Nh2-g4
+- (2.21) Depth: 6 00:00:01 5kN
2.Nc8-e7+ Kg8-f7 3.Kh1-g1 Nh2-g4
² (0.68) Depth: 7 00:00:03 76kN
2.Nc8-e7+ Kg8-f8 3.Kh1-g1 Nh2-g4 4.Bf1-d3 Kf8xe7 5.d5-d6+
² (0.68) Depth: 8 00:00:04 89kN
2.Kh1-g1 Nh2-g4 3.Bf1-d3
² (0.68) Depth: 9 00:00:06 150kN
2.Kh1-g1 Nh2-g4 3.Bf1-d3 Rb8xc8 4.Qa4-d7 Rc8-f8 5.Qd7-e6+ Kg8-h8 6.Qe6-e7 Kh8-g8 7.b4-b5 Qh5-h2+ 8.Kg1-f1 Qh2-h1+ 9.Kf1-e2 Qh1xg2 10.Rd1-f1 e5-e4 11.Bd3-c2 Na6-b8 12.b5-b6 a7xb6 13.a5xb6
² (0.45) Depth: 10 00:00:15 362kN
2.Kh1-g1 Nh2-g4 3.Bf1-d3 Rb8xc8 4.Qa4-d7 Rc8-f8 5.Bd3xf5 Rf8xf5 6.Qd7-e6+ Kg8-f8 7.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-f7 8.Qc8-e6+ Kf7-f8 9.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-f7 10.Qc8-e6+ Kf7-f8 11.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-f7 12.Qc8-e6+ Kf7-f8 13.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-f7 14.Qc8-e6+ Kf7-f8 15.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-f7 16.Qc8-e6+ Kf7-f8 17.Qe6-c8+
= (0.00) Depth: 11 00:00:58 1514kN
2.Kh1-g1 Nh2-g4 3.Bf1-d3 Rb8xc8 4.Qa4-d7 Rc8-f8 5.Bd3xf5 Rf8xf5 6.Qd7-e6+ Kg8-f8 7.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-f7 8.Qc8-e6+ Kf7-f8 9.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-f7 10.Qc8-e6+ Kf7-f8 11.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-f7 12.Qc8-e6+ Kf7-f8 13.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-f7 14.Qc8-e6+ Kf7-f8 15.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-f7 16.Qc8-e6+ Kf7-f8 17.Qe6-c8+
= (0.00) Depth: 12 00:01:00 1575kN
2.Kh1-g1 Nh2-g4 3.Bf1-d3 Rb8xc8 4.Qa4-d7 Rc8-f8 5.Bd3xf5 Rf8xf5 6.Qd7-e6+ Kg8-f8 7.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-f7 8.Qc8-e6+ Kf7-f8 9.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-f7 10.Qc8-e6+ Kf7-f8 11.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-f7 12.Qc8-e6+ Kf7-f8 13.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-f7 14.Qc8-e6+ Kf7-f8 15.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-f7 16.Qc8-e6+ Kf7-f8 17.Qe6-c8+
= (0.00) Depth: 13 00:01:10 1858kN
2.Kh1-g1 Nh2-g4 3.Bf1-d3 Rb8xc8 4.Qa4-d7 Rc8-f8 5.Bd3xf5 Rf8xf5 6.Qd7-e6+ Kg8-f8 7.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-f7 8.Qc8-e6+ Kf7-f8 9.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-f7 10.Qc8-e6+ Kf7-f8 11.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-f7 12.Qc8-e6+ Kf7-f8 13.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-f7 14.Qc8-e6+ Kf7-f8 15.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-f7 16.Qc8-e6+ Kf7-f8 17.Qe6-c8+
= (0.00) Depth: 14 00:01:38 2449kN
(so k, 30.09.2008)
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| p03420 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | missed Qh5 and played b5 to protect Qe8 mate |
| p03420 | w | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | It doesn't quite matter whether our opponent plays a bad move like g3. All we need to do is find the best move for the side we are playing for. |
| p03427 | w | theKnife | 1671 | isn't white winning anyway ? |
| p03427 | w | kukurice | 1457 | ? |
| p03427 | w | macacoLaranja | 1365 | just preventing white from capturing the bishop |
| p03427 | w | sejo1 | 1600 | ????????????? |
| p03427 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | i suppose trading down to bishops of opposite color gets a draw here. |
| p03430 | w | Luther | 1159 | This isn't enough of a combination. |
| p03430 | w | klopstockus | 1320 | these are just two obvious moves! |
| p03430 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | but its very low ranking ;) |
| p03431 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Double attack: After K chases N to e8 [otherwise, Rxc2(R)+], then 2...Rxe8(N). White then captures one R but loses other R. |
| p03435 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.5 seconds |
| p03435 | b | Vandebent | 1701 | 2. Nd6? looks nice but 2. ... Bd5 anywhere wins for black. |
| p03435 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 4.9 secs |
| p03440 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | 1...Rxc6 is also easily winning. Why this crapola? |
| p03440 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | a year later I choose the "official" solution: but I stand by my original comment - there shouldn't be 2 clearly winning solutions |
| p03440 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | ok - perhaps I was in this case a little harsh, but nevertheless |
| p03440 | w | onat | 1932 | nice |
| p03440 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Reviewing, then, 1...Ne3 is a nice shot! |
| p03441 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23060 to solve
4.1 seconds.
threating the knight and protecting the knight in the same move is the idea |
| p03441 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 4R3/3N1kp1/2r2p1p/p2np3/6P1/2P4P/P4P2/6K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p03441 | w | neiking | 1591 | nice, but too easy |
| p03441 | w | neiking | 1591 | nice, but too easy |
| p03453 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.4 seconds |
| p03453 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.8 seconds |
| p03453 | b | drad | 1651 | rats, tried Bxb5 |
| p03454 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.9 seconds |
| p03456 | w | themagician | 1543 | 6.5 seconds new record 1803 |
| p03459 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Solver should have to play more moves. |
| p03459 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | Agreed; also, what's the point of the first move? |
| p03459 | b | tacticaldeep | 1821 | it has to be solved to move 10! |
| p03459 | b | moegigo | 1611 | and the second move is the bad one not the first!! |
| p03459 | b | davidk | 1753 | Solution is too short. |
| p03461 | w | AK74 | 1563 | This solution only works if Black has the right to castle (i.e., hasn't moved the king yet), something that can't be just taken for granted in such an advanced position. |
| p03461 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Nice to be able to castle when the rook is under attack. Not sure if I've ever managed to do that! Disagree with AK47's comment; there seems no reason at all to assume that catling is illegal in this position. |
| p03461 | w | yean23 | 1581 | Very nice |
| p03461 | w | loot | 1486 | wanted to give it more stars, but agree with AK47 - impossible to know if castling is allowed |
| p03461 | w | LowScore | 1564 | first problem I ever saw on CTS where both sides castle during the problem sequence! |
| p03461 | w | mathaias | 1434 | Agree with AK74, in fact, I assumed that castling was impossible because this is an endgame. Burned several minutes looking for another answer before I decided to try castling just in case. |
| p03461 | w | Garryback | 1581 | normally castle is allowed when no other clue
|
| p03461 | w | Lioric | 1526 | how can I know whether black can castle or not??
garrback comment is meanignless.stupid puzzle |
| p03463 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.2 seconds |
| p03463 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.5 seconds |
| p03464 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.0 seconds |
| p03464 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.2 seconds |
| p03470 | w | e4e5f4 | 1402 | For three pieces you can give a queen. |
| p03470 | w | SmokenFlames | 1418 | I din't see I could take the third piece |
| p03477 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.6 seconds |
| p03477 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.2 seconds |
| p03478 | w | polgary | 1530 | 2.Ke1 is followed by Re2+ and Rd8+ |
| p03480 | w | sleiman | 1406 | tricky |
| p03480 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | it's a nice second move and making the player only be able to look at the trick to it after making the first move is a nice touch i thought :) |
| p03490 | b | karger | 1697 | 3...Rxa8 and then? |
| p03490 | b | macLeay | 1639 | ^ Qxd5+ |
| p03490 | b | Vandebent | 1701 | This is no problem: two completely winning keymoves. |
| p03490 | b | JSorel | 1664 | Rxa8 is also winning!!! |
| p03490 | b | sleiman | 1406 | Agree with JSorel, that was my 1st move. Regardless, the problem is nice. |
| p03490 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Rxa8 is also winning |
| p03490 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | I think this might be the position from the old Columbo episode where one GM kills another. Peter Falk was about 1600, I think, so surely knew to setup real chess positions. |
| p03490 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | stupid, dual solution |
| p03490 | b | mtal61 | 1517 | hang on a bit there,I think there's a subtle difference between a 2)Bxb5 which wins a piece for white as per solution and b 2)Rxa8 Rxa8,3)Bxb5 Ra1+! (and not... Qxb5 4)Qd5+ +-) 4)Ne1 (and not Bf1 else...Qc4-+)...Rxe1,5)Qxe1 Qxb5 and it's just a simplified endgame with white a pawn up |
| p03490 | b | mtal61 | 1517 | ps. In variation b crafty played 4)...h6 instead of Qc4,-hmmm strange!!.By the way I initially got it wrong with Rxa8 first. |
| p03494 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Black's defensive move left one of his pieces en prise! |
| p03494 | b | jedzz | 1511 | Is black on crack? What's wrong with 1. ... Nxd3+? |
| p03494 | b | oaklandmatt | 1282 | Nxd3+ loses the black queen |
| p03496 | b | john2001plus | 1562 | don't get it |
| p03497 | b | texian | 1113 | Pop! Bang! Boom! Wow! |
| p03497 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate with B & N |
| p03497 | b | netsagef | 1306 | Legall's mate. |
| p03497 | b | Nomadology2003 | 1171 | Yes. A beautiful mating pattern |
| p03497 | b | 9isprime | 1250 | very subtle mate |
| p03500 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate: After 1...Nc5+ drives K to a5 and after a R sacrifice, 3.Ra4#. |
| p03504 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.2 seconds
think that I got it in the past. |
| p03504 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.4 seconds |
| p03504 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | All that tp win a pawn? |
| p03511 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played Nxb7
thought Rxf7 Rxd6 is bad and missed Rf2+ that wins the queen |
| p03511 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | me too |
| p03517 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | R(d7)c7 attacks both undefended N(c6) and B(c5). |
| p03518 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 5r1k/1p6/pb1p2p1/3P4/2B1prN1/2P4P/PP3PP1/5RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p03520 | w | Holy | 1098 | Why so high ranked? |
| p03520 | w | waaek | 1120 | Opening queen forks are hard to see for beginners, it took me a long time to see them quickly, maybe because we're told "don't move your queen out too early" |
| p03520 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: 1.Qa5+ forks K(e1) and N(e5). |
| p03520 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice opening queen fork. |
| p03521 | w | sarciness | 1465 | Oops. |
| p03521 | w | decembersnake | 1528 | 1.9 seconds |
| p03521 | w | decembersnake | 1528 | 1.9 seconds |
| p03523 | w | llarson1 | 1198 | Poor - the solution is the only legal move. |
| p03523 | w | underated | 1374 | and the answer is....frrrrppppbbblllurppp...pardon my express anal passage. |
| p03523 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Avoiding mate: Solution assumes that after ...Q(d7)xe6(N), White takes Q with Q [Q(f7)xe6(Q), B(c8)xe6(Q)]; instead, White takes Q with P [dxe6(Q)] and White is a Q ahead. |
| p03524 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 288.2 seconds |
| p03524 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.9 seconds
remembered it but was not sure about it. |
| p03524 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I can add that one of the points is Bc3 Rxc4 Rxc4 with mate threat |
| p03524 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.8 seconds |
| p03525 | w | underated | 1374 | show me the material... |
| p03528 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | very difficult |
| p03529 | b | tjumen | 1598 | 12.7 seconds |
| p03534 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.0 seconds
too short
Ra4 b5 is needed |
| p03534 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.2 seconds |
| p03538 | w | wald | 1565 | this needs trust, but then it was the only option |
| p03544 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.6 seconds |
| p03544 | w | UltraMN | 1539 | how did I miss mate in one? |
| p03548 | b | barz | 1708 | r1bqk2r/pp3ppp/3ppn2/2n3B1/1bP5/2N1P3/PPQ1NPPP/R3KB1R b KQkq - 0 1 |
| p03549 | b | Wolfgang | 1388 | Don't understand the point. |
| p03549 | b | johangnorman | 1341 | hardly tactical
|
| p03550 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.7 seconds |
| p03557 | w | JSorel | 1664 | I confess that I haven't seen the full line :) |
| p03557 | w | grom43 | 1654 | I didn't see the mate, but I felt it. :-) |
| p03558 | w | greatkid | 1694 | 3.2 seconds |
| p03558 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed. in a game i think i'd just repeat the position but eventually i'd have to move the bishop to f8. i just didn't realize that at first. crafty don't have a line analyzed for it here though. |
| p03562 | b | JSorel | 1664 | missed... |
| p03562 | b | sven | 1633 | 1.Re3 appears to prevent mate too, but is still bad because of 1...Rh1+ Kg2 2.Qh2+ Kf3 3.Rxf1 and white is a rook down |
| p03576 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Very standard tactic, but odd opening, obviously an Evans' Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4? a5 6. b5 Nxe4 7. Nxe5 Qg5 8. Nxf7 Qxg7. Terrible play by White. |
| p03576 | w | LowScore | 1564 | This looks almost like the famous Blackburne Shilling-Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Ne5?! 4.Nxe5? Qg5 5.Nxf7 Qxg2 0-1 |
| p03576 | w | LowScore | 1564 | This looks almost like the famous Blackburne Shilling-Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Ne5?! 4.Nxe5? Qg5 5.Nxf7 Qxg2 0-1 |
| p03576 | w | LowScore | 1564 | Maybe it was something like 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bb6 5.a4 a5 6.b5 Nd4?! 7.Nxe5?! 8.Qg5 Nxf7? 9.Qxg2! |
| p03576 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate threat wins material: 1...Qxg2 threatens 2...Qxh1#. |
| p03581 | b | FireGarden | 1557 | I'm glad there's no touch-move rule! 'cause I nearly went for the fork instead of the mate! :) |
| p03581 | b | Leucky | 1538 | Allways look for the higest objective in the game first. |
| p03581 | b | Fromper | 1338 | Another simple mate that I'm surprised is so high rated. |
| p03581 | b | drad | 1651 | ok I got this wrong for about the 7th time, I will now do it 50 times in a row (literally) |
| p03581 | b | neiking | 1591 | I'm surprised that such a easy problem gives you so much points. |
| p03585 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | tempted by Nf7+ and did not find Qe4 with mate winning threat. |
| p03585 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | like me ! uri |
| p03585 | b | polgary | 1530 | easy |
| p03588 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.3 seconds |
| p03588 | b | barz | 1708 | r1bqk2r/1pp2ppp/p1n1pn2/8/1bpP4/2N2NP1/PPQ1PPBP/R1B2RK1 b kq - 0 1 |
| p03594 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | pretty easy for 1884! |
| p03594 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | This is the reason that the rating went down and now it is only 1875.6 |
| p03601 | w | nopen | 1760 | That was totally beyond me. |
| p03601 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | Wow!!! Didn't even consider that. |
| p03604 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 45.3 |
| p03616 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | r4r1k/1pp3p1/pb1p3p/5bqR/3B2P1/1B6/PP3P1P/R2Q2K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p03620 | w | SquareBear | 1172 | ?? |
| p03639 | b | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | Nice problem. |
| p03647 | w | knobgoblin | 1444 | Nice desperado! |
| p03647 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | the mighty pawn! |
| p03647 | w | aleemb | 1200 | Didn't know about desperado before this. A new tactic in my game. |
| p03648 | b | harjacob | 1294 | this one sucks and confused me!!!!!!
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| p03650 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.7 seconds
hesitated because the trade lose material but I lose material in all options and it is the best |
| p03651 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | this is the kind of knee jerk probelm I often miss, in my haste to beat the 6 or 7 second deadline. |
| p03651 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.1 seconds |
| p03656 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.5 seconds
considered also Ra7 but black can defend |
| p03656 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Whichever rook move you choose as White (Ra7, Rac6), black can defend using his knights. UNLESS you take one out while clearing a6 for the B. |
| p03656 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 2r2nk1/2P1bppp/R4n2/8/1r2P3/4BP2/4B1PP/2R3K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p03657 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | simple fork |
| p03668 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | I don't get it... What makes it so great? |
| p03668 | b | pdubs | 1146 | yawn |
| p03669 | w | jedzz | 1511 | Saw 1. ... Qxg3+ instantly. Took me longer to figure out why 1. ... Bxe4 is a bad move (2. Bf6#) |
| p03671 | w | tibtob | 1245 | best to get: Patt |
| p03671 | w | yonil | 1242 | excellent program |
| p03673 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 83.3 seconds
a brilliant move that it took me long time to see.
pin the bishop in unexpected pin and also prevent the defence f4 |
| p03673 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 25.7 seconds this time hope to remember better later |
| p03673 | w | JSorel | 1664 | difficult to find... I failed |
| p03674 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.6 seconds |
| p03687 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Numpties only.. |
| p03687 | b | goldentokidoki | 1776 | Isn't Rxd5 just as good? |
| p03687 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | no... Rxd5 is ahead exchange for pawn, but Qxd5 mates |
| p03691 | w | DrJones | 1420 | This can not be a puzzle.. |
| p03691 | w | Plasticage | 1183 | Dont get it... |
| p03695 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | This position can lead to really sharp play. 4.Qxf7 is probably a sharper line than 4.Qh5. |
| p03695 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | ..... than 4.Qh4 which is Crafty's line. |
| p03696 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | YESS! FREE BISHOP! |
| p03699 | w | tooslow | 1114 | nice fork
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| p03699 | w | amyii | 1354 | like this simplicity |
| p03702 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.1 seconds nice fork |
| p03702 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.4 seconds |
| p03703 | b | thraxus | 1579 | way overrated |
| p03703 | b | drad | 1651 | yeah a light hint of a kingside attack thwarts so many :)
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| p03704 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | the only one ... |
| p03704 | w | PoopusMaximus | 1414 | find da legal move |
| p03705 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | removal of defense |
| p03706 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | well known endgame idea - but good for that very reason |
| p03706 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 19.3 seconds
too much time to find the right move to use zugzwang
The idea of zugzwang was clear before first move |
| p03709 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.2 seconds |
| p03709 | w | LowestRd | 1946 | Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. ;) |
| p03716 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Kc5
I think that it is one of the hardest problems of this site because even after seeing the solution I do not understand it and even analysis with computer does not help much to explain how we can expect humans to think and find it in 1 or 2 minutes. |
| p03716 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | I agree that at least to me these sorts of king running problems are very tough. The number of choices at every turn is so large that mistakes are inevitable. |
| p03718 | b | sleiman | 1406 | a lot of possibilities for white distracted me from seeing the fast mate pattern. Nice though! |
| p03719 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 93.6 seconds first time correct.
search too much checks. |
| p03722 | w | Holzi | 1625 | Too easy, not interestng, the only possible issue is that one might waste time looking for something clever. |
| p03722 | w | Sidorsky | 1502 | Simple, yes, if you're already observant. It helps you realize that you need to evaluate tactical choices for defensive merit as well as for offensive reaons. |
| p03722 | w | knobgoblin | 1444 | waste of time. please remove or reduce rating to something suitable like 500. |
| p03722 | w | knobgoblin | 1444 | Sidorsky is missing the fact that the problem is currently rated 1000 points higher than is appropriate, which makes it a horrible problem. |
| p03722 | w | Wolfgang | 1388 | I agree with sidorsky! |
| p03722 | w | Stress | 1659 | The problem is rated as it is because many miss (or use too much time). |
| p03722 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.9 seconds
I totally disagree with knobgoblin
There are problems that are rated 100 points too high but not 1000 points too high.
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| p03725 | w | drad | 1651 | a bit going on there |
| p03729 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.1 seconds |
| p03734 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | that's it? more moves need be shown. |
| p03734 | w | theKnife | 1671 | Black has nothing for the queen. |
| p03734 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | solved it - but it's still real rubbish |
| p03734 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | one of the very worst - Black is lost whatever he does |
| p03734 | w | palindrome | 1658 | Just alter the material count and make this make sense! Why say "Black to move and survive as long as possible?"
|
| p03734 | w | loot | 1486 | huh? black still losing big |
| p03734 | w | aegean | 1753 | I hae this problem
|
| p03734 | w | amyii | 1354 | didn't you see the mate net around the white king? White has to sacrifice his Q and nevertheless remains with a lost position |
| p03734 | w | mazette | 1350 | All those who think Black is lost; have you got no faith in Crafty's analysis? |
| p03734 | w | memo | 1570 | Black is lost, The Crafty analysis clearly shows that Black is lost. Black has a few checks but no mating net. |
| p03734 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | wasted time looking for a miracle here - there isn't one |
| p03734 | w | polgary | 1530 | no star |
| p03734 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | despite being down all that material maybe black can get a draw in the end game somehow? i dunno. this is difficult to analyze |
| p03750 | b | Leucky | 1538 | I wonder that this problem has this high rating. The mate with the knight and rook is a basic pattern. |
| p03750 | b | LowScore | 1564 | Well the N + R alone can't deliver mate here. With the N on f6 I would have instantly moved Qxh6+ , but in this setup it took me some time to realize that the Bishop on e6 covers g8. |
| p03751 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.3 seconds |
| p03752 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | should include ...Qa3 Nc7+ Kd8 Nxa8 Qc3+ Nd2 |
| p03752 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 92.4 seconds
hesitated too much about Rb1 or Nc7 and decided after long time that Rb1 is needed to prevent Qb4+ |
| p03752 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | wrong it is needed to prevent Qc3+ Nd2 Bxd2+ Qxd2 Qxa1+ |
| p03752 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 74.4 seconds
remembered that I was wrong last time so hesitated again |
| p03752 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | agree with tomohawk as usual |
| p03752 | b | drad | 1651 | 156 seconds. Took me ages to see what would happen if I did the fork straight away. |
| p03752 | b | drad | 1651 | I don't see that adding the extra moves is necessary, there is no chance that anyone would do anything different after Rb1 |
| p03754 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.5 seconds part of them to check that the queen cannot escape and defend the knight |
| p03756 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | opening queen fork |
| p03756 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Grrr... |
| p03756 | b | buckster | 1412 | Pretty interesting |
| p03762 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | It's a pin! |
| p03766 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.8 seconds |
| p03769 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.6 seconds |
| p03769 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.1 seconds |
| p03775 | b | underated | 1374 | I went out of sequence. This was a good lesson |
| p03779 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: White threatens Q(d7)xe8(R)+, but ...Qe4+ forks K(h1) and R(b1). After Kg1 or Bb2, Qxb1(R)+ ; then ...Qe1 avoids Q(d7)xe8+. |
| p03779 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Well said, OldPatzer! |
| p03779 | w | ChessMaster08 | 1308 | cool but still a little dull |
| p03781 | b | bballplayer536 | 1463 | Not that difficult |
| p03781 | b | bballplayer536 | 1463 | Not that difficult |
| p03781 | b | bballplayer536 | 1463 | Not that difficult |
| p03781 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | I see... that's indeed very difficult! |
| p03781 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Obviously white need to prepare our attack--- Qg5 is the only choice which could impose threat to the black. |
| p03781 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Obviously white need to prepare our attack--- Qg5 is the only choice which could impose threat to the black. |
| p03781 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Obviously white need to prepare our attack--- Qg5 is the only choice which could impose threat to the black. |
| p03781 | b | sevkisen | 1964 | not so difficult for 2020 |
| p03781 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | sevkisen
It is clearly harder than 2020 and the rating is 2030.9 |
| p03783 | b | redfire | 943 | I don't get it |
| p03791 | w | underated | 1374 | a nice open game can be danger |
| p03792 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.3 seconds
first move that I thought about but it is not clear that it is the best and I hate to be wrong |
| p03792 | b | HateYou | 1627 | 6.9 seconds. Uri I hate to be wrong too but I don't like losing rating points by spending too much time on it either. |
| p03794 | w | jimjimmo | 1572 | to easy bblablablabblablablka boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooouuuih |
| p03796 | w | barz | 1708 | 1rr3k1/p4pbp/6p1/1qNn4/1B4P1/1P1Np3/P1Q3PP/3RK2R w K - 0 1 |
| p03797 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Winning a tempo with CHECK allows the capture of the enemy Rook! |
| p03807 | b | simlee | 1071 | what was the point of that move? |
| p03807 | b | ShardPhoenix | 1213 | He has to take the bishop (or otherwise get out of check), leaving you free to take the undefended queen on your next move. |
| p03810 | b | kuba | 1866 | Da8? Sb7 Da7 Va8 0:1 |
| p03810 | b | FireGarden | 1557 | I got greedy! |
| p03810 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.0 seconds |
| p03810 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | traduction: 3.Qxa8? is bad because of Bb7 4.Qxa7 Ra8 and the Queen is trapped. |
| p03810 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | translation or traduction, what ever. |
| p03814 | b | Sidorsky | 1502 | I thought c5 was nice. If Nxf1, 3. cxd6 Qxd6 4. Kxf1 |
| p03814 | b | Garryback | 1581 | after c5 comes Nxf3+ |
| p03821 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.7 seconds |
| p03821 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.0 seconds |
| p03821 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.8 seconds |
| p03821 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r1b2bk1/pp6/1qn3p1/3pp1Np/2B4Q/2P2N2/PP3nPP/2KR3R b - - 0 1 |
| p03826 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.0 seconds |
| p03826 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.1 seconds |
| p03827 | b | knobgoblin | 1444 | nifty |
| p03827 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p03838 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | surely play 1 more move Nxa2 Nb3# ? |
| p03838 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | r3qr1k/1pp3bp/3p4/p1nPpbB1/1nP5/2N4P/PP1QBP2/R3KNR1 w Q - 0 1 |
| p03845 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Pin: R(d1)f1 pins B(f2) to K(f5). |
| p03859 | b | jugfingers | 1345 | maybe im not seeing the end of this tactic, but black has mate in one if it doesn't end in mate. |
| p03862 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Ah, the power of opposite bishops! |
| p03862 | w | plopje | 1678 | 61 fucking seconds to find the solution. In a real game I would not have found it. |
| p03862 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.8 seconds |
| p03862 | w | barz | 1708 | Clever |
| p03867 | w | waaek | 1120 | pins, discoveries, removal of guard, oh my! All in one problem |
| p03867 | w | Baully | 1328 | This is a great puzzle! |
| p03872 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | It's not very obvious. |
| p03872 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | Well, in fact Rxe5 has saved the white. The black pawns advanced well. |
| p03875 | b | chessyeti | 1756 | 1.9 seconds |
| p03884 | w | Holy | 1098 | Good example of endgame priorities. Not all good problems can be difficult, and not all easy problems are poor problems just because they're easy. This problem demonstrates several subtle principles regarding endgames, such as the threat of pawn promotion, the square, and knights' inability to stop pawns in many situations. |
| p03887 | w | pdazz | 1388 | the pawn can be caught much later, after the solution it still seems lost |
| p03887 | w | JamesBJames | 1657 | After the solution, it's pretty much a dead draw. Black brings the knight down to d6 and moves the king down to take the c and f pawns. |
| p03887 | w | TheKingIsBack | 1546 | Which side is White and which side is Black!?!?!?!?!? |
| p03887 | w | rockym | 1626 | Side is indeed confusing. Although there is a black square at the bottom right. |
| p03887 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Checking the King wins Black a TEMPO, consequently allowing him to stop White's advanced pawn from queening. |
| p03889 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.0 seconds |
| p03896 | b | curiouschild | 1223 | wins the knight |
| p03904 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Knights are good to prevent promotions. |
| p03907 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.1 seconds |
| p03916 | w | underated | 1374 | keep everything nice and tight. |
| p03916 | w | underated | 1374 | back again...sucker for punishiment. |
| p03917 | b | Svenja | 1588 | The "solution" is a mistake of the crafty used. If one continues the variation after 3.Nf3 Bxb2 4.Rxd7 Rcd8 one can easily see, that White has absolutely NOTHING in this variation. So 3.Bxf7 might even be worth a try, even though only a computer could come up with such nonsense. |
| p03917 | b | milos62 | 1916 | What has an extra piece. |
| p03920 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.1 seconds |
| p03920 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.1 seconds |
| p03920 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.0 seconds |
| p03937 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice pin! |
| p03955 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 24.4 seconds |
| p03955 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 1.7 secs |
| p03955 | w | tjumen | 1598 | 7.5 seconds |
| p03955 | w | barz | 1708 | 1k2r3/pp3p1p/q2b1pb1/3PnN2/8/2r3PQ/P4PBP/RRB3K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p03955 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Enjoyed solving. Last piece to fall in: Rc3 defends f3. Nice |
| p03956 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | captured e6 and not f7
white is a piece down so winning a pawn is not enough |
| p03956 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.2 seconds |
| p03970 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Decoy followed by fork wins material. |
| p03973 | w | theKnife | 1671 | and ? |
| p03973 | w | pdazz | 1388 | what's tactics about retaining a piece? |
| p03973 | w | waaek | 1120 | I like "plain" problems like this. Most seem to dislike them, but the more "real" the problem is, the better it is in my opinion. Real games are full of "simple" recaptures. Note that the rating of this problem is currently 1370, indicating that plenty of people miss this one. |
| p03973 | w | KnightOdds | 1102 | I think the problem has a higher rating than it deserves simply because people are taking time looking for the "tactic" that isn't there. The problem preys upon expectations in a way that would not be present in a real game - unless your opponent is allowed to hold up a big red sign that says "Tactic here!", only to hold up another sign, after you've wasted time on your clock, that says, "Psych! |
| p03973 | w | baykemik | 1292 | Eventually that's the third similar nonsense i encountered today |
| p03973 | w | ankka | 1302 | crap |
| p03973 | w | oaklandmatt | 1282 | +1 for waaek |
| p03983 | b | moegigo | 1611 | with that rating i was only looking for not to take the knight |
| p03983 | b | Stress | 1659 | You have to look further. |
| p03984 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Nice variation on the ladder and hook |
| p03987 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | discovered attack! |
| p03991 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | This was a REALLY wussy type problem...! |
| p03991 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | bit random |
| p03991 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | that was a funny ending. there was a noise inside my head that went, "waa, waa, waa!" and then a crowd laughed. it freaked me out. |
| p03995 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Poor; black's easily winning in any case. |
| p03995 | w | tomorrow | 1550 | power of king and quick recognition of a helpless pawn
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| p03995 | w | sarciness | 1465 | Bf6 looked winning to me. Clearly solution is the better move, though. |
| p03995 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Mate in two has to trump whatever else Black has going for him. Nice theme as pointed out by tomorrow. (no doubt Bf6 is the other winning move and maybe Rg2+ has merit) |
| p03996 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.8 seconds |
| p03998 | b | knobgoblin | 1444 | not bad... |
| p03999 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.5 seconds |
| p04004 | b | rockym | 1626 | I like it ! |
| p04006 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.3 seconds |
| p04006 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.1 seconds |
| p04009 | b | dktransform | 1479 | subtle |
| p04018 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 18.2 seconds |
| p04018 | b | tjumen | 1598 | 22.5 sec |
| p04031 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1773.58 new record
1.3 seconds |
| p04034 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.8 seconds |
| p04038 | w | spacecowboy | 1394 | I'm surprised more people don't fail this problem more often then they do. If a tactician has never seen this position before, precious seconds must be spent to quickly assess that White has an advantage in material even after 1.Kxg2 Qg4+ 2.Kh1 Qf3+ 3.Kg1 Qxc3. And besides making the above assessment quickly, the tactician has to spend time asessing the possibility of trapping the white queen. |
| p04038 | w | joker | 1499 | To spacecowboy: the problem is made easy by the fact that you only have to guess the first move, otherwise realizing that you have to go for the perpetual wouldn't be easy |
| p04038 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | To easy to guess correctly. White can win the Knight if he aborts the perpetual check, so it gets confusing--the unprotected rook is now attacked, and so you must look deeper. Then you, after you realize winning further material is hopeless, you have to back-track and see if you can move the rook off the back rank safely to threaten mate in two. When you realize that is impossible, then you have to go for perpetual check. |
| p04039 | w | underated | 1374 | taht is an absolute pisser of a move. love it... |
| p04041 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | an amazing mate with the Queen and bishop |
| p04041 | b | vdLeden | 1530 | nice combo to remember |
| p04042 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | pretty easy for 1878! |
| p04042 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | easy for 1866! |
| p04042 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Book trap in the Scotch. |
| p04046 | b | polgary | 1530 | acc. to crafties evaluation it lost in any case - this is wrong |
| p04046 | b | musiclife | 1602 | it's called play the best move. Like in a game. Resigning has yet to win any games. |
| p04052 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Lost by with a double click on "Continue tactics". Can someone fix this annoying feature, please? |
| p04064 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | More pawn endgames please! |
| p04064 | w | JamesBJames | 1657 | I love endgames! What a subtle move.
(bxc6? is met by b6! (not bxc6? Kc7) and white wins easily |
| p04064 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Sneaky! And instructive. The block makes it much slower for white to queen. |
| p04064 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.4 seconds |
| p04065 | w | Ponziani | 1392 | I love endings :-). |
| p04065 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | P promotion: White's B can't both defend his P(h7) against Black's K(g7) and capture Black's P(a2) before it promotes. |
| p04067 | b | LaCasaDe | 1264 | JoeLag, I agree. Could anyone explain?? |
| p04067 | b | mangy1723 | 1242 | stupid |
| p04068 | b | Mikeiavelli | 1301 | Nd6+'s threat is Ka8 (or Kb8);Qc8+,Ka7;Qb7#. |
| p04071 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.0 seconds |
| p04071 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.8 seconds now |
| p04075 | w | tralala | 1448 | too easy |
| p04075 | w | crptone | 1575 | With 1)..fxe6!! , black restores material balance only by completing an exchange of queens. Black will have a won king-pawn endgame by mobilizing his queenside majority to create an outside passed pawn |
| p04075 | w | crptone | 1575 | This problem was too difficult for me to comprehend... I was thinking more along the lines of 1)..Kf8 |
| p04075 | w | spacecowboy | 1394 | Hey crptone, 1...Kf8 is not a legal move because the black king is already on f8 at the beginning of the problem. But I bet you have already managed to figure this out by now. |
| p04075 | w | spacecowboy | 1394 | Hey tralala: See http://chess.emrald.net/ctsProbHome.php and when you arrive at the web page, take a look at how rare it is for a problem to be rated as low as this problem is. What you have to remember is that there are tacticians who are rated in the 800s who are doing problems on this server. So this problem is not too easy to be part of the collection of problems on CTS. Now quit complaining & go tackle problems that are more of a challenge for your level of ability. |
| p04075 | w | AngryPirate | 1308 | this problem's rating is 812 it is supposed to be easy |
| p04075 | w | armeno | 1859 | Why not 1...Kg8!! |
| p04075 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Kg8 loses to Qh6! limiting the black king's squares. After f6 or f5 (an attempt to free the black king, which is worth about 4 points in an endgame)loses to Q(x)f6 limiting the king's squares to only g8 and maybe h7. then all white needs to do is play g4, g5, and g6(+), Qf7+ and Qh7# |
| p04075 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Kg8 loses to Qh6! limiting the black king's squares. After f6 or f5 (an attempt to free the black king, which is worth about 4 points in an endgame)loses to Q(x)f6 limiting the king's squares to only g8 and maybe h7. then all white needs to do is play g4, g5, and g6(+), Qf7+ and Qh7# |
| p04080 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by c6 missing the simple fork Qc3 |
| p04090 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | TWO variations 13 moves deep?? I dont so. |
| p04093 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Although 1...Qf3+ is a clean kill as demonstrated by Crafty, 1...Qxh3+ is also winning. How many wins do you wan to be demonstrated in 3 seconds? |
| p04093 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | i dunno, in this problem the opponent has a lot of counter play and getting the win with the extra pawns could be tough. floretdanum has a point though so i'll give it 1 star, between this vote and the 5 star vote my overall vote is 3.0 |
| p04093 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 1r4k1/5p2/3p2pp/1p6/1Pp1pP2/4P1qP/2B1R3/Q5K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p04093 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | one win and Qxh3+ Kg1 does not win(it leads to advantage for black but white can continue the game and it is not a position that white resign) |
| p04100 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.1 seconds |
| p04105 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.3 seconds |
| p04108 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Took a wild guess! |
| p04123 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Am i missing something? I don't see the beauty of this problem. |
| p04133 | w | plopje | 1678 | nice but obvious |
| p04133 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | Nice problem. Rather obvious though. |
| p04133 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23157 to solve
failure
I do not think that it is obvious.
The obvious try is Rf2+
After Rxg4+ Kh1 first thinking is that black has nothing and it is not easy to see when you try to solve things fast that black has the queen sacrifice Qxd7 that wins because of the mate idea Rg1 that is even not a direct threat. |
| p04133 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.6 seconds this time |
| p04133 | w | themagician | 1543 | failure too |
| p04137 | b | ankka | 1302 | Multiple themes in a nice package! |
| p04138 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played 3.Bxh3 too fast missing the simple threat |
| p04142 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Royal fork! |
| p04142 | b | capri83 | 1312 | got it in 2nd chance. |
| p04148 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | saving your queen |
| p04155 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Can't believe thr rating of this one; utterly elementary! |
| p04155 | b | barz | 1708 | they can be confused by the undefended Knight on g4. |
| p04155 | b | Garryback | 1581 | ? |
| p04157 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Mate in eight! |
| p04157 | b | jole | 1571 | Isnt it much faster than in 8 as after white plays Kh4 then there is the immediate threat of Nf5+ which forces the take back which then allows Qf6# and the longest I could save black for is 5-6 moves (forgot which) |
| p04157 | b | jole | 1571 | sorry... missed Qc8. |
| p04157 | b | xienix | 1606 | nice, nice one
but hard to see :)
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| p04157 | b | Benjamin2000 | 1570 | gut |
| p04162 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.8 seconds |
| p04162 | b | JSorel | 1664 | there are many pitfalls in this problem (I failed) |
| p04166 | w | kclark01 | 1362 | how does it take me that long to see a knight fork |
| p04167 | b | underated | 1374 | dam I missed that on time...great move and have performed to devestating effect in a game. |
| p04169 | b | underated | 1374 | wow show me how to get into that postion more often. powerful kill |
| p04169 | b | antielectron | 1223 | My god! What mistakes did black have to make to wind up in this position! |
| p04173 | w | plopje | 1678 | THis is the same problem as I just had. Only some moves added. Not to difficult then. |
| p04173 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 31.2 seconds
not hard but for some reason it seemed to me that white has a perpetual check after Qxc6 and I missed the simple Qxe8 for some time. |
| p04173 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.2 seconds |
| p04173 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 1.1 sec |
| p04173 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Bad problem. Both 3...Qc1+ and 3...Rd1+ are totally winning. |
| p04173 | w | grom43 | 1654 | What tomo said, even though 3...Qc1+ is better. |
| p04175 | w | franquechi | 1315 | The knight is attacked with perfection |
| p04177 | w | SmokenFlames | 1418 | Removal of the freaking defender |
| p04178 | w | jacovanniekerk | 1359 | Yawn... |
| p04182 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.2 seconds |
| p04182 | b | AlexeiD | 1600 | Rd1's better, but still B:d6 wins easily too |
| p04182 | b | barz | 1708 | 5r1k/pb2bp2/2pPp2p/1p5B/2pq4/5QB1/PP3PPP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p04182 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i was hoping to see an analysis line on 1. Re4 too. :( |
| p04184 | b | raycoolas | 1343 | COL |
| p04184 | b | DocB | 1237 | teets coming for yo;u trick: teets coming for you hoe |
| p04186 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Should be rated higher. I've done this one at least 4 times and this is the first time I got it right. |
| p04186 | w | wild | 1305 | I hate these, it takes so much willpower to resist taking the queen |
| p04186 | w | oaklandmatt | 1282 | argh! |
| p04187 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 38.3 seconds |
| p04187 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played Nxf7 too fast and black can protect even by Bxb2 when the queen protects f7 |
| p04189 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.7 seconds
memorized it but checked that the queen has no escape |
| p04190 | b | Holy | 1098 | You capture an undefended pawn, resulting in a +0.76 advantage after 7 moves?
That's the tactic? What am I missing? |
| p04193 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | A nice maneuver to unpin the queen. |
| p04202 | b | Chessdoom | 1586 | excellent problem!
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| p04202 | b | Schumi | 1523 | Nice |
| p04202 | b | brulla | 1444 | !! |
| p04202 | b | plopje | 1678 | obvious |
| p04202 | b | BlackFox | 1451 | nice |
| p04207 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | nice removal of the guard tactic! |
| p04207 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | that enables a fork |
| p04207 | b | ramkrish | 1410 | sca |
| p04207 | b | ramkrish | 1410 | ygityg8yf7t7 |
| p04209 | w | themagician | 1543 | sooo easy |
| p04212 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | mate or material (irresistable threat) |
| p04216 | w | HateYou | 1627 | You've solved problem p04216 in 2.4 seconds. ( Result 1.00 : 0.00 )
Your new rating is 1716.95 (+14.50).
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| p04216 | w | HateYou | 1627 | I am using Mozilla Firefox on a Dell computer |
| p04216 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | pin & Q back to defence |
| p04216 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | reusing the same pin. |
| p04216 | w | grom43 | 1654 | I didn't see that the Ne7 protects the Qf5; worried about Nf7+ when it's nothing. |
| p04216 | w | Pinsu | 1601 | Hm... Interesting |
| p04218 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 3rr1k1/1q1n1ppp/1p1bp3/p1P5/8/PP2Q1P1/1B2PPNP/2RR2K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p04220 | w | underated | 1374 | nasty little pin |
| p04220 | w | barz | 1708 | r1bq1rk1/2p2ppp/p4n2/1N1Pb3/Qnp5/P3P1P1/1P3PBP/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p04223 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | This is worth 1791? |
| p04223 | b | JSorel | 1664 | easy |
| p04223 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1766.2 now |
| p04223 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | continue to go down now 1765.0 |
| p04223 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 1763.2 now :) |
| p04223 | b | barz | 1708 | 1760 |
| p04223 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1759.8 now |
| p04224 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.0 seconds |
| p04224 | b | drad | 1651 | 39 seocnds |
| p04228 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.1 seconds |
| p04230 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 3rr1k1/pp3ppp/1qn5/8/3p2b1/1N4PP/PPQRPPB1/R5K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p04236 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Routine discovered attack (which I missed first time) |
| p04237 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | easy for an 1850! |
| p04237 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 18.2 seconds |
| p04237 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | floreatdunam,it is now 1878.5 so I guess it is not easy for most people inspite of the fact that I memorized the solution. |
| p04239 | b | plungerpot | 1507 | reminds me of a line from the gioco piano. |
| p04239 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23491 to solve
11.4 seconds |
| p04239 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.7 seconds time to think what happens after Qb5 |
| p04239 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | forgot to write did not play it before seeing
Na4 Qb5 Nc7+ |
| p04239 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.5 seconds |
| p04239 | b | drad | 1651 | oh whoops |
| p04240 | b | mitweeeeh | 1380 | unrated |
| p04240 | b | CR80 | 1380 | 4.e7 was the difficult move to find from the start. |
| p04240 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate: Qxd8+, Nxd8; Rxd8+, Re8; e7+ forces K onto f7 or g8. If ...Kg8, then Rxe8+, Qf8; RxQ#. If ...Kf7, then Bd5+, Qe6; Bxe6#. |
| p04240 | b | e4e5f4 | 1402 | you sacrify the queen, you find the next to correct moves, and then you miss the checkmate. And why?
The bottle of chardonnay helped you to find the difficult moves but then it was a traiteur and you missed the last step... |
| p04240 | b | Diver | 1281 | I think this was a beautiful combination. |
| p04245 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | I don't like these problems where one solution is winning in short order and one is only totally winning in a practical sense. I understand the striving for a clean win, but I think given the time constraints on this site, that one win should not be preferred above another. There simply isn't enough time for Lasker's advice, "If you see a good move, look for a better one." I think these types of problems are rather unfair. |
| p04245 | w | mtavakol | 1750 | Right. |
| p04245 | w | wald | 1565 | While I tend to agree with floreatdunum's general argument, I don't think it applies here, for the difference between moves Re6 and Re5 is substantial. The latter is only just winning (mind that in the starting position White is two pieces up). So in any real situation (and I hope you consider this site as a useful exercise for real games), the little time for judging which of the two moves is better is well invested. |
| p04245 | w | Eviltactician | 1509 | I have seen another position where two moves were crushing victories, but the Re6 move wins on the spot, whereas the Re5 move might win with best play but in practice white has plenty of material after Qd5 and black has to prove the win over several moves. Definitely Re6 should be the only correct move here. |
| p04245 | w | yean23 | 1581 | Its a fine line between a dodgy problem and a great problem I must say. |
| p04245 | w | tacticaldeep | 1821 | Im IGM and like this problem because there is real difference between the two candidate moves |
| p04245 | w | nerdesin | 1961 | i have seen a lot of problems but this may be the best for 1595 |
| p04245 | w | asktanote | 1921 | may be the best for 1595 or also for 2000 |
| p04245 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | Re6 was losing for me in the practical sense because I used all the minute to find why it is better than Re5 so I lost 1-0 against the problem. |
| p04245 | w | QuickFire | 1582 | Took me a while, but I think it was worth it. |
| p04245 | w | SimonW | 1599 | I missed the Queen move whilst trying to decided between them |
| p04245 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | i'm usually the first to bitch about dual solutions but come on people! look, white is up 2 pieces at the start so the difference in getting a checkmate or a queen for a rook here is like night and day. |
| p04257 | b | underated | 1374 | and the rook goes ohhh! |
| p04260 | w | Mudfrog | 1302 | standard backrank mate |
| p04264 | b | SmokenFlames | 1418 | Trappy |
| p04265 | w | hmpf142000 | 1670 | no tactic...
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| p04265 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.6 seconds
the tactics is defending g7 |
| p04265 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.5 seconds and now the tactics of memorizing problems that I solved. not always works but this time worked |
| p04269 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 1.5 seconds |
| p04269 | b | Alseki | 1484 | The knights go wild! |
| p04270 | b | FARKINDAMIYIZ | 1941 | this is more then 1608. this is more difficult then a lot of 1900 problems because of qc8 bc8 rc8 qd7 rc7 qa4 ne7 |
| p04270 | b | urko62 | 1401 | Why not just 2.Nxf6+ followed by 3.Qd3? doesn't this preserve the one piece ahead material superiority? |
| p04270 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | I don't think so, urko62. Seems to me that 2.Nxf6+ Bxf6 3.Qd3 Rxc1+ 4.Bxc1 Qc8 forks N/h3 (through battery) and B/c1. |
| p04270 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I suspect that many weak players "solved" it fast for the simple reason that they did not see Qc8 Bc8
and calculated only Qc8 Qc8 Ne7+
It took me a long time to see
that Qd3 does not work so I spent 3 minutes about it(I usually do not spend a lot of time on a single problem but
after spending 20 seconds or something like this I sometimes decide that I do not care if the problem beat me 0.8:0.2 or 1:0 |
| p04270 | b | Thorvald | 1541 | I'm one of those 'weak' players, and i saw immediately qc8 bc8 qc8 and then Ne7+. I spent quite some time on 2 Nxf6 Bxf6, and now not Qd3, but Qf4, but that doesn't work either, and leads to a massive black attack. |
| p04270 | b | Thorvald | 1541 | Aargh, the line above should of course be Qc8 Bc8 Rc8 Qc8 Ne7+ |
| p04270 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | no way to analyze in 3 sec, f'ing lame. nxf6+ looks pretty good. get rid of this problem please |
| p04270 | b | memo | 1570 | 2. Nxf6+ also wins |
| p04270 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i got close to getting it this time. i like this problem now. i think i was just bitter when i made my last comment cause i was tired and my rating was diving. |
| p04270 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | The correct line is
2. Qxc8 Bxc8 3. Rxc8 Qd7 4. Rc7
weak players consider only 3...Qxc8 or only 2...Qxc8 so they solve it relatively fast |
| p04276 | b | Kacparov | 2002 | should have been rated much higher! |
| p04276 | b | loot | 1486 | easy problem for the rating |
| p04276 | b | themagician | 1543 | i agree with loot |
| p04276 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | it's annoying that it doesn't give the best refutation for 2 Rg4 |
| p04276 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | reviewing my last 100 right now and i just thought i'd mention if nf6 then Rxe4 i think. in case anyone ever wonders. i still don't see anything better than winning an exchange after rg4. i'm too lazy to throw it on chess master. :) |
| p04277 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.5 seconds thought about winning the rook and suddenly win the queen |
| p04277 | w | Vandebent | 1701 | Another problem with a double solution. 1. .. Qa4 is NOT wrong. |
| p04277 | w | grom43 | 1654 | While 1...Qa4+ is not wrong (I took it myself first, then found 1...Qd5+ on second unrated try), 1...Qd5+ is best move, by far. |
| p04278 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | If Black takes White's Queen, White can reply with 3.Nf6+ |
| p04279 | b | Michodov | 1672 | Qxe4 losses, where is the good tactic move for white ?! |
| p04279 | b | Michodov | 1672 | sorry, now i understand :-) |
| p04279 | b | Wilsonia | 1682 | love it |
| p04279 | b | pkendal | 1520 | That is incredibly frustrating. |
| p04279 | b | Dieter | 1676 | simple but difficult :p (didn't find it :( ) |
| p04279 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | The tactical idea is that 1...Nc5+ forking K and Q is illegal. |
| p04279 | b | plopje | 1678 | it took me 21 seconds t understand qe4 should be the move
|
| p04279 | b | steinar | 1704 | haha great problem. failed :) |
| p04279 | b | tjumen | 1598 | dah! took me a minute to solve )) |
| p04293 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 18.1 seconds |
| p04293 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.8 seconds |
| p04293 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | Q fork |
| p04293 | b | ChessPlayer56 | 1801 | 2.9 seconds |
| p04293 | b | barz | 1708 | Position : r5k1/4bppp/p3q3/1p1rPb2/3p4/1P1B3P/1P2RPP1/R2QN1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p04302 | b | IaGueTe | 1486 | It should continue some moves. |
| p04306 | w | aggron | 1280 | it is way to hard |
| p04306 | w | DocB | 1237 | got it in 5 sec, but some 1100 take me way longer cause so retarded
|
| p04312 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.8 seconds |
| p04313 | b | plopje | 1678 | this is shit. I got the problem because I score at the moment like shit. |
| p04313 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 37.5 seconds
too much time to see Kf2 Rf8+ |
| p04313 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed K |
| p04314 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.8 seconds
took time to see that Nb5 threats c7 twice |
| p04314 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.3 seconds |
| p04314 | b | Karpsparov | 1553 | .1 seconds. |
| p04314 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r2qkb1r/ppp1pp1p/1nn1b1p1/8/3PP3/2N2N2/PPQ2PPP/R1B1KB1R b KQkq - 0 1 |
| p04319 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.3 seconds
long time to find Bh4+ |
| p04319 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.9 seconds
remembered better now |
| p04323 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | One of the coolest opening traps I have ever seen. |
| p04323 | w | kwanpin | 1752 | very beautiful indeed |
| p04327 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | The c3 Rook is not undefended as it may seem! |
| p04329 | w | palindrome | 1658 | sometimes 'only moves' are pretty convincing |
| p04329 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.2 seconds |
| p04329 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 7.2 sec |
| p04340 | b | JSorel | 1664 | hard to find... at least for me |
| p04340 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | solution needs more moves, I think |
| p04340 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 59.6 seconds
part of the problem is that after finding it you think that it is too simple for 1800+ problem |
| p04340 | b | JSorel | 1664 | I failed again :( |
| p04340 | b | JSorel | 1664 | and again... |
| p04340 | b | emanfv | 1569 | I dont understand:
2. dxe6 Kh8 3. Re3 Bc5 4. Re2 Ba6 5. Bxf6 Bxe2 6. Qxe2??
Why not Qh7#? |
| p04351 | w | collini | 1800 | why 2. ... Kh8 ? |
| p04351 | w | chessidiot | 1219 | er... the solution was to play Kh8 |
| p04351 | w | chessidiot | 1219 | And if you mean Kh7, then Nxf7, Rxf7, Qg6+ |
| p04356 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 2 Bd5-g2: White RUBBERBANDS with his White d5-bishop, moving this bishop away from the threatening Black e6-pawn while simultaneously BLOCKING the CHECK from the Black g4-rook against his g1-king. |
| p04356 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 23063 3.4 seconds to solve |
| p04356 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | blocking with attacked piece |
| p04361 | b | barz | 1708 | k2r1q1r/p2b4/1p2pB1p/3p3P/3P4/3B2Q1/2P2PP1/R5K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p04370 | b | thefrogspitit | 1421 | what about kxa4?? |
| p04370 | b | acindaz | 1753 | to Thefrogspitit: 1...Ra4 2.Kxa4? b5+! |
| p04370 | b | moegigo | 1611 | I saw it but did it anyway lol |
| p04370 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | lame!!!!!!!! dual solution! :( i'm being penalized for finding easily won end games. this is the 2nd or 3rd one in the last 5 min. excuse me for looking at positional advantages! :( get rid of this shit problem please! :( |
| p04370 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | oh wait, nm. hehe. b5+ i just thought of that rook hanging. :) great problem! sorry, it's me that's just an idiot. :( |
| p04372 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed limited Q behind enemy lines |
| p04378 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | too many pieces hanginf; gives me a headache! |
| p04378 | w | tjumen | 1598 | 10.9 seconds |
| p04379 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | One more move needed, lower level players will not see the fork. |
| p04385 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 13141
6.7 seconds
double threat |
| p04385 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.3 seconds
this time faster |
| p04402 | b | sven | 1633 | the problem is ok, but it should last longer, so the reader has to find 2...Kh8 3.Ng6+ hxg6 Rh5# E.g.: I found the solution, but didnt see what to do after 1...Kh8. So, although I didnt understand the problem, I got the points. |
| p04402 | b | deusdeusdeus | 1459 | the problem is so easy ! |
| p04409 | w | deepsea | 1305 | worthless. |
| p04411 | w | milos62 | 1916 | This is much more difficult
than the rating shows. |
| p04411 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.4 seconds
milos62 seems not to be correct.
I earned rating points on it. |
| p04413 | w | HARjustin | 1496 | wtf mate? |
| p04413 | w | deacon | 1115 | Nice. |
| p04419 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | At least continue line to 4.Qxd2. Thanks. |
| p04419 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | no of course not |
| p04419 | b | barz | 1708 | 2k5/8/Q3p3/5p2/2rrq3/6P1/1P1b1P1P/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p04429 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | did not see Qxd4 and tried 2...Bxg5 that is bad because of 3.f4 |
| p04429 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | pin |
| p04448 | b | brulla | 1444 | Stupid. What is the benefit of this problem?? |
| p04448 | b | Chessdoom | 1586 | I don't get the problem... |
| p04448 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | I can see the point - will White be distracted by Qa4+ (bad) - the problem is only stronger players will even think about it rather than do the automatic duh recapture |
| p04448 | b | jokim | 2000 | The aim of CTS is to assess a given position quickly and add the correct move; well, the requested move here might not be too ambitious, but is the only correct one. So I see absolutely no problem with this problem. |
| p04448 | b | moegigo | 1611 | considered Qa4 just as always but here its for nothing so not so bad one.. |
| p04448 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | it is pretty dumb, the distractor Qa4+ just makes it more annoying still |
| p04448 | b | AlexeiD | 1600 | too bad you can't rate with zero |
| p04448 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with jokim's comment. |
| p04452 | b | Georg05 | 1682 | Rf8+ Ng8 Ree8 не слабее |
| p04452 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | @Georg05: Yes, 2 Rf7-f8+ Ne7-g8 3 Re6-e8 is strong but 2 Re6xNe7! wins on the spot. 2 Re6xNe7! wins a knight and now by REMOVING THE GUARD of the Black e7-knight so that it cannot BLOCK the back rank on g8, White has three(!) threats: 3 Rf7-f8#, 3 Re7-e8#, and 3 Re7xRb7 Ra7xRb7 4 Rf7xRb7 winning a whole rook. After 2 Re6xNe7!, White will end up a whole knight and rook ahead. |
| p04452 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | There should be a knight at g4 instead of a pawn. |
| p04452 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | tend to agree with Georg05 and UriBlass; understand what notyetagm is saying, but in practical terms a piece up wins easily too. Poor problem. |
| p04452 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r6k/1r2nRpp/4R3/ppp5/3p2p1/3P2N1/PPP4P/7K b - - 0 1 |
| p04456 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | not bad for 1618 |
| p04458 | w | chessyeti | 1756 | 2.9 second new record 1878 |
| p04459 | w | theKnife | 1671 | A variant from the game Adams - Torre. |
| p04459 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate: Deflect guard with Q sacrifice - Q(b5)xe2(R), R(e1)xe2(Q) - then R(c8)c1+. If R(e2)e1, then R(c1)xe1(R)+; N(f3)xe1(R), R(e8)xe1(N)#. |
| p04459 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | complicated back rank mate |
| p04459 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Involves a queen sacrifice, as well as giving check with one's own back rank rook (which usually stays on the back rank for defensive purposes)! |
| p04459 | w | decembersnake | 1528 | bad problem |
| p04460 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.5 seconds |
| p04463 | w | sentience | 1168 | Not a tactic. |
| p04464 | b | flatman | 1502 | transposition of move order with 2 Nf6! leads to the same outcome. Why is it not also correct? |
| p04464 | b | mechturk | 1473 | flatman, 2 Nf6 loses material after 2...Qh2+. |
| p04464 | b | mechturk | 1473 | Or if you mean Nf6 immediately after 1. Qa4, then 1... Qf7, and black is Ok. The best white can do then is 2. Rg8+ Rxg8 3. Rxg8 Qxg8 4. Nxg8 Kxg8, when black has pawn, bishop and rook for the queen. |
| p04464 | b | Euwee | 1780 | excellent example of N forks |
| p04464 | b | milos62 | 1916 | This is a poor problem because, as Crafty shows, Nf6
also wins. |
| p04464 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.4 seconds |
| p04464 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i hate dual solutions. it really makes the cts so much worse in my opinion cause it makes you worry more about memorizing specific problems instead of just finding winning moves. |
| p04472 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.0 seconds |
| p04473 | b | underated | 1374 | good material grab. |
| p04475 | w | barz | 1708 | r3kb1r/pp1n1pp1/2p2np1/8/2P1p1Pq/1P5P/PB1NPPB1/R2QKR2 w Qkq - 0 1 |
| p04479 | b | Leucky | 1538 | a standard tactics motif. |
| p04479 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.5 seconds
took time to see the simple fork on the rook a8 and mate at h7 |
| p04479 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds |
| p04480 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | another good one missed...this time around... |
| p04480 | w | tjumen | 1598 | hey, i missed it too.. |
| p04480 | w | drad | 1651 | yeah I think I've missed it a few times :) |
| p04488 | w | thingfish | 1345 | nice combo... |
| p04488 | w | grom43 | 1654 | nice problem. |
| p04488 | w | drad | 1651 | quite surprised this is so low rated. Not easy to see the rook covering the a-file in the end |
| p04488 | w | drad | 1651 | cough, make that the h-file |
| p04492 | w | sleiman | 1406 | 2 rooks for a queen |
| p04492 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | 2 R and pawn lol |
| p04500 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.7 seconds |
| p04503 | w | Holy | 1098 | Removes the defender and checks to gain the needed tempo. |
| p04511 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | The Black King cannot on his own ward off the white Knight to enable the advanced black pawn to queen. Consequently, the white knight must be warded off through other means. |
| p04512 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.4 seconds |
| p04514 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Discovered attack with check: ...B(b7(e4)+ exposes Q(a7) to capture by Q(e7). |
| p04517 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | mate in 1 |
| p04524 | b | Anduras | 1886 | why not Kh1? and over?? |
| p04524 | b | Temposchlucker | 1468 | Anduras, when you lure the black queen to d4, the black knight on e7 becomes undefended too. |
| p04524 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.9 seconds |
| p04530 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | There's a mating net around the e6 square, isn't there? Yes, I see it now. ...If I keep talking to myself, I'm not going to go crazy, am I? Or does this mean I already am crazy? |
| p04530 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | I think Black can avoid the mate but he has to sacrifice material and screw up his whole position |
| p04541 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23307 to solve
failure
tempted to play Rh7+ and for some reason thought that Ke7 Bg5+ win the queen when it does not win it.
Of course Rg6+ with Bg5+ wins the queen |
| p04545 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Qd4 pins N, preventing Nf3+ fork. Fortunately, Qxd4 Nxd4 continues to prevent same forkl. |
| p04545 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 22.0 seconds
I did not see in the beginning that the black knight is pinned |
| p04549 | b | edgy | 1645 | 2. Bxe6+ also wins on the spot |
| p04549 | b | camembert | 1620 | I thought that too, but unfortunately 2.Bxe6+ Nxe6 3.Rxc8 Nxd4 4.Rc7 Bc8 is rather unclear (Black has three minors for queen and pawn). Maybe 3.Nxe6 (threatening mate) 3...Bf6 4.Rxc8 is better, but then 4...Bxc8, pinning the knight with ...Rd6 or ...Re8 to follow, seems annoying. |
| p04549 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | I agree with edgy's comment of 12-02-05. Hey camembert, your comment says you think maybe 3.Nxe6 is better than 3.Rxc8. I am a little more sure than you are that 3.Nxe6 is best. Crafty also judges 3.Nxe6 to be best. Did you look at the analysis by Crafty which was presented to help you assess the position? Crafty's assessment score of 2.Bxe6+ is +1.63, which means a decisive advantage for White. So Crafty agrees with edgy and myself. So this problem is a dual because it has a dual solution. Many tacticians, such as edgy and myself, believe duals are bad problems. I think this problem should be removed. And furthermore, this problem should have been filtered out in the first place because Crafty identified it as a dual. |
| p04549 | b | flatman | 1502 | +1.63 is ordinarily considered to be easily winning. True, the accepted line is even better, but it still looks dual to me. |
| p04549 | b | Pinsu | 1601 | 2.Bxe6+ Nxe6 3.Rxc8 also wins |
| p04553 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | After R(d8)xd3(N), R(d3) threatens Rxb3(P) or Rd1+. |
| p04553 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | How Black moves to block White's dangerous passed pawn (note Crafty's line below) is quite interesting. |
| p04554 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.2 seconds |
| p04560 | b | drad | 1651 | every pawn counts |
| p04561 | b | Holy | 1098 | Wins material and removes the pin with tempo, to win the queen. |
| p04568 | w | Kacparov | 2002 | very nice |
| p04570 | b | drad | 1651 | damn damn damn.. tried to move bishop in the last move |
| p04570 | b | drad | 1651 | haha I just read the line for Bg5+. I'm so silly |
| p04579 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.0 seconds |
| p04583 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.3 seconds |
| p04583 | b | sarciness | 1465 | Nice. I rushed and fialed. |
| p04584 | b | scuba | 1321 | then what? |
| p04591 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.5 seconds
nice trap
the first thought Nxf6 does not work because Qxf5 defends h7 |
| p04598 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.6 seconds |
| p04603 | b | Rabatt | 1256 | why is Nc8 first not allowed? |
| p04603 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | To Rabatt: Note Crafty's 2.Nc8+ line below! |
| p04603 | b | memo | 1570 | 2. Nc8+ also wins |
| p04607 | w | Epic | 1591 | >__> i overlooked the king movement, so obvious now |
| p04608 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | Missed 3.Qxd6 Qxd6 4.Ra8+ Ne8 5.Rxe8+ Kg7 |
| p04608 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | even did not think about sacrificing the queen because
3.Qh6 is the first move to think abour. |
| p04615 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | That completely sucks for white |
| p04615 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Agreed.
(2nd time round) |
| p04624 | b | Auge | 1591 | Not surprising |
| p04624 | b | DocB | 1237 | thsi problem and ad rpaper rick
|
| p04624 | b | DocB | 1237 | loves
sd |
| p04629 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Epaulette mate! |
| p04630 | b | Holy | 1098 | A pin to win the bishop--not obvious! |
| p04634 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.9 seconds |
| p04634 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.5 seconds |
| p04637 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | A check maneuvers the enemy King into a fork that wins material. |
| p04637 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Well, duh! Wow, you are SO smart! I would NEVER HAVE SEEN THAT WITHOUT YOUR EXTREMELY HELPFUL COMMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| p04638 | b | kwanpin | 1752 | rook on e3 is protected now ..able to Rxc7 |
| p04638 | b | jokim | 2000 | Yes, but that's not the complete pointe: the black Queen has to give up the support for f7. |
| p04641 | w | underated | 1374 | hit the man for missing the blanently obvious. |
| p04643 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Crafty's 3...Rc4+ is pretty cool, allowing the enemy Queen to be captured in exchange for the Knight (rather than the rook!). |
| p04643 | w | polgary | 1530 | it is more than that described : after bxa pawn are doubled and can be caught by R very easily |
| p04644 | b | Lioric | 1526 | I solved it by chance and cannot see the point?! |
| p04644 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | The point is winning the rook f7 because Nxc4 leads to mate
for white with Rd8+. |
| p04646 | b | nerdesin | 1961 | not so easy because of 1.nd2 |
| p04650 | w | Leucky | 1538 | a nice x-ray-tactics motif |
| p04650 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.4 seconds |
| p04658 | w | ngnblcn | 1851 | nice |
| p04664 | b | underated | 1374 | run pawn run... |
| p04664 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | pawn promotion tactic |
| p04666 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Nice problem. |
| p04670 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.4 seconds |
| p04670 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds |
| p04671 | b | pescio | 1813 | why Ra7 isn't working? In my opinion it is as strong as the solution. Black has to lost material in both cases |
| p04671 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | Ra7 Qf3 and white has no mate
Do you look at Crafty's line
Ra7 is the second best move. |
| p04674 | w | barz | 1708 | r2q1rk1/1pp1ppbp/2n3p1/3n1b2/p2P4/1P3NP1/PB1NPPBP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p04674 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | "Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec
1. e4 a3
({10:-0.49} 1. ... a3 2. Bxa3 Nxd4 3. exf5 Nc3 " i was kind of wondering about 4... nxf3+ instead. it seems good. |
| p04674 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | i mean "3... nxf3+" sorry |
| p04683 | b | underated | 1374 | no way out for the king |
| p04686 | w | Muffin | 1400 | nice :), maybe not difficult but still nice :) |
| p04688 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | B fork: ...N(e5)xf3(B)+ allows ...B(g7)e5+, forking K(h2) and R(c7). |
| p04690 | b | dspy | 1123 | sexy |
| p04693 | b | pdazz | 1388 | please show further..! |
| p04693 | b | jideck | 1520 | lose of rook for what? |
| p04693 | b | jideck | 1520 | OK |
| p04701 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | like what else would you play, notwithstanding the 1809 rating this problem has... |
| p04701 | w | grom43 | 1654 | LOL. maybe you want to see the N swing into action with 1...Bxf6 2 Qxf6+ Rg7 3 Nh5. |
| p04707 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 37.5 seconds |
| p04716 | w | barz | 1708 | r3rnk1/1b2bR1p/pp1pp1p1/6P1/P1q1P3/1NN1B2Q/1Pn3BP/5R1K w - - 0 1 |
| p04721 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | cool |
| p04721 | w | Theodor | 1830 | Isn't it just mate in one move in the second variation? (1...h6 2.Bf1 Rxf1 3.Rc2 Qg1#) |
| p04721 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23015 easy mate in 2
1.5 seconds
1...h6 also winning but people who play it do not get the idea so I do not care about the question if 1...h6 is winning(did not check if white has better moves than 2.Bf1 but white certainly can play 3.Qxf5 to prevent 3...Qg1 mate |
| p04721 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | this time 1.2 seconds |
| p04723 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | discovery |
| p04728 | w | grom43 | 1654 | 3...Nxd1+ I went for followed by 4...Qxe6. Winning, but not won. It's a nice mate pattern. Excellent. |
| p04738 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate: N fork (Nc7+) allows Rd8#. |
| p04741 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by c5 when better is not to allow Nxc5 when Na4 win a piece |
| p04743 | b | barz | 1708 | 4b2r/2R4p/6k1/p3p3/r1B4P/4p1P1/2P5/5RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p04746 | w | themagician | 1543 | I played Qxd5 without even seeing the rook in d1 !! |
| p04746 | w | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | I thought I couldn't be exd5 because of the high rating! So I tried Qxb2. (Didn't notice how much I was down in material!) |
| p04746 | w | JSorel | 1664 | failed !!!!!! strange. If it were rated 1500, I surely would have solved it :) |
| p04749 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 13147 to solve
29.9 seconds
saw nothing in the beginning and did not like to gamble about check that will help me to see things faster later. |
| p04749 | b | Improchess | 2054 | 2.Bb4 is easy win for white. |
| p04749 | b | grom43 | 1654 | You mean 2 Bf4+- don't you? Yeah, I went for that, too. But 2 Qa6+ leaves no room for Black to even play on. |
| p04759 | w | drad | 1651 | hard to see these mating nets sometimes
|
| p04759 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | no I found it in 2.1 seconds |
| p04759 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | MagicCat, you're special. |
| p04759 | w | neiking | 1591 | I agree with MagicCat, I found it in 2.3 seconds. |
| p04761 | w | Fromper | 1338 | I like this one. :) |
| p04761 | w | thingfish | 1345 | good defensive problem... |
| p04765 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Decoying the guard with a check. |
| p04768 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 22.2 seconds |
| p04770 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.2 seconds
+0.03 rating
hesitated between Bc4 and Bf3 and chose Bf3 in order not to lose the bishop |
| p04770 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.4 seconds this time |
| p04770 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 10.7 |
| p04774 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played 3.Qh8+ and missed Ra1 |
| p04774 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º rr6/q2bkp2/2n1p2p/3P3P/p1p2RPN/P1Q5/2PK4/R7 b - - 0 1 |
| p04775 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | survival tactic |
| p04780 | w | barz | 1708 | r1bqk2r/5ppp/p2p4/1ppn4/4PPn1/2Q5/PPP3PP/RNB2RK1 w kq - 0 1 |
| p04790 | w | underated | 1374 | getting em right in the time is awkward. I think I am thinking of all the possiblities before I say what is the best possiblity |
| p04790 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | After 4 ...Nf2, Black is threatening 5...Qh3++ |
| p04790 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Even more importantly, 2...Qxf2+ is a powerful attack. |
| p04790 | w | DocB | 1237 | malta got it right but don't see all that
|
| p04798 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Aha... 1 move for getting another 1/2 points! |
| p04798 | b | Improchess | 2054 | No me creo que haya visto este problema en 10 segundos... |
| p04811 | b | sevkisen | 1964 | if 3.Bxh2 Bc7 |
| p04818 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 90.3 seconds |
| p04820 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.2 seconds
too much time for Rd3 so lost 0.02 rating points. |
| p04824 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Rated very poor, because the problem doesn't test the tacticians understanding that he should deliver mate not perpetual. In other words, usual problem not sufficient moves tested. |
| p04824 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | I think the problem does work. I didn't see mate. But I think there is more than one way to begin a perpetual check -- because the black king has nowhere to hide, even f8 gives him no access to a hideout. I played Qxa5+ planning to take the b-pawn etc opening lines for the rook. I did not see mate, just attacking chances. |
| p04824 | b | Leucky | 1538 | Its mate (look at craftys moves below) and i played also the right move because it opens lines. |
| p04824 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | problem still should ask for 3 checking pawn-captures
|
| p04826 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | B fork: B(d1)c2+ forks K(h7) and R(b1). |
| p04827 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23298 to solve
13.7 seconds
hesitated too much.
saw immediatly that bringing the rook may be good but was not sure.
|
| p04827 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | this time 3.5 seconds |
| p04827 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | nice double matting threat |
| p04830 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Rated far too low. Should at least go to 3...Re8+ or better 5...Qxg2. How many 1200 tacticians see black's rook sitting at a8? |
| p04832 | w | claes | 1228 | Thank you for a classic pin problem. |
| p04833 | b | SignoreX | 1223 | 1410.9? Really? |
| p04841 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.9 seconds
a bad problem.
The best move seems to be losing. |
| p04847 | w | ancible | 1499 | 1436? Yeah right. |
| p04856 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | Q back to defence |
| p04856 | b | drad | 1651 | hum.. tried to block bishop with pawn. |
| p04856 | b | drad | 1651 | whoops, I thought Bh2 was mate for some reason ;) a bit sleepy |
| p04859 | w | Chessdoom | 1586 | Excellent! (and ofcourse I had it correct :-) |
| p04859 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | I missed it. |
| p04859 | w | gigagajt | 1873 | very nice |
| p04859 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Argh...!! |
| p04859 | w | Coventry | 1613 | wow, I'd never seen that |
| p04859 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.9 seconds
almost missed it and thought to play 2...Bh3+ |
| p04859 | w | Schumi | 1523 | Very nice, didn't see it. |
| p04859 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Excellent problem. "Strike whilst iron is hot" |
| p04859 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed it. missed the queen sac yet again i can't seem to see a back rank mate anymore. :( |
| p04862 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.8 seconds
took time to see fxe4 threats the knight by Rxf6 |
| p04866 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | What a nice fork! |
| p04869 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played too fast Qxf8+ missing Be7(with one more second I could find that Bd6 is better. |
| p04869 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | again same mistake |
| p04869 | b | Arkenshaw | 1733 | Black can still play 2...Be7 after , 2. Bd6 anyway... |
| p04870 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.5 seconds
relatively easy win of a rook |
| p04870 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.2 seconds |
| p04871 | w | pmevans | 1119 | Tempting unprotected pawn leads to a nasty Queen trap! |
| p04872 | w | frigo61 | 1670 | beautifull |
| p04872 | w | barz | 1708 | r2qkb1r/2p2ppp/p2p4/1p1Pp3/2PnP1bn/4BN2/PPB2PPP/RN1Q1RK1 w kq - 0 1 |
| p04872 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | lol!
i spent the first 3 seconds making sure that all the stuff on the 8th row wouldn't come into play, and then what happens? i didn't realize the queen could get involved in such a case. |
| p04873 | w | pkendal | 1520 | Instructive.
|
| p04875 | b | gatorfan948 | 1426 | Sets up a pretty smothered mate if black chooses to last that long. |
| p04875 | b | mathaias | 1434 | Fantastic! |
| p04875 | b | Vapor20 | 1358 | Leads to phildor's mate - Awesome. |
| p04881 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 2 Bc1-f4! is a nice example of COORDINATED play. The White e5-queen makes the b8-square LOOSE next to the Black c8-king and 2 Bc1-f4! COORDINATES (REINFORCES) the White pieces against this weakness. Black is forced to meet the threat of Qe5-b8# by BLOCKING the line e5-b8 on the d6-square. But Black insufficently controls d6 and so loses a piece after 3 ... Bc5-d6 4 Qe5xBd6 Qc6xQd6 5 Bf4xQd6. |
| p04881 | b | sarciness | 1465 | Nice quiet move. |
| p04883 | w | KingKarrl | 1163 | Careful, Kh7 seems better at first, but is a killer. |
| p04890 | b | BughouseMaster | 1555 | Nice problem!! TOUGH! |
| p04890 | b | wald | 1565 | quite nice, though obvious |
| p04890 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Funny solution. |
| p04890 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | bloody obvious |
| p04890 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | HEY...! It's not that obvious. We have no way of knowing if you actually got the problem yourself. |
| p04890 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | ok - not bad! |
| p04890 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Funny solution. Right. 2 Rc8 would be great, too, if not for black having mate. The checks force mate and save white. |
| p04895 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | This would have been difficult, but I was in mass guessing mode. ;) |
| p04897 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | uncovery |
| p04898 | w | abcdef | 1573 | this is certainly above 1400 rating problem |
| p04898 | w | Holy | 1098 | Great endgame problem. It's amazing that Black can ensure a draw, no matter what White does, even with the Black king so far away. |
| p04902 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p04902 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate with B and N: Ne7#. |
| p04902 | b | mathaias | 1434 | Great! I was looking at the rook and bishops and misssed the mate. |
| p04902 | b | mathaias | 1434 | And the second time around I did the same thing!!! |
| p04904 | w | Quietus | 1704 | Line should continue |
| p04904 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Very easy to see, not sure why its rated so high. Bonus is that if Kf2, then Ne4+ pops the queen. |
| p04904 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | It is not very easy to see
It is easy to blunder by Nc4
I do not understand why it eated so low(only 1527.2) |
| p04906 | w | underated | 1374 | remove the back rank defense. logical |
| p04912 | w | Subrosian | 1658 | What the heck was white trying to do? |
| p04912 | w | Subrosian | 1658 | Wait, nevermind. |
| p04912 | w | ajotatxe | 1405 | Antichess? |
| p04912 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | the power of the mighty pawn :-) |
| p04920 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | first counterattack |
| p04923 | b | mathaias | 1434 | I only looked at Kxb4 and Rd1+ but completely missed the mate! When will i learn to stop and analyze??? |
| p04923 | b | brulla | 1444 | The point is not to analyze, but to SEE what is on the board! |
| p04923 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | A mate with just the rook and king! |
| p04923 | b | ankka | 1302 | lol |
| p04927 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.5 seconds |
| p04933 | w | jideck | 1520 | nice, but must have higher rating |
| p04933 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Queening a pawn is more valuable than capturing a piece! |
| p04938 | b | czukay | 1427 | good combination |
| p04938 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.5 seconds |
| p04939 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.4 seconds |
| p04939 | b | barz | 1708 | r3k1r1/3n1p1p/1q2pp2/1Rb5/3p4/5NB1/P3QPPP/3R2K1 b q - 0 1 |
| p04941 | w | Gnam | 1453 | very nice |
| p04941 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | back rank and maybe there is few weak squares around K not only one |
| p04946 | w | stefanT | 1521 | Quite difficult to see |
| p04951 | b | askon | 1240 | nice play i immediately went for the d5 with my bishop not realizing.. |
| p04953 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.4 seconds
hesitated too much after seeing it because was not sure it is good defence |
| p04953 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.1 seconds |
| p04953 | b | tjumen | 1598 | defense! |
| p04957 | b | SmokenFlames | 1418 | Clasic! |
| p04961 | w | bwtaylor | 1447 | always look for forks, even if they are far away! |
| p04961 | w | PhilGE | 1198 | bwtaylor is right,and that applies to all tactics. |
| p04966 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p04966 | w | mangy1723 | 1242 | so easy I almost missed it |
| p04966 | w | oaklandmatt | 1282 | So easy I missed it. |
| p04969 | w | sehidimizsin | 1954 | not bad for 1590 |
| p04969 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Like this one; simple, uncluttered, includes a typical endgame manoeuvre moving a rook along the back rang to be protected by the king. Nice. |
| p04969 | w | Chessdoom | 1586 | Think its great, a problem you can run into in a REAL match! |
| p04969 | w | izicik | 1960 | nice |
| p04969 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Yes, a useful problem indeed. |
| p04969 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.4 seconds
got it in the past so remembered |
| p04970 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23403 to solve
3.2 seconds
memorized the solution but not the reasoning.
thought about Qe3+ and Qxd4 and missed the simple Bxd4 but decided to play it because of confidence that Nd3 is the move. |
| p04970 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | just using a queen threat to reomve the defender of d4 to win an exchange if i'm not mistaken. |
| p04971 | w | Carbonic | 1527 | !!! |
| p04972 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | the might of the pawn! |
| p04973 | b | underated | 1374 | nice queen trap.. |
| p04975 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | If 2...Qxc6, then 3.Qe7+ (winning the rook). |
| p04978 | w | Fred | 1456 | what's wrong with Rd3+? |
| p04978 | w | Fred | 1456 | Actually I found out: I couldn't take the Queen...feeling silly |
| p04978 | w | Sidorsky | 1502 | i was fooled the same way |
| p04978 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23454 to solve
21.9 seconds
too much thought that there may be a trap of mate after Re1+ when Re2+ is not the best move. |
| p04978 | w | drad | 1651 | I was abit quick thought Re1 might have been mate didn't really look I'll admit ;) |
| p04978 | w | ibis | 1460 | Rd3+ mistake too. |
| p04978 | w | Alseki | 1484 | Good problem. |
| p04985 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 13142
6.1 seconds
|
| p04985 | w | bumbly | 1561 | not sure why, but I liked this problem |
| p04985 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Because your queen travels a triangle ending with a capture that, at the same time, defends your rook. |
| p04987 | w | tpollet | 1651 | Toujours très instructif les finals et souvent très fin
|
| p04987 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.2 seconds too much time to see the second move |
| p04988 | b | theKnife | 1671 | over evaluated |
| p04988 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.0 seconds |
| p04988 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: Qa4+ attacks K(e8) and N(g4). |
| p04992 | b | Rabatt | 1256 | single forced move, AGAIN! somebody write a filter for these! |
| p04992 | b | mnd15 | 1272 | I agree with Rabatt |
| p04992 | b | ankka | 1302 | I think one could write a Chess Tactics Server client that a) does not allow illegal moves to be made and b) automatically makes the only legal move, if such exists. |
| p05008 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | slip/.....stupid |
| p05008 | w | kpuchon | 1458 | great problem |
| p05008 | w | Elroch | 1453 | cute and technical |
| p05008 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23455 to solve
4.7 seconds |
| p05011 | b | Fromper | 1338 | Stupidly obvious |
| p05012 | b | Quietus | 1704 | Line should continue |
| p05012 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.6 seconds
problem 23102 to solve.
easy but for some reason I thought about different moves in the beginning |
| p05012 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.4 seconds |
| p05013 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23375 to solve
15.2 seconds
too much thinking about lines like Ng4 |
| p05013 | w | greatkid | 1694 | 2.6 secs |
| p05018 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | N fork: N(e2)f4+ forks K(g6) and Q(h3) |
| p05020 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 44.9 seconds |
| p05020 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.1 seconds
remembered that got it but was not sure that gxf6 is the solution. |
| p05020 | w | theKnife | 1671 | â—„ Position â–º 5kr1/ppB1b1p1/4P2p/2P2P2/3nN1R1/1p1r3P/7K/5R2 w - - 0 1 |
| p05028 | w | Holy | 1098 | Some distractions on the board make this tougher than its rating (rating is suppressed by the seeming obviousness of the knight fork, which happens to be the correct first move). |
| p05028 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Look out for the knight fork! |
| p05033 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | r3kb1r/2q2pp1/p3p2p/P3P3/QPpN1PPP/4B3/8/2KR1B1b b kq - 0 1 |
| p05033 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | Nxe6 and Be2 also winning according to engines |
| p05041 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | unusual back rank mate |
| p05042 | b | zant | 1768 | my comment is about another problem (p55490). I think h4 is an equivalent solution. |
| p05042 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23255 to solve
14.9 seconds
seemed to me the best move but hesitated too much. |
| p05042 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 21.5 seconds ... I hesitated too |
| p05049 | w | JimmyPage | 1277 | why not take the rook initally |
| p05055 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | pawn promotion |
| p05056 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23163 to solve
failure
tried to solve fast and
played Bxd7+ that is second best. |
| p05057 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | nice |
| p05060 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | needs another move! |
| p05060 | b | grom43 | 1654 | needs another move because giving up your queen for a N makes sense, huh? Whoever plays 2...Qe3 to escape the check sees 3...Bf6 don't they? |
| p05061 | w | FireGarden | 1557 | Problem would be better except that some people will get it 'right' without seeing the fork 3...Nf4+ The test stops too soon |
| p05072 | w | stevie | 1222 | nice! |
| p05085 | w | mtavakol | 1750 | why not 1 ... Rxe2 and only then 2 ... f3 ? |
| p05085 | w | snakehead | 1475 | White parries the mate threat after 2.Qxe2 f3 3.gxf3 |
| p05085 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.6 seconds |
| p05089 | b | jacovanniekerk | 1359 | easy, but pretty... |
| p05089 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | Forced mate in 2 |
| p05089 | b | tooslow | 1114 | fantastic |
| p05095 | w | wald | 1565 | I think that 3 Re2 (rather than 3 Ke1 as in crafty's analysis) 3... Bxc4 is critical and should be included in the solution. |
| p05095 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.0 seconds
problem 23096 to solve.
relatively easy. |
| p05096 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 43115 to solve
not good problem
It is not the first time that I got it and
I fell into the trap 2...R8d3+ that is also winning but not as fast as Re1+ |
| p05096 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | correction 23115 and not 43115 to solve |
| p05096 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.3 seconds
too much time thought if to play 3...Rf1+ or 3...Rd3+ because was not sure maybe there is some mate that is better than the queen |
| p05096 | w | LowestRd | 1946 | The solution gets you the Queen for free, but 2...R8d3+ also wins |
| p05099 | b | Fromper | 1338 | This one should be played out one step further. After black blocks the check with Bd7, white has to play Bxd7, so the puzzle should include proving that you see that. |
| p05099 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Discovered attack with check: B(d3)b5+ exposes N(d5) to Qxd5 |
| p05103 | w | jokim | 2000 | Silly as White can just escape the perpetual by 2. Bh4 or 4. Bh4 |
| p05103 | w | tjumen | 1598 | Agree with jokim. Black is lost after 2. Bh4, see crafty analysis below. This problem should be removed. |
| p05103 | w | LowScore | 1564 | From the original position, this is a mate in 9 for White: 1.Ne7+ Kh7 (1...Kg7 2.Nf5+ Kg8 3.Nh6#) 2.Rxa7 Qd3 3.Qxf8 g4 4.Qg8+ Kh6 5.Qxh8+ Qh7 (5...Kg5 6.Qh4#) 6.Nf5+ Kg5+ (6...Kg6+ 7.Qxh7+ Kg5 8.Rg7#) 7.Qxh7 Rd7 8.Rxd7 a5 9.Rg7#. After 1.Rxd6 Qh7+, it's still a clear win for White after 2.Bh4 or 2.Kg1, as Bh4 can be played on move 4 as well! This is clearly a faulty problem. |
| p05103 | w | barz | 1708 | 4Qbkn/p2R4/p2r1p2/2pNp1p1/4q3/6B1/P4PPK/8 w - - 0 1 |
| p05104 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | b4 seemed to me too defended and I thought only to prevent defending it so chose Rxa2 instead of Bxb4+
Inspite of my failure I think that the problem is more simple than the rating that it got and hope next time I will remember it |
| p05107 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Pretty bad position for Black even after the best defense. |
| p05111 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23100 to solve
2.2 seconds
I first thought to capture the rook but saw in time that capturing the queen is better. |
| p05116 | b | hmpf142000 | 1670 | beautiful and to heavy for me... |
| p05116 | b | pkendal | 1520 | sweet! |
| p05116 | b | plopje | 1678 | yes. Difficult to find. |
| p05116 | b | wald | 1565 | very nice (and hard to see) |
| p05116 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | like it very much |
| p05116 | b | parmetd | 1645 | easy but sweet |
| p05116 | b | pinguino | 1600 | it's difficult but beatiful. |
| p05116 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Especially pretty problem! |
| p05124 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | As far as I can make out, this "tactic" consists merely of winning a tempo (2...Bg5+) and thereafter taking a pawn for free (3...Bxd5). |
| p05124 | w | dktransform | 1479 | agreed. not much to it. |
| p05131 | b | JustC | 1198 | Isn't this the only possible move? |
| p05131 | b | cwpetryk | 1143 | Doh! I didn't see I was in check. LOL |
| p05131 | b | 9isprime | 1250 | yeah, only possible move |
| p05138 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.2 seconds |
| p05138 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.5 seconds |
| p05143 | w | wald | 1565 | the trick is to find the only move which does not loose on the spot. |
| p05143 | w | Wolfgang | 1388 | You are right, wald, but this is also not to easy. |
| p05143 | w | schttnsldt | 1576 | only-move-aments. muahahahah |
| p05143 | w | DocB | 1237 | lotsa gravy on my biscuits
|
| p05143 | w | texas | 1392 | I see. So when your king is in check, move it away... |
| p05143 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Actually all moves are forced so far as I recall. Oh, except ({10:Mat03} 2. ... Kg8 3. Be5+ Kf8 4. Bd6+ Qxd6 5. Qg7# $18) But I like 4 Bd6+ Qe7 5. Qg7# better. |
| p05147 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.1 seconds and earned rating
took time to see the idea that is double threat(Bxb6 and Bh2+ winning the queen) |
| p05147 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.4 seconds |
| p05147 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.9 seconds |
| p05147 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.2 seconds |
| p05152 | b | antielectron | 1223 | & live to fight another day |
| p05162 | w | JSorel | 1664 | subtle... |
| p05166 | b | BughouseMaster | 1555 | Tricky! |
| p05166 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 2.5 secs No not tricky |
| p05166 | b | themagician | 1543 | I agree with MagicCat |
| p05166 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | The assertion that themagician makes is not true. |
| p05166 | b | drad | 1651 | and that's the 20th time I've gotten that one wrong |
| p05166 | b | JohnSmith | 1502 | Tricky indeed, bughouse. Forget about the other, contrary comments, dumb pretenders. |
| p05167 | w | turbo | 1322 | way too obvious. |
| p05168 | b | EngrStudent | 1315 | This seems like a bad idea. It seems like Im giving away my knight for a pawn, opening up his access to the center, and not keeping it. |
| p05168 | b | theKnife | 1671 | No this is good. The queen took confidently on d4, thinking there is no discovered check, but after Nxb5, the only way to meet the threat on d4 and c7 is to take the knight. Then Bxb5+ wins the queen. |
| p05168 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Good, but needs extra moves! |
| p05169 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.5 seconds |
| p05169 | b | grom43 | 1654 | er, sorry, how's that rated over 1000? |
| p05174 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Pin: After 1...Qxg6(N), if 2.fxg6(Q), then 2...Bxg4(Q). |
| p05174 | w | KingKarrl | 1163 | What a set-up. |
| p05175 | b | tact | 1326 | stupid boy fuck , idiot , shit shit shit |
| p05177 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | Oh, wow. |
| p05182 | b | Krikke | 986 | 2.Rd8 is check. |
| p05182 | b | centaur09 | 1228 | What
|
| p05182 | b | gabbytay2123 | 1360 | confused |
| p05182 | b | DocB | 1237 | ahhhh, yeah
ahhhhh yeah
ahhy yah
yeah
|
| p05182 | b | DocB | 1237 | ah yeah, ah yeah, ah yah, yeah, ah yeah |
| p05183 | b | Quietus | 1704 | Line should continue |
| p05183 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 22.9 seconds |
| p05183 | b | Lioric | 1526 | line too short |
| p05187 | w | dwnshi | 1559 | ZUMMY NOT |
| p05187 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.4 seconds |
| p05200 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.6 seconds |
| p05200 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.4 seconds |
| p05200 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | this problem seems lame. why not 1...nf5 2. bxd8 nxe3 3. bxc7 nxg2 4. nc3 ne3 5. Re1 |
| p05200 | w | grom43 | 1654 | @JoshBrack. Er, doesn't black have two rooks in your line? |
| p05200 | w | grom43 | 1654 | And 5...Nc2 seems to preserve Black's rather large advantage in your line? |
| p05207 | b | pdazz | 1388 | It's such a pity that the solution of this nice 3-move problem is aborted after one move... |
| p05213 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | very tough - got it the 3rd time around |
| p05219 | w | IaGueTe | 1486 | Only move |
| p05219 | w | mburch1974 | 1481 | lol dumb problem |
| p05221 | b | edgy | 1645 | Should include the refutation of 1.f3, at least in the details section. |
| p05221 | b | nerdesin | 1961 | f3 Rxh2 |
| p05221 | b | lepolaputuki | 1826 | That's obvious enough... once you see that after 2.f3? Rxh2+! you can't play 3.Kg1 because the bishop at e2 is hanging, which I didn't. |
| p05225 | w | Auge | 1591 | High Noon! |
| p05225 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by fxg6 that remembered from similiar problem but different |
| p05225 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 1.0 seconds |
| p05225 | w | television | 1655 | its neccesary to have seen the protection of the rook by the knight. i liked it |
| p05228 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Bxf5 and did not see that Bxf5 protects e8 by the rook a8. |
| p05232 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 42.2 seconds
thought first about Qxh6 but it does not work after gxh6 Rxh6 f5 and later saw the threat with Rxh6(Rh8+) |
| p05234 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | mate in 2 |
| p05235 | b | drad | 1651 | I'll have to remember this trick |
| p05235 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.4 seconds
I remember this trick. |
| p05235 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | I'll have to remember this trick |
| p05241 | b | edgy | 1645 | needs more variatuions in explanation |
| p05241 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Okay, I think I understand this problem: if you take with the rook first then on ...Nxe4 Bxe4 covers the N/f3 from ...Qxf3. However, if you take with the B first, then ...Nxe4 Rxe4 will be answered by the funky ...Qxf3, which sort of pins both the R/e4 and the R/g2! Interesting idea. I don't know if I have ever seen such a thing in a game. |
| p05244 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | actually it is Q trap |
| p05246 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Though, to be fair, Bxe7 is winning as well. |
| p05246 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | And almost exactly one year later ... I played 1.Bxe7! ;-) |
| p05249 | w | olechrhaavald | 1193 | why loose a tower? |
| p05249 | w | different | 1548 | nice checkmate!:) |
| p05258 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | nice mate |
| p05259 | w | Fromper | 1338 | This is yet another example of a problem that needs to play out for more moves. Black doesn't actually win the rook if white defends properly, as Crafty points out, but a superficial glance by most players might not notice that. |
| p05259 | w | dogWaste | 1289 | agreed totally with Fromper! |
| p05259 | w | Reini68 | 1417 | +1 |
| p05274 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23406 to solve
3.6 seconds |
| p05274 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 1r2k2r/1p4p1/p7/3pnQ1q/8/4PRb1/PP1BK1P1/2RN4 b k - 0 1 |
| p05283 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Nice one. Square vacation to save the knight. |
| p05283 | b | JSorel | 1664 | interestin theme |
| p05283 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | failed
did not find Ng2 and went for Bf2 |
| p05283 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 19.3 |
| p05285 | w | asro | 1705 | don't understand the point of it |
| p05285 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | No. Stragetists take advantage of it and don't realise the attack later on. |
| p05285 | w | MOHAX | 1715 | this is weird |
| p05285 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Rubbish. A recapture. |
| p05285 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | This rubbish still here? |
| p05285 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | There should be some problems like this one. The idea is to force people to think like in a game. You don't have the advantage of knowing "some tactic is possible" when playing a chess game. A few false leads will slow down people who don't analyse properly but just pick the most exciting move and trust that because this is a problem site, the answer must be right. |
| p05285 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | toilet training |
| p05285 | w | Thossk | 1840 | Excellent work.
There should be more like this one. |
| p05285 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 27.3 seconds
thought too much because searched for something better
or for a trap. |
| p05285 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | Well said tomohawk I agree with you. I found it in 3.7 secs |
| p05285 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | I agree with tomohawk too... got this one wrong cuz i immediately played Qc2 without thinking it through |
| p05295 | w | benrehab | 1634 | Weak pawn protection! |
| p05295 | w | AntMantis | 1465 | KaBam! |
| p05303 | b | SmokenFlames | 1418 | Skewer to end the pin + intermediate move = exchange + pawn |
| p05304 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.1 seconds
nice queen trap |
| p05310 | b | Quietus | 1704 | 1.Qa4+ and 2.Bxf7+ also worked or 2.Bb5 if 1...Qc6. |
| p05310 | b | RedBeetle | 1508 | Two solutions. Qa4 is slighty less pretty but it works. |
| p05310 | b | LowScore | 1564 | Looks like Bd7 holds after Qa4+, so there is only one solution. |
| p05310 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | All three of you are wrong. 1.Qa4+ Bd7?? 2.Bxf7+ Kxf7 3.Qxe4 wins, but 1.Qa4+ Kf8 is fine for Black. |
| p05310 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | smotherhubbard: "All three of you are wrong. 1.Qa4+ Bd7?? 2.Bxf7+ Kxf7 3.Qxe4 wins, but 1.Qa4+ Kf8 is fine for Black."
i wouldn't say for sure that black is fine, there's still 0-0-0 and ng5 possible for white.
i think crafty should investigate both lines and refute them. |
| p05312 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.4 seconds.
got it in the past.
1779.38 new record |
| p05312 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.5 seconds |
| p05319 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | Bh6+ |
| p05319 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | lol |
| p05321 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | aaarggghhh mouseslip Ne4-bbbbb5!!!!??? aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhh |
| p05324 | b | tpollet | 1651 | je suis un enfant qui s'appelle Capucine. |
| p05331 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Very hard to see. |
| p05331 | b | Ponderable | 1472 | It took my some time to see that Bxf7+ will not lead to mate. (Kh8 - and Bishop pinned to Queen) |
| p05331 | b | wild | 1305 | Yeah I played Bxf7+ thinking it'd work. Still threatening though, and and after Kh8 Bd5 black's in bad shape. |
| p05334 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 5rk1/p4pbp/3q2p1/8/3p4/1Q2PKPP/PR6/7R w - - 0 1 |
| p05337 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds
simple nice fork but solution should be longer
2...Bxa3 3.Rxf8+ Bxf8 4.Re8 Kg8 5.Bd5+ should be the solution |
| p05337 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.8 seconds |
| p05337 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 5r1k/1R4pp/p1B5/1p3b2/2pb1P1P/P7/1P5P/4R2K b - - 0 1 |
| p05342 | b | Alseki | 1484 | A long distance checkmate. |
| p05346 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23129 to solve
failure
played Qb8 missing Bd6+
The solution is to have another threat in a different way by 2.Bc5 |
| p05346 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Agreed 5 stars for beauty. Took a long time to realize: white 2 pieces en prise, black none. But black has one undefended. Put 2+2 together = counterattack with 1 of yr 2 en prise pieces on his undefended piece. It's not something you see often and a useful concept to know. |
| p05347 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.7 seconds |
| p05348 | b | milos62 | 1916 | I played Bh7, also a winning
move. |
| p05348 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i understand that 1. bxh7 isn't as good but it gets an easy win so i don't like this crap problem and think it should be removed! :( |
| p05348 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | After Bxh7 Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg7 Qxe8 that is the obvious plan of 99% of the people who played Bxh7 black has a perpetual check by Qe3+ Kh1 Qh6+ so the people who chose Bxh7 do not deserve the points(I chose the right move but I also did not see it so I also do not deserve the points that I earned) |
| p05351 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice defensive fork tactic. |
| p05354 | w | barz | 1708 | 5bk1/7p/4P3/2p2pB1/1pN5/1P3qPP/6RK/3rR3 w - - 0 1 |
| p05354 | w | lucasm | 1510 | Real point of problem is harder to see, but still pretty. After Qf1 threatening Qh1#, white has only Rb2 (losing rook) or g4. However, on f4, black threatens both Qh1# and white rook (which is supporting the very dangerous pawn push). |
| p05371 | b | mangy1723 | 1242 | rated too high |
| p05376 | b | mtracey | 1552 | Ok but seems to rely on black making a blunder by capturing the pawn. |
| p05376 | b | haas59 | 1703 | if black plays 1...Qe5 2. Qd7+ Be7! i do not see a win for white |
| p05376 | b | haas59 | 1703 | if black plays 1...Qe5 2. Qd7+ Be7! i do not see a win for white |
| p05380 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23447 to solve
failure
tempting is Nc3 that is not good because of Rxf8+ Bxf8 Qf1 |
| p05380 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | failure |
| p05381 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | 1 ... Ra2-h2+! is a DECOY FOT TEMPO, allowing the Black queen to threaten the LOOSE g2-square next to the White king with a GAIN OF TIME (TEMPO, CHECK). |
| p05381 | w | Improchess | 2054 | Muy bueno este problema |
| p05381 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Yeah, we all like this one :-) |
| p05381 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failed
played Nh5
thought about Rh2+ but it did not seem to me good in first thinking and when I looked at the small rating decided not to think too much and play Nh5
should get higher rating and in this case I could think more and solve it |
| p05381 | w | Warminup | 1536 | it's 1591.2 today |
| p05382 | b | JSorel | 1664 | incredibly easy for a 1800 problem... |
| p05382 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | needs more moves |
| p05382 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.5 seconds
agree with JSorel |
| p05382 | b | grom43 | 1654 | I looked at 2 Rh7+ first, and only after seeing Kh7 3 Qh5+ (Qf5+ also) Kg8 4 Rd8+ Bf8 did I look for something else. By the time I saw 2 Qd8+ (duh), I'd lost a couple of ticks of rating. Might not be incredibly easy, especially if you miss Bb4-f8 as a defense. |
| p05391 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | needs to be extended to include 2. Qe3 Qxd4 at least |
| p05391 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 35.2 seconds
agree with floreatdunum
could solve it faster by guessing but did not see Qxd4
in the beginning |
| p05391 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 18.0 seconds |
| p05391 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed Q & K, N fork |
| p05392 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | A very nice example of using TEMPO (1 ... Qd8-b6+!) in order to REPOSITION A DEFENDER with GAIN OF TIME (2 ... Qb6-e3). |
| p05392 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.4 seconds |
| p05392 | w | kendal | 1531 | nice geometry
|
| p05396 | b | barz | 1708 | 2r1kr2/1b2bpQp/p2pp1p1/1Nn3P1/2q1PP2/P1N1B3/1PP4P/2KRR3 b - - 0 1 |
| p05399 | b | moegigo | 1611 | ugly exercise. |
| p05399 | b | BlackWaive | 1551 | Good exercise, I didn't see that the Rook took with check. |
| p05399 | b | AlexeiD | 1600 | so-so |
| p05399 | b | Garryback | 1581 | novice-like |
| p05399 | b | kendal | 1531 | I congratulate all the grandmasters who do these puzzles and find them ugly, so-so and novice-like, and I question why they, from their ivory towers, choose to mix with the mere mortals who do these problems?
I, for one, got this wrong, seeing that I needed to protect my queen by taking with the night, missing that it walked into a mate, as I was trying to do it quickly. I think this is an excellent puzzle, and that a lot of people on this site need to chill out and learn to enjoy themselves.
|
| p05403 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Nice - mating and promotion themes interwoven. Black's position looks clumsy - go seek! |
| p05407 | w | Lioric | 1526 | getting rid of the deadly battery on the d-file |
| p05411 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 8/2B5/P3kn2/1p2p2p/4P2P/3KN1p1/5b2/8 w - - 0 1 |
| p05420 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | I just failed this problem after solving it in 4.0 seconds three days ago! What's wrong with me today? I was blind! |
| p05425 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | Super-difficult but fascinating! |
| p05425 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | ... but what if 2 ... h7h5 3. g7g4? |
| p05425 | w | kwanpin | 1752 | pawn advance again |
| p05431 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate: Q(e4)e1# |
| p05431 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Mate in 1 !! |
| p05451 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate: After 1. R(c4)xc8(R)+, if 1...Q(d7)xc8(R), then 2. Q(g4)xg7#; if 1...Q(d7)d8 or e8, then 2. Rxd8 or e8(Q)#. |
| p05455 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | 1...Ne2+ wins a tempo to save the knight. |
| p05460 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Removal of the guard by means of a pawn move which is defended by a knight. |
| p05460 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Agree with MaltaCross. |
| p05461 | w | spacecowboy | 1394 | For those who are interested in knowing what happens if White attempts to save the queen after 1...Be7, here is how the problem solution would continue: 1.Qg5 Be7 2.Qg4 Nxd4 3.Qg6 Nxe2+ forking king and queen |
| p05461 | w | e4e5f4 | 1402 | Spacecowboys analyse is correct, but it must be:
1.Qg5 Be7 2.Qg4 Nxd4 3.Qg3 Nxe2+ |
| p05461 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | Of Course |
| p05461 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | r5kr/pppq3p/3bb1p1/3p1n2/3P1B2/2P3Q1/PP1NBPPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p05462 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.5 seconds |
| p05466 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Double (discovered) attack: N(c4)d6 attacks Q(e8) and exposes N(c5) and N(c7) to attack by Q(c2). |
| p05472 | b | asenilechance | 987 | how is this the right choice, the queen would take yours and put you in check |
| p05472 | b | sleiman | 1406 | Nf5+ is a fork that wins the queen back |
| p05484 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.0 seconds
Qc1+ should be included in the solution |
| p05484 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.8 seconds |
| p05484 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with Uri. |
| p05486 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed K, rank attack |
| p05489 | w | Schumi | 1523 | Nice |
| p05489 | w | gargletheape1 | 1330 | harder than the rating
|
| p05489 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Quite tough... I'm delighted to have solved it. |
| p05489 | w | progmtl | 1300 | excellent |
| p05489 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Mate in 3 involving a Queen sacrifice. |
| p05490 | b | JamesBJames | 1657 | Not sure why this is a puzzle. Running it in Chessmaster, black has mate in 11 after ...Qd4. |
| p05490 | b | JamesBJames | 1657 | Hmm, disregard the previous comment. I'm an idiot and probably misplaced a piece last time. |
| p05490 | b | loot | 1486 | I'll give it two stars! |
| p05500 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 32.1 seconds
Bd1 is hard to find |
| p05500 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.6 seconds
again same Bd1 move hard to find |
| p05500 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 1.7 Bd1 is easy to find. What's your rating Uri?? |
| p05503 | b | SmokenFlames | 1418 | Back rank weakness + intermediate move |
| p05505 | w | blcnngn | 2223 | nice |
| p05505 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.2 seconds
remembered it |
| p05505 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 0.9 seconds this time |
| p05505 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.1 seconds |
| p05505 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | didnt get it... get it the next time around. |
| p05505 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed. amazing problem. :) |
| p05506 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 26.3 seconds |
| p05506 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | weak K |
| p05506 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem should be longer |
| p05509 | w | underated | 1374 | is it just me or a simple one the ones you second check your move? |
| p05521 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23181 to solve
10.3 seconds.
I guess many guess it so they solve it fast.
|
| p05531 | b | Garryback | 1581 | ??? nonsence |
| p05534 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Very nice! |
| p05535 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | im only 1130 rated, but i solved it the 1st time, what a beauty... |
| p05535 | b | memo | 1570 | 5. Qh8+ also wins |
| p05535 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 3r1rk1/2p3pB/1p2p3/p5p1/qP1n3N/3Q2P1/4PPKP/7R b - - 0 1 |
| p05540 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 2. g6 is also a winning move... |
| p05542 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Blinkered by idea of Q check... |
| p05542 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.9 seconds |
| p05543 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Rc3 missing the simple threat
thought need to defend only against perpetual check |
| p05543 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | seems easy for 1872... |
| p05546 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | obvious |
| p05556 | w | underated | 1374 | cant believe I moved down instead of up...dohh... |
| p05556 | w | fastrunner | 1183 | wouldn't the peon kill you in that position? |
| p05563 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p05565 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 2.5. memorized it. |
| p05570 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Seems pointless. Apart from the queen check, what else would white play. Not really even a combination. Poor. |
| p05570 | b | chesswiz | 1620 | you're really dumb. |
| p05570 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | You need to add the next 2 moves - Ka6 Nc6 - so it's clear that Qf3+ (guarding the d1-rook) is superior to Qe4+. White wins the d8-rook. Then this is a good tactic. |
| p05570 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | chesswiz - gping by your cts rating you're even dumber... |
| p05570 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | and I agree with smotherhubbard's analysis - someone clearly less dumb than myself and certainly than chesswiz... |
| p05570 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.2 seconds |
| p05573 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Exploitation of pinned pawn. |
| p05578 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | mate in 3 |
| p05578 | b | DocB | 1237 | way underated took me 5 times
|
| p05584 | w | underated | 1374 | killer mate. |
| p05586 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Really - Qxe4 is winning too. |
| p05586 | b | milos62 | 1916 | I hate this. There is nothing
wrong with Qe4. |
| p05586 | b | lepolaputuki | 1826 | Extra piece is extra piece... you don't want one? |
| p05591 | w | kingofthespill | 1453 | One legal move. Am I missing the point of this one? |
| p05591 | w | spacecowboy | 1394 | Yes Kingofthespill, you are missing the point. Anybody who doesn't understand should go to the message board and read the posts by JoeLag and SveJoe on August 24, 2005. |
| p05591 | w | Schumi | 1523 | One legal move, silly. |
| p05591 | w | limbo696 | 1359 | only one move |
| p05591 | w | limbo696 | 1359 | only one move |
| p05591 | w | xrayeyes | 1602 | only legal move |
| p05591 | w | mbingham | 1437 | Whoever posted this problem, I sure hope you've gotten a chuckle out of it. |
| p05591 | w | HungryGoldfish | 1372 | Ummmmmm...... ok. |
| p05591 | w | waaek | 1120 | Nothing wrong with this problem. Part of the jbo of a chess player is to notice when he's in check. |
| p05591 | w | Leucky | 1538 | Yes of course it's okay! First i wanted to attack something then i saw that i was in check. While the server allows to input illegal move this kind of problem works. |
| p05591 | w | louise | 1134 | There is only one legal move! |
| p05591 | w | zass | 1206 | whats the point? one move. |
| p05591 | w | graemes | 1477 | Bizarre. |
| p05594 | w | hmpf142000 | 1670 | I like it. somehow. |
| p05594 | w | Coventry | 1613 | what in the hell???!!!! |
| p05594 | w | Suizo | 1631 | Dc3? |
| p05603 | b | jzhang2000 | 1419 | YO |
| p05604 | w | pcygni | 1390 | very pretty.... |
| p05604 | w | Fred | 1456 | Indeed |
| p05604 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate by Q(c3), Be3+, and Bf3+ |
| p05604 | w | t101jv | 1263 | agreed, this is a pretty mate |
| p05607 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | captured the knight immediatly missing that
Nxb5+ pin pawn c6 |
| p05609 | w | Kataran | 1696 | The solution of the problem is not enough. Black should also see that after 1.Qb3 Rxc7 2.Qxd5 there is 2...Rxc3 and that white has to play 3.Rxc3 and after 3...exd5 white looses a piece. In the given solution the black problem solver may find the move 1...Rxc7 accidentally and thus gain the point without really solving the problem. |
| p05609 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with Kataran. |
| p05609 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | agree with Kataran |
| p05609 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | i think this is a dual solution. |
| p05617 | w | stevelco | 1412 | Very nifty and useful little problem. |
| p05617 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Task: elimination of the advanced double pawns. |
| p05619 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | After 1...bxa2, the Rook cannot stop the pawn from queening, If Ra4, it gets captured by the biship; if Rb1 it gets captured by the pawn! |
| p05620 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | I think that move 3 is also desirable. With what shall the black rook be captured, with the rook or is it better with the Queen? |
| p05622 | b | peletis | 1313 | nice, trapping queen |
| p05622 | b | thingfish | 1345 | nice trap. |
| p05622 | b | Alseki | 1484 | Checkmating the queen... |
| p05625 | w | DocB | 1237 | under rated |
| p05631 | b | ketchbee1 | 1712 | Rb2? |
| p05632 | b | 9isprime | 1250 | nice pin |
| p05637 | b | mindhack | 1519 | Why isn't the reverse also correct? First Rh1+ and then Qh2 ? The server marks it as wrong but I don't see the difference here. |
| p05637 | b | xenophon | 1528 | i agree with mindhack,Rh1+ wins just as well |
| p05637 | b | ostap | 1950 | No, 1.Rh1 loses to 1...Kg7 2.Qh2 Rh8. |
| p05637 | b | ostap | 1950 | ...after 1.Qh2+ Kg7, 2.Qh6+ Kg8 and the black Rook has not the access of h8 |
| p05637 | b | Subrosian | 1658 | This puzzle should have had black playing ...Kg7 for people to understand the problem more clearly. |
| p05637 | b | wild | 1305 | nice, I got it wrong but thanks for the explanation |
| p05638 | w | DocB | 1237 | stupid
|
| p05643 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | CHECKS LET YOU SAVE THREATENED PIECES WITH GAIN OF TIME. Here Black planned the tactical sequence 1 ... Bg7xNc3?? (REMOVE THE GUARD) 2 Bd2xBc3?? (FORK) 2 ... Qb4xBe4+, extracting his b4-queen from the BISHOP FORK by gaining time on the White e1-king, winning a piece. But 1 ... Bg7xNc3?? is -not- check, so White is not forced to play 2 Bd2xBc3??. Instead White rescues his e4-bishop with TEMPO by GAINING TIME on the Black e8-king with 2 Be4-g6+! and only -then- capturing the Black c3-bishop with 3 Bd2xBc3, not 2 Bd2xBc3??. Now Black's attempt to extract himself from the BISHOP FORK by moving his b4-queen with TEMPO does not work because the e4-checking focal point is DEFENDED by the White g6-bishop. So Black planned to save his threatened b4-queen by GAINING TIME with 2 ... Qb4xBe4+ but White beat him to it by saving his threatened White e4-bishop by GAINING TIME with 2 Be4-g6+!. |
| p05648 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | counterattack |
| p05648 | b | drad | 1651 | oooo didn't see the queen trap |
| p05649 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | survival tactic |
| p05652 | w | hardcorepawn | 1418 | someone explain why bf4 would occur? |
| p05652 | w | loot | 1486 | Because white is hoping to get the B to e5 and didn't see that black can push the e pawn. |
| p05653 | w | DocB | 1237 | have trouble with the ones without many pieces
|
| p05660 | w | kwanpin | 1752 | very cute |
| p05660 | w | chesschocolate | 1837 | i agree- a beautiful puzzle that proves that chess is truly an art |
| p05660 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | calculated Ne5 Kh1 Ng4 f3 Nxh2 and failed because did not see Nf3 that is better |
| p05663 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Discovered attack: 1...Rxc3(B); 2.bxc3(R), Bxd5(R). |
| p05664 | w | TheKingIsBack | 1546 | not so good because of the obvious discovered check |
| p05671 | b | Boomer360 | 1178 | Discovered attack on the black Rook.
White's Bishop on d5 can capture the pawn on f7, putting the King in check and at the same time opening an attack on the Rook on d8 (by the Rook on d1). The King must get out of check -- probably by capturing the Bishop now on f7. This leaves the black Rook free to capture the white Rook. Black has traded a Bishop for a Rook. |
| p05672 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | unexpected move |
| p05674 | w | chesschocolate | 1837 | so obvious but hard!! |
| p05674 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.7 seconds
not hard but the high rating cause to think more time.
still earned rating on it. |
| p05677 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12,5 seconds
rook escape from threat and trade attacking piece.
Not hard |
| p05677 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.8 seconds |
| p05680 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | If 3...Kf8, then Qxf6 (equalising in material), and it's mate in 2. |
| p05687 | w | freeher | 1327 | very nice. any way you look at it, a piece is won. |
| p05691 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.6 seconds
first did not like Rb1 Qxa3 and only later saw Bc1 |
| p05691 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.1 seconds this time |
| p05691 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.6 seconds |
| p05691 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.4 seconds |
| p05693 | b | underated | 1374 | complecated but logical. |
| p05693 | b | drad | 1651 | an unusual puzzle for this rating level |
| p05703 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 1.9 secs New rating record: 1766 |
| p05719 | b | Chessdoom | 1586 | Easy, but excellent! |
| p05719 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | Nf7 wins a either a rook, or a queen for a knight, but that wasn't good enough |
| p05719 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Winning even the queen doesn't compare to mate in 2! A common pattern but always pretty. |
| p05719 | b | neiking | 1591 | Smother mate. Nice problem! |
| p05721 | b | edgy | 1645 | really need to extend the solution a few moves to see if the solver got the point. |
| p05729 | w | Wolfgang | 1388 | Great! |
| p05729 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.2 seconds |
| p05729 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Discovered attack: After 1...Rxg5(N), if 2.fxg5(R), then 2...Bxh2+, and 3...Qxd2(Q), forking White's Bs. |
| p05729 | w | Schumi | 1523 | Nice. |
| p05731 | b | barz | 1708 | 5rk1/2p4p/3pqp2/2n5/2b2R1N/2P3PP/P5B1/1Q4K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p05734 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | needs more moves |
| p05734 | w | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | I disagree. It seems pretty obvious what the next move is. |
| p05742 | w | pkendal | 1520 | Very instructive. |
| p05742 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.2 seconds
2...Re2 took time to find. |
| p05742 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.7 seconds |
| p05742 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Re3, Re2, Re1, very humorous! |
| p05743 | b | jbennett | 1441 | Qxb4 sets up discovered attack on the Q |
| p05749 | w | underated | 1374 | one for one... |
| p05753 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Sweet revenge |
| p05756 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.5 seconds
double threat Nh5+ and Rxg2+ |
| p05756 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.1 seconds |
| p05756 | w | LowestRd | 1946 | Deadly... |
| p05756 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed it. if Rg1 then Nh5# i guess. |
| p05758 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Neat decoy by means of a check. |
| p05759 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 22.3 seconds |
| p05759 | w | rockym | 1626 | backward knoght moves are always harder to spot...will get use to it !
|
| p05759 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 1.1 sec |
| p05767 | w | Gator | 1274 | What is going on here? I have had on the order of 10 to 12 failures whereby the problem has never shown thus losing all kind of rating pts. + when I click on a piece to move it,it will not respond losing time galore in solving thus losing more pts.! This sucks to say the least!! |
| p05767 | w | wild | 1305 | sure, but this is a decent problem nonetheless. Any other move besides Qxe7 results in a mean fork that loses material (and probably the game) for black. |
| p05767 | w | musiclife | 1602 | For beginner/intermediate level tactics, I think this kind of problem is underrated. Sure, more advanced people will call it simple, but white must apparently capture with the queen despite it's ability to be captured. A player must look one extra move to see that they can also capture the opp's q if they lose theirs. |
| p05770 | w | grom43 | 1654 | The only way to keep the piece is 1...Bxd5-c4. I thought 1...Nxd5-c3, but white just takes and now has an extra pawn. |
| p05771 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.0 seconds
first move is the only move not to lose the queen and second move the only move
so it was relatively easy for me. |
| p05802 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | fork again |
| p05802 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | why for every exercises you say the name of the taktik? |
| p05802 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i'm wondering why not qd3. i'm probably missing the best replies from black |
| p05813 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.3 seconds |
| p05813 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.1 seconds |
| p05820 | w | grom43 | 1654 | 1...Qe7 is forced. |
| p05824 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: After 1...Rh2+, 2.Kxh2, then Qxf2+ forks K(h2), R(e1), and N(d2). |
| p05824 | w | grom43 | 1654 | also (g3), right? |
| p05824 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Nah, not g3 because of white's queen. I was just seeing who knew... |
| p05828 | b | jokim | 2000 | Quite elegant |
| p05828 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23451 to solve
39.4 seconds
long time to see Qd4 after trading from the root position |
| p05828 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 28.5 seconds |
| p05830 | w | sayqeeh | 1215 | :) |
| p05830 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | nice mate in 4 |
| p05832 | w | jokim | 2000 | Smooth sequence of moves, but hey after Black's first move the virtual CTS opponent's position is +11.32 and during the solution deteriorates to -4.31 :-) |
| p05832 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 27.9 seconds
black need not to get mated quickly
evaluating the theoretical result of the position is irrelevant |
| p05832 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.4 seconds this time
memorized it but not to be sure about it. |
| p05832 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.5 seconds |
| p05842 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | A pawn capture that wins a tempo! |
| p05847 | w | scottw10 | 1103 | Very easy. |
| p05848 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.7 seconds |
| p05848 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds |
| p05848 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 0.8 seconds |
| p05853 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Overloaded Q: After R(c8)xc2(B), if Q(d3)xc2(R), then Q(f3)xd5(R). |
| p05854 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.0 seconds |
| p05854 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.9 seconds |
| p05854 | b | barz | 1708 | 3r1rk1/q4ppp/p1p1P3/1p5Q/5P2/1BPNn1bP/P3R1P1/3R3K b - - 0 1 |
| p05858 | b | drad | 1651 | damn, I looked at Bxd5 Rxd5 Nxb5 or something |
| p05866 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | Karpov actually played this blunder in their '92 Candidates Match!!! |
| p05869 | b | Sidorsky | 1502 | A pretty assist |
| p05871 | w | barz | 1708 | The point is 4...Bd3+ |
| p05872 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | PQ net + pin |
| p05876 | b | Vasyukov | 1320 | Neat! |
| p05876 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | Boden's pattern |
| p05876 | b | DocB | 1237 | teets pattern right after he ejaculates on a chick
|
| p05876 | b | pdubs | 1146 | That takes a lot more vision than I've got at the moment. |
| p05876 | b | mathaias | 1434 | Yes, its obvious now that I know the answer ;) |
| p05876 | b | neiking | 1591 | x-ray bishops! nice problem! |
| p05881 | w | ryoshu | 1680 | wow |
| p05881 | w | ngnblcn | 1851 | nice |
| p05882 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Astonishingly it is White who is winning and not Black as it seems at first sight... |
| p05882 | b | scamorza2 | 1640 | the result of the combination is very nice but it is not so hard to find
|
| p05882 | b | moegigo | 1611 | beginning with the chess was intuition not calculation for me. i dont like that really |
| p05882 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Not wasy to find, a nice one. |
| p05882 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Black could win (for instance, I was looking what to do after 1...Bb3+ and Bxd5 when 1...Rxc5. Nice problem though. |
| p05883 | w | underated | 1374 | nice displacement. |
| p05883 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Classic deflection |
| p05895 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.9 seconds |
| p05895 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.3 seconds |
| p05895 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | counterattack |
| p05897 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | The g2 bishop is pinned! |
| p05897 | w | DocB | 1237 | roar |
| p05897 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | ... a very elegant checkmate |
| p05899 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.7 seconds |
| p05899 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.6 seconds |
| p05902 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Should extend solution to at least 4.Qd4. |
| p05902 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.5 seconds |
| p05902 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i was thinking the same thing as tomohawk. I like it like this too though. |
| p05903 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.9 seconds |
| p05903 | b | bumbly | 1561 | needs to be extended and rating increased |
| p05903 | b | themagician | 1543 | i disagree with bumbly |
| p05903 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I also disagree with bumbly
If it is extended the rating is going to go down because the time per move is going to be smaller. |
| p05903 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | omg, i just missed the first move on this. :( BTW: I think problem's ratings always go up if the moves are extended. i've seen at least a few of the exact same problem with a different number of moves and every time the one with more moves was higher rated. |
| p05905 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.1 seconds
new rating record
1787.87 |
| p05911 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failed by 1...NxN+ |
| p05911 | w | jzhang2000 | 1419 | I solved it and my rating is 1360 |
| p05919 | w | knobgoblin | 1444 | Nice |
| p05925 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 29.1 seconds |
| p05925 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | i missed |
| p05926 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.2 seconds |
| p05927 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | mouse failure
played Bxa1
click the bishop and clicked the rook but the computer did not get it so clicked the bishop again and the computer told me failure |
| p05927 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | sorry Bxa1 is simply not the right move so the problem is not the mouse. |
| p05929 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 19.2 seconds |
| p05929 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.3 seconds |
| p05929 | w | JSorel | 1664 | nice ! |
| p05931 | b | drad | 1651 | 50.9 seconds ;) |
| p05931 | b | tjumen | 1598 | 17.2 seconds ) |
| p05931 | b | grom43 | 1654 | See the skewer! |
| p05937 | w | barz | 1708 | Take on h4 ! Brake ! |
| p05937 | w | waldorff | 1702 | been on the white aide of this too often :-) |
| p05938 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.1 seconds |
| p05938 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 46.5 seconds |
| p05938 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 39.5 |
| p05941 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate: After 2.Rxf7+, if 2...Kxf7(R), then 3.Qxe6+ and mate follows. |
| p05942 | b | gbekker | 1383 | It is worth noting that after 2.fxg7, White threatens 3.Nf6+ Kxg7 4.Nf8+ (double check) leading to mate. |
| p05942 | b | DocB | 1237 | pretty nice. one of deeper problems |
| p05943 | w | Georg05 | 1682 | Bg6 wins easily too... |
| p05943 | w | iGooguY | 1526 | Bg6 is just as good |
| p05943 | w | mruto | 1611 | Bg6 Qd5 |
| p05943 | w | rockym | 1626 | Bg6, Qd5...there is an unprotected Ra8 ! So g6 is better. But anyway the Rb1 will be lost. |
| p05943 | w | kwanpin | 1752 | yeah Bg6 Qd5, tricky! |
| p05943 | w | drad | 1651 | hard to see |
| p05943 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 35.9 seconds
knew that if there are too winning moves there are good chances that one of them does not win so searched for the difference and found Bg6 Qd5 |
| p05943 | w | sleiman | 1406 | very smart Uri... bravo |
| p05957 | w | ngnblcn | 1851 | not bad for 1930 |
| p05957 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | It is 1967.2
The point is not Rg8 because of Qxg8+ |
| p05958 | b | Holy | 1098 | Unique. |
| p05959 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.5 seconds
simple pawn move to win the knight |
| p05963 | w | Minul119x | 1012 | ms m. they dont tell u what u have to do |
| p05967 | w | plungerpot | 1507 | beware of the obvious!! |
| p05967 | w | plungerpot | 1507 | beware of the obvious!! |
| p05967 | w | wald | 1565 | took me ages to spot the obvious |
| p05967 | w | tjumen | 1598 | took me 34 seconds ( |
| p05967 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | took me 2 seconds :)) |
| p05967 | w | grom43 | 1654 | long time to decide that the free rook was best (there are mate threats both sides) |
| p05967 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | fail! :( i didn't look for the most obvious patterns. lol |
| p05974 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Excellente!! |
| p05974 | b | barz | 1708 | 3r4/pk1p4/4p3/PPp1qP1r/6p1/3Q2P1/5P2/1R1R2K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p05978 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.3 seconds |
| p05979 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | An intrepid checkmate in 6 moves. |
| p05981 | w | Ormiston | 1537 | Good problem.
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| p05981 | w | nune | 1526 | Ok tactic, but I don't like problems where the correct solution still results in a practically losing position. |
| p05981 | w | loot | 1486 | so Black takes longer to lose... |
| p05982 | w | brulla | 1444 | What is the point?? |
| p05982 | w | lyctc | 1466 | stupid |
| p05982 | w | ajotatxe | 1405 | I don't understand, the white rook moves to b5. |
| p05982 | w | pat5547 | 1248 | This exercise ends too early. The point seems to be that after white moves the rook, black can win a piece with Bxe2 with discovered attack on the g3 bishop. But ending after the first move hardly tests whether or not you see this. |
| p05988 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.8 seconds |
| p05988 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.5 seconds |
| p05992 | b | underated | 1374 | and the purpose of this is??? |
| p05992 | b | waaek | 1120 | To find the best move. When you're down material but have mate in one if you get to move again you're looking for moves where your opponent can't check you again without losing more material, or if he can't check you, then you checkmate him. |
| p05992 | b | waaek | 1120 | also, in this case, it's finding the move that avoids the mating net. That is has a "free" capture doesn't make it easy, if that capture moves into a mating net. |
| p05992 | b | knobgoblin | 1444 | dumb. |
| p05992 | b | loot | 1486 | very poor |
| p05993 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23302 to solve
5.6 seconds
trading and fork think that I got it in the past but did not play the trading before seeing the fork |
| p05993 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.7 seconds this time |
| p05993 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | Last time I missed it, this time 2.1 seconds |
| p06002 | b | iwinyoulose | 1858 | A player rated 100 would make that move |
| p06002 | b | LowScore | 1564 | easy points |
| p06002 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | You clearly overestimated players with rating 100 and they do not know the promotion rule so they will not see the threat. |
| p06002 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | I agree with iwinyoulose! |
| p06006 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | You don't need a queen to have a mate. |
| p06008 | b | CLance | 2086 | It seems to be very simple |
| p06008 | b | Garryback | 1581 | very easy |
| p06013 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played axb6 and missed Bb8 |
| p06015 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | so? the big advantage is a queen, that's the best move--- however to find a mate is difficult. |
| p06015 | b | InfamousG | 1217 | The Queen allows for an easy mate, but it won't be a quick mate. The queen can make quick work of Black's pawns and bring out the King for a King & Queen vs King endgame. Black's best move after d8=Q+ is to Resign. |
| p06016 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.5 seconds |
| p06017 | w | HateYou | 1627 | 2.8 seconds |
| p06017 | w | JSorel | 1664 | You've solved problem p06017 in 11.4 seconds. ( Result 0.46 : 0.54 )
Your new rating is 1781.97 (+0.58). |
| p06018 | b | myrddraal | 1288 | bullshit, take the bishop... |
| p06018 | b | Holy | 1098 | myrddraal, 2 Rxb4 d1=Q+ and you lose your R AND Black gets a Q with a major material advantage. |
| p06027 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Free queen, come and get it! |
| p06034 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Wow. Capture, capture. DoH! |
| p06034 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Equally unimpressed second time around. |
| p06034 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | And equally unimpresed 3rd time around. |
| p06034 | w | jacovanniekerk | 1359 | silly... almost look like a smothered mate.. no.. perhaps i can win the queen.. no.. unimpressed... |
| p06034 | w | Schumi | 1523 | Black's not even winning at the end. |
| p06034 | w | Elroch | 1453 | I'm giving this a (generous) 3 because it made me think whether the opponent would win with Rxg6+. And a move that is the only way to get a level game is still a best move. |
| p06034 | w | Wolfgang | 1388 | I agree with Elroch! |
| p06034 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | 2.5 points thus - I think that's fair! Sort of agree with Elroch |
| p06034 | w | Barinn | 1643 | Strange. |
| p06034 | w | Alseki | 1484 | Quite a funny problem. Look for a tactic... okay I just capture. Look for a tactic... okay I just capture. |
| p06036 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.5 seconds |
| p06042 | b | Garryback | 1581 | standard |
| p06045 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.0 seconds |
| p06047 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | why doesnt Rfxd2 work just as well? |
| p06047 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 2.Rfd2 Bxd2! 3.Qxa3 Bb4+ (that's why White needs a rook on the 2nd rank to prevent that discovered check) |
| p06047 | b | theKnife | 1671 | See problem p52877. |
| p06051 | w | barz | 1708 | Nice. |
| p06053 | b | plus99 | 1591 | je to nanić |
| p06053 | b | plus99 | 1591 | je to nanić |
| p06053 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | Q fork |
| p06056 | b | grom43 | 1654 | No way to defend d7 except counterattack, but where? Back rank mate. And with threat Re8+. Nice. |
| p06057 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.0 seconds |
| p06058 | w | Stress | 1659 | More moves, please... |
| p06062 | b | yean23 | 1581 | very nice |
| p06062 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | devilish |
| p06062 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | captured d5 instead of Rd8 that is good and thought it is not good in few seconds. |
| p06062 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.9 seconds |
| p06062 | b | victornr | 1472 | nice |
| p06064 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | So dense. |
| p06072 | w | waaek | 1120 | An excellent example of calculation superseding general principles |
| p06072 | w | grom43 | 1654 | What? There's only one move on the board, and it's a simple capture threatening mate and a rook. |
| p06074 | w | drad | 1651 | had to think about this for some time before deciding that black had sufficient compensation for his initial material disadvantage |
| p06074 | w | drad | 1651 | that is.. I spent some time looking at 3.Ne2 as a possible defence for white. Hmm |
| p06077 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Rather routine (and I missed it) |
| p06084 | w | Fromper | 1338 | Crafty seems to assume that white will block with his queen at g3, leaving it en prise. So what happens if white just plays Kh1 to get out of check? I don't see a definite tactical win at that point, so what's the point of the puzzle? |
| p06084 | w | Drew | 1302 | Kh1 Qg2# |
| p06094 | w | DocB | 1237 | chee gaems come floeat my gift and when i talk i'ts what i'm foleaotingf with and you see that icome srongong with the gfilt and come pasion and see the theing vard vader we see wand big butts |
| p06105 | w | john2001plus | 1562 | I thought that it said that I got the problem wrong when I got it right. Tried three times. It might just be an input problem. Other than that I liked the problem. |
| p06105 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.3 seconds |
| p06105 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.3 seconds again |
| p06105 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.6 seconds |
| p06110 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | YEAH! |
| p06110 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Removal of the guard + fork |
| p06112 | b | Wolfgang | 1388 | I thought about it at least 2 minutes before deciding that there is no tactic. :-) |
| p06112 | b | sarciness | 1465 | You need the occasional red herring! |
| p06112 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | boy that was tough! |
| p06112 | b | sarciness | 1465 | Oops... didn't realise my rook was threatened. |
| p06112 | b | Baully | 1328 | this is kind of wierd... |
| p06126 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | What? What if Bc6!? Lousy problems never get removed... |
| p06126 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Then Qd6+ is possible. |
| p06129 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.3 seconds |
| p06129 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.6 seconds |
| p06129 | w | ChessPlayer56 | 1801 | 1.8 seconds |
| p06132 | w | tpollet | 1651 | Le cavalier n'a quasiment plus de cases pour lui. Le passage resemble à un saut de caca.
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| p06132 | w | Chessdoom | 1586 | Great and Im ahd it correct!:-) |
| p06132 | w | stefanT | 1521 | The awkward king only needs a check, the knight manoever is not obvious if your queens is en prise |
| p06132 | w | jokim | 2000 | Similar to an idea in Kasparov - Karpov 1991 I believe |
| p06132 | w | phmilet | 1553 | It is the best move, but it doesn't win. I immediately saw that white can't take the queen or the knight, but nothing was obvious after Rf2 and that "ate" my time. |
| p06133 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23348 to solve
22.7 seconds
saw the moves but hesitated too much |
| p06133 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23405 to solve
3.5 seconds.
this time I had more confidence. |
| p06135 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | hard |
| p06136 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | nice tact |
| p06138 | b | TheObjectivist | 1060 | Can't the king just take the rook??? |
| p06150 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by QxQ and did not see the mate |
| p06153 | w | underated | 1374 | would like to have played more of this than the one move. What do you think? |
| p06153 | w | underated | 1374 | I saw the attack more the loss of the rook for this one. |
| p06153 | w | thingfish | 1345 | would like to see more moves required on this problem. |
| p06153 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Simple recapture |
| p06166 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.0 seconds |
| p06166 | b | drad | 1651 | what is ...errr |
| p06166 | b | drad | 1651 | oh I see! |
| p06183 | b | underated | 1374 | nice little advantageous exchange. |
| p06187 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | in final position attacking B and R, bad B position on h2 |
| p06188 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | classic mate with two rooks |
| p06189 | w | memo | 1570 | Tukmakov(2590) - Gavrikov(2535), Moscow 1989 |
| p06189 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | Yes a 7. Nf3 Exchange Gruenfeld:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 0-0 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. 0-0 Nd7 (a bit of a sideline; most common is 12... Bg4, whilst b6, Qe6, Bd7 and a5 are all also known) 13. Bb4 Nb6 14. Qd3 (14. Ne5 is recommended by theory) 14... Be6!? 15. d5?? leading to this position (15. Ra1 is instead necessary) |
| p06196 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.9 seconds |
| p06196 | w | sarciness | 1465 | Very simple. I played the rook sac! |
| p06198 | w | Holy | 1098 | Good combo. |
| p06198 | w | PhilGE | 1198 | use this |
| p06201 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Même pas peur. |
| p06202 | w | DocB | 1237 | little confusing but overated a tad |
| p06205 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.5 seconds |
| p06212 | w | tdemedts | 1728 | instructive |
| p06212 | w | wild | 1305 | great |
| p06223 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | N fork: White can recapture [2.Nxd5(N), threatening 3.Nxc7(B)] because if 2...Rxd5(N), then 3.Ne7+, forking K(g8) and R(d5). |
| p06230 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | I looked at something i was curious about: 1...Nxf3 2. Qh3 Be6 3. b3 Nxd4 4. Bxg7 Kxg7 5. Bg2 Qe5 6. Qh7+ Kf6 7. Rf1+ : +- but this seems better for black in that line: 3... Bxd4! 4. Bxf8 Kxf8 (4...Rxf8? 5. Qh7#) 5. Bg2 with what seems to be only a slight edge for white. |
| p06235 | w | samsa | 1327 | missed it : ( |
| p06235 | w | samsa | 1327 | missed it : ( |
| p06238 | b | Vandebent | 1701 | It is a pity that Crafty not always gives the crucial variations. I went for the tempting 2. Rc1+ Kh2 3. Qh8+ totally missing 3. ... Qh6! |
| p06238 | b | grom43 | 1654 | In that variation, after 2 Rc1+ Kg2 and now 3 Qe4+ Kg3 (the Rc1 should be on third rank for this Qe4 check). But it is too much to see in 3 seconds. I have to just guess. |
| p06238 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with Vandebent. Interesting problem, even so. |
| p06238 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 15.5 |
| p06239 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | A knight and rook mate. |
| p06244 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.3 seconds |
| p06245 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.5 seconds |
| p06259 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | A really big trap. Good one. |
| p06259 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Trapped Q: After B(g2)e4, Q(d3) is lost. |
| p06270 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: 1...Qg4+ attacks K(g1) and N(f3). |
| p06277 | b | underated | 1374 | That is an excellent tactic.. |
| p06277 | b | Holy | 1098 | Excellent and underrated--I didn't see the ...Bc6 and the skewer when I made the correct first move. |
| p06281 | w | RainbowDragon | 1068 | Nice, but they should make you play out the fork/skewer. |
| p06287 | b | palindrome | 1658 | boo
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| p06287 | b | greatkid | 1694 | 3.3 secs |
| p06287 | b | grom43 | 1654 | mating net and mate. nice problem. |
| p06287 | b | HateYou | 1627 | Why they make us play Qxb7# ? |
| p06292 | w | Fromper | 1338 | Spotting a hung piece is rated over 1400??? It's a worthwhile puzzle for total newbies, but I don't get the high rating. |
| p06292 | w | waaek | 1120 | Remember, it's not the CTS admins that rate the problem, it's the users by way of how well they can solve it. Also, there is a real question here: can black stop white's pawn? By offering the bishop white is ensuring that black's bishop doesn't get a shot at stopping the pawn short of its 7th rank. I decided that the black king has adequate check protection via h6, but if he didn't have a check shield then the pawn queens. There's a lot to think about even in "obvious" problems |
| p06292 | w | waaek | 1120 | Remember, it's not the CTS admins that rate the problem, it's the users by way of how well they can solve it. Also, there is a real question here: can black stop white's pawn? By offering the bishop white is ensuring that black's bishop doesn't get a shot at stopping the pawn short of its 7th rank. I decided that the black king has adequate check protection via h6, but if he didn't have a check shield then the pawn queens. There's a lot to think about even in "obvious" problems |
| p06292 | w | waaek | 1120 | darn, repeat post. Well, maybe it's not such a big threat after all, but you still have to consider it before snapping up that bishop. |
| p06292 | w | Elroch | 1453 | I despair |
| p06296 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed K, BNR net |
| p06300 | w | jokim | 2000 | I'd like to play 2. Kc3 Qxc4# |
| p06301 | b | Leucky | 1538 | nice! |
| p06301 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | an excellent and unstereotypical 1523 |
| p06310 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23346 to solve
78.2 seconds
again I wanted to be sure because of the high rating
did not like to lose the queen but there is nothing better and saw that it wins after Ra1 Rf1. |
| p06314 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate: ...R(b1)h1+; K(h2)xh1(R), Q(g4)h3+; Kg1, Qg2#. |
| p06324 | b | barz | 1708 | r4rk1/ppqn2p1/2p1p2p/4Pp2/3P1NnP/3Q4/PPPB4/2KR2R1 b - - 0 1 |
| p06325 | w | ankka | 1302 | Nice one! |
| p06327 | b | jzhang2000 | 1419 | 10011101100 |
| p06329 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.2 seconds
my eye missed pawn a6 for a long time |
| p06329 | w | QuickFire | 1582 | arrrghhh! easy points wasted |
| p06336 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.5 seconds |
| p06336 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.7 seconds |
| p06336 | w | tjumen | 1598 | 5.4 sec. it is the first time i see the problem. |
| p06337 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | White had probably just captured a Black pawn on h7 with something like Bb1xh7!, using the fact that the Black h8-king does not COUNT as a defender since if it goes there as in the problem (... Kh8xBh7??) then Black will be mated via a CORRIDOR MATE. The king often cannot be COUNTED as a defender because it cannot go to the exchanging square. So that Black h7-pawn was not attacked once and defended once but rather it was attacked once and not defended at all since the Black h8-king cannot go to h7.
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| p06337 | b | kpmartin18 | 1483 | nice analysis, Sherlock, want to point out something even more obvious? |
| p06337 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.6 seconds |
| p06344 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.9 seconds |
| p06354 | b | waaek | 1120 | Nice little fork, but why is this rated 1440, it's more like a typical mid-1200 problem? |
| p06354 | b | dktransform | 1479 | too easy. agreed, why is it not a 1200 problem classification? |
| p06358 | w | colette | 1901 | quite instructive |
| p06358 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Fantastic. Got this one wrong, just shows how tricky simple pawn endgames can be under time pressure. More please. |
| p06367 | w | Holy | 1098 | Not terribly difficult, but still I just couldn't see it. |
| p06367 | w | tjumen | 1598 | i saw it but it took more than a minute... |
| p06368 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | The king is a poor defender of pieces because it has to avoid checks. |
| p06371 | w | pdubs | 1146 | Typical pin. |
| p06383 | w | stevie | 1222 | trade a rook for knight and a bishop |
| p06389 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: After R sacrifice - R(h8)xf8(N), B(e7)xf8(R) - Q(h2)xe5+ forks K(e8) and R(b8). |
| p06389 | b | grom43 | 1654 | R sac; Rxf8 leads to either 1) mate by Q or 2) Q wins pawn+rook (fork, with check)? |
| p06390 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Decoying the King with checks to launch a queen fork. The addition of a further move would have been helpful, I think. |
| p06391 | w | texian | 1113 | i consistantly fail to see the opening check in positions like these (although this time i caught it) .. attempting any other move than to move out of check results in an immediate error .. since in OTB games "check" is always announced and in on-line play any move not moving out of check is simply not allowed, it seems an attempt to make such an illegal move in these problems should simply be not allowed rather than scored an immediate error .. otherwise, this seems like a fairly easy problem |
| p06391 | w | theKnife | 1671 | Saying chack in OTB games is not an obligation. |
| p06391 | w | loot | 1486 | check is announced in OTB games only at the beginner level |
| p06391 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | keeping g2 mating threat |
| p06391 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed KK |
| p06391 | w | wild | 1305 | The touched piece rule would apply, BUT if you were to move as if you weren't in check, it would be declared an illegal move and you'd be able to move again. I think my % correct would be higher if I knew when I was in check. |
| p06394 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Pin: ...B(c7)a5 pins N(b4). N is lost. |
| p06408 | b | anamyik | 1197 | This one should be played out for a few more moves. |
| p06408 | b | anamyik | 1197 | This one should be played out for a few more moves. |
| p06408 | b | Fang | 1183 | So easy I had to give it that |
| p06408 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | If 2...fxe6, White has a mate in 8. However, this mate is quite complicated to pull off successfully. |
| p06414 | w | schttnsldt | 1576 | wtf? |
| p06414 | w | theKnife | 1671 | Protects the a8-rook, thus allows to take on c1 next move. |
| p06414 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.1 seconds |
| p06417 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.5 seconds |
| p06417 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.8 seconds
checked too much the Rxd3 line |
| p06421 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | A nasty trap in the Sveshnikov. |
| p06436 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | missed Qh8 and chose Qe2 |
| p06436 | w | tjumen | 1598 | missed everything |
| p06436 | w | drad | 1651 | hmm got it right te first time and wrong the 2nd.. |
| p06436 | w | drad | 1651 | ok ok so it's worth 4 stars |
| p06441 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 59.2 seconds |
| p06450 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.4 seconds
remember it |
| p06450 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.7 seconds |
| p06450 | w | impromptus | 1450 | not post your time please? |
| p06450 | w | drad | 1651 | that's like asking the sun not to shine! |
| p06450 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | :-) !! |
| p06450 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | :-) !! |
| p06450 | w | Garryback | 1581 | drad - fine comment. I also critized urispams misuse of this comment-line and was insulted by him and his spammy-friends
Garryback |
| p06457 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | 1. Ba3 what a plonker! |
| p06462 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.2 seconds |
| p06468 | w | Serif | 1514 | Is this really a problem? |
| p06468 | w | underated | 1374 | a clever sequence of events more like it. wouldn't have seen it if I wasn't guided. |
| p06468 | w | Chess1234 | 1362 | What is this |
| p06470 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | Qh3 also wins man! Stupid... |
| p06470 | w | Quietus | 1704 | Qh3? fails to Nxh4 |
| p06472 | w | ostap | 1950 | resloved by inadvertance |
| p06472 | w | mastermind2007 | 1359 | sacrificing the rook....VERY nicely done! |
| p06472 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | Very very tricky, but interesting problem. One of the best for it's rating, that for sure. |
| p06472 | w | Thossk | 1840 | nice ending |
| p06472 | w | busht | 2031 | nice |
| p06472 | w | jokim | 2000 | Excellent |
| p06473 | w | slacker00 | 1521 | Good one. |
| p06473 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | This is no mere defensive tactic! A two-move decoy positions White's pieces into a lovely knight fork. The tactic wins a piece for Black. |
| p06477 | w | inkwire | 1667 | If $19 means "Black wins", then shouldn't the main line be the one that continues 2.Qf4 and ends in $17? |
| p06478 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 29.9 seconds
did not see at first itetation that Bc3 threat Kxg7 |
| p06478 | w | kendal | 1531 | nice defensive puzzle. |
| p06491 | b | themagician | 1543 | underrated |
| p06491 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | Took me more than a minute, but it should have been easier. I saw the winning move, but didn't see it gained material until the second time I looked at it. |
| p06492 | w | Coventry | 1613 | wow |
| p06492 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.0 seconds
the only way to defend the bishop but looked for something better. |
| p06492 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.6 seconds |
| p06497 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | double discovered attack |
| p06498 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | Crafty's analysis shows that mate can be forced after Black plays 3...Kf8. But the problem is a dual after 3...Kf8. Either 4.Qd7 or 4.Bxf7 forces mate. Therefore, this problem should be removed. I was robbed today when I failed this problem merely because I chose one dual solution over the other dual solution. |
| p06498 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | 4.Bx7 does not force mate. Black can escape into the corner and his bishop defends fine. |
| p06498 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | weak K |
| p06504 | w | underated | 1374 | love those end games |
| p06507 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Player should have to demonstrate more moves. |
| p06507 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Uh, after 2...f6 that is. ;-) |
| p06507 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.3 seconds
Nf5 f6 Rxg7+ seems good.
for example Kh8 Qe7 Ng5 Rh7+ Nxh7 Qg7 mate |
| p06507 | b | theKnife | 1671 | r4rk1/1R3ppn/2pN2p1/p1P1Q1PP/8/3qP3/5P2/R5K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p06507 | b | theKnife | 1671 | f6 Qe7 (or c7) is the fastest mate, but Rxg7 mates too. |
| p06511 | w | element | 1423 | dhlsgwgd... wfsgfewertyuioprdnd.......ruree.../,iyj
|
| p06516 | b | gbekker | 1383 | It is important to note that without the knight on f6, White threatens to win with Rxe7, since ...Rxe7?? loses to Rb8+. Hence 2.e5 wins the knight. :-) |
| p06516 | b | pkendal | 1520 | I'm surprised this problem is rated as low as it is. gbekker points out the winning line, but that's not so obvious. |
| p06516 | b | Leucky | 1538 | My first thought was Rxe7 Rxe7 Rb8+, but then Re8 works, BECAUSE the knight guards the rook. So its a "removal of the guard"-problem. |
| p06516 | b | moegigo | 1611 | typical low rating problem with more stuff behind if you really look at it |
| p06516 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | as stated needs one more move |
| p06516 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | attacking back rank defender |
| p06522 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.4 seconds |
| p06525 | b | detroitman | 1469 | d5? |
| p06525 | b | memo | 1570 | d5 also wins, crafty analysis notwithstanding. |
| p06527 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.8 seconds |
| p06527 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.2 seconds |
| p06527 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.0 seconds |
| p06527 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.1 seconds |
| p06533 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | Love these endgame problems. |
| p06536 | w | Eviltactician | 1509 | Isn't this a pretty crap problem because white is still winning after he sacs back the piece with 2.Ng5+ or 2.Nf6+ followed by 3.Qe4+ |
| p06536 | w | edgarcosta | 1273 | Either case you loose, Ng5+ hxg5, Nf6+ gxf6 Qe4+ Qxe4 |
| p06544 | w | television | 1655 | i guess it but i dont understand. Practical Choice? |
| p06544 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | No the idea is to pin the knight |
| p06548 | b | hkschess | 985 | i DID NOT LIKE IT |
| p06550 | w | TheBlackKnight | 1542 | 1..Rxc7 2.Rxc7 Bb6 |
| p06554 | b | Subrosian | 1658 | This was hard to see. |
| p06559 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.0 seconds |
| p06562 | w | underated | 1374 | I was too focused on moving the knight to see I had a check. It would be nice if the words check popped up on the screen. would feel more sportsman like. |
| p06562 | w | brulla | 1444 | It's part of the training to see what's going on on the WHOLE board all the time.
I had the same problem a lot... |
| p06562 | w | scuba | 1321 | i had the same problem |
| p06569 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | A simple fork! |
| p06572 | b | blcnngn | 2223 | not bad for 1767 |
| p06572 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by 2.Nh6+ |
| p06573 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.2 seconds |
| p06574 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i love it when i get a crazy idea and it turns out to be exactly the right solution to a problem! :) |
| p06576 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate attack with threat of P promotion |
| p06579 | w | milan48 | 1704 | 1.Bxd3 |
| p06579 | w | chessidiot | 1219 | Bxd3 and the queen takes with check |
| p06581 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Rf3 |
| p06581 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | amazing that this is 1843 - saw it immediately |
| p06586 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 34.5 seconds
saw the idea immediately but did not like to trade queens
the problem was to see that I lose a piece if I do not play Nc3 and I did not see in the beginning that the knight is under threat. |
| p06586 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 5.5 sec |
| p06590 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | blunmdered by Qc2 that allows Nf2 |
| p06590 | w | JSorel | 1664 | me too |
| p06595 | w | bugmenotchess | 1045 | more forced moves than tactics |
| p06595 | w | Miloexe | 1213 | Bleh. |
| p06595 | w | ankka | 1302 | wat? |
| p06595 | w | peddlerofpawn | 1273 | Where's the tactics in this one? There's only one move you can make. |
| p06596 | b | netbuzzard | 1245 | 2.Nxe4 Nxe4 3.Qd4 threatening Qxg7# and Qxe4 is just as good |
| p06596 | b | netbuzzard | 1245 | Nevermind, didnt see f5 |
| p06599 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | checkmate from a double check |
| p06605 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | Rated Beauty: Poor |
| p06605 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | Mistell
|
| p06605 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | Rated Beauty: Poor |
| p06605 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 37.1 seconds |
| p06610 | b | RoundTower | 1616 | am I missing something or is this a non problem? |
| p06610 | b | lyctc | 1466 | A rook is not worth a king? Thing is, my opponents won't let me take the rook because my king's in check... |
| p06610 | b | Sidorsky | 1502 | Some problems are just like speed bumps, they appear meant to trip you up if you're moving too quickly to observe that you are in check. I guess it is a tactic in the most elementary sense, and it does help train me to be more aware. |
| p06610 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 13148 to solve
9.6 seconds
did not see the check in the beginning and when I saw it thought too much. |
| p06610 | b | xrayeyes | 1602 | I agree that this is not much of a problem. |
| p06610 | b | LowScore | 1564 | Nice one...two problems in one:
1) realize that you are in check (hard)
2) find the best counteraction (easy) |
| p06618 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.8 seconds |
| p06618 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.5 seconds |
| p06618 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 0.7 seconds |
| p06626 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | It's a fork! |
| p06627 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.2 seconds |
| p06627 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | Nf5 threatening Nxe7+ is interesting too. Seems like it wins at least an exchange. |
| p06631 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Shoul ask for further moves, e.g. gxh5 Bxe7+ Kh8 Bf6# |
| p06631 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with floreatdunum. Otherwise a good problem. |
| p06631 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.4 seconds |
| p06631 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.7 seconds |
| p06631 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Keep it simple. If you see 2 Qh5, you see 3 Be7+ and mate. |
| p06631 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | cool problem :) |
| p06631 | b | memo | 1570 | Moves because some may see only a perpetual. |
| p06634 | b | izicik | 1960 | nice |
| p06634 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.1 seconds |
| p06634 | b | mburch1974 | 1481 | cute little mate... |
| p06638 | b | impromptus | 1450 | Erm..what's wrong with Kf1? |
| p06638 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | attackling N and avoiding checks |
| p06640 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | powerful pin |
| p06645 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | Bxf2+ did not seem to me good enough and played Rxf2 |
| p06645 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | i did too. rxf2 isn't even shown in the analysis lines. :(
it's probly worse but i'm giving it 1 star cause i'm pissed that the line isn't examined here. |
| p06646 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | TOSH. A recapture (again). |
| p06646 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Again. |
| p06646 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Again this tosh. Delete it. |
| p06646 | b | FireGarden | 1557 | This problem should be rated lower. I would be interested in hearing why people don't play the obvious move more quickly. I was misled by the problem's rating. LOL. All part of chess -- you can give a high rated opponent too much credit. |
| p06646 | b | Leucky | 1538 | Thanks to this problem for the easy to get rating points. |
| p06646 | b | LowScore | 1564 | This problem wins points off of me because I am slowwwww. |
| p06646 | b | JohnSmith | 1502 | what the.. |
| p06646 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | these are the toughest ones! only a true tactical master can see in under 3 seconds when there ISN'T any tactics to be had! hahahaha! (that would be me!) |
| p06646 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | lol! just kidding. i'm bored and an idiot! so bored... |
| p06655 | b | sketti98 | 988 | why doesn't black go for checkmate? |
| p06655 | b | wild | 1305 | ... you can't mate while in check, sketti. Liked the problem though, always great when a lowly pawn sacks the Q |
| p06658 | b | ldef7 | 1422 | Simple and effective. |
| p06661 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failure
forgot that the rook is defended by the king and thought Re8 wins the knight |
| p06661 | w | greatkid | 1694 | yes me too |
| p06668 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.0 seconds
|
| p06668 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.2 seconds
too much time for Bxf5 |
| p06668 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.7 seconds |
| p06668 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 211.5 seconds |
| p06669 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Very tough! 2.Kc4 looks very good as it also assures a win. |
| p06669 | b | cammac | 1499 | 2.Kc4 should be allowed; it's completely winning |
| p06669 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | pawn promotion tactic |
| p06671 | b | Auge | 1591 | Bange machen gilt nicht! |
| p06671 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.0 seconds |
| p06674 | b | rockym | 1626 | The threat after Rg8 is Rb8, Kb8 and Re8 mate |
| p06675 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Should add Rae8 Be5 to the moves player must find. |
| p06675 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 35.7 seconds |
| p06676 | b | FireGarden | 1557 | How many people who get this wrong are after the loose rook instead of the loose knight?
I'm too greedy! |
| p06676 | b | Sidorsky | 1502 | Yeah, problems with good vs. best are difficult under time pressure |
| p06676 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: 2.Qd4+ forks K(g7) andn N(c5). |
| p06676 | b | warp9 | 1176 | Hey! OldPatzer! Don't tell me nothin'! |
| p06680 | w | hmpf142000 | 1670 | This problem is amazing and very komplicated!!! I didnt solved it after calculating an hour :D |
| p06680 | w | hmpf142000 | 1670 | This problem is amazing and very komplicated!!! I didnt solved it after calculating an hour :D |
| p06680 | w | nicola | 1191 | hehe this is kindergarden level |
| p06680 | w | cheetah7 | 1492 | come on.
|
| p06680 | w | steinar | 1704 | I think it's good that the site has problems on all levels. |
| p06697 | b | jyt230 | 1507 | wow out of the blue |
| p06697 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | h6????? |
| p06702 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 28.1 seconds
line needs to be longer |
| p06703 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | hurried to capture the knight because did not like the alternative and saw that it is losing only after taking it.
considered castling but also did not like it and it really has negative score but I would play it in case of seeing NxN is losing that I saw immediatly after playing it. |
| p06704 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | pin |
| p06711 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate threat wins material: After R(d2)d8+, R(a8)xd8(R); R(d1)xd8(R)+, if N(c6)xd8(R), then Q(e4)xe5(Q). |
| p06716 | w | Coventry | 1613 | ????? Queen check works better |
| p06716 | w | expectnomercy | 1462 | Queen check doesn't do anything because Kh1 and black has to drop the rook because of the pin. |
| p06718 | w | wild | 1305 | only good move... but it's a nice one. |
| p06735 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Example of getting one of your pieces off an awkward square without losing time, by using a strong threat |
| p06738 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | weak K motif combined with forking ideas |
| p06743 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.3 seconds |
| p06748 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate using Rs and K: K is forced to edge of board, where R delivers mate. |
| p06748 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | mate in 2 |
| p06750 | w | impromptus | 1450 | I dont really understand this problem |
| p06750 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Looks to me like after 5.Kd2 Rd8+ Black picks up the B/d1 for starters. Should extend solution at least to there. |
| p06750 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | agree with tomo |
| p06752 | w | Theodor | 1830 | If 3. Rxf8+ instead of 3. Bxf8 white wins easily. Therefore the position is actually lost anyway. |
| p06752 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with Theodor. |
| p06752 | w | ChessBlitz | 1706 | I agree too. |
| p06763 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 2.0 seconds |
| p06763 | b | themagician | 1543 | 0.9 seconds |
| p06771 | w | barz | 1708 | r2q1rk1/pp4b1/3p2Pp/2pPp3/2P3n1/2NQB3/PP2N3/2K4R w - - 0 1 |
| p06779 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 44.0 seconds |
| p06780 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.1 seconds |
| p06781 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 2 Rc8! wins material by REMOVING THE GUARD by PINNING. |
| p06781 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 2 Rc6-c8! wins material by REMOVING THE GUARD by PINNING. |
| p06781 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.9 seconds |
| p06781 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.1 seconds |
| p06781 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.1 seconds |
| p06781 | b | bumbly | 1561 | I love problems that follow through completely |
| p06781 | b | drad | 1651 | hmm I've gotten this wrong a few times.. It's a tricky concept. |
| p06787 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failure
remembered the idea Bh5 and played too fast but it is not from this problem
thought about Qxf4 but rejected it for no reason except memory of Bh5 |
| p06787 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | this time remembered
3.4 seconds |
| p06787 | w | loot | 1486 | 3.3 seconds |
| p06794 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.6 seconds
easy relative to the rating
believe it is first time I got it. |
| p06796 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | Why 3 Qf3? |
| p06796 | w | jokim | 2000 | Good concept |
| p06796 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 1.5 sec |
| p06796 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.Qf3 to delay the mate |
| p06796 | w | JSorel | 1664 | nice ! |
| p06796 | w | JSorel | 1664 | btw, I failed |
| p06796 | w | barz | 1708 | 8/p7/1p2p1Q1/6P1/1P1Ppq2/P7/4kPK1/8 w - - 0 1 |
| p06797 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Tip...use the queen. |
| p06797 | b | wild | 1305 | awesome |
| p06803 | b | jacovanniekerk | 1359 | Subtle! |
| p06803 | b | abcdef | 1573 | brilliant difference between Qd2 & Qe1 |
| p06812 | w | JSorel | 1664 | You've solved problem p06812 in 2.6 seconds. :-)) |
| p06812 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | You've solved problem p06812 in 1.8 seconds. :-)) |
| p06815 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 22.9 seconds |
| p06838 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.8 seconds |
| p06847 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.5 seconds |
| p06847 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | should include the knight fork |
| p06848 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.7 seconds |
| p06848 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | hanging N, R, B, exposed K, Q fork |
| p06849 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played g2+ that is bad because black needs mate and not material |
| p06849 | w | tjumen | 1598 | 2.1 sec. seemed as an easy problem. |
| p06856 | b | Holy | 1098 | Interesting variation on "remove the guard" |
| p06860 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Decoy followed by a discovered attack with check. |
| p06863 | w | barz | 1708 | 4r1k1/6p1/8/P2p1q2/8/7p/1PrN1PPP/R2Q2K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p06868 | w | JamesBJames | 1657 | Cute. |
| p06868 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.7 seconds |
| p06868 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 0.8 seconds |
| p06868 | w | Lioric | 1526 | nice |
| p06878 | b | Quietus | 1704 | Line should continue |
| p06878 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 36.4 seconds |
| p06883 | b | slacker00 | 1521 | Black sure walked into that one! |
| p06885 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Rather poor, as 2. Qa4 is also winning. |
| p06885 | b | Subrosian | 1658 | ...but loses a bishop. |
| p06885 | b | Subrosian | 1658 | knight* |
| p06885 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 2r3k1/p1q1npbp/b1p1p1p1/2P1N3/3QB2P/6P1/P2B1P2/3RR1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p06886 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | After 2.Ne6+, Black is set to lose his back-ranked knight no matter what he does, leaving the path clear for White's pawns to enable them to queen! |
| p06888 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | nice tact |
| p06888 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Can somebody tell me why black cant play 2... f6, which gets rid of the threat on the f file? |
| p06888 | b | LowScore | 1564 | Black can play 2...f6 (best move according to Crafty), but White is still better. |
| p06896 | w | underated | 1374 | did not see the complexity of this one... |
| p06896 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | 3...Rxc4! is a very good move. |
| p06901 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Need to spot that 3. Bd2 fails to 3...Bxd2 4. Rxd2 Rc1+ 5. Ke2 Qxg5 6. Qxg5 Qxh1 |
| p06901 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Need to spot that 3. Bd2 fails to 3...Bxd2 4. Rxd2 Rc1+ 5. Ke2 Qxg5 6. Qxg5 Qxh1 |
| p06901 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Works because d6 is controled by the e5-pawn. |
| p06901 | b | Vandebent | 1701 | Nice problem but very low rated. 2. Rxd5? is very tempting, but 2. ... exd5 3. Qh5 Nf6 4. exf6 Re8+ is a nice line winning for black. |
| p06901 | b | Schumi | 1523 | First move is easy as it's a Greek Gift position but Kf1 ahead of Bd2 is tough to find. |
| p06901 | b | Arkenshaw | 1733 | Far too hard for a 1538 problem. After 2...Bb4+, 3 Kf1 fails to Bc4+, 4. Kg1 Nf6!. So white has to play 3. Ke2! Bc4+, 4.Kf3 and the king can escape to g3 if need be. So the 'solution' is wrong too! But as I said before, very unfair for a 1538... |
| p06903 | w | birtanesin99 | 2015 | overrated 1930 |
| p06903 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Qxb2(thought that I have later Nf3+ when I saw that Nf3+ Qxf3 fail in the first move). |
| p06904 | w | underated | 1374 | good material gain. I liked that one. |
| p06904 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Landing the check first gains a rook for a bishop. |
| p06907 | b | Stress | 1659 | Unexpected. :-) |
| p06907 | b | tjumen | 1598 | i thought it was easy 4 seconds. |
| p06907 | b | Garryback | 1581 | easy, when you luchily look in the right places |
| p06908 | b | Regiomontanus | 907 | Why you can't activate the knight first ?
|
| p06908 | b | Alseki | 1484 | Because you're in check? |
| p06918 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice one! |
| p06919 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | the mighty pawn does it again! |
| p06938 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.8 seconds |
| p06938 | b | Vandebent | 1701 | Too many winning third moves. |
| p06938 | b | drad | 1651 | this puzzle is ok, just taking the exchange is going to result in a long fight... but the given move is a _clear_ win |
| p06938 | b | memo | 1570 | Rxc5 also wins, Nxd5 also wins, Nxc6 also wins.
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| p06942 | w | snowbox | 1244 | isn't Qb2#...so why Qxf6+ ? |
| p06942 | w | Morlock | 1104 | Exactly, Qb2# |
| p06942 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | to snowbox: Qb2 is a black mating threat, BUT the move belongs to white, who stalls the mate with Qxf6+ |
| p06945 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.1 seconds
line should be longer |
| p06945 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.1 seconds
line should be longer |
| p06945 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.9 seconds |
| p06947 | b | Subrosian | 1658 | This was kind of difficult. |
| p06948 | b | rlc02d | 1489 | i dont understand |
| p06948 | b | rlc02d | 1489 | oh i mean yeah |
| p06949 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.6 seconds |
| p06950 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Queen & bishop mate |
| p06954 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | setting up a discovered attack with check |
| p06955 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | not concentrated
blundered by Bxd4 and missed the simple refutation Nxf3+ and also missed Qb8 but the solution is not easy to see |
| p06956 | w | edgy | 1645 | Also ...Na4+ |
| p06956 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.5 seconds
what do you do after Na4+ Kc2(did not analyze it with a comp but it seems to me black has nothing) |
| p06957 | w | barz | 1708 | 1r2k2r/3bbppp/3pp3/qp4P1/3NPP2/P1R1Q2B/2P4P/2K1R3 w k - 0 1 |
| p06966 | w | dusterov | 1452 | Not really clear after the 'solution', it can still be held. |
| p06976 | w | tjumen | 1598 | great |
| p06976 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | missed it. reviewed it, missed it again, then got it on the 2nd review. |
| p06979 | b | plungerpot | 1507 | free stuff. |
| p06979 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | very typical attack by white against the queenside in the Classical King's Indian - very probably a Bayonet variation - played it many times for White |
| p06981 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.4 seconds |
| p06981 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed it. missed the fact that the king could just move away after being checked by the queen. |
| p06981 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 6.5 |
| p06983 | w | davidk | 1753 | nice |
| p06985 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Qh8+ also wins a rook |
| p06985 | b | barz | 1708 | How ? |
| p06985 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | 1. Qh8+ Kg6 2. f5+ Kf6 3.Qf8+ Rf7 4.Qh6+ Kxf5 5.Qxh5+ Kf6 (Ke6 Qg6+) 6. Qf3+… This wins the rook I think. Maybe it doesn’t win the ending though. |
| p06985 | b | Garryback | 1581 | 1.Qh8? Kg6 2.f5+ Kxf5! as Qxg7 is draw after Rh4+ and Rg4+ |
| p06988 | w | underated | 1374 | did see some type of combination. Thought the lure of the queen to a6 may have unlocked something also. |
| p06988 | w | contraptus | 1335 | beautiful combination
magnifique |
| p06989 | b | kwanpin | 1752 | nice |
| p06989 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.Qxf8+ also wins in the endgame. |
| p06989 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 9.7 seconds... well-known idea |
| p06989 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | easy! easy! |
| p06989 | b | barz | 1708 | 1q6/6k1/R5P1/1p1p3p/2pPn3/2P2Q2/6K1/8 b - - 0 1 |
| p07001 | w | underated | 1374 | nice kill...that looks like a positional play you can get into as an opening. |
| p07001 | w | Leucky | 1538 | Should be a trap in the budapest gambit:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. a3 Ngxe5 and in the problem you see, what is no good next move for white. :-) |
| p07001 | w | detroitman | 1469 | tricky |
| p07001 | w | Igor07 | 1381 | Klassik! |
| p07001 | w | jimjimmo | 1572 | Good short mate |
| p07001 | w | polgary | 1530 | Leucky thanks for your comment. I also play this gambit but never could execute this trap. |
| p07004 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.3 seconds |
| p07006 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Should extend to include ...Qxg2+ Kd3! |
| p07006 | b | CLance | 2086 | I agree with tomohawk, the second move is the key |
| p07013 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.2 seconds |
| p07024 | b | stevienumchuck | 1300 | White checks w/Q, ends up trading N for R |
| p07024 | b | SSC9 | 1353 | to much tactics |
| p07027 | b | waaek | 1120 | Nice....removing the defender...of a square! |
| p07027 | b | Holy | 1098 | Excellent tactical theme--also traps a piece in what seems like a fairly open field. |
| p07027 | b | HateYou | 1627 | Holy if it was excellent you'dd put it as five stars ***** |
| p07033 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.7 seconds |
| p07045 | b | tjumen | 1598 | 5.5 seconds. The problem's rating is pretty high, I wander why. |
| p07049 | w | mworld | 1454 | more than one way to mate fast on this problem. |
| p07049 | w | ankka | 1302 | mwo |
| p07049 | w | ankka | 1302 | mworld: Nope, there is only one instant mate! |
| p07049 | w | wild | 1305 | fancy pants move |
| p07051 | b | Holy | 1098 | Surprisingly difficult to see for something that would seem to be as simple as attacking a pinned piece with a pawn. |
| p07051 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Knight entrapment. |
| p07053 | w | milos62 | 1916 | Remove this one. Ne4 is
natural and sufficient. |
| p07053 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with milos62. |
| p07056 | b | kwanpin | 1752 | i don't understand the motif |
| p07056 | b | kwanpin | 1752 | ohh the motif is Qc3 check+
if Bxe3?? Bxe3 Qc3 Bd4! |
| p07056 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I also blundered by Bxe3
and missed Bd4
|
| p07056 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | same mistake again |
| p07057 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | Q into defence |
| p07058 | b | grom43 | 1654 | important to understand this position (and other "soft" f7s) |
| p07059 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.4 seconds |
| p07067 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Simple, really |
| p07067 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.1 seconds
Qh5+ was my first thought but I did not see that white has the threat Bxh6 at that time and I saw it only later. |
| p07069 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Skewer: After 2.Bb5+, Black's K is skewered by R(d1), allowing 3.Rxd8(Q). (If 2.Bxe5(N)+, then 2...Bd6, and R(d1) is blocked.) |
| p07071 | w | barz | 1708 | 2b3Q1/1p5p/3P3k/2p1R3/2P5/3q1K1p/7P/B7 w - - 0 1 |
| p07076 | w | jokim | 2000 | Five one-stars above me makes... |
| p07076 | w | Iliev | 1596 | very poooooooor |
| p07076 | w | rockym | 1626 | Black might look for 1...Rg2 but Qd8 is mate for white. |
| p07076 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | wtf - a recapture - and if you didn't recapture you get mated???? wtf POOR |
| p07076 | w | BlackFox | 1451 | fu |
| p07076 | w | QuickFire | 1582 | I can't believe I missed that. Sorry for raising this problem's rating. |
| p07076 | w | LowestRd | 1946 | not really a tactic... |
| p07083 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.0 seconds |
| p07087 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | mating threat |
| p07092 | w | DeepMaroon | 1376 | Trading rook first has the same outcome. I just don't like problems problems where one solution is "wrong" even though it's a good solution. |
| p07092 | w | Alseki | 1484 | I think you're looking at the problem wrong DeepMaroon. |
| p07092 | w | freeher | 1327 | I agree with Alseki. I missed the pin at first too. |
| p07092 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Basically Black forces an exchange where he comes out a pawn ahead, after an exchange of rooks and bishops. Unlike Freeher, I do not see any pins! |
| p07097 | w | izicik | 1960 | nice
|
| p07097 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 2N2k2/2NbRp1p/6pb/8/2P2P2/3n2nP/6B1/6K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p07101 | w | Fromper | 1338 | I'm surprised by the high rating on a relatively simple queen fork. |
| p07103 | b | dacdac | 1140 | Why the sac? I simply don't get it. |
| p07103 | b | LaughingVulcan | 1136 | Go down the exchange, for a three point advantage eight moves later??? |
| p07103 | b | collapsecoming | 1046 | ugly point play move |
| p07103 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | The rook is sacrificed in exchange for two minor pieces (thence a point material advantage). White wins a tempo in the exchange through a check, thus being able to keep his other rook from being captured as well. |
| p07119 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | bad problem because Rxf3 seems to be also winning |
| p07119 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | It seems that the analysis of Crafty is simply wrong and Rxf3 is losing.
practically I guessed Rxf3 and after seeing that Crafty gives winning score for it decided that the problem is bad.
I apologize for insulting this problem. |
| p07119 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.5 seconds |
| p07119 | w | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | I tried Rxf3 too... but I guess it doesn't win. I'll take your word over Crafty's. ;) |
| p07120 | b | Vicao | 1670 | I think the other variation where black plays Rc8 is the critical line until 4. Rb8 is played. |
| p07120 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.1 seconds |
| p07120 | b | drad | 1651 | yeah interesting to note that it would be a draw if white's king were somewhere else (thus allowing black to check without being captured) |
| p07120 | b | JSorel | 1664 | I agree with vicao |
| p07121 | w | bakadur | 1983 | not a good problem Qxg4 |
| p07121 | w | Messemaker | 1647 | I don't see the difference in mate in two (after Rxg4) and mate in three (after Qxg4). If you see a checkmate. You don't look father if there is a faster one... |
| p07121 | w | BadViking | 1978 | What is wrong with Qxg4?? |
| p07123 | b | underated | 1374 | nice and straight to the point |
| p07123 | b | Kenicht | 1300 | Damnit, I hit an impossible square and lost points for that. Is it really so necessary to punish someone for accidentally clicking the wrong square when that square was IMPOSSIBLE for the piece to move to? Ridiculous, since I tried to make the right move!! |
| p07123 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | Happens to us all Kenicht |
| p07136 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.2 seconds
got this one with 3...Bxh6 more than one time. |
| p07136 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.2 seconds |
| p07136 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.6 seconds |
| p07136 | w | chessyeti | 1756 | 1.4 seconds |
| p07140 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | I played 2...Rf5 that is not good too fast.
|
| p07143 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.3 seconds |
| p07143 | b | Fricasso | 1638 | Very poor. |
| p07145 | w | pitardosh | 1414 | need to see it further |
| p07145 | w | Leucky | 1538 | basic stuff |
| p07146 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | did not find it. |
| p07146 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | pretty standard White square attack against the uncastled king in the Sicilian |
| p07148 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice mate in 3. |
| p07154 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | I guess this still isn't best, but why doesn't 1...Nxf4 etc. 3...Rfc8 (or similar move) still win? |
| p07154 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Wouldn't that still be perpetual check? |
| p07161 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Skewer: Re1 skewers and wins Q(e2) [if Q moves, Rxe8(R)#]. |
| p07162 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Too easy |
| p07167 | b | Epic | 1591 | ohhh Kf7 saves the rook from Qe5+ |
| p07168 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds |
| p07169 | w | wald | 1565 | the trick is here to find the only surviving move (i.e. not 2. ... Kg8) |
| p07169 | w | InigoMI | 1662 | funny hole |
| p07171 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Solution should be more detailed. |
| p07171 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played Bf4+ too fast |
| p07172 | b | hedeghoghead | 993 | i liked this |
| p07172 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | Pawns sometimes are worth chasing. |
| p07174 | b | underated | 1374 | great mate. and why didit take me so long again? |
| p07174 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p07174 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Because, underated, the annoying server made you think you had to win back material! I hate that! But it didn't fool me...(smug grin, turns into evil cackle) |
| p07176 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.5 seconds |
| p07178 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Rubbish |
| p07178 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Again timewasting rubbish |
| p07178 | w | theKnife | 1671 | again |
| p07178 | w | Leucky | 1538 | i love loreatdunum's comments :-) |
| p07178 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.6 seconds
thought too much maybe there is something better |
| p07178 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Good problem. Tricks all the people who just blast out the first sac or check they see. |
| p07178 | w | Theeunforgiven | 1797 | This is no problem and should be removed from the site. |
| p07178 | w | chessidiot | 1219 | This isn't a tactic, is it? |
| p07182 | b | RedBeetle | 1508 | I don't see the point. A drawish puzzle? |
| p07182 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | the point is perpetual check
|
| p07182 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | needs more moves - demonstrate that the position requires perpetual check |
| p07182 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | 1Q6/p4p1p/4p2k/6p1/3Rn3/1BP1q2P/Pr4PK/8 b - - 0 1 |
| p07188 | w | JSorel | 1664 | I've been lucky : 1.7 seconds :) |
| p07188 | w | parmetd | 1645 | really stupid because obviously Rxg2 and then a2 is obviously still acceptable. |
| p07188 | w | raskolnnikov | 1828 | @parmetd: not actually, because Rxg2?? is answered by Kxg2 and then Bh5, and white promotes with check. |
| p07188 | w | grom43 | 1654 | @raskolnikov. Or Be8-g6,-d7,-a4,-b5,-c6. |
| p07189 | b | sevkisen | 1964 | very easy for 2064 just like 1600 |
| p07189 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | It was easy for 2064 so now
it is only 2041.9 and not 2064 |
| p07207 | b | wald | 1565 | this problem is so "hard", because no body expects it to be that simple. |
| p07207 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 19.7 seconds |
| p07207 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | a recapture - and it isn't even clear that White's position is any good anyway after the recapture - very poor indeed |
| p07207 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Tricky when White has so many moves that look like they might go somewhere. In a bullet game, you might try 2 g6 or 2 f6, but if you have enough time, 2 Bf3 works. |
| p07207 | b | drad | 1651 | I tried Bxg7, forgetting that black's queen could then put me in check. I figure these problems are good because they teach people to resist fancy plans that go nowhere |
| p07207 | b | drad | 1651 | I think that if Black didn't have Qb5+ Qxf5 then Bxg7 might be possible, what do you think? |
| p07207 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | drad,I checked it with computer
I gave white a pawn at e3 so no check at c5 and still Bxg7 is bad because of the simple Bxe2.
even after possible Qh6 and f6 Black has later Ne6 that defends against mate and capturing the bishop is not enough after you sacrifice so much(it is not only sacrificing the bishop at g7 but also allowing black to capture e2 by Bf3xe2
|
| p07211 | w | RoundTower | 1616 | 1..Qf6+ also mates in a few moves, I find it hard to believe crafty missed this |
| p07211 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played 1...Qe4+ that wins more slowly but my plan was wrong.
planned Kf3 Qf3+ Kh4 g5+ Kh5 Qh3 mate and missed Kg6 |
| p07212 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.4 seconds |
| p07217 | b | underated | 1374 | dam it, had to meet client and missed the time budget. |
| p07219 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | What...the...hell! Black is such an imbecile! |
| p07220 | b | barz | 1708 | Overloading. |
| p07220 | b | mtal61 | 1517 | overloading of course,very neat-disappointed not recognising the idea |
| p07221 | b | drad | 1651 | hehe! |
| p07237 | w | iggythegreat | 1419 | ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |
| p07251 | b | grom43 | 1654 | OHhhh! Because you can get the other $&^#$ rook! That's why you play 2 Rf6+! |
| p07257 | b | texas | 1392 | Critical choice between two rooks |
| p07268 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.0 seconds |
| p07269 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | B fork: After exchanging Qs, Bb4 forks N(c3) and R(a5). |
| p07271 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | finaly I saw simple fork |
| p07277 | b | jacovanniekerk | 1359 | Often overlooked! I love knights! |
| p07277 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed limited K |
| p07277 | b | barz | 1708 | 3r2k1/6Pp/8/b1p1BN2/1p2P3/Pbp5/6PP/2R3K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p07289 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | Zwischenzug |
| p07289 | b | kims | 1386 | Rubbish! |
| p07291 | b | polgary | 1530 | it seems there is someone very frustrated |
| p07294 | w | underated | 1374 | trap the queen. have to remember that one. |
| p07298 | b | pdazz | 1388 | need to see it further, Qh6# isn't immediately clear... |
| p07298 | b | ajotatxe | 1405 | I couldn't solve it, but liked it very much... Very nice. |
| p07299 | w | barz | 1708 | 3r2k1/1p2qpp1/r2N3p/8/3RPP2/pP4P1/P2Qb1P1/1KR5 w - - 0 1 |
| p07308 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.5 seconds
1782.29 new rating record |
| p07314 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | WHEN YOUR OPPONENT CAPTURES A PIECE, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO MAKE THE RECAPTURE. YOU SIMPLY NEED TO CAPTURE A PIECE TO MAINTAIN MATERIAL EQUALITY. |
| p07314 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | The obvious RECAPTURE 2 Kg1xBg2?! lets Black off of the hook. Instead of RECAPTURING, White should regain his piece with 2 e5xNf6!, and now both the Black e7- and g2-bishops are hanging. Black cannot save both bishops and thus loses a piece. |
| p07314 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | The obvious RECAPTURE 2 Kg1xBg2?! lets Black off of the hook. Instead of RECAPTURING, White should regain his piece with 2 e5xNf6!, and now both the Black e7- and g2-bishops are hanging. Black cannot save both bishops and thus loses a piece. |
| p07315 | b | KABOOOM | 1789 | IT IS a 1900 plus problem!!!!!!!
|
| p07315 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | ??? WAY 2 EASY |
| p07315 | b | ngnblcn | 1851 | overrated 1929 |
| p07315 | b | jokim | 2000 | Funny |
| p07315 | b | gloomy86den | 1930 | The whole idea is that you start looking for checkmate on h5 when you just have to snatch a queen. Pretty dumb though. |
| p07315 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | I did exactly as gloomy86den wrote. Took me a minute(!!) to solve. :-D |
| p07337 | b | benboyleyim | 1962 | overrated 2222 |
| p07337 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | I disagree (even though it dropped to 2154). With so much going on at the board, it's hard to pick the right move. |
| p07338 | b | wild | 1305 | slow-movin train. |
| p07344 | w | wald | 1565 | too easy for 1650 |
| p07344 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.0 seconds
did not see Rb1+ immediately so I do not agree
I was asked to rate the beauty so decided also to give one star. |
| p07344 | w | Kacparov | 2002 | 2nd move was not needed |
| p07350 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Tactic from the Marshall Gambit in the Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4. |
| p07350 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | got it wrong
played too fast and missed Qe7 mate in the second move
saw that Nxe5 does not work because of Qd8 mate |
| p07350 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.2 seconds |
| p07354 | b | stormwarning | 1368 | nice problem, but should have it run out another move or 2 |
| p07354 | b | maty | 1611 | MATĚJPŮLPÁN |
| p07354 | b | cuong | 921 | I don't understand why the rook captures the bishop :( |
| p07354 | b | Alseki | 1484 | I'm pretty sure that most people don't even calculate with problems like this... |
| p07362 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | exploitation of constricted King |
| p07377 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | what choice is there? |
| p07380 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.2 seconds |
| p07392 | w | e4e5f4 | 1402 | Finally a mate in four |
| p07392 | w | Gooner | 1207 | Obviously Ra1 is a bad move, since it leads to a forced mate. |
| p07392 | w | platonisopera | 1250 | I agree with Gooner on this one |
| p07392 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | [1] In the first move, look out for a fork that on one hand threatens checkmate, and on the other threatens to win a piece. [2] In this particular problem simulation, White replies to Black's first move by moving his forked piece out of harm's way, apparently not perceiving the checkmate threat. This blunder permits Black to achieve the checkmate. |
| p07394 | b | wild | 1305 | a couple ways to force mate here I think. |
| p07394 | b | Holy | 1098 | Nice. The R is only attacked by a pinned pawn. White delivers mate when his queen is under attach. |
| p07394 | b | Holy | 1098 | attack |
| p07397 | b | Abhishek | 1469 | http://chess.emrald.net/chess.php?ReviewPos=1176&Mode=review |
| p07397 | b | Abhishek | 1469 | http://chess.emrald.net/chess.php?ReviewPos=1176&Mode=review |
| p07401 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.6 seconds |
| p07401 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.7 seconds |
| p07403 | w | Holy | 1098 | Great remove-the-guard problem, with multiple themes (pin, fork). |
| p07403 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | The fork wins material, and protects the mating square. |
| p07407 | w | waaek | 1120 | many distractions, good problem to show the value of looking at *all* forcing moves |
| p07407 | w | wild | 1305 | yikes, fooled me on this one... |
| p07408 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate: ...R(h8)h1# after Q sacrifice to avoid check. |
| p07410 | b | knobgoblin | 1444 | nice to have a little length on a lower-rating problem. Thanks! |
| p07410 | b | viaoro2000 | 1219 | cool |
| p07415 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Pinned N: After 2.fxe5, N(f6) is lost. |
| p07420 | b | amyii | 1354 | a well known tactic |
| p07420 | b | dktransform | 1479 | easy |
| p07421 | b | bakadur | 1983 | overrated for 2009 |
| p07421 | b | ngnblcn | 1851 | overrated 2005 |
| p07421 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played Kf4 and missed the fact that the black rook is under threat(otherwise Rxf5 is easy) |
| p07421 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | again same mistake
Now 1981.7 but it is not overrated
|
| p07421 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.3 seconds
finally remembered it. |
| p07421 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | rating of this problem is going down
now only 1968.8
got it correctly fast and hope never to get it wrong. |
| p07421 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | now 1965.0 and I guess it is going to continue to go down |
| p07421 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 1975.8 |
| p07427 | w | loot | 1486 | It's a very nice problem, but much easier to find the first two moves than to see that it leads to perpetual check. |
| p07427 | w | wild | 1305 | yikes. I thought pushing the d-pawn could work (if white took the bait) to win the Q with a knight fork. But I missd the mate combo altogether |
| p07427 | w | wcahleter | 1332 | Lo dificil es saber, que la respuesta era jaque perpetuo. The real problem is: won or draw |
| p07427 | w | mathaias | 1434 | Agree with loot. I found the first moves easily but did not see that it ended in a draw. |
| p07428 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Avoiding mate with K(d8)c7 |
| p07433 | b | ngnblcn | 1851 | nice |
| p07436 | w | hardcorepawn | 1418 | lame. |
| p07436 | w | wild | 1305 | not realistic |
| p07437 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.1 seconds |
| p07437 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | pin, attacking defender |
| p07441 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | And why not 3.Bd4?? |
| p07441 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Bd4 Qh2+ (Kf2 Ne4+) Kf1 Rxf3+ gxf3 and then QxQ |
| p07441 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | did not see the threat Qh2+
and blundered by f4 |
| p07442 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 19.9 seconds
partly mouse problem when I thought that I failed |
| p07442 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.5 seconds this time |
| p07442 | b | AlexeiD | 1600 | Qg4+ also wins... |
| p07442 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | agree with alexeiD. I just don't know why you'd give this crap any more than 1 star. It's poor at best in my mind. ridiculous dual solution problem. I don't think past a clear win and that's why i think in this problem it should be removed or changed so that only 1 solution produces a clear win. After Qg4 white easily gets +3.11 with almost no calculation required. black's not getting out of the loss. |
| p07442 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | Yes 3.Qg4 wins too but 3.Qf5 is much faster (3.Qf5+ Kb8 4.Nd7+ and it is a fork and if 4...Rxd7 5.Qxf8 wins the queen)
If 3.Qg4 Kb8 4.Nd7 Rxd7 5.Qxd7 only wins a quality. |
| p07446 | b | underated | 1374 | logical. |
| p07454 | w | tjal | 1104 | after Nxe5, why Bh4+ and not d8=Q ? |
| p07454 | w | Alseki | 1484 | tjal;
d8 loses to Nc6+
I suppose Bh4+ is given as a move as basically all moves are losing now anyway. |
| p07454 | w | Alseki | 1484 | ..also, if Kxh4 then d8=Q+ is no longer losing. |
| p07454 | w | 9isprime | 1250 | wow, Bh4+ is a subtle recovery |
| p07477 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.0 seconds |
| p07481 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate with B(f3) and R(g7). Ignore B(e2) fork and en prise N(d7). |
| p07481 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | nice checkmate in two moves |
| p07486 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 1 ... Kh7-g6?? 2 f4-f5+! is a devastating PAWN FORK which DECOYS (2 ... Kg6xf5) the Black g6-king onto the exposed LIGHT-SQUARE f5 so that the LIGHT-SQUARED White c4-bishop can move with a FORCING MOVE (3 Bc4xNe6+, CHECK), vacating the c-file for the DISCOVERED ATTACK of the White c6-rook onto the UNDEFENDED Black c2-rook. |
| p07486 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 1 ... Kh7-g6?? 2 f4-f6+! Kg6xf5 3 Bc4xNe6+ f7xe6 4 Rc6xRc2 |
| p07486 | b | mruto | 1611 | nice |
| p07486 | b | Sidorsky | 1502 | It's especially pretty because it must be the pawn that recaptures after ...Bxe6; if the King could, White would be able to take the Be7. My calculation didn't foresee that limitation |
| p07486 | b | Sidorsky | 1502 | it got me again 1521 |
| p07489 | w | phunklemon | 1278 | Rxe4 is only very slightly better than Bd3+ accordint to Crafty (-5.69 compared to -5.63). This problem's probably too close to call. |
| p07489 | w | phunklemon | 1278 | Rxe4 is only very slightly better than Bd3+ accordint to Crafty (-5.69 compared to -5.63). This problem's probably too close to call. |
| p07489 | w | phunklemon | 1278 | yeah ignore that last comment...i'm an idiot. |
| p07489 | w | zooter | 1505 | well, it would be better if the engine does not let you make illegal moves...even i thought Bd3+ wins... |
| p07490 | w | jokim | 2000 | Cute |
| p07491 | b | JamesBJames | 1657 | Is Rf1 for a slight tempo acceptable too? |
| p07491 | b | JamesBJames | 1657 | Oh, wait, never mind, it's slightly bad for us. |
| p07491 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Look out for the fork !! |
| p07492 | b | patheticpig | 1553 | Why not take the rook on move 1? |
| p07492 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | patheticpig, because of Ng4+ discovered attack on the rook. |
| p07493 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | I fell for 1.... Bxc3 more than once. |
| p07493 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.4 seconds |
| p07493 | w | barz | 1708 | r1b2rk1/pp2q1pp/2n5/2Pp4/1b1B4/2N3Q1/PP2BPPP/R3K2R w KQ - 0 1 |
| p07493 | w | barz | 1708 | First eliminate the threat on g7 to free your Queen. |
| p07493 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed! i just guessed, i'll admit it. |
| p07498 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | royal fork threat |
| p07509 | w | underated | 1374 | nice points for the Glicko... |
| p07509 | w | Holy | 1098 | Too subtle for me to understand, even though I guessed and got it right. It's a "move and draw" problem. I guess White has no way to escape the checks? What if White's second move is something other than Kh1? Can Black always check safely? |
| p07511 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.3 seconds |
| p07515 | w | Chessdoom | 1586 | Brilliant! |
| p07520 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.1 seconds |
| p07522 | w | DocB | 1237 | TEet teet teet
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| p07524 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Remove N's guard (K): h7+, Kxh7; Qxf8(N) |
| p07531 | b | thingfish | 1345 | pretty simple knight fork for the rating... |
| p07534 | w | ehodge3 | 1325 | Trap the bishop |
| p07534 | w | KingKarrl | 1163 | Castle? |
| p07537 | b | Daniel2724 | 1328 | If the Queen takes the Knight then the King either takes the Queen or moves away. If he takes the queen then you can put him in check with the bishop and take his Queen ata a later turn. If he decides to move away then you can take the pawn and still get a point up. |
| p07537 | b | polgary | 1530 | played Qxd7 |
| p07538 | b | Quietus | 1704 | Line should continue |
| p07538 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | Good problem. |
| p07538 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Nice. |
| p07538 | b | GameOfChance | 1411 | Good problem, but more moves should be asked. |
| p07538 | b | television | 1655 | should continue |
| p07538 | b | dktransform | 1479 | ditto |
| p07554 | b | neiking | 1591 | You've solved problem p07554 in 2.5 seconds. ( Result 1.00 : 0.00 )
Your new rating is 1594.35 (+3.40). |
| p07560 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.4 seconds |
| p07560 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.7 seconds |
| p07563 | b | Elroch | 1453 | as forks go, quite an obscure one |
| p07563 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | hanging rooks |
| p07565 | b | Carbonic | 1527 | Ok, wrong order |
| p07565 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | doesn't playing Re8 first win too? |
| p07567 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.7 seconds |
| p07567 | b | Garryback | 1581 | can´t believe that anybody can solve it without studying it beforehand thoroughly
-- Garryback -- |
| p07567 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | P uncovery |
| p07580 | b | ngnblcn | 1851 | overrated 2066 |
| p07582 | w | Misclick | 1932 | Very nice... Saving the knight |
| p07582 | w | jzhang2000 | 1419 | super-duper |
| p07583 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.6 seconds |
| p07583 | w | tjumen | 1598 | 8.2 seconds |
| p07585 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Surprise mate in 1! |
| p07586 | w | kwanpin | 1752 | hv to get used to Nb3 trick |
| p07586 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.7 seconds |
| p07586 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.1 seconds |
| p07587 | w | impromptus | 1450 | mental blind spot!!!! |
| p07587 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | block with Q |
| p07588 | w | Fromper | 1338 | ??? Why would white play 2. Rxa8 instead of dxc4? Is Crafty on crack? |
| p07588 | w | underated | 1374 | good love pulling the knight trigger |
| p07589 | b | underated | 1374 | I see your queen and raise you a queen. |
| p07591 | w | jyt230 | 1507 | BROKEN TACTICS:
After 1. ... Qb4+ 2. Kd3 Qd6+ 3. Ke2 I can't see anything for black. This position is lost for black and should be changed. |
| p07591 | w | dktransform | 1479 | I checked this on fritz an hour latter, on Gingers
Database, and yes, its a loss. Fritz has hard time seeing it as less than a draw at 0.00 when ONLY comparing it to the losing move (for Wht), Kd4, Nd2+ at -5.81 eval. |
| p07601 | w | loot | 1486 | Looks like about 4 stars :) |
| p07601 | w | sleiman | 1406 | yep |
| p07601 | w | Schumi | 1523 | I like these endgame problems. |
| p07603 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p07606 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Bd5! - I like it very much! |
| p07606 | b | tjumen | 1598 | Bd5! |
| p07606 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | 1k5Q/1p1b4/p2Np1r1/6q1/8/1B5P/PPP3r1/3R2RK b - - 0 1 |
| p07608 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | clearance BRP & RR pattern |
| p07608 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | jesus, what a monster. if they're all going to be this tough from this point on this may take me a year or more to get in the top 10 |
| p07608 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i just gotta start remembering to try to cut off squares of enemy king's more efficiently, that's all there is to it! :) |
| p07609 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by capturing the knight |
| p07609 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I mean instead of 3.Rfxg6 |
| p07610 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | The zwischenzug move 2... Be3+ ensures that Black wins a piece. |
| p07614 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Good (albeit easy) problem. |
| p07619 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.2 seconds
considered Qxc5+ |
| p07619 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.2 seconds |
| p07634 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Nice combination. |
| p07636 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | Worth noting is 2.Bxf7+? Kxf7! |
| p07636 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 44.4 seconds |
| p07638 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.6 seconds thought about it immediatly but for some reason thought that Kf8 is also possible because the knight at e8 defends g7
decided to play Rg4 only after seeing the threat Qxg1+(2.Rxg4 of course defends against this threat) |
| p07652 | b | theKnife | 1671 | The other rook on e1 works too, doesn't it ? |
| p07652 | b | LowScore | 1564 | The other rook (2.Rfe1) allows Black to play 2...Bf5 which guards the knight again. |
| p07652 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Yes. Thx. |
| p07652 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.0 seconds
used the time to see that 2.Rfe1 allows Bf5
could guess Rae1 but did not like to guess. |
| p07652 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.2 seconds |
| p07652 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.4 seconds |
| p07652 | b | Pinsu | 1601 | Rare and confused but good problem. |
| p07654 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | play the most obvious move... |
| p07654 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.0 seconds |
| p07654 | b | jbennett | 1441 | I have to disagree with flo, the most obvious moves are the checks. Qxf6 confines the king and threatens mate, so it's the best. |
| p07655 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.3 seconds
Ng3 mate or winning the queen |
| p07656 | w | wald | 1565 | cute |
| p07656 | w | Theodor | 1830 | Black is crushed anyway |
| p07656 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with Theodor. Perhaps add another Black piece to the position to keep the idea but make it winning. |
| p07662 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | double discovered attack |
| p07663 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Why can't the queen take Qxc5? |
| p07663 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | B fork: If ...Q(d6)xc5(R), then B(b2)xd4+, forking Q(c5) and K(g7). |
| p07663 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Thanks Patzer. |
| p07684 | w | underated | 1374 | big fan of the end games. |
| p07693 | b | plopje | 1678 | I thought Re5. |
| p07693 | b | macLeay | 1639 | That doesn't mean it's a bad problem. |
| p07693 | b | barz | 1708 | 2rr2k1/1q3ppP/8/1P1p1n2/3Q4/8/6RP/4RBK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p07695 | b | Holy | 1098 | 2. axb3 loses, as Black will be able to advance the a-pawn and promote. 2. axb3 a2 3. Nc2 Nxc2 and White can no longer cover the promotion square, as his king is too far away and his bishop is blocked in. Pretty subtle. |
| p07695 | b | wild | 1305 | thanks for explaining... Good to know I guess |
| p07696 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Designed to pull your score down if you are good or raise it if you aren't. |
| p07696 | w | Sector | 1275 | I love how the diversity of games forces you to always look for the obvious moves as well. |
| p07696 | w | SmokenFlames | 1418 | I agree with LaskoVortex |
| p07698 | b | Fred | 1456 | forced move |
| p07698 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | yes, this is a forced move. There is only one move that White can legally make! |
| p07698 | b | wild | 1305 | only tricky part is not jumping ahead and forgetting you're in check... |
| p07699 | w | JSorel | 1664 | everything is forced |
| p07699 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | god i love cts! :)
i missed the potential mate threat in the corner, and i'm glad this torturous server forces me to admit i'm slow! :) |
| p07701 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 46.6 seconds |
| p07701 | w | loot | 1486 | 46.5 seconds |
| p07701 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | loot, stop making fun of UriBlass. I found it in 2.9 seconds ! |
| p07701 | w | Alseki | 1484 | That is because you are a magic cat. |
| p07705 | b | Euwee | 1780 | Nc7 also wins! What's wrong with that? |
| p07705 | b | jon01 | 1684 | Nd5 forks black's queen and rook. |
| p07705 | b | memo | 1570 | 2. Nc7+ also wins |
| p07708 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | A great example of the knight discovery joseki: use the tempo gained from the unmasking of the line piece(s) to put the knight on the same color square as the enemy king and so threaten an in-between check. |
| p07708 | b | Sidorsky | 1502 | what he said |
| p07708 | b | barz | 1708 | 3r2k1/p4pnp/2pNbqp1/8/2P5/6P1/P2Q1PBP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p07713 | w | inkwire | 1667 | I played the correct move (Nxg3+) and it rated my solution as a mistake. Twice.
This happened on another problem too, and both times I had the "previous" box checked, so maybe there's a problem with that. |
| p07719 | b | MEGALODON | 1302 | don't trust crafty it is really bad tactically |
| p07720 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | weak K |
| p07722 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.5 seconds |
| p07728 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Black endeavours to draw the game by means of perpetual check. |
| p07730 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Deflect guard: R(c8)xc5(N)+ restores equality, and after Kd4, K(e7)xd6(R). |
| p07732 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.5 seconds |
| p07732 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.9 seconds |
| p07733 | w | alma0eterna | 1101 | I don't get this one, why would I trade my queen for his rook? |
| p07733 | w | stillarc101 | 1176 | K must take Q, bring R up for checkmate with help from black pawn. |
| p07733 | w | curiouschild | 1223 | nice move ! |
| p07738 | b | barz | 1708 | rn1qr1k1/pp5p/2p1PpP1/2Pp4/3P2Q1/2N1B3/PP5P/4bR1K b - - 0 1 |
| p07739 | w | Schumi | 1523 | There's only one legal move. How is this rated 1400? |
| p07739 | w | DrJones | 1420 | Having only one legal move, can this be a puzzle? |
| p07739 | w | Leucky | 1538 | check fast enough, that there is only one move and win rating points :-) |
| p07739 | w | PaulKendal | 1468 | It took me a few seconds to look at all the options, dicover none, then decide that the pawn is the only option, so I lost points.
|
| p07739 | w | joeubat | 1454 | i had the same problem as paul kendal,this is truly a dumb problem!!! |
| p07739 | w | FireGarden | 1557 | A useful lesson: Got to get in the habit of making a candidate list before evaluating how good a move is. |
| p07739 | w | Mudfrog | 1302 | I understand the point of quickly identifying candidate moves but 1400 seems a bit high for this problem... |
| p07739 | w | wild | 1305 | yeah I don't understand this either. I've made the mistake of not seeing I was in check before, but stats show only a 20% success rate on this problem. That's crazy. |
| p07746 | b | IMMA | 823 | joho |
| p07753 | w | underated | 1374 | a nice 3 pointer. |
| p07754 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.3 seconds |
| p07754 | b | barz | 1708 | rn3r1k/pbq2p1p/1p2pp2/4N3/2BP3Q/2P5/P4PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p07756 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | correct move, but black's much worse anyway |
| p07756 | w | clav | 1495 | Two pawns for a knight is not so bad in an ending... |
| p07756 | w | rockym | 1626 | black is loosing...one tries to find a saving move. |
| p07756 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.2 seconds |
| p07756 | w | parmetd | 1645 | HORRIBLE I found the 'best' move but black still loses by force in this line! |
| p07766 | w | waaek | 1120 | Kind of high rated at 1420, but I guess it's a decent basic board visiion test. |
| p07766 | w | Leucky | 1538 | A good board vision test: the problem is to see the solution fast enough to "win". |
| p07766 | w | Leucky | 1538 | A good board vision test: the problem is to see the solution fast enough to "win". |
| p07766 | w | ChessMaster08 | 1308 | i agree with leucky and wawek |
| p07769 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate threat wins material: After Q(a5)xc7(N), if R(c8)xc7(Q), then R(d1)d8+, Qe8; Rxe8#. |
| p07774 | b | Twinpeaks | 1775 | 2.-Qd6 is better as 2.-Ra2 |
| p07786 | b | JohnSmith | 1502 | tricky |
| p07786 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 30.9 seconds
remembered RxN but not the reason and was not sure enough to play it until I saw Bd4+ |
| p07786 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.1 seconds |
| p07791 | w | jokim | 2000 | Nothing special going on in this position... oh there is! |
| p07791 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.5 seconds
thought first about Qg1+ or Qe1+ |
| p07791 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 1.8 seconds |
| p07793 | w | ngnblcn | 1851 | nice |
| p07794 | b | waaek | 1120 | It doesn't matter how much material you lose if you can checkmate :) |
| p07794 | b | SmokenFlames | 1418 | Brutal elimination of the defender |
| p07803 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Oh man, this is just too cute, otherwise I would give it 5 *'s. |
| p07805 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Missed 3 Qe3 Qh1+. |
| p07807 | w | JSorel | 1664 | easy |
| p07814 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Rather nice multipurpose move |
| p07814 | w | drad | 1651 | I spent like 10 goes trying to see this move.... hmmm |
| p07814 | w | drad | 1651 | couldn't see it again. I think I have a mental block to losing positions :( |
| p07827 | w | john2001plus | 1562 | not much of a problem |
| p07827 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | The problem is to avoid check WHILST connecting the queen and rooks, to protect the d8 rook. |
| p07839 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Surprising that a simple fork is not lower rated |
| p07839 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.0 seconds |
| p07840 | w | grom43 | 1654 | The real beauty is finding 1 Kd3 Qa3+ 2 Kd4 Rf3! with threat of Qxb4. |
| p07842 | b | ngnblcn | 1851 | overrated 2022 |
| p07844 | b | blcnngn | 2223 | nice because of Nb1 |
| p07844 | b | kwanpin | 1752 | unprotected piece |
| p07847 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | time, recapture with tempo (attacking R) |
| p07848 | b | Garryback | 1581 | easy |
| p07848 | b | langengro | 1788 | looks as if one should know this in advance. |
| p07848 | b | langengro | 1788 | looks as if one should know this in advance. |
| p07848 | b | langengro | 1788 | looks as if one should know this in advance. |
| p07849 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | nice checkmate in 1 |
| p07854 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | A bit confusing at first...I got it right but still had 1.41 points taken off me for taking too long! |
| p07859 | b | HARjustin | 1496 | wtf? |
| p07859 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p07859 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | This mate in 1 really takes the biscuit! |
| p07863 | b | Stress | 1659 | Why on earth didn't I see that!?? |
| p07865 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | A fork that wins a minor piece in the exchange. |
| p07868 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played Nxb4+ and missed Qe4 |
| p07868 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | I tried e2. Seems that it also does win. |
| p07868 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | i played e2. it seemed pretty unstoppable |
| p07872 | w | Eviltactician | 1509 | Why is black not just a piece down in this position? |
| p07872 | w | Eviltactician | 1509 | Okay, the rook is en prise too |
| p07895 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 1.8 SECONDS |
| p07895 | b | drad | 1651 | funny I'm sure I got this right the last 5 times, and now I get it wrong ;) |
| p07898 | b | Wolfgang | 1388 | Threat is mightier than the doing! |
| p07904 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | You've solved problem p07904 in 1.1 seconds. ( Result 1.00 : 0.00 )
Your new rating is 1733.41 (+2.30). |
| p07904 | w | wild | 1305 | tricky |
| p07904 | w | richardmorrow | 1451 | Nxh2 is interesting. Picking up the bishop and pinning the rook. |
| p07904 | w | richardmorrow | 1451 | Nxh2 is interesting. Picking up the bishop and pinning the rook. |
| p07904 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | hey, does anyone know if Nxh2 is interesting? would it pick up the bishop and pin the rook? |
| p07904 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | hmmmmm. I think i know if Nxh2 is interesting and if it picks up the bishop and pins the rook. I don't think that Nxh2 is interesting. And I don't think it's picking up the bishop and pinning the rook... wouldn't it be Nxh2 Be5+ and black goes down a piece? |
| p07920 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | If a person isn't paying attention, they might miss the fact that en passant is a legal move for Black on move one. I don't know why I don't pay attention better. |
| p07920 | b | backdingbrob | 1457 | I missed that en passant was legal... and after 6 minutes of thinking I realized that en passant had to be the move since everything else was horrible... |
| p07920 | b | tjumen | 1598 | The problem is easy. I missed the en passant capture. I agree with the above comments, that it mostly requires paying attention. |
| p07920 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | this problem is overrated but I happen to be the only 1 who found it ! |
| p07920 | b | drad | 1651 | haha yeah I was sipping tea when black made his move and missed it ;) |
| p07920 | b | gargletheape1 | 1330 | I don't think it's about en passant per se. You see the bishop protecting the king pawn, and even before you see the white move you want to harass it. It is pretty overrated, yes. |
| p07920 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | arg! i sat there for soooooo long looking at that and then was soooooo disappointed when i saw the solution. |
| p07921 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.2 seconds |
| p07921 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.8 seconds |
| p07924 | b | YEAH | 1055 | ooops I got it wrong |
| p07935 | w | wild | 1305 | que? |
| p07939 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23137 to solve
8.0 seconds
I looked too much for a better move in the second move. |
| p07939 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | correction the number of the problem is 23117 |
| p07939 | w | Pinsu | 1601 | In the second move there are other good moves |
| p07939 | w | polgary | 1530 | what crap writes this Uri and who is interested in his personal results . Please kick him out because of misuse of this site. |
| p07939 | w | Garryback | 1581 | Hi polgy, thanks for supporting me concerning criticising this Uri-spam. I also think he should be kicked out. In former comments he said that his way of mis using the comment-line is not explicitly forbidden.
What would happen in the world when would do all things which are not explicitly forbidden????
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| p07942 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 22.0 seconds |
| p07945 | w | wald | 1565 | quite a high rating for mate in 1! |
| p07945 | w | Leucky | 1538 | lol, nice! |
| p07945 | w | Garryback | 1581 | many of tacticiens were blind to get the problem rated so high |
| p07945 | w | tjumen | 1598 | missed the mate in 1 =) |
| p07949 | w | underated | 1374 | I like the simplicity of this tactic |
| p07955 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | pin |
| p07955 | b | grom43 | 1654 | d5 defended twice at first glance, but not at all because of pin and deflection. meanwhile, you have a double attack on queen and Nf6 defender of h7. |
| p07956 | b | underated | 1374 | must think more angelure. |
| p07956 | b | Kenicht | 1300 | I'm starting to get the hang of these Queen forks. |
| p07960 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.0 seconds |
| p07964 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | High rated for such a simple solution |
| p07966 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.2 seconds |
| p07966 | w | barz | 1708 | 1r1r1k2/pp3pb1/1n1p2pp/3Pn3/4NB1P/2N5/PP3PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p07967 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.0 seconds |
| p07973 | b | JSorel | 1664 | classical theme |
| p07973 | b | Alseki | 1484 | Interesting |
| p07975 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Seems like 2.Rxe8+ Kh2 is a good defense (3.Rxb8 Nxa4 4.Rxb7), then the result is the same as 2.Qxe8+ Rxe8 3.Rxe8+ Kh2 4.bxc3. So, my question is why does 2.Qxe8+ not work just as well as 2.Rxe8+? |
| p07975 | b | loot | 1486 | If 2. Rxe8 Kh7 then 3. Qc2+ saves the queen and wins lots of material. |
| p07977 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | What the heck? Just Qxg7.... Problems like these should be extended. |
| p07977 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | What the heck? Just Qxg7.... Problems like these should be extended. |
| p07977 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | What the heck? Just Qxg7.... Problems like these should be extended. |
| p07977 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | soory for spam...computer got busted |
| p07977 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | Lol my prevoius notes...QXG7 |
| p07977 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | Qxg7 Bxd1 White comes out slightly ahead. Still this seems overrated. |
| p07977 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.0 seconds
remembered but was not sure about it. |
| p07979 | w | N4PLL | 1413 | I don't understand this problem. N4PLL |
| p07979 | w | wald | 1565 | well, I think the point is that after 2. gxh3 Qg3+ 3 Kf1 Qh3+ and Rxf5 Black has mating threads (4. ... Qxf5 may also work). |
| p07979 | w | gbekker | 1383 | After 2.gxh3 Qg3+ 3.Kh1 or 3.Kf1 are met by Qxh3+ or Qd3+ respectively, winning the rook on f5. Perhaps an additional move should be added to the puzzle to make this clear. :-) |
| p07979 | w | lancer2000 | 1410 | unclear |
| p07983 | b | HARjustin | 1496 | whoops, didnt see the queen there =) |
| p07984 | w | armeno | 1859 | How can you see this move in so little time?? |
| p07984 | w | armeno | 1859 | The move e5 |
| p07984 | w | grom43 | 1654 | The move e5 is good, the move 3 Be5 is an error. You see e5 or you get mated. |
| p07987 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Qa5+ without seeing the bishop f1 that protect b5 |
| p07991 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.9 seconds |
| p07991 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | this is rated 1858...? Seems too easy. |
| p07996 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | niceish |
| p07997 | w | Holy | 1098 | Nice combo. This was a tough problem--there are a lot of moves to check and there also seem to be other tactical possibilities to distract the player such as forks and pins. |
| p07997 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Love this mating pattern. Learned it using the huge Polgar book of diagrams in the mate section. |
| p08015 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.2 seconds
nice queen win |
| p08017 | w | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | It's hard to see that you would like a draw. Many assume there will be a way to mate in a situation like that. |
| p08021 | b | texas | 1392 | I got this wrong since the computer didn't like Nxe7 for some reason.... |
| p08025 | w | Fred | 1456 | The problem needs more moves. The candidate shjould demonstrate that he realized that his Queen will be taken and have Rxf2+ ready... |
| p08025 | w | nm32 | 1653 | This is not really a 1473 problem. 1400s have difficulty seeing the tactics behind fxe4. |
| p08025 | w | decembersnake | 1528 | i definitely agree with fred it needs at least two more moves Rxf2 Kg1 Rf6+ winning the queen so they should have more moves in the tactic. |
| p08028 | b | 9isprime | 1250 | awesome sequence |
| p08030 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.8 seconds |
| p08030 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Find all the right moves! |
| p08031 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.7 seconds |
| p08037 | b | Holy | 1098 | I just lost a game (today) in on-line correspondence chess for failing to see a move almost exactly like this. That's why I'm on here practicing. |
| p08040 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.8 seconds |
| p08040 | b | loot | 1486 | 4.6 seconds |
| p08040 | b | LowScore | 1564 | 5.3 seconds |
| p08041 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | add bxf2+ kh1 as part of problem |
| p08041 | b | Theeunforgiven | 1797 | I agree with smotherhubbard |
| p08045 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | lol. Why not Bf4 or bd4? both win man! |
| p08045 | b | JSorel | 1664 | No : Qh5 attacks Bh3! |
| p08045 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | bit pointless if sound enough |
| p08045 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23016 11.0 seconds
It seems to me that I got it in the past.
lost rating because of thinking of Bd4 to decide if it is better or worse than the recapture and only after finding Qh5 decided to recapture. |
| p08045 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i missed it. |
| p08045 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 3rr1k1/pp3pbp/2p3p1/3pq3/4b3/P1P1BPPB/1P2P2P/2QRR1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p08047 | w | spacecowboy | 1394 | This problem amazes me for two reasons. The first reason is that the move prior to 1.dxc6 e.p.?? had to be 0...c5?? instead of 0...Qxa5. And yes, I did deliberately number those moves with a zero.
The second reason this problem amazes me is that this problem is rated almost as high as 1400; but the solution, 1...Qxa5, is so elementary. I.E. Elementary relative to a 1400 rating. This goes to show that tacticians rated below 1400 tend to overlook tactics along horizontal lines (ranks). |
| p08047 | w | underated | 1374 | I tatically did not look along the rank and was going purely up and down. That was an interesting point. |
| p08047 | w | LowScore | 1564 | @ spacecowboy: The first reason for your amazement amazes me, because 0...Qxa5 is not possible. The White pawn sits on d5, the 0...c5 is played, and only after 1.dxc6 e.p. Black gets a shot at Qxa5. The fact that people tend to overlook horizontal or diagonally backward queen moves can be seen by the fact that those kind of problems have a pretty high rating on CTS. |
| p08047 | w | loot | 1486 | This is awful. |
| p08051 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Nice, although rather a typical endgame tactic to gain time to capture the rook preventing the king stopping the dangerous passed pawn. |
| p08051 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.0 seconds |
| p08057 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Isn't this from Ivanchuk v Kramnik? |
| p08058 | b | exlr8me | 1342 | Not to bad
|
| p08058 | b | giovmendoza | 1350 | Beautiful |
| p08058 | b | sleiman | 1406 | nice |
| p08063 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Skewer: White's Rs chase Black's K to h5, where Rxh7 wins Black's Q. |
| p08064 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate: 2. Q(h5)xe8(R) removes defender of e7, allowing mate via 3. N(f5)e7+, etc. |
| p08067 | b | siegeflare | 1067 | Why wouldn't black push the pass pawn after you take the rook? |
| p08067 | b | Elcarim | 1162 | because Re6 is skewing black king and e-pawn |
| p08070 | w | edgy | 1645 | ok, how is 2...Qb1+ better than 2...Qa1+? |
| p08070 | w | disasterion | 1494 | edgy : because after 2 ...Qa1+ white can play 3 Nc1 . 2...Qb1+ 3 Nc1 Qxe4 |
| p08070 | w | disasterion | 1494 | sorry - meant 3 Bc1 |
| p08070 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | also blundered by 2...Qa1+ |
| p08070 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.3 seconds
this time remembered that I did a mistake last time |
| p08075 | b | perplex | 1543 | Simple but effefctive Rook+Knight tactics to harass the black queen. |
| p08075 | b | detroitman | 1469 | yeah! |
| p08077 | w | drad | 1651 | man I hate these ones |
| p08077 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.6 seconds |
| p08077 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.7 seconds |
| p08088 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Bd2, fantastic defense. |
| p08088 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | first time getting it
missed Bd2 and played Qxc4 |
| p08088 | b | JSorel | 1664 | Solved, yes!!!! |
| p08090 | w | e4e5f4 | 1402 | sacrify the queen and get it back with an additional knight is a well known motive |
| p08097 | w | mangy1723 | 1242 | dumb and easy |
| p08102 | w | Rabatt | 1256 | strange |
| p08102 | w | thingfish | 1345 | i like this one. black is on the defensive, but crushes white due to pin on the f pawn. nice. |
| p08102 | w | capri83 | 1312 | aah..nice checkmate ! |
| p08103 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Au contraire. Kf3 is hard to see. |
| p08103 | w | rockym | 1626 | fun ! |
| p08104 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Very typical tactic in the Leningrad Dutch... |
| p08104 | b | jokim | 2000 | I like this typical way of CTS, walking the King right into the fork with their move. |
| p08104 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23151 to solve
13.0 seconds |
| p08106 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.9 seconds |
| p08116 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | If Kxf5, Qg4++. |
| p08122 | w | DocB | 1237 | i'm a baer |
| p08125 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Double (discovered) attack: B(d7)f5+ exposes K(d2) to check by R(d8) and threatens B(f5)xh7(Q). |
| p08125 | w | KingKarrl | 1163 | It's neat how the cuts through the pawns. Exercise in board vision. |
| p08125 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Well said, KingKarrl! This is a DISCOVERED ATTACK with CHECK. |
| p08134 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | put in row and column labels please - it is confusing without them - most people are used to the board with a1-h1 at the bottom - but here it can be that or a8-h8 |
| p08136 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23219 to solve
4.8 seconds
need to be careful against the opponent threats.
Not 3.Nxg5 becuse of 3...Qxh1+ |
| p08140 | w | wald | 1565 | nice! |
| p08140 | w | FireGarden | 1557 | Very Nice! :) |
| p08140 | w | LowScore | 1564 | Nice trick but it's easy for White to see that 2.Kxg4 is losing so that's a poor move. After the more natural 2.Nxg3, White still has winning chances, so the whole problem is rather poor (Black has no winning move and the winning move of Black only comes about because of a White blunder). |
| p08140 | w | Improchess | 2054 | 2.Nxg3?¿?¿? |
| p08140 | w | different | 1548 | not a forcing line |
| p08140 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.6 seconds |
| p08140 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | I disagree with LowScore
The target of black is to find the best move and not to win. |
| p08140 | w | barz | 1708 | 8/p4R2/1kp3p1/1p6/4N1rp/4K1P1/PP6/8 w - - 0 1 |
| p08144 | b | ngnblcn | 1851 | nice |
| p08144 | b | plopje | 1678 | nice but obvious |
| p08144 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | not obvious and took me almost the full minute |
| p08144 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | agree Dutch plop |
| p08145 | b | Coventry | 1613 | lol |
| p08149 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.5 seconds |
| p08158 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | missed the simple pin |
| p08159 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | ok, threat was Qg3+ |
| p08159 | b | JSorel | 1664 | standard defensive move |
| p08162 | w | ngnblcn | 1851 | not excellent but |
| p08162 | w | drad | 1651 | even I could get it in a few seconds ;) |
| p08167 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Looks like a position from the French Tarrasch. |
| p08167 | w | theKnife | 1671 | Looks like a problem. |
| p08167 | w | plopje | 1678 | very obvious
|
| p08167 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | bad order of moves
too fast thought that 1...Rf2+
Rxf2 Ne1 is mate and missed Kf1
solution is obvious only after you see it so not obvious because did not think about Ne1+ |
| p08167 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failed again this time simply played Bxh3+ missing Nxh3 |
| p08167 | w | barz | 1708 | r1b3k1/pp3rpp/1b1B4/3pp3/8/3n1NPB/PP4KP/5RNR w - - 0 1 |
| p08171 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Double (discovered) attack: e4 threatens exf5(B) and B(f2)xa7(Q). |
| p08173 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Tut! I did not see the f5 bishop! |
| p08175 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Nice. Should add a few moves, if only to demonstrate awareness of the double attack with Nd5+. |
| p08176 | w | moegigo | 1611 | much too short. i saw that move within 2s. but before just trying i calculated the further moves for about 20s... |
| p08176 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.3 seconds
agree that it is too short |
| p08185 | w | BadViking | 1978 | Very nice! |
| p08185 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed. Very clever idea. |
| p08185 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.8 seconds |
| p08185 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.7 seconds |
| p08193 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 5.8 |
| p08201 | b | underated | 1374 | ooppps for white |
| p08214 | b | TheMadman | 1208 | Simple but devastating. |
| p08217 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Be4 was hard to find |
| p08223 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Lovely mate! |
| p08223 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.0 seconds |
| p08227 | b | underated | 1374 | good stuff... |
| p08227 | b | jzhang2000 | 1419 | 514 |
| p08229 | b | capri83 | 1312 | aah |
| p08237 | b | JSorel | 1664 | not so easy for me ! |
| p08238 | b | underated | 1374 | a discovered rock posied at the queens head. Vicious. |
| p08245 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.3 seconds |
| p08246 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 30.0 seconds
not sure because of Qxg4 |
| p08246 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | the last post is explanation for the long time |
| p08246 | w | barz | 1708 | 2r3kr/2P1Rpp1/p2R4/6P1/1p4n1/8/PPP4P/2K5 w - - 0 1 |
| p08246 | w | grom43 | 1654 | I was hoping Black could come out on top or equal, but after Qxg4 as Uri says... |
| p08248 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23378 to solve
4.6 seconds
clicked on the rook in order to capture the bishop
saw that the bishop is defended by knight f4 so played g5 to attack the knight. |
| p08248 | w | sarciness | 1465 | What Uri said. |
| p08250 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.6 seconds
expected Rh2 Bh4 mate |
| p08252 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Here it is so easy to miss that the Black King is actually under check! |
| p08255 | b | ankka | 1302 | Pretty difficult to see... |
| p08255 | b | Abhishek | 1469 | pretty normal |
| p08264 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.0 seconds |
| p08264 | b | drad | 1651 | 5 stars? come on.. not very beautiful |
| p08264 | b | grom43 | 1654 | What's good about this problem? 2 Ng4 is the ONLY move. For 30 seconds I looked for tactical shot. Slowly I realized White is in trouble. 2 Nd3 gh3. 2 Nc4 Be6 and 3...gh3. 2 f4? Be5. Too bad there's no way to test whether White gets the danger. |
| p08264 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 591.1. lol. i just some day hope to be slightly less retarded than i am today! if i'm ever a famous person that'll be my famous quote i think. |
| p08264 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 18.8 |
| p08265 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | Qxg6 is hard to find
blundered by 2...Qe6 |
| p08265 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 41.1 seconds
this time found Qxg6 but only after a long time |
| p08272 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Double attack: Qa3+ checks K(e7) and threatens R(a4)xa7(R). |
| p08294 | b | underated | 1374 | plenty of scope there, but owning the open file always has value... |
| p08294 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Trapping the opponent's queen has value too. |
| p08294 | b | Garryback | 1581 | nice comment knife, but keep in mind underated only tries to get close to his name
Garryback |
| p08302 | w | Dieter | 1676 | more moves!!! |
| p08302 | w | RedBeetle | 1508 | The problem is missing 4 moves. The movement tree is waaaaay too obvious in 3 seconds. We should have less time to think. Otherwise, where is the challenge? |
| p08302 | w | QuickFire | 1582 | The problem goes on until you prevent the pawn queening, which seems far enough |
| p08302 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed K, skewer |
| p08302 | w | drad | 1651 | I tried to take the bishop in the end in an attempt to force a draw... |
| p08314 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Pretty poor, a recapture, choice being with a rook threatening the opponents pieces OR with a pawn, doubling one's own pawns on an open file without compensation. Why is this ridiculuous problem here? |
| p08314 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Your ridiculous recapture wins a piece. |
| p08317 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | very exposed K |
| p08320 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | After R(c2)xc8(N), White still has a B vs. Black's extra P. |
| p08320 | b | DocB | 1237 | that's the point
|
| p08322 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.6 seconds |
| p08339 | b | milos62 | 1916 | Black is amazingly helpless |
| p08339 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.0 seconds |
| p08353 | b | mzand | 1560 | This is really stupid!! White wins BOTH with 2.Rb8+ AND 2.Qxd5+ Rxd5 3.Rxe8 How is choosing a 2nd WINNING path a "failure"?? |
| p08353 | b | nabla | 1861 | As Crafty shows, with your line White ends up with two pawns for the exchange, at first glance it looks more like a draw. |
| p08353 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by 3.Qxd5+ |
| p08353 | b | LowestRd | 1946 | ... I played the right moves... somehow still got it wrong... |
| p08360 | b | tpollet | 1651 | Déçu de ne pas l'avoir trouvé du premier coup. Qques secondes de plus m'auraient permi de voir le Txh7 qui permet le sacrifice de dame. |
| p08360 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | Nice. |
| p08360 | b | moegigo | 1611 | first time i could not see the solution. quite hard for that ranking but 2stars because its pretty nice |
| p08360 | b | tjumen | 1598 | cool |
| p08360 | b | barz | 1708 | 2rq1rk1/p3ppbp/3p2P1/3N1b2/1Q2n3/4BN2/PPP1B3/1K1R3R b - - 0 1 |
| p08361 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Nice typical endgame motif |
| p08361 | b | merendera | 1428 | elegant |
| p08361 | b | JohnSmith | 1502 | interesting trick |
| p08365 | w | MagicKnight | 1121 | why not take the white queen? |
| p08365 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Zwischenzug: If 1....N(d5)xe7(Q), then 2.dxe5(N). But 1....N(e5)f3+ [forking K and R] THEN 2....N(d5)xe7(Q) saves N(e5) and still wins Q. |
| p08371 | b | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | Hard problem. Needed to see that Rxd3+ doesn't work, and therefore choose the right rook. |
| p08372 | w | Strunz | 1756 | Hi there, tactians,
I was just wondering (for I did it wrong) - wouldn´t it also be ok to play Nxd4, with the idea of Qxe7, Nf5+ ? I might be missing the point here - can you help me out?
Cheers, and greetings from Bremen!
Strunz |
| p08372 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | that only trades pieces. Bxd4 win a queen! |
| p08372 | w | memo | 1570 | 1. ... Qxe3+ also wins |
| p08372 | w | memo | 1570 | 1. ... Qxe3+ also wins again |
| p08372 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | agree with memo--stopped analysis after 1...Qxe3+ 2.Nxe3 Bxd4 3.Rf3 Bg4, winning a piece |
| p08372 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 1...Qxe3+ too, but Bxd4 is very nice! |
| p08372 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Strunz, 1...Nd4 leaves White 2R+B+N+5P against your R+2B+N+6P. 1...Qe3+ wins. (and not 3 Rf3 Ne5!) 1...Bd4 wins fast. Saw it as I released on 1...Qe3+. |
| p08372 | w | inkwire | 1667 | Yet another with two winning continuations. :P |
| p08375 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.2 seconds |
| p08375 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.2 seconds |
| p08375 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.7 seconds |
| p08375 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds |
| p08376 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.0 seconds
1798.48 new rating record. |
| p08384 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice attack! |
| p08385 | w | dfeuer | 1219 | Very unclear. |
| p08385 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | I don't think it's unclear. |
| p08385 | w | Holy | 1098 | Good problem--multiple themes. |
| p08397 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed K, hanging N, R fork |
| p08399 | b | fleshofmyflesh | 1237 | crafty |
| p08404 | b | goldentokidoki | 1776 | Isnt Ba3 Rxd2 Bxe7 Bf7 Bxe6 also winning |
| p08404 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 2. Ba3 ... |
| p08404 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | rnr1b1k1/pp2q1pp/2p1p3/4P3/2B1P3/1P6/PB1Q2PP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1 Also winning Qxd8 but best move is Bxe6 |
| p08406 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Double (discovered) attack: d6 attacks N(c7) and exposes B(b7) to capture by B(f3). |
| p08417 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.6 seconds |
| p08422 | b | drad | 1651 | damn.. I saw that 2.exd6 Bd4 3.Qxd4 Nxd4 4.Ne7+ Kg7 5.Be5+ f6 6.Bxd4 was winning first.. so didn't think to look for another winning move |
| p08422 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | but agree with drad too - dual solution |
| p08422 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | deflection |
| p08429 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Simple recapture. |
| p08430 | w | InfamousG | 1217 | This is rather obvious and is all but forced. Moving the king away makes mate in 3 or less. |
| p08430 | w | ankka | 1302 | It would be nice to see MORE MOVES! |
| p08430 | w | DocB | 1237 | ga gay ya |
| p08435 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.4 seconds
remember it and it is only simple checks that is the only way to prevent promotion.
I think should get lower rating. |
| p08435 | w | grom43 | 1654 | It might get a lower rating when all tacticians solve it correctly. Until then, deserves its rating. |
| p08448 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.4 seconds |
| p08451 | b | franquechi | 1315 | And the knight is gone |
| p08453 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | mate in 2 |
| p08463 | b | decembersnake | 1528 | there is a easy way to get the knight |
| p08467 | w | underated | 1374 | appear to be logical enough. |
| p08471 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.7 seconds |
| p08471 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 4.1 sec |
| p08472 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | awesome checkmate! |
| p08472 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Ha! I took a wild guess and got it bang on! Finally, MaltaCross...thank you for the sensible quote! |
| p08472 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | I mean sensible comment. |
| p08473 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Real chess; not sure its a combination or tactics training. Just keep the file closed. Chess, like I play every week... |
| p08473 | w | Twinpeaks | 1775 | i agree with floreatdunum |
| p08473 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | I would say on balance it may qualify as defensive tactics. It's worth having many of these on here, in my opinion. |
| p08473 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.0 seconds
no objection to have more of this here but my rank for beauty is one star. |
| p08473 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.0 seconds |
| p08473 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | I agree with florrie and with tomo |
| p08480 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.8 seconds |
| p08482 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.3 seconds |
| p08486 | w | pdazz | 1388 | don''t see the tactics |
| p08486 | w | ldef7 | 1422 | Simply grabbing a loose bishop doesn't count as a tactic. |
| p08488 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | See 43 Qf6-g7+ Aronian-Ivanchuk M-Tel Masters 2008. |
| p08488 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.8 seconds |
| p08489 | w | QuickFire | 1582 | OK. The capture of the h-pawn is a mate threat |
| p08493 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23486 to solve
5.3 seconds
not the first time that I got it but was not sure if I need to trade rook first or to play Bf6 and after finding Bf6 Ne6 decided to play Rxf8+ |
| p08493 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.1 seconds |
| p08497 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23256 to solve
50.1 seconds
too much time to find the queen sacrifice that I pruned in the first iteration.
|
| p08497 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | this time blundered by Bc8 that allows Qd5 |
| p08498 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | decoy followed by a fork |
| p08500 | w | cheetah7 | 1492 | come on. |
| p08501 | b | shams | 1598 | 3.Rgh6 wins too |
| p08501 | b | goldentokidoki | 1776 | Rh6, i did the same |
| p08501 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | pin |
| p08501 | b | mtal61 | 1517 | Crafty is right,3)f6 is a clearcut win,mate in a few moves even.But with 3)Rgh6 Black already a piece up replies...Nxf5 and with the mate threat gone apart from a few spite checks he wriggles out of his difficulties with a clear advantage |
| p08511 | b | jacovanniekerk | 1359 | Textbook overworked knight. |
| p08512 | w | spacecowboy | 1394 | good endgame problem to know |
| p08512 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Crossfire pins/skewers should be in every chess players box of tricks! |
| p08512 | w | Auge | 1591 | Paradox und praxisrelevant fuer Doppelturmendspiele. |
| p08512 | w | Gnam | 1453 | fantastic endgame! |
| p08512 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | nice endgame for 1546 - just bully your way to promoting the pawn - throw everything at white until he's beat! |
| p08512 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.7 seconds |
| p08512 | w | redrat | 1596 | wonderful endgame !
|
| p08512 | w | rockym | 1626 | I like it ! |
| p08512 | w | tjumen | 1598 | isn't that beautiful? ) |
| p08512 | w | benrehab | 1634 | Beautiful! |
| p08512 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 1.7! :) i really wish this one was rated higher since it's so important to know. |
| p08512 | w | SmokenFlames | 1418 | Q lindo! |
| p08523 | w | underated | 1374 | excellent tactical lesson |
| p08523 | w | unununium | 1183 | Why not RD2+ ? |
| p08523 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | setting up the enemy King for a pin |
| p08536 | b | nopen | 1760 | An "echo" motif. Nice! |
| p08536 | b | JSorel | 1664 | nice theme |
| p08536 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.0 seconds |
| p08536 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 0verrated - should be 1200 !
O.8 secs |
| p08536 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | solved it but not overrated
people may be tempted by 3.Qxd8+ that I also thought about |
| p08538 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate with R and B: R(d1)d8# |
| p08541 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | not winning material - but mating attack against the castled king in the endgame! |
| p08541 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.2 seconds |
| p08541 | w | Friedeggsof | 1481 | nice |
| p08541 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 1.8 seconds ... well-known idea |
| p08541 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 4.5. kind of silly but it was fun. if the bishop was farther from the e2 square it would be harder. but with it so close it's hard not to notice it guarding the square before you try and move the knight there. |
| p08541 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 5.0 |
| p08545 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Gotta see the pin! |
| p08547 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.2 seconds |
| p08547 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Seeing this move with the black pawn queening, I don't know, it seems very nice. |
| p08550 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | I think Rad1 doesnt work because of a6, and the knight has no good retreat. |
| p08550 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I did not choose Rad1
Rfd1 seems to me better positionally but I did not like guessing so I spent some time to see why Rad1 is bad and lost rating points. |
| p08550 | b | milos62 | 1916 | UriBlass, the same happened to me. In fact, Ra1 controls
a5 square. |
| p08552 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | I don't get it.. Rxc4 allows Re1+, but then what does back do? |
| p08552 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.6 seconds
Qxg7+ allow later Kg2 in reply to Re1+
Rxc4 immediately means that Re1+ is mate. |
| p08558 | w | phunklemon | 1278 | Why not 2...Ne4 right away threatening mate at Rb1#? |
| p08558 | w | snakehead | 1475 | Nasty. |
| p08558 | w | Cassette | 1383 | Agreed phunk |
| p08558 | w | tdemedts | 1728 | 2...Ne4 is incorrect because of 3.Rxf4 Rb1+ 4.Rf1 and white wins. |
| p08558 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | yes, first + |
| p08562 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.0 seconds |
| p08562 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 101.0 seconds, lol, I've been a bit slower :-) |
| p08565 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.1 seconds |
| p08565 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | remembered the pin at f6 was an idea so hurried to play Rf6 that is of course wrong and I need Qf6 |
| p08572 | w | underated | 1374 | The moving of the king didn't look that good. |
| p08572 | w | HPeter | 1517 | whats the idea behind? |
| p08572 | w | theKnife | 1671 | The idea is that both white knight and queen are attacked. If Nc4 then Qd4+. |
| p08581 | w | plopje | 1678 | nice plot |
| p08581 | w | plopje | 1678 | 12,3 seconds to realise the pawn should be the solution |
| p08581 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.7 secpmds |
| p08581 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | too fast played Re1+ thought it is forced.
wanted to increase my rating
remember that I got it but did not remember the solution that is pawn promotion. |
| p08581 | w | drad | 1651 | an amazing pawn run! ;) |
| p08587 | w | armeno | 1859 | stupid problem, Qd8 is also winning... |
| p08587 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | This again... Qd8 wins, and simplfies the position. Probably better than Rd8 for that reason |
| p08589 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | wins the Queen! (4.Bxd6) |
| p08593 | w | DocB | 1237 | you can bring your girlfriend and meet me inn the hotel room
|
| p08596 | b | rockym | 1626 | strange position for the Ra3 |
| p08596 | b | rockym | 1626 | quite acrobatic ! |
| p08601 | w | tjumen | 1598 | pure calculation and a bit of intuition |
| p08601 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Reminds me of trapping the Queen when someone tries to use the Scholar's mate on you. (when you play Nh6 to prevent the mate) |
| p08601 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 60.8 seconds. got it on my first try though. wonder how long it woulda took john nunn, like 2 seconds? |
| p08601 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 60.0. solution was unexpected. |
| p08602 | b | CLance | 2086 | Not so hard for 2000 |
| p08607 | b | polgary | 1530 | very important rook-ending- motive |
| p08607 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | finaly I saw that check wins tempo and controls promoting square |
| p08608 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | nice piece trap |
| p08608 | b | SmokenFlames | 1418 | queen trap |
| p08612 | b | dktransform | 1479 | too easy to be rated 1474 |
| p08615 | w | jedzz | 1511 | Taking the queen for free with check, winning the rook on the next move isn't exactly rocke science. |
| p08615 | w | Holy | 1098 | It's still a bit tough with the 2 passed pawns that you have to consider. |
| p08615 | w | gabbytay2123 | 1360 | too easy |
| p08630 | w | underated | 1374 | I get the knight, queen and a check... |
| p08631 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | did not see that 3.Qxc5 is check against 2...Rxa2 |
| p08636 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failure
played QxQ
Thought that it is bad to move with the knight because of losing the queen and did not calculate it |
| p08637 | b | sezori | 1292 | These tactical puzzles are decisive to ones advancement in the chess game, I wish I had learned about this way before now...It's great |
| p08637 | b | TheKingIsBack | 1546 | attack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| p08648 | b | dktransform | 1479 | This position is from a famous Kasparov game. I cannot recall if it is against Karpov, or Shirov or Kramnik, but I am pretty sure it is among the fifty games in Stohl's, Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces, and is among my Classic GM collection of 4,300 games in cbh format. |
| p08648 | b | rkrish999 | 1554 | Its from Kasparov-Topalov 1999 Wijk-an-Zee; after 35 Qb2+ black played Kd1, not Ke3 as in the problem here, and the Kasparov won after 44 moves. |
| p08649 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Sure it is. It threatens perpetual check. |
| p08653 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played too fast.
blundered by Rd7 instead of Qd5+ |
| p08653 | b | DrMath | 1573 | i can't ever get it right
|
| p08657 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.8 seconds
believe that got it in the past |
| p08658 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23487 to solve
2.9 seconds |
| p08660 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Very pretty queen trap. |
| p08660 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Sucks to be black |
| p08661 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.0 seconds |
| p08661 | b | mtracey | 1552 | Neat |
| p08661 | b | mtracey | 1552 | Neat |
| p08671 | b | pinkerton | 1434 | Should be rated somewhere around 1400++. The move was obvious. |
| p08671 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | NxQ is probably the error that people do.
I do not think that the move is obvious.
You need to see that NxQ lose and players may miss it. |
| p08671 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed |
| p08675 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 58.3 seconds
did not see that e2 is protected for a long time and thought 2...Qa1+ 3.Kd2 is losing |
| p08675 | w | inkwire | 1667 | 2...Re2?? 3.b3 defends a1 |
| p08675 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | i thought of everything but neglected to notice i was in check cause i'm so damn tired. :( |
| p08677 | w | Wolfgang | 1388 | Very easy. |
| p08677 | w | CryptorKid | 1348 | quite easy yes |
| p08679 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.2 seconds |
| p08679 | b | sarciness | 1465 | A subtle and brilliant move by white. |
| p08684 | w | Chessdoom | 1586 | Whats the difference between Rf8 abd Rd6?? |
| p08684 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Chessdoom: the answer is that if you play 1...Rd6, then 2. Qh3 attacks the Rc8, allowing White to escape from the pin... |
| p08684 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 88.1 seconds
took me a long time to find Rd6 Qh3 and did not like to guess so used my time. |
| p08686 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.3 seconds
saw that Kh7 lose by mate but took time to see that I have a threat against the black queen. |
| p08691 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.5 seconds |
| p08691 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | nice interference |
| p08691 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | 2rq1rk1/5pbp/2npb1p1/1p2p3/4P3/1P2B3/P2QNPPP/1B1R1RK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p08691 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 1023.4 sec |
| p08692 | b | mindtrixx | 1221 | nice one |
| p08702 | b | Holy | 1098 | Excellent queen trap. |
| p08702 | b | franquechi | 1315 | Is a deadly trap for the queen indeed. |
| p08704 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.0 seconds |
| p08704 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Rb1 is tempting. |
| p08706 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | too easy for 1477.9 |
| p08712 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 3.3 sec |
| p08712 | b | themagician | 1543 | MagicCat shut up, you have better things to says than that. Or maybe not if you're dumb |
| p08714 | w | DocB | 1237 | if i c teet i'm going to die,if i don't then i'm going to cry, but if teet wants i'm keeping a stranger
|
| p08717 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Thematic Q+B net |
| p08717 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.1 seconds |
| p08717 | w | dusterov | 1452 | Crap was afraid of threats from black |
| p08718 | b | hasdrubal | 1582 | I thought 2. Bd4 was winning for White, but that fails to 2...f3! 3. Qxg5 Qxd4 4. Qf5+ Qd7 |
| p08727 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.8 seconds |
| p08727 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.0 seconds |
| p08727 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 18.1 |
| p08736 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 26.1 seconds |
| p08737 | b | waaek | 1120 | I usually rate problems based on how "interesting" or instructive they are. But I think this one is truly "beautiful". |
| p08742 | b | johangnorman | 1341 | This is an easy problem, but I like the problems where you get to make a few moves, feels more like the real game
|
| p08743 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.6 seconds |
| p08743 | w | loot | 1486 | 1.5 seconds |
| p08746 | b | impromptus | 1450 | Maybe little bit hard for this rating huh |
| p08746 | b | barz | 1708 | 6rk/5rp1/p1qB3p/1p1bR2Q/5p2/2P2P1P/PPB3PK/8 b - - 0 1 |
| p08748 | b | Wolfgang | 1388 | Very easy. |
| p08748 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.5 seconds |
| p08750 | b | tjumen | 1598 | haha |
| p08752 | w | Faquarl | 1578 | rd1 at once also works |
| p08752 | w | theKnife | 1671 | No because of Rc3 (see analysis below) |
| p08752 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed Q, weak K, overloaded R |
| p08754 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r2q4/pp3pNk/2b2P1p/5Q2/3Pp3/P1P5/6PP/R5K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p08760 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | need more moves
saw Re6 but people may guess check without seeing the idea |
| p08762 | w | JamesBJames | 1657 | I like the endgame stuff. |
| p08762 | w | Coventry | 1613 | gaey |
| p08762 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.8 seconds
simple rook behind the pawn principle |
| p08762 | w | theStig | 1505 | @Uriblass: the black rook actually goes in front of the pawn |
| p08765 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 52.1 seconds |
| p08768 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.8 seconds
nice pin and capturing the rook with check |
| p08768 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 44.4 seconds |
| p08781 | b | Sparta | 1271 | fun |
| p08788 | b | smith | 1168 | This one is nice indeed. I ought to remember it. :-) |
| p08796 | w | szuruburu | 1068 | ? |
| p08806 | b | TheTornado | 1346 | Easy. |
| p08807 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 46.9 seconds
2 mate ideas Nxh2 mate and Qf2 mate |
| p08807 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Bg1 now |
| p08807 | w | JSorel | 1664 | subtle... |
| p08809 | b | plopje | 1678 | it's not easy to resist knight c7 |
| p08809 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed. |
| p08809 | b | wald | 1565 | not that Nxc7+ is a mistake, though, it just prolongs the misery for black a little bit |
| p08809 | b | brulla | 1444 | NICE! |
| p08809 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | i fixated on c7...argh...!! |
| p08809 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.6 seconds |
| p08809 | b | loot | 1486 | Not bad, but would be a better problem if Nc7+ was not so convincingly winning. |
| p08812 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed K & Q, N fork |
| p08828 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | why not play to mate? |
| p08837 | b | SimonW | 1599 | Haven't looked too deeply at it, but possibly you should insist they play Ne6 since the old patzer see a check, give a check works here. |
| p08842 | w | edgy | 1645 | don't see why 3...g6 is worse than 3...Nf5 |
| p08842 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | I think then 4.Nf6+ Kg7 5.Qh6+ Kxf6 6.Bg5+ Kf5 is going to lead to mate in short order. |
| p08843 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | You need a sharp eye to see this one. |
| p08843 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | sharp memory is enough.
Unfortunately my memory is not sharp enough and I needed more than 10 seconds but still earned rating points |
| p08847 | b | JOptionPane | 1744 | Bxh7 works as well... it is just a matter of players style. I prefer to play rook endgame being two pawns up instead of a position with a clear peace up but queens still on. And black has to go for this rook endgame, Kh8 will be mated in a few moves after Rxg4 and Rh4. |
| p08847 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Good point JOptionPane. Chess is about getting the best result, not about getting the biggest number in a computer evaluation of a winning position. |
| p08849 | b | wild | 1305 | quick quick find the hanging piece. |
| p08856 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | a skewer followed upon by a fork, ultimately capturing the bishop |
| p08857 | w | mathaias | 1434 | too obvious |
| p08859 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | ok - the most accurate - but in truth White has half a dozen ways to win. |
| p08859 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | What an excellent warning for those who are so careless on king safety! If you are rated 1600 or above, it is of no excuse for failing to solve this problem except for mouseslips. |
| p08859 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Markusgoth is a spode, as always |
| p08860 | w | jzhang2000 | 1419 | remove the defendor |
| p08868 | b | underated | 1374 | a nice one..two |
| p08876 | b | DocB | 1237 | gyg ohoh bi |
| p08876 | b | hkschess | 985 | this is okay if you know that |
| p08882 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Better capture the rook than the knight! |
| p08883 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | DISCOVERED DEFLECTION: use the masking piece (Black d4-knight) to exploit the looseness (of the White a1-rook) created by the unmasking of the rear piece (Black f6-queen) by taking what the newly overworked defender (White d1-rook) no longer defends (c2-pawn).
The point of 1 b4? Nxc2! is that 2 QxNc2 deflects the White d1-queen from defending the a1-rook so that 2 ... QxRa1+ wins an exchange and a pawn. |
| p08883 | w | macLeay | 1639 | notyetagm, Qxc2 loses more than the exchange and a pawn. |
| p08883 | w | knobgoblin | 1444 | Nice to see a short tactic that requires thought. |
| p08892 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.3 seconds
new rating record
1787.56 |
| p08894 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | the might of the pawn ..... |
| p08899 | b | chessyeti | 1756 | 3.0 seconds
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| p08900 | b | merendera | 1428 | rather difficult if you try to calculate the complete sequence from the beginning |
| p08900 | b | wizzo | 1144 | having trouble moving pieces |
| p08900 | b | Holy | 1098 | Indeed, this problem would be about 1600-1700 if you had to know what you were doing from the beginning, instead of guessing. Great endgame study--it requires a knowledge of queen-versus-pawn-on-the-seventh-rank scenario, and the ability to apply those concepts to this particular situation. |
| p08907 | b | Alseki | 1484 | I stared blankly at that one far too long. |
| p08917 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Hook and ladder trick! |
| p08918 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | failed, missed 2.Rxd4+ Qxd4 3.Rd3 Rc1+ 4.Ke2 Rxf2 mate!
|
| p08924 | w | trumvirvel | 1285 | skewer |
| p08928 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23343 to solve
4.2 seconds
double threat knight and Bxe6+ winning the queen. |
| p08928 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.5 seconds |
| p08928 | b | grom43 | 1654 | The Qa4 appears to be trapped, no? No need for Bxe6+ when white has Rxa4. Qe4 does accomplish win of more material as black cannot even get a rook (..Qxa1 3.Qxf4+ and 4.Rxa1). |
| p08930 | b | aggron | 1280 | It is way to hard |
| p08930 | b | wild | 1305 | tough problem! |
| p08930 | b | ankka | 1302 | where are THE MOVES? |
| p08937 | b | PeteLP | 1174 | The given solution seems to be an error.
Black can respond QD3, attacking whites queen with tempo and thus saving his knight. |
| p08937 | b | DeindeCentum | 1118 | The most beautiful solution is not Qd3. |
| p08938 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | This tactic wins a Knight. The very act of the capturing the black knight at d4 (by the Queen), can also simultaneously serve to defend the white knight at c5! |
| p08942 | b | Elroch | 1453 | I don't like problems where the solution is the move that a near beginner would think of as the most obvious. Clearly they only acquire a rating that is not minimal because some people look for something clever that isn't there. |
| p08942 | b | inno | 1429 | Elroch, I missed this one for the same reason as you, but I think it takes skill to look at all outcomes, when looking for that "something clever" and it takes skill to realise it isn't there... I don't think it matters that beginners can solve it without too much thought, the point is for us to put thought into it... But that's just what I think... |
| p08942 | b | musiclife | 1602 | while NOT a classic chess problem, I'm ok w/ this here while testing. seriously, what other moves would you consider here? Hence, play moves fast once you determine it's best. |
| p08949 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 37.8 seconds |
| p08954 | b | rockym | 1626 | I went for 3. gxf3, but this allows some counterplay |
| p08954 | b | judochop | 1369 | 3.gxf3 also allows you to keep that critical f6 pawn. |
| p08956 | w | sleiman | 1406 | nice mate |
| p08958 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p08962 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | No rxh5? No!? ANyways...white still won. |
| p08962 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | ...Rxh5? Nxh5 is check. Solution should include Qg4 Nf4 though. |
| p08965 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | failed in it
played Bxc5 because I did not want to give the good pawn |
| p08965 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.3 seconds |
| p08965 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.7 seconds |
| p08965 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.8 seconds |
| p08970 | b | jyt230 | 1507 | Brilliant stuff |
| p08970 | b | tjumen | 1598 | really liked this one. |
| p08975 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | needs one more move 3. Kg1 Rd2 |
| p08975 | w | Garryback | 1581 | floreatdunum is right |
| p08989 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Brilliant! |
| p09000 | b | pq4pq4 | 1025 | "look at the WHOLE board"
-- President Bartlett |
| p09003 | w | edgy | 1645 | what's wrong with 1...Qf4? |
| p09003 | w | milos62 | 1916 | White has 2.Bg7, or 2.Re3. |
| p09003 | w | johncox | 1840 | 2...Qxb2 is also winning, isn't it? I don't like these problems with other solutions which are admittedly less effective. |
| p09003 | w | CLance | 2086 | Agree with johncox. These problems aren't suitable for CTS |
| p09004 | b | JSorel | 1664 | the solution should be extended |
| p09004 | b | themagician | 1543 | You've solved problem p09004 in 4.8 seconds. ( Result 0.87 : 0.13 )
Your new rating is 1672.29 (+17.47). |
| p09004 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | Probably not extended because of multiple solutions, including 3...Qxe8 4.Qf6+ Kg8 5.Bg4 Re7 6.Bh5 and 5.Bb3+ Bd5 6.Qg5+ |
| p09005 | w | Valmy | 1525 | And what about Ne4+? Isn't it the same? |
| p09005 | w | JoeLag | 1409 | ...Ne4? 2.Qe3 |
| p09005 | w | Lizzy | 1327 | What about Ne4?? Why isn't that possible? |
| p09005 | w | underated | 1374 | powerful discovered check. |
| p09005 | w | SmokeyHaze | 1117 | NE4 Wins! |
| p09005 | w | freeher | 1327 | I failed this one with Ne4. Thanks for pointing out the Queen interposition, JoeLag. |
| p09005 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | The double check wins the day. The problem with Ne4+ is that White can reply with 2.Bf2! or 2.Qe3! |
| p09005 | w | slughead42 | 1138 | Nice. I missed the crucial double check the first time through...of course, I'm not very good. |
| p09013 | b | askon | 1240 | dumb |
| p09013 | b | Holy | 1098 | Excellent. Trapping a piece is not intuitive--you must see all the potential escape squares--AFTER you determine that a trap is even possible. |
| p09014 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | wat da fuck which way up is the fucking board? |
| p09017 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Black's pawn structure can manage the threat of Rc8+ posed by White's double rooks on the c-file, since black does not have any back rank issues. |
| p09019 | w | johncox | 1840 | Too hard for me. Why doesn't 1...Rd2+ win a rook, for example? |
| p09019 | w | snakehead | 1475 | Do you see what White is threatening? |
| p09019 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | john??? g5 is a mate threat... |
| p09027 | b | curiouschild | 1223 | mate in 1
|
| p09031 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 90.5 seconds |
| p09031 | b | HateYou | 1627 | 2.5 seconds |
| p09044 | b | grom43 | 1654 | It's a nice problem that forces you to see what's weak in your opponent's position. |
| p09046 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.3 seconds |
| p09047 | b | Holy | 1098 | The alternate move explored by Crafty is a8=B+, which this interface does not allow the player to choose! This is only the second pawn promotion I've seen on this site as a correct move by the player--the first I saw was just yesterday. |
| p09047 | b | amyii | 1354 | the following mate in 6 is nice, but the 1st move is almost forced |
| p09049 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.8 seconds |
| p09049 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 25.9 seconds |
| p09054 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.6 seconds
very easy for a problem with rating above 2000.
lucky not to look at the rating before solving it. |
| p09054 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | maybe people try Rxc2 when after Qxc2 if white capture b7 black has a perpetual check |
| p09058 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Nice move! |
| p09058 | b | fabricator | 794 | gr8 |
| p09058 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Not every tactic begins with a check. |
| p09061 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Remove the guard: 2.Rxc6(B) removes guard of N(d7), allowing 3.Rxd7(N). |
| p09063 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | didnt see mate |
| p09063 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | back rank, N fork |
| p09063 | b | memo | 1570 | Many moves win |
| p09063 | b | Pinsu | 1601 | Good one! |
| p09068 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.5 seconds |
| p09070 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | very hard |
| p09076 | w | askon | 1240 | ??? |
| p09076 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: 1...Qe4 threatens 2...Qxe4(B) or 2...Qg2#. |
| p09076 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Excellent observation by OldPatzer. Thanks. |
| p09076 | w | phmilet | 1553 | OldPatzer, that's not quite it:
The main threats are the two mates Qg2 and Qh1 mate, which explains why 2. Bf1 doesn't work. |
| p09082 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.7 seconds |
| p09089 | b | stevie | 1222 | Help. Why can't black take the rook w/Q or pawn? |
| p09089 | b | obxure | 1201 | Doesn't matter, black can't stop B-h6 and Qxg7# once that annoying knight is gone. :) |
| p09091 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | standard King's Indian trap |
| p09098 | w | hardcorepawn | 1418 | wow, straight exchange yawn |
| p09098 | w | underated | 1374 | I was lookng for a wonderful wack with a bit of biff and a smackoo...nearly feel asleep whn I anwsered it. |
| p09101 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 60.3 seconds :-O |
| p09101 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 5r1k/5ppp/p7/8/1N6/5pP1/PP3K1P/2r2B1R w - - 0 1 |
| p09103 | b | texian | 1113 | missed it the first time and then had to play it out with Fritz to really see how Kf8 after Rxg6+ avoids a quick mate .. five stars for all the other interesting variations observed while playing it out |
| p09106 | w | fezzick45 | 1497 | A little easy for its rating. The bishop being pinned is a fairly obvious tactic. |
| p09111 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | These damn queen traps are driving me freaking nuts!!! |
| p09111 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.5 seconds
time to find that the queen has no moves after seeing the move |
| p09111 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.4 seconds
this time Rd8 was not the first move to think about |
| p09111 | w | clownprince | 1979 | If your opponents do Qxd6 in real chess then its time both of you started playing golf because that is pathetic |
| p09111 | w | themagician | 1543 | 3.1 seconds be quiet clownprince |
| p09113 | b | levkipos | 1386 | two unstoppable pawns |
| p09114 | w | Megiddo | 1578 | It looks to me as if black is not better in the final position. |
| p09114 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Can White keep the queenside pawns in final position? The rooks can't really go to 7th/8th rank until White takes care of his king. Black looks better to me. |
| p09114 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed |
| p09134 | b | Auge | 1591 | The solution can be found without understanding the problem. |
| p09134 | b | clav | 1495 | I seen the move, but rejected it as i didn't understand properly. So i think you're not right. |
| p09135 | b | underated | 1374 | can't belive I lost points on that one. |
| p09136 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.7 seconds
the idea of 2 rooks against 2 rooks in the final position is a known motive. |
| p09137 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failure because of mouse problems
clicked on the bishop to play Ba6 and later clicked on the knight but the mouse did not get it and the result was the illegal Bb7-a4 |
| p09137 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | clearance of flight square |
| p09137 | w | grom43 | 1654 | clearance of flight square |
| p09137 | w | grom43 | 1654 | TO AVOID MATE |
| p09142 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | threat is pawn uncovery |
| p09144 | b | czukay | 1427 | too easy for a drunk person |
| p09144 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | checks first |
| p09144 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | 2.Rxe8 is also wnning |
| p09144 | b | inkwire | 1667 | Two winning solutions, one of them being "wrong". |
| p09144 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | I WANT ME DAMN POINTS BACK! lol! soooooooooooooooo annoying! you know some of us actually visualize and calculate winning moves and then just make them! i don't know why cts wants me to torture myself finding a MORE winning move? |
| p09147 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.3 seconds |
| p09147 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.7 seconds |
| p09147 | b | sarciness | 1465 | Simple. |
| p09163 | b | plopje | 1678 | nice mate |
| p09163 | b | tjumen | 1598 | beautiful |
| p09165 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.0 seconds |
| p09165 | b | drad | 1651 | !@#$ |
| p09167 | b | Theeunforgiven | 1797 | What is wrong with 1.Ng5? And why 2...,Qxh3 is regarded as best move for black? |
| p09167 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I think 1.Ng5 Qg4 |
| p09167 | b | LowestRd | 1946 | Black doesn't need to play the best move in these problems. But, you do ;) |
| p09168 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate threat wins material: After Qf5+, Black can avoid mate only by losing his Q. |
| p09171 | w | QuickFire | 1582 | I still like it! |
| p09171 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Me too! |
| p09181 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.7 seconds |
| p09181 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | nice problem, tricky final back rank whites attack-defense |
| p09181 | b | grom43 | 1654 | YES, nice problem. An extra resource to win a rook. |
| p09181 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 2.2 seconds. i'd seen what the first 2 moves were going to be and figured out the 3rd one while i was waiting for black to move. |
| p09181 | b | barz | 1708 | 7k/r1p3pp/1pR2p2/3n3r/pB2Q3/P2P2P1/1P2PP1q/4RK2 b - - 0 1 |
| p09192 | w | spinningrooks | 1128 | Good noob puzzle. |
| p09194 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate with Q and B: Qg5+. ...Rg6 blocks Q, but Qd8+, Nf8; Qxf8#. |
| p09198 | b | Subrosian | 1658 | I've seen 1300s harder than this. |
| p09198 | b | Piitb | 1402 | Knight takes rook also works |
| p09198 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Piitb : see variation below. |
| p09199 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | nice |
| p09201 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23413 to solve
30.1 seconds
only good defence against mate because g4 does not work
too much time to find it and play it. |
| p09201 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.4 seconds |
| p09201 | b | Kacparov | 2002 | 8.5 seconds |
| p09208 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Maybe it would be easier to see the knight is hanging if the rating was lower! |
| p09208 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.0 seconds
agree with Elroch |
| p09208 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.0 seconds |
| p09208 | w | grom43 | 1654 | But you still have to check what happens after 2 Nd6, right? |
| p09213 | b | wald | 1565 | what's the point? |
| p09213 | b | Eviltactician | 1509 | Okay, so it's a pawn trade, and we maintain a material advantage????? |
| p09213 | b | pat5547 | 1248 | To the other two commentors:
exf4 is a double attack on both bishops; Bxf4 is the only way to keep the pair |
| p09213 | b | drad | 1651 | Bxc5 Bxc5+ and white is screwed. The check is hard to see |
| p09216 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | an incredible mate in 1 |
| p09227 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.2 seconds |
| p09230 | w | stevie | 1222 | sacrifice rook to allow pawn to advance |
| p09232 | w | TryRaptor | 1351 | fork |
| p09234 | b | grom43 | 1654 | 3 Ra5 nails the bishop which defends b6 which is a neat square for white's Na8. I got it! ...after missing it then studying it. |
| p09236 | w | theKnife | 1671 | See problem p37551. |
| p09251 | b | JSorel | 1664 | nice idea! |
| p09251 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.0 seconds need more moves(Ke7 Qxd4) |
| p09251 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 6.5 thought too much about moves like Qa5 and everything at the beginning I completely missed idea Qxd4 pin |
| p09252 | b | grom43 | 1654 | 2 Bc8 with threat Nf5 seems stronger that 2 Bxa5, but I guess 2 Rc8 is best. |
| p09274 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.2 seconds |
| p09276 | b | JEES | 1922 | Qh6 is not the main move in solution... error in problem |
| p09277 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.0 seconds |
| p09277 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | 2... Rh2+ 3. Kf1 Rh1+ 4. Kg2 and then Qh2+ is the same thing. (and we gain time on the clock) |
| p09277 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 11.0 seconds too!! |
| p09277 | w | barz | 1708 | 6k1/5ppp/8/1p2q3/p2R4/P6r/1B2KR2/3Q4 w - - 0 1 |
| p09281 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | did not guess it correctly
solution is too short because people can get it by guessing
The point is Qa1+ and Ne4+ and Qxh8 |
| p09281 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Uh, I think UriBlass meant the point would be if 2 Qh8+ Kd7, and if 2 ...Ke7? 3 Bd6+ followed by 4 Qf8+ OK for White. But that move 2 ...Kd7 wins. But it's complicated to see all that in 3 seconds. |
| p09281 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Or he was thinking White wouldn't see 3 Bd6+ and play 3 Ba3 when his line works out great. |
| p09283 | b | sarciness | 1465 | Easy for a 1741. |
| p09283 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Not so easy because you have to decide between Rxe5 and Bxf5. |
| p09283 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | yes and immediate Rxe5 doesn't work because N controls e3 blocking square after Bxf7+ and Qd4+
Here is FEN:
r1bqk2r/ppp2ppp/8/2b1pn2/2P3B1/2NP4/PP3PPP/R1BQR1K1 b kq - 0 1 |
| p09283 | b | neiking | 1591 | Rxe5 doesn't work because Bd6 |
| p09300 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Should include Kh7 Rc7+ Nd7 Rxc8 Rxc8 Qxd7+ at least. |
| p09302 | w | brulla | 1444 | Not difficult but beautiful geometry! |
| p09309 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: Qa5+ forks K(e1) and R(c7). |
| p09313 | w | Kacparov | 2002 | 5.1 seconds, thought there's something more... |
| p09313 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | Kacparov,
5.1 seconds is not thinking
I really thought there's something more and played the right move only after more than a minute of thinking because of searching for a better move without finding it so lost 1:0 against the problem. |
| p09315 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 22.5 seconds |
| p09315 | w | drad | 1651 | I alternate with this puzzle, wrong, right, wrong, right, wrong, right |
| p09317 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23402 to solve
7.2 seconds
memorized but was not sure |
| p09323 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Mate in 2 !! |
| p09326 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 25.0 seconds |
| p09340 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.1 seconds |
| p09342 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p09344 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | interesting removal of the guard problem! |
| p09347 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.4 seconds |
| p09355 | w | wild | 1305 | it's the only plausible move on the board. Shouldn't this be a 900-level problem? |
| p09357 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 4.9 seconds :-) |
| p09358 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p09360 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.0 seconds |
| p09374 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | nice trapping idea |
| p09375 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played too fast 3...Ne4 missing Nxe4 |
| p09375 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | i played 3...Nd7 |
| p09376 | w | CLance | 2086 | Quite easy for 1850 |
| p09376 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23500 to solve
30 seconds.
I disagree that it is easy for 1850.
many possible checks and it is not easy to find the right check
Qf2+ and Qh4+
|
| p09376 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | soo easy for the level! 3 sec to find it |
| p09377 | b | underated | 1374 | I hestiated but my 2nd thought said yes. That is the answer |
| p09385 | b | YOIULI | 1614 | Nice! |
| p09385 | b | wald | 1565 | I found that, but it took me ages. So I wonder why its rating isn't higher. |
| p09385 | b | LowScore | 1564 | Found it in 7.7. seconds. I guess itÄs easy to see you have that mate pattern in your head. |
| p09385 | b | JSorel | 1664 | You've solved problem p09385 in 3.7 seconds. :-) |
| p09385 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.5 seconds |
| p09385 | b | Karpsparov | 1553 | 1.5 seconds? IT took you THAT long? For ME, the problem loaded already complete. |
| p09385 | b | Lioric | 1526 | spectacular...
found it very fast.. didn't even check whether it was correct
just came to me |
| p09385 | b | Alseki | 1484 | Quite interesting. |
| p09388 | w | mtavakol | 1750 | I think the point of this problem is really in the 2nd move: White will play 2. gxf6 when both Kf7 and Kf8 - the natural moves - are impossible due to a forced exchange of queens which leaves Black with a material disadvantage. So it seems you can only play 2. ... Kd8!, as given in your analysis, or maybe also 2. ... Ke8, intending 3. Qc8+ Nd8. If this latter line is impossible you should include 2. gxf6+ Kd8 in the solution, since, as I said, this seems to be the crucial point in the position. |
| p09388 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 31.5 seconds |
| p09388 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with mtavakol |
| p09400 | b | Holy | 1098 | You have to figure out that this is a defensive problem. |
| p09400 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | But if you figure that out pretty quick, it turns into a pretty ugly problem. |
| p09404 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | a simple fork |
| p09406 | w | Schumi | 1523 | Nice. The pin is difficult to spot for some reason. |
| p09406 | w | drad | 1651 | I thought Rxe6 looked dangerous, guess not. |
| p09406 | w | drad | 1651 | Rxe3 I mean. |
| p09406 | w | drad | 1651 | indeed. |
| p09408 | w | brulla | 1444 | Here you have to see that it is not the mate to be made that we are looking for but the mate to be prevented. |
| p09408 | w | TimmPure | 1374 | I was amazed this problem has such a high rating. If you see the impending danger it's not difficult at all to figure out the move. |
| p09408 | w | DocB | 1237 | I didn't see the impending danger. though q to d something was a double exclaimo |
| p09419 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 49.0 seconds
rook to the 7th should be simple but it has high rating |
| p09419 | w | milos62 | 1916 | UriBlass: I agree, black
king looks vulenrable as well |
| p09423 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.0 seconds |
| p09423 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 0.8 seconds |
| p09423 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | needs more moves |
| p09423 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | deflection |
| p09427 | b | lancer2000 | 1410 | f3 may be the correct tactical move, but I have serious doubts about it as the correct strategic move. |
| p09428 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 19.8 seconds |
| p09428 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.2 seconds |
| p09429 | w | underated | 1374 | got half of it right...where are 1/2 my points. |
| p09432 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 31.0 seconds
hesitated between 2...Nxd4 ands 2...Re2 |
| p09432 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 3rr1k1/ppp2pp1/2n4p/3q1b2/3Nn3/2P3P1/PQ2PPBP/R1BR2K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p09451 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: Q(f5)g4+ forks K(g7) and R(f3). |
| p09451 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | forking already attacked piece |
| p09458 | b | Samer | 1567 | Deceptively easy...Which is good. No signs in real life that say "white to play and mate in 7." |
| p09458 | b | Megiddo | 1578 | I agree. More problems like this with trivial solutions please! |
| p09458 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 27.0 seconds |
| p09460 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Neat problem! |
| p09460 | w | CLance | 2086 | one more move (Kc8!!) sholud be inlcuded in the problem |
| p09460 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 75.4 seconds |
| p09461 | b | grom43 | 1654 | How is that rated 1741? |
| p09465 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate: After Q(h4)d8+, mate with Q and B soon follows. |
| p09471 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | It simply does not matter -why- you line up your pieces. After 1 Kg1xNf2?, White has captured a piece but has lined up his f2-king with his e1-rook for the devastating SKEWER 1 ... Be7-h4+!, winning for Black. |
| p09472 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Pin: After 1...h4, if 2.gxh4, then Qxc7(Q). Hence ...h3 then ...Qxg2(N). |
| p09479 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.3 seconds |
| p09484 | w | underated | 1374 | pressure pin. |
| p09484 | w | texian | 1113 | nice one .. i played for an even exchange .. the soultion results in a likely win rather than a draw |
| p09484 | w | cheetah7 | 1492 | cant belive I missed it!! |
| p09487 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | I thought Nf4 was the same thing (even more forceful), but it doesn't work because the Queen is hitting the other rook. Nice problem! |
| p09489 | w | hmpf142000 | 1670 | Rook takes c2. queen takes c2. and queen takes b3. Looks better and is stronger! |
| p09489 | w | jokim | 2000 | Not really - Rxc2 Qxc2 Qxb3 Qxb3 Bc6+ Rd5 and Black can resign. |
| p09489 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.7 seconds |
| p09493 | b | yean23 | 1581 | very nice |
| p09493 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Very crisp! |
| p09493 | b | Stress | 1659 | Indeed! |
| p09493 | b | CryptorKid | 1348 | didn't saw it |
| p09493 | b | mazette | 1350 | I'm familiar with the mate pattern but I missed it here. Very nice. |
| p09500 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.2 seconds |
| p09500 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.7 seconds |
| p09500 | w | drad | 1651 | it's high rated because Bc5 looks tempting, and white's move lures you into it ;) |
| p09500 | w | television | 1655 | 3,5.its high rated |
| p09508 | w | underated | 1374 | pull the pin... |
| p09509 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.9 seconds
idea is Ra1+ and Ra8 mate |
| p09509 | b | Lateralus | 1642 | seems still won for black after cxb5 Kb7 bxc6+ Qxc6 so what is the point |
| p09509 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.7 seconds
The point is that maybe black is not going to find Kb7 |
| p09509 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1,7 seconds |
| p09509 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | White is completely lost whatever happens; admittedly with 2. cxb5, Black might blunder, but otherwise this problem has no merit; -1 stars |
| p09521 | b | edgy | 1645 | very poor problem |
| p09521 | b | Schumi | 1523 | How did this get to be rated 1592? |
| p09521 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | You know you're tired when you miss tactics like this!!!! Time for a break :) |
| p09521 | b | TheBlackKnight | 1542 | Well, you just have to take back - the most natural move - and Black is dead! Thanks for the extra rating, guys :) |
| p09521 | b | Stress | 1659 | Such simple problems keep you awake. |
| p09521 | b | jokim | 2000 | It's a good CTS problem |
| p09521 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds
could solve it faster but took time to see that I am not dreaming.
The problem has now rating of only 1581.2 with RD of 8.4 and I hope it is going to go down.
unlike normal recapture when it is not obvious that the move is best here I see no reason to use long time because the recapture is even a mate.
I may miss it in the future if I say that it is too easy
but at this point of time I even do not understand how
and I really wonder what are the errors of the people who go wrong.
maybe they try Nf7+ first or maybe they try Qg6 to play Qh7 mate. |
| p09521 | b | barz | 1708 | 0 star... |
| p09521 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | UriBlass, it went up! it is now 1583.6 !! |
| p09521 | b | grom43 | 1654 | People miss this because they are looking for "tricks" I guess. Like UriBlass, I thought I was dreaming, not even believing I wasn't missing something... But agree with Stress and jokim, too. |
| p09521 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | this time 2.8 seconds
Note that I could understand higher rating in case of a single move but even after thinking slightly more than 3 seconds ,I play the second move fast. |
| p09521 | b | polgary | 1530 | ? |
| p09521 | b | deusdeusdeus | 1459 | poor!!!! |
| p09521 | b | musiclife | 1602 | Rating 1587.9
RD 6.9 |
| p09521 | b | Alseki | 1484 | Pretty trivial. |
| p09528 | w | BughouseMaster | 1555 | Absolutely brilliant. |
| p09528 | w | BughouseMaster | 1555 | Absolutely brilliant. |
| p09528 | w | Megiddo | 1578 | Cute problem. I did not see the pawn on a2, so I did not understand the solution at first. |
| p09528 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.1 seconds |
| p09530 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Damn knights ! |
| p09536 | w | Chessdoom | 1586 | :-| |
| p09536 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.9 seconds and this time remembered it but was not sure so hesitated a lot about the first move |
| p09536 | w | drad | 1651 | the whole thing revolves around the hanging rook in the corner.. persistency pays off hey ;) |
| p09536 | w | drad | 1651 | actually now I come to think about it.. looks like stalemate |
| p09536 | w | LowestRd | 1946 | stalemate? |
| p09536 | w | LowestRd | 1946 | The first move takes a bit of intuition... but everyone is loaded with that stuff while problem solving ;) |
| p09536 | w | grom43 | 1654 | "Whole thing" revolves around white's king exposed. As black, you need to seek mate. As black, you are about to get mated so 1...Qxg5+ is forced (not that LowestRd isn't right about intuition here). |
| p09537 | b | disquotation | 1439 | I like it. A quiet move. |
| p09541 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 4.0, i can't believe it actually made me click out the 2nd move. lol! |
| p09541 | b | neiking | 1591 | You've solved problem p09541 in 2.0 seconds. ( Result 1.00 : 0.00 )
Your new rating is 1589.73 (+3.58).
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| p09543 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | maximisation of material gain |
| p09544 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | tried 1...Qb7 with b4 but it does not work because of 2.Qf3 |
| p09544 | w | themagician | 1543 | You've solved problem p09544 in 2.1 seconds. ( Result 1.00 : 0.00 )
Your new rating is 1679.37 (+13.80).
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| p09544 | w | themagician | 1543 | 1...Qb7 doesn't work because of 2.Ne4, 2.Qe4 and 2.Qf3 |
| p09544 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | i was unduly scared of the knight on c3 even though i couldn't find a way it could hurt me so I tried Bxc3 first with the intent of b4 followed by Qb7+ last, but missed that white doesn't have to take my bishop on c3 right away, but can instead play 2. Bxc5! |
| p09545 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 44.1 seconds |
| p09545 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | great defence |
| p09545 | w | television | 1655 | por los pelos jejjee |
| p09546 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | more moves, up to 4...Rg1+ |
| p09546 | w | JSorel | 1664 | nice |
| p09546 | w | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | Several solutions...
|
| p09551 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.1 seconds |
| p09551 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.4 seconds this time |
| p09552 | b | mathaias | 1434 | Very good. Makes you look beyond the obvious move. |
| p09552 | b | mathaias | 1434 | Very good. Makes you look beyond the obvious move. |
| p09570 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate: After 3.Qh2+, then 3...Qh7; 4.Qxh7(Q)#. |
| p09577 | w | wild | 1305 | last move in this sequence is brutal |
| p09578 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.7 seconds |
| p09580 | b | determined1 | 1449 | not strong enough to be a 1600 problem |
| p09580 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | I think it's a good one |
| p09580 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | clearly strong enough
1612 problem
I lost rating against it because used 7 seconds |
| p09584 | b | iwinyoulose | 1858 | Very obvious |
| p09588 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | It's a pin! |
| p09588 | b | element | 1423 | Problem p09588...Crafty. |
| p09588 | b | element | 1423 | Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec!!Wow
|
| p09589 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | failure
the wrong threat
played e5 that does not threat the queen and only try to push the knight out of f6 |
| p09589 | b | drad | 1651 | trick puzzle |
| p09593 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23138 to solve
10.7 seconds
got it in the past but did not remember the solution and it took me time to find the move f3+ from the root position. |
| p09604 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.1 seconds |
| p09604 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 2rr2k1/4bppp/pp1pp3/2q1n3/P1P1NBn1/1P4P1/1Q2PPNP/2RR2K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p09605 | b | thetactician11 | 1662 | Bf1 is equally good. Come on! |
| p09605 | b | iamsuperman | 1407 | bf1!!!! |
| p09605 | b | rhennig | 1450 | Bf1 can be answered with Ng5, resulting in queen trade or queen escaping. |
| p09607 | w | jokim | 2000 | One expects a perpetual... |
| p09607 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.0 seconds
if there are 2 ways for perpetual then perpetual cannot be the solution.
could use it to play 3...h5+ faster but decided to think inspite of it in order to see the mate. |
| p09607 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | now did not think about the simple logic that I wrote and played the perpetual because of counting material. |
| p09609 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Curious. A simple fork would be expected to have a very low rating. |
| p09610 | w | gonulcelen | 1932 | overrated 2100 |
| p09611 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.3 seconds |
| p09611 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 36.8 |
| p09612 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.5 seconds |
| p09612 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.4 seconds |
| p09616 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | perhaps should include th further 2. Kf1 Bb5# |
| p09618 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Qxa6! what a plonker! |
| p09618 | w | LowScore | 1564 | wtf...Qxa6 is in no way, shape, or form a legal move here...get a grip |
| p09626 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.9 seconds |
| p09626 | w | themagician | 1543 | 1.1 sec |
| p09628 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Puzzle should have been extended to a few more moves. |
| p09628 | w | ankka | 1302 | More moves please |
| p09629 | w | ramkrish | 1410 | go!Ram
|
| p09629 | w | KingKarrl | 1163 | Proper sequence sacks extra material. |
| p09633 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | Epaulette mate. |
| p09633 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | That's right! |
| p09643 | b | wald | 1565 | 2 Nc6 also wins (a piece), making the solution ambiguous. Problem should be removed. |
| p09643 | b | milos62 | 1916 | I agree |
| p09643 | b | Svenja | 1588 | Sc6 is even nicer and far more elaborate than the solution. Who would guess that for avoiding the mate Black has to give the bishop and still cannot capture the knight afterwards. I only saw the solution as it easily sacks the rook. |
| p09643 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.3 seconds |
| p09649 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failed
chose 2...Bg7
saw 2...Kh6 losing and thought Re7 is bad because I need the rook to attack the king |
| p09649 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | the line that you need to see to reject Bg7 is Qba7 Qa1 Qxa1 |
| p09649 | w | milos62 | 1916 | White is punished for an
incorrect sacrifice |
| p09663 | b | JSorel | 1664 | hard to find for me... |
| p09663 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.3 seconds |
| p09663 | b | themagician | 1543 | 3.9 seconds |
| p09663 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r7/pp5p/2nNkp2/2P2p2/1P2p3/P2r4/5PPP/1R2RK2 b - - 0 1 |
| p09665 | b | jokim | 2000 | Good CTS problem |
| p09665 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | this is a famous historical combination, can't remember the reference, though |
| p09665 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | this is a famous historical combination, can't remember the reference, though |
| p09674 | b | plopje | 1678 | I like these x-ray problems |
| p09674 | b | jyt230 | 1507 | Very beautiful problem |
| p09674 | b | redrat | 1596 | cool |
| p09674 | b | tarikh | 1645 | nice |
| p09674 | b | fatherpeter | 1483 | This problem didnt open |
| p09674 | b | rockym | 1626 | I liked that cross pin. |
| p09674 | b | redrat | 1596 | Is it simple or not ?! |
| p09674 | b | star21qq | 1550 | Wow.Nice pin! |
| p09674 | b | rockym | 1626 | 2. Qf3 does not work, because of 2...Qd4 |
| p09674 | b | rkrish999 | 1554 | very nice - surprised its only 1570 |
| p09674 | b | mazette | 1350 | Simple and beautiful |
| p09681 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | seems underrated to me.
It is the second time that I get it.
First time I did not solve it and now I needed 9.5 seconds. |
| p09681 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | correct it to 9.3 seconds |
| p09681 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | now 9.6 seconds |
| p09685 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | what the heck? |
| p09685 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Defending against Rh1. |
| p09687 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.9 seconds |
| p09687 | w | grom43 | 1654 | 1. ...Bc5+! What changes? White still threatens mate with Q and Ng5, and if Black takes the N, mate on g7. Why just that 2 Kh1 loses immediately. |
| p09687 | w | television | 1655 | and the queen can defend the castle |
| p09692 | w | barz | 1708 | 2r3k1/p1q2pbp/1p1pn1p1/8/1PP2P2/P3BP2/B2Q3P/3R3K w - - 0 1 |
| p09696 | b | underated | 1374 | this could have been derailed if the kind did not take the attacking bishop. |
| p09696 | b | underated | 1374 | please replac the word kind with the real word 'king' |
| p09696 | b | thingfish | 1345 | underated is right, though black will lose an exchange and more with a different king move. |
| p09697 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | i can totally still win a pawn if i take his queen with my queen the simul attack the rook and king with the bishop! :) oh wait, queen for a bishop instead... hmmm, which is better? |
| p09702 | b | Regiomontanus | 907 | I dont understand this one : with this position the rook is taken !? |
| p09702 | b | Yoder | 1253 | Regiomontanus: yes, but 2 moves later black gains the queen. |
| p09703 | w | chesschocolate | 1837 | good puzzle in a realistic position |
| p09706 | b | MegaceryleMaxi | 1656 | I resolved the "solution" within a very short time frame, but because positional thinking - name it a guess - this is not a fully tactical 1631 rated position |
| p09706 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Needs more moves |
| p09706 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I also guessed right but it took me 59.9 seconds because I dislike guessing |
| p09706 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with edgy and floreatdunum. |
| p09706 | b | barz | 1708 | This rook on h7 disturbed me ! |
| p09706 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | for me it wasn't positional. tactically, when trying to harass an enemy king the first move is the most logical cause it cuts off the most squares and it has the least amount of possible responses, so it's the easiest to begin calculations with it. it took me 49 seconds to see that i thought i could win a queen with it. |
| p09706 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | lol! omg! I got lucky on this one that i got the right move since i see now i couldn't win the queen, but i see now it's the bishop you can get. hehe. |
| p09717 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Should include what happens on Qc2 i.e. bxa4 Bc7 Qd5 |
| p09717 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | btw, I got almost this exact position once in a tournament game! ;-) |
| p09717 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | attacking pinner |
| p09719 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.4 seconds |
| p09719 | b | tdemedts | 1728 | the last move (Qa3+) is a tricky one |
| p09723 | b | pdazz | 1388 | !! |
| p09726 | w | bubenimyolum | 1920 | overrated 2170 |
| p09726 | w | jokim | 2000 | Very tricky position and continuation, not overrated at all. |
| p09727 | w | wild | 1305 | nice position, I missed it and pushed the pawn.... |
| p09731 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | I do not understand why the rating is so high for this simple fork. |
| p09737 | w | SmokenFlames | 1418 | I allways forget about the a5 square in my games!! |
| p09740 | b | jacovanniekerk | 1359 | eh? |
| p09740 | b | mathaias | 1434 | obvious |
| p09743 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 1.6 secs |
| p09750 | b | loneknight30 | 1384 | I suggested Q-d3 which threatens the same checkmate as the solution, yet for some reason my answer is wrong. |
| p09750 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Standard Dutch Defence trap: 1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. Bg3 f4 5. e3. The reason, loneknight30 that Qd3 is not good is that there are then several good defences to Qg6#, leaving the bishop trapped on g3. 5. e3, in contrast, allows White exf4 after the mate threat has been dealt with. An old chestnut of a game is supposed to have continued 5...h5 6. Bd3(not Be2 as suggested in Crafty's analysis below) 6... Rh6 7. Qxh5+! Rxh5 8. Bg6# However the move 4. Bg3 is not supposed to be any good, anyway, as Black just plays 4...Nf6! (instead of 4...f4) 5. e3 d6 6. h4 g4 7. h5 Be6 with unclear play. |
| p09750 | b | Coventry | 1613 | stupid shit, i quit |
| p09750 | b | mgatgra | 1495 | Isn't e4 just as good? |
| p09750 | b | television | 1655 | with e3, the chain of pawns fall if black finds a defense to checkmate |
| p09754 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | decoy and lateral pin! |
| p09756 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Last move is delightful |
| p09756 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23086 to solve
6.5 seconds
got it in the past but did not remember immediately |
| p09758 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | fork + distraction |
| p09759 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.3 seconds |
| p09759 | w | ephesus | 1652 | It is very easy. |
| p09760 | b | utilla | 1795 | no way |
| p09760 | b | chesschocolate | 1837 | wow, one of those that make you go, WOW-how did i miss that!!
i wouldn't say its beauty is really too great, but its beauty comes from how the solution of capturing a queen is rated 2000 |
| p09766 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.9 seconds |
| p09773 | b | wcahleter | 1332 | no veo que sea obligatorio 2... Rxa1 |
| p09773 | b | Holy | 1098 | wcahleter, 2 ... Rxa1 is not forced. But, White has already won the knight by that point. The next move of the problem shows why 2 ... Rxa1 fails to counter 2 axb3. |
| p09773 | b | wcahleter | 1332 | thanks Holy, now I understand |
| p09776 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | promotion |
| p09779 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.3 seconds |
| p09779 | b | drad | 1651 | simple li'l mate in 2 |
| p09780 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.8 seconds |
| p09783 | b | capri83 | 1312 | nice skewer ! |
| p09783 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | instead of taking the rook with the knight right away black should check the king with his bishop giving him a chance to make a mistake and move his king to the wrong spot |
| p09785 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | too many captures and check so hard and not pretty.
failed in it by Rxg7+ with the idea Bc5+ and Qd8+ missing Nxd8 that I saw earlier |
| p09785 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.0 seconds |
| p09786 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | failure
I should remember that pieces do not have to escape
from threat.
I failed in the first move when I played Kf1 with the idea Na4 after Rf8 escapes and I saw no threat with Kh1
but Kf1 is bad because in that case Bh4 is a mate threat that I did not notice and later Bxf8 is a mistake because Kxf8 win the white rook and the quiet Qxd6 is winning.
|
| p09792 | w | spacecowboy | 1394 | This problem ends prematurely after 1...Qb4+. The problem should continue until Black's second move, a check from the c-file.
Understanding why this problem is not a dual (1...Rhf8?? allows Black to get mated) requires the understanding that the black queen must first protect the c7 square before skewering the black queen and bishop from f8. |
| p09792 | w | spacecowboy | 1394 | This problem ends prematurely after 1...Qb4+. The problem should continue until Black's second move, a check from the c-file.
Understanding why this problem is not a dual (1...Rhf8?? allows Black to get mated) requires the understanding that the black queen must first protect the c7 square before skewering the black queen and bishop from f8. |
| p09792 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | I agree with spacecowboy |
| p09792 | w | Sidorsky | 1502 | good analysis |
| p09792 | w | drad | 1651 | thanks for the analysis spacecowboy, a really nice problem! but sadly it is wasted. |
| p09792 | w | drad | 1651 | I would also like to add that the 2nd point of getting your queen to c6 is to protect the h1 rook, so that after Ref8, black's queen can't threaten the h-rook. |
| p09792 | w | drad | 1651 | sorry, I'm using bad coordinates again.. I mean c3 not c6 |
| p09795 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played Ng3+ too fast and not Rxe4 |
| p09795 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | I did just like you uri |
| p09795 | w | barz | 1708 | I did like you, guys. |
| p09798 | w | underated | 1374 | good point earner |
| p09798 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Overloaded P: After ...R(c8)xc5(N), if dxc5(R), then Q(d6)xd1(Q)+ |
| p09798 | w | Boomer360 | 1178 | Taking advantage of a pinned pawn.
The White pawn on d4 is pinned. If the pawn moves off the d file (if it captures) then the Black queen on d6 takes the White queen on d1 for free. The Black rook on c8 is able to take advantage of this situation by capturing the White knight on c5. The pawn must not take the rook, so Black gets the White knight with no compensation for White. The knight that appears to be protected on that square at first glance is actually not protected. |
| p09805 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Fiendish. |
| p09815 | w | thingfish | 1345 | nice decoy. |
| p09817 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | what on earth is that all about? |
| p09817 | w | kendal | 1531 | What that is all about, you fucking idiot, is that you have to see that you have to protect the rook. |
| p09819 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.3 seconds |
| p09819 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.8 seconds |
| p09824 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds
need to threat potential indirect attackers |
| p09827 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Too easy |
| p09830 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23379 to solve
2.1 seconds
relatively easy for the rating. |
| p09831 | b | pkendal | 1520 | What is the differnece between 3. Qe5 and 3. Qc4?!? |
| p09831 | b | pkendal | 1520 | Qc5, rather. |
| p09831 | b | zeebee | 1550 | Qe5 allows Bf4, weakening white's pawn structure. I guess that makes it a slightly inferior move. |
| p09831 | b | zeebee | 1550 | Actually, scratch that! :) |
| p09831 | b | zeebee | 1550 | Qc5 allows Nd5, retaining the bishop. |
| p09831 | b | knight | 1583 | typical interference theme, strange this puzzle is rated so high |
| p09831 | b | tjumen | 1598 | the puzzle needs several precise moves. maybe hence is the high rating |
| p09831 | b | tjumen | 1598 | actually just the second precise move. the first is obvious. |
| p09831 | b | neiking | 1591 | why is the puzzle high rated when it is so easy??? |
| p09840 | w | JDRUMMER | 1482 | These are too hard for there rating. A 1317 player would never see that. Give me a break. |
| p09843 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Very cool. |
| p09843 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Valliant knights! |
| p09846 | w | edgy | 1645 | Doesn't 1...Nf4 also win? |
| p09846 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | 1...Nf4 2.f3 Qh3+ 3.Kg1 Re2 4.Qxe2 is fine for White (I tried 1...Nf4 also) |
| p09846 | w | waldorff | 1702 | fortunately i like rook lifts |
| p09847 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate with Q, R, and P(g4) |
| p09848 | b | LowestRd | 1946 | Simple, but the idea of Qe7 is really tempting |
| p09848 | b | JSorel | 1664 | I agree : Qe7 made me lose ~15s ... |
| p09850 | w | underated | 1374 | good material swap off |
| p09850 | w | rockym | 1626 | original !!! |
| p09850 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed! lol! that was a pretty memorable problem though so i think it'll be a while before i forget it again. |
| p09853 | w | Holy | 1098 | Skewering the mating square through the queen! |
| p09853 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Precisely! |
| p09853 | w | CryptorKid | 1348 | sweet |
| p09853 | w | curiouschild | 1223 | no good options for the blacks! |
| p09853 | w | TheObjectivist | 1060 | Nice |
| p09854 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Deflect guard: After B(c5)xe3(B)+, if Qxe3(B), then R(a8)xa6(R). |
| p09855 | b | loot | 1486 | More stars if it ends one move earlier. Finding Rg5+ should be enough. |
| p09855 | b | stevie | 1222 | Check K to steal Q |
| p09855 | b | DocB | 1237 | roara |
| p09859 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | another despicable dual - Throw this problem out! |
| p09859 | b | czukay | 1427 | nice one! |
| p09859 | b | LowestRd | 1946 | It's not a dual.... I only see one answer |
| p09860 | w | ngnblcn | 1851 | nice |
| p09860 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.5 seconds |
| p09860 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.7 seconds |
| p09860 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.3 seconds |
| p09860 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 0.5 seconds |
| p09860 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | like it |
| p09861 | b | Fromper | 1338 | A well hidden move. I actually missed it. |
| p09863 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Poor. It's pretty bloody obvious that you can't stop the c-pawn. Promote your own then. Takes Brain of Britain for that one. |
| p09863 | b | LowScore | 1564 | I wonder why you play chess or solve CTS puzzles. The ones you solve are too easy, the ones you don't solve are retarded and pointless. WTF? |
| p09863 | b | Coventry | 1613 | WHAT THE HELL???? |
| p09863 | b | decembersnake | 1528 | this problem SUCKS |
| p09863 | b | mathaias | 1434 | Was looking for a tactic until it hit me that there isn't one. Push the pawn, duh. |
| p09863 | b | mathaias | 1434 | Was looking for a tactic until it hit me that there isn't one. Push the pawn, duh. |
| p09863 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | It's not beautiful, but there's nothing wrong with it. Sorry for stating the obvious, but if more people solved it quickly enough it's rating would go down -- same as every other problem on this site. |
| p09864 | b | Holy | 1098 | Lots of White responses to consider before being sure of the correct move. |
| p09864 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Pretty neat trick. Discovered attack on the Queen whilst the knight prepares to fork the king and knight. |
| p09867 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.8 seconds |
| p09868 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 2 Qf4xRd2!is a simply beautiful example of the PASSED PAWN VERSUS ROOK TRICK. |
| p09872 | w | ajotatxe | 1405 | Qxe1+ also works |
| p09872 | w | Tom74 | 1251 | same |
| p09872 | w | ankka | 1302 | ajotaxte: Qxe1+ is not a legal move in the given position. |
| p09872 | w | sjguy | 1051 | Why not Qxe1+ also? |
| p09872 | w | ankka | 1302 | sjguy: Qxe1+ would place the Black king in check. |
| p09872 | w | Faurey | 1227 | Beauty |
| p09875 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | damn good move |
| p09875 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.2 seconds |
| p09875 | b | polgary | 1530 | Romanishin - Plaskett 1976 |
| p09877 | b | ngnblcn | 1851 | overrated 1918 |
| p09877 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.1 seconds |
| p09884 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 33.6 seconds
first time that I see it thought too much about defence or c4 to attack and did not see fast the simple capture attacking cxb4 |
| p09884 | w | drad | 1651 | interesting |
| p09886 | b | peletis | 1313 | nice |
| p09887 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 0.8 secs soo easy for the level ! should be for 1400s ! |
| p09889 | w | g8wrb | 1003 | only legal move |
| p09890 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Nice - a switchback with the queen. |
| p09890 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.6 seconds nice and got it in the past but did not remember and calculated again |
| p09890 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.3 seconds
now remembered it |
| p09890 | b | ChessPlayer56 | 1801 | 1.9 seconds |
| p09890 | b | grom43 | 1654 | You need to see the whole board and then to plan. This is a nice problem. |
| p09901 | b | jokim | 2000 | It is hard to find the difference between Qd5 and Qd6. |
| p09905 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mating attack: After ...Q(b8)xg3(N), Black threatens ...Qh2#. So Q(e2)xf3(N), R(h4)xh3+. [If gxh3(R), Q(g3)xf3(Q).] |
| p09905 | w | DocB | 1237 | ur all nothing to obama |
| p09909 | w | underated | 1374 | this looks bad and then it gets better. |
| p09911 | b | greatkid | 1694 | 4 sec 02 |
| p09917 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | i played bxg6 |
| p09919 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Low marks, because the real reason comes later than the end of the problem. In itself the problem is fine. |
| p09919 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with floreatdunum. Problem's solution should be extended so player has to find the perpetual. |
| p09919 | w | kwanpin | 1752 | i don't understand the solution... |
| p09919 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 2... Qb6 -> 3. Qxe6 |
| p09922 | w | underated | 1374 | good positional advantage. |
| p09922 | w | Holy | 1098 | Cleverly traps the knight, winning it outright. |
| p09929 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Devious fork with check. |
| p09935 | b | Holy | 1098 | Nice combo to pin the Q. |
| p09937 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Tricky problem. |
| p09939 | b | edgy | 1645 | very bad; must extend solution |
| p09939 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed. |
| p09939 | b | grom43 | 1654 | it is simply analysis, not a clear tactic? either way (2 Kd6 or 2 Kd5) you recognize not to put your king on the white diagonal and lose yr queen. |
| p09939 | b | bingobilly | 1504 | These kinds of problems are unfair for this kind of format. Please remove. |
| p09942 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Draw by perpetual check! |
| p09944 | b | Holy | 1098 | Very difficult to find this move. |
| p09944 | b | lancer2000 | 1410 | This problem seems more strategic than tactical. |
| p09951 | w | Holy | 1098 | Needs to go one more move. What's wrong with 2. Kh1? |
| p09951 | w | Holy | 1098 | OK, I see 2. Kh1 Qf1+ 3. Kh2 Qg1#. That seems like a tougher sequence to spot than the bishop fork. |
| p09951 | w | NK123 | 1263 | it's crazy |
| p09951 | w | NK123 | 1263 | it's crazy |
| p09955 | b | pinguino | 1600 | Nice jiu jitsu take. |
| p09955 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 67.8 seconds
problem 23057 to solve.
After previous failure took too much time
It took me more than 10 seconds to see that the queen is trapped after Qc3 Qxb1+ Kd2 and I decided that if I am slow then I prefer to be sure about the solution. |
| p09959 | w | TryRaptor | 1351 | nice, i seen it quickly because the bisshops |
| p09962 | w | stevie | 1222 | Advance pawn, become N to double fork |
| p09962 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Unfortunately, the software setup does not allow YOU to chose yourself which piece should the pawn be promoted to! |
| p09962 | w | stoyan | 1167 | It is very cool! Yes, it would be nice to ask what piece you would like to promote the pawn to. |
| p09962 | w | curiouschild | 1223 | good illustration that the best promotion for a pawn is not always a queen |
| p09962 | w | ehodge3 | 1325 | Under promotion at its finest
|
| p09971 | w | plopje | 1678 | very simple |
| p09971 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23296 to solve
5.9 seconds
found the moves but used sometime to check and I basically disagree with very simple when there are many pieces at the board. |
| p09971 | w | rockym | 1626 | I saw 2...Bb4 but did not saw 3...Re8 |
| p09973 | b | antielectron | 1223 | Qf3+ doesn't win anything because black has Qf6, pinning the white queen to the f file. Am I right? |
| p09973 | b | antielectron | 1223 | Qf3+ doesn't win anything because black has Qf6, pinning the white queen to the f file. Am I right? |
| p09982 | w | inkwire | 1667 | if those "$19" symbols mean -+, then Black wins with many moves. |
| p09982 | w | Zuggy | 1902 | -2 is good enough. |
| p09982 | w | grom43 | 1654 | What do you guys mean? It's mate. I don't know what $19 means as a symbol, but I'm sure that 5...Qg2# means black wins by checkmate... |
| p09984 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Pin: R(d1) pins N(d2) to K(d5) |
| p09986 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed. missed that i was in check. lol that's why cts is so hard - though it is kinda silly! |
| p09995 | b | Branco | 1311 | What is the problem with Nxg6+ ? |
| p09995 | b | Schumi | 1523 | Nxg6+
Nxg6 covers black's queen. |
| p09995 | b | Leucky | 1538 | nice mate |
| p10000 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | add the next move so it's clear White's winning the queen pls |
| p10004 | b | underated | 1374 | okay. and... |
| p10004 | b | Wolfgang | 1388 | ? |
| p10004 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | fxe5 leaves two pieces under threat, whilst hxg4 leaves only the knight under attack |
| p10008 | w | tomtom233 | 1470 | I thought that there was a deeper tactic but it was just exchanging |
| p10009 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 44.6 seconds |
| p10016 | b | barz | 1708 | r5k1/3q2r1/1p1p4/3Pp3/pP1nPpP1/P1R5/6P1/2RQ1NK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p10023 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Nf5 threatens Q(g3)xg7# or N(f5)xe7(B)+, forking K(g8) and Q(c6). |
| p10025 | w | Coventry | 1613 | wow that was a tricky one |
| p10031 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.6 seconds |
| p10031 | w | chessyeti | 1756 | 2.3 seconds |
| p10034 | b | sejo1 | 1600 | easy
|
| p10048 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.0 seconds |
| p10048 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.0 seconds |
| p10049 | b | greatkid | 1694 | You've solved problem p10049 in 1.5 seconds. ( Result 1.00 : 0.00 )
Your new rating is 1736.96 (+2.93). |
| p10050 | b | bwtaylor | 1447 | Black threatens Nf1+ followed by Ng3+ and mate with the rook. I missed the problem by playing 2. Rh6 thinking white would mate. After 3. RxB black will take back the exchange with either Nf1+ or Ng3+ and RxR. It seems like Black has some chances to draw after Ng3+. |
| p10050 | b | rootzero | 1332 | Agreed, I was thinking about a mate, not material. |
| p10050 | b | AngryPirate | 1308 | i did he same thing 8-( |
| p10050 | b | ristovak | 1211 | Thanks bwtaylor |
| p10050 | b | Elroch | 1453 | This is actually a difficult problem hiding behind a low rating. Some people undoubtedly spot the rook fork to win the bishop without thinking of trying for mate with Rh6. Rh6 would be the right second move if black did not have a less than trivial mate in 3 in response. |
| p10050 | b | JoeLag | 1409 | I played Rh6 ... and I have to rate the problem as poor. Beauty would only be there for BLACK if white plays Rh6. Thanks to bwtaylor for his explanation! |
| p10050 | b | UweD | 1405 | I played Rh6, because thinking through the whle defense/black to be mated complex would have overdrawn on time anyway. I gues statistically the way emrad is designed it will give more points in the long run to go for mate and get 90% of the points and get shafted 10%... in the real world of course that looks better. HOWEVER what makes me upset is that I was told to assume a blunder by black in every move...; which black does in move 1: the pawn move, why does black not plat Nf1+ straight up??why should I suddnely assume that black does not blunder on its second move?? Weird and upsetting inconsistant, irratic opposition behaviour, almost like politics... |
| p10050 | b | Holy | 1098 | Excellent and difficult problem. UweD's complaints are not legitimate. This problem is correct at all stages. The solution move at each point is definitely the best move for that position. The opponent's preceding move should not impact your approach to any move in any manner whatsoever. A legitimate complaint would be that poor play by the opposition must happen in order for any move to be the "correct" move. If that were the case, then the analysis would show thta there was a better move for the player to make, becasue the analysis assumes that the opponent will make the best move available. That is not the case here, or in any problems on CTS. The second move by Black in this problem was correct, because Black avoided Rd8#. The player must see that he cannot get mate (just threaten it with the first move) but can win 2 pieces for a rook. The player also must see that he cannot win the bishop outright with Re6+, but it's still the correct move because even after ...Nf1+ or ...Ng4+ White will win the knight and lose his rook. (Unfortunately, a lucky, quick-moving player can simply make the forking move, not realizing that he can't win the bishop, but only B+N for the R.) |
| p10050 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | not easy to see that there is no mate for black after R takes B |
| p10050 | b | Platinumtdj | 1470 | I have seen 2000+ rated problems less difficult than this. I suppose that the rating of a problem is evaluated from the rating of the people who solve it... but in this case most of the 1300-rated tacticians have simply looked at the fork without seeing the possible mate of white with Rh6 and the mate in three of black (and also the check with Ng4+). I mean, for resolving this problem it's better to be a little dumber... lol. I think this problem could be in the nightmares list of many high-rated tacticians.
Anyway, it's too bad ruining a problem in this way... there should be some defence to the bishop and we could have a nice 2000+ problem. |
| p10050 | b | phmilet | 1553 | The problem is great, but is severely underrated. As most people have pointed out, low-rated tacticians that spot winning the bishop probably dragged this problem's rating down. Deep problem though. |
| p10051 | w | tpollet | 1651 | Difficile et réussi.
L'idée : pour promouvoir le pion il faut l'aider. Surtout que la course à la promotion est engagée. |
| p10051 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.7 seconds
the threat Qf1+ and if Kh2 g1Q+ |
| p10051 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Uh, I think UriBlass meant after 1...Bh3 2 Kh2 Qf1 with the threat of g1=Q+ and mate on g2. Maybe. Tough problem. |
| p10051 | w | drad | 1651 | 77 seconds, felt good getting it right :D |
| p10051 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | what crap is this? my move, qb3 wins too? |
| p10055 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.3 seconds |
| p10058 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | discovered attack |
| p10058 | b | wild | 1305 | nice |
| p10066 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Pin: B(g7)f8 pins R(e7) to K(c4); R is lost. |
| p10078 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.5 seconds
too much thought about Be1 as first move |
| p10080 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.5 seconds |
| p10085 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.6 seconds |
| p10091 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | blocking another threat with attacked piece |
| p10115 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | No point. |
| p10130 | w | wild | 1305 | Very nice problem I thought, moving the knight to fork at f5 as well as defending g7. Almost got fooled by Nf3+, which gets black out of a jam, but ends up a wash material-wise. |
| p10130 | w | ChessMaster08 | 1308 | ................................................................................................................................ |
| p10142 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.4 seconds
took time to find 3.Bxg7+ |
| p10145 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23187 to solve
3.7 seconds
fortunately I guessed the first move and it gave me some more seconds to think.
|
| p10148 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Nasty little discovered attack |
| p10150 | b | tpollet | 1651 | Un fou non défendu en d6 et un autre en prise h4, la suite n'est qu'une question de tempo. |
| p10150 | b | Warminup | 1536 | The beauty is the dual focus on both Black's bishops |
| p10150 | b | grom43 | 1654 | And the beauty is that both 2 Ne4 and 3 de attack the Bd6. |
| p10156 | b | grom43 | 1654 | 1 ... Bc8 2 Rb8 Bd6 3 Qg7 not 3 Qh5+?. Tricky line. |
| p10158 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failed BxB is not good because of Nxe7+ and need QxQ first. |
| p10158 | w | barz | 1708 | r4rk1/4ppbp/b2p2p1/1BqNP3/P1pn4/4BP1P/R5P1/3QK2R w K - 0 1 |
| p10159 | b | Sidorsky | 1502 | nuthin' there |
| p10159 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23121 to solve
2.9 seconds
easy problem because it is obvious that you need to do something against the pin. |
| p10166 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.2 seconds |
| p10166 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds |
| p10167 | w | Blanchard | 1383 | I think Qf4+ before BxN transposes, and should be acceptable. |
| p10167 | w | Subrosian | 1658 | One problem is that you are in check. |
| p10174 | b | mburch1974 | 1481 | Difficult. |
| p10174 | b | abcdef | 1573 | this is chess |
| p10181 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.4 seconds |
| p10182 | w | Mclintock45 | 1003 | What is the point of these tactics, taking a bishop or mating? Please explain! |
| p10193 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.5 seconds |
| p10200 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Mate! |
| p10200 | b | ilovemo52 | 1339 | Look for the bigger threat ALWAYS. Good lesson |
| p10204 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | The point being? |
| p10204 | w | jzhang2000 | 1419 | taking back is not a tactic |
| p10212 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Looks like something that could happen in some line of the Classical Grunfeld. |
| p10212 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.1 seconds |
| p10212 | b | themagician | 1543 | 2.8 seconds new rating 1800 !! |
| p10220 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.7 seconds |
| p10220 | b | JSorel | 1664 | quite easy for a 1935... |
| p10220 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | Not easy when you try to be accurate and look for the first and the fact that the moves are the first moves that you think make it hard because you look for the trap and lose rating points. |
| p10225 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | Highly tactical position. |
| p10225 | w | czukay | 1427 | cherry flavored cake |
| p10225 | w | Garryback | 1581 | has to get far more points |
| p10231 | b | curiouschild | 1223 | nice mate |
| p10232 | b | DocB | 1237 | fork |
| p10233 | b | longhairedgit | 987 | nice way to reverse the outcome of the opponents planned attack. |
| p10234 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | pinned piece |
| p10234 | b | Holy | 1098 | Not only attacking a pinned piece, but FORKING the pinned piece and a checkmating square, thereby forcing the pinned piece to move--though, otherwise, it was not under any obigation to move. Great combination of themes: pin, fork, mate threat. |
| p10235 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | lol. i ALWAYS miss this 1. I remember missing it at least 3 times in the last month. I'm going to review it a dozen times now. :0 |
| p10235 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | .8! i finally got it, and a new speed record too! :) |
| p10235 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 1.6 |
| p10238 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | fork |
| p10239 | b | Elroch | 1453 | But seems surprisingly obvious for a 1650 problem |
| p10239 | b | theKnife | 1671 | So easy when you know the pattern.. |
| p10239 | b | MishaTheCat | 1690 | Howcome the chessboard is too big on my supermini comp of 10cm long ? The chessboard is too big for the screen and we can't make it smaller ! |
| p10252 | w | TAMBAGIMSIZ99 | 1930 | overrated 2112 |
| p10252 | w | lepolaputuki | 1826 | The main problem is seeing ...Bb7 doesn't work on move 2. I think there's another problem here dealing with that from White's perspective... |
| p10256 | b | barz | 1708 | 5rk1/pp2Qppp/2bRp3/8/8/7P/qP3PP1/4R2K b - - 0 1 |
| p10257 | b | peanut | 1214 | boo |
| p10257 | b | peanut | 1214 | okay |
| p10257 | b | peanut | 1214 | not bad, not good |
| p10259 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.9 seconds |
| p10269 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 1.9 seconds |
| p10271 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | exploitation of pinned piece |
| p10278 | w | theKnife | 1671 | Very good (attack on a1 + fork on c2) |
| p10278 | w | loot | 1486 | 5 stars to offset tomtom |
| p10278 | w | Greycloak | 1432 | 1. c4 Nb4 Qc3? I'm being blind to why that's bad. |
| p10278 | w | Greycloak | 1432 | Nevermind, got it. The threat of Qxd4 Qxd4 Nc2+! escaped me. |
| p10279 | w | grom43 | 1654 | complex and rich. |
| p10279 | w | drad | 1651 | calm as you like |
| p10287 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | chose the wrong defence
f4 allows Qg4+ |
| p10287 | b | JSorel | 1664 | f4??? |
| p10288 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | missed Rxn+ |
| p10291 | w | JDRUMMER | 1482 | problem deserves more time or higher rating. |
| p10291 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | maior pieces in action |
| p10291 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | weak K |
| p10294 | w | HPeter | 1517 | it looks easy if i see the solution, but mostly i dont see it... |
| p10296 | b | Coventry | 1613 | wow that was so obvious i didn't even see it |
| p10296 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | yawn |
| p10296 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | snore |
| p10296 | b | JohnSmith | 1502 | bullshit |
| p10300 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | Just like Dr. Nunn said:
If your king (White e1-king) is exposed to check (1 ... Qb1+), then you need only one undefended piece (White f5-rook) to lose material to a double attack. |
| p10305 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Should make player answer some check with a check, to show point of problem. |
| p10305 | b | bumbly | 1561 | too short |
| p10305 | b | themagician | 1543 | You've failed to solve problem p10305.
Your new rating is 1657.62 (-14.68).
|
| p10305 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | as tomo says |
| p10305 | b | drad | 1651 | thanks guys! I didn't understand this problem until reading your comments.. never seen anything like it! |
| p10305 | b | Thossk | 1840 | Tomohawk is right. |
| p10309 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 2 ... Qd8xNd6 is forced else Black is mated by 2 ... Ke8-d7? 3 Qe2-b5+ Kd7-c7 4 Nd6-e8# double checkmate. |
| p10309 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | needs more moves - ridiculous to stop here |
| p10309 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with floreatdunum. |
| p10309 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | Nescafe Frappe Attack? |
| p10312 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | just go away from checks |
| p10314 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | Very easy |
| p10315 | w | chris2001 | 1747 | since Bd3 is clearly won, this problem is nonsens |
| p10315 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23206 to solve
failure
I also played Bd3+ too fast but the problem is not nonsense.
I missed the fact that Qxb2 is a fork and it seemed to me that if Bxd3 2.Bxd3 I win the black queen so I do not deserve points for this one.
1...Bd3+ only wins by Qxb2 later and people who see it can understand that Qxb2 immediately is better. |
| p10315 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.5 seconds |
| p10318 | b | underated | 1374 | nice material come back... |
| p10321 | b | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | Took me more than a minute but I got it. :P |
| p10322 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | simple minded |
| p10322 | b | Suizo | 1631 | Lxf4? |
| p10327 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.4 seconds |
| p10327 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.2 seconds |
| p10327 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.8 seconds |
| p10329 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 17.1 seconds. ( Result 0.31 : 0.69 )
Your new rating is 1758.21 (-0.14). |
| p10331 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.3 seconds |
| p10331 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.7 seconds |
| p10331 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 19.6 seconds |
| p10340 | w | guidovanhout | 1242 | what a lot of just not feasible possibilies |
| p10343 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.6 seconds |
| p10343 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | N trap |
| p10347 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | 1 e3?? takes away the ability of the White e4-queen to retreat along the e-file to the e3-square by SELF-BLOCKING it, leaving her trapped along the h7-b1 diagonal. Since that light-squared diagonal is the only safe movement that the White e4-queen has, 1 ... Bf7-g6! TRAPS the White queen by taking away this LINE OF RETREAT. White is forced to give away a piece with 2 Nh6+ gxNh6 to make room for his queen but then White is simply down a piece for nothing. |
| p10347 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.9 seconds
time to be sure that I win the queen |
| p10347 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.5 seconds |
| p10347 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 1.1 SECONDS |
| p10350 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.6 seconds |
| p10350 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played Ra7 too early |
| p10350 | w | JSorel | 1664 | nice |
| p10350 | w | barz | 1708 | Played Bb6. |
| p10363 | w | wild | 1305 | ok i guess |
| p10365 | w | CryptorKid | 1348 | easy |
| p10375 | w | Holy | 1098 | Nice, basic remove-the-guard problem. |
| p10377 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | Excellent problem! |
| p10377 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23292 to solve
1.5 seconds
double threat that does not work before the first move but was my first thought even before the first move. |
| p10377 | w | Juvenal | 1556 | Pretty easy for 1700+, isn't it? |
| p10377 | w | john2001plus | 1562 | Not so easy with only 8 seconds. I saw one threat but not the other. Guessed the correct move. |
| p10386 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.3 seconds
saw the idea before the first move |
| p10388 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.9 seconds |
| p10390 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Who can see that N hanging up there? Nice problem. |
| p10390 | b | drad | 1651 | agreed |
| p10392 | w | babyman | 1553 | very very very easy in 2´3 seconds |
| p10396 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | good line. |
| p10396 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 46.2 seconds
hard but I need to rank beauty and I do not consider it as beauty.
I think that
the fact that it is not beauty helps for it's big rating because something beauiful is easier to remember. |
| p10403 | b | ruylopez | 2034 | ? |
| p10403 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Very poor - I got this correct, but it took me too much time. The problem is that White is losing even with this best play. Not fair - one assumes that the point is to find moves that make a difference. In this case the moves don't really make a difference. |
| p10403 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with floreatdunum. If the best you can get is a lost position, then it really isn't a very useful problem. |
| p10403 | b | Eviltactician | 1509 | Yes this one sucks for aforementioned reasons. It should be scrapped. |
| p10403 | b | Garryback | 1581 | nonsense |
| p10403 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | pin |
| p10403 | b | Garryback | 1581 | Correction of my own and other statements:
Checking with Fritz 11 I did´t finf any winning line: The judgement of Fritz is far closer to draw than -1,91 as Crafty sees it({9:-1.91} 4. Nd7+ Ke8 5. Rxg7 Nb4+ 6. Kb3 Rb1+ 7. Kxc3 Nxd5+ 8. Kc2 Re1 9. Rg8+ Kxd7 10. Rxa8 Nxe3+ 11. fxe3 Re2+ 12. Kb1 $19).
Tomo and others please check also.
Regards Garryback
|
| p10403 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Garryback, I looked at the position after 4 Nd7+ and at the end of your line, and Black is winning. After 12 Kb1 Bd3+ and a6 with no real weaknesses for black compared to three weak pawns for White and a king trapped on his 1st rank? You get a losing position at the end. However, I enjoyed deciding that 2 Ke2?? Ne5 mate was the wrong move and took 2 Kc2. That's worthwhile. |
| p10406 | b | Semyorka | 1571 | What's wrong with 2.Bc1 |
| p10406 | b | Semyorka | 1571 | Oops, overlooked 2... Nxd1 |
| p10406 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.4 seconds |
| p10406 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.8 seconds |
| p10406 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | trap |
| p10407 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.3 seconds |
| p10408 | w | ryoshu | 1680 | hmm |
| p10408 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.5 seconds |
| p10408 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | rated beauty 5 ***** |
| p10410 | w | YOIULI | 1614 | Nice! |
| p10410 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | "Reverse the f'ing move order, a'hole!" |
| p10410 | w | pkendal | 1520 | Very nice! |
| p10410 | w | Garryback | 1581 | super |
| p10410 | w | drad | 1651 | :( |
| p10415 | w | Exir | 1281 | Nice smothered mate |
| p10415 | w | underated | 1374 | where is the glicko...half asleep... |
| p10415 | w | Holy | 1098 | Agreed--nice smothered mate, with some other distractions on the board. |
| p10418 | b | underated | 1374 | couldn't think that to be the best move. I see the material gain, but surely there is better tactical play with the position. |
| p10418 | b | sarciness | 1465 | Sideways moving queen. Sometimes hard to spot. This time, fine. |
| p10420 | w | schttnsldt | 1576 | great |
| p10420 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.2 seconds |
| p10420 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | interception, great trick |
| p10420 | w | barz | 1708 | 2rqr1k1/5ppp/p1n5/1pbb2P1/3p1P2/PP1Q1BN1/2P4P/R1B3RK w - - 0 1 |
| p10422 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | back rank mate threat |
| p10422 | w | Alseki | 1484 | Pretty dull problem. |
| p10424 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | You are joking me, aren't you? |
| p10424 | b | biike | 1777 | genius pure genius |
| p10424 | b | Linder | 1552 | OMG LOL |
| p10424 | b | cheetah7 | 1492 | come on, its easy. |
| p10424 | b | Tuunhek | 1702 | I did not even mention to recapture the Rook myself!! |
| p10424 | b | RedCore | 1176 | omg |
| p10424 | b | eragon21 | 1754 | How can I be expected to find Rxd1? It's not fair |
| p10424 | b | kuba | 1866 | ??????? super easy |
| p10428 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.5 seconds |
| p10429 | b | edgy | 1645 | 4. Qxb7 also 100% totally winning |
| p10429 | b | Improchess | 2054 | If 4. Qxb7,Ra-f8 I think black is better. |
| p10433 | w | brulla | 1444 | Something for the cold-blooded!! |
| p10433 | w | e4e5f4 | 1402 | I solved it in 8 seconds and got +2.2 |
| p10433 | w | LowScore | 1564 | I solved it in 4.2 seconds and got +0.62 |
| p10433 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Art of defense |
| p10433 | w | theKnife | 1671 | A hard 1450-rated problem. |
| p10433 | w | rockym | 1626 | and after Qg3+, Qxg2 |
| p10433 | w | barz | 1708 | 5.Bf3 Rxe4 ¿ |
| p10433 | w | Karpsparov | 1553 | No, if 5.Bf3, you play ..Qxg5. Then the King has to move to 6.Kf2(Or lose a rook if 6.Rf4), and from there you move your rook up to ..Rh2, and then he HAS to choose. 7. Kf1 or Ke1? Either way after ..Qxc1. You have the Mate. It is quite awesome. |
| p10433 | w | Alseki | 1484 | Nice problem, although I doubt many of us look to the end when we play it. |
| p10435 | w | admeyer | 1574 | if you can't get this one you should quit playing chess |
| p10435 | w | chesser007 | 1179 | jezus chrys this is so simple |
| p10435 | w | cheetah7 | 1492 | hey,its supose to be easy,and I'm only a kid. |
| p10436 | w | theKnife | 1671 | Looks like a problem. |
| p10436 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | big blunder lol |
| p10436 | w | barz | 1708 | 5k2/R4pp1/1Bbb4/5PP1/6K1/1N3N2/P5n1/7r w - - 0 1 |
| p10450 | w | sunami | 1241 | tere bap
|
| p10450 | w | underated | 1374 | my left rook didn't listen to my right rook when he said get over here. |
| p10452 | b | wald | 1565 | looks trivial, why >1800??? |
| p10452 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.2 seconds
not so trivial
the first thought is
axb4 and only after seeing that it does not work we calculate Nd5 and later axb4 |
| p10452 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.3 seconds
Now the first thought was Nd5 |
| p10452 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.6 seconds
now did not remember to think about Nd5 first |
| p10452 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.8 seconds |
| p10452 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 1rb1rnk1/4qppp/1N3n2/pp2p3/1b2P3/P3BNP1/1PQ2PBP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p10458 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | failed |
| p10459 | b | farbror | 1357 | Alternative solution? |
| p10467 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.1 seconds |
| p10467 | b | memo | 1570 | 2.Nf5+ also wins |
| p10467 | b | Leucky | 1538 | When you see a good move look for a better one. |
| p10467 | b | memo | 1570 | Your flag has fallen, you lose. |
| p10468 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.4 seconds |
| p10468 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.1 seconds |
| p10468 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 21.9 seconds |
| p10474 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate threat wins material: After Q(h3)xe6+, Q(d8)e7, then Q(e6)xd5(N). |
| p10479 | w | loot | 1486 | Why is a simple mate-in-one rated 1527? |
| p10481 | b | stefanT | 1521 | This one I missed it too. Patience is needed nu brute force attack |
| p10481 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 1q1r1rk1/1b4bp/1p3pp1/pN1np1B1/P3B3/2P5/1PQ2PPP/3RR1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p10483 | b | JSorel | 1664 | should be extended!!! |
| p10483 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed. Looks like some sort of Caro Kann with ...Nd7, like Karpov used to play. |
| p10489 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played Qb6 instead of Qc7 |
| p10489 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.5 seconds |
| p10489 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 0.8 seconds |
| p10489 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | played Qc7 |
| p10489 | w | barz | 1708 | 3q1rk1/1p2ppbp/3pbnp1/6N1/1P5Q/6P1/4PPBP/2B1K2R w K - 0 1 |
| p10502 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | lpdo |
| p10510 | w | sleiman | 1406 | nice setup |
| p10527 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.4 seconds |
| p10527 | w | coolsterjk | 1442 | I don't get it; when Rf5 e2+, the white can force a checkmate by Rf7 Kg8 Nf6 // can someone please explain why king must move? |
| p10527 | w | coolsterjk | 1442 | oh, i didn't see the bishop check, my bad |
| p10527 | w | barz | 1708 | r1b2k1r/pp1p1p1p/3Nn2b/3R3N/8/4p3/PP3PPP/2K2B1R w - - 0 1 |
| p10533 | b | underated | 1374 | nice set up. |
| p10533 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Black can ONLY block the check with Qg7! |
| p10539 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 31.7 seconds
the pin idea was clear but was not sure about the right square for the queen |
| p10539 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.9 seconds |
| p10539 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.0 seconds |
| p10544 | w | underated | 1374 | the looked the only way to go. |
| p10548 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice skewer !! :) |
| p10549 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r5k1/2pp1ppp/1p6/pP4q1/2P5/P1N1P3/4RP2/2B2RK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p10551 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Clearing the square for the fork with temp and temporary sacrifice of Q for R. |
| p10551 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | totally missed it
play Nf3 with the idea to prevent Qd4+ and Qxg8+ seemed illogical to me so did not analyze it. |
| p10553 | w | hohoho | 1459 | just queen the pawn??? |
| p10553 | w | Wolfgang | 1388 | ? |
| p10553 | w | chessjunkie001 | 1602 | ... |
| p10553 | w | albertov | 1140 | you are in check when the game starts, this is stupid |
| p10553 | w | albertov | 1140 | never mind |
| p10553 | w | mathaias | 1434 | this is sad. take the problems with obvious moves out. |
| p10559 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 8.3 sec |
| p10561 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Brilliant two-mover checkmate! |
| p10566 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.3 seconds
f6 is the only defence against 2 threats(mate and Ne7+) |
| p10568 | w | aleisner | 1564 | Nice site, but typically FICS Rating problem: once you failed, it´s sooo hard to get your points back :-(
Greetings from Kiel, germany.
aleisner |
| p10571 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.4 seconds |
| p10571 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.4 seconds |
| p10571 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.7 seconds
1792.49 new record |
| p10578 | b | mangy1723 | 1242 | ok |
| p10582 | b | Kampioen | 1674 | I think this problem needs more moves (you have to see that after 3...Qxd6 4.Bxh7+ wins the queen...) |
| p10582 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | set up the discovery the right way... |
| p10586 | b | abcpatzer | 1476 | The solution is what I entered. Bug? |
| p10586 | b | klewin | 1101 | Nice! |
| p10586 | b | Alseki | 1484 | Just in time. |
| p10589 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.2 seconds |
| p10589 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | R fork |
| p10591 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 29.4 seconds |
| p10591 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | stupid me, after Rd7 white has Nh6+ and mate next move |
| p10592 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Black is lost no matter what. |
| p10592 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.0 seconds |
| p10592 | w | sleiman | 1406 | what kind of a tactics problem is this? |
| p10592 | w | grom43 | 1654 | checking to see whether you see the check! (maybe?) |
| p10592 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 8.3 seconds. black aint lost u dipshits! |
| p10592 | w | Garryback | 1581 | no star |
| p10592 | w | Garryback | 1581 | I hate to loose points by this nonsence |
| p10592 | w | grom43 | 1654 | How is black not lost? One more time for one star. |
| p10603 | w | Fromper | 1338 | Good example of a double attack. |
| p10603 | w | Holy | 1098 | Forks the mating square and the knight. |
| p10607 | w | Improchess | 2054 | Easy. |
| p10612 | b | johangnorman | 1341 | Good one. I wasn't even looking at the other side of the board where the enemy rooks were. |
| p10615 | b | wald | 1565 | stupid: black's play |
| p10615 | b | Improchess | 2054 | Defensa! |
| p10617 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | This line also works for black: 1...fxe6 2.Qxe6+ Qf7 saves the knight. I think it's just as good as the given line. |
| p10617 | w | tjumen | 1598 | Crafty lines below:
{+0.45} 1...fxe6 2. Qxg6
{-3.14} 1...Qe7 ect
Obviously the second line is much better. |
| p10621 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.9 seconds
simple fork |
| p10621 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.6 seconds |
| p10622 | b | gilgilgilgil | 1902 | buz |
| p10622 | b | xaider | 1659 | Cewl |
| p10622 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Cewl great! |
| p10622 | b | masterchinna | 1724 | THIS IS BEST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| p10622 | b | olechrhaavald | 1193 | ok |
| p10622 | b | lowman | 1025 | .oâ—‹Oâ—‹o.oâ—‹Oâ—‹o.oâ—‹Oâ—‹o.Duh.oâ—‹Oâ—‹o..oâ—‹Oâ—‹o..oâ—‹Oâ—‹o. |
| p10622 | b | lowman | 1025 | .â—‹oOoâ—‹..â—‹oOoâ—‹.Duh.â—‹oOoâ—‹..â—‹oOoâ—‹. |
| p10622 | b | lowman | 1025 | .â—‹oOoâ—‹.Duh.â—‹oOoâ—‹. |
| p10622 | b | lowman | 1025 | Duh |
| p10622 | b | nordmela | 1755 | Good problem |
| p10622 | b | IngoP | 1275 | Rating 2298,6??
I think 1500 |
| p10622 | b | IngoP | 1275 | Rating 2298,6??
I think 1500 |
| p10622 | b | mburch1974 | 1481 | ya not really a problem you could solve in 3 secs unless you were good at rook tactics. |
| p10622 | b | Maqsood | 1498 | after 1...Rd2 2. Qc3
-does that work...? |
| p10622 | b | Maqsood | 1498 | oh i see... nice |
| p10622 | b | Maqsood | 1498 | What about Qa1...?
-I dont understand |
| p10622 | b | yean23 | 1581 | I would never think of this, and yet all the moves make complete sense. |
| p10622 | b | astant | 1370 | ok
|
| p10622 | b | UweD | 1405 | Nice puzzle. I have my doubts about the rating (only because even I could solve it at first attempt, admittedly I took a long time not trusting my ideas at the 2200 level) |
| p10622 | b | RagingSurf | 1485 | nice pin |
| p10622 | b | TheBlackKnight | 1542 | Is it difficult? I was looking for something strange.. Seemed a normal defense, actually. |
| p10622 | b | OKay1990 | 1419 | Not so hard. |
| p10622 | b | beydagh | 2020 | after 3.Kf2 Black will win with 3...h5! |
| p10641 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | Can't i just play 2...Nb8? |
| p10641 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | I used a computer to find that after 2...Nb8, White can play 3.Bd6! and if now 3...Qd8 White can play 4.Bc4! Be5?? (4...Bf8 5.e5) 5.Bxf7+! and wins, or if 3...Qd7 4.Qd5! Nxa6? 5.Qa8+ and mates. |
| p10641 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | Still, this is very hard to find notice fast, so I can't say I like the problem much. |
| p10641 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 3.1 seconds |
| p10642 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.5 seconds
too short. |
| p10652 | b | memo | 1570 | Bg4 winning the exchange is a "blunder" |
| p10669 | b | JimmyPage | 1277 | nice |
| p10669 | b | prunes | 1188 | love it |
| p10669 | b | sjguy | 1051 | awsome |
| p10669 | b | CryptorKid | 1348 | an elegant one |
| p10669 | b | fastcheckmate | 1316 | "You've solved problem p10669 in 38.6 seconds" too bad i lost points but the beauty in this problem is really outstanding and im glad i took the time to solve it. |
| p10669 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | I'm trying to understand why Bb5 isn't a better move. |
| p10670 | w | kwanpin | 1752 | nice |
| p10672 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Far too easy for 1700s. |
| p10672 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I disagree that
it is too easy
It took me 13.3 seconds and I lost 0.1 rating point
First thought was about capturing the rook but I lose the queen
Then I looked at QxB but both look the same and I knew there can be one move that is clearly better and only later I found the relevant check.
|
| p10677 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | [1] 1.Qxf4 is threatening mate in 1 (2.Qxf7). [2] 1...Bg5 pins the White Queen to its King, thereby freezing the said Queen in place and so nullifying the mating threat. [3] If then 2.Nxf7 (knight fork), Black can reply with 2...Bxf4+ (winning the Queen) 3.Rd2 (forced to avoid mate in 1 from 3.Kb1 Qxd1++) Bxd2+ (wins the Rook) 4.Kd2 Kxf7 (wins the Knight). So in this variation Black wins the Queen, a Rook and the Knight! |
| p10681 | b | betaldino | 1550 | weak |
| p10681 | b | Tepeguncho | 1626 | no me digas que jugaste Rh2 amigo? gg |
| p10681 | b | pavelp1 | 1532 | So obvious move - not a problem at all |
| p10690 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | 4 stars for 1121. |
| p10690 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | sorry I missed the bishop. |
| p10700 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played the bad move Rf7+ too fast |
| p10701 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Yawn. |
| p10702 | w | wild | 1305 | where's waldo??? |
| p10705 | w | Holy | 1098 | The correct move is to attack the pinned piece a 3rd time. No combo of taking pieces does anything without that 3rd attack in place first. |
| p10714 | w | CryptorKid | 1348 | not so easy!
|
| p10724 | b | Leucky | 1538 | Missed the point. |
| p10724 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.8 seconds
lucky to see Qg2 only after playing Qf3 otherwise I could think more time |
| p10724 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | Qg2 Rh5 g4 Ke8 is the point
g4 also seems winning but the rook does not need to escape. |
| p10724 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.6 seconds |
| p10724 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.0 seconds |
| p10724 | b | JSorel | 1664 | I love this theme !!! |
| p10725 | w | decembersnake | 1528 | very simple |
| p10731 | w | plopje | 1678 | I had the same position with a different move of white. |
| p10731 | w | barz | 1708 | Yes. This is problem p47322. |
| p10731 | w | barz | 1708 | r4rk1/1bq3pp/p3p3/1pb1p2P/3N4/1PN1B1Q1/1PP4P/R4RK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p10737 | b | ankka | 1302 | pretty nice zugzwang :-) |
| p10745 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.9 seconds
simple capture
could be one move problem. |
| p10745 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | not hanging Q into defence |
| p10745 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | disagree with Uri |
| p10747 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.6 seconds |
| p10759 | b | tpollet | 1651 | Attaque le fou + menace le mat.
Attaque double : +1 |
| p10759 | b | chessyeti | 1756 | 3.0 oui tpollet |
| p10763 | b | wildcat | 1702 | very nice... |
| p10763 | b | trxG | 1551 | A good exercise! |
| p10763 | b | steinar | 1704 | Extremely nice, and difficult problem. I can't believe people are actually solving this on CTS time controls. |
| p10768 | w | 9isprime | 1250 | traps queen with potential checkmate threat |
| p10786 | b | Holy | 1098 | A king fork! |
| p10786 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | (2.Rxf2 leaves the c3 Bishop hanging!) |
| p10786 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | True, MaltaCross, but it's so nice to see a king fork. |
| p10786 | b | mathaias | 1434 | Very good! |
| p10787 | w | kstar | 1309 | was ist das denn bitte? |
| p10787 | w | Yukontodd | 1248 | Forced moves! |
| p10787 | w | kedusi | 1165 | Why is the rating so high? |
| p10794 | w | pdubs | 1146 | Shouldv'e fought the temptation to take the rook. |
| p10802 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.9 seconds |
| p10802 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 2.1 sec |
| p10804 | w | TheKingIsBack | 1546 | Pretty easy, since it's the endgame and the line of rook-and-knight is very obvious. |
| p10808 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | pinning the royal couple! |
| p10808 | w | DocB | 1237 | niggas make me breathless
|
| p10812 | b | underated | 1374 | whose got the better good knight |
| p10812 | b | underated | 1374 | fake with the quenn. kill with the knight. |
| p10814 | w | underated | 1374 | powerfully simple |
| p10818 | b | sputnick | 1403 | It says I solved in 25 seconds, but I solved it in about 3 seconds. It took 22 seconds to load! |
| p10819 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Solution should be longer. |
| p10819 | b | themagician | 1543 | 1.5 seconds. Solution can't be longer than this |
| p10828 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 32.5 seconds
even after seeing Na5 took me time to see that this is the only move to save a piece |
| p10828 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.6 seconds |
| p10828 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Nice knight work. |
| p10828 | b | JSorel | 1664 | missed |
| p10832 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.6 seconds |
| p10833 | b | wald | 1565 | took me ages ( |
| p10833 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23137 to solve
9.4 seconds
too careful of checking the solution.
Note that Bxc6+ Nxc6 f5 Qb8 does not work. |
| p10833 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.8 seconds |
| p10833 | b | stefanT | 1521 | I immeadetly saw before the move was played, wouldn't it be nice to play Nc7+, after the move it was quite obvious the Queen had to move |
| p10833 | b | tjumen | 1598 | 9 seconds |
| p10833 | b | sleiman | 1406 | Good point Uri! |
| p10833 | b | Garryback | 1581 | 2.79 seconds |
| p10834 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 4r1k1/5q1p/1Q4p1/6P1/2P5/3b4/PP5P/K2R4 w - - 0 1 |
| p10835 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 94.9 seconds
lack of confidence about c6 and thought first that Nc5 may save black |
| p10835 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | this time failure
remembered that got it in the past but did not remember the solution and did not like another 60 seconds
remember that I thought about Qd6+ and Rxb7+ and Qd6+ was obviously wrong so
I chose Rxb7+ |
| p10839 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 2 Kb4-c5! REINFORCES THE PIN on the Black d6-knight, winning a piece. Not often that you see a king REINFORCING A PIN. |
| p10839 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.4 seconds |
| p10839 | b | markbrown58 | 1419 | good problem |
| p10839 | b | AlexeiD | 1600 | not difficult, but really attractive |
| p10840 | b | Sissa | 1701 | 2. Bxa6 is also winning |
| p10840 | b | diegogg | 1590 | 3. Bxa6+ is a really winning move: +4.44 |
| p10840 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.4 seconds remember it
I rate the beauty and not the question if the problem is correct.
3.Rxc8+ is forcing and more pretty to my eye.
also remembered the problem from the past |
| p10840 | b | memo | 1570 | 2. Bxa6 also wiins |
| p10843 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.0 seconds
think too easy for 1963.3 seconds but was careful and lost rating points. |
| p10849 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.0 seconds |
| p10861 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | Unfair |
| p10861 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | what is unfair?
lost rating points because was not sure amd used more than 20 seconds but I see nothing unfair. |
| p10861 | b | Arkenshaw | 1733 | I went for 1.h3? but missed 1. Nd2 Rxf2+, 2. Kg1! so o.k
By the way, reading UriBlass's comment, I have to say that he sounds like a real prat. |
| p10866 | w | underated | 1374 | bang, bang...goes the rooks. |
| p10866 | w | Sidorsky | 1502 | i thought ...d5 was a better way to execute the knight as it saves on trading the rooks for the queen, and leaves the rooks dominating the center. But I didn't realize that white has ed, ed, Bxa6+ |
| p10866 | w | memo | 1570 | 1...d5? 2.Bh3+! |
| p10871 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | It's a pin! |
| p10872 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.6 seconds |
| p10874 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.3 seconds |
| p10874 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.0 seconds |
| p10874 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | N pattern, distraction and epaulette pattern |
| p10874 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | nice one. it's nice to miss something so cool instead of the usual stupid shit i miss. :) |
| p10878 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | r6r/p2qbk1p/5pp1/3p4/7Q/5P2/PP1B1P1P/3RR1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p10895 | w | underated | 1374 | easy points...easy points |
| p10897 | w | underated | 1374 | nice pinned piece. |
| p10908 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | equalisation of material exchange |
| p10908 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Black utilises a pinned pawn to neutralise White's pawn fork. |
| p10912 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.7 seconds |
| p10912 | b | greatkid | 1694 | You've failed to solve problem p10912.
Your new rating is 1738.68 (-8.27). |
| p10920 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 26.1 seconds
solution should be longer.
first thought about Nf6+ gxf6 Qg4+ that does not work |
| p10920 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Why not Qf6? |
| p10920 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | agree with urib |
| p10920 | b | grom43 | 1654 | agree with Uri, rejected 2 Nf6+ seeing 3 Qg4+ but missing 3 Qf6. |
| p10920 | b | Threepwood | 1592 | Way is Nf6+ the solution , Qg4 does not work. |
| p10920 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | agree with uri - solution needs to be longer |
| p10922 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 0.9 seconds
believed that got it lately but based on the no comments it was a different problem with Kb3 |
| p10922 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 0.9 seconds |
| p10928 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p10930 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | The other rook wins even easier... Horrible problem |
| p10930 | w | chessking93 | 1685 | why does the other rook not win? |
| p10930 | w | hmpf142000 | 1670 | i don't see rook fb1 loosing for black |
| p10930 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Rfb8 is bad because after Qxe5, Rxb3 is not possible, because the rook on a8 hangs... |
| p10930 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | Agree with floreat, although he means Qxe4. |
| p10930 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.6 seconds
Rfb8 Qxe4 is of course good for white. |
| p10932 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 3 Rf7+ is the professional way to use SKEWERS. The top chess players don't use SKEWERS to win material outright,rather they use SKEWERS to make things LOOSE with a GAIN OF TIME. Here the SKEWER 3 Rf7+ SKERWERS the Black f5-king and f4-knight, resulting in a LOOSE Black knight on f4 once the Black king has vacated the f-file. Then 4 Re3+ REMOVES THE GUARD of the LOOSE Black f4-knight by DRIVING OFF the Black e5-king. |
| p10932 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 3 Rf7+ is the professional way to use SKEWERS. The top chess players don't use SKEWERS to win material outright,rather they use SKEWERS to make things LOOSE with a GAIN OF TIME. Here the SKEWER 3 Rf7+ SKERWERS the Black f5-king and f4-knight, resulting in a LOOSE Black knight on f4 once the Black king has vacated the f-file. Then 4 Re3+ REMOVES THE GUARD of the LOOSE Black f4-knight by DRIVING OFF the Black e5-king. |
| p10932 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 3 Rf7+ is the professional way to use SKEWERS. The top chess players don't use SKEWERS to win material outright,rather they use SKEWERS to make things LOOSE with a GAIN OF TIME. Here the SKEWER 3 Rf7+ SKERWERS the Black f5-king and f4-knight, resulting in a LOOSE Black knight on f4 once the Black king has vacated the f-file. Then 4 Re3+ REMOVES THE GUARD of the LOOSE Black f4-knight by DRIVING OFF the Black e5-king. |
| p10932 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds |
| p10932 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds |
| p10932 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | notyetagm - no one understands a word of what you have written here - notyetawriter would have been a better monnicker |
| p10933 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | N fork backfires: Although 1...Nf3+ forces 2.Rxf3(N), exf3(R), White wins with 3. Nxe6(B). |
| p10933 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Unfortunately I missed that I was under check! |
| p10934 | b | RedBeetle | 1508 | I got it but was I lucky? What is the difference between Qd4+ and Qc3+? It looks to me as a two-solution problem. |
| p10934 | b | lepolaputuki | 1826 | If Qc3+?? then Black has ...Qxf2+ in the final position |
| p10941 | b | d4d5c4 | 1559 | Damenopfer, um Grundlinienmatt anzustreben. Dieses wird durch den dazwischenziehenden Läufer nur kurzfristig verhindert, der gefesselt und erobert werden kann, mit Hilfe des gegnerischen Läufers. |
| p10941 | b | RedBeetle | 1508 | again, a killer move overshadowed an ather killer move. I call it cheap. Especially since MOST 1400 problems are content to win a piece. |
| p10941 | b | Reini68 | 1417 | Nice one, have to look beyond the queen-sac |
| p10943 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23032 8.9 seconds
inspite of earning rating too slow but also thought about 2.Qc7+ |
| p10943 | b | Garryback | 1581 | as long as 2 rooks on board , Q can be blocked by one |
| p10943 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 3r4/6k1/1p1r2p1/4qp1p/1PQbp2P/6P1/3R1PB1/3R3K b - - 0 1 |
| p10959 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 24,8 seconds
thought a long time about b6+ and did not see the simple
Rd5+ |
| p10960 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.0 seconds |
| p10962 | w | drad | 1651 | grrr |
| p10962 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.5 seconds |
| p10962 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | grrr |
| p10962 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | grrr |
| p10962 | w | QuickFire | 1582 | don't know why I spent so long on this. Nice to know I'm not the only one. |
| p10967 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Double (discovered) attack: c6 attacks R(d7) and exposes N(d5) to attack by R(b5). |
| p10967 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Pawn discovery across a rank... |
| p10970 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | d5 is not easy to find |
| p10976 | b | ankka | 1302 | Come on, more moves please! |
| p10978 | w | e4e5f4 | 1402 | I solved it in 6 seconds and got minus points... |
| p10978 | w | CR80 | 1380 | Nice, even if its rating is low. |
| p10978 | w | Rabatt | 1256 | pretty hard for 1238 |
| p10981 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | pawn advancement tactic |
| p10986 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.6 seconds |
| p10994 | w | stefanT | 1521 | Quite Difficult to find ! |
| p10994 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 35.3 seconds |
| p10996 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | The e4 pawn is pinned! |
| p10996 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 1 second. only +.4 points! lame! |
| p10999 | b | vraiebite | 1107 | why not Kf3 instead? |
| p10999 | b | chessn00b | 1167 | "why not Kf3 instead?"
Simply put, with Kg3 white wins the rook and thus the game. Kf3 doesn't do anything. Black just replies with Rh3+. |
| p10999 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Nice combination for such a small number of pieces... |
| p10999 | b | Holy | 1098 | Excellent endgame illustration! |
| p10999 | b | DocB | 1237 | always tricky |
| p11000 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Not the most obvious fork |
| p11010 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.9 seconds |
| p11010 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | r3k2r/pp2bpp1/2b1p2p/2q1N1B1/6n1/3B3Q/PPP2PPP/R3R1K1 w kq - 0 1 |
| p11011 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | THE POWERFUL PASSED PAWN - After 1 g4xBh5? Rc8-c1! Black has sacrificed a rook and a piece(!) to create powerful promotion threats, so powerful in fact that Black then proceeds to win two rooks for his 7th-rank passed b2-pawn, leaving him a whole exchange ahead when the dust settles. |
| p11012 | w | deadbeatoz | 1904 | isn't 1.-Qf3 2.g3 Rxg3 3.hxg3 Qxg3 4.Kh1 Qh3 5.Kg1 Kd7 a forced mate as well? (ok not as straightforward) |
| p11012 | w | LowestRd | 1946 | Yes... Also if you try Bh3 after Rxg3+ hxg3, it's the same thing. |
| p11013 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23291 to solve
6.3 seconds
capture and defence is enough |
| p11013 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.9 seconds |
| p11014 | b | freeher | 1327 | neat |
| p11014 | b | moegigo | 1611 | rating 1489 or what? |
| p11014 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Great fun! |
| p11014 | b | ankka | 1302 | nice :-) |
| p11014 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | Very cool. |
| p11016 | w | TimmPure | 1374 | Nice one :) |
| p11020 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 28.1 seconds |
| p11022 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | protection of mating square |
| p11022 | w | SignoreX | 1223 | Tough defensive tactic! |
| p11026 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p11026 | w | barz | 1708 | 3rr1k1/8/2R4p/p4p1b/3pPp2/1P1Q4/P1R2KBP/1q6 w - - 0 1 |
| p11029 | b | forkinhell | 1388 | only 1 move available for the king, where is the tactic? |
| p11029 | b | Fromper | 1338 | Agree with forkinhell. How is this a tactical puzzle, when the only goal is to spot the one and only legal move on the board? |
| p11029 | b | Wolfgang | 1388 | I also agrre to this. |
| p11029 | b | Fang | 1183 | THat was not only a bad position, it would have ended with mate |
| p11029 | b | Fang | 1183 | the rook messes it up though... |
| p11029 | b | texas | 1392 | J. PETERMAN: (Intrigued) The very pants I was returning. That's perfect irony! |
| p11041 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | cool beans |
| p11041 | b | realbrob | 1523 | nice one |
| p11041 | b | Warminup | 1536 | 3.Qxc5 is hard to see |
| p11043 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.0 seconds
easy for 1840.6 problem |
| p11044 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | overrated |
| p11044 | b | drad | 1651 | I got it wrong, was worred about the knight check |
| p11045 | w | birtanesin99 | 2015 | nice |
| p11051 | b | tibtob | 1245 | i dont get it? This way, white loses the Tower.. |
| p11051 | b | forkinhell | 1388 | tibtop, he loses a rook but gains the queen. |
| p11051 | b | amyii | 1354 | According to crafty nice line, Black loses a knight vs a pawn |
| p11052 | w | martynspeck | 1289 | So simple but so easy to overlook. |
| p11052 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | limited B |
| p11052 | w | element | 1423 | yeah yeah. whatever.
|
| p11060 | w | JoshOvi | 1570 | Problem is facing the wrong way. Therefore it's not clear in which direction the pawns move. |
| p11060 | w | Stress | 1659 | There is a black blinking dot. |
| p11060 | w | grom43 | 1654 | First thing I do every problem is glance to lower right to see whether I'm white or black. Here "I'm black," I say to self, "and that's a b7 pawn about to queen". Rest is easy. |
| p11067 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Nice exploitation of the multiple pins |
| p11067 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.3 seconds nice pins |
| p11069 | w | ambarishjoshi | 1149 | why could'nt the pawn not capture the checking rook and prevent checkmate.. with all due respect, i dont think it is a checkmate as u say.. |
| p11069 | w | ambarishjoshi | 1149 | the solution as provided by you of Rh3# is incorrect.. in the present problem, the answer to Rh3+ is g4Xh3 |
| p11069 | w | Holy | 1098 | Nice combo. The problem is correct as presented. The human player, in these problems, is always moving "up" the board. White, in this problem, is moving "down" the board. Thus, the White g-pawn must move down, not up, to capture. |
| p11073 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.8 seconds |
| p11074 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | straightforward for 1742 |
| p11074 | b | barz | 1708 | 2r3k1/1pqnbppb/4p2p/r2pP2P/3p1BP1/PR1P1N2/2P1QPB1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p11078 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | A mate in 4 based entirely on Black's strong d-file (i.e. a Queen guarded by a Rook). |
| p11078 | w | Kenicht | 1300 | But don't forget it is based upon her ability to seize the initiative against a loose Rook, making it a combination rather than mere positional force. You could say then that if it were based on White's colossal d-file force, it was also based in complementary fashion on Blacks dislocated, peripheralized, loose pieces. Combine a focused force against and unfocused one, and you will get a tactical result in favor of the former. |
| p11081 | b | kwanpin | 1752 | Nxd5 Qxc6 pin the king |
| p11081 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played Nxd5 too fast and did not notice the pins(Nxe7+ is good also because of pins when the knight is pinned to the queen and there is also Nxd5 Qxd5+ line when Nxe7 is illegal |
| p11089 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | capture of the pinning piece |
| p11102 | w | Holy | 1098 | Great combo. |
| p11102 | w | curiouschild | 1223 | I'll take your queen but you won't take mine |
| p11109 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.6 seconds |
| p11111 | b | biike | 1777 | 1+1+1+1+1=5 |
| p11111 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 19.0 seconds
was not sure and was afraid of the passed pawn of black |
| p11111 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | needs at least to show gxf3 Rf5+ |
| p11114 | w | slacker00 | 1521 | Make black find 4.Kf5 after 3. .. Kb7. It's as critical as any other move in this sequence. |
| p11114 | w | LowScore | 1564 | 4...Kf5 is not necessary. 4.Kb7 h5 is good enough for black to win. |
| p11114 | w | Sidorsky | 1502 | I'm stymied here; In analyzing 2...Nd7+, Crafty indicates that 4...Kf5 is best and that Black is winning, -3.23. But then, in the later analysis of Black's third move, 3...Nb6, which was in the earlier line, Crafty changed it's analysis to 4...h5, and declared the position to be drawn. I'm too lazy to run the position on Fritz, but I think the latter is the more likely outcome. |
| p11114 | w | Sidorsky | 1502 | I lied, not too lazy. Fritz says both 4th moves by Black result in drawn positions |
| p11114 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | P promotion: to prevent White's P on c file from promoting, Black's N must reach b6 via a check. |
| p11117 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Rather poor as Black is losing in any case, although admittedly 1...Kc6 doesn't lose immediately, unlike the alternatives. |
| p11117 | w | themagician | 1543 | 5.7 seconds yes |
| p11117 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed. Useless problem. |
| p11127 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | 1 Nd4-c6?? Rf6xNc6! is an excellent example of the tactical theme MAINTAINING A PIN IS A FULL-TIME JOB. The White c5-queen must PIN the Black e7-rook to the Black f8-king to meet the threat of ... Re7-e1+ so the White queen cannot also DEFEND the White c6-knight. MAINTAINING A PIN IS A FULL-TIME JOB: YOU CANNOT MAINTAIN A PIN (f8-a3 diagonal) AND DEFEND A SQUARE (c6-square). |
| p11127 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | 1 Nd4-c6?? Rf6xNc6! 2 Qc5xRc6?? Re7-e1# |
| p11127 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Yay! Checkmate! I win! |
| p11129 | b | rocky | 1113 | very easy |
| p11131 | w | JamesBJames | 1657 | A bit easy for 1658. Obvious queen entrapment. |
| p11131 | w | stefanT | 1521 | OBvious queen entrapment indeed but still, a fuzzy position with mixed pieces allover makes it less obvious to find though you are alerted of the queen in trouble |
| p11131 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.6 seconds
a bit hard for 1645.8
obvious only after you see Re4 |
| p11131 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.1 seconds |
| p11131 | w | sarciness | 1465 | Messy. |
| p11134 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.4 seconds |
| p11134 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | skewer |
| p11135 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.7 seconds
took time to see everything is defended and I can play 3.bxa4 after 2...Qe3 |
| p11136 | w | Elroch | 1453 | entrapment |
| p11136 | w | grom43 | 1654 | block exit route, then entrap. nice problem. |
| p11136 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | so can some one explain to me how this is entrapment? this is nothing like that time i got arrested! (that's a joke, don't get all bent out of shape chess moms) |
| p11141 | b | wald | 1565 | crap this! REMOVE! |
| p11141 | b | underated | 1374 | would like to see the rest of this as it is as the general consensis says "shit" |
| p11141 | b | underated | 1374 | I meant to star it as a one. not three |
| p11141 | b | Wolfgang | 1388 | very poor! |
| p11141 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | apart from stroking the ego of fuckwits (look I can recapture uuuh drool), what is the point of this? |
| p11141 | b | sarciness | 1465 | Eh? Still, yay for red herrings! |
| p11141 | b | wild | 1305 | I like it. There's plenty going on here... potential pawn fork, open diagonals, hanging pieces etc. All tactics possibilities are contingent on the Qxd3 move. |
| p11149 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Not really a tactical problem. More like an end-game analysis. Anything but 3. Rb1 looses or draws, but you have to decide first that 3. Rxc5 can at best lead to draw and that 3. Rb1 is safe against Kd2. |
| p11149 | b | drad | 1651 | Indeed. 3.Rxc5 Kd3 4.Rd5+ Ke3 and white is screwed :) |
| p11172 | b | Holy | 1098 | A lot harder than the rating--lots of themes involved--potential overloading, discovered attacks, forks, mate threats, mate combo, others. Easy if you give the most obvious check first. |
| p11177 | b | Zuggy | 1902 | Didn't see Kg7... |
| p11177 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | 2.Re8 Kg7 3.Rc8--instead 2.Re8 Rxd7! |
| p11179 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Unprotecting sacrifice leaves two pairs of mutually attacking rooks. |
| p11181 | w | underated | 1374 | busy board. but there was something there. |
| p11181 | w | sleiman | 1406 | ditto... but should easy to spot |
| p11183 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Nice problem. You don't see the weakness of f7 right away. |
| p11191 | w | mathaias | 1434 | Very good! Was thinking so much about queening the pawn that I ignored the checkmate! |
| p11195 | w | 9isprime | 1250 | how does the black bishop ever get into such a position? |
| p11196 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.7 seconds |
| p11199 | w | theKnife | 1671 | Incorrect, for 1...Bxf2+ White can play 2.Kf1 Bxe1 3.Kxe1 and may have a better game. |
| p11199 | w | theKnife | 1671 | ... but of course Bxf2+ is the best move for white. Kxf2 is a big mistake, though/ |
| p11199 | w | SmokenFlames | 1418 | the Knife is right |
| p11209 | w | cheetah7 | 1492 | ok |
| p11214 | b | Cesar2000 | 1417 | damnit! |
| p11221 | b | JamesBJames | 1657 | Wait, after all of this, Crafty only says white draws? |
| p11221 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.8 seconds
draw is good when you start a piece down. |
| p11221 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Forced draw in lost position is always good. |
| p11227 | b | stevienumchuck | 1300 | wish I could play out a couple more moves |
| p11230 | b | blunderbeest | 1404 | Nothing new, so why don't I see this ?? :( |
| p11233 | b | underated | 1374 | too busy to see the mate. i wonder how many of those have I missd in a game? |
| p11233 | b | SuperSpud | 1398 | that was hard to see; took me almost 20 seconds |
| p11233 | b | baguio | 1644 | 1.3 seconds |
| p11233 | b | Leucky | 1538 | hehe, mate in one :) |
| p11234 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.3 seconds |
| p11235 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | 3.Qe2 is winning as well. |
| p11235 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | this is crap - I agree wholeheartedly with tomohawk |
| p11240 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | pish poor |
| p11240 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Not so bad if you stare at it long enough. Someone moving quickly might try to win c7 or g7 with the Knight--instead of the recapture. Yeah it sucks. |
| p11240 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | ??? |
| p11244 | w | PhilGE | 1198 | Use pins like this to win chess games. |
| p11244 | w | CryptorKid | 1348 | missed it! |
| p11250 | w | Stress | 1659 | ...and? |
| p11272 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.7 seconds |
| p11272 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 366.0 seconds... but I had a phone call while solving it :-) |
| p11277 | b | underated | 1374 | love the end games and the key to this one is pushing the king back |
| p11277 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | After h5, Kd5 is forced and Black cannot attack White's Ps. |
| p11277 | b | antielectron | 1223 | That was great |
| p11277 | b | DocB | 1237 | not impressed |
| p11284 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | A complicated exchange that takes place over 6 moves (note Crafty's line). Amongst other things, noteworthy is Black's d5 pawn, which ends up capturing a bishop and knight! |
| p11290 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds |
| p11290 | w | Lioric | 1526 | more more we need more moves here... Bb8 is hanging also! |
| p11292 | w | Rabatt | 1256 | nice ... I stared at it for like 5min and didn't get it ... I'm pretty awful at chess, yeah ... |
| p11292 | w | thingfish | 1345 | easy but pretty. |
| p11294 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played 2...Ra8(losing against 3.d6 with capturing a2 later) and missed the simple pretty 2...Be5 |
| p11299 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | nice, defending g7 with check and next move capturing the knight |
| p11302 | w | guidovanhout | 1242 | simply take the queen? |
| p11307 | w | chessmaniacov | 846 | 1. Rd1 Ne4
({11:-3.06} 1. ... Ne4 2. Rxd8 Nxf2+ 3. Kg1 Rxd8 4. Kxf2 Rd2+ 5. Kg3 Rd3+ 6. Bf3 Rxb3 7. fxg5 Ra3 8. Kf4 Rxa4+ 9. Be4 $19)
({11:+0.60} 1. ... gxf4 2. Qxf4 g5 3. Qd4 Nf7 4. Qxd8 Nxd8 5. Bf6 Nf7 6. h4 gxh4 7. Bxh4 Re2 $14) |
| p11316 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | Oh goodie, if I get control of the d-file... yeah, quickly jump on that rook! ...d'oh! |
| p11316 | b | LowScore | 1564 | I like the mate in 1 puzzles. Some of them are rated over 1600 and even though it seems like mate in 1 is obvious, it's not! |
| p11316 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | Yeah, I got caught out too. Silly boy! |
| p11316 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p11316 | b | grom43 | 1654 | It took me by surprise to see it was going to be mate in spite my rook vanishing from d1. |
| p11317 | b | colette | 1901 | why not 1. Bf6? |
| p11317 | b | camembert | 1620 | Because of 1...Ndf3+ (or 1...Nef3+) |
| p11317 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Nice problem. It took me a while to realize that White isn't in position to play for a win here. |
| p11319 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.1 seconds |
| p11319 | b | greatkid | 1694 | 2.1 sec |
| p11319 | b | memo | 1570 | 2.e6 also wins, Crafty analysis notwithstanding.
2.e6 Qb5 3.exf7+ Kh7 4.Qxb5 cxb5 5.Ba3 +- |
| p11326 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Nxc1 is even better. This problem needs to be redone. |
| p11326 | w | Vandebent | 1701 | I played 1. ... Nxc1 too, but after 2. Rxc1 white is OK. |
| p11326 | w | HateYou | 1627 | 0.7 seconds Nxc1 is a bad move |
| p11326 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 2.6 seconds |
| p11331 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.1 seconds |
| p11331 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.0 seconds |
| p11332 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.9 seconds
nice win of the knight when the knight has no squares |
| p11332 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.8 seconds |
| p11343 | w | wald | 1565 | in a real game, I am absolutely happy to "blunder" here with 1. ... Bxg2+. |
| p11343 | w | milos62 | 1916 | Agree with edgy and wald,
especially with wald. |
| p11343 | w | barz | 1708 | Bad. |
| p11343 | w | memo | 1570 | Find the best move |
| p11343 | w | grom43 | 1654 | in a real game, would feel stupid to miss mate in 2. |
| p11343 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | this is -3.67 dual solution. i want my points back. svejoe you should take this problem back off as it's an obvious dual solution. |
| p11351 | w | Tiger | 1590 | What if 3.Nf6+ ? |
| p11351 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | then ...Rxf6 exf6 Rxe4. |
| p11351 | w | tjumen | 1598 | good point tomohawk. I spent a lot of time on this one. |
| p11351 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | P-fork + pin |
| p11353 | w | levkipos | 1386 | just avoid mate |
| p11353 | w | SmokenFlames | 1418 | Not just avoid mate, but it seems that white ends in zugzwang since he can't avoid mate in g2. |
| p11354 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 78.4. wow! so much going on there. |
| p11357 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 22.6 seconds
was not sure if the advantage after Qe8+ is enough |
| p11365 | b | Leucky | 1538 | nice! |
| p11369 | w | onat | 1932 | nice |
| p11369 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Ng5 with fork missing winning the queen by
3...Rf8
problem is bad because 3...Ng5 also wins |
| p11369 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | again blundered this time by 2...Kd5(missing the fact that Qxe4 is a legal move to consider) |
| p11369 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.1 seconds
this time trusted my memory
when played QxN
I was not sure at that time why the move is correct but after 3.Rxe4 remembered that the simple fork that I did in the past was a mistake and saw Rf8 and remembered that this move wins the queen. |
| p11374 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.7 seconds
The time is because I
remembered some trap and looked for it but it was from a different problem. |
| p11374 | b | memo | 1570 | Ligterink(2470)-Van Baarle(2380), NED 1973 |
| p11374 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Good spot, memo! |
| p11374 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | four pawns alekhines? |
| p11374 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed. i remember failing this one a few times before too. :( i like this one cause even though it's so simple it helps me think a different way than i normally would. |
| p11378 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.2 seconds |
| p11378 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.1 seconds |
| p11380 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.1 seconds |
| p11381 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | failure
missed the simple fact that the knight is not pinned and Nxb8 is good and played Rxb7 |
| p11381 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | no prejudices - the pin ain't anything |
| p11398 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.3 seconds |
| p11398 | w | grom43 | 1654 | This is a great theme. White can lose rook, or queen, or even king. |
| p11403 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | After 2.Kf6, Black must move his King to avoid mate in 1. However, this means that Black's rook remains unguarded, and liable to a skewer! |
| p11406 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Problem should be extended to at least 4.Nxg5 |
| p11408 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.0 seconds |
| p11408 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 2.9 secs |
| p11409 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.8 seconds
got it in the past |
| p11410 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Got it the 2nd time around. Nice one. |
| p11414 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 63.5 seconds
saving he double threat and not losing the queen |
| p11414 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.3 seconds |
| p11416 | b | Shaymin | 1520 | guigi;gigli |
| p11416 | b | Shaymin | 1520 | it is too good |
| p11427 | b | underated | 1374 | wow...I really dont get this...one little bit. |
| p11427 | b | thingfish | 1345 | double attack. white's going to get one of the black bishops on the next move. |
| p11427 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23414 to solve
1.8 seconds
simple double attack |
| p11438 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Trapped R: After 1...Kd7, R(c6) is lost. |
| p11438 | w | CryptorKid | 1348 | good exercise |
| p11441 | w | underated | 1374 | okay... |
| p11447 | w | JSorel | 1664 | hard to solve for me! |
| p11455 | b | thomchad | 1501 | Why is Ne6+ incorrect? |
| p11455 | b | ostap | 1950 | 1.Nd6+ Nxd6 protects the Q |
| p11462 | b | Boriskudelin | 1754 | :) |
| p11465 | b | ngnblcn | 1851 | nice |
| p11468 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Pretty pointless |
| p11468 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Again. Very annoying to get bowled another turf cutter. |
| p11468 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 24.1 seconds
decided to rank problems like it as one star because I
am asked to rank beauty and not importance.
The problem is not unimportant but I thought too much time about other moves and did not pay attention first that the knight has only one escape. |
| p11468 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.5 seconds |
| p11468 | b | grom43 | 1654 | As White, before you choose 2 Ng5, you get to look at 2 g4 (no good) and 2 Bxc5 dxc5 3 Ne5 (no good). So it's not pointless. |
| p11469 | b | elektrik | 1392 | I don't get it. Why sac the rook here? |
| p11469 | b | kingz | 1463 | well its actually the a7 pawn that wins..look at it again, dude.. |
| p11469 | b | deepsea | 1305 | it forces capture then queen promotion 4 teh win you n000000b |
| p11469 | b | moegigo | 1611 | no the queen threatens "baseline mate" |
| p11469 | b | chessdog | 1324 | i love lamp |
| p11469 | b | Holy | 1098 | Brilliant. The queen's mate threat prevents BxRb8. |
| p11475 | w | sleiman | 1406 | you've got to consider the sequence of the moves before you hastily go for the back row mate |
| p11475 | w | drad | 1651 | indeed, my mouse was just about to start clicking towards the backrow mate when I stopped myself, then I started getting all nervous about f1 before I saw that the bishop was defending it and everything was fine.. |
| p11475 | w | drad | 1651 | all in the space of 2 seconds ;) |
| p11479 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23140 to solve
4.5 seconds.
nice idea of fork against a pin. |
| p11479 | b | Arkenshaw | 1733 | Nd2 defends |
| p11486 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.6 seconds 1772.74 new record after 24650 problems
used some time to check the solution so got only 0.1 rating point. |
| p11486 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r1b1r3/5pk1/p2p3p/q1pPn1p1/P1B1Pn2/1p4B1/1P1N1PPP/RQ3RK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p11489 | b | BlackWaive | 1551 | Looks like a theme I'll need to remember. |
| p11489 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.5 seconds |
| p11489 | b | barz | 1708 | 3rr1k1/p2n2p1/1pn4p/3RP3/2PN4/7P/P2B2P1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p11492 | w | stalmannen | 1423 | What am I missing? Isn't it perpetual check, then how does winning material help? |
| p11492 | w | LowScore | 1564 | the probelm is not about winning material, it's about NOT losing. And after 1...fxe4 White has the perpetual checks at best, whereas any other Black move will give White a winning position. |
| p11495 | b | Holy | 1098 | Simultaneously safeguards the attacked piece and creates a double attack, including an attack on the enemy queen. |
| p11495 | b | curiouschild | 1223 | nice escape |
| p11503 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | pawn promotion |
| p11508 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failure
too fast
played Rxd4 with the idea Qxd4 Qxc2 fxe4 Bc5 that does not work and I saw that Qxd4 Bc5 is not good but forgot it 2 plies later |
| p11514 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | skewer |
| p11517 | w | Holy | 1098 | It always seems difficult to see the piece traps. |
| p11517 | w | SignoreX | 1223 | Beautiful problem, but one that makes me wonder yet again if more flexible time constraints that vary according to problem might improve the learning process... |
| p11519 | w | underated | 1374 | and that was that. |
| p11522 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Double attack: B(e8)c6+ checks K(h1) and threatens R(b8)xh8(Q). |
| p11523 | w | DocB | 1237 | it goes on and on and on and oooongasem |
| p11528 | w | malvar | 1286 | Knight sacrifice, basic deflection |
| p11528 | w | raylitalo | 1095 | Qa7# is bad luck? |
| p11528 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate threat wins material: 1...N(e6)xd4(P), threatens 2...N(d4)xe2(Q)+ or if 2. (Q moves), N(d4)xf3(N) followed by 3...Q(c6)xh2#. |
| p11529 | b | jokim | 2000 | Good CTS problem |
| p11535 | b | Subrosian | 1658 | Smothered mate! |
| p11535 | b | Holy | 1098 | Show a few more moves. I got the problem correct, but thought that the next move was to advance the b-pawn, defending the Q from the R and winning a R. Maybe that result was overwhelming, just like the mate, so it wasn't "wrong enough" to make the smothered mate line clearly the best. |
| p11536 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 5.0 seconds |
| p11538 | b | underated | 1374 | have been in similar end game. |
| p11538 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | 2.Ke6 is threatening mate in 1! (This is why Crafty opts to sacrifice the rook.) |
| p11538 | b | ehodge3 | 1325 | It is mate in one, the only move is to give up the rook which delays the inevitable. |
| p11538 | b | pmevans | 1119 | This is a sweet move! It took me a second to see it. |
| p11539 | b | tjumen | 1598 | spent a lot of time.. |
| p11539 | b | acts1631 | 1658 | Great style. |
| p11539 | b | Marcin1996 | 1616 | nice |
| p11539 | b | Alseki | 1484 | Good problem. |
| p11544 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Problems where I have to pick a place for my king are always hard for me. :/ |
| p11548 | b | shevtsjenko | 1858 | why does 2.Re7 not wins? |
| p11548 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | I thought that too, but it seems that 2...Qf5 defends. |
| p11548 | b | milos62 | 1916 | I played Re7. |
| p11548 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 19.8 seconds
hesitated because the high rating and cared to calculate 2.Qxf8+ Rxf8 Re7 Qf5
did not calculate 2.Re7 |
| p11548 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.4 seconds |
| p11548 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 1.0 seconds it is really overrated |
| p11548 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 2.Re7 ? ... |
| p11553 | b | wild | 1305 | Saw the tactic, but for some reason I thought clearing the file first (Rxf7) seemed like a good idea. |
| p11554 | w | grom43 | 1654 | The tactical theme is very nice (the queen travel to arrive at a won piece) and you must check that there are no mates. |
| p11555 | w | tpollet | 1651 | Tour fou dame sur la même colone, le fou s'en va sur échec, il reste ? |
| p11555 | w | JSorel | 1664 | very easy |
| p11558 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 19.9 seconds
needed to see that Kd1 is bad because of Rc1+ and did not like to guess |
| p11566 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.5 seconds |
| p11566 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds |
| p11566 | b | LowScore | 1564 | You've solved problem p11566 in 0.6 seconds. ( Result 1.00 : 0.00 ) |
| p11566 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | Not sure what if K doesn't take R if Kh8 or Kf8. |
| p11567 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23467 to solve
10.8 seconds |
| p11567 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.1 seconds |
| p11571 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | What's the point? You take the bishop, what else would you do? Moronic. |
| p11571 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Since the problem has a rating in the 1700s, I would guess that MANY people do something else. ;-) |
| p11571 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | And you would be wrong tomohawk... but people spend about 30 seconds looking for another tactic, take the bishop eventually, and thus inflate the problem's rating. |
| p11571 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | One of the skills that a tactician must have is to figure out when a position does NOT have a tactical solution. |
| p11571 | b | Vandebent | 1701 | Everybody would take back immediately in all circumstances except when you say: “Watch out, this is a problem!†So please, get rid off this kind of nonsense. |
| p11571 | b | tdemedts | 1728 | I completely disagree Vandebent, the great thing about CTS is exactly that it contains many problems where the solution is a "stupid" recapture. That makes it very realistic, much more than many other sites or books where you know in advance that the solution is a tactic! |
| p11571 | b | barz | 1708 | To those who say that this is not a problem : what do you do after 2...Qxc3 ? |
| p11576 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.9 seconds |
| p11576 | w | Improchess | 2054 | Overrated problem. |
| p11576 | w | jokim | 2000 | For me quite troublesome |
| p11576 | w | barz | 1708 | Strange play by white. |
| p11583 | w | theKnife | 1671 | A crushing "quiet" move. |
| p11593 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.5 seconds |
| p11594 | w | plopje | 1678 | nice |
| p11594 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.8 seconds |
| p11604 | b | Titan | 1903 | Not so difficult... |
| p11606 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 28.5 seconds |
| p11606 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 29.0 seconds |
| p11610 | b | Carbonic | 1527 | Forced, but you have to see the pin. |
| p11611 | w | MrDenali | 1357 | Ingenious ! :) |
| p11611 | w | Rabatt | 1256 | insane! how is anyone supposed to see that ... a "stalemate threat" |
| p11611 | w | ankka | 1302 | nice :-) |
| p11611 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | But I'm a 1850+ rated tactician. Why would I want a draw with a 1474 problem??? ...Kidding |
| p11612 | w | jyt230 | 1507 | I like |
| p11612 | w | drad | 1651 | got it slightly wrong |
| p11612 | w | JSorel | 1664 | This theme happened for me in a real game : 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6
8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. g4 Nb6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Qf2 Be7 13. h4 O-O 14. O-O-O
Qc7 15.
h5 Nc4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Bb6
And now... spot the move :-) |
| p11614 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | The problem incorporates a threat of backrank mate. |
| p11617 | w | underated | 1374 | I deserve to fail that one on time. |
| p11620 | b | Stress | 1659 | Easy to guess, but a lot to calculate. |
| p11621 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Very stupid way for Black to play the Fajarowicz variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nd2 Bb4?! 5. a3 Qh4?? 6. g3. 4...Bb4 seems dubious, giving up the two bishops without justification; instead 4...Nc5, keeping White's Nd2 a little awkwardly placed, seems more normal. |
| p11621 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.0 seconds
defencive moves |
| p11621 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.6 seconds |
| p11623 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23168 to solve
8.8 seconds
got it in the past but too slow to see the bishop. |
| p11627 | b | hmpf142000 | 1670 | too easy for 1700! |
| p11627 | b | JSorel | 1664 | ...but I managed to fail to solve it :) |
| p11627 | b | schttnsldt | 1576 | ho to know wheres a1 and where h8? go to hell |
| p11627 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | i agree with you schttnsldt I fell for this trap and I thought the a-pawn (or h-pawn) has 7 more squares to go!!! |
| p11627 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | It seems not too easy for 1700
because it is now 1713.4
It is easy to know where is a1 and where is h8 but some solvers are not experienced in it(the rule is that your pawns go to the top of the screen when the opponents pawn go to the bottom of the screen |
| p11627 | b | drad | 1651 | imagine if you were playing a real game and suddenly couldn't remember which way around the board was ;) |
| p11627 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | Uri - you eejit - in chess diagrams it's usually a1 at the bottom left not h8; however here they have whoever to move at the bottom, which can be very confusing without labels
otherwise a typical rook endgame skewer - useful to do |
| p11627 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | i meant 3 stars |
| p11630 | b | pdazz | 1388 | need to show it further
|
| p11630 | b | scuba | 1321 | right...how is this a good play? seems to just give up a knight for nothing |
| p11630 | b | scuba | 1321 | the play below...they can take the knight withe the bishop, so no need to expose the king via fxe6 |
| p11630 | b | IaGueTe | 1486 | Black queen is hanging. |
| p11630 | b | curiouschild | 1223 | discovered attack, against the queen |
| p11632 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | It's a mate in 4! |
| p11633 | b | grom43 | 1654 | 3 Bg7+ is tempting. Is that why people miss this? |
| p11638 | w | CryptorKid | 1348 | 1200ish puzzles seems often more difficult to me than 1400ish.. |
| p11638 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | A revenge problem |
| p11641 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | LPDO |
| p11641 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 40.6 seconds
took time to see the fork and first thought no move could save the piece |
| p11650 | w | plopje | 1678 | nice and surprising |
| p11650 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 22.1 seconds |
| p11650 | w | themagician | 1543 | 11 sec |
| p11650 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | I got confused... didn't know it would turn into a knight when I tried it. |
| p11652 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | much overrated |
| p11652 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I totally disagree with Magiccat and it is not easy to see the threat against Na5 when you calculate Nxd7 Nxd7 Qh5
saw it but needed a long time and lost rating points. |
| p11661 | b | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | On the last move Qa6+ also wins. |
| p11666 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played Qd7 instead of Qe2(thought only fork and only after playing it understood that it lose the rook) |
| p11667 | w | Fromper | 1338 | Nice! Have to spot the checks that lead to mate in order to avoid being mated yourself. |
| p11667 | w | ajotatxe | 1405 | Last move is silly... |
| p11667 | w | nickware | 1177 | good one |
| p11668 | b | Coventry | 1613 | ..... |
| p11668 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds |
| p11668 | b | benrehab | 1634 | Must be a classic! Tuche! |
| p11668 | b | drad | 1651 | tried to do the knight move first |
| p11668 | b | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | Quite easy because we know it's a tactic, but can really catch someone off-guard in a real game. |
| p11668 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | in a real game i'd see this a mile away. there's no way i'd not play this in a real game. i saw the possiblity of it after 1 second but it took me 30 seconds to find the right 2 knight moves. |
| p11670 | w | rockym | 1626 | must protect f6 ! |
| p11672 | w | czukay | 1427 | cute ;) |
| p11676 | w | Holy | 1098 | Have White move 2 Ke3 to show that you don't win the R outright, then 2...f4+ to win the R. As it stands, a fast player may think he's winning the R outright and not see 2 Kxc4 or 2 Ke3 |
| p11676 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | R skewers K, wins R: ...Rd5+ ; if Kxc4(B), Rxd2(R). |
| p11677 | b | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | Phew. Almost play what was almost a mate in one. ;) |
| p11677 | b | barz | 1708 | Actually played it... |
| p11683 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 38.0 seconds |
| p11686 | b | stevie | 1222 | took me a long time to figure out why black wouldn't simply take back the queen, then I realize that it would release the pawn pin and lose his queen. At first glance, black looked healthy. |
| p11689 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 45.1 seconds |
| p11690 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | 1...g5+ 2.Kxg5 Bxg3 3.Nf5+ Kh7 4.Rxg3 (I'm assuming)
|
| p11690 | w | inkwire | 1667 | Grrr. Another one where the "wrong" move is still winning. |
| p11702 | w | SmokenFlames | 1418 | Very nice removal of the defender and transformation of mating structure |
| p11711 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23287 to solve
84.7 seconds
too much time to see the idea of Qg5 with Qe7 mate |
| p11711 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.2 seconds |
| p11711 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r3k2r/3n1p2/b2Pp3/4q3/8/1N6/PPPQ2PP/1K1R3R b kq - 0 1 |
| p11713 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | playing d6 missing Qxe7 |
| p11713 | b | AlexeiD | 1600 | waht? |
| p11715 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 0.8 secs |
| p11719 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.9 seconds
first thought is Bxe4 losing the queen.
Then QxQ but in this case Nxf6+ and equal trade so you need to check the opponent king first to prevent check |
| p11722 | b | exlr8me | 1342 | I dont follow this one at all. Why not take the rook? |
| p11722 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | Rxd3 cxd3 bxc3 and you got bishop and knight for a rook |
| p11726 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23463 to solve
failure because of the mouse.
thought about the right move |
| p11726 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | unusual...! |
| p11730 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | The King is a weak defender of pieces !! |
| p11732 | b | drad | 1651 | changed my mind. |
| p11734 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.8 seconds |
| p11734 | w | grom43 | 1654 | If this problem could be extended one move, I think it would be excellent. |
| p11736 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 3 Ng4xQf6+ ZWISCHENSCHACH |
| p11737 | b | tjumen | 1598 | forgot to pay attention to black's move |
| p11737 | b | macLeay | 1639 | yep, there should be illuminated squares to show you the pre-move |
| p11737 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | LMFAO! hahahaha! :) that was some funny shit! |
| p11737 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i sat there for like 20 min, couldn't remember black's first move either. |
| p11744 | w | Wolfgang | 1388 | to easy. |
| p11744 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.4 seconds |
| p11745 | w | Holy | 1098 | Good endgame study |
| p11745 | w | Holy | 1098 | I retract my earlier comment! For both moves, all available moves result in a draw with best play on both sides. The Crafty analysis is inaccurate, as is often the case when a computer isn't using an endgame tablebase. |
| p11745 | w | Holy | 1098 | The problem is still here. It plays like a good problem and makes you think, but it's still flawed because of the endgame tablebase analysis. |
| p11745 | w | e4e5f4 | 1402 | The Nalimov Tablebases tell a win situation for Black, if it is played like the solution. |
| p11750 | w | tpollet | 1651 | aTTAQUE double encore une fois. ou plutôt attaque tour + menace prise avec échec grace au clouage de f2 par l fou |
| p11750 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.2 seconds
not simple to see the fork(Rc1 pawn g3) |
| p11752 | b | greatkid | 1694 | overrrrrrrrated |
| p11752 | b | barz | 1708 | 3Rr3/4q2k/2p1rn1p/Q3p1p1/2P2pP1/1P3P2/1BK4P/3R4 b - - 0 1 |
| p11753 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Trapped Q: After ...Q(e4)xR(h1)- B(e2)f3 wins Q. |
| p11753 | b | Holy | 1098 | I find it difficult to see the queen traps quickly. |
| p11756 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | Great problem! |
| p11761 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Never underestimate a pawn's potential! |
| p11768 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 73.6 seconds
solution needs to be longer |
| p11768 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | should be 1...Rh4 2.g3 Bc6+ |
| p11768 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Nah, solution shld be 1.Bg1 Rh4 2 h3 Rxh3+ 3 gxh3 Bc6+. You brought the rook all the way over, you should be able to "sac" it, no? |
| p11788 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failed
Bf8 seemed illogical in first thinking and did not use a lot of time |
| p11789 | w | DocB | 1237 | ayhhhhahh |
| p11794 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice drawing tactic. |
| p11794 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Heh...nearly played Qxe3 for a second... |
| p11795 | b | antielectron | 1223 | That took me too long to spot... |
| p11796 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Trapping pieces is fun |
| p11797 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | What a skewer! |
| p11798 | w | bobbyc | 1500 | Esta bueno. Aunque hay muchas formas de ganar. |
| p11798 | w | UltraMN | 1539 | This took a while for me to solve |
| p11798 | w | raycoolas | 1343 | FANTASTIC! YOU ARE A TRUE GENIOUS!!! |
| p11803 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Chasing the defender |
| p11803 | w | barz | 1708 | r1b2rk1/4ppbp/p1n3p1/qpp5/3PP3/1RP1BN2/P2QBPPP/4K2R w K - 0 1 |
| p11803 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | that's bullshit, i couldn't click my pieces so i closed a couple other windows, came back, and it said i failed it. i woulda had it under 3 seoncds though. :( |
| p11804 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.8 seconds |
| p11804 | b | lepolaputuki | 1826 | 4.Nb5+ (4...Kxd5 5.Qd1+, 4...Ke5 5.Qg5+ and 6.Nf3+) wins just as convincingly. (Fact, checked with comp - dunno why Crafty misses it.) |
| p11810 | b | slacker00 | 1521 | Even after I got this one wrong, I couldn't find the answer looking for 5 minutes. Even when I looked at the answer, it took me a while to comprehend the queen fork. It was just that far out of my mind! |
| p11810 | b | jyt230 | 1507 | What a long combination I couldn't see it at all! |
| p11810 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.5 seconds |
| p11811 | w | stormwarning | 1368 | I'm a complete moron for not seeing this the 1st time and should be shot in front of a FIDE firing squad.... |
| p11812 | w | antielectron | 1223 | Tricked me... |
| p11812 | w | oferchen | 1300 | perpetual check... |
| p11818 | b | knobgoblin | 1444 | Lovely last move. |
| p11823 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | need to look at all the board
played Bxg2+ thinking winning a queen and did not look at Rf1 also did not look at Ra8 so did not find Rf8 |
| p11824 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | piss poor |
| p11824 | w | grom43 | 1654 | I don't know, not that bad. Can't let your king be driven out into the rook lanes and can't let his queen mate you. Tricky stuff. |
| p11824 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | agree with grom
You need to see that other moves lose by mate. |
| p11830 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | hard to see...good one. |
| p11830 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.5 seconds |
| p11830 | w | television | 1655 | avoiding the main problem of the position. i like it |
| p11832 | b | grom43 | 1654 | An unexpected trap merits 3 stars! So long as you knew you were trapping the black queen, this is neat problem. |
| p11841 | w | ChessMaster08 | 1308 | trickyish |
| p11847 | b | tpollet | 1651 | L'échec de dame en h8 ne donne rien, alors il faut voir la possibilité de fourchette en d6. |
| p11847 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | I think the position that arises after the first moves from each side on this problem also exists as a second problem on CTS that's actually higher rated! lol |
| p11851 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | This DESPERADO puzzle, 1 ... Nb5-c3? 2 Qa4xRe8+!, is a variation of the game Kasparov-Adams Sarajevo 2000. |
| p11851 | b | sleiman | 1406 | Some users on the this server continue to AMAZE me how they can identify a position in a past game. Wow @ notyetagm! |
| p11852 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.1 seconds |
| p11853 | w | peisistratids | 1470 | I do not understand. What happens after 2.Ne2? It is questionable after this I think. In the puzzle I moved Qf1+ which forces a draw. |
| p11853 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | I didn't see how Qf1+ forces a draw. and I also couldn't see anything useful to do after Ne2 |
| p11865 | w | chesschampion | 1391 | cjggggggggggggggkkkkkkkyujnchjch7 nnhhj8nm yu7i8d hhy56kingv hhyy6 u6 hjgj9jk hyyr6hj htu6bthn666767nynfgnh hyjgf6 hyu7 |
| p11866 | w | CLance | 2086 | Very hard problem for 1770 :-) |
| p11866 | w | eragon21 | 1754 | hehe find the mate in 1 :) |
| p11866 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.0 seconds
It is not 1770 but 1745.8
certianly overrated. |
| p11866 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.0 seconds
now rating of this problem 1745.2 |
| p11866 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.8 seconds
rating of the problem continue to go down and now it is only 1742.9 |
| p11866 | w | LowScore | 1564 | and down it goes...1739.2 |
| p11866 | w | polgary | 1530 | 1736 |
| p11866 | w | inkwire | 1667 | Too easy for a 1736 problem. Compare with p50730, which has two deflections and is woth under 1600. |
| p11866 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Snap! "Never miss a check..." |
| p11871 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | Counterattacks create desperados! Black does not simply echange queen with 2 ... BxQ? 3 RxQ but instead uses his desperado queen to snatch a rook with 2 ... QxR!. |
| p11871 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | Black says to himself "If I take the White queen (2 ... BxQ?), then White will capture my Black queen {3 RxQ), so since White is going to capture my queen anyway I might as well grab a rook with it before he captures it with 2 ... QxR!.
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| p11871 | w | SmokenFlames | 1418 | Very nice! |
| p11872 | w | Wolfgang | 1388 | Very beautiful! |
| p11873 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 18.3 |
| p11879 | b | DocB | 1237 | obama is holy you scum
|
| p11885 | w | QuickFire | 1582 | Oh dear. I missed a mate in one. |
| p11885 | w | QuickFire | 1582 | But not this time! |
| p11885 | w | Schumi | 1523 | A 1650 mate in one? |
| p11885 | w | barz | 1708 | 1B5k/P5p1/2p5/7p/3q1K2/1B1P4/P7/8 w - - 0 1 |
| p11889 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | what about 2.Qd2 ? |
| p11889 | w | rhennig | 1450 | Rb1+ answers Qd2 |
| p11889 | w | ChessMonkey59 | 1620 | Qa3+ answers 2. Qd2; Rb1+ loses since the Queen is protected by the Rook on d1 |
| p11889 | w | deusdeusdeus | 1459 | NO NO NO it's a defence not an attack |
| p11889 | w | deusdeusdeus | 1459 | NO NO NO it's a defence not an attack |
| p11891 | w | MikedaSnipe | 1333 | Why does this start with a forced move? |
| p11895 | b | barz | 1708 | Position : r2Rr1k1/pb2Bppp/1p2pn2/4n3/2P5/1PN2NP1/P4PBP/R5K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p11900 | w | hmpf142000 | 1670 | Nice Problem |
| p11900 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | a very satisfying problem |
| p11908 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | ! |
| p11911 | b | SmokenFlames | 1418 | Nice |
| p11913 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | This problem ended prematurely right before White must find the winning move, 4.Nd5+. Otherwise, I would have given it five stars. |
| p11913 | b | Wolfgang | 1388 | I agree. |
| p11913 | b | Wolfgang | 1388 | I agree. |
| p11913 | b | loot | 1486 | I agree. I agree. |
| p11916 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Simple capture of N by P. |
| p11925 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23007
6.5 seconds
I remembered it from the past but was not sure about the solution so I also played it relatively slow
inspite of getting rating points.
I remember the idea of Ng3 and Qh4 but was not sure if to play Ng3 first or Qh4
2...fxg3 after capturing the knight seemed to me a quiet move so I spent time to see maybe white has some defence. |
| p11925 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.0 seconds |
| p11927 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Should include Rd3 Ng2! in the solution for player to find. |
| p11928 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | as shown in the analysis by Crafty White wins with either Bxf6 or Qe3 - crap get rid of the duals |
| p11928 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Are you saying you saw 2 Qe3 Rg5 3 Qc5+ Bc6 4 hg as better than the simple 2 Bf6? What if 4...Nc4? (Why should black exchange queens there, Crafty?). After 2 Bf6, Black is quite lost. |
| p11948 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.0 seconds |
| p11950 | b | dsrekbtp | 1369 | Once you remember that you have a bishop on g2, it's easy. |
| p11952 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.2 seconds
made the capture too slow so lost rating |
| p11952 | w | loot | 1486 | 7.1 seconds |
| p11953 | w | curiouschild | 1223 | to solve this ,one must recognize the back rank mate pattern |
| p11955 | b | Wolfgang | 1388 | Maybe the solution is a little bit to easy for a rating of 1525. |
| p11955 | b | macLeay | 1639 | failing this problem has made me feel foolish. |
| p11955 | b | Stress | 1659 | :-) |
| p11955 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | haha |
| p11956 | w | diamant | 1228 | very nice checkmate! |
| p11960 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | And what if Bxf8? |
| p11960 | b | chessjunkie001 | 1602 | If 2...Bxf8, then 3. Rxd3 wins the knight. Since the king is still on g8, the rook is protected by a potential discovered check. |
| p11960 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.2 seconds |
| p11961 | b | underated | 1374 | excellent sequence. |
| p11970 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Black takes both the h3 rook and White's advanced pawn! |
| p11976 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Funny how such an elementary blunder causes enough problems to get a higher rating than expected |
| p11977 | b | JSorel | 1664 | strangely easy for a 1851 |
| p11977 | b | kwanpin | 1752 | cute position |
| p11977 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 18.3 seconds |
| p11982 | b | Quietus | 1704 | Line should continue |
| p11982 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with Quietus. |
| p11982 | b | grom43 | 1654 | It's clear enough. The black knight recapture leaves the black rook unguarded. |
| p11982 | b | JSorel | 1664 | nice idea ! |
| p11986 | w | collini | 1800 | Does anyone know how this position comes about? Was it a Sicilian or Benoni? How did both Queen's Knights disappear from the board? |
| p11986 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.7 seconds |
| p11986 | w | barz | 1708 | @collini : I didn't find this position in the Fritz11 database. |
| p11986 | w | Garryback | 1581 | Hi collini
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Meier2266- Messner2199 12.11.2000
Oberliga 1.d4 c5 2.dxc5 Sa6 3.Sc3 Sxc5 4.e4 Sf6 5.e5 Sfe4? 6.Sxe4 Sxe4 7.Dd4!+- Da5+ 8.c3 1-0
Garryback |
| p11988 | b | 9isprime | 1250 | kind of obvious |
| p11989 | w | Chesshitsch | 1489 | very easy |
| p11989 | w | jokim | 2000 | Nice complexity |
| p11995 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Nf4+ also wins - as demonstrated by Crafty |
| p11995 | w | Subrosian | 1658 | Not by nearly as much, though. |
| p11995 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23170 to solve
23.5 seconds |
| p11995 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.2 seconds |
| p12000 | b | barz | 1708 | 6k1/p4p2/6pp/2rp4/P1bN3P/4PP2/4NKP1/1nR5 b - - 0 1 |
| p12009 | b | Stress | 1659 | I need more time. |
| p12017 | b | Theodor | 1830 | Irrelevant if you win by +3.95 (wrong) or by +7.90. |
| p12017 | b | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | Agreed. |
| p12017 | b | grom43 | 1654 | And agreed. |
| p12017 | b | inkwire | 1667 | Ditto |
| p12020 | w | rockym | 1626 | I like it, I played the right moves, but did not see the mate coming ! |
| p12023 | w | tjumen | 1598 | ok |
| p12024 | b | lyctc | 1466 | ???? |
| p12024 | b | AILoujine | 1303 | very poor |
| p12024 | b | DocB | 1237 | dumb bear
|
| p12024 | b | bingobilly | 1504 | What is the point of these? They are not in keeping with the spirit of the rest of the problems. |
| p12033 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: ...Q(d3)d5+ forks K(g2) and N(f7). |
| p12037 | w | lowman | 1025 | incredibly simply, yet remarkably complex. A classic treat! |
| p12037 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | nice riposte to an old classic! |
| p12044 | w | ankka | 1302 | pwned :-) |
| p12048 | w | Iliev | 1596 | more moves |
| p12048 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.8 seconds |
| p12048 | w | bumbly | 1561 | this doesn't make sense for a few more moves |
| p12048 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | I would like to see a continuation after 1...Qxe1 2.Rxe1 Rxe1 3.Bf1. |
| p12048 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 3rr1k1/1p3bpp/p3q3/2bp4/4P3/2NB3P/Pn4Q1/4RRBK w - - 0 1 |
| p12060 | b | hmpf142000 | 1670 | bd7 with Rxf7 works as well!
|
| p12060 | b | JamesBJames | 1657 | Bd7 Rxc3, Rxf7 Kxf7 works very well for black. |
| p12063 | b | dlester | 1280 | Super sweet. You can never go wrong with a queen sacrifice puzzle ;) |
| p12063 | b | freeher | 1327 | this one stumped me |
| p12063 | b | macLeay | 1639 | v good, took nearly a minute |
| p12063 | b | brulla | 1444 | classic, well known, but nice nevertheless! |
| p12063 | b | Fromper | 1338 | An old classic. I actually got a mate just like this in a game once. |
| p12063 | b | giovmendoza | 1350 | Didn't get this one so I decided to read only the comments :) |
| p12063 | b | rhennig | 1450 | Holy crap. Nice. |
| p12063 | b | tjumen | 1598 | ok |
| p12063 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | time for a brain upgrade... |
| p12069 | w | underated | 1374 | a nice little sequence that appears to have you at a disadvantage. |
| p12069 | w | benu | 1193 | White and black have equal pieces, but black is up one pawn. Therefore, black should exchange as many pieces as possible, emphasizing black's [pawn-only] advantage. |
| p12069 | w | stoyan | 1167 | wow, what a massacre for a slight advantage! |
| p12069 | w | dktransform | 1479 | not 1300. some 1500 problems are one move--subtle--subtle wonders, lacking the following sequence. here is the opposite: so many moves--justly so--but 1300?? i got it right, but had to calculate to ending, Nxd7, Kxd7 won ending. that is 1300????? |
| p12070 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | Nice knight fork combo. |
| p12070 | w | hmpf142000 | 1670 | Qg5 and BAM! |
| p12070 | w | TheScribe | 1742 | I agree. I like Qg5 better here. |
| p12070 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | then Re1 |
| p12070 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played g6 instead of Qxe5 |
| p12070 | w | john2001plus | 1562 | I also picked g6 instead of Qxe5, but I can see why Qxe5 is better. |
| p12074 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.5 seconds |
| p12078 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | easy to memorize 1.2 seconds |
| p12078 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.8 seconds |
| p12083 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Should make user play more moves in solution. |
| p12093 | b | waaek | 1120 | Which one to take first? Nice decision-making problem |
| p12093 | b | underated | 1374 | very clever. Eve though I took the right one (hint hint) I still feel it was imbalanced. |
| p12106 | b | corinthian | 1437 | The other way around, first Re3 is also very easily winning. |
| p12106 | b | RoundTower | 1616 | poor problem, Re3 also wins very quickly |
| p12106 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.2 seconds |
| p12106 | b | tjumen | 1598 | I played Re3 first, it is also a good move. poor problem. |
| p12106 | b | tngerb | 1486 | lol what a joke... so Re3 is a faster mate? |
| p12106 | b | tngerb | 1486 | or just as fast... |
| p12106 | b | tngerb | 1486 | or just as fast... |
| p12112 | w | theStig | 1505 | There's no arguing with mate, of course, but winning a bishop is not a bad move either. |
| p12112 | w | sarciness | 1465 | Shock-horror at winning a piece and fialing the problem! We need more problems like this to stop people just playing the first good move they see! |
| p12120 | b | Alafuzos | 1822 | Overrated!!! |
| p12120 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Overrated. |
| p12120 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Took a while for me to find: 2.Qa4+ Ke7 3.Na5 Nxc3 4.Qh4+ g5 5.Bxg5+ and 6.Nxb7. |
| p12121 | w | BughouseMaster | 1555 | I thought the way this problem was structured was horrible. It's black's move however both Kings are at one end of the board so it's tough to immediately tell which way the pawns are going... thus making the problem confusing as well!! |
| p12121 | w | Sidorsky | 1502 | Subtle, and if you're shooting for rating instead of accuracy, you'll likely thing "hanging knight" and look no further. I wonder how many get it the first time. |
| p12121 | w | amx702 | 1334 | needs some indication as to which side is one and wich side is 8. how do you know if the pawn is going to queen next move or if you can mate? |
| p12127 | b | headless | 1331 | rated kinda high |
| p12129 | w | underated | 1374 | wow...are real ponderer. |
| p12129 | w | DavidBreneisen | 1212 | new to that tactic, hopefully i will add it to my vision now. |
| p12138 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.5 seconds |
| p12138 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 2.1 sec |
| p12157 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.5 seconds
simple fork |
| p12157 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.3 seconds |
| p12157 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered
thought I remembered it and saw Qc6+ only immediately after playing the wrong move. |
| p12161 | w | CLance | 2086 | complex problem |
| p12170 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | 1 Bc1-d2?? SELF-BLOCKS the White d4-queen in midboard, leaving her with NO RETREAT! 1 ...Ne5-c6! then leaves the White f4-queen with no place to go but back into the box. |
| p12172 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Find the right knight discovery! |
| p12172 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | uncovery for rank attack |
| p12172 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | tricky bitch |
| p12177 | w | LowScore | 1564 | good defensive action |
| p12177 | w | tjumen | 1598 | very nice defense resources |
| p12180 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered the move only trade pieces and thought Nxd8 may be better but it seems the knight is trapped in the line Nxd8 |
| p12184 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Mate in 5. The en passant capture at move 3 in Crafty's line below is cool! |
| p12184 | w | Faurey | 1227 | Love it |
| p12185 | b | redrat | 1596 | exploits six weak white squares |
| p12185 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 13143 to solve
15.4 seconds
too slow in seeing Qa2+ and mate.
|
| p12187 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | An interesting mate with just a bishop and pawn! |
| p12190 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.3 seconds |
| p12190 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | horrendous blunder in the Benko/Volga |
| p12190 | w | barz | 1708 | rn1qk2r/3pppbp/b4np1/2pP4/Q7/2N5/PP2PPPP/R1B1KBNR w KQkq - 0 1 |
| p12193 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 4.0 seconds... luckily I didn's see the rating, otherwise I would have checked more. |
| p12198 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Two answers approximately equal. |
| p12198 | b | Koopatrol | 1265 | Not really...you take a rook and knight with Qxf6 = 8 points
And if you play Rxe6, you trade a rook for a pawn and queen which = 5 points |
| p12198 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | A couple of observations. (1) After 2...e5 the pawn still cannot take the d4 knight, because it is pinned! (2) This tactic seems to illustrate that it is much better to push your Queen into the 'check' zone first, then to push the rook into this zone first. The Queen would be a more dangerous. |
| p12198 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Go CryptorKid - I agree, who cares? It's all the same. |
| p12204 | w | Holy | 1098 | Tough for the rating. |
| p12204 | w | stoyan | 1167 | I agree with Holy. |
| p12207 | w | cheetah7 | 1492 | IM HORABLE! |
| p12208 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Beginners note: This happens quite often. |
| p12231 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | B behind enemy lines, trap |
| p12243 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | sorry, you are now playing the Chess Recaptures Server |
| p12243 | b | Tama | 1730 | The reason this is excellent is because its more difficult to see your opponents treats then in time pressure. |
| p12247 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Discovered attack: After 1...Rxe6(N), if 2.dxe6(R), then 2...Q(d7)xd3(Q). |
| p12247 | w | cutie | 1287 | (: |
| p12254 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | back rank weakness |
| p12254 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate threat wins material: After Q(e4)xh7(R), if R(h8)xh7(Q), then R(c1)c8#. |
| p12256 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.0 seconds |
| p12256 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.1 seconds |
| p12262 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.4 seconds
too many lines to think about
to do it faster |
| p12262 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 22.0 seconds |
| p12262 | b | themagician | 1543 | 8.0 seconds |
| p12262 | b | television | 1655 | 1708 rating? |
| p12266 | b | tjumen | 1598 | good problem. but why is it rated so high? |
| p12266 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.0 seconds |
| p12266 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | nice - a rather illogical looking decentralisation wins the queen |
| p12266 | b | grom43 | 1654 | This is B22, where White has played c2-c3-c4. Right out of an opening book, I think. |
| p12267 | b | Ponderable | 1472 | I can't understand that taking the rook is not the answer |
| p12267 | b | Ponderable | 1472 | saw the fork now...sory for that |
| p12267 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Cold blooded move by white. Now black cannot meet the double threat of back rank mate and taking the rook. |
| p12267 | b | LowScore | 1564 | The double threat is:
a) Rc8# (checkmate)
b) Rc8+ (check) followed by Kxf2 |
| p12268 | w | underated | 1374 | I wish glicko said 'check' from time to time... |
| p12268 | w | DocB | 1237 | that's funny i missed it too
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| p12281 | b | inkwire | 1667 | Ra8 wins too. |
| p12283 | b | pdazz | 1388 | very nice, but need to see it further, like many many of the puzzles! |
| p12283 | b | Coventry | 1613 | that just doesn't make any fucking sense at all |
| p12283 | b | drad | 1651 | if you want to see it further look at the analysis at the bottom of this page, shouldn't be hard to work out though |
| p12283 | b | ankka | 1302 | Coventry: If the king moves, then black king and queen will be get forked with e6. Otherwise the queen will be captured. |
| p12283 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i saw that Qxd7 wasn't losing so i did it in a hurry without looking for a better move first like i should have! :( |
| p12286 | b | Theodor | 1830 | The alternative Qh3+ is too good |
| p12286 | b | barz | 1708 | Agreed. |
| p12286 | b | grom43 | 1654 | I also agree (hey, that's what I played), but, on the other hand, I should have seen Qf7+. It's better. Good problem. |
| p12286 | b | Zuggy | 1902 | hate problems with 2 solutions |
| p12286 | b | AlexeiD | 1600 | Played Qh3 and ... |
| p12286 | b | barz | 1708 | 3qr1k1/r1b2ppB/2b5/1p1p4/1PpP1Q2/2N1P1P1/5P1P/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p12287 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Completely pointless; one of those totally annoying problems where the answer is so obvious that you waste loads of time trying to see what the ctach is. Get rid. |
| p12297 | w | HateYou | 1627 | 1.1 seconds this time |
| p12301 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Qxd5 Qb6+ and mate to follow |
| p12301 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | But do include the follow up... |
| p12301 | b | Tama | 1730 | Qxd5 leads to a Smother CheckMate. |
| p12301 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i'd like to see the analysis of 1. Qxd5. |
| p12301 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | I see the smother mate for black now. According to chessmaster after 1. Qh8+ Kc7 2. Bxd5+ Kb6 instead of a3 next for white Qd8+ leads to forced mate in 7 or less if Ka6 or mate in 10 or less if Kb5. |
| p12301 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed it again :( |
| p12305 | w | Elroch | 1453 | I now identify this as a "cornered tiger" problem. This is where a piece is under threat and finds an attacking move to get it out of trouble with tempo. |
| p12305 | w | grom43 | 1654 | "cornered tiger", I like it. |
| p12310 | b | curiouschild | 1223 | smothered mate |
| p12317 | b | d4d5e4 | 1449 | the weak point f7 |
| p12317 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Amazing checkmate right at the beginning of the game! |
| p12320 | b | edgy | 1645 | Should include second move |
| p12320 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with edgy. |
| p12320 | b | milos62 | 1916 | Underrated. So many possibilties to check. |
| p12320 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 27.2 seconds
many checks but only one good fork
not long calculation so I do not think that it is underrated inspite of the fact that I lost rating. |
| p12322 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | N fork: Nf4+ attacks K(e6) and R(h3). |
| p12323 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Standard trick one needs to know. |
| p12323 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.8 seconds
remember it |
| p12323 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | firsr a6 to put B in hanging position |
| p12324 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.6 seconds
remember from the past |
| p12324 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.2 seconds |
| p12324 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed Q & attacked B, N fork |
| p12325 | w | television | 1655 | there are problems low rated that are more interesting than these |
| p12325 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | if it was so damned uninteresting then why'd you feel the need to rate and comment? mmmnnnnaaaaananana! :p |
| p12325 | w | Pinsu | 1601 | Excellent one! |
| p12328 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | A discovered attack with check. |
| p12332 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 34.1 seconds |
| p12336 | b | nune | 1526 | Another one with two winning solutions (one much quicker than the other admittedly) |
| p12336 | b | Cassette | 1383 | I don't see why connecting the queen to the rook isn't more efficient. |
| p12336 | b | estrass | 1631 | several other winning solutions... |
| p12336 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | To Cassette: Connecting the rook to the queen allows an escape route. Consider Crafty's second line beginning with 2.Rh1. |
| p12336 | b | Pinsu | 1601 | I think 2.Rh1 also wins. |
| p12336 | b | texas | 1392 | Very difficult to not pick Rh1 |
| p12338 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Skewer: 1...Q(h7)xh3(R);gxh3(Q) allows R(f8)f8, and Q(g6) is lost. |
| p12339 | w | QuickFire | 1582 | Nicely trapped |
| p12339 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 2r3k1/pp1qpr2/3p3p/2pPbb2/2P1N3/3B1p2/PP3PPP/1R1QR1K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p12342 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Only move that keeps the game going, but the resulting position looks pretty horrible for Black. |
| p12343 | b | rockym | 1626 | 2. Bf6 would be nice, but Re1+ wins for black |
| p12352 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Pinned B: After 2.gxf5(R), Black's B(e6) is lost. |
| p12357 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | N fork: Nc4+ forks K(e3) and R(b6). |
| p12364 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.2 seconds |
| p12364 | w | dktransform | 1479 | wew... good job uriBlass! |
| p12364 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | problem should go on further. i mean, if you're going to go that far why not go all the way? |
| p12365 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.2 seconds |
| p12366 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Pinned P: After 2.Bxb6(Q), Nxa3(Q); 3.Rxa3(N), if 3...axb6(B), then 4.Rxa8(R). |
| p12366 | b | Plasticage | 1183 | Nice |
| p12369 | b | e4e5f4 | 1402 | a lot of work to catch a rook |
| p12369 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Hands up all of those who saw this to the end when they played the first move :-) |
| p12371 | w | Holy | 1098 | Even though this is an easy problem, I'd think that the distraction of BxR would give it a slightly higher rating. |
| p12371 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | I agree with Holy. |
| p12392 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Nice idea to lure the B to e6. |
| p12393 | w | JSorel | 1664 | too easy :) |
| p12393 | w | theKnife | 1671 | Black queen is trapped anyway (after Re4). So what's the point of this problem ? |
| p12393 | w | theKnife | 1671 | OK I missed Qxh6 but still white has a big advantage. |
| p12393 | w | television | 1655 | These problems are too different..... |
| p12393 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 54.1 |
| p12407 | w | Holy | 1098 | Should go one more move. Great problem--White only has 2 moves, and Black mates on the next move in either case. |
| p12411 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | very boring; a piece is attacked - move it doh! |
| p12415 | w | edgy | 1645 | It is completely absurd to stop the solution after one move. Continue with 2.Kf1. |
| p12415 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with edgy |
| p12415 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.3 seconds agree |
| p12415 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | it doesn't stop after one move: Qc5 out to 10 moves and Qa2 out to 7.
I found it in 3.7 secs |
| p12415 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | not crafty, the actual line--kf1 qc1+ then stop |
| p12415 | w | flatman | 1502 | I do not understand why Crafty provided such a silly line. The critical line appears to be 2. Kf1 Qc1+ 3. Kf2 Qe1+ 4. Kf3 Rf8+ 5. Kf4 Rf8+ -+. |
| p12415 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | "absurd" was the word I was gonna use... :( |
| p12418 | b | Iliev | 1596 | more strategic than tactical |
| p12418 | b | barz | 1708 | --> Definitely tactical. Wins the Ne5 by removing the defender. |
| p12420 | b | dorianvdh | 1391 | a bit underrated... |
| p12420 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.6 seconds |
| p12420 | b | Guyus | 1214 | nice |
| p12420 | b | LowScore | 1564 | It's not over till it's over. |
| p12427 | w | macLeay | 1639 | problem relies on white walking into mate |
| p12427 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.1 seconds |
| p12427 | w | grom43 | 1654 | True, 3 Rd7 is huge blunder, but problem turns on threat of mate, not on the blunder. |
| p12427 | w | JohnSmith | 1502 | shullbit |
| p12430 | w | rockym | 1626 | mazette ne voit pas horizontales ! |
| p12430 | w | grom43 | 1654 | On devrait regarder horizontalement, aussi ! |
| p12434 | b | thomchad | 1501 | After f3xe2, white is in deep trouble... I think e4 is disastrous |
| p12434 | b | BlackFox | 1451 | ever heard of en passent? this problem should be removed :S |
| p12434 | b | mathaias | 1434 | en passant with f3xe2 isn't possible here, the Black pawn would have to be on f4 for this to be an option. |
| p12434 | b | bingobilly | 1504 | This is actually pretty good. 2.exf3 is met by 2...Bd3+, so 2.e4 is really the only move. |
| p12439 | w | grom43 | 1654 | mating net, but only found it after checking all the pieces (THEN pawn moves). |
| p12440 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 24.2 seconds |
| p12440 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | i played Nf2 illegal move so lost |
| p12441 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.8 seconds
almost missed the check |
| p12441 | b | HateYou | 1627 | 2.9 seconds |
| p12441 | b | drad | 1651 | distracting |
| p12445 | w | Holy | 1098 | Great combination of themes. |
| p12456 | w | rockym | 1626 | wild position !!! |
| p12456 | w | raymanrabbits | 1594 | aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
|
| p12456 | w | drad | 1651 | 57 seconds, should have seen it faster, the knight is a huge clue :) |
| p12467 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | mouse slip 2006-06-16 @ 02:33:36 |
| p12467 | b | Holy | 1098 | Good example of multiple threats intertwined. |
| p12467 | b | aggron | 1280 | it is way to hard |
| p12467 | b | aggron | 1280 | It is way to hard |
| p12467 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | pin and mating pattern |
| p12473 | b | bakadur | 1983 | overrated 1924 |
| p12473 | b | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | too easy for rating |
| p12473 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 2. Rxh7+ ???? |
| p12475 | b | Holy | 1098 | Excellent! The rook is trapped. Black cannot save material by swapping rooks because White has RxN#. |
| p12484 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played Ne3 too fast and did not notice that the queen threat the rook g4.
The idea was Ne3 Bxe3 Rxe3 |
| p12490 | w | repz | 1032 | instead of f6, wouldn't Qxd2 be a good move? |
| p12492 | w | plopje | 1678 | it was easy to see you had to keep eternal check |
| p12492 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | Not so easy
I failed in it.
When time is important it is easy to miss the fact that the opponent has dangerous pawn in the 7th rank. |
| p12492 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Nice problem. |
| p12497 | w | pdf1989 | 1087 | karl sucks |
| p12497 | w | pdf1989 | 1087 | karl really sucks |
| p12499 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | 2.Nd5 is also a clear win (up an exchange, Black pawns very week), and the solution should be longer (4.Bxc1 Crafty hard to see) |
| p12499 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.Bxc1 is not the only winning move(4.Nh5+ also wins so solution should not include 4.Bxc1) |
| p12499 | b | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | Nd5 also wins. |
| p12502 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | missed this one...more than once. |
| p12502 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 2.7 seconds i had calculated rh1+ before the first move |
| p12502 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | hmmm, i think i just missed it for the 2nd time. :( |
| p12507 | b | Faurey | 1227 | Sneaky. Like a ninja. |
| p12508 | b | wcahleter | 1332 | Lo resolvi, pero despues no sabia como concluir |
| p12509 | b | JSorel | 1664 | The N in h5 is clearly weak... |
| p12509 | b | Pinsu | 1601 | 1...Bxe6 2.Qxc5 Txd1 and black it's better, isn't? |
| p12510 | w | CLance | 2086 | Re4 is almost as good |
| p12511 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.3 seconds |
| p12518 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | How am I stipposed to know if he can castle or not!!?? I could just play Qc8 and THEN Nc6!! Something has to be changed here, because i think lots of mistakes come from that!!!!! |
| p12518 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | How am I stipposed to know if he can castle or not!!?? I could just play Qc8 and THEN Nc6!! Something has to be changed here, because i think lots of mistakes come from that!!!!! |
| p12519 | b | neiking | 1591 | nice combination |
| p12520 | w | greatkid | 1694 | 3.3 sec |
| p12520 | w | Theodor | 1830 | -9.89 instead of -4.45? Quite academic. (But intuitive solution, though.) |
| p12524 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.2 seconds
seems easy for problem with rating above 1800
simple threat against the queen to win the knight or win queen for rook and knight as happens in the main line. |
| p12536 | b | HARjustin | 1496 | this is spam. i like pie. |
| p12536 | b | HARjustin | 1496 | this is spam. i like pie. |
| p12545 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | A smart way of saving your Queen, and winning a pawn in the process! Absolutely genial! |
| p12548 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.8 seconds |
| p12548 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.8 seconds again |
| p12560 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23433 to solve
failure
saw the line Qxb6 Be3+ but still did not know what to do
and later simply forgot about it and saw the idea 2.Nxd2 and decided that it is better to trade queen first to make things simpler. |
| p12560 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.7 seconds this time |
| p12560 | b | drad | 1651 | I saw Qxb6 Be3+ so I played Nxd2 correctly.. but I missed the point of the skewer on the unprotected knight.. and so I played Nxb5 instead of Bxb5. Very nice problem! |
| p12562 | b | IaGueTe | 1486 | Only moves |
| p12562 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | 4.Bc2 The bishop has to be sacrificed to avoid checkmate. |
| p12563 | w | DocB | 1237 | so retarded |
| p12565 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | one mover but clean |
| p12566 | b | jacovanniekerk | 1359 | evil! |
| p12566 | b | ankka | 1302 | very :-) |
| p12572 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | [1] After 1.cxd5 White is a pawn up, and forks the Black bishop and knight on the 6th rank. [2] Black captures the knight with 2...exf3, and so is ahead in material. [3] If White utilises his pawn fork to win a piece, Black can equalise with 2...fxg2, winning a White piece in turn. [4] If White decides to capture Black's advanced pawn (2.Bxf3), Black can then capture White's advanced forking pawn (2...Nxc5) in turn, leaving Black ahead in material in any case! |
| p12574 | w | raylitalo | 1095 | knbghbhjyk |
| p12574 | w | raylitalo | 1095 | lhg--kgg |
| p12574 | w | franquechi | 1315 | Vicious attack, excellent |
| p12575 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | niceish |
| p12575 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 25.8 seconds |
| p12575 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 31.7 seconds |
| p12576 | w | underated | 1374 | huge mistake by kingy. huge. |
| p12576 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p12578 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | strange that this has 1884... |
| p12581 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p12587 | w | theKnife | 1671 | I don't understand white's play... |
| p12587 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.6 seconds
the problem is black play and not white play
moves are the first moves to think about but without remembering the problem it is impossible to be sure about them and it is the reason for my time. |
| p12605 | w | kwanpin | 1752 | very beautiful...!!!! b3 Ne2! |
| p12605 | w | VenomChess | 1556 | A hidden gem... |
| p12605 | w | drad | 1651 | *blinks in surprise yet again* |
| p12606 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.7 seconds |
| p12610 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Should lengthen the solution. |
| p12610 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 43.0 seconds
checked to be sure about it
lost rating points |
| p12614 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | Hmm. |
| p12615 | b | chessyeti | 1756 | 3.3 seconds |
| p12619 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23452 to solve
12.1 seconds
did not play it fast because of fear from d7 |
| p12625 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.0 seconds |
| p12625 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.0 seconds |
| p12626 | b | cheetah7 | 1492 | No coment on this one |
| p12637 | w | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | I hesitated because I felt that it couldn't be the right answer because of the rating. Guess there were many people like me. ;) |
| p12640 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.6 secongs |
| p12644 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.0 seconds |
| p12644 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | oohh |
| p12644 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | just defending mating square |
| p12644 | b | grom43 | 1654 | That is a tough problem, though... |
| p12648 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 18.4 seconds |
| p12648 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | promotion |
| p12648 | w | theKnife | 1671 | â—„ Position â–º 2r2b2/1b3kp1/p1npp3/q7/4PPQ1/1p2B3/PPP1N3/R3K2B w Q - 0 1 |
| p12650 | w | collini | 1800 | And what on 2 Ka3?
2 ... Nb5+ 3 Kxa4 Nd6 just holds (perhaps). Is there something better? |
| p12650 | w | PuerileDG | 1781 | 1 ...a4, 2 Kc2 and then? |
| p12650 | w | TAMBAGIMSIZ99 | 1930 | may be the weakest problem a4 Kc2 |
| p12650 | w | Improchess | 2054 | Imposible to see... |
| p12650 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | 1. ... a4+ 2. Kc2 Nd5 (as given in the solution) the idea is to play 3...Nb4-a6 I think. |
| p12652 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Nice - pin the bishop to stop Bxf7+ |
| p12652 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 28.9 seconds |
| p12652 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.1 seconds |
| p12654 | w | Megiddo | 1578 | Why is the solution better than taking the queen? |
| p12654 | w | memo | 1570 | 1...cxd4? 2.Nxc7 and Black cannot prevent 3.e8=Q |
| p12656 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 3.3 |
| p12657 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | LPDO, as Dr. Nunn would say! |
| p12657 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 0.8 seconds |
| p12666 | b | myrkron | 1252 | Love it. |
| p12671 | b | DrMath | 1573 | you only win 2 points?!!? |
| p12671 | b | thisistips | 1261 | i might be dim, but I don't get it |
| p12671 | b | Elroch | 1453 | The old zwischenzug |
| p12671 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Zwischenzug: Only after ...Q(c7)xc3(Q), N(e6)xf8(R)+ does White recapture Black's Q and leads by the exchange. |
| p12673 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.1 seconds |
| p12674 | w | wald | 1565 | another forcing draw! I like those |
| p12674 | w | blcnngn | 2223 | nice |
| p12674 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | nice enough - but the solution should also have explored what happened on Kh1 and Kh2 - I wanted to show off what I worked out... or not! |
| p12674 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.1 seconds
memorized it and it is easy to remember this perpetual check. |
| p12674 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.2 seconds |
| p12678 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23236 to solve
6.6 seconds
the first move was easy but was not sure about 2.Qxg6+ and thought also about 2.Bxg6+
|
| p12678 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.5 seconds |
| p12678 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | bit crap when so many possibilities seem to win one way or another |
| p12678 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 4r1k1/2b2N1n/2Nq2p1/1ppP3p/2p1PP2/2P3QP/1PB3P1/6K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p12679 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.0 seconds
No good defence against Nc2 |
| p12683 | b | wald | 1565 | nice (took me ages to find the 2nd move) |
| p12683 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | failed
played Be1 with the idea Qa3 Rf3 but black can play Qb8 |
| p12701 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | You can take -anything- that is lined up with the enemy king if there is going to be a PIN (2 ... Qxe3!). |
| p12701 | w | jzhang2000 | 1419 | hgnigm7dgdy gytkvuih htuiehi giumreiv utrmme yurmuigr yutimrem uytrmgu tuirhm uithtt |
| p12701 | w | SlackKnight | 1295 | v. poor - puzzle relies on an unforced error by white on the second move. |
| p12701 | w | grom43 | 1654 | I don't recall last problem that didn't rely on unforced error somewhere, does anyone? |
| p12703 | w | trumvirvel | 1285 | A discovered attack |
| p12706 | w | jokim | 2000 | Good |
| p12706 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.7 seconds
good fork |
| p12711 | w | sleiman | 1406 | would be nice if one or more steps were included as well |
| p12711 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r2r2k1/pp1b1pp1/2q1p2p/1B6/7b/2N2N1n/PP3PPP/2RRQ1K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p12724 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | exploitation of pinned pawn |
| p12730 | b | wald | 1565 | astonished by the high rating |
| p12730 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 48.2 seconds. :( |
| p12734 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.9 seconds
Bxb3 defends the knight. |
| p12734 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.0 seconds |
| p12734 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds |
| p12737 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.3 seconds |
| p12746 | w | miguelcardoso | 1470 | Rxg+ or Bxg? |
| p12746 | w | GreenApple | 1753 | Bxg2 also looks as sufficient way to win a game. But 1...Qe4 is definitely better |
| p12746 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | i suppose white has pretty good drawing chances against Bxg2. |
| p12750 | b | ruinme | 1326 | I feel like I've seen this one in games and missed it before. |
| p12750 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Removal of the guard, followed by a fork which wins material by threat of checkmate. |
| p12750 | b | dogWaste | 1289 | has to be one of the single easiest problems on the cusp of 1500 :) |
| p12751 | w | tpollet | 1651 | Capucine aime cet exercice. |
| p12751 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | What a fork! |
| p12753 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.Nh5 is bad because black defends by Qc7 blundered by 3.Nh5 |
| p12754 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.7 seconds |
| p12754 | b | television | 1655 | desviación |
| p12754 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | needs at least 2...Qb4 3. a3 added to make sense |
| p12759 | b | underated | 1374 | kill the D... |
| p12759 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | removal of the guard |
| p12763 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Nice! I've always found these types of problems quite difficult |
| p12765 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 56.3 seconds
took time to see defence
fxe4 defend the knight by rook f8 |
| p12778 | b | amyii | 1354 | zwischenzug |
| p12779 | b | gonzinator | 1210 | What would you call this type of problem? |
| p12779 | b | gonzinator | 1210 | What would you call this type of problem? |
| p12779 | b | Archaeo83 | 1223 | call it failure by black |
| p12779 | b | theKnife | 1671 | gonzinator : removal of the guard (of the f6 Queen) |
| p12779 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Inadequately guarded piece (N): After 2.Rxe4(N), if 2...dxe4(R), then Qxf6(Q); or if 2...Qxd4(Q), then 3.Rexd4(Q). |
| p12785 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Rd8+ wins black's queen, and then black is going to resign which is equivalent to mate on the scoreboard, so this problem has 2 answers. If you see Rd8+ first then why look for mate? |
| p12785 | b | different | 1548 | Rd8+ is refuted by Ke7. Black is not obligued to answer it by interposing his Queen (Qe8) . I falled in the same mistake. |
| p12785 | b | mathaias | 1434 | Made the same (wrong) assumption, that i'd win the Queen with Rd8+. Very subtle! |
| p12790 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate threat wins material: After 1...Qxe4(R), if 2. Qxe4(Q), then 2...Rd1#. |
| p12792 | w | ajotatxe | 1405 | What? The analysis says that Bxf8 is better! |
| p12792 | w | theKnife | 1671 | Better for white. ;-) |
| p12796 | w | wald | 1565 | sadly, I missed that mate |
| p12796 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 18.9 seconds
for long time did not see that Ne4 threats mate. |
| p12796 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.8 seconds |
| p12796 | w | FESfW | 1800 | very nice |
| p12797 | b | Fromper | 1338 | What's the point? |
| p12797 | b | MPradical | 1411 | it does seem kinda pointless, although i guess if you'd taken with king, he would reveal check plus take piece |
| p12797 | b | jedzz | 1511 | When the queen takes the pawn, instead of the king, white will win black's light-square bishop. It's attacked twice, and defended by the queen. Black does not have a tempo to save it because his queen is still en pris. |
| p12797 | b | mattTwomey | 1026 | Excellent! the point here is to take the piece and not put yourself in a bad position |
| p12808 | w | KnightB4 | 1349 | Duplicate of p61715 |
| p12808 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Skewer: After K(f5)e4, R(g5)xe5+ skewers K and wins R(e1). |
| p12810 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Neat problem. The expectation is that White has some sort of forced mate, but no... |
| p12810 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I looked only for a defence against forced mate of black and it still took me 14.2 seconds to find it when by accident I also win the black queen but this was not my target.
still earned rating points. |
| p12810 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I can add that I was lucky not to see Rb1 |
| p12813 | b | barz | 1708 | r3k2r/pp1n1ppp/n1p2qb1/8/PbNNP2P/5P2/1P3KP1/R1BQ1B1R b kq - 0 1 |
| p12817 | w | element | 1423 | http://chess.emrald.net/pics/starred.gifhttp://chess.emrald.net/pics/starred.gif |
| p12820 | b | milos62 | 1916 | 3. Qh6 also wins, 3...Bg5 is
insufficient to save black. |
| p12820 | b | Improchess | 2054 | Very unclear problem...
Interesting 3.Nf5 (3.Rxg6+) |
| p12820 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | 3. Qh6 gets us mated. |
| p12820 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.Qxh6 is the only winning move.
Clearly unfair problem.
I thought some minutes if to play 3.Rxf7 or to play 3.Qh6 only to get a failure.
I do not care about losing rating points for this problem but I care about my accuracy.
3.Qh6 is a forced mate for white based on stockfish when 3.Rxf7 is a drawing move so milos is wrong
3.Qxh6 seems to be the only winning move and the word also is not correct.
|
| p12825 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Nd3+ seems easy to overlook |
| p12825 | b | Holy | 1098 | Subtle--need to see the opponent's knight fork to win back the seemingly loose queen. |
| p12828 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | funny little trap at the end! |
| p12833 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.0 seconds |
| p12833 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.8 seconds |
| p12843 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | hard
guessed Nf5 and even after seeing the solution it took me long time to understand that the idea of 3.Bc4 is Qxg6+ |
| p12843 | b | television | 1655 | when i realized the threat Qxg6 .everything makes sense |
| p12846 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | 3.Bg5 is winning, too. |
| p12846 | b | milos62 | 1916 | Yeah, I played 3.Bg5. |
| p12846 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | I did too |
| p12846 | b | Zuggy | 1902 | me too |
| p12846 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | agree with tomo |
| p12859 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Not cool |
| p12859 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | dull |
| p12859 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | crap - Black is busted |
| p12859 | w | mathaias | 1434 | Was there a point? |
| p12861 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.4 seconds |
| p12861 | b | television | 1655 | easy for 17xy |
| p12871 | b | underated | 1374 | too many options. too few a time. |
| p12881 | b | DocB | 1237 | very pretty and girzl and gills and fish swim and make noise and backr akrard jouh and the capoiton ofo the satar shop inerterprise coame and fuckaer chalwa |
| p12881 | b | oconor | 1156 | DOCB, YOU HAVE A WAY WITH WORDS |
| p12881 | b | neiking | 1591 | I agree with oconor |
| p12882 | b | queenant89 | 1470 | the problem should be 1. Qf6, Bxf6 2. Nxf6+ and wins a bishop |
| p12882 | b | queenant89 | 1470 | the problem should be 1. Qf6, Bxf6 2. Nxf6+ and wins a bishop |
| p12882 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Qf6 Rxe4 |
| p12884 | b | TigerTigran | 1392 | Nf6, Qb2 or Qb2 followed by Nf6 or Ne7 also win the piece, so this is not the only solution! |
| p12884 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: Ne7+ forces K onto dark diagonal, where Q(b3)b2+ forks K(g7) and B(f2). (If Kxf2, Q(a5)d2+, forking K and R(c1).) [TigerTigran(above) is mistaken.] |
| p12884 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Intesting analysis by OldPatzer. Thanks. |
| p12895 | b | hardcorepawn | 1418 | that would appear a lot in real games |
| p12896 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | CONTRARY to Crafty's analysis, after 6.Kf2, Black can move 6...g6, and this will not surrunder the Black rook to White's forces. Thence this tactic is most questionable. |
| p12896 | b | kendal | 1531 | An explanation WHY ...g6 is supposedly a magical panacea is needed here, I don't see how that does anything to hold the rook, especially as it leaves the rook pinned.
|
| p12899 | w | Svenja | 1588 | Sucks because of two solutions! |
| p12899 | w | drad | 1651 | doh, tried e2.. oh I see |
| p12904 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | skewer |
| p12907 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 5r2/1b1kb1R1/p2N1p2/3PpP2/1pBR4/1Pq5/PKP3Q1/8 w - - 0 1 |
| p12916 | b | davidcoote249 | 1019 | I am a bit lost because surely black will get a quenn on there next move?? |
| p12916 | b | Holy | 1098 | davidcoote249:
1. ... Bxe5
2. a7 b1Q+
3. Kxb1 {any}
4. a8Q is unstoppable |
| p12918 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.0 seconds |
| p12921 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Easy |
| p12922 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.5 seconds |
| p12922 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | You've solved problem p12922 in 1.9 seconds. ( Result 1.00 : 0.00 )
Your new rating is 1745.45 (+4.93).
Overrated |
| p12922 | b | chessyeti | 1756 | 3.9 seconds |
| p12926 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | If Black queens his pawn immediately, then 2.Rh7+, and this will lead to a draw by perpetual check. |
| p12927 | w | jokim | 2000 | Good CTS problem |
| p12938 | b | Carbonic | 1527 | the paaawn, the paaaawn ! |
| p12939 | b | barz | 1708 | Searched it for ages (and couldn't find out). |
| p12939 | b | television | 1655 | oh sÃ! |
| p12941 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.0 seconds
did not look at all the board so was slow |
| p12941 | b | sleiman | 1406 | same here... took me 23 secs to see it. |
| p12941 | b | amyii | 1354 | same here |
| p12942 | w | Theodor | 1830 | Dc6 wins too easily to differ from solution |
| p12943 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Incredibly great move Qb5! |
| p12943 | b | themagician | 1543 | yes but overrated |
| p12943 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Oh yea... I didn't see Qe5 after Rfc1
|
| p12946 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Grrr... Qf6 also won the knight |
| p12946 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.3 seconds
1791.63 new record |
| p12946 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | I take back my comment from before, missed Nc4. But after Qa1+, black still has more than enough to win the game. |
| p12946 | w | Arkenshaw | 1733 | 1...Qf6 is strong and wins |
| p12947 | b | kwanpin | 1752 | one of my favourite |
| p12947 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 1.4 secs |
| p12955 | w | DeindeCentum | 1118 | Not too beautiful. |
| p12968 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23420 to solve
4.9 seconds |
| p12970 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 0.8 seconds |
| p12970 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.9 seconds |
| p12970 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 0.6 secs: very fast! |
| p12974 | w | exlr8me | 1342 | Why go rook to rook when you can take White Queen free and clear? |
| p12974 | w | benu | 1193 | exlr8me: this combination puts white down a bishop. (swap queens, swap rooks, no swap for the bishop!) |
| p12974 | w | Elroch | 1453 | I like the double zwischenzug |
| p12974 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | exlr8me:It's not exactly free and clear, the white queen is defended. |
| p12976 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | more moves needed--2.Qe5+ Kg8 3.Rc4! (hard to see) Re8 4.Qg3+ Ng6 5.Rxg6+ hxg6 6.Qxc7 |
| p12976 | b | drad | 1651 | It would be cruel to expect people to see Rc4 when Rg6+ is just fine to win with. |
| p12976 | b | Garryback | 1581 | Fritz 11 prefers 5.Rg6+ |
| p12976 | b | grom43 | 1654 | No kidding, huh? Where's Crafty when he needs to defend himself? 3.Rc4 looks a distant second best. |
| p12979 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Very neat! |
| p12979 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | removal of the guard |
| p12989 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | EAsy |
| p12989 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | pffft! FAILED! |
| p12993 | b | antielectron | 1223 | I hesitated before making that move. It's no good as a trade because a king and bishop versus king is a draw (right?). But it's not a trade... |
| p12994 | b | mathaias | 1434 | Oh, now I see. ...B:f6 is stalemate. Clever! |
| p12994 | b | ankka | 1302 | There's only one legal move, so no tactics. |
| p12997 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 10.8 seconds. funny problem, it's not what i expected. thought there'd be a mate involved. or at least a check! :0 |
| p12997 | w | barz | 1708 | In fact, the first move is a check. ;-) |
| p12997 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r2q1rk1/1pp1n2p/3p2pb/3Ppp1b/1BP1Pn2/1QN1RN1P/P4PP1/R4BK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p13002 | b | underated | 1374 | I have been a real glicko and done that in a game also. |
| p13005 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | awesome double threat |
| p13013 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | thought some minutes and could not slve it.
considered Rc1 but not after Rxd5 |
| p13013 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | 3.6 seconds |
| p13019 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: Qh5 pins B(h6) and threatens B(f2)xh4(N). |
| p13027 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | a faux amis - similar problem with solution R8d3 - here that is no good at all! |
| p13029 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | Spank me for missing this one. Wait a minute... Holy smoke, this problem is currently rated 1542! Is everybody losing their mind at the same time? |
| p13029 | b | Messemaker | 1647 | I'm afraid so. He isn't diffecult at all, but if you play fast there play a lot of people (include me) b6 |
| p13029 | b | LowScore | 1564 | Yeah b6+ seems like the logical one...damn it. |
| p13029 | b | barz | 1708 | A "Saavedra-like" move. |
| p13029 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 1.1 seconds. i'm on top of my game right now. i'd figured it out before the king took the pawn. my ratings shooting through the roof again today. gained 20 points in an hour so far. i had a bad day yesterday, lost 35 points after doing great the day before and getting almost 100 points. i'm doing better than ever today. at this rate i might get to 1660 and be in top 1% overall finally! :) i |
| p13030 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.3 seconds
believe that saw it in the past.
easy perpetual or mate |
| p13030 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.6 seconds |
| p13030 | b | greatkid | 1694 | 0.8 secs |
| p13035 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Nxg3 missed Qe8 both pin and defence |
| p13035 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | standard enough idea in the KID and Dutch - but what was the move order here? |
| p13035 | w | tjumen | 1598 | 15.4 seconds |
| p13035 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 25.4 |
| p13036 | b | Montblanc | 1480 | why not Rh8? |
| p13036 | b | macLeay | 1639 | i made that mistake. because king can capture. |
| p13036 | b | Ponderable | 1472 | @Montblanc: check by the Rook |
| p13036 | b | mburch1974 | 1481 | solved 4.8 seconds |
| p13036 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.3 seconds |
| p13036 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.7 seconds |
| p13036 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.0 seconds third time |
| p13040 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | What if Kh3? |
| p13040 | w | pkendal | 1520 | That is truly very pretty. |
| p13040 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.5 seconds
when Kh3?
Rxf2+ kh3 Qxg5 seems to be good enough |
| p13040 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.2 seconds this time |
| p13040 | w | theKnife | 1671 | r2q4/5rk1/1p2Qb1R/p4Rp1/3P4/4P1P1/5PK1/8 w - - 0 1 |
| p13048 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.8 seconds |
| p13048 | b | Garryback | 1581 | solution without 3.c7 not complet
Garryback |
| p13048 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Agree with Garryback. This is one of those problems you can easily get right without understanding how. And it is a beautiful idea with another move added! |
| p13048 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | agree with Gb |
| p13057 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Pretty poor - a simple capture. |
| p13057 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.8 seconds |
| p13057 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.3 seconds |
| p13059 | w | underated | 1374 | I think there was other pathways of success and stupidly I followed them. |
| p13059 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Exploitation of a pinned piece. Awesome! |
| p13059 | w | DocB | 1237 | under rated and rpad gvarf |
| p13066 | w | rockym | 1626 | the pawn capture discover a vertical attack from Rf8 to Bf4. |
| p13072 | b | plopje | 1678 | nice mate
|
| p13072 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.1 seconds |
| p13075 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.1 seconds |
| p13080 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | discovery |
| p13081 | w | grom43 | 1654 | check. |
| p13081 | w | phmilet | 1553 | Requires some more calculation. I saw till 2... Qf4 in the 10 secs I had, but one needs to calculate 3. b5+ Ke8 4. Nd6+ to make sure it's allright. |
| p13089 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Back rank mate: After 2.Rc8+, mate soon follows. |
| p13090 | w | KlausE | 1204 | Why is Bxb2+ inferior? |
| p13090 | w | Subrosian | 1658 | Probably because of the deadly Qd5+! |
| p13090 | w | Subrosian | 1658 | Wait a second...it's because the queen cannot protect the bishop after Kb1 Qb5 a4! |
| p13090 | w | jzhang2000 | 1419 | it's because after Bxb2+ Kb1 Bc3 black loses the queen |
| p13092 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | removal of the guard whilst simultaneously adding a new guard to one's threatened piece |
| p13094 | b | underated | 1374 | missed it. whack behind the ear for me. |
| p13097 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.6 seconds
too easy |
| p13097 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.1 seconds this time |
| p13102 | b | theKnife | 1671 | overrated ! |
| p13102 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.7 seconds |
| p13104 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Not really a good test, someone could blunder into finding the sting in the tail.. |
| p13104 | b | Fromper | 1338 | I liked this one. The initial move looks like a blunder until you examine it and find the whole sequence. |
| p13104 | b | alighieri | 1341 | you can get this right without seeing it all |
| p13123 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | removal of the guard |
| p13129 | w | Wolfgang | 1388 | Very easy to spot. |
| p13129 | w | rockym | 1626 | Actually it took me time to see it. Attacks from behind are less obvious (just as backward movements in general) |
| p13137 | b | Auge | 1591 | Damenfang! Macht fast noch mehr Spass als Mattsetzen. |
| p13137 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23249 to solve
5.2 seconds
the only threating move but checking that it win the queen takes time. |
| p13139 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.4 seconds |
| p13140 | w | Chessdoom | 1586 | Magnifecent! |
| p13140 | w | jimmeebgood | 1156 | nice trap |
| p13149 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | destroying K sheild and defending R |
| p13154 | b | Holy | 1098 | Very clever--let's see the next move. Blocking the defender of a square--great tactical nuance--and doing it via a forced move. |
| p13154 | b | 503294 | 1182 | 3 seconds to 14 seconds too short a time |
| p13154 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | Yeah, I wanted at least one more move for this one to really be a problem. |
| p13157 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Nice self-trap |
| p13158 | b | pkendal | 1520 | I think this needs a couple more moves so the player has to prove an understanding of the point of the problem. |
| p13158 | b | edgy | 1645 | very bad problem as it stands. Add several moves to the solution and it will be better. |
| p13158 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with pkendal and edgy. Somehow I think I have seen this problem on this site with more moves played by each player, rated higher! |
| p13158 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 32.3 seconds |
| p13158 | b | themagician | 1543 | agree with pkendal, edgy and tomohawk. |
| p13158 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 3Q4/6k1/b3p2P/pN6/2n1P1r1/6q1/1P4B1/5K2 b - - 0 1 |
| p13163 | b | jokim | 2000 | Difficult CTS position. |
| p13163 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I agree that it is difficult
failed in this problem(problem 23065 to solve)
I simply did not find nothing in the first seconds and when I saw a fork by Bb5 I hurried to play it.
I thought about Bxh6 but did not see Qd2 and saw it only later after more than 20 seconds when I tried unrated. |
| p13163 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 36.4 seconds |
| p13163 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Agree with jokim. Did exactly what Uri did. :-) |
| p13163 | b | grom43 | 1654 | They should make a problem where you are black and have to answer after 2 Bb5 and the lines there. Not that Qd2 isn't really excellent. |
| p13165 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p13171 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | This is too easy for 1816... |
| p13171 | b | grom43 | 1654 | 2 Rfd1. Well, that makes sense. Yet I tried 2 Nd6 Qd6 3 Rfd1 and 4 Bf1 which apparently doesn't work, but I cannot see why not. |
| p13171 | b | barz | 1708 | r3r1k1/2q2ppp/bppbn3/p3pN1P/4P1Q1/PP1P2P1/1B3PB1/R4RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p13171 | b | barz | 1708 | 2.Nxd6 is also good (Fritz : +2.00). Bad problem. |
| p13174 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | very tricky |
| p13174 | w | Euwee | 1780 | Whats wrong with 1...Nh4? I see a mate. |
| p13174 | w | ngnblcn | 1851 | nice |
| p13174 | w | caliban | 1688 | wonderful checkmate. |
| p13174 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 1...Nh4+ 2.Kh3 Rh1+ Kg4 No more mate. |
| p13174 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Very pretty constellation of pieces. |
| p13174 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Neatest looking piece coordination I've seen on CTS. I missed h3-g4 the exit square. |
| p13177 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.3 seconds
remember it |
| p13179 | b | Elroch | 1453 | There is something delightfully sneaky about the check :-) |
| p13179 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.0 seconds |
| p13179 | b | barz | 1708 | 8/R7/1p3rpk/4q2p/7P/1P3pP1/P1Q2P1K/8 b - - 0 1 |
| p13196 | b | underated | 1374 | a few option to think about... |
| p13200 | w | slacker00 | 1521 | I got the answer, but I used too much time thinking there might be something better. :( |
| p13200 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.3 seconds |
| p13200 | w | sleiman | 1406 | nice! |
| p13203 | w | SmokenFlames | 1418 | I disagree with Barberouge. The idea of attacking the bishop is to win a tempo to play Bc5 and win white's queen. |
| p13203 | w | Faurey | 1227 | That's tricky. |
| p13203 | w | viaoro2000 | 1219 | has anyone found a glitch? cause i have!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| p13206 | b | nabla | 1861 | I am a bit surprised that Crafty estimates the difference between Bxd4 (no doubt the best) and a4 to more than 2 points. At first glance the difference is only one pawn. |
| p13215 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.4 seconds |
| p13215 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.4 seconds |
| p13218 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | trap |
| p13222 | w | moegigo | 1611 | very simple.. |
| p13222 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.4 seconds
1803.47 new rating record |
| p13222 | w | greatkid | 1694 | yes very simple |
| p13222 | w | chessyeti | 1756 | 1.0 seconds agree simple |
| p13222 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Bd6 is also completely winning. |
| p13223 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | If Nf3+, the discovered attack would not get material advantage because this is nullified by the pawn which gets to cover the enemy rook! |
| p13225 | b | armeno | 1859 | Qxe7 is also winning |
| p13225 | b | armeno | 1859 | or not....probably not |
| p13225 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.3 seconds |
| p13227 | b | barz | 1708 | 5rk1/5ppp/p4P2/1pp4Q/5p2/2P1qP2/PPBr3P/5R1K b - - 0 1 |
| p13234 | w | sleiman | 1406 | darn it |
| p13234 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Removal of the guard permits a back rank mate. |
| p13234 | w | mangy1723 | 1242 | doh |
| p13235 | b | CryptorKid | 1348 | lovely |
| p13235 | b | ldef7 | 1422 | Nice. |
| p13246 | w | Theodor | 1830 | The alternative is too close in winning efficiency |
| p13246 | w | macLeay | 1639 | hmm. Theodor makes a decent point, Rxh2 is also a significant winning advantage |
| p13246 | w | loot | 1486 | problem should be removed due to dual solution |
| p13246 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | rubbish problem - someone might blunder the queen c7 and then find the mate because they were forced too - and has been pointed Nxf3 and Rxh2+ are both winning for practical purposes |
| p13247 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Should extend solution after Kh1. |
| p13247 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Nice...unexpected check by white. |
| p13247 | w | Coventry | 1613 | gaey |
| p13249 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | f4 would be anybody's first guess. |
| p13249 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | i don't like that the 1...gxf4 line isn't analyzed and given by crafty here. it's really a hassle. |
| p13260 | b | flyboy216 | 1301 | Nice. |
| p13264 | w | ruinme | 1326 | I always have trouble with the queen check distraction thing.. it's the one tactic I've gotten wrong like four times in a row! |
| p13271 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23297 to solve
2.5 seconds
simple fork to find
|
| p13277 | b | Spot | 1308 | The tactics server does not ignore impossible moves. I selected a piece, when I tried to select the space to move to , I accidentally clicked one space off. The space that I selected was not a space I was able to reach. |
| p13287 | b | hmpf142000 | 1670 | Not beatiful and very unclear because I (who found the solution) do'nt understand it... |
| p13287 | b | hmpf142000 | 1670 | ...now I looked it up with fritz and after ke6 you need to playBc4. NOW I understand, but this move is really missing! |
| p13287 | b | Gnam | 1453 | very unclear problem, not beautifil and difficult to find the solution because of the alternative 1...;Ke7 |
| p13287 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | EVALUATE FORCING MOVES LIKE A COMPUTER! |
| p13289 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | like it! |
| p13289 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | actually I still like it - there are two strong distractor: trying to make the Bb6 pin work thorugh some sacrifice and trying to make the Ne4 fork work |
| p13289 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | this was tricky |
| p13292 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | queen trap |
| p13292 | b | TheaN | 1604 | Ouch, exchange gain backfires badly. |
| p13294 | b | rockym | 1626 | and f5 pawn will queen. |
| p13297 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Quite surprising that this sacrifice works despite the defensive resouce Bf1. |
| p13306 | b | jacovanniekerk | 1359 | Two bishops! |
| p13306 | b | JSorel | 1664 | nice! |
| p13306 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | nice constellation |
| p13306 | b | deusdeusdeus | 1459 | what bishops!!! |
| p13320 | b | 7Delta2Niner | 1278 | Doesn't even deserve a star to tell people it's a poor problem for even an 1141 |
| p13320 | b | texas | 1392 | If this is the solution to a problem, I see no reason why 1. e4 isn't also a valid solution to the opening position. |
| p13320 | b | wild | 1305 | ... to keep everyone honest. Doesn't help your chess skills to insta-mate everytime you look at the board. |
| p13324 | b | grom43 | 1654 | it's the check that makes this nice. |
| p13332 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | too ordinary |
| p13332 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | QN net |
| p13338 | w | elcholo | 1019 | the king would be better on b3 in place of. |
| p13340 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 46.1 seconds |
| p13340 | w | JSorel | 1664 | Txd1+??????????? |
| p13340 | w | JSorel | 1664 | Rxd1, sorry :) |
| p13346 | b | Rabatt | 1256 | clever! |
| p13346 | b | Enforka | 1131 | at first though black goes g6, but then Qxc4 |
| p13347 | w | underated | 1374 | nice sequence. |
| p13347 | w | thingfish | 1345 | nice forced draw... |
| p13349 | b | Subrosian | 1658 | The win for black is not THAT easy! |
| p13349 | b | Subrosian | 1658 | The problem would be better if it included 5. Ra2. |
| p13349 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Agree with Subrosian - should include 5. Ra2. |
| p13349 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.3 seconds |
| p13349 | b | milos62 | 1916 | This is a bad problem: Ke3 is so stupid, Rd7 wins easily
for black. Perhaps one might say that tactics is about
exporing oponents mistakes. |
| p13349 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | agree with milos62 - White should lose no matter what |
| p13350 | b | tjumen | 1598 | not in a defensive mood =) |
| p13354 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Is this a tactics problem? |
| p13354 | w | JamesBJames | 1657 | Restricting the enemy king from castling is often beneficial. |
| p13354 | w | deusdeusdeus | 1459 | it's a stategy problem |
| p13354 | w | deusdeusdeus | 1459 | it's a stategy problem |
| p13354 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | it's not a strategy problem, the text stops nd6+
it's a defensive tactics problem |
| p13359 | w | impromptus | 1450 | lol counterattack! |
| p13359 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.0 seconds |
| p13359 | w | drad | 1651 | jeez |
| p13363 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.8 seconds |
| p13363 | b | tjumen | 1598 | seemed easy for its rating. 5.1 sec |
| p13363 | b | tjumen | 1598 | seemed easy for its rating. 5.1 sec |
| p13363 | b | barz | 1708 | r2q3r/p3kppp/2Q1pn2/1N4B1/1b6/8/1P3PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p13371 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds |
| p13371 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.9 seconds |
| p13384 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.4 seconds |
| p13384 | w | themagician | 1543 | 1.2 seconds |
| p13384 | w | drad | 1651 | this annoying puzzle grrr!!! |
| p13386 | w | brulla | 1444 | Beautiful mate!! |
| p13386 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Mates without rooks/queens = Awesome. |
| p13386 | w | Igor07 | 1381 | Wirklisch schön |
| p13389 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.5 seconds |
| p13389 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | unusual mate |
| p13392 | b | DocB | 1237 | Dougs lover lover
|
| p13392 | b | matthew97 | 974 | she the one who made this problem is rihtous |
| p13392 | b | curiouschild | 1223 | queen mate! |
| p13392 | b | jdmce2002 | 1255 | Very pretty! |
| p13408 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | a sophisticated mate threat that wins the enemy bishop! |
| p13410 | w | kuba | 1866 | good |
| p13410 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds
easy because with big material disadvantage you must check the opponent king |
| p13410 | w | amyii | 1354 | but you have to have in mind all the sequence of the arabian mate |
| p13410 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 20.4 seconds. i'm a dumbass! :) arabian mate huh. so that's what you call it. this whole time i've been calling it "the rook and knight in the corner mate" |
| p13414 | w | herrahuh | 1331 | How this is difficult? |
| p13414 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Not difficult. Not highly rated (1481.4 as of this message). |
| p13420 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | counterattack |
| p13423 | b | tjumen | 1598 | easy |
| p13423 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Problem title: "Where's your big check now, huh?" |
| p13424 | w | juliaGM | 1255 | ???? |
| p13427 | w | CryptorKid | 1348 | tough |
| p13427 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | I Got It! YEAH! SUCK ON THAT!! |
| p13428 | b | blcnngn | 2223 | nice |
| p13428 | b | JSorel | 1664 | You've solved problem p13428 in 3.6 seconds. :) |
| p13428 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 10.6 seconds |
| p13429 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.3 seconds |
| p13429 | b | sejo1 | 1600 | 1.4 seconds |
| p13429 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | weak K |
| p13429 | b | chessyeti | 1756 | 2.4 seconds |
| p13429 | b | barz | 1708 | All black pieces fall ! |
| p13429 | b | grom43 | 1654 | It's mate, especially 5 Bd7+ you should see, and 2 Rd5+ when pawns c6 and e6 is still fun. |
| p13437 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23192 to solve
10.1 seconds
capture more material is better but for some reason I did not see immediately capturing the bishop. |
| p13437 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.6 seconds this time |
| p13443 | b | drad | 1651 | 206.8 seconds |
| p13443 | b | grom43 | 1654 | phone call? |
| p13450 | b | sarciness | 1465 | Nice. Pretty tough for its rating! |
| p13461 | w | hmpf142000 | 1670 | Puh, quite heavy for 17xx |
| p13461 | w | ngnblcn | 1851 | nice that Be3 doesnt work |
| p13461 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.8 seconds |
| p13461 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | needs a least one more move: 5. Kg4 Qg1+ i.e. not 5... h5; Black has no better than perpetual unless White blunders |
| p13461 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with floreatdunum. |
| p13461 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed. last move got me. |
| p13462 | b | Holy | 1098 | Good thinking exercise: Need to find a creative way to win the B without losing the N, so you simulateously defend the N and take the B, but you have to set this up with a Q fork. But it initially doesn't seem that you should have to fork the K and B to get the B, since you're already attacking it with a pawn. |
| p13463 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 86.6 seconds |
| p13465 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | I really love it when knight forks are so hidden but so devestating. |
| p13465 | b | Holy | 1098 | Should be rated higher. Only rated this low because the winning move is the most obvious forcing move. Many players probably just blindly play that move and have no idea what the point is. |
| p13465 | b | thingfish | 1345 | Great problem. |
| p13465 | b | antielectron | 1223 | Horray! |
| p13470 | w | VersaGlobe | 1330 | Could move the queen first, I guess the analysis is done by points... |
| p13470 | w | aarong | 1339 | No, if you black moves his queen first he will end up without any compensation for the loss of the bishop |
| p13472 | w | underated | 1374 | I saw something else than that. but the answer appears to be the most logical. |
| p13472 | w | Leucky | 1538 | Fine. More problems like this. :-) |
| p13472 | w | thingfish | 1345 | nice one mover... |
| p13472 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Opening mate. |
| p13481 | b | kevinsware | 1349 | i like, i didnt get it at first. creative |
| p13483 | b | Vandebent | 1701 | 2. Nf7+ wins, 2. Nd5+ wins, 2. Nxc6 wins. This is realy a stupid problem. |
| p13483 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I guess that the point is 2.Nf7 Rxf7 3.Bd6+ Kb6 4.Bc7+ Qxc7 5.Na4+
I missed 4.Bc7+ and did not see how white wins after 2.Nf7 |
| p13483 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | what's wrong with c5? |
| p13485 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | I guess 1.Rd8 Be6 lives for black. |
| p13485 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23431 to solve
failure
thought check is too simple for the high rating so went for the wrong order of moves and played 1.Rd8 |
| p13485 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.9 seconds
1772.28 new rating record
remembered it from the past and this time remembered that check is the first move and not Rd8 |
| p13505 | w | wild | 1305 | awesome, took awhile to see Q at a8 was no threat. |
| p13508 | b | abcpatzer | 1476 | 2 Qxf7+ is much stronger, instead of winning a rook it wins the king. |
| p13508 | b | midn1ght | 1530 | abcpatzer: except 2...Kh8 spoils that. Crafty's not wrong about tactics very often! |
| p13508 | b | Garryback | 1581 | I had the same failing idea of Qxf7 |
| p13511 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | You've solved problem p13511 in 3.9 seconds. ( Result 0.94 : 0.06 )
Your new rating is 1706.60 (+2.97). |
| p13518 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | trapping the King in front of his own pawns! |
| p13522 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | removal of defense |
| p13528 | w | ngnblcn | 1851 | overrated 1976 |
| p13528 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 34.5 seconds
not overrated
it was not easy to find the fork |
| p13528 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 147.5 seconds
another proof that it is not overrated.
I did not remember the solution that I found some days ago and I even did not remember that I got it in the past. |
| p13528 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | now failure when the rating is 1982.5
a third proof that it is not overrated(1976 was clearly too low otherwise the rating could not go up) |
| p13537 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Free rook! Yess! |
| p13539 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by 3.Ke2 missing Qxd4
3.Rf4 did not seem logical to me because I did not want pinned rook. |
| p13544 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Its the only legal move! What's the puzzle in that? |
| p13548 | b | DrMath | 1573 | how many forks do you have? |
| p13553 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | You've solved problem p13553 in 1.3 seconds. ( Result 1.00 : 0.00 )
Your new rating is 1761.11 (+3.34). |
| p13554 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | needs more moves |
| p13565 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | failed
simple but played Qxe8+ when I did not count material to see that this winning material move is losing |
| p13570 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Setting up a fork. |
| p13587 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.4 seconds |
| p13589 | b | pdubs | 1146 | fork that bishop |
| p13603 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | 2.Qxg7 seems counter-intuitive to me. However, it manages to salvage White's defence. Other moves expose the White King. |
| p13604 | w | ngnblcn | 1851 | overrated 1997 |
| p13610 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23422 to solve
36.8 seconds
A lot of time to see poor a2 pawn |
| p13610 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.7 seconds |
| p13617 | w | stevie | 1222 | pin the Q |
| p13622 | b | gsaf | 1226 | Why not Bb4 instead of Bxe5? |
| p13631 | b | Holy | 1098 | Go one more move. |
| p13631 | b | ankka | 1302 | Indeed |
| p13638 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by QxQ+ |
| p13642 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.1 seconds
Bf4 is needed to prevent Re1 |
| p13642 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.9 seconds |
| p13642 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.0 seconds |
| p13642 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed black pieces & white K, including R into defence with tempo(attacking Q) |
| p13642 | b | grom43 | 1654 | 3 Bf4 forks the Rb8 and Qg3. Not really needed to stop ...Re1: 4 hxg4 Re1 5 Bf4 should be fine for White. |
| p13642 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Except the Ra8 isn't on b8...Uri got it right again. |
| p13646 | w | thingfish | 1345 | nice sequence. |
| p13648 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.6 seconds |
| p13652 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.0 seconds |
| p13652 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | pin + BQ batery |
| p13653 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.2 seconds |
| p13653 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | calculated winning a rook by Bxg2 Rxg2 but it is not enough when Bf5 is better |
| p13653 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | uncovery |
| p13671 | w | zooter | 1505 | pretty tough though the # of moves are limited |
| p13671 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | An obvious fork. |
| p13673 | b | JSorel | 1664 | how can anybody miss this? :) |
| p13673 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.0 seconds |
| p13673 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.3 seconds |
| p13673 | b | barz | 1708 | r3k2r/ppqR1ppp/6b1/2p1p3/P7/B1Q2N2/5PPP/4R1K1 b kq - 0 1 |
| p13683 | w | laaqer | 1404 | why not a pawn mate? |
| p13683 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | 2...b5+ 3.Bxb5 is not a mate |
| p13683 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | shit! come on laaqer, u didn't realize that after looking at it after you missed it? |
| p13689 | w | different | 1548 | I don't understand Crafty line. Is it a checkmate? if so why only -1.37 point in the ev. |
| p13689 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | thought about Qe3 but unfortunately saw
Nh3+ Kh1? Nf4 missing Qxh3 and saw it immediately after I played Nh3+ |
| p13689 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.1 seconds |
| p13689 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | agree with different! |
| p13696 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Beautiful mate in 1 |
| p13698 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.6 seconds
did not see 4.Rd1 but played the first moves correctly without seeing it
I think that 4.Rd1 is relatively the harder move to find. |
| p13709 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.4 seconds |
| p13709 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | pretty straightforward for 1804 |
| p13711 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.7 seconds |
| p13713 | w | brulla | 1444 | Nice but incomplete. After Qe5+ there are two pieces to be taken and only one move leads to victory. This should be tested, too. |
| p13713 | w | mtracey | 1552 | I agree |
| p13713 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Yes, the d5 bishop is threatening mate in 1! |
| p13713 | w | EvanDynamic | 1194 | Yes. "Solution" leads opponent to mate in next move. |
| p13713 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | @ EvanDynamic: Nope, after Qxe5+, White is obliged to move his King, thus losing a tempo. Black then takes the d5 bishop, removing White's threat of mate. |
| p13716 | w | Svenja | 1588 | Dusseliges Problem, man macht einfach ein paar Züge und das war's. |
| p13716 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.3 seconds
too simple and I simply searched for something harder
inspite of it earned rating |
| p13716 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.1 seconds |
| p13716 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | Now failed in it and chose 1...Bf8 because I thought it has double threat against the queen and the bishop h4
when it seemed to me that
1. ... Rxe8 2. Bxe8 Rxe8 3. gxf5 is equal material.
(I guess that 1...Bf8 is bad because of 2.Bc4+ Kh8 3.Qf7 but did not check it with a computer).
I do not know what I thought at the time that I solved it earlier and my comment that it is too simple is simply wrong. |
| p13716 | w | drad | 1651 | I just chose Bf8 cause of the high rating, gotta stop looking at puzzle ratings ;) |
| p13716 | w | drad | 1651 | why is this one high rated, I don't understand. |
| p13716 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Ja, einfaches Problem. Hier beginnt das Problem nach zwei Wiederfängen gezwungen, nicht wahr? |
| p13717 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Pin backfires: B(d4) pins P(f2), allowing 1...Qxg3; but after 2.Rxd4(B), if 2...cxd4(R), then 3.fxg3(Q). |
| p13718 | w | JSorel | 1664 | nice! |
| p13718 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 26.0 seconds |
| p13718 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 76.1 seconds, ihihih |
| p13718 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 17.3 seconds now |
| p13722 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.3 seconds |
| p13724 | w | Shinidoki | 1506 | Rxc4?? |
| p13724 | w | HPeter | 1517 | @shinidoki: then u only win a root, not the queen... |
| p13726 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Be6 |
| p13731 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.7 seconds |
| p13731 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | bit easy for 1676? |
| p13733 | b | wald | 1565 | just finding the only move, isn't it? |
| p13733 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | bit dull - agree with wald |
| p13733 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | don't know why I only awarded 2 stars back then - nothing wrong with the problem - perhaps slightly dull but so what? |
| p13736 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Zwischenzug: ...R(c8)g8+ and THEN ...N(c5)xd3(B) wins B |
| p13736 | w | viaoro2000 | 1219 | what the beep |
| p13736 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Good explanation by OldPatzer |
| p13740 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice decoy and fork wins a piece. |
| p13742 | b | armeno | 1859 | This problem is not correct,
I see..... 'Crafty19.19 3GHZ:
Nxb2,Ng5+, Kg6 (-o.81)
why not 1. Qb3+? |
| p13742 | b | Theodor | 1830 | If 2.Db3 then 2...Nc4 and black is simply a piece up |
| p13742 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 32.0 seconds |
| p13742 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | ugly problem - spend ages searching for White not to be worse - and there is no way - okay problem is correct - White has Hobson's choice - worse or lost, so Hobson must choose, but UGLY |
| p13742 | b | JSorel | 1664 | I liked it... |
| p13744 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23246 to solve
3.4 seconds
believe that got it in the past but was not sure and thought too much about the first move. |
| p13744 | b | themagician | 1543 | well uri 3.4 seconds is good compared to your normal 15-30 seconds |
| p13744 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | Now it is 3.2 seconds and new rating record of
1828.91
I think that I solve most of the problem in less than 15 seconds(statistic of this session that was a good session is that I got 32 out of the last 41 problems in less than 15 seconds) |
| p13744 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i couldn't find the solution. failed it twice. then i thought thought backwards from the quickest way to get my queen on a mating square and the answer jumped right out at me. |
| p13769 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 54.5 seconds
idea to prevent Qc2+ to be strong and win the rook or the knight |
| p13769 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds
remembered it |
| p13769 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.0 seconds |
| p13778 | b | levkipos | 1386 | narrow escape |
| p13778 | b | SuperSpud | 1398 | pretty cool
|
| p13784 | w | sevkisen | 1964 | nice 1924 |
| p13788 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Exploitation of pinned pawn. (Never mind the knight fork!) |
| p13788 | b | SuperSpud | 1398 | the resulting endgame is drawn, as the black king can not be stopped from taking the rook pawn. |
| p13795 | b | impromptus | 1450 | looks like i played N+ 1 step earlier |
| p13803 | w | mtracey | 1552 | White has sacrificed a rook for the attack, now black must give back a piece to stop mate, remaining up the exchange. Pretty easy since you don't have any other real options but still a good problem. |
| p13805 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Not nice |
| p13805 | w | Carbonic | 1527 | Stupid problem |
| p13808 | b | atripodi | 1572 | Shouldn't Qh4 be acceptable also? |
| p13808 | b | Coventry | 1613 | no, because Qh3 aims on that black pawn if the black queen moves. |
| p13808 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | The main ideas of Qh3 are not the black pawn.
Rh4 to win the black queen after Qh7 is the most important thing here. |
| p13808 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.8 seconds
Qxc3 is another idea of Qh3 |
| p13808 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.2 seconds(threats both h8 c3 and e6) |
| p13808 | b | parmetd | 1645 | Yes Qh4 still wins but Qh3 is better. |
| p13808 | b | memo | 1570 | Qh4 does not win; Black is better after the reply ...Qh7 |
| p13813 | b | ngnblcn | 1851 | overrated 2000 |
| p13813 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | ngnblcn is annoying
failed in it and I do not see how is it so simple with so many captures. |
| p13813 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | if I calculate every trade then it is simple but I tried to solve it fast. |
| p13816 | b | barz | 1708 | It's not as easy as suggests the rating. |
| p13824 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | The g2-pawn is badly overworked. It must keep the a8-h1 diagonal to the h1-king closed (else ... Bc6+ mates) but it also must defend the h3 against the threat of ... Rxh3+. It cannot perform both tasks and 1 ... Rxh3+! 2 gxh3 deflects it from keeping the critical long diagonal closed. |
| p13824 | w | JamesBJames | 1657 | Cute mate. |
| p13829 | b | greatkid | 1694 | o so o easy o |
| p13829 | b | drad | 1651 | huuuuh |
| p13829 | b | drad | 1651 | I didn't find it easy.. giving up a bishop for a pawn does not come naturally to me |
| p13829 | b | drad | 1651 | hmmmm |
| p13829 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | needs more moves |
| p13830 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.8 seconds |
| p13830 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.9 seconds |
| p13830 | b | greatkid | 1694 | 2.9 sec |
| p13839 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.7 seconds |
| p13839 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.8 seconds |
| p13841 | w | Fromper | 1338 | Good puzzle, but the pawn shouldn't automatically promote to a knight without asking the user. figuring that it has to be a knight is part of the puzzle. |
| p13841 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | discovery; underpromotion |
| p13841 | w | Baully | 1328 | they should let the user promote the pawn; if they had i would have gotten this problem incorrect. good puzzle though |
| p13843 | b | plopje | 1678 | beautiful |
| p13843 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.5 seconds |
| p13843 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.1 seconds
new rating record
1796.16 |
| p13843 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | ! |
| p13847 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.3 seconds
easy |
| p13847 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.1 seconds |
| p13847 | w | loot | 1486 | 2.0 seconds |
| p13847 | w | neiking | 1591 | 1.8 seconds |
| p13848 | w | memo | 1570 | Bassett - D. Gurevich, Las Vegas 1996 |
| p13852 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.8 seconds |
| p13852 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.0 seconds |
| p13852 | b | barz | 1708 | r5k1/1p4p1/3p3r/n2Pp1q1/4Pp2/2PP4/PR3RBn/3QB1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p13856 | b | underated | 1374 | I saw nothing that was there. absolute blank... |
| p13856 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | The e5 knight cannot be moved because of the discovered check! |
| p13860 | b | jerbear | 1380 | Why doesn't black move his king along the 6th rank until he gets to the pawn? |
| p13860 | b | Holy | 1098 | Because Black blunders. Great endgame problem! |
| p13860 | b | LowScore | 1564 | Because moving on the 6th rank (for instance 1...Kf6 will allow White to play Rf8+ and then the pawn will promote. No blunder on Black's part here, just plain good tactics from White. |
| p13860 | b | Schumi | 1523 | 1...Kg7 would hold the draw wouldn't it? |
| p13860 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Skewer: After 2.Rh8, Rxb7, then 3.Rh7+ and Black's R is lost. |
| p13860 | b | herrahuh | 1331 | Classic. |
| p13866 | w | DocB | 1237 | HEIL obama |
| p13867 | b | deadbeatoz | 1904 | I think 4.0-0 would be better than 4.Kd2? Am I missing something, or is it just because W had lost his castling right in the source game? |
| p13867 | b | CLance | 2086 | Why not 3. 0-0? |
| p13867 | b | Improchess | 2054 | Rd2 is a fantastic move |
| p13867 | b | jokim | 2000 | Flawed because castling is apparently illegal while it is not made clear |
| p13867 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with jokim. |
| p13868 | w | barz | 1708 | 7k/B5p1/7p/8/8/2P2rq1/PPQ5/R6K w - - 0 1 |
| p13869 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23401
1.2 seconds
memorized the solution |
| p13869 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 0.7 seconds |
| p13872 | w | e4e5f4 | 1402 | Another queen sacrifice for a mate |
| p13875 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.6 seconds |
| p13875 | w | polgary | 1530 | I doubt the correctness of this line. Maximum is draw after the correct 2...Bg7 ;the given Red8 will lose.
.
1. Bxg5 Bxd4
({9:-1.41} 1. ... Bxd4 2. Bf4 Red8 3. Bxd6 Qa8 4. Qh6 Rc6 5. Qf4 Ng6 $17)
|
| p13875 | w | grom43 | 1654 | @polgary. I would take black's position after 5...Ng6. But you might be right: Crafty seems to have missed 4 e5 which looks tough to handle for Black. |
| p13885 | w | Montblanc | 1480 | whats wrong with Bb2? |
| p13885 | w | Montblanc | 1480 | i mean, Bf2 |
| p13885 | w | sleiman | 1406 | Bf2 is illegal, but if you meant Bg2 then white's defense against the knight trap would simply be Be2 |
| p13886 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 51.1 seconds |
| p13895 | b | sarciness | 1465 | Logical. |
| p13895 | b | herrahuh | 1331 | Nice. |
| p13899 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Skewer by Q: Q(a5)a1+ skewers K(c1); after Kd2, Q(a5)xg1(R). |
| p13907 | b | barz | 1708 | 8/1pNr1r1k/1PnpN2p/2p1b1pP/2P1p3/4P1P1/3R1P2/1R4K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p13909 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Mate in 4 !! |
| p13909 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | The power of the Rook when on the 7th rank! |
| p13910 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.2 seconds |
| p13913 | w | mathaias | 1434 | ? |
| p13914 | b | Garryback | 1581 | ??? |
| p13919 | b | underated | 1374 | nasty to find this one, but a ripper of a position. |
| p13919 | b | wild | 1305 | tough |
| p13920 | b | grom43 | 1654 | But how can it be rated 1656? |
| p13920 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | it is rated 1654.5 and I clearly lost rating against it because I thought too much search for something better. |
| p13921 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | This is all about maximising the material gain. |
| p13921 | w | viaoro2000 | 1219 | i no a glitch. get a question right and click on the piece you used and it will disapper want to find me look on that says i found a glicth!!!!!!! |
| p13929 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | removal of the guard (which in this case threatens mate in 1) |
| p13929 | b | ankka | 1302 | More moves please! |
| p13933 | w | ingwe | 1149 | Where's the tactics? |
| p13935 | w | dogWaste | 1289 | three captures to evaluate! nice. |
| p13942 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | again pawn interference |
| p13951 | w | loot | 1486 | took too long because i couldn't believe a 1600+ rated problem could be so obvious... |
| p13959 | w | Subrosian | 1658 | I didn't see the second fork. |
| p13961 | w | zepled37 | 1431 | also had to check to see if could trap the queen, but that doesn't quite work. |
| p13966 | w | theKnife | 1671 | Nb3? Ra7+ |
| p13966 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.6 seconds |
| p13966 | w | Arkenshaw | 1733 | The trouble with this, is that the knight can go back to b7 as well as b3 |
| p13966 | w | grom43 | 1654 | The trouble with Arkenshaw's comment is he didn't read theKnife's comment. :-) |
| p13966 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | i suppose that being able to realize the importance of dumb little details like an escape check is one of those things i need to master better to get better. :) |
| p13966 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 8/6kp/1r1r2p1/Rpn1p1p1/2B5/6P1/1P3P1P/5RK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p13975 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Difficult defensive move to find. |
| p13983 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | bad problem because black is losing.
I played Bxd8 but based on analysis with rybka white wins after
1...Qd2 2.Qe8 Qxd3+ 3.Ka2 Qa6+ 4.Ba5+ Nc8 5.b4
Here is rybka's line:
2.Qa4-e8 Qd2xd3+ 3.Kb1-a2 Qd3-a6+ 4.Bd8-a5+ Na7-c8 5.b3-b4 Ng3-e4 6.f3xe4 f5xe4 7.Ka2-b3 Ka8-b8 8.Kb3-a4 Bf6xd4 9.Qe8-d7 Bd4-c3 10.Qd7-c7+ Kb8-a8 11.Re1-d1 d5-d4 12.b4-b5 Bc3xa5 13.Qc7xa5 Qa6xa5+ 14.Ka4xa5 d4-d3 15.c5-c6 Ka8-b8 16.b5-b6 Nc8-e7 17.Ka5-b5
+- (3.97) Depth: 13 |
| p13983 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.8 seconds |
| p13983 | w | beydagh | 2020 | You are right.After 2.Qe8 Black is losing. |
| p13986 | w | themagician | 1543 | 5.1 seconds |
| p13989 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.1 seconds |
| p13989 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.0 seconds |
| p13994 | b | DocB | 1237 | confusing/
s;dlf
herpes and the gprapewinv
i think that it came to mind
and it says that you aren't fine
keepl the saupqay nesct time
prostiutes nd thing go for oabama and he hees nothing wring with it and he sees fuck prositits sandf |
| p13996 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.1 seconds |
| p13996 | w | memo | 1570 | 1. ... Nf3 also wins |
| p13997 | w | Prufrock | 1509 | I think that fails to g4 Rxg4 and black struggles to maintain his advantage |
| p13997 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.2 seconds |
| p13997 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.2 seconds again |
| p13997 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.4 seconds |
| p13998 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.1 seconds |
| p13998 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 24.0 seconds |
| p14001 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.4 seconds |
| p14001 | w | drad | 1651 | why do you all give it 1 star? it's a great line |
| p14002 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23475 to solve
1.6 seconds
I wonder if people fail because they do not see the check or do not see the simple capture. |
| p14002 | b | rockym | 1626 | the first instinct is to keep the queen towards g7. It takes time to see the recapture because of that. |
| p14011 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | "avoid mate" puzzle. |
| p14011 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Well said, suddenlysomeone. |
| p14016 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Tricky removal of the guard problem. |
| p14020 | w | drad | 1651 | accidently took the bishop.. didn't see a5 protecting knight |
| p14020 | w | drad | 1651 | I mean a4 |
| p14020 | w | Epic | 1591 | just take the knight with your bishop and winning a piece, because if he captures with his pawn you'll just capture his rook with yours |
| p14023 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | failure
played Qg8 |
| p14023 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 18.6 seconds
remember that I got it in the past and failed but did not remember the solution. |
| p14023 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | r2qkb1Q/5p2/p2p2r1/1p1NP3/3nP1b1/N2B4/PPP2P1P/R4K1R b q - 0 1 |
| p14029 | w | john888 | 1253 | I prefer to take the bishop with my bishop for check, and then take the rook with my queen leading to mate. Is this not better than the proposed solution? |
| p14029 | w | grom43 | 1654 | @john888. Certainly would be a great way to go if you didn't have to get out of check (Qa4+). |
| p14032 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.1 seconds |
| p14039 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 0.6 seconds |
| p14046 | w | tjumen | 1598 | 7.8 seconds |
| p14047 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | exploitation of pinned pawn + saving the bishop by gaining tempos through checks |
| p14057 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | queen fork |
| p14067 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | removal of defense |
| p14069 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.8 seconds |
| p14085 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Should include at least up until ..Nf4 in solution. |
| p14085 | w | palindrome | 1658 | it doesn't go far enough for a 1659 problem |
| p14085 | w | JSorel | 1664 | should be extended |
| p14085 | w | edgy | 1645 | really should be extended. but it won't be--no bad problem ever gets fixed. |
| p14085 | w | Healed | 1639 | Good problem. Even though white can queen a pawn, black wins. Its there in the computer analysis. Yes should be extended. |
| p14085 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | all that calculating and i only get to play my first move?! :( what a buzz kill! |
| p14092 | w | pdazz | 1388 | Why not Kd4+ |
| p14092 | w | pdazz | 1388 | Sorry I mean Nd4+ |
| p14092 | w | LowScore | 1564 | 1...Nd4+ doesn't cover g2 with the Knight, so Black could reply 2.Qg2 and save the queen. |
| p14092 | w | jsobo | 1427 | Nd4+ got me too when you see a good move look for a better one... echoes loudly |
| p14094 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Attack a piece, it moves away with a capture, duh!
At least it wasn't a recapture. |
| p14094 | b | knobgoblin | 1444 | Pbbbb. |
| p14094 | b | theKnife | 1671 | But the capture is quite forced (Bd1 Rc8). |
| p14094 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | zzzz |
| p14095 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.4 seconds
too much hesitated about gxh7
or g7 my first thought was that there is Rxh7 but later
I saw that the white queen can capture Rook d3 |
| p14095 | b | themagician | 1543 | I didn"t even find it. I am back to 1777 |
| p14095 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 13.3 and i still got points! :) |
| p14100 | w | Subrosian | 1658 | If only white had played Kg2 before his attack... |
| p14100 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | my first fail in 54 moves. just for the record i had a position where i had a free queen or checkmate vs chessmaster in 14 moves after 1...Qd6 |
| p14100 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | i mean 54 problems, not moves! lol |
| p14102 | w | stevie | 1222 | N fork |
| p14106 | w | underated | 1374 | you take me I promote. you dont take me and I get your bishop...hmmm... |
| p14118 | b | Regiomontanus | 907 | I love this one : simple but effective thank you |
| p14121 | b | tjandcsb | 1269 | huh? |
| p14124 | w | tomtom233 | 1470 | how is that rated that high |
| p14124 | w | stefanT | 1521 | Believe me I didn't see that, was too focused on te left side. |
| p14124 | w | neiking | 1591 | 0.8 seconds. That problem is over rated! |
| p14126 | w | curiouschild | 1223 | discovered attack with pawn promotion |
| p14127 | b | drad | 1651 | 1.Rxg5 Bxf5 3.Qh6 Rf7 4.Nxf7+ Qxf7 5.Qd6 h6 6.Qxh6+ ? wtf? |
| p14127 | b | drad | 1651 | sorry missed a number |
| p14127 | b | drad | 1651 | that line would be +2000 |
| p14135 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | You've solved problem p14135 in 4.0 seconds. ( Result 0.93 : 0.07 )
Your new rating is 1737.08 (+4.24). |
| p14135 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | easy |
| p14135 | b | drad | 1651 | hmm yes well.. |
| p14135 | b | drad | 1651 | I didn't find this so easy. once has to see firstly that the king supports the pin on the queen.. then you have to make sure that black's queen can't check the king on any square... takes a bit of effort |
| p14135 | b | drad | 1651 | once equals one |
| p14135 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Its not easy. On the tough side, unless you're some kind of MagicCat |
| p14135 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Takes a bit of effort, yes, but Black is threatening Rxd7, after all. After 2 Kh1 Rxd7 it'll end up equal or even worse for white. |
| p14142 | b | edgy | 1645 | ne5 is STILL also crushing; this is a very bad problem |
| p14142 | b | lummox | 1650 | as others note, ne5 also wins |
| p14142 | b | edgy | 1645 | Once again, this prblem has been utterly broken for months. Remove. |
| p14142 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | ... but the point is, nb8 also wins. |
| p14142 | b | edgy | 1645 | No, the POINT is that Nb8 is not th eONLY winning move, so this is a BAD PROBLEM. |
| p14142 | b | rollingstone | 1852 | Very bad problem!! I completely agree!!Ne5 |
| p14142 | b | eragon21 | 1754 | Terrible. A winning variation cannot be better than another winning variation. |
| p14142 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with the posters above. 1.Ne5 is winning; that 1.Nb8 is a better move is not really relevant as playing moves that crafty finds +4 is going to be enough to win the vast majority of times. ;-) |
| p14142 | b | kwanpin | 1752 | i played Ne5.. and wrong??? |
| p14142 | b | jokim | 2000 | The difference between 1. Ne5 and 1. Nb8 is winning a Rook for a Knight and winning a full Rook for nothing. |
| p14142 | b | jokim | 2000 | Forgot to add the stars. Important problem! |
| p14142 | b | kwanpin | 1752 | Nb8! |
| p14142 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | More than one solution. |
| p14145 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | I do not understand the high rating of this problem.
Solved it in less than 3 seconds and I believe it was my first try. |
| p14151 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | 3.Rxf6 is better than 3.Kxg2, because after this move, White is still threatening a piece, and furthermore Black has only one move with gives check to the White king, and that check is not good because it loses the bishop. Whilst Kxg2 will leave the White King exposed to many hostile checks. |
| p14152 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 4q1k1/5Npp/1p1b1n2/pP2P3/2Q5/P3P3/1n4PP/R5K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p14155 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Solution should include ...Qxh5+ and ...Nxg3+ |
| p14155 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.2 seconds
agree with tomohawk |
| p14160 | b | Leucky | 1538 | nice. You have to see that the bishop is pinned. |
| p14160 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mating attack wins material: R(c1)c8+, Q(b6)d8; R(c8)xd8(Q)+. (B(d7) is pinned by B(b5) and Q(b4) attacks e7.) |
| p14160 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Good point, Leucky! |
| p14160 | b | pablobento | 1546 | no es uqe
hy eri
|
| p14163 | w | chessradio | 1434 | I really like this! |
| p14163 | w | Leucky | 1538 | nice! |
| p14163 | w | tarikh | 1645 | Excellent! |
| p14163 | w | jyt230 | 1507 | Whoa niccce! |
| p14170 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.6 seconds |
| p14170 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.5 seconds |
| p14173 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Not so difficult, is it? |
| p14173 | w | JSorel | 1664 | well, I didn't solve it :-( |
| p14173 | w | jokim | 2000 | Not difficult to solve, but surprising that the Black King can escape the checks from a Queen and a Rook, apparently without any defensive support. |
| p14179 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 24.0 seconds |
| p14179 | b | loot | 1486 | 1652? Really? |
| p14179 | b | sarciness | 1465 | Good problem. |
| p14179 | b | mburch1974 | 1481 | ya I missed it, but didnt think for more than 5 secs |
| p14179 | b | musiclife | 1602 | love these kind of defensive minded problems. Meeting threats of opponent is an oft unlooked area of tactical study! |
| p14184 | b | dwnshi | 1559 | yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| p14184 | b | Baully | 1328 | lol dwmshi |
| p14184 | b | Baully | 1328 | dwnshi i mean |
| p14187 | w | wild | 1305 | duh.... |
| p14193 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | whew! 3.7 seconds. my biggest point grab of the day so far. :) |
| p14217 | b | SSC9 | 1353 | pretty good |
| p14220 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | A fork wins a piece. White's Queen cannot defend the forfeited piece because of the d6 pawn. |
| p14224 | b | stevie | 1222 | Check w/N, sacrifice and Check w/Q |
| p14224 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | The Queen fork 4.Qg5+ is strangely not that easy to see! |
| p14232 | b | Rozebottel | 1474 | Instructive! |
| p14232 | b | Coventry | 1613 | Am I missing something here? Kg7, then what? |
| p14232 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.3 seconds
you are missing Nxf8 |
| p14232 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.4 seconds |
| p14232 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | to coventry Nxh7 Kg7 Nxf8 |
| p14232 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | needs more moves |
| p14232 | b | Leucky | 1538 | Main motiv: discovered attack. But there is also a knight fork when black tries 2... Rd8 |
| p14232 | b | grom43 | 1654 | 2 Nxh7 with threat Nxf8. If 2...Kg7 or 2...Qc6 3 Nxf8. If 2...Kxh7 3 Bxg6+ wins queen. If 2...Rd8 3 Nf6+ wins queen. So which moves does it need more of? |
| p14234 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | A fork that is really hard to see. |
| p14236 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.5 seconds |
| p14240 | w | underated | 1374 | oh..good points. |
| p14241 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.6 seconds |
| p14241 | w | jokim | 2000 | Somehow hidden move |
| p14246 | w | MPradical | 1411 | wait, why is a simple fork rate in the 1400s? |
| p14250 | b | ajotatxe | 1405 | Who is playing black?? |
| p14250 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | The initial problem is which piece to capture with... Even without the tactic it'd be the queen (king safety). The protection to white's bishop is a bonus... |
| p14260 | b | underated | 1374 | and that was that. |
| p14260 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate: After Qg8+, mate is inevitable. |
| p14265 | b | Baully | 1328 | cool problem! white's next move will be Nf5+, mating! =) |
| p14272 | w | element | 1423 | Problem p14272...An octopus...!
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| p14272 | w | element | 1423 | Problem p14272...An octopus...!
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| p14272 | w | element | 1423 | http://chess.emrald.net/pics/starred.gifhttp://chess.emrald.nethttp://chess.emrald.net/pics/starred.gifProblem p14272...An octopus...!
2010-01-03 21:57:41 element Problem p14272...An octopus...! /pics/starred.gif |
| p14274 | w | Elroch | 1453 | I like this because it giving up a Q is sometimes the best move even without a checkmate. |
| p14278 | w | wild | 1305 | rope-a-dope |
| p14278 | w | DocB | 1237 | AFSLKDFHAG |
| p14283 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.2 seconds |
| p14286 | w | Garryback | 1581 | given line of Crafty me and my Fritz11 we doubt to be correct:
1. Rc1 Qxc1+
({10:-1.12} 1. ... Qxc1+ 2. Bxc1 Nxb3 3. Be3 Nc1 4. Bxa7 Rxa7 5. Qe1 e4 6. Qg3+ Kf8 7. Qg7+ Ke8 8. Qg8+ Kd7 9. Qxf7+? Kc6 10. Qxa7 exf3 11. Qxh7 fxg2+ 12. Kxg2 Nxa2 $17)
after the correct 9.Qg4+ besides catching the Rd1 white is better in the end.
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| p14294 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | doh! |
| p14294 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 27.0 seconds
thought on other directions first
Qxb5+ Qf7+ Qxh7+ and did not notice the fact that queens are at the same diagnol |
| p14294 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.5 seconds |
| p14294 | b | tjumen | 1598 | impressive |
| p14295 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | All forced. |
| p14295 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | I agree. |
| p14296 | w | dogWaste | 1289 | yes, and easy problem, but will mislead less advanced players into thinking 'they solved it' by 1...Qf3+, when after 2.Kd3, Blk moves 2...Qxh1. challenging? not hardly. but newer players wont see that. thus, this problem could be rated higher but go a move deeper |
| p14299 | w | tjumen | 1598 | was unexpected |
| p14310 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Nice problem. Looked like some sort of play on the kingside was called for. |
| p14312 | w | grom43 | 1654 | a nice deflection |
| p14316 | w | loot | 1486 | dual solution? |
| p14316 | w | HateYou | 1627 | no, Bf8 has -4.73 and Be5 -2.70. On this server we are supposed to look for the fastest way to win. Imagine you are in zeitnot. You would choose Be5 or Bf8? Bf8, of course. |
| p14316 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Unless problem is extended, the 1...Be5 line is not obvious. 1...Bf8, the pin, just wins material. Fast. |
| p14317 | w | rockym | 1626 | Strange one. The only difficulty is to see that black is under check... |
| p14317 | w | torrededama | 1413 | The only difficulty is to see that black is under check... |
| p14317 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | yes, that check always takes some points |
| p14321 | w | Wolfgang | 1388 | mediocre! |
| p14322 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 25.5 seconds |
| p14322 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failed played Qxc7 |
| p14329 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.3 seconds |
| p14329 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.5 seconds |
| p14329 | b | tjumen | 1598 | 25.8 seconds |
| p14329 | b | grom43 | 1654 | That's a nice move! 2 e6. Interference to take the N after 2...fe (which is forced b/c threat 3 ef+ or 3 ed7+. |
| p14329 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 3.6 seconds |
| p14329 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 6.9 |
| p14335 | b | Holy | 1098 | Always tough to tell that it is a "move and draw" problem. |
| p14335 | b | Leucky | 1538 | Draw Problems are allways good. Especially when you don't know, that the draw is the best result you can reach. |
| p14335 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Drawing combination. |
| p14335 | b | wild | 1305 | Tough to determine "draw" or "win" objective from timed tactics. If you were playing the entire game it'd be easier. |
| p14340 | b | underated | 1374 | nice push and shove. love it. very clever tactic. |
| p14344 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.8 seconds
Kf1 is not move that I am happy to play so checked that Kd1 is losing to mate in 2 first.
the possible attacking bishop is under threat and it also helps Kf1 to be correct move. |
| p14344 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.6 seconds
this time trusting my memory that Kf1 is the move but did not remember the mate in 2 after Kd1 that I mentioned here |
| p14344 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds |
| p14347 | b | fredc | 1420 | Easy but nice problem |
| p14347 | b | ajotatxe | 1405 | I agree |
| p14347 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | this N-fork after Q sac. is known from sharp line in Larsen's opening I think |
| p14347 | b | Alseki | 1484 | This tactics site is a bit obsessed with knight moves forking K & Q. |
| p14349 | b | underated | 1374 | nice....nice...nice |
| p14349 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | decoying the monarch into a knight fork |
| p14349 | b | junelio | 1591 | I Got this one WRONG, wow |
| p14349 | b | dktransform | 1479 | mosty oddly, i JUST READ notes to this position in two articles, then got the problem served to me. true! cf move 28 position, Nf5+ http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1257987 then:http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/2010/05/anand-topalov-wch-g12.htm#comments |
| p14362 | w | brulla | 1444 | Good training! Such patterns must be in my head!! |
| p14362 | w | mburch1974 | 1481 | no kidding! |
| p14365 | b | underated | 1374 | I am in form today |
| p14368 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played Rxc5 immediatly and I guess white has Rxg7+ against it |
| p14368 | w | Kacparov | 2002 | 2.9 seconds |
| p14369 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Qf5+ is +3.35; that's good enough to be winning as well. |
| p14393 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | A lovely RELOADER on the d2-square PINS the White e2-queen to the White h2-king, winning a queen and a piece for the two rooks, an advantage of approximately three pawns. |
| p14393 | w | Holy | 1098 | Agreed. Nice description. |
| p14400 | w | DocB | 1237 | good gut |
| p14405 | w | danechka10 | 1466 | very easy |
| p14406 | b | Sidorsky | 1502 | should be rated much higher, too subtle for a 1308 problem |
| p14406 | b | TryRaptor | 1351 | agree Sidorsky |
| p14406 | b | ibis | 1460 | Yep -- Sidorsky's right. |
| p14406 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Setting up pieces for a double (one direct and the other indirect) attack that are loosely guarded by one single overworked piece. |
| p14407 | w | plopje | 1678 | very crude |
| p14410 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.4 seconds |
| p14413 | b | scuba | 1321 | nice fork threat |
| p14414 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Checkmate in 3! |
| p14415 | b | ankka | 1302 | I was curious to see why 2.Bxd7 does not work and Rybka gave the continuation 2. ... Kxd7 3. Rxc8 Nc3 4. R8xc3 bxc3. |
| p14416 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.1 seconds |
| p14416 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º rn1qr1k1/ppp1b1pp/8/4P3/3P2Q1/2n5/PPP3PP/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p14419 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.5 seconds |
| p14419 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.6 seconds |
| p14419 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.6 seconds |
| p14419 | b | drad | 1651 | damn, got my move order screwd up, checks come first! |
| p14419 | b | grom43 | 1654 | checks by hanging rooks, especially drad! |
| p14422 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.5 seconds |
| p14422 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.8 seconds |
| p14422 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | mate |
| p14422 | b | barz | 1708 | 8/5p2/6kp/5Rn1/P4RpP/6P1/r7/7K b - - 0 1 |
| p14423 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | If 2...Qe5 to protect the Bishop, then 3.Qxe6! |
| p14425 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.6 seconds |
| p14425 | w | drad | 1651 | ok maybe I should have seen that the king would escape into a7 bah. |
| p14425 | w | barz | 1708 | 6k1/1p3p1p/p1ppr1p1/q7/2P5/1QN3nP/PP3KB1/1R6 w - - 0 1 |
| p14426 | w | texian | 1113 | nice one .. hard to see past just taking the queen |
| p14429 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Nice; retreat to victory. |
| p14429 | w | FireGarden | 1557 | Somehow, that move didn't make it to my candidate list. But it should have been obvious. |
| p14432 | w | underated | 1374 | can't believe how many king side attacks I looked at before the brain, eyes, hand came together in unison. |
| p14432 | w | YEAH | 1055 | ooops - I played Kg4+ |
| p14434 | b | edgy | 1645 | recapturing a piece is not not not a problem |
| p14434 | b | RedAlert | 1547 | ??? |
| p14434 | b | Schumi | 1523 | Just take the piece? |
| p14434 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Nice problem. Makes those who just guess random forcing moves have to take a second look. |
| p14434 | b | Vicao | 1670 | just ridiculous |
| p14434 | b | Leucky | 1538 | You have to think about if there is anythink better then just capture the piece. Because this kind of problems some players hate cts... |
| p14434 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | That's it? Pretty lame, man. |
| p14434 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | As a problem... It's bad. As a test of chess ability... it's obviously confusing a lot of us here at CTS -- because it's rated 1604. So I give it 3 stars. |
| p14434 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.5 seconds |
| p14434 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Please note that we are rating the beauty of the problem to those of you who are giving it more that one star... |
| p14434 | b | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | Pointless and a waste of time. |
| p14434 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | wtf else would you play???? |
| p14435 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.4 seconds |
| p14439 | b | memo | 1570 | many moves win |
| p14441 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.1 seconds |
| p14445 | w | milos62 | 1916 | Incredible capture
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| p14445 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23466 to solve
3.9 seconds
nice queen trap |
| p14445 | w | tjumen | 1598 | 18.6 seconds. Nice one. |
| p14445 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed. those evil knights |
| p14449 | b | PaulKendal | 1468 | aaargh.
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| p14449 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Kh2 that thought to be obvious |
| p14449 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.8 seconds |
| p14449 | b | loot | 1486 | 12.7 seconds |
| p14449 | b | BlackFox | 1451 | 5.7 sec, just a cheapo not really a problem. |
| p14456 | b | davidk | 1753 | Solution is too short. |
| p14456 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed. |
| p14456 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 35.9 seconds |
| p14456 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 2.7 |
| p14456 | b | theKnife | 1671 | R7/2B3r1/2Q3nk/1P1P3p/4pp2/2K2PnP/6q1/3B4 b - - 0 1 |
| p14457 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.1 seconds |
| p14468 | b | ChessMaster08 | 1308 | I don't get it... |
| p14468 | b | ChessMaster08 | 1308 | Oh... now I get it! :) |
| p14472 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | missed 2.Nb5 Nxd1 3.Nxc7 Nc3 |
| p14490 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 62.8 seconds |
| p14490 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 87.0 seconds |
| p14490 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | more moves needed--looks like 1...Nxe4 2.Qf3 Rxf4 3.gxf4 Qf5+ 4.Kh2 (4.Rg4 Rxg4 5.Qxg4 Nf2+) Bxf4+ 5.Kh1 Nf2+ 6.Qxf2 Qh3+ wins |
| p14495 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | what do they expect you to do? push h6? |
| p14495 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | after pushing h6 the disadvantage becomes apparent. |
| p14495 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | The only way to prevent such blatant disadvantage is to put h6 there... no other viable option are found. |
| p14495 | w | jokim | 2000 | The exercise is how long it takes you to recognize that g7-g6 is the only viable option |
| p14495 | w | RedBeetle | 1508 | oh yeah! I think the problem is underrated. Should be 2000+. BTW, if we do this problem, it's because we wamt to do better than the obvious move. This exercise exercises nothing. |
| p14495 | w | milos62 | 1916 | I agree with jokim. It took
me 19sec to see that everything else looses at once. So the point here is not what, but how fast. |
| p14497 | w | underated | 1374 | that is a tricky pattern against a very open board. |
| p14508 | w | jokim | 2000 | It is a bit unfortunate that White plays the worst possible variation, but the continuation shows what you should have seen before playing move one... |
| p14512 | w | alighieri | 1341 | was nice |
| p14521 | b | czukay | 1427 | I should have seen that... |
| p14526 | b | Zaphod | 1274 | I'd like to suggest that perhaps the bishop sacrifice should be an acceptable first move. |
| p14526 | b | Subrosian | 1658 | Black will just take your rook then :) |
| p14526 | b | Holy | 1098 | Excellent! It shows that a pawn that will inevitably promote is worth more than a bishop. It takes advantage of Black's inability to reach the pawn with either the king or the bishop. According to the Crafty analysis, Black is hopeless if he takes the White bishop, so White chews up Black's pawns and get a won endgame. |
| p14528 | b | Holy | 1098 | Nice queen trap. |
| p14530 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.1 seconds |
| p14530 | w | tngerb | 1486 | Hmmm so I successfully won nothing? why not just win a pawn at least with Rxg4... |
| p14530 | w | Alseki | 1484 | Because you are in check, and are about to lose the rook before you have any chance to play Rxg4. |
| p14538 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | Excellent problem!!! |
| p14538 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 35.2 seconds
Nb7 Bf4+ seemed dangerous and saw nothing wrong with Kc8 but hesitated too much |
| p14540 | b | FernanDoylet | 1252 | nice check! |
| p14540 | b | pq4pq4 | 1025 | So many distractions in this problem it took me 10 minutes to see that the solution was a solution. |
| p14543 | b | wald | 1565 | too easy for 1698.7 |
| p14543 | b | grom43 | 1654 | They're all too easy! Nice problem. |
| p14544 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | weak K, pin |
| p14545 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Rxe6+ is winning as well. |
| p14545 | b | inkwire | 1667 | Bxg6 also seems to give White a huge advantage |
| p14550 | w | drad | 1651 | *boggles* |
| p14550 | w | drad | 1651 | oh... |
| p14554 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.9 seconds |
| p14555 | w | loot | 1486 | ? |
| p14563 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | 2.Kh2 interrupts further checks, whilst keeping White's back rank mate threat alive. |
| p14565 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23028 10.8 seconds
simple move but too slow and hardly earned rating. |
| p14567 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | NKQP net |
| p14574 | b | bakadur | 1983 | overrated 2007 |
| p14574 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Too easy for its rating |
| p14577 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23227 to solve
46.9 seconds
long line to calculate fast.
believe that got it in the past but not sure about it. |
| p14577 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.2 seconds |
| p14577 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Nice Nc3-b1-c3. Nice Be4 defending c6. Nice Rf8-d8+. Nice mates both files: 3 Kxe4 Nc3 is mate. Nice problem. |
| p14585 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.9 seconds |
| p14593 | w | bubenimyolum | 1920 | nice |
| p14593 | w | JSorel | 1664 | very very nice!!! |
| p14598 | w | impromptus | 1450 | This problem is nice... helps us think out of the box |
| p14598 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | yes, I alwas somehow think that only Q or R can do that defensive move, never considr B |
| p14598 | w | SmokenFlames | 1418 | tha ultimate reource |
| p14601 | w | Holy | 1098 | Would be much higher rated if not for the first move being a check and capture, which the fast-movers will jump on without seeing the combination. There's a lot happening on the board. |
| p14603 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.8 seconds
double mate threat
I think should get smaller rating |
| p14603 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | now failed and unfortunately Qh6 is another double mate threat |
| p14607 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 66.3 seconds |
| p14607 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played Qa3 missing Bxc4 |
| p14607 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | again same mistake
cannot see that Qa3 does not threat mate |
| p14607 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | mean does not threat Qc1 mate and of course it threats Qb2 mate |
| p14611 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Bxc6+ removes guard of Black Q, so Qxd4. |
| p14611 | b | curiouschild | 1223 | brilliant
|
| p14612 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | not the usual king move... this king move attacks! |
| p14612 | b | Coventry | 1613 | wtf? |
| p14628 | w | tjumen | 1598 | this is beautiful |
| p14629 | w | stevie | 1222 | the only move |
| p14643 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.1 seoconds |
| p14643 | b | drad | 1651 | this is the best puzzle I've seen in ages! it's only low rated because the knight move looks threatening! |
| p14643 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 1.6 seconds. i was lucky enough to think of the right answer on this one first time and then it repeated quite a bit for the next couple weeks so now it's ingrained in my head like how to tie a shoelace. |
| p14652 | b | 9isprime | 1250 | nice 2nd move |
| p14654 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.7 seconds
got it in the past but did not remember the solution |
| p14654 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.1 seconds |
| p14654 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.7 seconds |
| p14654 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Nice idea, nice position. |
| p14655 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 24.2 seconds too much time for simple move and thought first about other moves |
| p14655 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.8 seconds
again Bb2 with the long Bxg7 is not move that is easy to find or to remember |
| p14655 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | simple skewer |
| p14660 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.8 seconds |
| p14662 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.7 seconds |
| p14663 | w | olpa | 1667 | The line must continue |
| p14663 | w | dktransform | 1479 | very unclear to me. not sure whats wrong with 2.Rc3 Qd1+ 3.Qf1. Holds? How is this refuted? |
| p14663 | w | pjj14 | 1728 | @dktransform: it only holds until you notice 3. ... Bxh2+! -+ So white must lose at least the exchange. |
| p14666 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.2 seconds |
| p14666 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.9 seconds |
| p14670 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.5 seconds |
| p14682 | b | Carbonic | 1527 | The point is to avoid 1...f5 |
| p14684 | w | theKnife | 1671 | Quite forced |
| p14684 | w | CEMDURU | 1530 | wrong answer |
| p14684 | w | Holy | 1098 | True, it's the only option of 2 possible moves that doesn't get you mated next move. But I disagree with CEMDURU--the answer is correct. |
| p14685 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.3 seconds |
| p14690 | w | PinnedPiece | 1142 | Skewer |
| p14695 | w | waldorff | 1702 | KID players can probably do this one with their eyes closed ;-) |
| p14697 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Nasty |
| p14712 | b | tpollet | 1651 | L'idée n'est pas de prendre le fou avec le pion, enfin pas tout de suite. |
| p14712 | b | drattitude | 1553 | This is easily one of the best combinations I have ever come across. It is a reminder that one needs to follow lines to their termination. |
| p14712 | b | mburch1974 | 1481 | underrated. |
| p14712 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | need to include more moves - the solution should really be 1...0-0 2. f6 Qxg5 3. Nxg4 Bh8 5. Nh6# - the problem has a low rating because some people don't spot that the pawn f5 is pinned to the queen... |
| p14712 | b | jokim | 2000 | Not underrated, a nice finesse nevertheless |
| p14712 | b | Velkar182 | 1411 | greatly underrated! |
| p14712 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | ratings don't matter. it's just a damn cool problem. :) there is no underatted problems. no matter how tough a problem is people will remember it and do well against it driving the rating down. the only really high rated problems are the ones people don't get to encounter enough to keep memorized. |
| p14712 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | 162 seconds! Took too long to see the mate after the queen exchange/saving of the bishop |
| p14712 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i've looked at about 50 problem's RD's now, comparing them. so far every problem over 1750 rating had an RD over 8.5. all the problems with RD's under 7 had a rating less than 1600. |
| p14737 | w | hmpf142000 | 1670 | Well I found the Right move but its not enough, i think ( but nice tactic in Endgame!) |
| p14737 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 22.0 seconds not easy to be sure about it. |
| p14737 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.3 seconds |
| p14737 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | I didn't find it |
| p14737 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | omg, 226 seconds of calculating and it didn't let me do more than 1 move. what a jip. are all the high rated ones gonna be boring like this? |
| p14738 | w | IaGueTe | 1486 | Second time I play this problem! I give it a 4 now. |
| p14740 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Should extend solution to 6...Rxg7 in the line. |
| p14740 | w | drad | 1651 | was so sure it'd be something like Ra8, followed by e7+ (looks again) |
| p14740 | w | drad | 1651 | I totally agree with Tomahawk, that 6th move would fool so many people |
| p14740 | w | barz | 1708 | 8/1R6/8/2P4p/p3k2P/P1B1pb2/1P5r/5K2 w - - 0 1 |
| p14745 | b | underated | 1374 | looks more logical to me once I muffed the first solution. Doh! |
| p14745 | b | Holy | 1098 | Funny--my very last problem was the same theme--seemingly giving up a queen for a knight, but enabling a king-queen fork with a knight to win back the queen, thereby netting a piece--but that problem was rated about 200 points higher. |
| p14745 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Two forks one after the other, both with check, win a piece. |
| p14749 | w | onat | 1932 | overrated 2140 |
| p14751 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | R fork: R(g5)e5+ attacks K(e3) and Q(e6). |
| p14761 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.1 seconds |
| p14763 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.9 seconds |
| p14764 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 24.6 seconds |
| p14764 | w | tjumen | 1598 | 3.8 sec |
| p14766 | w | staham | 1366 | Nice queen trap! |
| p14767 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | This is quite a tricky position, and in my opinion, fully deserves its 1400+ rating.
If 2...fxe6, White takes with the bishop (3.Bx36), winning another pawn WITH CHECK, and then 4.Bxd7, taking a piece. The exchange leaves White two pawns up.
Crafty's main line shown hereunder, also leaves White two points ahead, after the exchange of the knight for the black rook (move 4), following the fork in move 3. So either way, White gains two points!
|
| p14767 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Another variation that again leaves White two points ahead, is even simpler than Crafty's main line below. After 2...Nxe5, White can simply capture: 3.Nxf8 ! |
| p14770 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | double (discovered) attack |
| p14774 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.4 seconds |
| p14775 | w | Schumi | 1523 | Just take the piece? |
| p14775 | w | priamos | 1472 | ??? |
| p14775 | w | Rabatt | 1256 | obvious move wins ... it's a "rarity" innit? why is this rated 1380 tho its more like a 800 level |
| p14783 | w | sahiztac | 797 | greetings, why didn't my rating change when i solved my last 2 problems successfully? handle-sahiztac |
| p14783 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Definitely underrated. |
| p14783 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | decoy (Qxd4) followed by a skewer. Not easy at all! |
| p14787 | b | tpollet | 1651 | Joli pb, ilfaut libérer l'accès des tours au roi. Le cavalier s'exécute avec gain de temps. |
| p14787 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | The Cavalier gains temps, other options are generally unfavourable. |
| p14789 | b | underated | 1374 | an easy opputunity |
| p14792 | w | Koopatrol | 1265 | This should be rated a little higher. |
| p14792 | w | ClefDeDouze | 1307 | Ke7 also works! |
| p14792 | w | benu | 1193 | ClefDeDouze: Ke7 loses the black rook. |
| p14792 | w | brulla | 1444 | benu: ...but with mate in the next move. |
| p14792 | w | blisscoach | 1329 | 1.Ke7, Bg5+, or
1.Kd7, Qxc8+
2.Kxc8, f3
not a good problem |
| p14792 | w | Garryback | 1581 | note the given lines before critizing:
Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec
1. Qxh8+ Kd7
({12:-3.60} 1. ... Kd7 2. Qxc8+ Kxc8 3. f3 Qd4+ 4. Be3 Qxe3+ 5. Rf2 Bxf3 6. c4 Qc5 7. Rb1 Be2 8. Kg2 Qc6+ 9. Kh3 Qxc4 10. Rxf7 Qxa2 $19)
({12:+1.34} 1. ... Ke7 2. Ba3+ Kd7 3. Rfd1 Rxh8 4. c4 Qxd1+ 5. Rxd1+ Kc8 6. Bc5 Kb7 7. Rb1+ Ka8 8. g4 e5 9. Bd6 $16)
|
| p14799 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.0 seconds |
| p14799 | w | jokim | 2000 | Good combination of moves |
| p14800 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Nice switchback. |
| p14803 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.2 seconds
checked if there is a defence |
| p14816 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.7 seconds |
| p14822 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.9 seconds
solution should be longer
Nxc2 Ne7+ Kh8 Rxf8 mate |
| p14829 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice! |
| p14831 | b | thingfish | 1345 | black gets the smackdown. |
| p14831 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate threat wins material: Be4, Qxe4 deflects Black K's guard. Then Qxf7+, Kd8; Bg5+, Be7; Bxe7+, Kc8; Qe6+, Nd7; Qxd7+, Kb8 and White leads. |
| p14833 | b | barz | 1708 | Played Rc1 :-( |
| p14833 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | Played Kc1 but that move wins only the exchange I guess. |
| p14834 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | wrong capture played Bxf5 that is probably not good because of Rxf5 Rxf5 g6 |
| p14835 | w | e4e5f4 | 1402 | sacrify and get it back with additional pieces... |
| p14835 | w | barz | 1708 | r3k2r/3n1p2/p3p2p/1p2P1p1/2pPNQ2/q7/P4PPP/R1R2K2 w kq - 0 1 |
| p14839 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | 3...gxf5 makes it a won game for Black. |
| p14847 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.5 seconds |
| p14857 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | This move traps the Knight! |
| p14858 | b | gammarus | 1276 | Why not 2. Qd3? |
| p14858 | b | thal2008 | 1367 | 8/2p1P2k/4q2p/pp2p2P/8/1P6/P3Q3/6K1 Please check this. Answer given was 2.Qe4+, but 2.Qd3+ is the equally strong alternate. On 2.Qe4+ or 2.Qd3 then Responses are 2...Kg7/Kg8/Kh8. If 2...Kg7/Kg8, then 3.Qg6+ wins for both choices (through queen exchange followed by promotion). If 2...Kh8, then either 3.Qa8(2.Qe4+) or 3.Qd8 (2.Qd3+) promotes the pawn. Switch the white pawn at b3 for a black one at c4, and I think you can prevent 2.d3 |
| p14858 | b | pkendal | 1520 | Agreed. But aside from the issue of the uniqueness of the solution, this is very pretty. |
| p14858 | b | Fromper | 1338 | Again, Qd3 needs to be an option here. Penalizing an equally good solution is just wrong. |
| p14858 | b | midn1ght | 1530 | It is a draw after 2.Qd3+ e4 |
| p14858 | b | yean23 | 1581 | took some time for me to realise theres only one best move in this |
| p14858 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | P promotion: After Qe4+ and an exchange of Qs, e8=Q and White will win. |
| p14858 | b | loot | 1486 | Great problem. Qd3+ doesn't work because of e4. |
| p14861 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23087 to solve
4.7 seconds
thought first about playing Qa4+ |
| p14861 | b | barz | 1708 | r1bqkb1r/pp3ppp/2n1pn2/2p1N3/2pP4/6P1/PP2PPBP/RNBQ1RK1 b kq - 0 1 |
| p14863 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Very good defensive problem. |
| p14863 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.7 seconds |
| p14863 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.0 seconds |
| p14863 | b | tjumen | 1598 | 10.2 seconds. good problem. |
| p14863 | b | floppyear | 1620 | why not 2.Qxa1? |
| p14863 | b | grom43 | 1654 | floppy, you play 2 Qxa1 and you lose your queen (or maybe get mated) after Qxf2+ 3 Kh1 Qh4+ 4 Kg1 Qh2+. tomohawk calls it a good defensive problem because he knows that 2 Rh7+ first stops black from giving that check on h4. |
| p14864 | w | moegigo | 1611 | how 1369??? Ive seen problems 1700 much more easy... come on |
| p14864 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Very nice queen sacrifice! |
| p14866 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 4.9 seconds. i don't get many problems rated this low as often as i used to. getting them less frequently makes it tougher for me to spot the simple stuff. my rating's 1600 right now. |
| p14866 | w | neiking | 1591 | You've solved problem p14866 in 4.3 seconds. ( Result 0.91 : 0.09 )
Your new rating is 1595.75 (+1.93). |
| p14880 | w | underated | 1374 | I think I'll only comment for the one I pass with... |
| p14886 | w | memo | 1570 | 1...Nc5 2.Qd1 Be5 |
| p14887 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.2 seconds |
| p14887 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | the 2nd move is easy - once you've found the 1st move. theme interception |
| p14887 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 3rk1nr/p1p2ppp/2p1b3/6Q1/p2qP3/3B4/PP3PPP/R1B2RK1 b k - 0 1 |
| p14893 | b | LaughingVulcan | 1136 | Sharp! The key is seeing that the d2 Rook is hanging without the coming Knight fork. |
| p14893 | b | wild | 1305 | agreed, many choices for the rook recapture but only 1 winning move. |
| p14893 | b | Leucky | 1538 | Basic stuff |
| p14913 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Neat little trick. |
| p14913 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | If the black rook takes the white queen (2 ... Rxe7), the white pawn can achieve promotion (3. fxe7)! |
| p14916 | b | viaoro2000 | 1219 | cool! thanks
|
| p14916 | b | SmokenFlames | 1418 | tricky |
| p14918 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.6 seconds |
| p14918 | b | raycoolas | 1343 | 0.9 seconds-beat that |
| p14918 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 0.6 seconds : my speed record !!! |
| p14919 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | A variant on the immortal Kasparov v Topalov game. |
| p14919 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.5 seconds |
| p14921 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.1 seconds |
| p14926 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.5 seconds
lucky
played Bxf2+ fast for the wrong reason because I saw only 3.Kxd1 at that time and not 3.Ke2 that is losing to Bg4+ and Qd4+ |
| p14926 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 8.1 seconds |
| p14932 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.6 seconds |
| p14932 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 3.7 sec |
| p14944 | w | Chessdoom | 1586 | Great one |
| p14946 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23231 to solve
12.4 seconds
remembered that Rxd5 was the solution but did not remember the reasoning.
I thought first that Rxd5 is wrong because of Qxe3+ Kf1 Qxe2+ and it took me time to see that e2 is protected after Rxd5 |
| p14947 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds
did not faill into the trap of 1...Qc5+ Be3 |
| p14947 | w | tjumen | 1598 | exchange first, then fork the queen |
| p14947 | w | Lioric | 1526 | not immediately!
very good problem
UriBlass explained the trap! |
| p14949 | b | EngrStudent | 1315 | My gosh, thats a bear. It is a serious ton of moves. |
| p14949 | b | Megiddo | 1578 | Trivial but nice! |
| p14949 | b | JimmyPage | 1277 | yay i got it |
| p14949 | b | stevienumchuck | 1300 | Chase the K, take the Q and simultaneous check! |
| p14949 | b | Holy | 1098 | Not easy to see the whole thing from the beginning. You must always deal with the checkmate threat against White before you can take the queen, and there's only one move at each step of the way to accomplish that. Black makes the correct defending moves every time, forcing precise play by White. |
| p14949 | b | chesschampion | 1391 | interesting |
| p14958 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failed
played Nh7 with the idea Qf4 g5 and Qxd2 later but it does not work |
| p14958 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 25.6 seconds |
| p14958 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Apparently Rb8 is also winning. Don't think anyone would play it though. |
| p14964 | b | dktransform | 1479 | how many times did i not see this one, and finally do, clearly... |
| p14966 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.7 seconds |
| p14969 | b | mark24 | 1553 | Nice pin |
| p14970 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | B fork: B(g3)xd6(N)+ forks K(f8) and P(c5). |
| p14977 | w | CryptorKid | 1348 | hard to see
|
| p14980 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Inevitable material gain |
| p14981 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | Doesn't Qd7 also win? |
| p14981 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Qd7 Qg6 |
| p14981 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 2k4r/1b2q1p1/7p/1p1p3r/pPpN2R1/P1P3P1/5P2/RQ4K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p14991 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | decoy + fork |
| p14991 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Shutup, but you're right for a change |
| p14992 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | 1.Rxb7 removes guard of R(c1), allowing 1.Qxc1(R)+. |
| p14993 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | I'm giving 5 stars because this is about as good as it gets on this board. Reinfeld has some better knight mop-ups, so its not the best. |
| p14993 | b | detroitman | 1469 | good |
| p14993 | b | Cassette | 1383 | masterful |
| p14993 | b | Shirti | 1421 | great |
| p14993 | b | Rabatt | 1256 | totally cool & awesome |
| p14993 | b | stoyan | 1167 | This knight is like a machine gun! |
| p14993 | b | aleemb | 1200 | okay, i'm reloaded! |
| p14993 | b | curiouschild | 1223 | blacks are dancing here!!! |
| p14993 | b | Perikles6 | 1251 | very beautiful! |
| p14996 | b | jzhang2000 | 1419 | check-fork |
| p15000 | b | Improchess | 2054 | Qc3 is very easy win. |
| p15000 | b | LowestRd | 1946 | Nice... I also played Qc3 |
| p15006 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate: After 2.Rg3+, Kh8, then Rf8+ and P promotion delivers mate. |
| p15007 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Threatens with 2 checkmates |
| p15008 | b | waaek | 1120 | Absolutely. Happens all the times in real games. It's interesting that this problem is rated 1167 instead of 700 or 800 something, so some people obviously can learn something from it. |
| p15008 | b | wolf212768 | 1130 | its rated 1170, because a lot of people didnot see it ;) |
| p15012 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.2 seconds |
| p15016 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | nice fork |
| p15017 | w | Rabatt | 1256 | all your base are belong to us |
| p15017 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p15018 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | cool |
| p15018 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 1.1 i love crazy ones like that. It's nice to be able to think of something original you don't see everyday and then get praise from a machine for it. :) |
| p15019 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | A discovered attack with check. |
| p15024 | b | LowScore | 1564 | geht so. |
| p15024 | b | drad | 1651 | I was never ever going to see that |
| p15024 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Isn't this a position from a famous game? How else would I know the answer? It's very similar to a famous game if it's not exact. Beauty!! |
| p15024 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | this is possibly the most badass 1 move problem. :) |
| p15025 | w | ajotatxe | 1405 | Why is it so OVERrated?? |
| p15025 | w | sleiman | 1406 | ditto |
| p15026 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Powerplay |
| p15028 | b | muchin | 948 | Oh goodness! |
| p15030 | w | CryptorKid | 1348 | why isn't KxR better?? |
| p15030 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | If you take the Rook with the knight you will be mated |
| p15041 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | Zwischenzug |
| p15049 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Nice mid-board mating net using Q+P and two epaulettes |
| p15049 | b | JSorel | 1664 | nice mate ! |
| p15049 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 8/7k/ppq1pNpp/2p1Qr2/1P1n1P2/P5PK/5R1P/8 b - - 0 1 |
| p15052 | w | wild | 1305 | whew, that one was stressful |
| p15054 | b | Chessdoom | 1586 | Then you can take the queen! |
| p15054 | b | theKnife | 1671 | ...by Nh6+ |
| p15059 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 10.0 secs |
| p15059 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | it would be nice if bd5 was analyzed here so i could compare to bxb2 line and figure out what i did wrong faster. |
| p15060 | b | Prufrock | 1509 | Very nicely done! |
| p15060 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Elegant and efficient |
| p15060 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | just too cute or me to bear |
| p15060 | b | plopje | 1678 | yes. very surprising |
| p15060 | b | Leucky | 1538 | nice one |
| p15060 | b | tjumen | 1598 | i like |
| p15061 | w | ToughPreacher | 1584 | Very beautiful... if that happened over the board I honestly would have traded rooks on instinct and didn't even sense that something's wrong! |
| p15061 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | lovely mix of decoy and bank rank themes - took me a while to see - would love to find that otb |
| p15061 | w | RedBeetle | 1508 | yep. After 60+ secs looking a the board, I found it ahem... unexpectedly simple. |
| p15061 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.2 seconds
hesitated between g5 first and the relevant move.
g5 Qf2 Qxh2 Qf1 defend the rook so does not work. |
| p15061 | w | tjumen | 1598 | good one |
| p15061 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 42.3 seconds. i don't think i'll take more than a second for the next month or so though. i think this one's gonna stick cause it was cool. :) |
| p15068 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.5 seconds
Rf4 is not good because Qc3 defends the rook |
| p15072 | w | Wolfgang | 1388 | I don't understand, why white had to make the silly rook move. ??? |
| p15072 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | hanging bishops, but exposed Q& R, N fork |
| p15072 | w | drad | 1651 | it's just to show you that it was ok to take the bishop... for your benefit |
| p15077 | w | Stress | 1659 | You can easily guess... |
| p15077 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.5 seconds |
| p15077 | w | tjumen | 1598 | i made a wrong guess |
| p15081 | w | ngnblcn | 1851 | overrated 2043 |
| p15086 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | This problem is very reminiscent of Carlsen-Koroltylev World BLitz Championship 2007. |
| p15091 | b | betaldino | 1550 | this is no tactical problem, it's really not worthy of this site
|
| p15091 | b | theKnife | 1671 | crap |
| p15091 | b | urko62 | 1401 | very poor |
| p15091 | b | BlackFox | 1451 | ?? |
| p15091 | b | knobgoblin | 1444 | Moronic, submitting a problem like this. |
| p15091 | b | HarryKasparov | 1153 | I like it that CTS throws in the occasional easy problem to make me double-check I'm not missing something more complicated. |
| p15091 | b | wetpaste | 1344 | okay... |
| p15091 | b | mudkip | 1269 | I think Bxh7+ and then Qxd4 is better, we win a pawn and it's a greek gift that we can exploit later. |
| p15091 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | To mudkip: You only get the pawn at the cost of a bishop. exd4 recapture the Bishop for free |
| p15091 | b | bingobilly | 1504 | still sux |
| p15093 | b | rockym | 1626 | just in time for Qe5+ |
| p15093 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | mating threat + Q fork defending back rank |
| p15094 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | a compex exchange that leaves White a bishop up and a pawn down |
| p15095 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | simple but missed exd4 |
| p15096 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.6 seconds |
| p15096 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 33.0 seconds |
| p15096 | b | loot | 1486 | 10.5 seconds |
| p15105 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Very cool, multi-faceted problem. |
| p15105 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | wow |
| p15106 | b | xienix | 1606 | nice, after Rb7 Bb6.. ?
Be3 is impossible .... Pc4+ |
| p15106 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Not very hard. |
| p15106 | b | JohnDSmith | 1316 | I think this is mainly difficult because you spend so much time rubbing your eyes, trying to find your queen!!haha And once you accept the fact that she's not there, you're thinking that you need to mate. Not piece grab! It's a trick question...not fair!lol |
| p15109 | w | Keresmatic | 1254 | i did get this one right. i tried to move rg2 and it wdnt let me |
| p15113 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.0 seconds |
| p15113 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.4 seconds |
| p15113 | w | barz | 1708 | Deflects the Queen from g3. |
| p15134 | b | forkinhell | 1388 | well, what fool wouldn't take the rooks? |
| p15134 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Someone who was focused on 2.Rxb4 Qa8 3.Rb8+ Qxb8 4.Qxb8++ and didn't see the check. |
| p15134 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | 1...Re3+ forks White's king and queen. The queen has to make Black pay a high price for its capture. |
| p15140 | b | chesschocolate | 1837 | very nice puzzle |
| p15142 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.4 seconds
should get lower rating and could think less in case of lower rating
only logical defence against mate |
| p15142 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 10.5 seconds |
| p15145 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.6 seconds |
| p15155 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.5 seconds
problem 23107 to solve
memorized it but I first thought about taking the knight and at the second that I considered Ng5+ I decided to play it without checking the consequence because it seemed familiar to me.
The reason is that if the king escape Qf7+ and mate but I did not calculate the reason at that time and trusted my memory. |
| p15155 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.5 seconds again |
| p15161 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | Ne5 did not seem to me convincing so chose a losing move Re7 forgot f3 is undefended now.
|
| p15161 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 39.0 seconds |
| p15161 | w | rockym | 1626 | wow! the threat is Ng4, f2+ f1Q |
| p15161 | w | kuba | 1866 | good |
| p15162 | b | deepsea | 1305 | I think either knight can take first and it won't matter....so one of the knight moves gives a wrong answer but the other a correct one? Needs to be fixed |
| p15162 | b | cossentino | 1240 | Same result with 2. Ncxe6+ but it's marked incorrect. |
| p15162 | b | Schumi | 1523 | Ncxe6 isn't as good as black can just move the king away because white's rook isn't attacking black's knight. |
| p15162 | b | thingfish | 1345 | Ncxe6 is flat out wrong. Good problem. |
| p15162 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | discovery |
| p15162 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Good point, Schumi! |
| p15162 | b | DocB | 1237 | roar |
| p15162 | b | dusterov | 1452 | Argh, What does it matter which kight is moved first ???!!!! |
| p15162 | b | Loomis | 1560 | dusterov, why not read the previous comments that explain the answer to your question before ranting and giving the problem a low grade? |
| p15169 | w | bubenimyolum | 1920 | overrated 2126 |
| p15171 | b | Fromper | 1338 | This puzzle should be continued for one more move. I don't know about anyone else, but I prefer playing out puzzles to their conclusion, to cement the patterns in my mind. The computer should continue with the Rxf5 move, forcing the player to spot Rxe8. |
| p15171 | b | underated | 1374 | Why was I thinking queen to c5...durh to me. agree with the last statement by the way. even if it is brought one move back from there to demonstrate how to get into that move. |
| p15171 | b | underated | 1374 | back again.. |
| p15171 | b | Holy | 1098 | This is underrated (quick-movers see the knight fork and move without thinking) and needs to go one more move. |
| p15173 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.8 seconds |
| p15173 | w | impromptus | 1450 | don't post your time please |
| p15173 | w | QuickFire | 1582 | Whose time should we post? |
| p15177 | b | thingfish | 1345 | yuck. |
| p15177 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Black's check is useless... Taking the queen is the right tactic. |
| p15177 | b | loot | 1486 | what? |
| p15182 | b | underated | 1374 | get the rock of the rank. |
| p15182 | b | ChessPlayer56 | 1801 | You've solved problem p15182 in 1.4 seconds. ( Result 1.00 : 0.00 )
Your new rating is 1627.98 (+127.98). |
| p15184 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Trapped Q: After R(c8)a8, Q is lost. |
| p15184 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Thanks for the analysis, OldPatzer. |
| p15184 | w | antielectron | 1223 | Queen trap! |
| p15185 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Should make solver find the nice 2...Be1! Otherwise, excellent problem. |
| p15185 | w | JSorel | 1664 | I agree with tomohawk (for the third time today :-) |
| p15185 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.9 seconds |
| p15185 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.5 seconds |
| p15185 | w | polgary | 1530 | tomos hints are far more helpful than the stupid time notes of urispam |
| p15193 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Straightforward (once seen) forcing sequence |
| p15193 | b | stevie | 1222 | fun |
| p15195 | b | pdubs | 1146 | seems spoon-fed. |
| p15197 | b | Improchess | 2054 | Elo devaluado. |
| p15197 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 51.7 seconds |
| p15197 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.8 seconds this time |
| p15197 | b | tjumen | 1598 | 24.6 sec |
| p15197 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 97.2 |
| p15204 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.5 seconds |
| p15204 | b | tjumen | 1598 | fighting for a draw.. I was looking for a win. |
| p15204 | b | barz | 1708 | 2k5/2P5/b7/5P2/8/5Kb1/7p/2R5 b - - 0 1 |
| p15204 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Missed it too: black is about two moves away from winning (Bb7 and h1=Q). |
| p15207 | w | DrJones | 1420 | Silly, isn't it? |
| p15207 | w | Elroch | 1453 | yes |
| p15207 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | in my own humble opinion this problem should be rated 3000 since it's so stupid and easy it took me 12 seconds of analysis to finally convince myself such a stupid problem could be allowed in this collection. |
| p15207 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | it floored me again. sat there for 5 mint this time trying to find some sort of weird trick |
| p15214 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Not much point to this one. Move a piece off prise. Can anyone do that out there? |
| p15216 | w | rockym | 1626 | was looking on the king side...but got it after 93 seconds. |
| p15221 | w | Marvol | 1592 | The 2nd white move Rxh2 looks clearly the weaker of the two options; in fact to me 2.Bxf3 leads to only a marginally better position. I saw that line, did not try 1...Bxf3 and found that WAS the solution with a mate afte white's second move blunder.
Poor and confusing problem. |
| p15221 | w | evilemperor | 1383 | Complete agreement with Marvol |
| p15221 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 2.Bxf3 is a defensive move. The only move that doesn't lose a piece. And it works because of the mating idea. But I agree that White blunders. |
| p15221 | w | theKnife | 1671 | I meant : 1...Bxf3 is a defensive move. |
| p15221 | w | birdeye4k | 1431 | I'm also agree with Marvol; white's second move 2.Rxh2 is simply a suicide. 2.Bxf3 it’s the only acceptable answer to avoid the mate. |
| p15221 | w | pkendal | 1520 | I agree with theKnife that you are being too hard on the problem. 1....Bxf3 only works because of the mate, otherwise it fails. So they show 2. Rxh2 in order to make it more instructive; the Crafty analysis gives the stronger line. |
| p15221 | w | Twinpeaks | 1775 | i didn´t solve this problem because 2.Rh2 was not a move in my calculation.
change this problem |
| p15221 | w | Sidorsky | 1502 | I was going to complain about the problem and give it one star. But I was wrong, and theKnife and pkendal and Crafty are right. White's second move, a blunder, does not excuse the fact that my first choice, ...Nxf3 (instead of the correct ...Bxf3)was also a blunder |
| p15221 | w | mavaddat | 1579 | Bottom line: ...Bxf3 is correct. It's the only way to prevent losing a piece. I solved this problem in 1 plank length/c. |
| p15221 | w | stevelco | 1412 | The best part of this problem is mavvaddat's comment about 1 plank length/c. funny. |
| p15225 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.0 seconds |
| p15225 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.3 seconds |
| p15225 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | excellent - the skewer threat hangs Black |
| p15227 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Mate in 3! |
| p15227 | b | BarryRR | 1247 | Why can't Black play KxR? |
| p15227 | b | Theofrast | 1341 | I wish someone would ansewr BarryRR's question. |
| p15235 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.5 seconds |
| p15235 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 28.2 seconds |
| p15246 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Drawing combination. White must give up the rook or draw. |
| p15249 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p15252 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Solution should be lengthened. |
| p15255 | w | drad | 1651 | hmm don't see knightfirst ones very often |
| p15257 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Two winning moves, but one is better |
| p15267 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | need more moves
3.Qf7+ and 4.Rf7 are needed because people may go for perpetual check |
| p15267 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I mean 4.Rd7 and not 4.Rf7 |
| p15267 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.9 seconds |
| p15267 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.5 seconds this time |
| p15269 | b | underated | 1374 | I couldn't see a block anywhere. |
| p15269 | b | underated | 1374 | back again. |
| p15274 | w | drad | 1651 | interesting |
| p15274 | w | grom43 | 1654 | if you don't see that QxB is check (as I didn't the first time), you miss the problem. |
| p15274 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | tricky little fucker :) |
| p15278 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | fork after capture |
| p15279 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | weak K |
| p15279 | w | AlexeiD | 1600 | check's already the only move, at least could of prolonged the puzzle |
| p15279 | w | deusdeusdeus | 1459 | the line has to be continue |
| p15292 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Deflect the guard: After c4+, K(d5)xc4 and then K(e3)xe4(B). |
| p15295 | b | mudkip | 1269 | What about placing a bishop on Bg5 ? /: |
| p15298 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 1 ... Qc7xRe5?? 2 Bg5-f4! +- traps the Black e5-queen: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DEFEND MATERIAL IF THE ATTACKER CANNOT RETREAT -- Weteschnik |
| p15298 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.4 seconds |
| p15310 | w | Fromper | 1338 | A simple recapture with a rating above 1500??? |
| p15310 | w | knobgoblin | 1444 | Remove or re-rate as 500. Thanks. |
| p15310 | w | ldef7 | 1422 | Thats it? The move a child would make without thinking?? |
| p15317 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | i thought kg1 would work too. it doesn't? |
| p15336 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 13146 to solve
too fast. failure
saw capturing the queen but though mate by Bd4+ and played without checking it. |
| p15338 | w | exlr8me | 1342 | Why move the pawn and create a fork. |
| p15338 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | I agree with exlr8me. Crafty's own line below favours 2.Re4, which is a better move. It still wins a bishop though, thanks to 2...h5. |
| p15338 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | total crap dual solution. this problem should be removed. on the second move you can take the bishop with check if they take your rook you can win the rook with a won an easily won end game. it may not be as many points ahead but it's actually much easier being the only player with a piece left! crafty needs improvement! |
| p15338 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | crafty's solution gives an outcome of 11 to 6 points advantage but they're left with a bishop. but i went for the 6 points to 4 point advantage because i was left with the only piece and an easy pawn to win and then to queen advantage though. |
| p15342 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.2 seconds
memorized it without the reasoning
looking at it again the reason is that other moves allow capturing the white queen for more than a rook. |
| p15343 | w | underated | 1374 | i saw something else. but was so wrong. i like this one. |
| p15343 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | The c3 knight is guarding the Queen, and so cannot take the white knight at e2. Thus the e2 fork wins the "pinned" c3 knight! |
| p15348 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23438 to solve
4.2 seconds
nice defend against mate and attack move |
| p15348 | w | Zuggy | 1902 | Yea... This move does everything! |
| p15348 | w | barz | 1708 | 3r1r1k/4p2p/1P3p2/2q1p2b/5P2/1n1B1R1Q/6P1/1R5K w - - 0 1 |
| p15350 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Note that the fork Nf7+ makes your Queen liable to capture by the enemy rook! |
| p15353 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | failure
too fast played b3 without trading bishops first |
| p15353 | b | sleiman | 1406 | ditto Uri |
| p15353 | b | sleiman | 1406 | same mistake again... ARRGH! |
| p15354 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Rg6
surprised that Bxg2 is winning
when the idea of f3+ is not to win the bishop d4 but to mate(my first thought after seeing f3 was that black win the bishop but I still do not see how it is good for black). |
| p15363 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | ... force the King to move. |
| p15363 | w | jimmeebgood | 1156 | nice |
| p15373 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p15373 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | An astounding checkmate in 1. |
| p15374 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice knight fork. |
| p15376 | b | dktransform | 1479 | i did it right but tricky. IF you dont check all the lines, one of those problems you'll probably get wrong! :) |
| p15382 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.0 seconds |
| p15383 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.9 seconds the idea is Nd2+ and I think solution should be longer. |
| p15383 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.4 seconds
1784.63
new rating record |
| p15383 | w | JSorel | 1664 | I agree |
| p15390 | b | forkinhell | 1388 | no tactic here, king only has h1 as a move.. |
| p15390 | b | theKnife | 1671 | It is forced. Maybe ask the end of the variation. |
| p15390 | b | Fromper | 1338 | How tough is it to find the one and only legal move? |
| p15390 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Shitty problem, no tactics. Why the hell is it rated 1320? |
| p15390 | b | Wolfgang | 1388 | poor |
| p15390 | b | andivina | 1343 | uy facil |
| p15390 | b | MajorKoenig | 1336 | no Tactic |
| p15391 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 24.4 seconds |
| p15392 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 26.2 seconds |
| p15396 | w | SmokenFlames | 1418 | Nice removal of the defender |
| p15398 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate threat wins material: 2.Qd8+ threatens mate, but 2...Ne8 allows 3.Qxc8(R). |
| p15398 | b | spinningrooks | 1128 | I got it correct but lost time for foolishly thinking it was a back rank mate puzzle. |
| p15398 | b | muchin | 948 | I eat pizza |
| p15399 | w | underated | 1374 | That queen looks more menacing on the back rank and alive than material advanatge of the bishop and the rook. |
| p15399 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Zwischenzug. The check wins material and gains a tempo; the queen can be captured in the next move. |
| p15402 | b | colette | 1901 | nice |
| p15402 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 38.4 seconds |
| p15403 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.6 seconds |
| p15404 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23112 to solve
14.2 seconds
too much time to notice the black bishop |
| p15404 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.2 seconds this time |
| p15404 | w | theKnife | 1671 | r1b2r1k/bpp5/p2p1qpB/4pn2/4P1P1/1BPP3P/PP3P2/R2QRK2 w - - 0 1 |
| p15416 | b | jokim | 2000 | Cutey |
| p15423 | w | underated | 1374 | a busy board with a little tricky answer. |
| p15423 | w | DocB | 1237 | not very obvious the first time around |
| p15429 | w | sleiman | 1406 | nice |
| p15431 | b | sejo1 | 1600 | eeeeaaaaasssssssyyyyyy |
| p15434 | w | themagician | 1543 | 3.2 seconds |
| p15440 | b | pollock | 1811 | nice attack with 2 pieces vs king |
| p15442 | b | arrowman | 1381 | There's only one legal move. |
| p15442 | b | pdubs | 1146 | there's more than one legal move. Who likes running away? |
| p15446 | w | Chessdoom | 1586 | This one is fun :) |
| p15446 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | missed Qxf3 and played Bxg7 |
| p15446 | w | Zuggy | 1902 | You have to see that white gets a lot of play after Bxg7. |
| p15446 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º rn2kb1r/1b4pp/p3p3/1p1qPp2/3NN3/2P2Q2/PP4PP/R1B2RK1 w kq f6 0 1 |
| p15447 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 35.6 seconds
did not like to play Qa6 so used my time |
| p15453 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | Problem 23393 to solve
3.8 seconds
remember the idea of Ra8+ Bxa8 Qb5+ and mate from the past. |
| p15455 | b | epithet | 1511 | umm..i believe Qxh7++ is better...wow this one sucks |
| p15455 | b | epithet | 1511 | umm..i believe Qxh7++ is better...wow this one sucks |
| p15455 | b | epithet | 1511 | umm..i believe Qxh7++ is better...wow this one sucks |
| p15455 | b | epithet | 1511 | nevermind. i was thinking to fast. |
| p15455 | b | Epic | 1591 | I saw Qxh7# but didn't see I was in check! |
| p15455 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate threat wins material: White threatens Q(h3)xh7#. Black can avoid mate only by losing his Q (but Black later wins White's Q). |
| p15455 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Or maybe NOT thinking too fast, epithet? Er, isn't 2 Rg2 only move? And easy to spot? I like Crafty's 2...Qe3+! just giving up a B (instead of Q for R). |
| p15459 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played Na5 too early |
| p15464 | w | drad | 1651 | hmm tricky, I tried Nh5 |
| p15464 | w | drad | 1651 | got it wrong again, really surprised this isn't higher rated |
| p15464 | w | grom43 | 1654 | 1...Nh5 2 Rh5 and you're cooked. Of course, figured that out after playing Nh5... |
| p15474 | w | mburch1974 | 1481 | grrr mis-click! |
| p15476 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23304 to solve
18.3 seconds
hesitated too much.
was not sure that winning a pawn when the opponent does not have to take back is good enough and did not see winning another pawn. |
| p15476 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.7 seconds |
| p15480 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.9 seconds |
| p15483 | w | underated | 1374 | half asleep. missed that one. |
| p15483 | w | Rabatt | 1256 | how could I not see that 1st time round! so obvious ... grrrrrrr! |
| p15483 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | A strong attack. |
| p15483 | w | samsa | 1327 | missed! |
| p15492 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | if Ba7+ then no check on a2 |
| p15492 | b | grom43 | 1654 | on Ba7+, no check on a2 or c6 either. |
| p15504 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Nice because of the threat of discovered attack on the whites back rank rook. |
| p15504 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: After capture sequence ending with R(d2)xb2(B), Q(c2)e5 forks B(e4) and R(b2). |
| p15504 | w | dogWaste | 1289 | i never get this problem wrong. but the essence of it, short of remembering it on sight (i dont) is the Qe5 fork, as OldPatzer points out. |
| p15504 | w | SquareBear | 1172 | But doesn't Rb1 answer the threat? |
| p15504 | w | SquareBear | 1172 | never mind. white can address one threat or the other but not both. |
| p15507 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | Qg6 is really great! |
| p15507 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Ya, it's a very funny defense! |
| p15507 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | Revisiting this problem after 2 years, it became much more mundane for me. |
| p15507 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | Especially after given a fairly high dose of exposure of chess analysis. |
| p15507 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 32.3 seconds
bad problem.
2...Rh5 also wins based on the analysis |
| p15507 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 22.3 seconds |
| p15509 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.4 seconds |
| p15509 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | not bad... |
| p15514 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.6 seconds |
| p15514 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | what's problematic about this?
no one would get this wrong in real life, just possible panic here under "tactics conditions" |
| p15514 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | oh - and I got it right here - just for those that sneer that people must have gotten things wrong on this perfect site if they point out something that is possibly not perfect |
| p15523 | b | underated | 1374 | the tricksters... |
| p15523 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | promotion |
| p15526 | b | edgy | 1645 | 3...Kd8 seems to bust the solution |
| p15526 | b | uraleech | 2721 | After 3... Kd8 then Qxf8+ and Qxe8# |
| p15526 | b | kwanpin | 1752 | Rxg2 Kf3 ,so the rook on h1 can go to d1 |
| p15527 | w | moegigo | 1611 | best combination ever |
| p15527 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Rating probably lowered because it is possible to stumble into it without noticing the final saving move. |
| p15527 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.3 seconds |
| p15527 | w | mburch1974 | 1481 | took a second for me to see that the knight could check but then after ng3 what about nh3+? instead |
| p15527 | w | mburch1974 | 1481 | missed this again sheesh |
| p15527 | w | IndianArmy | 1595 | Great climax ! |
| p15534 | b | tpollet | 1651 | La dame est en prise et la tour est attaquée par le fou. Mais ce fou ne va pas faire long feu. Une attaque double de plus. |
| p15534 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23237 to solve
15.8 seconds
too much time thinking about Rxg7+ and Qe6+ and missed the simple fork. |
| p15534 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.8 seconds this time |
| p15537 | w | abomb999 | 1259 | nice combo, didn't see it. I looked at the rook sac, but after the king took i didn't ask, "then what?". |
| p15543 | b | capri83 | 1312 | missed the fork :( |
| p15543 | b | chesschampion | 1391 | too easy. should be 1000 |
| p15546 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | Ok, so first of all this ought to include Qb1+ if that's the idea. Second it's not really a tactic; just seeing that there isn't one. |
| p15546 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | I agree that the solution should be extended, but I think the tactic is perpetual check, which I guess is sort of a tactic, no? |
| p15546 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 26.2 seconds |
| p15546 | w | drad | 1651 | there's another puzzle which looks _very_ similar to this one, except where the correct idea is to take the bishop.. confuses my memory |
| p15546 | w | drad | 1651 | sorry I mean take the knight. Bit tired, just did 400 puzzles |
| p15547 | w | BughouseMaster | 1555 | I found this very easy for a 1772 problem. |
| p15547 | w | CLance | 2086 | not so easy, because one wants to find a winning move, and it takes time to realize, thet draw is the best |
| p15565 | b | HarryKasparov | 1153 | good old smothered mate |
| p15565 | b | Alechemist | 1374 | Una variación más rápida del mate Greco, manteniendo la esencial del sacrificio de Ãama.. |
| p15565 | b | plipsticks | 1471 | at least! there it was and i missed it :) |
| p15565 | b | plipsticks | 1471 | (...feels good even to fail against a beautiful problem!) |
| p15565 | b | Holy | 1098 | Philidor's Legacy. I just used this in a correspondence game! |
| p15569 | w | palindrome | 1658 | problems where castling is the answer are not good considering there is no "legal move check" on this server. |
| p15569 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | In most problem books, the convention is that castling is possible if there is any doubt. Always assume that if castling is a legal move, then it is a candidate. :-) |
| p15569 | w | impromptus | 1450 | nice |
| p15569 | w | DocB | 1237 | rare castling problem, still waiting for an under-promotion |
| p15569 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.8 seconds and still lost rating points |
| p15569 | w | mryucky | 1428 | took 3 tries |
| p15569 | w | LowScore | 1564 | "Whenever you can castle with check - do it!" - GM Yasser Seirawan |
| p15569 | w | wild | 1305 | gotten it wrong twice but still a good problem
|
| p15569 | w | UJS3 | 1339 | This is like asking for an en passant capture in a printed puzzle. |
| p15569 | w | barz | 1708 | r2qk2r/1p4pp/p1n1p1b1/3pQ3/B5PP/2N5/PPP2b2/R1B1K2R w KQkq - 0 1 |
| p15573 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.1 seconds |
| p15573 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.0 seconds |
| p15573 | w | tjumen | 1598 | using the whole field |
| p15573 | w | Karpsparov | 1553 | .1 seconds |
| p15574 | w | underated | 1374 | the speed of the time to think forced the error |
| p15574 | w | underated | 1374 | stuffed it the second time. surely you are supposed to get better as you go on. |
| p15576 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p15576 | w | ldef7 | 1422 | Very good! I was focused on saving the rook and missed the mate entirely. Oddly enough, I made the right move but for the wrong reason! |
| p15577 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.4 seconds |
| p15580 | w | musiclife | 1602 | except 2. Nc3 seems a much better try for white. |
| p15582 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | What an incredible fork, that ends up capturing a piece across the rank! |
| p15594 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | doesn't Kh8 also work? I not tell me why please becuase i cannot see it. |
| p15594 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | horrible |
| p15594 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Kh8 Qa1+ and your doomed! :( |
| p15594 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Correction: Kh8 Qa8+ and your doomed! ;) |
| p15595 | w | ngnblcn | 1851 | overrated 2025 |
| p15595 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | Problem 23394 to solve
17.7 seconds and earned rating
ngnblcn is right that 2025 is too much so the problem has now only 2022.9 |
| p15601 | b | underated | 1374 | when in doubt - push a pawn |
| p15602 | w | underated | 1374 | get him on the blacken square of death. |
| p15605 | b | jokim | 2000 | Nice shot indeed |
| p15607 | b | Alseki | 1484 | Neat tactic. |
| p15608 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.1 seconds |
| p15608 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 3rr1k1/p2q1ppp/1p6/2Pn4/8/PQP2NPP/5PK1/3R3R b - - 0 1 |
| p15611 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.5 seconds |
| p15613 | w | underated | 1374 | what an odd kind of mate... |
| p15614 | b | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | First thought was Ne7+... I guess it kind of works as a solution, but I admit it's not nearly as good as Nc7. |
| p15615 | b | orangelights | 1634 | 1.nb3 also wins a piece as if nv3 then qd6 rd6 transposes, and if qd1 rd1 nb3 rd8+ and wins B on c8. |
| p15622 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 28.0 seconds
Qg2 seemed to me too simple for 1900+ rating problem |
| p15622 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.6 seconds
I guess I meant Qf2 |
| p15622 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | didn't expect white to play 2.Kh3 blunder |
| p15624 | b | underated | 1374 | so outta sequence. pushed the friggen pawn before I had disposed of the evidence... |
| p15627 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | what's the point? your rook's attacked. holy reshevsky, batman! |
| p15627 | w | jokim | 2000 | You have to prevent f5-f6 |
| p15627 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | jokim is right. For example: 1...Rg8 2.f6 N-moves 3.Qc6+ Qd7 (forced) 4.Qxa8+. The idea is good, but the setting is a bit lame (players will play ...Rf4 because it is "attacking" and they see none of this) |
| p15627 | w | tjumen | 1598 | still don't like the problem. The move is very obvious and good even if you don't see the f5-f6 idea for white. |
| p15627 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | I agree with both jokim and tomohawk - and with my earlier comment too - tomohawk's summary is diagnostic - and yes the problem is a "bit lame" |
| p15632 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.2 seconds |
| p15632 | w | barz | 1708 | 7r/3pkp2/2b1p1n1/1pr4p/1R2P3/2N5/1PP2PP1/4RB1K w - - 0 1 |
| p15632 | w | neiking | 1591 | Doesn't Bxd5 Bxd5 then Rb8 work? |
| p15637 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | hard to see white's threat - Rg8 I think |
| p15640 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | a nice fork where the Queen is guarded from the King by a humble pawn! |
| p15642 | b | realpatzer | 1455 | 3.Qd4+ ist also a solution but - no points for that :( |
| p15642 | b | JamesBJames | 1657 | Doesn't Qe5! halt that idea? |
| p15642 | b | gmalino | 1369 | i think 3.Qd4+ Bxd4 4.Bxd4# is as excellent as 3.Bd4+... which leads to the same end. So why are there no points for this? Please revise this..... |
| p15642 | b | gmalino | 1369 | Sry for the stupid post above, clearly 3.Qd4+ is followed by Qf6 and then there is no more mate in sight. Stupid me, no revision necessary.... |
| p15642 | b | EngrStudent | 1315 | Nice problem! |
| p15642 | b | rockym | 1626 | 3. Qd4+ is exactly that kind of flashy move to avoid because it is not good !!! I played it too... a trick is to remind that all problems on this site have only one best move when it is white turn. |
| p15642 | b | CryptorKid | 1348 | good problem |
| p15642 | b | mathaias | 1434 | yes i jumped at Qd4+ without looking. Good problem! |
| p15647 | b | barz | 1708 | r7/4kppp/1P2p3/3q4/3p4/8/2Q2PPP/1R4K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p15651 | w | chessradio | 1434 | nice! |
| p15656 | b | kwanpin | 1752 | light squares |
| p15663 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.4 seconds |
| p15663 | b | Carbonic | 1527 | Nice |
| p15663 | b | barz | 1708 | 2k1r2r/1pqb1Qp1/p3p3/6Pn/4PP2/2N1B3/PPP5/2KR3R b - - 0 1 |
| p15674 | w | sleiman | 1406 | nice... |
| p15674 | w | d4d5c4 | 1559 | sacrifice of the queen and double check attack |
| p15674 | w | SuperSpud | 1398 | awesome |
| p15674 | w | neiking | 1591 | nice... |
| p15677 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.1 seconds |
| p15680 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.6 seconds |
| p15690 | w | element | 1423 | tydjh
|
| p15694 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r2r2k1/p4ppp/1p4n1/3P3N/2pqP1Q1/P1R5/5PPP/2R3K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p15696 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 56 seconds :-(( |
| p15696 | b | JSorel | 1664 | this time 14.9... |
| p15696 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.5 seconds
problem 23064 to solve |
| p15696 | b | barz | 1708 | r1b2rk1/pp1p1ppp/4pn2/q3P3/2Pn4/P2B4/5PPP/R1BQ1KNR b - - 0 1 |
| p15701 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | The underlying threat of Bxh7 is the fulcrum of this tactic. |
| p15718 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Should countinue the solution |
| p15727 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | should continue with Qh6
probably Nf5 |
| p15728 | w | wild | 1305 | yikes. |
| p15731 | b | underated | 1374 | nice. |
| p15731 | b | Garryback | 1581 | can´t understand so many stars for such a simple move
Garryback |
| p15734 | w | Mclintock45 | 1003 | Rook w takes Rook B , black to move, my choice take safely the B rook with my King or take a bishop and move a pond where the black rook can retake? I don't understand |
| p15734 | w | stevie | 1222 | Gain material. You will still safely take the rook after taking the bishop b/c Knight must stop the pawn from advancing. Get a bishop and a rook for a pawn and a rook. |
| p15734 | w | wild | 1305 | silly, but still important to practice making sure move orders good |
| p15735 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | MaltaCross...don't even think about commenting! We know it's a discovered attack. |
| p15735 | b | wild | 1305 | dumb move by black |
| p15753 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.2 seconds |
| p15753 | b | john2001plus | 1562 | Roughly an even trade of material. It is not easy to see that the two rooks is worth having for the queen |
| p15753 | b | Garryback | 1581 | john it is a surplus of 1 N
.
Garryback |
| p15754 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p15757 | w | sleiman | 1406 | rating is too high |
| p15758 | b | JSorel | 1664 | strangely high-rated |
| p15758 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.1 seconds |
| p15758 | b | youngmorphy | 1774 | very easy. 1.6 seconds |
| p15758 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | yes very easy for 1861 |
| p15758 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | and now it is 1863.0
I used now 7.5 seconds but only because of the high rating when I could not believe it can be so easy and still earned rating points |
| p15767 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Lovely problem. |
| p15767 | b | benboyleyim | 1962 | not bad |
| p15767 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Only when I saw 5 Ne5+ did I start. ;-) |
| p15767 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 4r1k1/pp3ppp/4R1n1/3b1N2/P1pP1qQ1/B1P5/5PPP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p15775 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Triple (discovered) attack: Ng5 threatens Nxf7(Q), Qxh7#, and B(g2)xc6(N). |
| p15791 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.6 seconds |
| p15791 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | discovery for back rank |
| p15796 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | If I understand this correctly, doesn't White just have a lost position even after playing the "best" move here? |
| p15796 | b | JamesBJames | 1657 | Yeah, but now you're losing WITH STYLE. |
| p15796 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | shouldn't be losing-Crafty line misses 4.Qxg5+ instead of 4.Kg2 (maybe should be part of problem) |
| p15796 | b | polgary | 1530 | no star |
| p15796 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i think it's funny that 1 Qd7 is considered by crafty in the second analysis line and yet no other possible moves from the first line are analyzed. i don't like this problem and i suggest it be removed. |
| p15797 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | sophisticated removal of the guard tactic! |
| p15799 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.1 seconds
rook behind the pawn |
| p15799 | b | Alseki | 1484 | Quite an inflated rating. |
| p15805 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Should continue with ...Bxd6 Qh8+ Kf7 Bc4+. |
| p15812 | w | mburch1974 | 1481 | lol took me 58 secs to solve this but then after queen threat check I knew the only move was qxr :) nice. |
| p15812 | w | mburch1974 | 1481 | lol took me 58 secs to solve this but then after queen threat check I knew the only move was qxr :) nice. |
| p15812 | w | inferiozov | 1553 | good |
| p15812 | w | GameOfChance | 1411 | Wow |
| p15817 | b | zant | 1768 | 1.Rd8 seems a quicker solution |
| p15817 | b | camembert | 1620 | 1.Rd8 fails to 1...Qb6+ |
| p15817 | b | Chessdoom | 1586 | beautifel! |
| p15817 | b | plopje | 1678 | I also went for Rd8. Silly of me. :-(
|
| p15819 | w | Improchess | 2054 | overrated 2005 |
| p15829 | w | Boomer360 | 1178 | Setting up a Knight fork. The white Rook has moved to g1, where, protected by the King, it has pinned the Queen on the g file. The threat is to take the Queen on the next move, with black only taking a Rook back in return. Black finds a way out of this situation. Black's Queen takes the Rook on g1 and now the black King is in check, and his only move is for the King to capture the Queen now on g1. Then black can play Knight takes the pawn on f3. This puts the King in check and simultaneously attacks the Queen on h4. As the Knight cannot be captured, the white King must move to get out of check. The next move, the white Queen is captured. The net result is black gets Queen and Rook and Pawn and white gets only Queen. The trick is to recognize the possibility of the Knight fork and see that you can force it. To get points, the key is to recognize it very quickly. |
| p15830 | b | sarciness | 1465 | Run away! |
| p15830 | b | Cesar2000 | 1417 | haha |
| p15831 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.9 seconds |
| p15833 | w | underated | 1374 | sometimes it pays to look at the value of the puzzle to know wheather or not you need to be deep or just cheap. |
| p15833 | w | KingKarrl | 1163 | 1233? |
| p15843 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds |
| p15843 | b | Raysalis | 1600 | miss |
| p15843 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 5k2/1R6/2P5/1p1p4/3P1P1p/4r3/6K1/8 b - - 0 1 |
| p15845 | w | impromptus | 1450 | this is tricky |
| p15845 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.0 seconds |
| p15847 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Nice discovered attack setting up a mating net |
| p15847 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.3 seconds |
| p15853 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 26.0 seconds
I was afraid of Rc2+ and spent time on looking for something better than Rxb4 |
| p15853 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.2 seconds
this time sure of my memory |
| p15856 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Discovered attack: After ...N(c6)xd4(N); R(c4)xd4(N), Q(d5)xd4(R), if exd4(Q), then R(e7)xe2(Q). |
| p15856 | w | stevie | 1222 | After removing the Knight, I liked b5xc6, check and Queen threat at the same time. Maybe this problem gains more despite giving up Q. |
| p15860 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | 2.Qxc5+ puts the Queen on the c-file, so that White's Queen and Rook together can take on Black's own Queen and Rook. |
| p15868 | b | DrMath | 1573 | nice check mate |
| p15868 | b | ankka | 1302 | It's not an immediate checkmate, the queen will be lost in a knight fork. |
| p15869 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.5 seconds |
| p15873 | b | Strunz | 1756 | hi there!
wouldn´t it also be possible to play it the other way round - with f8Q as a first move, and then after (if so) Rxf8 follows the check on d6.
Maybe I´m mistaken, can you help me out?
But I want to let you know - your collection is simply amazing!!!! (WOW) It´s a great pleasure playing here!
Cheers,
Strunz |
| p15873 | b | chris2001 | 1747 | maybe 1. f8Q would run into 1. .. Qxc1+ |
| p15873 | b | chris2001 | 1747 | maybe 1. f8Q would run into 1. .. Qxc1+ |
| p15873 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 2.6 seconds!!! Nice problem |
| p15873 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 2kr4/1p2nP2/p7/2q2n2/2PpNPQ1/PR6/7P/2B1K3 b - - 0 1 |
| p15878 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.2 seconds
more moves are needed
memorized it but did not see everything to mate when I played it |
| p15881 | b | termsofuse | 1299 | pointless |
| p15881 | b | johangnorman | 1341 | I agree. |
| p15881 | b | dsboger | 1229 | not hard at all |
| p15881 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | secures a draw |
| p15884 | b | e4e5f4 | 1402 | 15 seconds solving time |
| p15884 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | needs to continue to 4... Rf6 5. Bxf6+ gxf6 6. Qxh7+ Qf7 7. Qxf7+ Kxf7 8. Rxd8 - this is the point of the combination - otherwise is just a lucky guess |
| p15892 | w | JSorel | 1664 | b5 is very tempting... |
| p15893 | b | kedusi | 1165 | Discovered attack with check. |
| p15895 | w | jacovanniekerk | 1359 | Nice one! |
| p15895 | w | Jupp53 | 1536 | Ein Standardmotiv. |
| p15898 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.7 seconds |
| p15898 | b | JSorel | 1664 | failed |
| p15899 | w | stevienumchuck | 1300 | Prepare for mate by bringing up Q |
| p15905 | b | Bohlinski | 1050 | what's the sense of this? I don't understand what the rook does. |
| p15907 | b | hakkie | 1126 | good |
| p15908 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Solution should require player to find g5+ and Qh7+ at least. |
| p15908 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | agree with tom |
| p15915 | w | DoubtingThomas | 1338 | does Nxb5 not do the exact same thing? Still mates in 2 no? |
| p15915 | w | DoubtingThomas | 1338 | ahh forgot to rate |
| p15915 | w | exlr8me | 1342 | Agree Doubting. |
| p15915 | w | merendera | 1428 | 1. Nxg4 Kf3 2. Qh2+ Kxg4 |
| p15915 | w | mathaias | 1434 | I choose Nxb5 also but, as merendera pointed out, this gives the King an escape via h3 and g4. |
| p15917 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Curious. Seems like the obvious move and simple to justify. |
| p15917 | w | Leucky | 1538 | first i wanted to get the king not the queen. |
| p15919 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Nice problem with a surprising solution! |
| p15919 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | protecting the rook and pinning the pawn that threats the bishop is simply the only way not to lose material.
|
| p15923 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 50.0 seconds
hard to find the right capture |
| p15923 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.4 seconds |
| p15923 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | It still seems over-rated |
| p15925 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | The wrong bishop played Re1 not noticing that Be7 is protected |
| p15925 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | skewer |
| p15927 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.0 seconds |
| p15929 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | what a poor problem |
| p15929 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Utter disorientation again. Indicate the file a-h and ranks 1-8 at the side of the board, PLEASE, before I take your server and throw it out the fucking window. |
| p15929 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | I just tried to promote the black pawn by b7-b8=Q+!! Please do put the rank and file labels at the side of the board. |
| p15929 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | which way up are the fucking pawns????? these problems drive me crazy |
| p15929 | w | benmgood | 1751 | The problem is a bit silly apart from the disorientation |
| p15929 | w | chesschocolate | 1837 | Relax!!
If you've figured out it's Black's symbol flashing, you'd realize the pawns are going UP, as they always do!!!!
This is a brillient puzz |
| p15929 | w | kwanpin | 1752 | i confuse lol |
| p15929 | w | lepolaputuki | 1826 | When you're told you're Black, and the White pawn just moved down the screen, one'd think you'd get the message... |
| p15929 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | which way up is it???? |
| p15932 | w | SSC9 | 1353 | nice |
| p15932 | w | antielectron | 1223 | very nice |
| p15938 | b | defense | 1680 | Ne3 alternate solution |
| p15938 | b | wald | 1565 | I also moved Ne3 (without thinking), but Rb4 is much better |
| p15938 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Why ? Ne3 seems good... |
| p15938 | b | LowScore | 1564 | Ne3 Qd3 and the queen cannot be trapped anymore. |
| p15938 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Thanks LowScore. Unable to see the Ne3 masks the Qh3... :-( |
| p15947 | w | underated | 1374 | I think I just dis another puzzle that was absolutely identical to this...just different! |
| p15947 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | wins the bishop! |
| p15959 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | fork |
| p15961 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate by P(g6), N(e6), and R [after R(b8)xf8(R)#]. |
| p15966 | b | DocB | 1237 | decieving
|
| p15966 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | The Black Queen took advantage of the pinned pawn. BUT White can remove this pin, and so attack the Black Queen. |
| p15966 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | ...... breaking the pin! |
| p15973 | w | wald | 1565 | what's wrong with Ng4 (f2 is attacked 3 times)? |
| p15973 | w | wald | 1565 | just realised that 1. ... Ng4 looses to 2. Nxb6 --- trivial. |
| p15973 | w | impromptus | 1450 | oh this was tricky |
| p15973 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.4 seconds because I also considered 1...Ng4 |
| p15977 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | What else? ...How did this problem get such a higher rating?
|
| p15977 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | it got high rating because people think about other moves and spend too much time.
Qb4 does not win so people are afraid to miss a win and think |
| p15978 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | needs to include h4 Qe1+ etc. |
| p15978 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.9 seconds |
| p15980 | b | jacovanniekerk | 1359 | discovered attack... |
| p15986 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | wrong capture
NxR when RxR is the move |
| p15986 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.5 seconds
remembered that I blundered here but did not remember my exact blunder |
| p15987 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Rather pointless |
| p15987 | b | ccnoob | 1867 | Quite a good problem because you must see Qxb4 and Qxb7 |
| p15987 | b | Epic | 1591 | not RxP, QxR and sliding the rook to pin the queen to the king, you will be doing exchange sacrifice. |
| p15987 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Pointless? This is a good problem. You have to see Qb4+, no? Wasn't a check with a pawn on d6, was it? Hmm... |
| p15988 | b | crptone | 1575 | Like problem p30188, white takes advantage of black's weak back rank with 1) Rd8#!! By deflecting the enemy rook from its post, white is able to achieve a beautiful mate. Deserves 5 stars. Maybe even 6 or 7. |
| p15988 | b | crptone | 1575 | I have decided to rate this problem a 7. So the 5 stars of this post adds with the 2 stars of the next. |
| p15988 | b | Chessdoom | 1586 | how could any1 have this proble wrong??? |
| p15988 | b | cheetah7 | 1492 | excuse me, but this one is soooo easy |
| p15988 | b | choerd | 1465 | stupid chessmate this simply. |
| p15988 | b | crackerjack113 | 1435 | well, unlike crptone i do not see the beauty in this
a 3-year-old could solve this
whats the beauty in that? |
| p15988 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | like it |
| p15988 | b | ramkrish | 1410 | rb6??? |
| p15988 | b | ramkrish | 1410 | rd8#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!` |
| p15988 | b | ramkrish | 1410 | !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 |
| p15988 | b | ramkrish | 1410 | rd8#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!` |
| p15988 | b | greatkid | 1694 | ramkrish you spam chat and now we can't even easily post comment! |
| p15988 | b | chesschampion | 1391 | horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| p15988 | b | chesschampion | 1391 | ha ha i spam chatted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| p15988 | b | Marcin1996 | 1616 | easy and for idiots |
| p16001 | w | edgy | 1645 | 1.Qg1 Be4 2.Ne1 and hen what? |
| p16001 | w | Fingerly | 1455 | If 1.Qg1 Be4 2.Ne1 then 2. ... Qxa6 gets one rook while the other one on g2 is still pinned. |
| p16003 | b | tactic15 | 1264 | lame |
| p16006 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | By mere luck I even solved this deep problem! Indeed I thought I have made a really bad positional move. |
| p16006 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 110.7 seconds
long time to see that Qa7 is possible and did not see in first iterations that a7 is protected. |
| p16006 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 97.7 seconds
remembered that I got it but again could not see that a7 is protected for a long time |
| p16014 | b | Holy | 1098 | Why was that so hard to see? I was distracted by potentially pinning the knight and by moving the rook to the seventh rank, looking for a threatened mate--instead of the one-move mate. |
| p16015 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | removal of the queen's royal guard! |
| p16022 | b | drad | 1651 | damn, I kept thinking I had to clear the rank between my rook and their king. Took me like 6 goes to get it :) |
| p16031 | b | Fromper | 1338 | I don't understand. Why not Bxc8 immediately? What do you accomplish by checking first, other than removing your own attack against the d5 bishop? |
| p16031 | b | JamesBJames | 1657 | If you don't, he has Qg2#? |
| p16031 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice fork! |
| p16035 | b | jokim | 2000 | Difficult because it is hard to find anything particularly wrong with Qd3 |
| p16035 | b | Garryback | 1581 | complex |
| p16035 | b | mburch1974 | 1481 | the bishop looked too active to do nxd5. |
| p16043 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | rank uncovery |
| p16049 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.7 seconds |
| p16049 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.7 seconds |
| p16050 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | A removal of the guard tactic (3.Rxd8) |
| p16051 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23358 to solve
7.7 seconds
took time to find that Rh3 is winning with calculating
Rh3 Qg6+ Qxg6 hxg6 Rh8+ Kf7 Rxe8 |
| p16063 | w | drad | 1651 | tricky |
| p16067 | b | wald | 1565 | incredible, how highly graded a mate in 1 can be ... |
| p16067 | b | ruylopez | 2034 | yeah, how could this possibly be a 1600 problem?? |
| p16067 | b | knobgoblin | 1444 | Yeah. I'm thinking 1300-1400 (perhaps I'm being generous). Not a completely useless problem, but definitely not 1600+. |
| p16067 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | The rating reflects the way in which people answer the problem. I give it two stars for reminding me to take the time to make a candidate list. |
| p16067 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.7 seconds |
| p16067 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.8 seconds |
| p16074 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 26,6 seconds |
| p16087 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 30.6 seconds |
| p16093 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice rook sacrifice to get checkmate in 4! |
| p16105 | w | barz | 1708 | Art of defense. |
| p16114 | w | wald | 1565 | the solution should extend to the mate |
| p16114 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.6 seconds |
| p16115 | b | mjb1974 | 1468 | nice mouseslip |
| p16121 | b | underated | 1374 | would like to see more of that. |
| p16121 | b | dogWaste | 1289 | nothing special... zzzz |
| p16122 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.9 seconds |
| p16125 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | With fxe4 two pieces are being attacked (a knight and a rook), whilst with Bxf8, only the bishop is under attack (who furthermore is itself attacking a White Knight). Its a question of calculation. |
| p16140 | w | vostro1700 | 1518 | No entiendo como podes errar ese problema. |
| p16140 | w | loot | 1486 | Yo no erré ese problema. |
| p16141 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.6 seconds got it in the past |
| p16141 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.5 seconds |
| p16141 | w | Leucky | 1538 | You have to see that 2... Nxd6 works. |
| p16142 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.4 seconds |
| p16144 | b | wald | 1565 | sometimes, you must force a draw! |
| p16144 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | Problem 23384 to solve
failure
forgot to count material and played for the capture Qxf1
|
| p16144 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.7 seconds this time |
| p16144 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.9 seconds |
| p16146 | b | plopje | 1678 | obvious |
| p16146 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | New rating record 1773 |
| p16146 | b | barz | 1708 | 4r1k1/1p5p/2p3p1/p2q1p2/5P1Q/PP2r3/1B4R1/5RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p16148 | b | buffetrand | 1508 | what's wrong with Nb5? |
| p16148 | b | buffetrand | 1508 | what's wrong with Nb5? |
| p16148 | b | buffetrand | 1508 | never mind... Qxb5 3.Bxb5 cxb5 and the other bishop is still stuck |
| p16148 | b | mtracey | 1552 | Nb5 Qb6 and the queen still protects c7. After Nd5 black has to give up his queen to stop mate. |
| p16148 | b | jzhang2000 | 1419 | threaten mate and attack the queen |
| p16148 | b | jzhang2000 | 1419 | nb5 win a queen for 3 pieces |
| p16149 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | N fork: N(d4)f3+ forks K(e5) and R(h2). |
| p16154 | w | Elroch | 1453 | A very elegant and economical mid-board checkmate. |
| p16154 | w | loot | 1486 | Checkmate? Maybe problem needs one more move... |
| p16154 | w | grom43 | 1654 | What, loot, you can't see the rook on h2? It's still a nice problem how to win white's N. |
| p16160 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.0 seconds |
| p16160 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.2 seconds |
| p16161 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Interesting Queen sacrifice! |
| p16164 | w | Quietus | 1704 | The endgame still looks lost for Black |
| p16164 | w | wald | 1565 | I agree with Quietus |
| p16164 | w | blindfuchs | 1748 | Yes, it is probably still lost. But in a tournament you have to make the win for your opponent as difficult as possible. Especially, in a blitz game spotting this move quickly could make a big difference. It could be that your opponent even loses the game, because (s)he is short on time. |
| p16164 | w | moegigo | 1611 | why not to remove some other white pawns and it wouldnt be lost for black. then the idea is cool |
| p16164 | w | parmetd | 1645 | The endgame is dead lost. |
| p16165 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | There is a very similar problem to this one on the CTS server. The initial position is identical unless I am mistaken. But I don't remember which one it is. I just remember that Black's first move is 1...Bxf5 instead of 1...Nxf5. And the solution is 2.Bxf5 so that the enemy bishop cannot interpose on c8 after Ra8+. Maybe one of you geniuses can identify which problem I am thinking of. |
| p16165 | b | underated | 1374 | I would like to take the knigh first. and thats all I have to say about that. |
| p16165 | b | thingfish | 1345 | Taking the knight first loses!? |
| p16171 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | simple but failed
hurried to capture the knight thinking knight is more than a rook for a knight. |
| p16171 | b | tjumen | 1598 | the rook is tastier than the knight |
| p16172 | b | Holy | 1098 | A simple "remove-the-defender" tactic, but 2 things make it difficult to spot (for a puzzle): (1) the White pawn on h7 (you're thinking that there has to be a queening opportunity or threat there, or that you can make use of the pawn's control of g8) and (2) the move to remove the defender isn't a sacrifice. |
| p16174 | b | N4PLL | 1413 | This one is not that obvious
|
| p16177 | b | underated | 1374 | need to twist your eyes around to see this one. |
| p16177 | b | CryptorKid | 1348 | missed it... |
| p16181 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 39.7 seconds |
| p16185 | w | jpg785 | 1347 | is the point of this just to draw the game? |
| p16185 | w | LowScore | 1564 | What do you mean "just" draw? managing a draw in this position is awesome! |
| p16185 | w | LaughingVulcan | 1136 | That is the point of it.... If it weren't for the Knight cover Black would win. But as it is, the lesson is how to suck out a draw from an otherwise lost position. |
| p16189 | b | tpollet | 1651 | La d |
| p16189 | b | tpollet | 1651 | deuxème essai: La dame enfermée. Il faut aider le fou en f4 à l'emprisonner. |
| p16189 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Obviously Black's move is a crass blunder in a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined:
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 (more normal is 9. Nge2 I think)Re8 10. 0-0-0 h6 11. Bf4 b5?? 12. Nxb5+- |
| p16189 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.9 seconds |
| p16189 | b | chessyeti | 1756 | 1.6 seconds |
| p16189 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | 303 seconds -- no kidding! |
| p16193 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 20.1 seconds. |
| p16204 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Get sasha out of here! |
| p16204 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | 6. Bxg6 in Crafty's line is incomprehensible. It loses the Queen for no reason! |
| p16223 | b | SmokenFlames | 1418 | this problem is underrated |
| p16234 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Checkmate coming right up! |
| p16235 | b | BughouseMaster | 1555 | ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT! You either see it... or u DONT! |
| p16235 | b | tjumen | 1598 | great one! |
| p16235 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.2 seconds
I thought first that Qe8+ is mate and this is the reason for the fast time(after 3...Qf8 it was also easy to find the win) |
| p16235 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | again the same mistake and thought first that Qe8 is mate
|
| p16235 | b | LowestRd | 1946 | Same mistake??... |
| p16244 | b | mburch1974 | 1481 | 78.1 secs. Took awhile to fully calc. |
| p16244 | b | kendal | 1531 | nice, very nice puzzle
|
| p16246 | w | HRBHATT | 1314 | Can i have more difficult problems, with more points? |
| p16247 | b | Carbonic | 1527 | Wrong knight for me |
| p16247 | b | Carbonic | 1527 | Wrong knight for me |
| p16247 | b | Carbonic | 1527 | Wrong knight again =_=' |
| p16247 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Carbonic, just think "d6" when you see this problem and it'll go right. :-) |
| p16249 | b | SamuelS | 1574 | How can White defend against the checkmate after Rxh3? |
| p16249 | b | wagstaff | 1704 | problem is clearly faulty |
| p16249 | b | camembert | 1620 | After Rxh3 gxh3 the black queen is pinned to the king. Qxh3 is thus illegal and the problem is fine. |
| p16249 | b | wagstaff | 1704 | camembert is quite right. Doh. |
| p16249 | b | tpollet | 1651 | eh oui, après le sacrifice de tour en h3, la dame se voit clouée par la tour f1. |
| p16249 | b | hmpf142000 | 1670 | IST STUPID. I was searching for a defence against rxh3... |
| p16249 | b | Raeburn | 1704 | Thanks camembert & tpollet. An unobvious pin. |
| p16249 | b | arnakor | 1729 | nice |
| p16249 | b | Dougy | 1654 | h3! Rxh3 gxh3 pinning Black's queen to his king. Qh3# is illegal! |
| p16249 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.4 seconds
obvious blind posters that cannot see pin even after seeing the solution. |
| p16249 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | very nice |
| p16249 | b | InigoMI | 1662 | difficuly to see that Rxh3 does not work!! |
| p16251 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Nice idea. Have to avoid sacrificing on e6 because you need the pawn on f7 to prevent the K from escaping from eventual Qxg5+. |
| p16252 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | nice |
| p16252 | b | themagician | 1543 | 7.4 seconds |
| p16258 | b | grom43 | 1654 | It's nice, but seems simple. |
| p16258 | b | barz | 1708 | r5k1/pp3nqp/2p2Np1/8/8/1P2Q1P1/P1P4P/5RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p16259 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.0 second
tripple threat queen Ne8xd6
bishop Bg7xb2 and
knight Qd8xg5 |
| p16259 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Nice triple threat as reported by UriBlass. |
| p16263 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed K, BR pattern |
| p16265 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.8 seconds |
| p16265 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.4 seconds now but only because I was lucky not to be concentrated(otherwise I could think more time because of having some fear from the rating of the problem).
I did not remember that I got it in the past. |
| p16267 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p16271 | w | underated | 1374 | too slow even at 10 seconds |
| p16275 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Double (discovered) attack: N(d4)e6+ forks K and Q, and exposes Q(d8) to attack by Q(d1). |
| p16282 | w | underated | 1374 | another superb queen trap.. |
| p16282 | w | LowScore | 1564 | No queen trap. |
| p16282 | w | rafael6478 | 1517 | no queen trap. white bishop and queen are under attack at the same time. |
| p16285 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23328 to solve
17.5 seconds
too much time about quiet pawn capture that defends against mate |
| p16285 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.9 seconds |
| p16285 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.3 seconds |
| p16293 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Very neat! |
| p16294 | b | underated | 1374 | I wondered if I was right...just need to be quicker. |
| p16300 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 26.8 seconds |
| p16300 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.2 seconds |
| p16304 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.0 seconds |
| p16306 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 24.8 seconds. |
| p16309 | w | kpuchon | 1458 | super |
| p16309 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.1 seconds |
| p16309 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 2.5 sec. underrated ! |
| p16309 | w | drad | 1651 | how many people actually see it from the start though and don't just hit and hope ;) |
| p16314 | w | Zweiblumen | 1304 | Wait....Nd5 isn't check. Is there something wrong witht his problem? |
| p16314 | w | Zweiblumen | 1304 | Nevermind, I'm stupid |
| p16314 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | discovered attack |
| p16316 | b | bumbly | 1561 | uhh, has anyone looked at the analysis for this? This problem assumes a bad line. |
| p16316 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate: White's Q and R force Black K off back 2 ranks and into mating position. |
| p16316 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | @bumbly--yes, but you should have seen the mate before playing a line that wins a queen to reach an even positon |
| p16317 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 35.1 seconds |
| p16317 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | Black is losing - the move required may be the cybernetic optimum - but really a poor problem where you spend ages trying to find something that isn't there... |
| p16317 | w | Garryback | 1581 | no star |
| p16324 | b | Fromper | 1338 | Can someone please explain why black would give up his queen with Qxc4 in response to this move the way Crafty says? Why not just retreat the queen to c7 or c8 when it's attacked? My solution here was Bxd3, winning a piece after Nxd3 Qxd3. |
| p16324 | b | Fromper | 1338 | Am I allowed to complain about the same bad problem again when it comes up for me a second time? |
| p16324 | b | pkendal | 1520 | Bxd3 (which I of course played as well) is not a solution here because the white king is in check. As for giving up the Queen I'm equally mystified, unless it's because Black is already two pawns down and desperately needs some kind of compensation in an unbalanced situation. Thoughts anyone? |
| p16324 | b | macLeay | 1639 | Qxc4 in the line is clearly some mistake.. QC needed |
| p16324 | b | macLeay | 1639 | actually, i withdraw this ^^^. a computer might see this as better material compensation. but Nxb2 looks better |
| p16324 | b | LowScore | 1564 | Qxc4 Nxc4 Bxc4 gives up the queen for two pieces, and Qc7 Bxd3 Nxd3 Qxd3 loses one piece. The two variations are pretty much equal from a material point of view: Q=9pts, N/B=3 pts, and either way black will lose 3 points. |
| p16325 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.5 seconds |
| p16325 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.7 seconds |
| p16328 | b | AlexeiD | 1600 | little bit obvious, plus solution should be longer |
| p16328 | b | HateYou | 1627 | yes I agree |
| p16334 | b | Schumi | 1523 | Should have had to find 2.Nf6+ |
| p16334 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | trap & uncovery |
| p16335 | w | Mclintock45 | 1003 | very good , did not see the black rook |
| p16336 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.7 seconds |
| p16336 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.8 seconds |
| p16340 | b | wild | 1305 | genius |
| p16340 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i like it cause it makes me consider easy moves as well as complex ones at the same time. |
| p16340 | b | JohnSmith | 1502 | mega rotz |
| p16343 | b | underated | 1374 | nice sacrafice. |
| p16344 | b | john2001plus | 1562 | This completely fails to be a problem. |
| p16345 | w | ngnblcn | 1851 | weak for 2100 |
| p16347 | w | underated | 1374 | good material gain in that move. |
| p16347 | w | DocB | 1237 | saw the idea, got the move order wrong |
| p16349 | b | underated | 1374 | pin...pin...pin... |
| p16349 | b | aggron | 1280 | Its way to hard |
| p16352 | b | jsobo | 1427 | This is the kind my mind just doesn't see ... nice... this is why I do these problems |
| p16352 | b | amyii | 1354 | just didn't see the bl Q was en prise :( |
| p16352 | b | element | 1423 | p60040------------------------5move puzzle |
| p16355 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1; epaulette mate |
| p16355 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | The Queen moves next to the enemy king thanks to a guarding pawn, delivering mate in 1! |
| p16358 | w | davidk | 1753 | 1. ... Nxd5 is equally good. |
| p16358 | w | beydagh | 2020 | 1...,N.d5 is not good. White can play c.d5 and after Bf5, will respond with Bd3! |
| p16366 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.4 seconds
was not sure and calculated defences against Qe2 |
| p16366 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.2 seconds |
| p16366 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.3 seconds |
| p16369 | b | jzhang2000 | 1419 | Remove the defender |
| p16369 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 13.7 |
| p16370 | b | jokim | 2000 | Fine defensive move. Prevents the fork on b2 and brings the Bishop to safety |
| p16370 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.6 seconds |
| p16374 | b | Leucky | 1538 | looks like the king has much space in the first moment. |
| p16374 | b | FSFabbri | 1416 | The pawn move is not obvious! |
| p16377 | b | priamos | 1472 | Why this high rating? |
| p16377 | b | LowScore | 1564 | Because it's an unusual setup! :-) |
| p16377 | b | LowScore | 1564 | The white rook and Knight are loose. Still, White offers yet another piece with 2.Qxd5! Awesome problem. |
| p16377 | b | barz | 1708 | 3r2k1/p1R3pp/6b1/3pp1N1/8/6q1/3QB1P1/5K2 b - - 0 1 |
| p16380 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.0 seconds |
| p16380 | b | rockym | 1626 | on 2. Nxe5 Nxe5 3. Bxe5 f6 is very good. I only saw f5, which looses to Rg6+, hg6 Qg6# |
| p16382 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | There is no tactics. However I even ignore the check by the knight! |
| p16382 | b | SignoreX | 1223 | Forkinhell is correct. This cheapie non-tactic reminder to look, to simply see keeps it from being totally worthless, at least for me. |
| p16382 | b | sashapachev | 1439 | Being able to see the only legal move quickly in response to a move is important for move calculations. |
| p16390 | w | sarciness | 1465 | Good, becasue your expecting tactics on the back rank. |
| p16399 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | piece trap |
| p16403 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 5.5 seconds |
| p16404 | w | hokidoki | 1809 | I think the given solution is wrong. 1. Bxh7+ Kxh7 2. Ng5+ Kg6 gives Blacks more material gain and still forces the exchange of queens. |
| p16404 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Standard mechanism
btw. hoki - 2... Kg6 loses to 3. g4 etc.
|
| p16410 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | The point is that Qe1 attack the bishop after Qxd4 cxd4 so white has no time for Rxc7 |
| p16411 | w | mbingham | 1437 | A practical exercise, but it should be rated no higher than 800. |
| p16411 | w | jdmce2002 | 1255 | I disagree because you have to notice the white queen is not on the board, not mean feat in a few seconds. Assuming it is, you are looking for a killer move that of course, is unnecessary. |
| p16415 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | r3q3/1pb4p/p4pk1/3p1Np1/3R3Q/6P1/PPP2P1P/6K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p16423 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 4.1 sec |
| p16423 | b | drad | 1651 | tried f4 |
| p16423 | b | drad | 1651 | missed the check on c5, shameful :( |
| p16424 | b | yrmh1 | 1040 | tough one!
|
| p16428 | b | barz | 1708 | 2rq3b/1b1k1pr1/p6p/1p2Q1P1/4P3/P1P5/1P4BP/5R1K b - - 0 1 |
| p16431 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | uncovery |
| p16434 | b | ngnblcn | 1851 | nice |
| p16438 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.6 seconds |
| p16438 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | Q fork |
| p16445 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 32.3 seconds |
| p16445 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 24.5 seconds |
| p16453 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 28.0 seconds
confusing threats. |
| p16456 | w | stevie | 1222 | Chase Q and threaten mate |
| p16458 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.3 seconds |
| p16478 | w | greatkid | 1694 | You've failed to solve problem p16478.
Your new rating is 1746.95 (-6.87). |
| p16478 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | You should use more time so this is going to happen to you less. |
| p16478 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | great advise Yourabore |
| p16481 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.2 seconds |
| p16486 | b | Sidorsky | 1502 | lot of other competing candidates |
| p16486 | b | jsobo | 1427 | tough to see quickly |
| p16486 | b | antielectron | 1223 | Yes, took me a minute |
| p16486 | b | Alseki | 1484 | I played 1.Qxe8, meaning to play Nxf6 as move 2. Is that so different? |
| p16493 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Rubbish. A capture. |
| p16493 | w | wild | 1305 | why's it rated so high? There are NO other moves on the board. |
| p16493 | w | polgary | 1530 | ? |
| p16494 | w | edgy | 1645 | 1...Rf5 is plenty |
| p16494 | w | jokim | 2000 | 1. ... Rf5 followed by 2. ... Rf1 wins too. But no mate! |
| p16494 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.5 seconds |
| p16494 | w | parmetd | 1645 | Rf5 |
| p16494 | w | drad | 1651 | I liked it despite other winning options |
| p16501 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.8 seconds |
| p16501 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.6 seconds |
| p16505 | b | edgy | 1645 | So why isn't Qh1 just as good? Could you maybe include it as a variation, at least? |
| p16505 | b | fastest | 2048 | Qh1-Nh2 -+ |
| p16505 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | Qh1 also does not protect d3 after Qxg6+
also played Qh1 and failed in this hard problem |
| p16505 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 56.0 seconds
took a long time to think about Qhx and at that time I remembered that Qh1 is bad without remembering the reason and played Qh3. |
| p16505 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | I finally see the point of 2.Qh3--2...Qxd5 3.Qh8+ Kf7 4.Qf6+. But isn't Black winning with 2...Re3 according to crafty? |
| p16505 | b | nopen | 1760 | Yeah, that's funny, smotherhubbard! Still, the Qh3/Qh1 choice has a definite (tactical) solution, so it's okay according to the server's standards. |
| p16514 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | again exposed K |
| p16522 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.3 seconds |
| p16524 | w | tomtom233 | 1470 | stupid! that isn't tactical |
| p16524 | w | tdemedts | 1728 | it might be tempting to play Qxa2 first (which is tactical), but that's wrong of course |
| p16528 | w | wilsonge | 1272 | I got this first time ..... poor |
| p16528 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | back rank mate |
| p16541 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.2 seconds |
| p16541 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | hanging B, attacked R, attacking defender |
| p16541 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | unfortunately this time I chose the wrong way
2...Bf4 that allows 3.Rg6 |
| p16547 | w | Ericyi | 1179 |
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| p16561 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 19.3 seconds |
| p16561 | w | barz | 1708 | The same problem exists for white and the solution, instead of 1.Nxc3? is 1.Qe7+! winning. |
| p16561 | w | barz | 1708 | It is p30857 and although 1.Qe7+ is the best move, it is not winning... |
| p16565 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.1 seconds
got it in the past |
| p16566 | b | dice | 1163 | is this a tactic? |
| p16567 | b | CryptorKid | 1348 | found it difficult to see |
| p16577 | b | mcreynolds | 1556 | I think you should go one move further. |
| p16577 | b | wald | 1565 | I completely agree with mcreynolds |
| p16577 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | this is very often a problem, this is about queen trap and that idea is not in the solution |
| p16577 | b | ankka | 1302 | vulnerable queen _and_ undefended rook in a8 |
| p16577 | b | dsrekbtp | 1369 | Would be a better problem given another move. |
| p16577 | b | dogWaste | 1289 | agreed, one move more after 0-0. admit, while i got this 'right', i never would have seen Ra1 w/out a good think, but not BEFORE 2.Qxc3 |
| p16578 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | r3r1k1/1p1b2bp/p2pNRp1/3Nn1P1/2q1PR2/4B2Q/PPP4P/6K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p16582 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.7 seconds
Nf4+ and not Ne3+ is neded to block the queen |
| p16582 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.3 seconds |
| p16582 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Uri, I think ...Nf4+ threatens mate (...Nh3) if White retreats Kg1. ...Ne3+ does not. So after Kg3, no need to block the queen. |
| p16582 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | i just have to say that i mised it and this problem is awesome! :)
and grom i think uriblass already realized that... |
| p16584 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Didn't see that the Bishop can throw in a check after simply capturing the Queen |
| p16595 | w | underated | 1374 | looking for smoething else. dont take your eye of the defenders. |
| p16597 | w | underated | 1374 | missed it. |
| p16610 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p16610 | b | mathaias | 1434 | Very good! I grabbed the loose pawn and missed mate entirely :( |
| p16611 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p16624 | b | RJHChess | 1700 | Needs more moves...I guessed and got it right |
| p16624 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Good guess. As soon as you count material, you can see an opportunity? |
| p16628 | b | d4d5c4 | 1559 | Ziel: Turm-oder Damengewinn
Motiv: Aufdeckung des Röntgenangriffs eines Läufers, zwei Angriffe auf zwei Figuren, von denen nur einer abgewehrt werden kann. |
| p16628 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | A sharp line from Crafty. |
| p16629 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate with K and R: 2.Rh3#. |
| p16631 | w | lancer2000 | 1410 | We can not assume that black has the right to castle without knowledge of the previous moves. |
| p16631 | w | musiclife | 1602 | very tricky! Not because of 0-0-0 but because Qxh8/Rxh8/Bxh8 fails! |
| p16639 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | An incredible regal mate! |
| p16639 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Like a Gueridon mate, but set diagonally. |
| p16640 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 1.3 seconds : I'm happy :-)) |
| p16640 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 1.2 seconds much much much much overrated should be 1400 !! How can this be 1830 ?? |
| p16640 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Haha... This one got me. Clear sign it's time to log off |
| p16651 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.1 seconds
checked if there is something better too much time |
| p16651 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 22.0 seconds
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| p16651 | w | Arkenshaw | 1733 | 1...Nxg3, 2.fg3 Ra2+ |
| p16652 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Double (discovered) attack: After 2...Nxd4(B), then Nf6+ checks K(g8) and threatens Qxd4(N). |
| p16667 | w | deepsea | 1305 | wth is this worthless crap |
| p16673 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | A recapture. Don't see any reasonable alternative. |
| p16674 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 5r1k/p1rn1q1n/4R2Q/2p1pp2/4P3/1B4RP/PP3PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p16685 | w | GameOfChance | 1411 | ... the idea is to keep perpetual check? If so, more moves should be asked imo. |
| p16689 | b | texian | 1113 | an interesting way to win the queen |
| p16692 | b | deepfriedbrain | 1795 | doesnt Bxc7 Bxc7+ Kg1 Nxd1 Qe7 win also? |
| p16692 | b | Poliniques | 1865 | yes, but after fxe6;Qc7,Ka8 the position is less clear. |
| p16704 | w | theKnife | 1671 | r2r4/pp1nkppp/2bNpn2/q5B1/2B1PP2/2P5/P2Q2PP/3RK2R w K - 0 1 |
| p16704 | w | theKnife | 1671 | See p17072. |
| p16706 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | 2.Qd3 is a TRAP for White, because after 2...Bxf2+ Black wins a tempo, and wins the white Queen (3...Qxd3!). |
| p16711 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | nice |
| p16711 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 40.6 seconds |
| p16711 | w | tjumen | 1598 | 20.8 seconds |
| p16714 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 23023 16.6 seconds too slow
should get higher rating.
h4+ Kf2 Nd3+ was easy but 1.h4+ Kg4 is also a line to analyze. |
| p16714 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.4 seconds |
| p16717 | b | Rozebottel | 1474 | What an unexpected checkmate! |
| p16717 | b | freeher | 1327 | very cool |
| p16717 | b | wald | 1565 | this is not so unexpected -- after all this is a problem and white has nothing else: cannot stop the black pawn and cannot promote their own pawn either, so must be able to mate! |
| p16717 | b | zooter | 1505 | excellent...missed it.... |
| p16717 | b | Stress | 1659 | Ooooh! ;-) |
| p16717 | b | thingfish | 1345 | fun stuff, though black screws up royally with ...g2. ...Kc4 before ...g2 should win, if i'm not mistaken though... |
| p16729 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | if fxg5 hxg5 nf7 instead of nf5 then would f4 be the best response? |
| p16732 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Forks really should be easy... |
| p16732 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.6 seconds |
| p16732 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.5 seconds |
| p16732 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | too fast.
blundered by Qg2+ and immediatly saw Qh5 after my blunder |
| p16736 | b | themagician | 1543 | 1.7 seconds new record 1792 |
| p16736 | b | ketchbee1 | 1712 | 2.Rxc3 gets same thing? 2.Rxc3 d1=Q 3.Ne3+ |
| p16736 | b | LoganFive | 1890 | Alas, no, 2.Rxc3 doesn't work as d1=Q+ comes with check. |
| p16741 | b | pq4pq4 | 1025 | rated 1384???? Seems like truly a dumb puzzle. Must be missing something. |
| p16743 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.5 seconds |
| p16751 | b | loot | 1486 | I kinda liked it. |
| p16754 | b | CLance | 2086 | very bad problem: two clearly winning moves |
| p16754 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with CLance. |
| p16754 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I agree
I played exd7 |
| p16755 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 1 Rd1-a1! is a very nice DOUBLE ATTACK. One TACTICAL TARGET is the UNDEFENDED Black a2-bishop, the second TACTICAL TARGET is the LINE a1-a8 (a-file) for a PIN. Just like Weteschnik says, a TACTICAL TARGET can be a piece, a square, or another tactic. In this particular example, one TACTICAL TARGET is a piece (UNDEFENDED Black a2-bishop) while the second TACTICAL TARGET is a PIN (a TACTIC). This example is just like h4-h5! Qe5xh5 Re1-h1 in Krasenkow-Sutovsky Pamplona 1999. |
| p16755 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Pin skewer. Underrated. |
| p16757 | b | edgy | 1645 | 1...Rxb2 2.Nxf6+ gxf6 3.Qxf6 attacking the Rook and threatening Bd4, also looks killing. |
| p16757 | b | JamesBJames | 1657 | Honestly, that's what I thought too, but black is about equal after Rb4!. After Bd4 from white, black sacs the exchange and plays Rxd4! The material is even for both sides now. |
| p16757 | b | Subrosian | 1658 | Bd4 and Qxf6 both win as well... |
| p16757 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23380 to solve
4.1 seconds
even did not think about Nxf6+ because Nxd6 is winning
and more simple |
| p16757 | b | memo | 1570 | Bd4 and Qxf6 also win |
| p16759 | w | underated | 1374 | creating a massive punching post to the weakend king side. |
| p16761 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Another mate delivered by a guarded pawn! |
| p16762 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i don't see any issues. looks good! i wonder what was wrong with it before. :) |
| p16767 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.8 seconds
lucky to get it so fast
yoo fast and only saw Qxf8+ Rxf8 with mate and only after playing Qxf8+ noticed Kxf8(otherwise I could use more time for that move) |
| p16771 | w | bubenimyolum | 1920 | overrated 1988 |
| p16771 | w | JSorel | 1664 | I don't agree with bubenimyolum. In any case, if it is rated 1980+, it's because tacticians find it difficult to solve... |
| p16771 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failed in it and it is very easy only after you see it.
Na1 is not natural square for the knight |
| p16771 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.1 seconds |
| p16771 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | To Uri: Most problems are very easy once you see it. |
| p16771 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | Not most problems
For some reason this seems to be relatively easy to remember(maybe it is the reason that the rating now is not 1980+ but 1966.6). |
| p16778 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.6 seconds |
| p16778 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.2 seconds |
| p16778 | w | greatkid | 1694 | 2.2 secs |
| p16779 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Not very convincing.. what's the point? |
| p16779 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.2 seconds
the point is to draw but more moves are needed |
| p16779 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.7 seconds |
| p16779 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | The point is not to lose the game |
| p16779 | b | AlexeiD | 1600 | prolong the solution |
| p16795 | w | rockym | 1626 | Was looking only around the king. (Re8) Did not see Nb4 ! |
| p16795 | w | barz | 1708 | rnbq1rk1/4bppp/p1p1p3/1p1n2N1/3PN3/1Pp3P1/P1Q1PPBP/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p16800 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed K |
| p16803 | w | Elroch | 1453 | The tempter here is 1. Rxc3 Bxc3 2. Kxc3 to win two pieces for a rook, but 2. ...Rf2 3. Bh1 Rxh2 leaves black an exchange and a pawn up. |
| p16805 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | what the hell's wrong with na5? |
| p16808 | b | FARKINDAMIYIZ | 1941 | good for 1790 |
| p16808 | b | iwinyoulose | 1858 | BXb6 also wins fuck off |
| p16808 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | hard problem
played Bxb6 that give advantage for white and did not think about Rxf6 |
| p16808 | b | theKnife | 1671 | qn2kb1r/rb4pp/pp1pPn2/4p3/2P1P3/2N1B1P1/PP4BP/R2Q1RK1 w k - 0 2 |
| p16814 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played Ra1 too fast and allowed Qe2
Rf2 is the trap |
| p16814 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 1r4k1/4pp1p/2p3p1/2Pp2P1/rP6/pRQ1PP2/P3q2P/5RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p16815 | w | wilhelmgras | 1556 | 2. fxg3? |
| p16815 | w | Garryback | 1581 | wonderful zwischenzug |
| p16821 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed. analyze Ng4 please |
| p16821 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | ...if you get a chance, please |
| p16828 | b | Elroch | 1453 | You've solved problem p16828 in 0.7 seconds. ( Result 1.00 : 0.00 )
Your new rating is 1504.81 (+2.65).
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| p16828 | b | wild | 1305 | this seems like a 1200 problem |
| p16833 | w | Alseki | 1484 | Too subtle for me. |
| p16833 | w | CryptorKid | 1348 | not awake enough to solve that |
| p16838 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.6 seconds |
| p16839 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | obvious |
| p16841 | b | pdubs | 1146 | Fairly obvious revealed attack...surprised at the rating. |
| p16843 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.9 seconds |
| p16843 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 5.5 seconds |
| p16844 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | a worthwhile tactic |
| p16845 | b | texian | 1113 | sweet |
| p16845 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | a checkmate that involves a rook sacrifice |
| p16848 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | boring |
| p16848 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 2r2rk1/1q2bppp/pB2p3/n3P1P1/Np3P2/1P6/P3Q2P/1K1R3R b - - 0 1 |
| p16849 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Nice problem, but solution should be lengthened. |
| p16849 | w | jokim | 2000 | Pretty difficult with those hanging pieces. Even after the requested move it is not so clear how Black should continue. |
| p16849 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 2r2r2/1pb3pk/p2np2p/n2pPb2/1B3NPq/P3P3/QP2BP2/R1R3K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p16851 | w | Mattsky101 | 1214 | I am stupid
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| p16852 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 4.1 seconds ... c2 is very weak! |
| p16853 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 0.9 seconds
memorized it including the first move of the problem |
| p16854 | w | theKnife | 1671 | r1bq1rk1/1p3ppp/p1p5/4R3/2P5/3B4/PB1Q1PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p16855 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Saw it all except after 2 c6 Bc8 3 Bb4+ that the K goes to e8. Realized too late 2 cb is the shot. |
| p16862 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | missed initially Rxc2 and when seeing it thought it is the move and played it too fast |
| p16862 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.4 seconds this time |
| p16862 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | again same mistake as 22.1 |
| p16862 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.0 seconds |
| p16867 | w | plopje | 1678 | mate in one is hard to miss |
| p16867 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played Be2+ with the idea Qb3+ later |
| p16867 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Like UriBlass, checked bishop moves, and saw the mate only after 6.4 seconds. |
| p16867 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | i played Qc1+ with the idea of winning. i don't see the line analyzed here. :( |
| p16870 | w | sleiman | 1406 | silly but nice |
| p16872 | w | Kirkchess | 1116 | Pretty good. Why was i so stupid to trade queens? Argh! |
| p16873 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | What else would anyone do? |
| p16873 | b | LowScore | 1564 | there is nothing else to do, but it takes time so realize that! :-) |
| p16885 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failure need to count material before winning a piece
perpetual is better |
| p16885 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 4r1k1/p4pp1/2P4p/q7/2p5/5P1N/1Q4PP/1rKRR3 w - - 0 1 |
| p16888 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.9 seconds |
| p16893 | w | wald | 1565 | not that Rxe5 is wrong, it still wins, though not in 3 moves. |
| p16893 | w | Vandebent | 1701 | Pure bullshit. A clear win is a clear win. We are playing blitz here! |
| p16893 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | Am i missing sthg in Crafty's line? 1...Rxe5 2.Qxe5 Qxe5 3.Be3 Qxe3+ 4.Rxe3 Rf1 mate. |
| p16898 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Took me surprisingly long. Must get rid of this habit of not capturing the piece that's attacking one of mine. Jeez, I'm like a lamped rabbit at times! |
| p16898 | b | Elroch | 1453 | You've got to smile. Like when the strong opponent walks into something as simple. |
| p16906 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.2 seconds
also remembered it from the past but was not sure so checked it. |
| p16906 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.5 seconds |
| p16906 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | more moves, up to Rxe7+ |
| p16906 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | That should have been easier than 263 seconds! |
| p16907 | w | WeinStein | 2203 | incorrect problem
black cannot defend this position at all |
| p16907 | w | Garryback | 1581 | WeinSein is right- evaluation +0.66 is wrong |
| p16915 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | nice zwischenzug |
| p16916 | b | marcotheknight | 1532 | decent |
| p16925 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.9 seconds
took time to see Bb5 threats the rook. |
| p16926 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.7 seconds
played Bg5+ only after seeing f6 Qe6 and I did not see Qe6 in first thinking |
| p16927 | w | ngnblcn | 1851 | weak for 2160 |
| p16927 | w | Kacparov | 2002 | really difficult |
| p16934 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.1 seconds
expected 4.Rf7+ |
| p16934 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.7 seconds |
| p16934 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.5 seconds |
| p16942 | w | mburch1974 | 1481 | this is a good one for patzers like me trying to scare knight away but a 2nd look after about 30 seconds brought the position to light. |
| p16942 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | nice R trap |
| p16943 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | An incredible mate in 1! |
| p16944 | b | drad | 1651 | 57.1 seconds |
| p16946 | b | Wolfgang | 1388 | beautiful and many moves! |
| p16946 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.6 seconds |
| p16946 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 1.7 sec |
| p16946 | b | Pinsu | 1601 | There are lots of moves. This problem is 1750 |
| p16946 | b | Lioric | 1526 | 8.6 seconds, and working my way out while seeing the response..
very good.
the idea of Rxh8! was beautiful |
| p16948 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 100.0 seconds
thought too much about Qh8+ and Qh7+ |
| p16948 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 1.5 seconds |
| p16950 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p16957 | b | joetheplumber | 1022 | Because Qc5+ has the same effect only with iminent threat to the rook and knight! |
| p16957 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | To Joetheplumber: Rc5+ wins the queen. Remember careless moves will lose the game to back rank mate by the opponent's queen. |
| p16957 | b | Garryback | 1581 | Instead of your profound comments I would be far more interested in Uri´s time.
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lol
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thanks for the comments
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Garryback
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| p16963 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 13144 to solve
2.9 seconds
do not understand the high rating. |
| p16963 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.3 seconds
again it seems that not always the first thought is the same and now simply did not think about 3.Rg8 mate first but about other checks |
| p16963 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | overrated |
| p16973 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Kind of a nice punchline to have waiting. |
| p16973 | w | barz | 1708 | 8/4R3/pq1BQn1p/6pk/1p6/8/PP3rPP/K2b4 w - - 0 1 |
| p16978 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | White is a complete moron! |
| p16986 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | It takes me a week to see this one every time! |
| p16986 | b | pdazz | 1388 | please show it further, first time I played quickly and just saw the knight fork, not that Q could take back and then the B checking and attacking the Q... |
| p16987 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | there is the trap 3.Qe5 when
white does not threat mate because of f6 and the queen can escape |
| p16988 | w | Mclintock45 | 1003 | I like that that, simple and yet not immediatly obvious |
| p16990 | b | loot | 1486 | not 1500 |
| p16990 | b | Garryback | 1581 | too easy for 1500 |
| p16990 | b | neiking | 1591 | Yes, I agree with Garryback. |
| p16997 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed K, interception |
| p16997 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 4r3/p5k1/1q5b/2p2ppP/2Bn4/2P5/P5Q1/1K3RR1 w - - 0 1 |
| p16999 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.6 seconds
relatively easy |
| p16999 | w | Vandebent | 1701 | Not easy at all! 1. ... Rxf3 is very tempting. Once that move comes up in your mind you have to see the refutation 3. Nf2 otherwise to play it instantly. |
| p16999 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 5rk1/pp1qnrb1/2pp2pp/8/1PP1P3/3PBP1N/P2Q2KP/2R2R2 w - - 0 1 |
| p17000 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | did not pattention that the queen is protected so captured Qxa5 |
| p17000 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | now payed attention to the fact that the queen is protected but fell into a different trap and captured the knight |
| p17002 | b | SmokenFlames | 1418 | one must learn to take advantage of the diagonals |
| p17004 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Forced mate. |
| p17006 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Boring. What else would you do? |
| p17006 | w | milos62 | 1916 | Agree. |
| p17006 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23042 to solve
94.2 seconds to solve
Bxc8 and Rxc8 seemed to me the same and I used too much time to decide between them as I did not want to go wrong. |
| p17007 | b | Arkenshaw | 1733 | 1. Qh4 Qe5!, 2. Ng2 wins piece without any checks on e3. 2. exd4?! cxd4 and 3. Nf3 fails to Qe3+. Computer only analyses 3...Rxd4? which is bizarre. After 3....cxd4 white has no way to continue any attack |
| p17007 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.Ng2 does not win a piece because of 2...Nf3+
After 3...cxd4 white wins by 4.Bc1 with the idea 5.Nf3 |
| p17007 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r2r2k1/2q1bp1R/2n3p1/2p2pP1/1p2Q3/P2PP3/1B5P/R3N1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p17008 | w | Wolfgang | 1388 | ? See the check? |
| p17008 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | yes I saw the check |
| p17009 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Big queen trap... |
| p17010 | b | Matches | 1344 | Nice queen trap! |
| p17010 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | in the middle of the board
|
| p17017 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Quite a bit of things going on on the board. 1...Nxc5 also means a discovered attack on White's e1 rook, which however provides White with an opportunity for a back rank mate. |
| p17017 | b | SSC9 | 1353 | good one |
| p17028 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | did not see the simple fork after trading queen so trade queens first |
| p17029 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 43.3 seconds |
| p17036 | b | dwal | 1273 | Needs more moves in solution i.e. 3.Bc3 |
| p17036 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | I agree with Dwal. I also think that this line should be considered as well: 2.Qc8+ Kh8 |
| p17037 | b | aggron | 1280 | It is way to hard |
| p17037 | b | wild | 1305 | you can't rate a problem poorly for being too difficult; I think there's a checkers tactics server elsewhere on the internet, you should go there instead. |
| p17051 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.8 seconds |
| p17051 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | now did not like e5 because of Nd5 and played Bxf6 first missing Qxf6 |
| p17056 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p17064 | w | ngnblcn | 1851 | nice |
| p17064 | w | mburch1974 | 1481 | got this ! |
| p17064 | w | gonulcelen | 1932 | overrated 2202 |
| p17072 | w | theKnife | 1671 | See p16704. |
| p17072 | w | theKnife | 1671 | r6r/pp1nkppp/2bNpn2/q5B1/2B1PP2/2P5/P2Q2PP/R3K2R w KQ - 0 1 |
| p17076 | b | theKnife | 1671 | r1b1kb1r/p2p1ppp/2q1p3/1p2N3/4P1Q1/2PP4/P4PPP/R1B1R1K1 b kq - 0 1 |
| p17077 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Argh...!! Never expected a mate here..nice one. |
| p17077 | w | Carbonic | 1527 | cute ! |
| p17077 | w | Carbonic | 1527 | Cute but I forgot it :/ |
| p17088 | b | sarciness | 1465 | Meh, only move worth analysing. |
| p17095 | w | hardcorepawn | 1418 | someone explain the point of this one please? |
| p17095 | w | Sidorsky | 1502 | It appears that some may be tempted by ...Bxc4 |
| p17097 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | [1] After 1...Bxg2, Black is threatening the following mate: 2...Qb7 3...Bh1 4...Qg2++ [2] One way to stop this mating threat is of course 2.Kxg2. However, this is not the best solution to this problem! [3] A better solution, in the event of Black moving 2...Qb7, is to block the white diagonal with Nd5 (3.Nd5), after having taken out the f6 Knight (which also controls d5) earlier with 2.exf6. Black may then take the moved Knight with his pawn (3.exd5). (The d5 square is being guarded by the White c4 pawn, and so the black Queen cannot move there!) However, in this case the diagonal is still blocked --- by the capturing Black pawn --- and so the mating threat can be removed with 4.Kxg2 whilst the diagonal is blocked (i.e. the Queen is not supporting the g2 Bishop). [4] In fact, White can afford to delay the Nd5 move, to move instead 3.fxe7, winning a pawn and a tempo obliging Black to reply with 3...Re8 to save his rook. The Nd5 move can then be effected on the next (4th) move. (After all, Black must first move Bh1 before being able to move Qg2++, so White may even wait for the Bh1 move before moving Nd5.) [5] If Nd5 is moved immediately on move 3, Black's mating threat is neutralised without any net material loss or gain. However, if the move 3.fxe7 is interposed, White wins a piece, for the cost of a pawn (since Black may eventually take ...Rxe7 after having moved ...Re8). |
| p17106 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.2 seconds |
| p17112 | w | Holy | 1098 | Nice. 3.5 stars. |
| p17119 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.9 seconds |
| p17119 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.7 seconds |
| p17120 | w | pinkerton | 1434 | This move nulls a lot of White tries combining threats and defense. |
| p17120 | w | grom43 | 1654 | This move seems forced. Two big threats, one way to solve. |
| p17120 | w | barz | 1708 | 6k1/1R6/1r4pP/6N1/3b4/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1 |
| p17121 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 2 Qa3-e3+ SKEWER makes the Black a7-queen LOOSE, 3 Bf5-c8+ REMOVES THE GUARD by DRIVING OFF the Black a6-king defender. |
| p17121 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | See Leko-Carlsen Amber Rapid 2007 for a great example of the power of SKEWERS to make things LOOSE with a GAIN OF TIME. |
| p17121 | b | blindfuchs | 1748 | Nice. But one should have to prove that (s)he has seen Lc8+ as well. |
| p17121 | b | JSorel | 1664 | nice idea! |
| p17121 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Agree with blindfuchs. 3 Bc8+ is the great move in this problem. |
| p17125 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.6 seconds
got it in the past but remembered it only when I saw that the rook a8 is under attack(did not see it in the beginning) |
| p17125 | w | theKnife | 1671 | r5k1/2p2ppp/p4b2/1p1p4/3P2q1/nP2rNP1/2Q2PKP/3R1RN1 w - - 0 1 |
| p17127 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | A fork made possible after the removal of the guard. |
| p17129 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.7 seconds |
| p17129 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.5 seconds |
| p17129 | b | drad | 1651 | found it rather tricky |
| p17130 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Common and crushing sequence |
| p17130 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Common and crushing sequence |
| p17130 | w | Holy | 1098 | Good problem. Show the continution. |
| p17140 | b | malvar | 1286 | great come from behind tactic. |
| p17140 | b | dogWaste | 1289 | the first time i did this--and correctly--it wasnt so much that i could NOT see the various nuances as that i wasnt sure of the best one, a temporary bout of snowblindness. my point: this time, the second time, click, right move in three seconds, and knew it immediately, but one quick final check or proof. win the win, end of story. dk |
| p17140 | b | dogWaste | 1289 | sorry, meant win the queen... its late, im tired... |
| p17142 | b | fezzick45 | 1497 | A simple queen trap problem. Beautiful in its simplicity. |
| p17143 | w | Awesome | 1290 | why not 1...BxC3 so you can get material for it instead of just letting it hang? |
| p17149 | w | mike7331 | 1570 | i dont like it white can easily draw.... |
| p17149 | w | Marvol | 1592 | This is rubbish. White has a perpetual after 2.Qxf7+, so I looked for a way to avoid that. White has nothing to gain by playing 2.Rxf7.
This one stinks. |
| p17149 | w | MEGALODON | 1302 | gave correct solution and was still wrong |
| p17149 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | To Marvol: The point is, at the beginning, you want a draw. There is no other way to save the game. But if your opponent doesn't take the chance perpetual, you have to punish him as much as you can. ;) |
| p17155 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Removal of the pin! |
| p17155 | w | DocB | 1237 | very tricky |
| p17155 | w | ibis | 1460 | Nice problem. |
| p17158 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.3 seconds
problem 23070 to solve
took me time to see Nc2+ and thought initially about Nc6 |
| p17160 | b | Quietus | 1704 | Line should continue |
| p17160 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Definitely agreed with Quietus. |
| p17166 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | 2rq1rk1/pp2bp1p/6pQ/3pR3/3P1B2/3B3P/PPb2PP1/R5K1 w - - 0 2 |
| p17169 | w | Gnam | 1453 | stupid problem... |
| p17169 | w | jerbear | 1380 | Why would black take the pawn with his knight? |
| p17169 | w | Mudfrog | 1302 | making the best of the situation... |
| p17179 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Free rook YEAH |
| p17185 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 2.8 seconds |
| p17185 | w | theKnife | 1671 | r1b1k2r/1p3p1p/p1pq2p1/3N4/1P1b4/PQ6/4PPPP/2R1KB1R w Kkq - 0 1 |
| p17187 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | N-fork |
| p17187 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 191.3 lol. it took me all that time to see the queen/king simultack 'cause i was completely focused with trying to force a mate. didn't think to try and win the queen. |
| p17191 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 43.4 seconds |
| p17191 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 2r3k1/3R1pp1/ppb1p1p1/8/4n3/P1N3P1/1P5P/5RK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p17193 | b | ToughPreacher | 1584 | Who would use their king to block the protection on the bishop? |
| p17193 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.5 seconds
rook is more important than bishop and 2.Kc3 block 3.Rxc7 that defends the bishop |
| p17195 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.1 seconds
easy |
| p17195 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 3R4/p3rk2/1p4qp/8/2r5/2P2Q1P/P4PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p17203 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | sneaky fork! |
| p17216 | b | tjumen | 1598 | useless |
| p17216 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | capture & recapture ??? |
| p17216 | b | CryptorKid | 1348 | you win a piece joakim |
| p17216 | b | marcotheknight | 1532 | this is not tactic is just winning an evident exchange |
| p17216 | b | theKnife | 1671 | r1bq1rk1/p3bp2/2p2n1p/3p4/8/2NBQ3/PPP2PPP/4RRK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p17219 | w | TryRaptor | 1351 | rook offer for forced mate is always nice |
| p17235 | w | Fromper | 1338 | Very nice |
| p17237 | b | levkipos | 1386 | 2..Qxd3 is not obvious. There is a mate in 10 moves after 2..Kh8. So it is a computer beauty not a human beauty. Not for 20 seconds. |
| p17241 | b | chessyeti | 1756 | 3.7 seconds |
| p17244 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.7 seconds |
| p17244 | b | grom43 | 1654 | One split second after letting go after 1 Nh6+ I saw the Bd5. You must see whole board to correctly solve. |
| p17244 | b | themagician | 1543 | like me |
| p17244 | b | drad | 1651 | same |
| p17244 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | yup, me too. but instead of explaining all that like grom i was just going to say it was a "tricky bitch!" :) |
| p17244 | b | barz | 1708 | 2rqrbk1/2p2ppp/p7/1p1b4/1P1P1BN1/P1P2pQ1/6PP/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p17250 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed K |
| p17254 | b | underated | 1374 | okay...I concur. |
| p17258 | w | grom43 | 1654 | You in check. Either you take the Nf7 and lose to the rook check or you move to g8. Then, you move back to h8 when forced? |
| p17259 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.2 seconds
thought too much about Qxe7 Nf2+ |
| p17259 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.3 seconds |
| p17259 | b | theKnife | 1671 | r4rk1/1p1bqpp1/2p2n1p/pPb1p3/P1n1PP1Q/1NB2NP1/6BP/R2R3K b - - 0 1 |
| p17263 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | R(b1) takes B(b2) or N(b5). |
| p17267 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.4 seconds
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| p17267 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 8/pp3p1k/7p/4bP1N/6Pp/8/PP1R2K1/1r6 w - - 0 1 |
| p17276 | b | pdazz | 1388 | this is more of an endgame study... |
| p17276 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | why not allow White to intercept the passed g-pawn, then at least the solver would at least have to do something... |
| p17277 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played Qe7 instead of Qxh3 |
| p17277 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | again same mistake |
| p17277 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | A recapture. Good Grief |
| p17277 | w | QuickFire | 1582 | Then you've got to find the right move to escape the knight fork. |
| p17280 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | straightforward, I would have said, for 1863... |
| p17283 | b | stefanT | 1521 | I missed it but is quite obvious |
| p17297 | b | sleiman | 1406 | Surprise! LOVE IT |
| p17297 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Agreed. |
| p17297 | b | acts1631 | 1658 | Nice checkmate.
|
| p17301 | b | Coventry | 1613 | the quiet move... |
| p17303 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.8 seconds |
| p17306 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | Q back rank motif mate |
| p17307 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | comical - which poor sap got his queen trapped there? come on confess now! |
| p17312 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played 3.Qa4+
Qe3 seemed bad because of Nc2 and did not calculate the trade |
| p17314 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | cool. |
| p17314 | b | drad | 1651 | tricky |
| p17319 | b | Boriskudelin | 1754 | :) |
| p17319 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 38.2 seconds
not hard but I did not start to search captures. |
| p17329 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | Black a7-pawn is PINNED along the a-file to the undefended Black a8-rook by the White a1-rook so the Black b6-queen is actually undefended.
Then 3 Qe3! PINS and wins the Black d4-knight, which is now attacked twice but cannot be defended a second time.
The Black d4-knight cannot run away because of the PINNING continuation 3 ... Nc6?? 4 QxQb6 axQb6 5 RxRa8+ Nd8, winning a whole rook |
| p17329 | b | nm32 | 1653 | Its good because there is the red herring Qf6 but in fact the position calls for Qe3 after Nxd4. |
| p17334 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Drive it away...steal the horsie.
It's all here! |
| p17339 | b | Subrosian | 1658 | 2. Bxh6 gxh6 3. Ng5 Ng6 |
| p17339 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | 2. Qxa8 wins (+6.08) but 2. Ng5 also wins (+2.82); seems a trifle tedious |
| p17339 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | failure
was tempted by Ng5 inspite of seeing Qxa8 because did not believe the solution can be so simple
Ng5 also wins |
| p17339 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.2 seconds |
| p17339 | b | lepolaputuki | 1826 | White only gets that big advantage in the Ng5 line by capturing the rook anyway. So Ng5 isn't a real dual, just a gift. |
| p17339 | b | Arkenshaw | 1733 | Guess between 1. Qxa8 Nec6 and black traps queen with Nd7 or 1. Ng5 Nf5, 2.g4 (1....Ng6, 2. Nxe6) the latter seems to give white better attacking chances |
| p17339 | b | barz | 1708 | rn3r2/p1q1nppk/4p2p/2p1P3/P3Q3/R4N2/2P2PPP/2B2RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p17344 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 49.3 seconds |
| p17346 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | This tactic relies totally on the vulnerability of the f7 square. |
| p17349 | b | Freaked | 1139 | WHY??? |
| p17349 | b | DocB | 1237 | to see teet and go to the mha then see bka; and go to his head
who is wathcing? |
| p17354 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.5 seconds
dxc6 seemed to me too quiet to be correct first because black can capture back in many ways. |
| p17354 | b | theKnife | 1671 | r4r1k/ppqbQpb1/2p3pp/3Pp3/2n1P3/2N3P1/PP3PBP/R1B1R1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p17362 | w | 9isprime | 1250 | overrated |
| p17365 | b | AK74 | 1563 | A problem reminiscent of Charousek's immortal. :) |
| p17365 | b | JimM | 1274 | Just very nice indeed |
| p17365 | b | thewolf | 1204 | awesome! |
| p17381 | w | underated | 1374 | did i miss the simplicity in that one. SURE DID!!! |
| p17381 | w | bumbly | 1561 | Look at that, the only sensible move! |
| p17383 | w | xmasxmas | 1042 | I actually missed it for a while-focusing on my queen's problems-(thus my 950ish rating) |
| p17393 | w | hakeem | 1601 | Wieso darf man den Springer nicht nehmen? Mehrfigur ist doch Mehrfigur, oder? |
| p17393 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | hakeem - the problem is that if you take the knight, then your own knight hangs on c5 after taking the queen... |
| p17393 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r5k1/pp3p2/5bp1/2n4p/2PN2q1/2N1B3/P3KP2/1R1Q4 w - - 0 1 |
| p17397 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23247 to solve
7.2 seconds
most of the time was to check that I have no error. |
| p17397 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | BBP mating pattern |
| p17400 | w | greatkid | 1694 | You've solved problem p17400 in 2.9 seconds. ( Result 1.00 : 0.00 )
Your new rating is 1742.14 (+5.18). |
| p17405 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.4 seconds
thought also about Qh4 but
Ng3+ first is forcing unlike Qh4 |
| p17405 | w | drad | 1651 | always get this wrong! |
| p17405 | w | memo | 1570 | 1...Qh4 2.Qe1 Ng3+ 3.Kg1 There's no attack and White still has the exchange and passed pawn. |
| p17407 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 44.1 seconds |
| p17407 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.8 seconds |
| p17408 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | 1...Qxc4 is better because it also wins a temp as it brings up a mate in 1 threat. The other bishop can be captured in the next move. |
| p17409 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.9 seconds |
| p17409 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | wtf? rubbish - capture the knight???? |
| p17409 | b | neiking | 1591 | This is a strange problem. Kh3 is the only move unless your going to capture the Knight. |
| p17415 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.1 seconds |
| p17415 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | bravo! |
| p17415 | b | grom43 | 1654 | There are some really nice mating variations after 4 Nf8+ but too many options to analyze (for me, but I am slow). |
| p17415 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 7k/1p1r2b1/4N1Qp/p2q4/6RP/P1p5/5PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p17417 | w | Holy | 1098 | A different kind of discovered threat. |
| p17417 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Pin: After ...B(f6)xe5(N), N(d4) is pinned to Q(b2). If N(d4)xe6(Q), then ...B(e5)xb2(Q). |
| p17420 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | nice double mate threat |
| p17420 | b | Misclick | 1932 | There's only one mate threat
|
| p17421 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 2r2r1k/p1n2pbp/qp2b1p1/2p1P3/5B2/PN4PP/1P3PB1/2RQ1RK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p17421 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 322.8 |
| p17422 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played Rf5 and not Ra5 and believe that I got it in the past. |
| p17422 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 4r1k1/5pp1/p1P5/4r2p/2QR2b1/2P5/1P2p1PP/4K3 w - - 0 1 |
| p17425 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 36.7 seconds |
| p17425 | b | LowestRd | 1946 | Takes time to confirm that you won a piece |
| p17429 | w | polotto | 1550 | piece of mind |
| p17429 | w | Holy | 1098 | Go at least one more move. I got the problem correct, but would have been wrong on the next move. |
| p17429 | w | wcahleter | 1332 | Lo resolvi, pero no sabia como continuar despues. |
| p17429 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 3k4/p3q3/1b4p1/6Q1/1P4P1/P7/6BK/8 w - - 0 1 |
| p17430 | w | wald | 1565 | a forcing draw! nice to have one of those amongst the problems. |
| p17430 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | a perp, though, i think that 1.Gxh5 Qc3 forces stalemate! jk |
| p17430 | w | tjumen | 1598 | not impressed at all |
| p17430 | w | bingobilly | 1504 | Still sucks |
| p17431 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.2 seconds |
| p17436 | w | curiouschild | 1223 | nice fork |
| p17438 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | thought first about 2...f6 3.Qc4+ |
| p17438 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.0 seconds |
| p17445 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | simple pin but for sec. looks like anihilating defender |
| p17452 | w | underated | 1374 | you can almost feel where that was going |
| p17453 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | pin combined with the distraction |
| p17457 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.9 seconds |
| p17457 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.5 seconds |
| p17457 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 0.9 seconds |
| p17464 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.3 seconds |
| p17464 | b | JSorel | 1664 | c6?? |
| p17464 | b | JSorel | 1664 | c6?????????????????? |
| p17464 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | why c6 when there is a simple fork against 2 rooks? |
| p17464 | b | polgary | 1530 | ({10:+3.08} 2. Qa4 Rd8 3. Qxc2 Rxd6 4. cxd6 Bxe5 5. Qe2 Qe4 6. Qf2 b5 $18)
({9:-0.82} 2. c6 Qa7 3. Ra3 Ba6 4. c7 Qb7 5. Rg3 Qc8 6. Rh3 Bxe5 7. Bxe5 $17)
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| p17464 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 2b1r1k1/1q4bp/1p1Bp1p1/2P1Np2/7Q/5R2/1rP3PP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p17471 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Anatoly's lifetimw worst blunder, Christiansen -Karpov, Wijk aan Zee 12 moves, how sweet!
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 10. Bxf4 Nh5 11. Be3 Bd6?? 12. Qd1 Black resigns. Horrific |
| p17471 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | @floreatdunum: Yes, I was about to supply this background information. Theory was 11 .. Qd8-b8 or 11 ... Qd8-c7 so that Black could -THEN- play 12 ... Bf8-d6 and not have TWO UNDEFENDED PIECES. But Karpov simply overlooked why the preliminary precautionary move by the Black queen was necessary. |
| p17474 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | trap |
| p17479 | w | allostery | 1225 | the ol' meet 'n' greet! |
| p17479 | w | flyboy216 | 1301 | Sweet! |
| p17479 | w | rockym | 1626 | Problem was 1476.5 when I did it, surprised to see that soo many people got it right. Nice one to remember ! |
| p17479 | w | Leucky | 1538 | common pattern but very nice. |
| p17481 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Double threat: If Black takes B(f6), then R(b1)xb3(N) - or if N(b3)c5, White's B(f6) escapes capture - and Black is down a piece. |
| p17482 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | easy for an 1830 |
| p17482 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.0 seconds agree |
| p17485 | b | underated | 1374 | distract by the phone. looked good |
| p17488 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | Excellent problem! |
| p17488 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | You've solved problem p17488 in 26.0 seconds. ( Result 0.14 : 0.86 )
Your new rating is 1759.08 (-0.38).
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| p17488 | w | themagician | 1543 | I played too fast, didn't see the high rating |
| p17491 | b | pdubs | 1146 | seems obvious, in hindsight... |
| p17492 | w | Chessdoom | 1586 | excellent
|
| p17492 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Rated far too low. How many in the high 1400s can see the potential for mate after Kh1? They are simply praying with the check. |
| p17492 | w | schttnsldt | 1576 | great |
| p17492 | w | wild | 1305 | Maybe hard to see the mate but easy to guess right. |
| p17500 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | Nxe7...
|
| p17500 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | also played Ne7+ and calculated Qxe7 Qxe7 Rd1+ Ne1 but missed Re6(thought only about Rc1) |
| p17503 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 8/r4k1p/2R3p1/pr2p3/4P3/1N6/P3K1PP/3R2b1 b - - 0 1 |
| p17507 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | A discovered attack that spells a sudden double attack on the same piece (White's dark bishop). |
| p17514 | b | armeno | 1859 | ? |
| p17514 | b | huhwhat | 1404 | i dont get it |
| p17514 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 2 RxNe5! REMOVES THE GUARD of the g6-square. After 2 RxN!, White threatens 3 Qg6+ mating, since the PIN on the Black f7-pawn along the a2-g8 diagonal means that the g6-square is undefended. Hence Black cannot recapture on e5. |
| p17514 | b | Carbonic | 1527 | I failed and saw it 1s later :( |
| p17515 | b | darumsdad | 1042 | nice |
| p17515 | b | zooter | 1505 | ridiculous...whats the point? |
| p17515 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | wicked! |
| p17515 | b | ankka | 1302 | zooter: The second rook move is a discovered check. |
| p17515 | b | mburch1974 | 1481 | Ive never actually played a discovered check 1 move before being mated :) for the first 15-20 seconds I thought position had a sidetoplay error. LOL very novel. |
| p17515 | b | ibis | 1460 | Great! |
| p17515 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Very nice trick! Kudos to ankka for explaining it! |
| p17516 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 27.5 seconds |
| p17516 | w | theKnife | 1671 | r2q1rk1/pb6/1p4pQ/5p2/4P1p1/3B3n/PPP3PP/7K w - - 0 1 |
| p17524 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Very dull; a piece is attacked move it to create a double attack; fine, but a very boring example. |
| p17524 | w | grom43 | 1654 | What flor said and, even without the defense of the b-pawn which threatens the Nc3, 1...Be7 seems the only move. |
| p17531 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.7 seconds |
| p17532 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23399 to solve
16.2 seconds
the only way to prevent the double threat.
first thought about Be3 but then saw that b1=Q is also a threat. |
| p17532 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.1 seconds this time |
| p17542 | w | underated | 1374 | distracted and missed it. |
| p17543 | w | JSorel | 1664 | quite easy for a 1860... |
| p17543 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | yes |
| p17543 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | No it is clearly not easy
almost used 60 seconds and rating went up to 1879.8 that proves that it is hard for 1860. |
| p17543 | w | drad | 1651 | 83 seconds. I saw the move straight away, but wasn't sure, because I failed to see the full reason for the move, which is to exploit the back rank weakness. |
| p17547 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Beautiful. |
| p17547 | w | claes | 1228 | Very nice solution |
| p17547 | w | longhairedgit | 987 | great |
| p17548 | b | rollingstone | 1852 | Nd8? |
| p17552 | b | Wolfgang | 1388 | Zugzwang! |
| p17552 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Mating net! 2 Kf5 and 3 Bf7# |
| p17555 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.2 seconds
believe that it is first time that I get it and
I am surprised that recapture get rating that is so high.
Of course I noticed that it sacrificed the queen but
I expect weak players not to notice it play fast and reduce the rating. |
| p17558 | w | brettwith2ts | 1439 | Well, that was not so hard... |
| p17558 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 1r4k1/5p1p/6p1/P3p3/1n1q4/Q5P1/5P1P/1R3BK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p17560 | b | staham | 1366 | Forks the king and a rook :-) |
| p17574 | w | langengro | 1788 | both logical and difficult |
| p17576 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.7 seconds |
| p17576 | w | greatkid | 1694 | 1.2 sec |
| p17576 | w | elektrik | 1392 | I don't get it |
| p17576 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | destroying pawn shield |
| p17578 | b | underated | 1374 | I do not quiet get this. Can some better than the notations please explain. |
| p17578 | b | LowScore | 1564 | After 2.bxc6 Black has to play Bf5 or Bg6 to save the Bishop, then White can win another pawn with cxb7 after which Rb8 is forced and then White wins another pawn with Nxe5. That's much better than 2.Nxb1 and being down the exchange because Black saves the Knight on c6. |
| p17580 | b | Holy | 1098 | Show another move. Make the player understand why Bh5+ wins material (2. ... Rg6 is not forced). |
| p17584 | b | sven | 1633 | only forced moves I think. Maybe the problem here is to not play (illegally) 1.Qxg5 |
| p17584 | b | deepsea | 1305 | yeah...forced moves and simple capture back problems are retarded |
| p17584 | b | alicex | 1453 | bad problem |
| p17584 | b | LowScore | 1564 | Wow...this is the first problem on here that consists completely of absolutely forced moves (i.e. there is only one legal move each time). Just for that, I give it 5 stars. :-) |
| p17584 | b | signaces | 1357 | Forced moves. |
| p17584 | b | tjumen | 1598 | not a problem |
| p17584 | b | ankka | 1302 | Not only forced, but only legal moves. This is not tactics. |
| p17586 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Skewer: Q(d3)h7+ skewers K(f7) and wins Q(c7). |
| p17588 | b | impromptus | 1450 | RAWR....missed |
| p17588 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.5 seconds |
| p17588 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.9 seconds |
| p17593 | b | collapsecoming | 1046 | why not Qg6+? up a piece? |
| p17593 | b | wild | 1305 | Qg6 Kg8 etc. wins nothing. |
| p17593 | b | theKnife | 1671 | r4r2/p1ppqkbQ/b4p1p/2p1B3/2P3pP/PP1B2P1/3N1P2/R2K3R b - - 0 1 |
| p17603 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 43.7 seconds |
| p17604 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | back rank |
| p17607 | w | BughouseMaster | 1555 | What a weak problem. No 1600 player will see all those variations within 3 seconds. |
| p17607 | w | wald | 1565 | completely disagree with Bug. this is a great problem. You don't need to see right to the end when you make your first move, but there is no alternative anyway. |
| p17607 | w | theKnife | 1671 | r1b3k1/pp3pb1/1n2r1pp/1Np1N3/2P5/3B4/PP3PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p17617 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | point is Qxb2 and Rxe2+; solver should have to find this |
| p17625 | w | ajotatxe | 1405 | Hard to see in only 10 seconds |
| p17625 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | good problem about mating net |
| p17625 | w | wild | 1305 | 2...Nh4+ also works right? |
| p17625 | w | wild | 1305 | nope nevermind, good problem |
| p17632 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 7k/rp1rn2p/1R2Nbp1/P2Pp3/8/2B5/6PP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p17644 | w | sarciness | 1465 | Solution should be longer. |
| p17644 | w | greatkid | 1694 | I never look at solution |
| p17648 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | N fork: 1.Nd3+ forks K(f2) and R(b4). |
| p17649 | w | FireGarden | 1557 | It's a good problem, but you shouldn't really be said to have solved it unless you're tested on pawnxrook, which leaves mate |
| p17649 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | yes checkmate or Q |
| p17652 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.6 seconds |
| p17652 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 3rrbk1/1b3ppp/pP5q/2pp4/3Pn1n1/1P1BPNN1/1B3PPP/1QR2RK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p17652 | w | theKnife | 1671 | Actually Fritz thinks this is not enough for winning (+0.7). It likes 2.h3 Nxb1 3.Nf5. I don't really get it but suppose it has to do with white b & c pawns. |
| p17661 | w | KingKarrl | 1163 | Got me. :) |
| p17664 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | look out for that pinned pawn! |
| p17674 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.4 seconds |
| p17677 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | decoy sacrifice; royal fork |
| p17677 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Leaving White with one piece, and Black with none. |
| p17686 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.1 seconds |
| p17686 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.3 seconds |
| p17693 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Low rating for trapping a piece on move 2, a cynic might say some people play move 1 without realising. |
| p17693 | b | Holy | 1098 | I agree with Elroch's assessment. Would be much higher rated if not for quick movers who don't grasp the bishop trap on move 2. |
| p17695 | w | barz | 1708 | 2r3k1/7p/8/p1Ppp3/3qnR2/3N4/P5PP/1Q5K w - - 0 1 |
| p17696 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Moving the c5 pawn saves it from being captured (as it was hanging), whilst simultaneously winning a tempo because of the threat to the black Queen. The b2 Bishop can be therefore captured as well on the next move. |
| p17697 | b | impromptus | 1450 | lol |
| p17706 | b | biike | 1777 | it makes no sense what so ever the second move isnt check so why put a + next to it |
| p17706 | b | LowScore | 1564 | biike you make no sense. 2.Qb5+ is check and that's the whole point of the move...giving check and threatening the Bishop at the same time. White queen on b5, black king on e8, no pieces on c6 and d7...that's a legal check to me! |
| p17706 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed K, hanging B, Q fork |
| p17712 | w | BughouseMaster | 1555 | Bh6+ is a tricky move to find. As I see other high 1500's and 1600's missed this problem as well, that only validates my finding. |
| p17713 | b | roystonian | 1443 | Nf3 ist zwar am besten, aber andere Züge gewinnen auch |
| p17713 | b | grom43 | 1654 | What move doesn't win easily for White? |
| p17716 | w | chessjunkie001 | 1602 | This problem needs moves to show why 2. Qxa8 can't be used. |
| p17722 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | A fork that has a complicated exchange. |
| p17725 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23396 to solve
30.8 seconds
hesitated too much between Nc5+ and Nf6+
Not a good problem because Nf6+ also wins. |
| p17725 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | this time played Nf6+ |
| p17725 | b | barz | 1708 | Bad problem (I played Nf6+) |
| p17725 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with the others. Bad problem. |
| p17726 | w | dktransform | 1479 | beautiful. i dont find this too hard, and tend not to get it wrong, but after seeing it many times, i have to say, this is chess beauty. |
| p17726 | w | Holy | 1098 | Excellent problem with many themes (fork, pin, forced move), requiring the player to see not only the setup of the fork but also the fact that the knight protects the Black queen after NxR. I missed seeing the fork and the knight's protection of the rook, but was lucky to get the correct first move (I don't guess but try to see the whole point clearly before I move). |
| p17726 | w | contraptus | 1335 | lucky the knight landed took on a square from which he would be able to defend the queen wasn't it?
I shudder to think what might've happened if he hadn't guarded the black queen.......
I find this problem's rating is too high for it... |
| p17726 | w | Lioric | 1526 | exchanging queens and then giving the fork also works...
wrong. |
| p17726 | w | Lioric | 1526 | hmm. no .. sorry |
| p17727 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 44.0 seconds
only defensive move but did not like it and it seems to lose the game. |
| p17727 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.8 seconds |
| p17730 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.5 seconds |
| p17732 | b | beest | 1630 | Incorrect, after Txe6, Tb1 is mate |
| p17732 | b | teseo | 1536 | Incorrect, after Txe6, Tb1 is mate. Same as the previous comment ;) |
| p17732 | b | JohnSmith | 1502 | After Tb1, Te1+ and e.g. Txb1 |
| p17732 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 140.4 seconds
only logical defence against Bxf2+ but did not like it because thought that
Rb1+ Re1 Kf6 Rxb1 Nxb1 is not so good for white.
going to look at it again o understand the idea better |
| p17732 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I see that in this line white has Bxd3 after Nxb1
In solving the problem I did not look much in that line and looked for better moves than 2.Rxe6 that I did not find because there are not better moves |
| p17735 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 26.6 seconds |
| p17736 | w | scuba | 1321 | continue |
| p17737 | b | thetactician11 | 1662 | Nc6 also wins |
| p17737 | b | LowScore | 1564 | 1.Nc6 Nxc6 does not win. |
| p17737 | b | stefanT | 1521 | I've had lowerd rated problems being more difficult, matter of preference. |
| p17738 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | White salvages a draw. |
| p17739 | w | armeno | 1859 | ?? |
| p17739 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Idea is to lure Q to e6 in order that Rxf2 Nxg3+ will allow Black to play ...Qxe6. |
| p17739 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Should be five stars, not two. Must have been a typo. ;-) |
| p17739 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Tomohawk got it right. 1...Be6! wins outright. |
| p17752 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | interception |
| p17756 | w | barz | 1708 | 4k3/p3n1Bp/1pn5/8/5P2/1QP1q1PB/P6P/4K3 w - - 0 1 |
| p17757 | w | jimmy | 1529 | mno dwizhenie |
| p17757 | w | monofrancoe | 1520 | ta bueno |
| p17757 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | nice one |
| p17759 | w | bioniclime | 1378 | Hard to see this through to the completion so fast! |
| p17759 | w | thingummywut | 1877 | Needs more moves. |
| p17759 | w | texian | 1113 | while i agree it is hard to see to completion, the rook move puts both the black rook and queen in play attacking an undefended king in an open board .. with two powerful pieces at play, something good is bound to happen .. indeed black pins and takes the white queen |
| p17764 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | One important consideration here is that the e1 rook is under attack and UNGUARDED! |
| p17767 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.1 seconds |
| p17770 | w | matthew97 | 974 | AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! |
| p17770 | w | grom43 | 1654 | not that bad, matthew |
| p17773 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.5 seconds |
| p17787 | w | drad | 1651 | always forget that |
| p17787 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | needs more moves, Ne1+ is not a complete solution by any means at all; I just spent ages analysing the consequences and then just this. rubbish |
| p17792 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | don't understand 5 stars - need to stop promotion ??? |
| p17804 | b | tpollet | 1651 | Il n'y a pas que la "prise sur échec", mais plutôt le couage "horizontal" de la dame. |
| p17806 | w | quokka70 | 1261 | Why not just 2 ... Kxg4? |
| p17806 | w | Holy | 1098 | 2 ... Kxg4 IS the solution. If you meant, "Why not just 1 ... Kxg4?" it's because of 2 BxR. |
| p17807 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | failed played Nf6 and even after Ne7 Qg7 it is hard to see the Be6 mate |
| p17807 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | not exactly mate to be more correct but win the queen and later mates |
| p17807 | b | tjumen | 1598 | 12.4 seconds |
| p17810 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.9 seconds |
| p17810 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | so what, this is a dual solution? rc8 wins too? it says $19 for both rc8 and rxc5 lines. does that mean they're both just as good? |
| p17820 | w | kevinb9n | 1049 | isn't this one just a little bit obvious? |
| p17824 | w | RedBeetle | 1508 | This is 1509? NO WAY!!! |
| p17831 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Exploitation of pinned pawn to defend the knight. |
| p17831 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | Counter-intuitive. |
| p17837 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 34.9 seconds
hesitated too much between
2...Kc5 and 2...Kc6
did not see the simple 3.Qxb8 |
| p17837 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.5 seconds |
| p17837 | w | aegean | 1753 | poor |
| p17840 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | nice to see some endgames |
| p17840 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I am surprised that this simple endgame is rated so high. |
| p17842 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 111.8 seconds
Bg5 Qh3 and black has nothing and the pawn move is not natural move to think about |
| p17842 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | I thought about trying D5, threatening to take the bishop. But I guess that didn't work out |
| p17843 | b | czukay | 1427 | I wish I solved it |
| p17843 | b | airhawk | 1607 | this is sooo easy easiest ever! easy combination |
| p17843 | b | tjumen | 1598 | Admire your solving skills, airhawk. |
| p17843 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Just the correct moves! Nice problem. |
| p17843 | b | ibis | 1460 | Nice -- maybe deserves a little more credit. |
| p17845 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.0 seconds |
| p17848 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.0 seconds |
| p17850 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 59.9 seconds
believe that got it in the past and believed the solution is d2+ but was not sure about d2+ Kxd2.
played after seeing d2+ Kxd2 Qd4+ and Rb2+ |
| p17852 | b | Holy | 1098 | A trap that seems strangely difficult to see. But after you see it, it seems so obvious. |
| p17865 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Skewer: Ra4+ skewers K and wins R. |
| p17880 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | thought a long time about Be5 Kf8 and did not understand that white target is not to lose so Bd6+ is good enough in that line |
| p17881 | b | Wolfgang | 1388 | Easy to see. |
| p17881 | b | Iliev | 1596 | 1...bxc3
2.Rh3 f6
3.Qh8 Kf7
4.Qg7! Ke8
5.Qxc7 +- |
| p17889 | w | clownprince | 1979 | Very noyce problem though i was too groggy to see it. The attack on f2 with the bishop, the rook check on d1 and then white takes the Queen. Ke2?? is met by Bg4+ |
| p17892 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 82.0 seconds |
| p17892 | w | chessyeti | 1756 | 2.1 seconds |
| p17895 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.7 seconds |
| p17905 | w | DocB | 1237 | pretty nice |
| p17905 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | DOUBLE CHECK that results in Mate in one. Isn't that cool or what? |
| p17906 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Very well-done problem! |
| p17912 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.3 seconds |
| p17912 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.0 seconds |
| p17912 | w | Vandebent | 1701 | Very difficult to see 1. ... Bxf6 2. Bf3!! |
| p17916 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 28.6 seconds |
| p17917 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate threat wins material: 4.Qc6+ threatens 5.Qd7#, so after 4...Qc7, 5.Qxe8(R)+. |
| p17918 | b | wald | 1565 | I think Ne6 also wins. |
| p17918 | b | Iliev | 1596 | more moves to show the point |
| p17918 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | more moves needed, but multiple ways to win on next move (3.Ne6 and 3.Qf7 for starters) |
| p17923 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23492 to solve
9.6 seconds
too slow in the first move inspite of the fact that I got it in the past. |
| p17925 | w | Chessdoom | 1586 | Didn't see it, was 2 much going on! |
| p17925 | w | drad | 1651 | I got it wrong too, it reminded me so much of a different puzzle that I just tried to do that puzzle without looking |
| p17930 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds |
| p17930 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.8 seconds |
| p17930 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 4k2r/1p2ppb1/2qpb2p/8/p3P1P1/1NP5/K1PQ1BP1/3R1B1R w k - 0 1 |
| p17931 | w | QuickFire | 1582 | saved by castling. |
| p17947 | w | spacecowboy | 1394 | Instead of 1.Rxb6??, White should play 1.Rd1. After such a stupid move as 1.Rxb6??, Black can win material in more than one way. I hate these kind of problems. Maybe this problem technically isn't a dual. But I still hate this problem being in the problem set. |
| p17947 | w | spacecowboy | 1394 | For reasons described in my first post, I rate this problem the poorest. |
| p17947 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Rubbish |
| p17947 | w | Subrosian | 1658 | Bah, still instructive. |
| p17947 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.2 seconds
hesitated between Bc5+ and cxd3 so lost rating
Bc5+ is bad because of cxd3 Rb7+ and both piece escape |
| p17947 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.1 seconds |
| p17947 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | looking again at the comments of spacecowboy I can say that this guy is simply wrong.
black has only one way to win material.
Bc5+ 2.Kf1 cxd3 3.Rb7+ does not win material for black. |
| p17947 | w | barz | 1708 | 7r/4bkpp/pr6/4p3/2p1P3/3R1P2/P3N1PP/1R4K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p17949 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Many attractive possibilities, but Black's defense with ...Ne2+ stops many of them. |
| p17959 | w | Sidorsky | 1502 | What's wrong with 1...Kxf7? Does this tactic, zwischenzug I guess, gain only a better positioned Queen? |
| p17959 | w | JamesBJames | 1657 | 1..Kxf7?? Qxe6# |
| p17959 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.1 seconds
thought that got it in the past but I do not remember getting the second move. |
| p17959 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | LOL Sidorsky ! |
| p17963 | b | ngnblcn | 1851 | overrated 2121 |
| p17971 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Black loses only one minor piece, but White loses two! |
| p17981 | b | snakehead | 1475 | Good for its rating |
| p17981 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Irresistable threats |
| p17981 | b | dktransform | 1479 | beautiful. i can always do this problem, but never flat out obvious. |
| p17989 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Nice - who says two knights can't deliver mate! |
| p17989 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | It's still nice! |
| p17989 | w | Poliniques | 1865 | after Ng4;Be3,Q x e3!! |
| p17992 | b | Leucky | 1538 | nice! |
| p17992 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | Very nice. |
| p17992 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | Often in these 2-2 LOOSE are 3-3 LOOSE positions, the key is to TRADE DOWN first, to 1-1 or 2-2, and *THEN* look for REMOVAL OF THE GUARD, like here with 2 Nc6-e7+. |
| p17992 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | went for d4 attacking defender instead of Ne7 |
| p17992 | b | grom43 | 1654 | same as joakimvitriol, went for d4 (thinking it was great move...) |
| p17992 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | I found it in 2.1 seconds |
| p17994 | b | underated | 1374 | a naked queen with no guard. |
| p18000 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.0 seconds |
| p18004 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 1 ... Rc7-d7?? SELF-BLOCKS the only FLIGHT SQUARE of the Black c5-knight, leaving it with NO RETREAT(!). 2 b2-b4! then simple wins the Black c5-knight for a pawn. |
| p18006 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | Zwischenzug |
| p18008 | b | underated | 1374 | I have used this in a game before. very nice. |
| p18012 | w | star21qq | 1550 | ! |
| p18029 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Whoops |
| p18037 | w | spacecowboy | 1394 | This is such a complicated position, I'm surprised it isn't rated higher than it is. But the main reason I'm writing this post is to say this problem sucks. Throw this problem out because no matter what Black does, Black gets a lost game. |
| p18037 | w | steinar | 1704 | Agreed. |
| p18037 | w | PawnCow | 1531 | Toss this problem: black is lost as Fritz and Crafty confirm. |
| p18037 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23079 to solve
11.5 seconds
I believe that I got it in the past but am not sure about it.
Note that
black gets a lost game only if white is a strong player.
After Ne5 Bxf7+ Nxf7 white may miss Qxb7. |
| p18037 | w | drad | 1651 | what the frig.. how did this problem slip through the net. |
| p18037 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | uri, i don't know about you but i play strong players often. i'd be suprised if most my every day opponents would miss such a continuation. i too would like to see this problem removed and will undoubtedly fail it many more times. |
| p18041 | b | e4e5f4 | 1402 | two possibilties, if you choose the wrong... |
| p18045 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | captured the bishop calculating capturing the knight later but winning a piece is not enough.
did not see the idea after d7 |
| p18045 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.0 seconds
remembered it |
| p18045 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Nice. Totally missed the idea. |
| p18045 | b | tjumen | 1598 | missed it |
| p18046 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.2 seconds |
| p18046 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | cute |
| p18046 | w | themagician | 1543 | hmmmm... seems overrated |
| p18046 | w | drad | 1651 | what ... the.. |
| p18046 | w | drad | 1651 | ahh |
| p18056 | b | Stix | 1199 | Nb5! |
| p18056 | b | underated | 1374 | I feel I had done one like this before. |
| p18060 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.6 seconds |
| p18060 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.9 seconds |
| p18060 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | amazing how all that other crap distracted me from a simple pattern for so long. I had no idea I was so retarded until just now. :( |
| p18064 | w | carbug | 1241 | Thought excellent |
| p18064 | w | texas | 1392 | I didn't get this after 10 wild ass guesses. I think I've seen this pattern, like, once in the last 10 years. |
| p18074 | b | thingfish | 1345 | more moves please... |
| p18077 | w | pdubs | 1146 | pinning that pawn with the rook |
| p18078 | w | tpollet | 1651 | Un sacrifice qui fait long feu. Lionel chante, en fait des tas. Une tour revient tout gentiment en défense. |
| p18078 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.9 seconds |
| p18078 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.7 seconds |
| p18078 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.3 seconds |
| p18078 | w | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | The only problem I have with this is whites still better |
| p18091 | w | underated | 1374 | that appears to be logical |
| p18091 | w | TimmPure | 1374 | I didn't realise in time that defending the bisshop would be met by Nxd5 Rxd5... Bd4+. Nice one :). |
| p18093 | b | ridgewalker | 997 | I have tried three browsers and none will show me a board to play on. Pieces show up--how do I deal with this
|
| p18093 | b | raven45227 | 996 | you can end this much shorter. the way they do this your queen and rook are gone!!!!! |
| p18093 | b | LowScore | 1564 | Checkmate in 2 moves is the quickest way here. There is no shortcut. Black can only choose between 2...Kh8 3.Qxf8# and 2...Rxf7 3.Rb8+ Rf8 4.Rbxf8# (or 4.Rfxf8#) |
| p18093 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Very nice checkmate in 3 moves. |
| p18096 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | The solution should be lengthened for this problem. |
| p18096 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.2 seconds |
| p18096 | b | jokim | 2000 | Very nice, with the Nc7 suddenly being the aim of attack (and being lost) |
| p18097 | b | Wolfgang | 1388 | ? |
| p18097 | b | Brumm | 1434 | The high rating must be because it takes a few secs to verify the obvious :( |
| p18097 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | To capture with the bishop is tempting as well. |
| p18099 | b | Mclintock45 | 1003 | Very poor solution that gets nowhere |
| p18102 | w | Arkenshaw | 1733 | The difficulty is wheter to go for an unavaoidable mate with 2...Bh3, 3. Qf6+ Kg8, 4.Ne3 Rxe3
or just go for the solution with 2...Qxf1+, 3. Kxf1 Bh3+ when white wil have Nxf6 at the end with an equal game. |
| p18104 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.3 seconds |
| p18104 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.0 seconds |
| p18104 | w | tjumen | 1598 | i stumbled |
| p18105 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23252 to solve
17.9 seconds
only defence against the double threat of bishop and mate but both noticing the double threat and finding the defence took too much time. |
| p18105 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.6 seconds this time |
| p18105 | w | tjumen | 1598 | 35.0 seconds |
| p18106 | b | Faurey | 1227 | Haha nice. |
| p18114 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Why is this problem so overrated? |
| p18114 | b | busht | 2031 | overrated |
| p18114 | b | milos62 | 1916 | I missed it, played Be4, which is also winning. There
are too many problems with
dual solutions. |
| p18114 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 6.4 seconds |
| p18116 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.2 seconds
remember it |
| p18116 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.9 seconds
remembered h5 but did not play it fast because did not remember Qg5+ that comes later. |
| p18116 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.5 seconds
remembered h5 but did not remember Qg5+ when I first saw it so did not trust my memory and calculated other lines |
| p18121 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate: Q(e5)b8# |
| p18121 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p18121 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | beautiful back rank mate! |
| p18127 | w | Mudfrog | 1302 | logical exploitation of the pin, nice problem |
| p18129 | b | RedBeetle | 1508 | to find the right goal was the dificulty here |
| p18132 | b | element | 1423 | Problem p18132...a
Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec |
| p18133 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | nice skewer |
| p18142 | b | Dougy | 1654 | So what happens if black's bishop moves to Be6 say? With a revealed x-ray defense on the rook. |
| p18142 | b | camembert | 1620 | Then Qxf8 is mate. |
| p18142 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | lol! i just realized something. all those problems where we were like, "man, there should be more moves shown on this and i bet it'd be higher rated!" well, i think all those problems ARE on the cts two or more times and i've just yet to encounter the higher rated ones. |
| p18143 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23466 to solve
18.1 seconds
thought to trap the knight and did not notice fast that b2 threats e5 after the knight escape. |
| p18143 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Qc2 and missed Nb5 that save the knight |
| p18143 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.5 seconds |
| p18157 | b | underated | 1374 | missed it but a nice puzzle. |
| p18158 | w | underated | 1374 | that looked tougher than it played out. |
| p18163 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds |
| p18165 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | simple pin |
| p18166 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.7 seconds |
| p18170 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.0 seconds |
| p18181 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.5 seconds
solution should be longer.
Qxc5 Ne2+ is needed |
| p18181 | w | greatkid | 1694 | 4.4 secs overrated |
| p18193 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | Good defense puzzle. |
| p18214 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | avoiding checks and keeping Q threat |
| p18215 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Chasing the defender (against the fork) |
| p18215 | b | barz | 1708 | 8/1p4p1/pB2k3/P6R/2r1PP1P/8/6K1/4b3 b - - 0 1 |
| p18226 | w | kwanpin | 1752 | nice..block the rook file |
| p18226 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23139 to solve
27.9 seconds
found the second move when I played the first move(capture the knight or mate) but was too slow. |
| p18228 | b | IaGueTe | 1486 | More moves please |
| p18228 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | If 2...hxg6, then 3.Qxg6+, and after the King moves, 4.Bd4++, winning the game. (This tactic is possible in this postion because the g2 pawn does not have the support of a second pawn at f7.) |
| p18231 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.7 seconds |
| p18235 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | The pinned knight is attacked by a pawn. If the knight moves, his queen will be lost. |
| p18242 | w | Maciek | 1204 | it's great!! |
| p18242 | w | sixstrung | 1183 | Definitely missed that. |
| p18242 | w | curiouschild | 1223 | beautiful, should be better rated |
| p18243 | b | diegoami | 1392 | There are two wins, 3.Qc4+ and 3.Qc3 - so this is not a good problem |
| p18243 | b | Elroch | 1453 | I agree with diegoami. Both options could expect a resignation by the opponent. |
| p18243 | b | Svenja | 1588 | Stupid problem, Qc3 is absolutely winning |
| p18243 | b | freeher | 1327 | Qc4+ is way better. Qc3 allows plenty of counter play after ...Qxa1+ |
| p18245 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice checkmate! |
| p18246 | w | ngnblcn | 1851 | overrated 2010 |
| p18246 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Bxe4 the plan was Nxf2+ and did not see that f2 is protected by the rook.
later I could find Ng5 but the problem is clearly not overrated because even in case of using more time it is not clear if I could earn rating points. |
| p18246 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | yyess ovverrattedd |
| p18248 | w | Holy | 1098 | Surprisingly hard to see that one-move mate. |
| p18253 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.1 seconds |
| p18253 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º bqr3k1/3rbpp1/p2pp1np/Np6/1P2P3/P3BP2/1P2NQPP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p18259 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | decoy tactic |
| p18263 | b | sarciness | 1465 | Wow. I failed, but awesome problem. |
| p18263 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | attacking defender |
| p18263 | b | drad | 1651 | 74 seconds |
| p18264 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.1 seconds |
| p18264 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Beautiful idea. Played 1 Rf8+ intending 2 Qh8+ missing the reverse order for mate. |
| p18271 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.8 seconds |
| p18274 | b | drad | 1651 | a slightly intriuging puzzle for one so low rated actually. |
| p18275 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.9 seconds hesitated because did not see more than a pawn but it seems that other moves lose |
| p18275 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.9 seconds |
| p18275 | w | JSorel | 1664 | failed :( |
| p18276 | w | edgy | 1645 | extend solution |
| p18276 | w | Stress | 1659 | Agreed, at least one more move. |
| p18276 | w | parmetd | 1645 | extend |
| p18276 | w | grom43 | 1654 | What, 1...Rc1+ 2 Bd1 Rxd1+?? (see Crafty below). Just kidding. I think you want to see 2 Kf2 Qh4+ and I agree it would be good. |
| p18281 | b | wald | 1565 | the only move, but not very convincing for white... |
| p18281 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | agree with wald |
| p18284 | b | grom43 | 1654 | The title of this problem is: "What's hanging?" |
| p18285 | b | Charzard | 1425 | Sorry |
| p18290 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered Nd5 instead of Ne4 |
| p18293 | b | Chessdoom | 1586 | Nice one! |
| p18293 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.7 seconds |
| p18297 | b | Boomer360 | 1178 | Checkmate in two.
Blacks Knight has just moved and threatened the white Queen. The immediate impulse might be to move the Queen out of danger, but there is a better plan.
White moves his Knight to h6. This puts the black King in check, so white's Queen is safe, at least for one move. Black can capture the Knight with the pawn on g7, or move the King out of check. The only space available to move the King to is h8. Kf7 still leaves the King in check, and the other spaces are occupied by his own men.
Whether the King moves to h8 or the pawn captures the Knight, white captures the Rook on f8 with his Queen, and black King cannot escape check. |
| p18318 | b | Holy | 1098 | Nice "remove the guard" problem |
| p18323 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Crap |
| p18323 | b | jokim | 2000 | Silly :-) |
| p18323 | b | RedBeetle | 1508 | yeah! great! Next problem will be a 5-move problem rated 1450 with a dozen combinations to figure in 3 seconds. |
| p18323 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.4 seconds
you need to notice that the knight is pinned after Nxc4 |
| p18323 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.8 seconds
seem some mouse problem here |
| p18323 | b | Garryback | 1581 | incredible such a rating for beginner samples |
| p18323 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | no one expect simple recapture |
| p18323 | b | ChessPlayer56 | 1801 | I agree with uriblass and joakimvitrol. I like it. |
| p18323 | b | parmetd | 1645 | possibly the worst problem on here. 1700?! Try 300. |
| p18323 | b | tjumen | 1598 | dah! |
| p18323 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | The trouble with this problem is that there is no button on here to tell you that you understand that Black's next move ...Ne2+ is illegal. |
| p18324 | b | capri83 | 1312 | nice ! |
| p18324 | b | amyii | 1354 |
small collection of tactics |
| p18325 | b | Yulian | 1188 | Echt werkelijk deze moest je oplossen |
| p18329 | b | milos62 | 1916 | White is lost anyway. |
| p18329 | b | tjumen | 1598 | 50 seconds |
| p18330 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.3 seconds |
| p18330 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 2.6 sec |
| p18338 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | nice horseplay! |
| p18343 | b | Leucky | 1538 | I tried 2. Ke4 here with the idea 3. f5#. But this don't work because of 2...b1Q+. So the text is most forcing. Maybe this helps someone who also wonders why 2. Ke4 isn't good. |
| p18343 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds |
| p18343 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.4 seconds
now Ke4 was my first thought and rejected it because of b1Q+ |
| p18343 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i failed it cause i never to around to analyzing the position before i moved. i noticed the rook couldn't bother my king but didn't check that that queening square was an issue. |
| p18343 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed! 31 in a row then before this bastard got me! I missed it for the SAME exact reason as before except that it took a half a second longer this time because i squelched had to overide the thought that there was something else i should look for. lol |
| p18346 | b | yean23 | 1581 | more moves would be better |
| p18346 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.6 seconds |
| p18346 | b | JSorel | 1664 | You've solved problem p18346 in 7.1 seconds. ( Result 0.71 : 0.29 )
Your new rating is 1756.23 (+0.00).
Just in time :) |
| p18346 | b | barz | 1708 | 1k1r4/pb3r1p/2n1p1p1/3pP3/P4P2/qRP1N1Q1/2P1B3/5RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p18349 | b | tngerb | 1486 | Very bad problem... 2. Rb7 leads to some nasty tactics and simplifies.... |
| p18350 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.2 seconds |
| p18350 | w | barz | 1708 | Double un-pin. |
| p18351 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Duh. |
| p18351 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate threat wins material: After 1...Qxg5(B), Black threatens 2...Qxg2#; hence, 2.Qf1, Qxe5. |
| p18355 | w | EricQc | 1142 | Nice! |
| p18360 | b | plopje | 1678 | very simple |
| p18361 | w | Garryback | 1581 | task is to get rid of the knight with tempo(chess) to keep alive mate - threat on g2 |
| p18362 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Not a great problem; White still has problems even after the best move. |
| p18362 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.6 seconds |
| p18362 | b | lepolaputuki | 1826 | Variation from the (most) famous Salwe-Rubinstein game, no? |
| p18362 | b | parmetd | 1645 | white is still losing after the best move! |
| p18363 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | failed and played Rf1
did not see the line with Qh5 |
| p18369 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | PBR pattern |
| p18380 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | hey... doesnt Rxd6 win? |
| p18380 | b | theKnife | 1671 | No. Rxd6 cxd6 Qxd6+ Kg7 the rook is protected. |
| p18382 | b | impromptus | 1450 | This is harder than its rated IMHO |
| p18382 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Ha... Got this one twice in a row |
| p18382 | b | Theodor | 1830 | Could continue one more move |
| p18394 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed Q, interception, uncovery |
| p18395 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.3 seconds |
| p18395 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.4 seconds |
| p18404 | b | CR80 | 1380 | Underrated, I wonder how many people see the queen check. |
| p18411 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | Q fok |
| p18414 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.9 seconds
took me time to see that Bg5 is protected by Qa5 |
| p18414 | w | LowestRd | 1946 | Incredibly scary...but I guess there is nothing else |
| p18418 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | 1...Bxc3+ is a perfectly correct and strong (winning) alternative. Just piss of with this pedantic numerical evaluation. Use your own judgement. THIS IS A BAD PROBLEM. |
| p18418 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | Yes. Bxc3 does also win. This is one of those 0/infinite stars problem. Remove this one. |
| p18418 | w | rockym | 1626 | A better system would allow some points for the second best solution Bxc3+, but one has to see that the bishop protects c5 where it is and prevent to following line: Bxc3+ 2. bxc3 Bd5 3. Qb5+ Bc6 4. Qxc5 Bxh1 5. Qe5+ Kf8 6. Ba3+ Kg8. The best move is certainly Bd5, which I missed too ! |
| p18418 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed that the problem should have (for example) the B/c1 on d2 then ...Bxc3 would be the only answer. |
| p18418 | w | macLeay | 1639 | ye gods. it's offputting to stay at the site with problems like this (with a winning alternative) in the set. |
| p18418 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23469 to solve
41.6 seconds
too much hesitated between Bxc3+ and the solution. |
| p18418 | w | 2000 | 1698 | It is both winning material, so I think that both should be accepted (or this problem has to be deleted) |
| p18418 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | also failed with Bxc3 lol |
| p18418 | w | flatman | 1502 | The evaluation of -2.10 is completely winning for black, so why is 1 ... Bxc3 counted as wrong |
| p18421 | b | wharf | 1648 | 3. Rh2 ends up same as 3.Kg4, so should get full credit. |
| p18421 | b | ngnblcn | 1851 | 3 rh2 does not get any point |
| p18421 | b | mtavakol | 1750 | I guess the move you're talking about is 2 Rh2. It's refuted by 2 ... f5. |
| p18421 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.Rh2 was also my mistake |
| p18441 | w | jokim | 2000 | Heroic |
| p18446 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.1 seconds |
| p18446 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | too fast mouse error
played Rc8-c2 when I meant Rc8-c3 |
| p18455 | w | pkendal | 1520 | very cute
|
| p18455 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Elegant solution. |
| p18455 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 46.3 |
| p18458 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | A lovely problem. Black plays 1 ... Rf8?? to deal with the threatened BACK RANK MATE. But Black misses that there is also a potential BLACKBURNE'S OTHER MATE in the position. White plays 2 Bg5-f6+! and Black is mated by force. Of course 2 ... Rf8xBf6 runs into a BACK RANK MATE. But 2 ... Kh8-g8 is met by 3 Nf5-h6#, the mating pattern known as BLACKBURNE'S OTHER MATE. So after 1 ... Rf8?? Black is mated by force. |
| p18458 | b | underated | 1374 | I wish I read your comment before I played. I saw it but 20 seconds. come on brain..come on... |
| p18458 | b | Alseki | 1484 | Very pretty. |
| p18468 | b | thetactician11 | 1662 | Bb6? |
| p18468 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23072 to solve
1.6 seconds
got it in the past and remember Nxc7 with Bb6+ winning the queen
Bb6 is not so good because of Qxf1+ when black get rook and bishop for the queen. |
| p18468 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | Bb6 Qxf1+ and black get 2 pieces for the queen
Nxc7 wins more material |
| p18468 | b | drad | 1651 | always takes me a while to see this one |
| p18470 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Nice mate. |
| p18472 | w | Holy | 1098 | Classic remove-the-guard problem. |
| p18473 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.1 seconds |
| p18478 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23381 to solve
8.2 seconds
too slow so lost rating points
simple capture of a pawn with a threat and I thought too much of defending the bishop after Nxa2 |
| p18478 | w | sarciness | 1465 | It's easy to become fixated on the defence. |
| p18481 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Whoops |
| p18481 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Whoops |
| p18482 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | needs more moves |
| p18482 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | seems clear to me |
| p18489 | b | barz | 1708 | 3r1bk1/1r6/p1pPbppp/q1B1p3/N3P3/1P5P/P1QN1PP1/3R2K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p18491 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.5 seconds |
| p18491 | b | Lioric | 1526 | very very good..
but not easy to see in 5 seconds.. |
| p18497 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Removal of the guard problem |
| p18498 | w | Elroch | 1453 | No excuse for missing this, but Raxd8 wins very convincingly as well |
| p18498 | w | polgary | 1530 | Elroch look up the lines and you will be convinced by it:
1. Bxd8 Rxd1+
({13:-6.72} 1. ... Rxd1+ 2. Kc2 Rc1+ 3. Kb3 Rxc3+ 4. bxc3 Rxd8 5. Ne4 Be3 6. Ka4 Rd1 7. Kb3 Kg7 8. Kc2 Rd7 9. Kb3 $19)
({13:+7.51} 1. ... Raxd8 2. Rxd7 Rxd7 3. Qe5 Rd1+ 4. Kc2 Rd2+ 5. Kc3 b6 6. Qxe6+ Kf8 7. Nf5 Rf2 8. Kb3 Rxf5 9. Qxf5+ Ke7 10. Qh7+ Kf6 11. Qxa7 $18)
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| p18503 | w | beest | 1630 | first Df3 check instead of exchanging on e4 is exactly the same... |
| p18503 | w | CLance | 2086 | Not exactly, because before retake the e4 Rook, white have f8V+, and Vh6-g6(or h7) check wins the Rook |
| p18503 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | hard problem 1...Qf3+ seems more forcing move so people tend to play it because if you do not see the difference you choose the move that seems to force the opponent move. |
| p18504 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Variation on the game Kasparov v Lautier, Linares 1994. I guess this was some sort of suggested improvement for Kasparov, as he lost the game in question. |
| p18508 | w | Exir | 1281 | This isn't a very imaginative problem |
| p18508 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | The line discovered by Crafty (given hereunder) is very interesting: Black captures the Queen (at the cost of the Knight) after a play of six moves. |
| p18508 | w | memo | 1570 | For this poor problem, the tactician never has to prove accurate analysis. Seeking a perpetual, seeking a mating net, or actually finding the win of the queen. Patzer sees check, gives a check. |
| p18516 | b | schttn | 1507 | great mechanism^^ |
| p18516 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | typical combination of rook and knight against king on the back rank, particularly common in the endgame, nice to rehearse |
| p18516 | b | plopje | 1678 | nice |
| p18516 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Agree with floreatdunum; typical and good to see again. |
| p18516 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | it is clear that white needs a perpetual check because after Rf7+ and Rxf6 the c3 pawn is too dangerous |
| p18516 | b | memo | 1570 | Yep, that's an example of Nimzovitch's Drawing Mechanism, from 'My System'. |
| p18516 | b | LowScore | 1564 | awesome |
| p18518 | b | dfeuer | 1219 | Huh? It's pretty hard to see why the solution is right. |
| p18518 | b | dfeuer | 1219 | Huh? It's pretty hard to see why the solution is right. |
| p18518 | b | dfeuer | 1219 | What happens if 2. Qh5 Bh6?
White can immediately capture the bishop, but it's hard to see how to proceed from there. |
| p18518 | b | disasterion | 1494 | 2. Qh5 Bh6 3. Qxh6 and the only move black has that avoids mate is 3 ... Qxg5 losing the Q |
| p18518 | b | zenchess | 1612 | dfeur if you can't see how such an obvious position could be won for white, i suggest you dont post comments as you're obviously a very weak chess player, no offense |
| p18518 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | It takes time to solve this... |
| p18518 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | Hey zenchess, the fact that dfeur was struggling to understand this problem is a good reason for him to post a comment so that another tactician, such as disasterion, can explain the problem to dfeuer. As we walk the path of life in which we develop increasing competencies, we will develop beyond others. Indeed, we encounter countless disparities in life. One of the tasks that life presents us is to develop tolerance for nubes. |
| p18518 | b | hmpf142000 | 1670 | your Point! |
| p18518 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | White is losing. With this tactic White can at least secure a draw. |
| p18519 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | N fork: Ng7+ forks K and R(e6), thwarting R(e6)xf6(R) |
| p18520 | w | levkipos | 1386 | fork |
| p18520 | w | Holy | 1098 | Capturing the knight both wins the piece (eventually) and removes the guard of the square required for the fork, to win back the very queen that was guarding the square! |
| p18520 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Free knight |
| p18520 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | can some one please tell me what the f is wrong with 1. Bc5 for black? i mean, it wins a piece at least too doesn't it?
i undestand the queen sac is more showy, but sheesh, this is just silly... |
| p18522 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | simple pin |
| p18523 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Besides the rook capture, Rg7+ also pushes the enemy King into the e-file, therefore the Rook capture can proceed before the King has time to fork the bishop and knight. |
| p18525 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Nice endgame push. The knight cannot be dislodged and the pawn cannot promote. |
| p18528 | w | HateYou | 1627 | phew |
| p18528 | w | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | Too high rated for a mate in 1 |
| p18531 | w | Kacparov | 2002 | blundered in the last move - played Kb6... |
| p18536 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.0 seconds |
| p18546 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | N fork: N(d5)f6+ forks K(g8) and Q(e8). [R(f7) is pinned by Q(b3).] |
| p18546 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Thanks OldPatzer for the explanation. |
| p18546 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | QUEEN!!! YEAH!!! |
| p18552 | b | underated | 1374 | took a little bit long to see it. but it was a good move in the end. |
| p18556 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.9 seconds
thought about Qxb6 Rxc1 otherwise could be faster |
| p18556 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.0 seconds this time faster |
| p18556 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds |
| p18556 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Release pin: B(b6) pins P(e3), preventing exf4(Q), so Qxb6(B) allows exf4. |
| p18556 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed, didn't see that black had a checkmate and i tried bh4 |
| p18562 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 40.7 seconds
-0.47 rating points
not easy to find |
| p18562 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.3 seconds memorized it |
| p18562 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.0 seconds |
| p18563 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Mating threat forces White to sacrifice his rook! |
| p18567 | b | Lioric | 1526 | I saw the Nc7 trick and tried it first, to deflect the queen and win back the pawn..
but you can win the exchange so that's better..
but still in a real game my move wouldn't be losing.. |
| p18570 | w | steinar | 1704 | Overrated? |
| p18570 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.9 seconds |
| p18570 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | yes overrated 1.1 secs |
| p18571 | b | Irax | 1361 | Very Nice Puzzle |
| p18576 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | we are stipposed to see a mate in 9, and this is a problem on 1700!?!?!?!?!? |
| p18576 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | You don't have to see it to mate. Only up to understanding that Rfe1+ wins a bishop. |
| p18576 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.2 seconds
remember that taking the pawn lead to losing the game so even did not calculate it now |
| p18576 | w | grom43 | 1654 | tomohawk has a point: after Kf6, Be5+ will win the Bg7, so taking the pawn is wrong. |
| p18585 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: Q(d5)xe5+ forks K(e8) and R(h8). |
| p18586 | b | avilovi | 1552 | Extend the solution, it is not obvious |
| p18586 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | Best is 2.Nd7+ Ke6 3.Nb6 Rd8 4.Kc5, but also easily winning is 2.Nd7+ Ke6 3.Rxd5 Rd8 4.Kc5 Rxd7 5.Rxd7 Kxd7 6.Kd5 etc. So I'm not sure extending the solution would help, but I don't like the problem. |
| p18587 | b | Kacparov | 2002 | http://chess.emrald.net/chess.php?rand=589234625 |
| p18587 | b | Kacparov | 2002 | sorry for that link down there, I got it there accidently |
| p18591 | w | zant | 1768 | it seems that this problem shouldn't have a rook on f1! |
| p18591 | w | jokim | 2000 | It seems that zant didn't understand the solution |
| p18597 | b | underated | 1374 | simple but tough to beat. nice move |
| p18604 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.8 seconds
too slow in seeing the fork because thought how to promote the pawn |
| p18606 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | Two knights attack forking square. Position:2r1r1k1/3n1p2/pp6/R1p2p1p/2PPn3/1P1KBB2/6PP/2R5 w - - 0 1 |
| p18606 | w | grom43 | 1654 | yes, "reloader" is why this works after 1...cd 2 Bd4. |
| p18609 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | Both knight sacs clearly win, just 1 can be ignored; kinda lame. |
| p18609 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with smotherhubbard |
| p18609 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.2 seconds |
| p18609 | b | barz | 1708 | Nxg6 inferior but winning. |
| p18613 | b | Quietus | 1704 | Line should continue |
| p18613 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Good problem. |
| p18613 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.9 seconds |
| p18613 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 49.6 seconds
thought too much about Ne5+ Ke8 when it seems Bc6+ wins and in the 2.9 seconds I even did not consider Ke8 |
| p18617 | b | drad | 1651 | damn rook fork, was so sure it was a checkmate plan |
| p18617 | b | drad | 1651 | damn rook fork, was so sure it was a checkmate plan |
| p18617 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Yeah, I went for 4 Qg3+, too. |
| p18617 | b | grom43 | 1654 | But this time something clicked in the old memory and I grabbed the rook. yeah! |
| p18618 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.7 seconds |
| p18619 | w | television | 1655 | nice! |
| p18627 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | removal of the guard with check |
| p18629 | w | xienix | 1606 | a ok and normal one i saw it fast 4.6 secs |
| p18629 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | FREE QUEEN!!! YEAH!!! |
| p18629 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Sorry, nearly free queen. |
| p18629 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Second time I've had it tonight.
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| p18629 | w | barz | 1708 | 8/2rkb3/3pp2p/8/1P2Pp1P/4Q2R/1P4q1/3RK3 w - - 0 1 |
| p18630 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | overrated - 1803? No should be 1600 - One move, two choices. I found it in 2.0 seconds. |
| p18630 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | Hard to find a way to refute either choice for White |
| p18633 | b | chesswiz | 1620 | i like that one!! |
| p18633 | b | SmokenFlames | 1418 | Beautiful |
| p18635 | w | edgy | 1645 | Once again, Recapturing A Piece Is Not A Problem. |
| p18635 | w | gustinho | 1479 | I agree with edgy. I think that the rating of the problem is much more due to the time people lost to look for something that doesn't exist rather than the difficulty of the position. |
| p18635 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Crap. |
| p18635 | w | BlackFox | 1451 | i am really sick of these... |
| p18635 | w | impromptus | 1450 | why do we have this kind of "problem" here? lol |
| p18635 | w | Alseki | 1484 | 1526 seems somewhat inflated... |
| p18635 | w | tjumen | 1598 | capturing a piece is the best move in the position. good problem, 4 seconds. |
| p18638 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.2 seconds |
| p18638 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Quite unexpected |
| p18639 | b | onat | 1932 | nice |
| p18649 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | A sophisticated removal of the guard technique, which wins a knight. In contrast, 2.Qxd7 does not win any material! |
| p18654 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 26.0 seconds
did not like to guess
saw that Kxh2 trap the black knight |
| p18662 | b | pinkerton | 1434 | I hope there are more of these. We have to look for individual features, and I only managed to solve it after noticing the diminished mobility of the rook. |
| p18662 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.9 seconds
took me time to notice that capture and thought too much about the other side of the board. |
| p18662 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.5 seconds |
| p18662 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 456.7. i'm starting to realize i can't fight being tired. Instead of trying to do CTS when i'm tired i'm going to temporarily try and figure out ways to take my mind off it so i can re-focus later. |
| p18669 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p18669 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate with N(f7) and Q(g2). |
| p18672 | w | Stress | 1659 | Only simple forced moves... |
| p18672 | w | thingfish | 1345 | wish my opponents would try more failing attacks! |
| p18672 | w | stevienumchuck | 1300 | Take Q, Sacrifice Q, lose N, Use K to bludgeon 2 Bs. |
| p18672 | w | wild | 1305 | wait what? what an ugly sequence |
| p18672 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Thanks for the easy rating points! |
| p18678 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Pin by R: R(b3)g3 pins N(g4) to K(g8). |
| p18678 | b | Holy | 1098 | Pins and wins the knight, to Black's surprise. |
| p18678 | b | ChessMaster08 | 1308 | yes... |
| p18690 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate threat wins material: 1...Rc2 threatens 2...Qxf2+ and then mate; so 2.Qxc2(R), Qxc2(Q). |
| p18698 | b | greatkid | 1694 | 1.7 secs "you need to be an idiot to not find it" - JSorel |
| p18698 | b | Garryback | 1581 | greatkiddy: the quality of your comment comes close to your name |
| p18698 | b | polgary | 1530 | Please Garryback don´t blame greatkid, it might be he is very joung and is about to learn normal behaviour. |
| p18706 | w | stevienumchuck | 1300 | Trap Q w/pawn |
| p18709 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.5 seconds
took time to see this simple fork |
| p18714 | w | tjumen | 1598 | instructive |
| p18714 | w | cicciobis | 1529 | underrated |
| p18719 | w | greatkid | 1694 | You've solved problem p18719 in 1.2 seconds. ( Result 1.00 : 0.00 )
Your new rating is 1731.33 (+2.44). |
| p18719 | w | mtal61 | 1517 | Oh gee whizz!! why didn't I see this B+N mating pattern?.Disappointing |
| p18726 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 24.9 seconds |
| p18726 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r2n2k1/pp2qppp/5n2/3b1N2/4p3/1N2Q1P1/PP2PPBP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p18732 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 50.3 seconds |
| p18732 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played c6 and missed it. |
| p18732 | b | JSorel | 1664 | very easy for a 1810 |
| p18744 | w | edgy | 1645 | 1..Nb4 also |
| p18744 | w | camembert | 1620 | 1...Nb4 2.Nd5! seems equal (2...Bxc2? 3.Qxc2) |
| p18744 | w | edgy | 1645 | you are right, thanks. |
| p18758 | w | underated | 1374 | 123, check...123, check...123, check. It's almost like dancing. |
| p18758 | w | Holy | 1098 | You have to see that it's a "move and draw" problem. |
| p18763 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | ...Qxa5 threatens either ...Qxa2+ or ...B(e6)c4, attacking Q(e2). |
| p18766 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Subtle, first, the check because 3 Qf1 blocks yr check and protects his N. And "best line" 2 Re1 Rf2! 3 Rb1 Rf5 -+ |
| p18766 | w | Arkenshaw | 1733 | To play Qb1+ first or Rxe2?
Impossible to choose.
Rxe2 seems more forcing... |
| p18767 | b | waldorff | 1702 | haha, thought to myself, there is way too much happening on the kingside, the answer has to be on the queenside |
| p18773 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.5 seconds |
| p18781 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 27.2 seconds
hard decision
was not sure if 1...Rxf7 2.Rxf7 Rxd2 3.Bxd2 is good enough |
| p18781 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | I think that the main point is that there is no good choice and Kh8 2.Qd3 wins for white
Rybka gives big advantage for black after 1...Rxf7 but it is mainly based on material when queen and 2 pawns is significantly better than 2 rooks. |
| p18781 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.5 seconds
remembered but was not sure |
| p18781 | w | drad | 1651 | didn't like this puzzle at first, but it's growing on me. |
| p18782 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.7 seconds |
| p18782 | w | barz | 1708 | r1r3k1/5ppp/4p3/pbnpP3/3R1P2/1PR2B2/PN4PP/1K6 w - - 0 1 |
| p18784 | b | ngnblcn | 1851 | nice |
| p18795 | w | malfa | 1728 | The point of this problem on move two is almost incredible until one realizes that there is no way to preserve the acrobatic defence of the black bishop, but to create extra space for the queen! |
| p18797 | w | giovmendoza | 1350 | I didn't notice white Rook. Is this optical illusion, or I was just sleepy? |
| p18797 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Another incredible Queen fork. |
| p18802 | w | underated | 1374 | I kept on seeing pressure on the exposed queen as a stronger option. |
| p18802 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | A fork combined with the exploitation of TWO pinned pieces! |
| p18802 | w | dktransform | 1479 | funny how you have to think so hard for the answer, and half a year latter, you DON"T remember the answer (but know you have seen it, worked thru it) AND can quickly calculate the correct move, not from memory, but because your chess muscles have truly grown... evidence from oneself to oneself! |
| p18804 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | exploitation of pinned pawn |
| p18805 | w | Fred | 1456 | What is the advantage of giving check first? Taking the Rook would leave all other options open? |
| p18805 | w | Holy | 1098 | If you take the R immediately, White follows with 2 Bc4+, winning your R in return. You need a tempo to get your R away first. |
| p18805 | w | TheBlackKnight | 1542 | A bit too tough for 1421 I think |
| p18805 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | Zwischenzug |
| p18805 | w | wild | 1305 | great problem. Check gets rooks out of trouble. I got it wrong this time, but never again. |
| p18805 | w | wild | 1305 | got it wrong again. |
| p18805 | w | Leucky | 1538 | lol @ wild
Any serious player should see the fork when thinking about the immediate capture. So the zwischenzug is easy to find. |
| p18810 | b | underated | 1374 | you pressure me, I pressure you |
| p18810 | b | dogWaste | 1289 | easy, very, very easy! |
| p18812 | b | Holy | 1098 | A simple recapture--but I'm always fearful of getting the wrong answer for such low-rated problems. I think that I must be missing the trick. |
| p18812 | b | EricQc | 1142 | No tactic! |
| p18819 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Doesnt 2. exf6 also win? black loses the queen or gets mated. |
| p18819 | b | merendera | 1428 | 2.exf6 is met by Txd1 |
| p18830 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Amongst all of the lowest rated problems, this is the only interesting one, with a skewer, the others are all bank rankers or a moronic recapture. |
| p18838 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | trap |
| p18839 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played fxe4 and missed the threat Bxg7
thought about Nxe6 but decided that fxe4 is simpler |
| p18845 | w | JSorel | 1664 | YES!! I solved it :) |
| p18846 | w | Wolfgang | 1388 | This tactic has a really nice rhythm! |
| p18846 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.6 seconds |
| p18846 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.5 seconds |
| p18848 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.5 seconds |
| p18853 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | beautiful checkmate |
| p18854 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Problem p41699 is exactly the same. |
| p18854 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | finaly saw uncovery idea |
| p18854 | b | barz | 1708 | Position : r1b1k2r/pp1n1p1p/4pp2/1B6/3NP3/2q5/P3KPPP/2RQ3R b kq - 0 1 |
| p18863 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 27.5 seconds |
| p18865 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: Qd6+ forks K(f8) and R(c5) |
| p18877 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.0 seconds |
| p18877 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Should lengthen the solution to something like 2.Qxf7+ Kh6 3.Qxh7+ Kxg5 4.f4+ Kf6 5.e5+ Kf5 or some other variation where Black's K has to run all over the country to escape the checks. |
| p18877 | w | pjj14 | 1728 | Deeper than it appears. 1. Qxd3 2. Qxf7+ Kh6 3. h4!! forces black to play accurately for a draw: 3. ... Qxf1+! 4. Kh2 Qxg2+! 5. Kxg2 Rxf2+ 6. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 7. Kxf2 Kh5 =.
Except for the last move (too close) the problem could be extended this way. Or it could be extended along tomohawk's line (though I'm afraid I always disagree with his 'should'). |
| p18880 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.0 seconds |
| p18881 | b | Filemon | 1078 | I don't think that your solution to this problem gave the best response of Black to Re1+. Surely the best response of black to Re1+ should have been Ne4 instead of Kd8 as proposed by your solution? Because of this, I was reluctant to play Re1+. Do you agree? |
| p18881 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Isn't Rb4 strong there, Filemon? |
| p18881 | b | MMan | 1255 | Uhhh, 1...Ne4 sucks after 2.Rd5 (tho 2.Rb4,Qd6 3.Rbxe4+, kicks ass too). Point being that after 2.Rd5, if black moves his queen (say 2...Qf6 or 2...Qf2) then 3.Rxe4+ forces mate. Probably best is 2.Rd5,Rad8 3.Rxd4,Rxd4 and after 4.Qe3 it's all lost for black. If you don't get it, go get an engine to break it down for you: you're already on a computer. |
| p18883 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Stalemate: if Bxg6(B), stalemate. |
| p18883 | w | mathaias | 1434 | very subtle. while i was solving that puzzle, i must have looked at that position for 5 minutes before i nderstood what was happening! |
| p18883 | w | mangy1723 | 1242 | i hate stalemates |
| p18885 | b | dwnshi | 1559 | great big fat idea |
| p18885 | b | jokim | 2000 | Simple move, but the eyes must "scan" a lot of squares. |
| p18885 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | I failed so I am an idiot |
| p18886 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Nice (but line should continue). |
| p18898 | b | rumapina | 1748 | What about QA8 and RF7? Also Qf4 followed by e6? |
| p18898 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | found the best move but wrong click
clicked on the rook in order to move it
later changed my mind and clicked on the pawn but the rook was still marked so the computer got F1-E6 that is illegal move |
| p18899 | w | CLance | 2086 | What's the problem here? There is only one move, which can be made! Who can fail here? |
| p18899 | w | ruylopez | 2034 | lol 'find the legal move' |
| p18899 | w | Dieter | 1676 | only one move?! good for my elo, but really stupid problem. |
| p18899 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.3 seconds
checked to be sure only one legal move |
| p18899 | w | Leucky | 1538 | You could ignore the check and try to checkmate or you can overlook the queen on b2 and move the king into check. Not so easy to see fast, that there is only one legal move. |
| p18899 | w | Garryback | 1581 | boring |
| p18899 | w | Vandebent | 1701 | This is what problemists call a no-brainer. |
| p18899 | w | sleiman | 1406 | and it's this much highly rated (now at 1658) because most would just play an illegal move. |
| p18899 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | sleiman,we have no statistics about what most are going to do.
It is also possible that most people use a long time and solve the problem correctly. |
| p18899 | w | jyt230 | 1507 | Keeps people honest |
| p18899 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | To jyt230: "Keeps people honest" is why recapture problems are here (even though I don't like those). I don't see honesty is a factor here. 'I can't handle the truth that there is only one move?'... well... These problems shouldn't be here because in a tournament game, we are allowed to take back illegal moves. |
| p18899 | w | LowScore | 1564 | Illegal moves lose the game in blitz tournaments, so it's good practice to spot the only legal move. |
| p18899 | w | AlexeiD | 1600 | this one makes me sad panda |
| p18899 | w | television | 1655 | i dont understand the purpose of this problem. Blitz? i dont think so |
| p18900 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.4 seconds
new rating record
1788.35 |
| p18900 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 3.0 secs |
| p18903 | b | Holy | 1098 | I'm surprised that some of the seemingly obvious move choices don't distract a lot of players. Good combo with multiple themes. |
| p18906 | w | underated | 1374 | I thought the knight could have zigged, instead it needed to zag |
| p18906 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Delightful mate. |
| p18906 | w | Theofrast | 1341 | 1..Ne4 should also be allowed! |
| p18906 | w | Theofrast | 1341 | 1..Ne4 should also be allowed! |
| p18906 | w | KingKarrl | 1163 | Ne4 allows king to avoid immediate mate at e1. |
| p18911 | w | Holy | 1098 | Combo, fork, pin, mate. Great use of multiple tactical themes. |
| p18911 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Crunch! |
| p18911 | w | Fromper | 1338 | Nice combo |
| p18912 | w | ChessPlayer56 | 1801 | lol... easy |
| p18916 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: Q maneuvers to e3, attacking K(g1) and R(d4). |
| p18924 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate threat wins material: After 3.Rc2, either Q(d2) is lost or 4...Qa2#. |
| p18927 | b | Tama | 1730 | nice combo |
| p18927 | b | tjumen | 1598 | tough one |
| p18932 | w | knobgoblin | 1444 | Simple, but a must-know. |
| p18933 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | should be continued - the line is till forcing as shown 3... Qe2+ 4. Kh3 Qh5+ with a draw by repetition to follow |
| p18933 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.5 seconds agree that should be continued |
| p18933 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.6 seconds this time
too much hesitated about 3...Qe2+ |
| p18933 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered this time by Re3 |
| p18935 | b | Kenicht | 1300 | Ahh, these still get me, these subtle "removing the defender" involving a rook displacement by a rook sacrifice, usually therefore winning a Queen. |
| p18938 | b | ngnblcn | 1851 | nice |
| p18938 | b | Euwee | 1780 | too difficult to see the tactics |
| p18938 | b | Svenja | 1588 | Nice |
| p18942 | w | Svenja | 1588 | What a stupid sucking problem - you lose whatever you move! |
| p18942 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.1 seconds |
| p18943 | b | mathaias | 1434 | Not bad. Maybe a little obvious. |
| p18943 | b | wild | 1305 | Lots of distractions here. I'll believe the engine but Ra8 looks like a pretty good move as well. |
| p18943 | b | wild | 1305 | i got it wrong again..... |
| p18944 | b | hmpf142000 | 1670 | A heavy problem for 1400! |
| p18944 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | Well it's 1715 now! |
| p18944 | b | barz | 1708 | r4rk1/pbq2pp1/1p2p2p/3nN3/3P1P2/2PB3R/P2Q2PP/5RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p18950 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Skewer from a protected square. |
| p18954 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23497 to solve
25.5 seconds
did not believe that simple capture can be the solution
of more than 1900 problem so checked it too much time. |
| p18954 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.0 seconds |
| p18958 | b | impromptus | 1450 | blindspot...lol |
| p18958 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23090 to solve
6.0 seconds easy and I simply checked it too much time. |
| p18958 | b | sarciness | 1465 | For some reason, I went with Qxh7+?? and duely failed miserably. Shame on me! |
| p18958 | b | mjb1974 | 1468 | missed this horribly |
| p18960 | b | comface | 1101 | Way to go down a rook. |
| p18964 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Qxd5 attracted me like a fly to a dungpit oh woe! |
| p18964 | b | Garryback | 1581 | the same as floreatdunum |
| p18964 | b | themagician | 1543 | 1.9 seconds not me because I saw the Nc6 |
| p18966 | w | ruderook | 1343 | I hate that problem |
| p18966 | w | Holy | 1098 | Good problem--the fork is one threat, the attack on the R is another, but it does not seem like a threat--it seems like losing the Exchange. |
| p18970 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p18973 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | Get the queen! |
| p18974 | w | macLeay | 1639 | line should continue until mate, seeing as it's so pretty |
| p18974 | w | parmetd | 1645 | I agree with macleay |
| p18974 | w | Arkenshaw | 1733 | 1.... Rb8 and then Qxe4 wins as well |
| p18978 | b | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | Took me a while to decide on the capture. I was thinking... Do I want to be forceful now or later? After I saw Nf6, the answer became obvious. |
| p18979 | b | grom43 | 1654 | 2...Rd7?? gave me pause, but Black is losing at least a B after 2...Bb6 3 Qf6+ |
| p18992 | w | schttnsldt | 1576 | i love lowscore |
| p18992 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | cool problem with twists & turns |
| p18992 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.8 seconds |
| p18992 | w | barz | 1708 | Owner of the open files wins. |
| p18992 | w | jzhang2000 | 1419 | back rank weakness |
| p18995 | w | stefanT | 1521 | There are 2 options, if you start with the wrong option, you will loose time |
| p19000 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | no good uncoveries |
| p19000 | b | barz | 1708 | 5rk1/pp1b3p/1q2pbp1/8/2pPRr2/P1B4Q/1PB2PPP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p19002 | b | Arkenshaw | 1733 | I still think 1. Qc3 is a good move... |
| p19002 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | it was hard for me to chose between Qa3+, Qc3, and Qf4. But it looked like Qa3 was the only one that forcefully won a piece right away so... |
| p19006 | w | brulla | 1444 | Nice |
| p19007 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Many lines in this one. |
| p19011 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | what about Qh5+? why isn't there a crafty line for that? |
| p19015 | w | stormwarning | 1368 | nice |
| p19021 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | P promotion: After ...Rxg1(R), Black cannot prevent P(f6) from promoting. |
| p19034 | w | Sidorsky | 1502 | luring the opponent's piece onto a pinnable square always impresses me |
| p19040 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Trapped Q: After Bc1, Q(e3) is lost. |
| p19041 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | crafty mate! |
| p19049 | w | tpollet | 1651 | Avant de reprendre la dame, vous prendrez bien une petite qualité? |
| p19049 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failed captured the queen and missed that the idea of Nf3+ gxf3 is not mate but winning material |
| p19050 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | I feel like Rh2 would be almost as good. |
| p19052 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | 2.Nc6 is forcing because it attacks the black queen and can gain material under the best line. But it also threatens mate in 6 if black simply recaptures! 2...bxc6 3.Qa6+ Kb8 4.Ba7+ Ka8 5.Bb6+ Kb8 6.Qa7+ Kc8 7.Qa8++ |
| p19052 | b | Subrosian | 1658 | Isn't it mate in 3? Qa6+ Kb8 Qxa7+ Kc8 Qa8++ |
| p19052 | b | tjumen | 1598 | 1.6 seconds |
| p19055 | w | Elroch | 1453 | The mate in 3 if white declines to give his queen is not easy to see in a few seconds. |
| p19055 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.3 seconds
hesitated because I thought Qg2+ may be stronger |
| p19056 | b | JSorel | 1664 | very nice idea!! |
| p19057 | b | tact | 1326 | you are a stupid dumb maniac!!!!!
you are so dumb sloppy lazy dumbyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy !i hate you fatty. |
| p19060 | w | underated | 1374 | massive discovered check |
| p19060 | w | mangy1723 | 1242 | easy |
| p19085 | w | bumbly | 1561 | 1720!? Please! more of these rated like that... I'll be 2000 in no time!
|
| p19085 | w | grom43 | 1654 | I like that exf5 would be check. |
| p19085 | w | polgary | 1530 | ??? same remarks as a.m. |
| p19087 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.5 seconds
|
| p19089 | b | wild | 1305 | fancy |
| p19089 | b | AlexeiD | 1600 | easy, but pretty shaby |
| p19096 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | Zwischenzug |
| p19096 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | this tactic saves your knight whilst capturing the enemy Queen anyway! |
| p19096 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | the knight is saved by giving CHECK from a protected square! |
| p19096 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Whilst the check is being given, the enemy Queen is en prise! |
| p19100 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.1 seconds
should include 2.Nxd7 Rxd7 |
| p19100 | w | loot | 1486 | 7.0 seconds |
| p19100 | w | ChessPlayer56 | 1801 | Loot stop it. I found it in 3.5 seconds Uri, if you play Bxd7 it is obvious you will play afterward Rxd7 |
| p19100 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | No
It is not obvious
You may think that Bxd7 is needed to prevent queening the pawn when you later think that Rxd7 is bad because of Rxd7 when you miss the back rank mate.
Now for some reason I did not see the mate for a long time and lost rating points because did not like to play Bxd7 but could earn rating points in case of playing the most logical move in few seconds without caring about accuracy. |
| p19100 | w | deusdeusdeus | 1459 | if you look up.....
|
| p19100 | w | deusdeusdeus | 1459 | if you look up.....
|
| p19117 | w | Faurey | 1227 | Lame |
| p19121 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | 3r1n2/p3rpk1/1p3np1/3P4/5Q2/2NB3P/P4PPK/8 b - - 0 1 |
| p19127 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | noooo! that last move got me! lol! :( before this problem i'd gotten 14 in a row without fail. of those 14 i'd gotten +4.0 points and only -.7 points. My RD is between 11 and 13 right now. i'm feeling no pressure at this point. i'm in the zone. |
| p19128 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23494 to solve
18.0 seconds and earned rating
nice to have another problem with rating above 2010 to my trophies.
rejected 2...Kg7 not because
3.Nd5 but because I did not like 3.Qh6+ |
| p19129 | b | blcnngn | 2223 | not difficult as 2001 |
| p19129 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | It now has a rating of 2003.9 so it more difficult then 2001
I saw 2.Re8+ but failed in noticing 3.Qxc3 is check so played a different move |
| p19129 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | Now it has rating of 2008.8 |
| p19130 | w | ngnblcn | 1851 | nice |
| p19132 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played Rxg5 and calcuating only capture of the queen instead of playing the forcing check move |
| p19132 | w | drad | 1651 | same |
| p19133 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | A classical Greek Gift position. What's the fuss? Don't understand why it's 1884, it's just very typical play... |
| p19133 | b | JSorel | 1664 | because there are people that miss it, like me (I played h4)... :-( |
| p19137 | w | ajotatxe | 1405 | Over-overrated |
| p19138 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.3 seconds |
| p19138 | b | mburch1974 | 1481 | 7.3 secs, first try. nice rook moves :) |
| p19138 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | oooooh wow! crap. one of those exceptions to a rule things. nice~ :) |
| p19179 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.2 seconds |
| p19179 | w | chessyeti | 1756 | 2.1 seconds |
| p19186 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 22.9 seconds
took me time to see 2.e4 and earlier hesitated between Qb2 and Qf4 |
| p19187 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | Just long enough to see my bishop and queen are aligned. |
| p19191 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice bishop fork from a guarded square! |
| p19199 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | This is a great problem, but to get it right you only need to check the King--so its rated too low. It shoudl go until 4.Qxd8. |
| p19199 | b | Holy | 1098 | Nice mating combo. I agree with LaskoVortex: Show the next move! |
| p19202 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23049 to solve failure
this time I was too fast to play Qc6 that save the rook but Qg3 is stronger. |
| p19202 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23307 to solve
failure again the same mistake. |
| p19210 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | did not see it and played Ne6+ |
| p19211 | b | JSorel | 1664 | how could I miss this :-( |
| p19211 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 0.9 seconds
it seems to me overrated.
only simple captures |
| p19211 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | missed Rxf6 Qxd4 is check |
| p19213 | w | Rabatt | 1256 | bleh ... some other moves look just as good ... too hard for almost 1400 rated |
| p19216 | b | wild | 1305 | i always have trouble with these |
| p19219 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Should definitely require solver to come up with more moves. |
| p19219 | w | kwanpin | 1752 | ???? |
| p19219 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | I don't get it... |
| p19219 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | you need to defend against hxg6+ so gxh5 is the only move not to lose |
| p19222 | w | Quietus | 1704 | Line should continue |
| p19226 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed |
| p19226 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 30.1. i had a foggy warning going off in my head from 4 days ago and looked a little harder this time. :) |
| p19226 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | rrrr. was that yesterday? my how time slows down when you're trying to rush a process. |
| p19227 | w | KlausE | 1204 | Terribly obvious! |
| p19227 | w | Wolfgang | 1388 | I don't understand the aim of this puzzle.Where is the advantage to obtain? |
| p19227 | w | LowScore | 1564 | It's a tactic...Qxf4 is the only move that keeps the game even, everything else loses. Of course, you have to see that QUICKLY in order to gain points! ;-) |
| p19227 | w | Alseki | 1484 | Problem rating 1380!(?) |
| p19227 | w | giovmendoza | 1350 | Others may ignore the hanging knight since they are looking for real tactics, just like me. |
| p19227 | w | wild | 1305 | It's not pretty, but a good problem nonetheless |
| p19229 | b | barz | 1708 | What about Bxe5 Qxe5 Rf5 ? |
| p19229 | b | barz | 1708 | ok : 2.Bxe5? Qxe5 3.Rf5 Qxg3 4.Rxh5 g6! and the rook will be trapped. |
| p19229 | b | chessidiot | 1219 | Nice. didn't see that trap |
| p19232 | w | heth | 1573 | It's a shame it counts mouse-slips like 1... Nd3 (an illegal move) as failure to solve the problem. |
| p19233 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 2 Rf1-b1! is a simply beautiful example of REINFORCING THE PIN(!). |
| p19233 | b | barz | 1708 | 1r4k1/4pp1p/2p3p1/1qPp4/rP4P1/pRQ1PP2/P6P/5RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p19234 | b | Quietus | 1704 | This Problem should be higher rated. |
| p19234 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | The solution should be longer. |
| p19234 | b | JamesBJames | 1657 | This problem should be all of the above. |
| p19234 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | Agreed. :-) |
| p19234 | b | LowScore | 1564 | I rate this 5 stars for its awesome comments. :-) |
| p19234 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.4 seconds
I would like to give it 6 stars only to continue the arithmetic sequence but unfortunately it is not possible. |
| p19235 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 26.3 seconds |
| p19239 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | just too many queen traps...tired of them! |
| p19239 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.2 seconds |
| p19240 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Much harder than 1405. This is a mate in 9--it should go to at least 5. Qxe7+. |
| p19240 | b | dogWaste | 1289 | agreed. much more too it. but the problem does test to make sure Wht does NOT go for Qh8+, winning R but getting mated. |
| p19245 | b | underated | 1374 | I though the bishop taking the bishop kept a neater pawn structure. |
| p19245 | b | Holy | 1098 | Great example of the importance of move order. Also, you need to take the bishop with the pawn, so that the follow-on threat is to win a piece for a pawn, NOT simply to exchange a piece for a piece. |
| p19245 | b | DocB | 1237 | good prob balls itch |
| p19245 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Spot-on analysis by Holy. |
| p19245 | b | Alseki | 1484 | Good problem. If your opponent has two pieces hanging at the end of your move it's usually a winning tactic. |
| p19247 | w | bubenimyolum | 1920 | overrated 2135 |
| p19254 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | pawn promotion tactic |
| p19255 | w | corinthian | 1437 | everything except Nh5 is pretty much forced with no real alternative. |
| p19255 | w | impromptus | 1450 | thats a long sequence... |
| p19259 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Moronic recapture. |
| p19259 | b | grouikgrouik | 1546 | tactics? |
| p19259 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | nothing |
| p19259 | b | grom43 | 1654 | hey, but did you see the N attacks yr queen? ;-) |
| p19259 | b | pjj14 | 1728 | Did you notice that after 2. Qxe5, you get a pawn and the black N is trapped? (of course, the queen trade lets it escape, but in other circumstances that might make all the difference!) |
| p19259 | b | rkrish999 | 1554 | 1622 rating made me think its not obvious and i got it wrong!! |
| p19267 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.3 seconds |
| p19267 | w | kendal | 1531 | I think this is a great puzzle but I'm surprised so many have had such a problem with it (16xx rating), as it's the only obvious answer when you see it as a puzzle. Not that I'd see it in a game necessarily. |
| p19277 | w | negrocaballo | 1319 | This site is awful!!
|
| p19277 | w | wild | 1305 | please explain negro. the analysis on this one looks pretty convincing, although I agree it's not very glamorous |
| p19286 | b | palindrome | 1658 | It doesnt say anything about Bxg2. I don't think it's quite as good as the line it gives.
|
| p19286 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | Both queens end up under attack |
| p19292 | b | barz | 1708 | r5k1/1b5p/p2q1pp1/1p1R2Q1/2p1Bn1B/P1N5/1P3PPP/6K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p19297 | w | asktanote | 1921 | overrated 2120 |
| p19301 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Amazingly, Black cannot keep White's advanced pawn from queening. |
| p19301 | b | Epicurus13 | 1151 | Remarkable solution |
| p19305 | b | Vandebent | 1701 | 2. Rh3 is clearly winning as well. Who would look for more if you see that move first. |
| p19312 | w | Holy | 1098 | Nice little combo. |
| p19313 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.5 seconds |
| p19325 | w | texas | 1392 | Nice. Again, why don't they let you play the continuations? |
| p19326 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | I got to focused on the King to see the queen was in take. |
| p19326 | b | Faquarl | 1578 | Isent it bether to give mate with qh6+ kg8 qg7 mate, then win the queen???? |
| p19326 | b | Faquarl | 1578 | Isent it bether to give mate with qh6+ kg8 qg7 mate, then win the queen???? |
| p19326 | b | Faquarl | 1578 | Sorry miscalculated... |
| p19329 | b | blcnngn | 2223 | easy for 2044 |
| p19329 | b | milos62 | 1916 | Stupid. Rf8 wins as well. |
| p19330 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | Overrated; both moves should be obvious. |
| p19330 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23488 to solve
3.6 seconds
both moves are easy to find and I also do not understand the high rating. |
| p19330 | b | JSorel | 1664 | I saw the check after 10 seconds!! |
| p19332 | w | QazzaQY2K | 1341 | hmm seemed easy ;S |
| p19332 | w | Markusgoth | 2122 | That's seemed easy when you look at the solution, but did you consider the possibility of other moves? |
| p19334 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.9 seconds
problem 23099 to solve
I think that I got it in the past. |
| p19334 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 5nk1/p5b1/1p5p/4qN2/P1p1N1P1/3p1Q2/1P3P2/6K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p19340 | b | curiouschild | 1223 | pawn promotion
|
| p19345 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Prepare N fork: Ne7 forks Black K and R |
| p19345 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | N forks all the way |
| p19347 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played 2...Qd8 that is the wrong way to win the rook because I lose b7 |
| p19347 | w | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | Yea. I tried that too, thanx for explaining why it isn't as good. |
| p19347 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | Even worse for Black is 1...Kg7 (my attempt) 2.Rxe7 Kxf6 3.Rxe5 Bxf3 4.Qc3 Bc6 5.Re8+. |
| p19352 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 27.5 seconds |
| p19357 | b | edgy | 1645 | like many problems here, needs a longer solution |
| p19357 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | agreed with edgy |
| p19357 | b | jzhang2000 | 1419 | stinky |
| p19358 | b | underated | 1374 | massive blunder on my behalf. i wish someone would say check or something like that. to busy on the kill.. |
| p19359 | w | theoonetheo | 1324 | too easy |
| p19359 | w | amyii | 1354 | OMG, and yes, 1+1=2 |
| p19366 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Another underrated problem with a check as a solution ("patzer sees a check...") |
| p19366 | w | Auge | 1591 | If I had seen the point 2.Kg2 Qxd4 3.Rxd4 Rxd1 and so on, I would not have solved the problem in time. |
| p19366 | w | Auge | 1591 | corrected annotation: 3...Rxc1 |
| p19366 | w | Schumi | 1523 | Me too. I missed that the queen was defended when I played Nf3+! |
| p19368 | b | 83325 | 1592 | The eigth rank is strong! |
| p19370 | b | Elroch | 1453 | A surprising second move, which I missed first time |
| p19370 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.5 seconds |
| p19370 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Good problem. There is a similar problem in this batch, but the B is on c8 and the White Q is on a different square, I think. |
| p19372 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Qxe2 when the queen is needed for Qxd5+ |
| p19375 | b | kwanpin | 1752 | Qb2 Rb1! |
| p19376 | b | underated | 1374 | nice tactic. |
| p19376 | b | marmoreal | 1324 | Fritz 7 gives two moves as higher rated: Bg7xe5 and Rd1xd8, which is more than 2 pawns better than Bxb7 -- and was my answer. |
| p19376 | b | ankka | 1302 | marmoreal: are you sure you correctly input the start position? Rybka 2.2n2 agrees with Crafty. |
| p19376 | b | tngerb | 1486 | This seems wrong, thought I haven't chcecked with an engine.. I was looking at Rxd8 threatening Bd7 if after Kxd8 and Rd1+ king goes to c8 and if Ke7 then rd7+ and you got a better combo I thinks...... |
| p19380 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.7 seconds |
| p19390 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.9 seconds |
| p19390 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | why is this 1862? |
| p19395 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | qc6+ aint bad either. i'm probly going to miss this one a bajillion times. :( |
| p19395 | w | jdmce2002 | 1255 | This is very cool to see the way the queen and rook walk the king into his perdition. |
| p19395 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | A simple checkmate in 3. KISS (keep it simple)! |
| p19398 | w | lyctc | 1466 | pointless |
| p19398 | w | loot | 1486 | boo problem |
| p19416 | b | themagician | 1543 | 1.1 seconds HOW CAN tHIS BE 1817?? Much Much Much Overrated, should be 1400 or something... |
| p19416 | b | JSorel | 1664 | Ca5?? |
| p19419 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played Bxf1 and did not consider Qxf4 |
| p19419 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | beautiful |
| p19424 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.8 seconds |
| p19424 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | stalinist in its brutality |
| p19425 | b | malfa | 1728 | What a move, that queen sacrifice! I completely missed it even after trying unrated again and again for several minutes. It's incredible how deep can be the blackholes in one's eyes! |
| p19425 | b | Karpsparov | 1553 | thanks for the solution right in my face before I get to solve the problem I see queen sacrifice in my face. Sweet. |
| p19425 | b | Mental | 1360 | haha great! |
| p19425 | b | Pinsu | 1601 | Excellent problem! |
| p19425 | b | ralfindus | 1552 | i just wanted to know whats the hardest tactics here and i cracked it under a minute. cool! |
| p19425 | b | jzhang2000 | 1419 | toooooo hard ! ):^( |
| p19425 | b | oconor | 1156 | get rid of malfa's comment |
| p19425 | b | swaggg | 1085 | malfa, you're a jerk. way to ruin the problem for everyone. |
| p19425 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | malfa can suck my cock! |
| p19425 | b | Esser | 1407 | Excellent problem! |
| p19425 | b | Koenigsjaeger | 1530 | Yes, thats good but a little simple, i can harder problems. |
| p19426 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | There is rather more to the solution that is tested. Please do something about this. |
| p19426 | b | wald | 1565 | I agree with flore: moves like 2... gxf6 and 3... Kf8 should be explored in the solution below. |
| p19426 | b | edgy | 1645 | very very bad. you cannot leave the solutin to a problem like this at just one move. |
| p19426 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 24.5 seconds
it is pity that people guess too much otherwise this problem could get higher rating.
It seems to me that 2...gxf6 3.Qh6 wins for white
2...Qxf6 3.Qxd5+ Kf8? 4.Qf7 mate |
| p19426 | b | thingfish | 1345 | would be better with more moves required. |
| p19428 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed K, hanging R, N fork |
| p19430 | w | jokim | 2000 | "Overrated" when you look at the simple move, but the position is of CTS-2100 complexity |
| p19433 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 2 Rf7xBg7! wins a piece and Black cannot recapture with 2 ... Rg8xRg7?? because that DEFLECTS that Black g8-rook from defending the f8-square, allowing mate with 3 Qc5-f8+ Rg7-g8 4 Qf8-f6+ Rg8-g7 5 Qf6xRg7#. Heavy pieces on the back rank (Black g8-rook) do not control squares on the file (g7-square) or diagonals if they must meet threats to the back rank. |
| p19433 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 2 Rf7xBg7! wins a piece and Black cannot recapture with 2 ... Rg8xRg7?? because that DEFLECTS that Black g8-rook from defending the f8-square, allowing mate with 3 Qc5-f8+ Rg7-g8 4 Qf8-f6+ Rg8-g7 5 Qf6xRg7#. Heavy pieces on the back rank (Black g8-rook) do not control squares on the file (g7-square) or diagonals if they must meet threats to the back rank. |
| p19433 | b | grom43 | 1654 | And here was me thinking I can win a piece... |
| p19444 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Forking good problem! |
| p19444 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Very neat induced fork! |
| p19444 | w | DocB | 1237 | my balls itch |
| p19444 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Get off the server!
Black's an imbecile. |
| p19452 | b | ruinme | 1326 | Um..I don't get it. what's so important? |
| p19452 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | You take, I take! |
| p19452 | b | SignoreX | 1223 | OK: an obvious recapture (of a Queen!) with the only piece that can do so in order to prevent mate on the next move- is this good tactics training? Is it instructive, should it really even be considered a "tactic" (even if it technically qualifies)? |
| p19455 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | A fork exploiting a pinned pawn. |
| p19457 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Removal of the opponent's defender (whilst keeping your own defender in place :-) |
| p19458 | b | vjgreen | 1254 | Maybe I simply don't appreciate some aspect of this problem, but I don't see why it is rated as high as it is. |
| p19458 | b | Fromper | 1338 | I'm with vjgreen on this one. Why's such a simple mate rated so high? |
| p19464 | w | moegigo | 1611 | much too short
|
| p19464 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with moegigo. |
| p19464 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.9 seconds |
| p19464 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Why too short? You're still losing. For a second I thought Crafty's analysis was 2 ...Qb3+ led to mate in 7, then realized it leads to being mated. Looks like it's this line or lose right away. |
| p19466 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 6k1/p1r2p1p/P5p1/3P4/2pb4/5BP1/5P1P/3R2K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p19486 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Not simple. You have to consider the attack by the rook. |
| p19486 | b | waaek | 1120 | A problem that presents a choice is a very good type of problem |
| p19494 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.3 seconds |
| p19494 | w | themagician | 1543 | 2.1sec |
| p19494 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 1.9 secs I beat you both ! |
| p19494 | w | tjumen | 1598 | 819 sec. I took a walk to think about it and came back in 10 min.. |
| p19494 | w | television | 1655 | 2,6 |
| p19496 | w | Lizzy | 1327 | Why is Qe7 not a possibility? |
| p19496 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | the knight may go back to e4 |
| p19496 | w | dsrekbtp | 1369 | One of these forks is not like the other. |
| p19497 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | forced move! |
| p19498 | b | Holy | 1098 | The first time I've seen a pawn promotion as one of the player's moves (not the computer)! The 2nd and 3rd moves didn't add much to the problem. |
| p19500 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | Nice defence |
| p19500 | b | RJHChess | 1700 | Hey, doesn't Qc3 at the very end (instead of d5) also work? |
| p19500 | b | lamesauce | 1412 | no after the discover check with the pawn when the opponents king moves there is a discovery on your queen from his bishop so you don't regain material |
| p19500 | b | plopje | 1678 | third time lucky. I always tend to miss the d5. |
| p19500 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Should be points for getting 4 moves out of 5 :-) |
| p19500 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.7 seconds |
| p19500 | b | rhennig | 1450 | Very nice. |
| p19500 | b | Schumi | 1523 | Tough one! |
| p19500 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | I got it... 5 moves deep in 9 secs, yet still lost pts. Unfair scoring...! |
| p19500 | b | Alseki | 1484 | Good problem |
| p19507 | b | deepsea | 1305 | whats wrong with bishop h6 instead? I think this solution is the same |
| p19507 | b | Montblanc | 1480 | I agree, more, I think thats a better move |
| p19507 | b | jyt230 | 1507 | This problem is dodgy |
| p19507 | b | zeebee | 1550 | Bh6 obviously allows Ng7, winning for black. |
| p19507 | b | zeebee | 1550 | Bh6 obviously allows Ng7, winning for black. |
| p19507 | b | Sidorsky | 1502 | Thank you, zeebee |
| p19507 | b | poctukxboctuk1 | 1428 | h6 is the correct move. |
| p19507 | b | Karpsparov | 1553 | ...Ng7 Screws you. The answer is NOT Nh6. |
| p19507 | b | Leucky | 1538 | The motif with Bh6 is very common. It took a while to see that there is also an other square for the bishop. |
| p19535 | b | Fromper | 1338 | This should have been played out to checkmate. |
| p19535 | b | john2001plus | 1562 | The solution should be longer. It took me a long time to figure out why Qc8+ works. |
| p19535 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | The one's that should go to check mate but don't get one star in my opinion. Anyone can guess to check. |
| p19535 | b | Wolfgang | 1388 | I agree. |
| p19535 | b | joeubat | 1454 | i agree, this definately should be played out!! |
| p19535 | b | amyii | 1354 | ...but here Qc8 forces Kf7 which calls Qe6 + which forces Kf8 which invites to Rc8#: only 3 forced moves. Anyway in general is better to give the complete animate variation |
| p19535 | b | wcahleter | 1332 | I agree |
| p19535 | b | element | 1423 | i agree with Fromper. |
| p19541 | w | lyctc | 1466 | is this not just recapture? not much of a tactic. |
| p19541 | w | pdubs | 1146 | not sure what the big deal is. White loses a tempo, I guess. |
| p19548 | b | tjumen | 1598 | more than a minute to solve. man. I am slow today! |
| p19548 | b | HateYou | 1627 | You've solved problem p19548 in 6.2 seconds. ( Result 0.77 : 0.23 )
Your new rating is 1736.41 (+5.49).
|
| p19548 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | great trick |
| p19548 | b | barz | 1708 | r3r1k1/1P2R1pp/p1N1pp2/8/8/1n4P1/1P2PPKP/8 b - - 0 1 |
| p19552 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | A capture. Big thrill. |
| p19552 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | yes, and this is the most obvious one of the whole server |
| p19552 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | SysOps, please remove this one. |
| p19552 | w | kendal | 1531 | You two don't have to play here. |
| p19552 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | kendal you're a nerk |
| p19553 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | knight fork; royal fork |
| p19553 | w | wild | 1305 | rank is very high for simple fork move. I've seen these problems at 900 |
| p19555 | w | LowScore | 1564 | Aww come...if I take the queen I am lost (+8.5 by Crafty) and if I take the Knight I am still lost (+5.5 by Crafty)! |
| p19555 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 92.0 seconds
did not like to lose
unfortunately people here are happy to lose as long as they earn rating points.
hope to remember this problem so next time I earn rating points |
| p19555 | w | memo | 1570 | Find the best move
|
| p19555 | w | marcotheknight | 1532 | obvious |
| p19557 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | foxy Knight's mate |
| p19558 | w | wald | 1565 | what's the point? |
| p19558 | w | priamos | 1472 | So what? |
| p19558 | w | Svenja | 1588 | Those "problems" should be kicked out - where's the point? White is winning whatever you do. |
| p19558 | w | mathaias | 1434 | Anyone else burn time looking for a clever move that was not there? |
| p19575 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | 1...Bxf8 allows White to win a tempo by allowing a check against the black monarch, thereby allowing White to save his queen. |
| p19577 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | always harder to find a backwards move... |
| p19577 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23319 to solve
2.0 seconds
again remembered Kxa2 with Qa4 |
| p19577 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | yes backwards |
| p19582 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | failure
missed the fact that after Rxc3 Qxc3 the queen threats the rook |
| p19582 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.4 seconds
remember that failed in the past but still lost rating points |
| p19582 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.8 seconds
remember failure in the past but was not sure |
| p19582 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | Q fork |
| p19582 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 3R4/pBr1q1kp/Pn3pp1/r7/8/2pQP2P/2R2PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p19582 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed. same reason as uri |
| p19584 | w | Scrashnil | 1251 | this problem is bullshit, what happens to the rook? |
| p19584 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | This problem is still bullshit but the rook gets eaten by the pawn and then the bishop eats the white rook and then the king eats the bishop and then black eats the pawn that took the rook and that's why black only gets 0.43 points out of it--because it is a bullshit problem. |
| p19584 | w | LowScore | 1564 | still problem is a defense problem and Black gets more like 4 points out of it, not 0.43. Every other move except for 1...Nxe5 will lose substantial material for Black. |
| p19584 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Oh yes, this nice problem forces Black to find two correct moves; much going on. |
| p19587 | b | underated | 1374 | get out of that one ya...wait a minute...check mate. |
| p19591 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed R, B fork |
| p19592 | w | tact | 1326 | that is really really stupid and you are dumb |
| p19595 | w | knobgoblin | 1444 | solid problem. |
| p19595 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | forced mate in 2 |
| p19596 | b | zenchess | 1612 | this is a simple recapture, not a tactic |
| p19596 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | Judging by the comment that zenchess made, he didn't understand something when he made that comment. Those who don't understand should go to the bulletin board and read the posts by JoeLag and SveJoe on August 24, 2005. |
| p19596 | b | blarn | 1344 | Reproducing the posts here, since it looks like the message board no longer goes back so far:
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Joe Lag on 24 August 2005
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Hi!
Problems which aren't problems:
The last few days I complained about some problems which imho aren't problems at all - due to one of the following reasons:
1. There is only 1 legal move (i.e. p38267)
2. The solution is a simple and obvious recapture.
As I said: Imho these are neither problems nor tactics.
After some consideration I found one argument to keep them in the database:
If you recognize such a situation very fast you accomplished a good performance nevertheless.
I will stop complaining from now on until I learned more about the public opinion regarding this matter.
N.B.: Great site ... and the time control should remain as it is now.
CU, Joe
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SveJoe on 24 August 2005
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Hi JoeLag!
That is exactly the reason not to suspend such problems having slipped through our filters. Following this track there is an interesting excotic proposal by HocusPocus:
Merge let's say 10% of pure non tactical positions and add a " Not a problem, just make a rational move!" button.
This eases the a priory bias of knowing about the existance of something special in every problem. |
| p19596 | b | jdmce2002 | 1255 | And there is nothing simple about this capture. There are too choices, and one loses a piece. Under time pressure it would be east to make the wrong choice. |
| p19597 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | Problem 23387 to solve
9.1 seconds
Not the first time that I got it but
took time to remember it. |
| p19597 | b | theKnife | 1671 | A very hard-to-find switchback to the original square. |
| p19600 | b | mike1 | 1790 | Qe8+ Rxe8. Rxe8+ and mate next move would be much better. |
| p19600 | b | Auge | 1591 | Simple. @ mike1: Qe8 Kh7! |
| p19600 | b | plopje | 1678 | I also went for qe8??? |
| p19600 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Qe8+ |
| p19600 | b | tempo13 | 1879 | I also made this mistakes, it is simple when you have the use of it |
| p19600 | b | tempo13 | 1879 | I wanted to give 4 stars |
| p19600 | b | tempo13 | 1879 | sorry |
| p19600 | b | Pinsu | 1601 | That must be a black problem: what to do after 1.Qe8+ |
| p19600 | b | timoure | 1584 | grrrrrrrrrrrrrr played qe8 |
| p19603 | w | ajotatxe | 1405 | The point of this problem is to get one's bearings at the board. |
| p19603 | w | ChessMonkey59 | 1620 | CTS should have directional arrows on all puzzles. This puzzle in particular is too misleading with the Black King at the other end of the board. |
| p19603 | w | wild | 1305 | the orientation is always relative to which color pieces you are playing. so if you're moving a white piece, a-file is left. |
| p19603 | w | amyii | 1354 | and there are 2 little black or white square blinking at the side of the board |
| p19603 | w | mtracey | 1552 | Even when you know which way you are going I find positions like these disorienting, I think because I am used to the kings as a reference point. |
| p19608 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | very nice |
| p19611 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Discovered attack: 2...Nxb4(N) allows 3.Rxd7(B). |
| p19614 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | You've solved problem p19614 in 1.7 seconds. ( Result 1.00 : 0.00 )
Your new rating is 1732.54 (+6.46). |
| p19614 | b | JSorel | 1664 | You've solved problem p19614 in 3.0 seconds. ( Result 1.00 : 0.00 )
Your new rating is 1753.63 (+2.02). |
| p19619 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | How many people get their Queen eaten by the Knight? |
| p19619 | w | Chessdoom | 1586 | not me ;) |
| p19620 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Solution should definitely be lengthened in this problem. |
| p19627 | w | pq4pq4 | 1025 | Can somebody explain this one? Why are both sides giving away pieces? Is this one of those puzzles about who can lose first? |
| p19627 | w | Alseki | 1484 | @ pq4pq4 - Black plays Rxf3 as if white recaptures gxf3 then black has Rg5+. The white light square bishop is pinned on f1, so the only legal moves are
#1 - Qg3 [...hxg3 and wins a queen]
#2 - Kh1 [...Qxf1#] |
| p19627 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | exploitation of pinned piece |
| p19636 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | excellent defensive decoy |
| p19636 | w | drad | 1651 | always miss these ones |
| p19638 | b | scuba | 1321 | instead of Nc6 as the response, why not Bd7? |
| p19638 | b | Garryback | 1581 | scuba - after Bd7 white can just take Qxg4
Garryback |
| p19638 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | SICILIAN!!! WOOOO! :) there's another one almost exactly like this lurking around the cts database somewhere. |
| p19648 | b | Holy | 1098 | Nice combo. |
| p19649 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate with N and B: Nxf7#. |
| p19652 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | What a good defence! |
| p19652 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Re1 and did not see the threat of black Qxf6+ |
| p19653 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Avoids mate. |
| p19653 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | easy to see the answer. i like ones like these 'cause it makes me analyze defensive situations, not just attacking all the time. |
| p19659 | w | pkendal | 1520 | That's pretty cool. |
| p19666 | b | sung | 1195 | i'm not sure i'm seeing this right. i think the knight is suppost to be a bishop |
| p19666 | b | sung | 1195 | i was wrong. forget the last posting. |
| p19667 | b | Zaphod | 1274 | I don't understand how rh8+ is worse |
| p19668 | w | tpollet | 1651 | Une combinaison qui gagne après "sacrifice-échange" des danes et des caca : un pion. |
| p19668 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.8 seconds |
| p19676 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | If 2...exf5?, then 3.Nd6++. |
| p19676 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | pretty neat comment there by LaskoVortex! |
| p19679 | b | Alseki | 1484 | That was staring me in the face for too long. |
| p19691 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.0 seconds
got it in the past but my memory told it only in the second move |
| p19691 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.6 seconds |
| p19691 | w | JSorel | 1664 | wonderful defence! |
| p19691 | w | QuickFire | 1582 | took a while to see how to hold on to material |
| p19698 | b | Subrosian | 1658 | This puzzle is pretty hard for a 1389... |
| p19698 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | If the King then moves to the back rank, the Black a8 rook is lost. If 2. ...Ke6, then Bg4+. If 2. ...Kxd6, then Rd1+ |
| p19707 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | d'oh! I missed mate-in-one! There was no mouse slip. This was should qualify as one of spacecowboy's genuine nightmares. :-( But it won't qualify because I have 20 other nightmares in my "hall of nightmares" that are rated lower than this nightmare. The difference between the 20 nightmares in my hall of nightmares and this one is that the 20 nightmares in my hall of nightmares are all mouse slips. |
| p19707 | b | Holy | 1098 | Strangely tough to see. |
| p19707 | b | DocB | 1237 | i agree |
| p19707 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | Yeah, kind of surprised I found it as fast as I did. Usually this mate is found in a corner. |
| p19711 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Proper capture sequence: 2.exf5(N) threatens 3.fxg6(Q), allowing 3.B(e3)xc5(B)+. |
| p19712 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | The point of this problem is not bxa2 because of h7+ Kxh7 Ng5+ Kg8 Nh6 mate |
| p19713 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.4 seconds |
| p19713 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.3 seconds |
| p19714 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | A simple skewer that is not so easy to see! |
| p19715 | w | stbrie | 1314 | 1 Nxc5 Bc6+ 2 Bd7 Bxd7+
Down a pawn and some? |
| p19715 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | EXPLOIT EVERY PIN! |
| p19717 | b | texian | 1113 | nice one .. i completely overlooked the rook forkafter the exchange |
| p19719 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | hanging N |
| p19723 | b | regine | 1406 | why do I get no point, even if I do successfully solve the puzzle? |
| p19723 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | The FORK-OVERLOAD TRICK strikes again! |
| p19723 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.4 seconds |
| p19723 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.6 seconds |
| p19723 | b | barz | 1708 | 2r2k2/1pq3p1/4Rp2/1PP4Q/8/6P1/6KP/8 b - - 0 1 |
| p19728 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.5 seconds |
| p19730 | b | Alseki | 1484 | And the rating is 1337, fittingly enough. |
| p19730 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Mate from a single (protected) pawn. That's incredible! |
| p19732 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | simple but I did not see winning a piece and thought only about capturing c5 |
| p19732 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds |
| p19732 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 1.8 secs |
| p19732 | w | drad | 1651 | doh! |
| p19733 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed K & Q, pin |
| p19744 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Bxh7 and missed simple mate |
| p19744 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 34.5 seconds |
| p19750 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.6 seconds
was careful not to lose by Ka6 |
| p19760 | b | ngnblcn | 1851 | overrated 1940 |
| p19761 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | N fork: After ...Q(g6)xe4(B)+; Q(e3)xe4(Q), N(h3)xf2+ forks K and Q. |
| p19761 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | material gain maximisation |
| p19766 | b | eragon21 | 1754 | lol, 'find the safe square for the queen' |
| p19766 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11,8 seconds
got it in the past but was not sure about it. |
| p19766 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.7 seconds |
| p19766 | b | tjumen | 1598 | 36 seconds |
| p19773 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | very nice |
| p19773 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | nice - if a variation on a theme |
| p19773 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | very very nice - 2.9 secs |
| p19773 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Reminds one of the immortal game somehow. Excellent. |
| p19774 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | force exchange of queens to stop checkmate threat |
| p19774 | b | Schumi | 1523 | Spent the time making sure the pawn would get in after the queen swap and completely missed the mate in one threat. |
| p19777 | b | balokrop | 1519 | 1800+ ranking at least |
| p19777 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Good one...not easy to see. |
| p19777 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Nice with the R getting forked on 2 different squares |
| p19777 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.6 seconds
easy to see for me |
| p19777 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds |
| p19777 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 3r4/2p1bk2/p1n1p2p/1p2p3/4P3/P2PPN2/1P1N1KP1/3R4 b - - 0 1 |
| p19782 | b | mike1 | 1790 | 2.Rcxa2 Bxc3 .Qxc3 e4 black wins! |
| p19782 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | mike 1 your var. 2. Rca2 Bxc3 surely fails to 3. Ra8? |
| p19782 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.8 seconds |
| p19782 | b | InigoMI | 1662 | nice sequence |
| p19782 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | 13.4 seconds |
| p19786 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23059 to solve
1.8 seconds
memorized it from the past |
| p19786 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.7 seconds |
| p19786 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Nice theme. |
| p19790 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23164 to solve
3.6 seconds
saw it immediately but was not sure so checked it. |
| p19790 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | Problem 23391 to solve
1.2 seconds
this time I was sure about the solution and did not need much time |
| p19790 | w | chessyeti | 1756 | 5.0 seconds |
| p19792 | b | jokim | 2000 | One has to notice Bc5+ Qxc5? Qd8#, not Bc5+ Qxc5? Qxf3?? Qg1# |
| p19792 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.1 seconds
line need to be longer |
| p19792 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | agree with jokim and UriBlass - needs to be longer |
| p19792 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with all of the above. :-) |
| p19793 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Oh, the shame...Nf5... |
| p19803 | w | theKnife | 1671 | A variation from the French Winaver : 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Ne2 Nbc6. |
| p19803 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | no more typical combination in the French than that! always good to rehearse |
| p19804 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | The White a4 queen was a sitting duck! |
| p19804 | w | DocB | 1237 | hangnadkdlr |
| p19812 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | double (discovered) attack |
| p19812 | w | mathaias | 1434 | Good, the kind of tactic you would expect to find in practical play. |
| p19812 | w | ankka | 1302 | Actually, it's not that simple. The other point is that if the queen blocks the rook check with 2. Qb4 or 2. Qb5 then one of the white rooks is also lost. |
| p19824 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.6 seconds
relatively easy |
| p19824 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | Even after the best line for Black, we are still losing ( Fritz says +2.65 for white) |
| p19824 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 2.0 secs the first time |
| p19828 | w | stoyan | 1167 | What if the king retreats? Not very clear. |
| p19828 | w | sigmafear | 1387 | If the King retreats you win a rook, with an attack on White's bishop. |
| p19842 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.3 seconds |
| p19842 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.5 seconds |
| p19844 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.7 seconds |
| p19844 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | NQ cooperation |
| p19847 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | a nice problem that leads to checkmate (note Crafty's line below) |
| p19853 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.5 seconds |
| p19853 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.1 seconds |
| p19853 | w | grom43 | 1654 | I like it because the pin is defended by the queen way across the board and horizontally. |
| p19855 | b | underated | 1374 | why... those cheeky knights |
| p19855 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Double (discovered) attack: 2.Nd6+ checks K(f7) and threatens 3.Qxa5(Q). |
| p19856 | w | davidk | 1753 | Too short solution. |
| p19856 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.9 seconds agree c3 is needed after the queen escapes |
| p19856 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 49.8 seconds. also agree |
| p19863 | w | chris2001 | 1747 | Whats wrong with 3.Bxf7 Kh8 4.Rh5 ? |
| p19863 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | after 3.Bxf7 Kh8 4.Rh5 Qxh5 it seems that black has decisive material advantage. |
| p19875 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 29.5 seconds |
| p19878 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | A typical tactic in the Nescafe Frappe Attack in the Benko/Volga Gambit. This one is obviously from the 8. Bf4 line, rather the NFA's 8. Bc4. I guess the moves were: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 d6 8. Bf4 Nxe4 9. Qe2 g5 10. Be5 dxe5 11. Qxe4 Bg7 12. Nf3 Ra5 13. Nxe5 when 13... Qb6 is simply a horrendous blunder. IIRC 8. Bf4 Nxe4 is considered poor because of this line, bu8 instead 8. Bf4 g5! 9. Bxg5 Nxe4 10. Bf4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Qe2 Kd8! is supposed to make 8. Bf4 look dubious, hence the switch to 8. Bc4 (NFA)... |
| p19878 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.6 seconds
too short
Qxb5 Nxd6+ and not Nxa5 is needed |
| p19878 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.1 seconds this time +0.61 rating points |
| p19878 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.6 seconds |
| p19882 | b | television | 1655 | tatics? |
| p19885 | w | Improchess | 2054 | Defensa! |
| p19890 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Very nice! |
| p19892 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | You take, I take tactic. |
| p19897 | w | jokim | 2000 | Good one |
| p19897 | w | barz | 1708 | 1qr1r1k1/4bppn/1nb1p2p/1p1pP3/1P3P2/P1N1BBP1/3NQ1KP/2RR4 w - - 0 1 |
| p19906 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Queen traps are always nice! |
| p19906 | w | drad | 1651 | tried to castle longside ;) |
| p19906 | w | barz | 1708 | r3k2r/1p1bqNpp/2n2p2/p3p3/Q1B1P3/2P1P3/P5PP/3R1RK1 w kq - 0 1 |
| p19922 | b | JSorel | 1664 | easy but very nice |
| p19922 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | nice "smothering" motif |
| p19922 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | Q&N mating patterns |
| p19923 | b | davidk | 1753 | Very nice! :) |
| p19923 | b | jokim | 2000 | Pretty good |
| p19923 | b | Kacparov | 2002 | 7.1 seconds |
| p19923 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | tricky, very tricky |
| p19929 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Very nice! |
| p19932 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Drawing combinations. |
| p19939 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.0 seconds |
| p19943 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.5 secpmds
2.Kg1 wins so the problem is bad |
| p19943 | w | tjumen | 1598 | agree with UriBass. Kg1 wins for white, bad problem. |
| p19943 | w | barz | 1708 | The first time I see a bad problem on this site. |
| p19943 | w | inkwire | 1667 | Ditto. The winning line for White is even shown by Crafty, but in a "sideline" of the analysis.
I suppose you could argue that Black is lost in this position, and so 2...Qxh4+ is the "best" move since it allows White to blunder into a not-so-obvious draw, but that's not the standard set by the other problems on this site.
Should delete this problem. |
| p19952 | b | Cassette | 1383 | a little more difficult than 1277 |
| p19960 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | Overrated - simple recapture |
| p19960 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 54.9 seconds
did not see the simple capture for a long time. |
| p19963 | w | Coventry | 1613 | woow... |
| p19964 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | missed 1...Rg8 2.Qh7+ Kg4 3.Rh3! and 4.f3 mate |
| p19966 | w | mtracey | 1552 | Could shorten it to just the first move |
| p19974 | b | rockym | 1626 | One have to see that the King is on f1, not e1 !!! |
| p19974 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.6 seconds |
| p19974 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.7 seconds |
| p19974 | b | drad | 1651 | haha indeed rockym |
| p19974 | b | john2001plus | 1562 | Yeah, doing it on my iPhone I missed the king position. |
| p19979 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 141.6 |
| p19983 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.5 seconds |
| p19988 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | 2 Bd3-h7+! REMOVES THE GUARD of the LOOSE Black f8-bishop,square by DRIVING OFF the Black g8-king. |
| p19989 | b | underated | 1374 | nice sequence and kill |
| p19989 | b | underated | 1374 | I think i'll give it a foura... |
| p19989 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice mating threat that costs Black his queen! |
| p19995 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Very typical mechanism in French, Semi-slav, etc. |
| p19995 | b | Fromper | 1338 | Took me a while, but I got there. :) |
| p19995 | b | Gnam | 1453 | very nice and a bit hidden |
| p20000 | b | Faquarl | 1578 | Nice! rare them. |
| p20000 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | annoying mouse mistake clicked on the bishop c1 to move it later changed my mind and clicked on the second bishop but the computer considered me moving Bc1-e4 |
| p20000 | b | CLance | 2086 | tipical CTS problem (bluff). Good! |
| p20004 | b | drad | 1651 | 37.6 seconds |
| p20004 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 15.7 seconds |
| p20013 | w | Quietus | 1704 | 1...Bg4! also wins |
| p20013 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | That's what I thought too but maybe 2.Qe3 guards there with idea of playing Qg1 when Black's Q gets to h1 (haven't checked it with Fritz) |
| p20013 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | Bg4 2.Qe3 Qh2+ Kf1 Qh1+ Qg1 Qh6 clearly win for black based on computer analysis but I believe that the people who chose Bg4 did not see it so they clearly deserve to lose the points.
based on computer analysis there are many winning moves:
Stockfish evaluation at multi-pv
1)Qh2+ 19.51/16
2)Bg4 7.95/16
3)Ba6 5.73/16
4)Be6 5.73/16
5)Qxd4 4.96/16
6)Kh8 1.97/16 |
| p20016 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 18.7 seconds |
| p20016 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Retreat? Check your counterattacks! |
| p20016 | w | neiking | 1591 | You've solved problem p20016 in 8.7 seconds. ( Result 0.60 : 0.40 )
Your new rating is 1599.40 (+0.61). |
| p20017 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Nice. |
| p20017 | b | waldorff | 1702 | simple :-) |
| p20020 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Solution should be longer. |
| p20020 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | I do not see why the solution should be longer.
this problem is easy to remember so I think that the rating 1774.3 should go down. |
| p20020 | w | drad | 1651 | yeah it's mate in 2 and this is the only saving move, what more is there to say? ;) |
| p20020 | w | drad | 1651 | well apart from Re5 that is.. but yeah ;) |
| p20020 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | I think the solution should be longer to demonstrate that Black is winning - although I agree that the key move Bd8 is a bit lame as it prevents White's only threat |
| p20026 | b | Elizabeth | 920 | Crafty. Too easy |
| p20034 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.0 seconds |
| p20036 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | failure thought about Nd4 Qg6 Nxb5 Rxb5 Qa4 and missed Qc6 |
| p20041 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.1 seconds |
| p20041 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6,5 seconds |
| p20041 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.3 seconds |
| p20043 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | How is Nxe5 wrong? It's clearly winning. |
| p20043 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with smother. I think that any continuation that is greater than +2.5 should be considered winning. Just my two cents. |
| p20043 | b | impromptus | 1450 | Disagree with smother and tomohawk...see carefully 1. Nxe5 Nxe5 you just lost a knight because no pin occured. |
| p20043 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.0 seconds
solved it correctly but Nxe5 is also right.
You win a rook for the knight based on Crafty's line.
|
| p20043 | b | memo | 1570 | Find the best move |
| p20043 | b | greatkid | 1694 | You've failed to solve problem p20043.
Your new rating is 1723.33 (-5.86). |
| p20043 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | R in the corner is dead |
| p20043 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | The idea of Nxe5 is that after Nxe5 Ra7+ Ke8 Ra8+, you win the rook. This is clearly also winning |
| p20043 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | Ra7 and Nxe5 both win: rubbish dual |
| p20049 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Double (discovered) threat: After 2.Rxb4(R), if 2...axb4(R) or ...Rxb4, then 3.Qxa7(Q); or if 2...Qxe3(Q), then 3.Rxb8#. |
| p20055 | w | slowrobot | 1148 | I made the correct move and it indicated failure. |
| p20056 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | LPDO (loose pieces drop off)!! |
| p20056 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.8 seconds |
| p20056 | w | tjumen | 1598 | more than a minute. hehe |
| p20056 | w | television | 1655 | 4.4 seg. but its rating should be smaller |
| p20058 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | Very nice. Black has a weak back rank so the loose c8-rook is actually a loose mating focal point which must be defended by the e8-rook. Hence the Black e5-knight is not defended, thus ... Ne5? RxN!. |
| p20059 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23234 to solve
1.8 seconds |
| p20064 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | Nxf2 also works....think a little with ur peanut shaped brains, and change this dam program! |
| p20064 | w | Faquarl | 1578 | Why is ne5 the best move? Nxf2 also worked as one guy before me have said. |
| p20064 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.4 seconds got it in the past but took time to remember and was not sure
Nxf2 does not work because of Kxf2 Nc2+ Be3 and white threats the queen and it is impossible to capture the rook. |
| p20064 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds |
| p20064 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 9.1 seconds |
| p20070 | b | barz | 1708 | Position : 1kbr4/2q3bp/p2rp3/1p2np2/3N1Q2/6PP/PPP1N1B1/1K1RR3 b - - 0 1 |
| p20082 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.0 seconds |
| p20082 | w | tseltzer | 1396 | 2. Nxf6 is interesting, also |
| p20083 | b | plungerpot | 1507 | no tactic. |
| p20083 | b | plungerpot | 1507 | no tactic. |
| p20083 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | rubbish |
| p20083 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | rubbish |
| p20083 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | rubbish |
| p20083 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Homer wuz ere |
| p20083 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | zero stars - just a retreat |
| p20083 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | ??? |
| p20083 | b | JSorel | 1664 | I think you miss the point : it's useful to have this kind of problems to prevent from guessing... (imho) |
| p20086 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.4 seconds
known idea Qg5 with the double threat Qxg2+ and Nh3+ to win the queen. |
| p20086 | w | milos62 | 1916 | This time Nh3 is not a threat becouse the queen is
defended by Bf2. Qg5 saves
a piece (both knights on b3 and f4 were under attack). |
| p20086 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Problem should force user to play up to 3...Nxf2. |
| p20086 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Don't think tactician should play to 3 ...Nf2 because another perfectly good line is: 1 Qe3 Qg5 2 g3 Na5 =, right? Tactics tip: when your opponent forks two of your pieces and one will be lost unless you find a resource, search for 1) mate; 2) attack on his queen... |
| p20086 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r1r3k1/1b2qpp1/4p2p/4N3/PpB2n2/1n3P2/1P2QBPP/1R1R2K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p20096 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.1 seconds |
| p20096 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Played 1...Qd5 instantly not taking in the defense 2 Be4. Also, on unrated retake, did not see the consequences of 2 Bf5 until after. |
| p20097 | b | underated | 1374 | logical. |
| p20097 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | 2.Qe8+ is threatening mate in 2. |
| p20105 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.0 seconds |
| p20110 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | piece entrapment |
| p20110 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Shutup |
| p20114 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.3 seconds |
| p20114 | b | drad | 1651 | for some reason I just couldn't see it! |
| p20116 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Very difficult to see which way up the pawns are |
| p20116 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | f3+ also wins as shown by the analysis given by Crafty |
| p20116 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.9 seconds
Bf3+ is more simple and f3+ is a long endgame. |
| p20116 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.5 seconds |
| p20116 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | yes floreatdunum. I played f3 and I agree with you on your first comment. |
| p20135 | b | wild | 1305 | what's up with the defense? palisading pawns? |
| p20143 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.2 seconds |
| p20144 | w | Kenicht | 1300 | The Queen overburdens the Bishop WHILE attacking it. A subtle displacement inducement, removing the defender of c1 or else taking that defender! |
| p20144 | w | Kenicht | 1300 | But best, is that it is a Queen sacrifice with TEETH: If she is not captured, she WILL take the Bishop as her reward!! |
| p20159 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p20159 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate with N, Q, and Ps. |
| p20166 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | A nice example of a PIN against a SQUARE. The blunder 1 f3xe4? opens the line g3-e3, allowing the Black g3-queen to move to the e3-TACTICAL BASE for the DOUBLE ATTACK WITH CHECK 1 ... Qg3-e3+!, checking the White g1-king while adding a second attacker to the LOOSE White c1-rook. |
| p20166 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Er, doesn't the queen guard the Rc1? I know it's double attack, but is the Rc1 LOOSE? |
| p20168 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 1. ... Ng6 ??? |
| p20171 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23177 to solve
10.5 seconds
too much time to see the mate threat. |
| p20171 | b | greatkid | 1694 | I am eating eggs tonight |
| p20172 | w | Holy | 1098 | Show the next move. Good example of an in-between move and the importance of move order. You have 3 objectives: (1) to recapture the queen, (2) to save the bishop, and (3) to save the knight. Only one specific move order accomplishes all 3. |
| p20172 | w | SuperSpud | 1398 | I agree with him |
| p20184 | w | BlackWaive | 1551 | Not exactly a 1616 problem, in my opinion... |
| p20184 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23185 to solve
3.0 seconds
easy
I see that capturing the rook is bad so I give good check first.
rating of the problem now is 1611.3 |
| p20184 | w | memo | 1570 | Bg2+, while not the best, is also a clear win. |
| p20184 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | ya, i'm suspicious that this is a dual solution too like memo said. i did bg2+ seeing that it was more a huge advantage by just getting an exchange. if white were to be given two or three more pawns than i think it would fix this. as it is, i wish this problem were removed. |
| p20189 | w | JSorel | 1664 | I found this problem very hard to solve |
| p20189 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 28.5 seconds |
| p20189 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 5.2 seconds, I'm getting better ! |
| p20194 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.2 seconds |
| p20194 | w | barz | 1708 | 5k2/2R3p1/3p3p/1r1B4/1p3P2/3n4/1P5P/7K w - - 0 1 |
| p20197 | w | Fromper | 1338 | Only one legal move |
| p20200 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Double (discovered) attack: 3.Bf3 threatens 4.Rxe1(R) or 4.Bxd5(B)+, forking K(g8) and R(a8). |
| p20203 | w | edgy | 1645 | 1...Ne3+ also seems to win handily. |
| p20203 | w | camembert | 1620 | 1...Ne3+ 2.Kf3 Rf5 3.Kxe3 Rxf4 4.Kxf4 and White is a pawn up |
| p20203 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | missed it
good idea queen or mating the king(f5 g file h file) |
| p20203 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 75.1 seconds |
| p20210 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | 3 ... e3! is a nasty tactical surprise for White on the theme of CLEARANCE. Black opens the h1-a8 diagonal with GAIN OF TIME on the White d2-queen so that he can capture the undefended White b7-bishop with check. Without the check, Black could not capture the White bishop because of his WEAK BACK RANK (3 ... QxBb7?? 4 Qd8+ Bf8 5 QxBf8#). |
| p20210 | w | Prufrock | 1509 | Thanks for the explanation. The last move caught me out on the back rank as I didn't see the problems because of time |
| p20210 | w | yean23 | 1581 | nice |
| p20210 | w | loot | 1486 | cool |
| p20210 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 3r3k/1p1rq1bp/p5p1/3B4/4p3/4Q1PP/PP1R1PK1/3R4 w - - 0 1 |
| p20214 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.7 seconds |
| p20214 | w | theKnife | 1671 | overrated ! |
| p20214 | w | barz | 1708 | r2n2k1/pppb1rpp/5n2/3Np2q/2P2p2/BP4P1/P1Q1PPBP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p20217 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Zwischenzug ! |
| p20226 | b | ngnblcn | 1851 | overrated 1924 |
| p20226 | b | JSorel | 1664 | I found it quite easy too : 3.2 seconds |
| p20231 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p20237 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | Ah - the old Cambridge Springs chestnut... |
| p20237 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 52.3 seconds
too short
solution should include Bxc4 Qxg5 |
| p20237 | w | neiking | 1591 | 9.3 seconds. nice |
| p20249 | b | ngnblcn | 1851 | nice |
| p20249 | b | Improchess | 2054 | 6 stars |
| p20249 | b | Improchess | 2054 | I thing this problem must be 2250. |
| p20249 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2250 is clearly too high for it. |
| p20249 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 20.0 seconds, not so exotic... |
| p20249 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | cool |
| p20252 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23010 to solve
3.1 seconds
I remember it from the past but used some time to check. |
| p20252 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | correction:number of problem is 23110 |
| p20252 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | this time 1.6 seconds |
| p20252 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.2 seconds |
| p20258 | b | rockym | 1626 | 2. Qe7 shields the Rf8 from a possible defense by the Queen |
| p20259 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.0 seconds
only captures |
| p20267 | w | tjumen | 1598 | not obvious |
| p20276 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | I like the way White wins the Queen if 2...Bxd6+. |
| p20283 | b | alkibiades | 1215 | What a stupid problem! While 2. Qxh7 gives a checkmate, the solution wants you to fiddle around for the Queen! IMO the Queen is worthless in comparison to the King. |
| p20283 | b | astrocreep | 1232 | what alkibiades says |
| p20283 | b | LowScore | 1564 | I'm not sure what you guys are talking about...the Queen cannot move to h7. Maybe you are talking about Qxg7, which is an illegal move, because White just played Qc5+, so you have to do something against the check first. :-) It's not about winning Black's Queen, it's about sticking to legal moves and keeping the checkmate threat alive. |
| p20283 | b | tjandcsb | 1269 | I agree with LowScore |
| p20283 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | This problem is rated 1450 precisely because people like alkibiades are in too much of a hurry to deliver mate to notice the check - Beautiful problem. |
| p20283 | b | grom43 | 1654 | I thought it would be nice to put in three stars. Rating: 1450, so we don't expect that much. |
| p20283 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | Caught me off guard. I rushed the check XD. |
| p20285 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Double (discovered) attack: 1...c4+ attacks Q(d3) and checks K with Q(a7). |
| p20294 | b | pdazz | 1388 | At first I didn't see any difference between Nc7+ at once, or first Qxc5. It's actually too deep for that. |
| p20294 | b | stevie | 1222 | me too
|
| p20294 | b | tooslow | 1114 | me too |
| p20295 | w | grom43 | 1654 | OK, but 2 Qa3 Bxd4 3 Rxd4 Rxd4 4 Qc3 isn't white OK? |
| p20295 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Never mind. 4...c5 and Black is winning. Sorry. |
| p20303 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.6 seconds |
| p20303 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.8 seconds
remember that got it in the past too late. |
| p20303 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 5b1r/1b1Rkppp/pB2p3/qp4P1/1n2pP1P/1Pr1Q3/1PP5/1K3B1R b - - 0 1 |
| p20308 | b | Holy | 1098 | Much tougher than a 1200. You must see that you have to protect the e-pawn in order to free your rook to occupy the d-file, which both attacks Black's queening square and threatens mate on d8. If not for the quick-movers who don't see this when they make the first move on a guess, this problem would be 1400-1500+. |
| p20311 | w | JSorel | 1664 | I found it easy for a 1860 problem |
| p20311 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.5 seconds
agree |
| p20311 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.6 seconds |
| p20312 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.2 seconds
not simple to see and verify winning the queen |
| p20312 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | Q trap |
| p20312 | w | pkendal | 1520 | pretty
|
| p20313 | w | 9isprime | 1250 | only hard part is to notice the bishop |
| p20323 | w | JSorel | 1664 | nice |
| p20323 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.0 seconds |
| p20323 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed K |
| p20325 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 22.3 seconds |
| p20325 | w | barz | 1708 | 2kr4/1pp3p1/p2b2q1/4p1r1/2PB3p/5Q1P/PP3PP1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p20325 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | why is rxg2+ not analyzed? |
| p20331 | w | Garryback | 1581 | ? |
| p20331 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | a simple piece exchange (that is not so easy to see) |
| p20333 | w | tpollet | 1651 | Perdre la tour n'est pas important tant que l'on peut mater. Vite, ramenons le caca. |
| p20333 | w | thingummywut | 1877 | needs more moves!! |
| p20333 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | damn, 40 seconds, my head exploded afterwards, but i got it at least! :) |
| p20339 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 36 seconds too slow
problem 23046 to solve |
| p20339 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 24.1 seconds |
| p20339 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | again lost rating points and too slow to see Qd8 mate after 3.Rxe5 dxe5 |
| p20339 | b | Arkenshaw | 1733 | 1. Rxe5 Qxb3, 2. cxb3 dxe5, 3. Rd8+ Ke7, 4. Rh8 wins with h-pawn |
| p20340 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 49.1 seconds
thought too much about checks |
| p20340 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.1 seconds |
| p20342 | b | ldef7 | 1422 | Very good! I was trying so hard to find a way to wn a rook that I missed the mate! |
| p20343 | b | mtal61 | 1517 | Underrated.Split between 2)Rxc4 wins which wins hands down and the plausible looking 2)Rh4 which with the benefit of hindsight turns out to lead nowhere |
| p20345 | b | tpollet | 1651 | capucine |
| p20346 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 'life is death' - if you want to live you have to give up your bishop ( but the b7 pawn will be a Queen soon, like next move) |
| p20351 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | 1 Nc3xb5?? Bd7xNb5 We trade pieces to REMOVE THE GUARD. The White knight on b5 could meet the DOUBLE ATTACK ... Qd8-a5+ with Nb5-c3 but after the SUBSTITUTION 1 ... Bd7xNb5 2 Bd3xBb5 Black wins a piece with 2 ... Qd8-a5+ because White can not longer meet the twin threats of ... QxK and ... Qa5xBb5 since the White piece on b5 is now a bishop and not a knight. |
| p20351 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | Pieces (White c3-knight, c4-bishop) do -not- DEFEND squares (b5-square) well against pawn advances (... b7-b5!). |
| p20352 | w | Pumba1784 | 1510 | EASY |
| p20352 | w | iwinyoulose | 1858 | really hard |
| p20353 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 40.4 seconds
confused by all the checks
and searched for the best one. |
| p20354 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | A nice Queen fork! |
| p20361 | w | ChessPlayer56 | 1801 | 5.0 seconds |
| p20361 | w | barz | 1708 | r1b3k1/pp3rp1/2n4p/2Q1q3/2B5/8/PP3PPP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p20363 | b | Vandebent | 1701 | It is such a pity that this server has so many very poor problems. Just throw them out and let us enjoy the remaining gems. |
| p20363 | b | grom43 | 1654 | This is a practical problem in that similar positions occur in, say, blitz games. There's only one sequence that mates. Nice problem. |
| p20363 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 3 rxf5 doesn't hurt white it's just not forcing mate like 3bh6 |
| p20365 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Surprise! It's a mate! |
| p20371 | w | edgy | 1645 | extend solution with 2...Rxd3 3.cxd3 |
| p20371 | w | theKnife | 1671 | I agree. |
| p20371 | w | bumbly | 1561 | line needs to be extended |
| p20371 | w | polgary | 1530 | same as former comments |
| p20373 | b | RedBeetle | 1508 | What's wrong with 2. Bxd5? |
| p20373 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23010 3.4 seconds
I remember it from the past but was not sure so spent some time to check it
For the question what is wrong with 2.Bxd5 then 2.Bxd5 Nxd5 3.Nxd5 Bxg5
In the right line
2.Nxd5 threats 3.Nxb4 and 3.Bxd5 threats 4.Bxc6 so Bxg5 does not help. |
| p20373 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23429 to solve
1.2 seconds |
| p20373 | b | LowScore | 1564 | Good explanation UriBlass. It should also be noted that in the right line 2.Nxd5 an immediate 2...Bxg5 does not help since White can play 3.Nxb4. |
| p20385 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | MAGNUS CARLSEN THEOREM: overworked pieces (Black d7-rook) do -not- defend squares (g7-checking square, 2 Bb2xg7+!) |
| p20385 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 19.8 seconds |
| p20390 | b | waaek | 1120 | I disagree with dwal. The problem requires you to see far enough to make sure you can stop the checks eventually. |
| p20402 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.5 seconds
very hard problem that fortunately easy to memorize and memorization of the problem is probably the reason for the rating that is not very high. |
| p20402 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.2 seconds |
| p20406 | w | Vapor20 | 1358 | Nice. |
| p20413 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | there are 3 safe checks not one lol |
| p20421 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23462 to solve
10.2 seconds
nice sacrifice |
| p20421 | b | drad | 1651 | took me a while, at first I was thinking of deflecting black's queen off the diagonal until I saw that lead nowhere. |
| p20422 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.1 seconds |
| p20422 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 4.2 seconds, sorry Uri :-) |
| p20422 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Why do u guys put the time you solved it in?
|
| p20422 | b | Garryback | 1581 | Uri brought forward the argument that it is not exlicitly forbidden. When everybody does what is not forbidden we will live in chaos. From time to time it is helpful to think on your own before acting in this totally stupid manner. |
| p20427 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Player should have to play more moves in solution. |
| p20427 | w | JSorel | 1664 | I agree with tomohawk |
| p20427 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | I agree with tomo |
| p20427 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | I agree with thawk; solution left in the middle of nowhere |
| p20433 | b | theStig | 1505 | White is worse anyway |
| p20439 | b | palindrome | 1658 | Tricky. I got it right but didnt see Qxc4 as the reason. |
| p20439 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.6 seconds |
| p20439 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.8 seconds
1797.61 new rating record |
| p20440 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | missed Qxg7 and captured the bishop
The point is Qxg7 Rf8 f7+ wins the queen |
| p20443 | w | theKnife | 1671 | idem |
| p20443 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Not as bad as one *. Most people will jump at 2...Qd1+. |
| p20443 | w | AlexeiD | 1600 | awful |
| p20443 | w | mtal61 | 1517 | LaskoVortex.see what you mean.Blinded by the bright lights of mate,its so easy! |
| p20443 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | i like it. it keeps me on my toes. i missed it 2 times on the second move now trying to finish it fast. |
| p20445 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | I think it needs to be clarified that the solution to problem 20445 is made easy to find only after the tactician notices the mating net theme. So the difficulty for the tactician is the pattern recognition within the limited time frame of a CTS problem. So IMO, the dominant reason that problem 20445 is rated as high as nearly 1700 is because it has an uncommon theme. Tacticians are in the habit of looking to find offensive plans instead of defensive plans. |
| p20445 | b | wald | 1565 | again one of those: find the only move which does not instantly loose |
| p20446 | b | barz | 1708 | 1r1k3r/1p1b1p1p/pN2p3/P1p1n1p1/4P3/8/1PPN1PPP/2KR3R b - - 0 1 |
| p20448 | b | Mclintock45 | 1003 | I got it right, why say bad luck |
| p20450 | b | tacticaldeep | 1821 | it is an good problem
|
| p20450 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | yes tacticaldeep |
| p20450 | b | Pinsu | 1601 | I think there are another solution possible. |
| p20465 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Very nice checkmate! |
| p20465 | b | CryptorKid | 1348 | nice |
| p20472 | b | Alseki | 1484 | Pretty neat. |
| p20475 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.3 seconds |
| p20475 | w | barz | 1708 | The idea is to follow with Bxf3. |
| p20481 | w | pkendal | 1520 | nice. |
| p20481 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Almost played ...Rg2+ first... |
| p20481 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | "You've solved problem p20481 in 13.1 seconds. ( Result 0.41 : 0.59 )
Your new rating is 1645.12 (+0.00)." |
| p20485 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 2.1. i memorized this months ago when i put it in a chess problem book i created |
| p20489 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | failed, simple mate |
| p20489 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Mate in 4! |
| p20489 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | .... using both knights and a rook |
| p20497 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | I think that the interesting 3 .... Kd7 variation should have been included in Crafty's analysis. |
| p20497 | b | grom43 | 1654 | After 3 Qc4+ Kd7 4 Rad1+ it's hard to see what Black does? Nice problem. |
| p20502 | w | ChessPlayer56 | 1801 | 4.0 seconds...overrated§? |
| p20504 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | This sets up an exchange of the White queen for the two Black Rooks, leaving White with a material gain from the exchange. |
| p20505 | b | SmokenFlames | 1418 | Clasic |
| p20511 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 26.2 seconds |
| p20511 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.5 seconds |
| p20511 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 2rr2k1/pb1nqpp1/1p2pn1p/8/2BP3B/P2Q1PN1/1P4PP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p20517 | b | themagician | 1543 | 1.2 seconds |
| p20520 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Trapped Q: After N(c3)a4, Q(b2) is lost. |
| p20525 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds
got it in the past |
| p20525 | b | drad | 1651 | the moves following the tactic are interesting too |
| p20525 | b | memo | 1570 | Crafty continuation notwithstanding, most players would win Q for R with 4.Re8+ or 4.Rd6+ |
| p20531 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.9 seconds |
| p20531 | w | Kacparov | 2002 | 6.3 seconds, haven't seen Nxc3 Bc5 |
| p20535 | w | carlos2 | 1591 | what ever we play posituion is lost |
| p20535 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | agree with tomo - good save by Black |
| p20535 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.6 seconds
got it in the past but was not sure |
| p20539 | w | sarciness | 1465 | Maybe this is as highly rated as it is becasue backwards moving bishops are hard to spot? |
| p20541 | b | underated | 1374 | good points.. |
| p20549 | w | Holy | 1098 | Needs to go at least 1-2 more moves. Another unavoidable example of a problem that would be rated much higher, except for the fact that the correct first move is the most obvious check, which many patzers play without thinking. |
| p20554 | w | Holy | 1098 | Good endgame problem. |
| p20554 | w | Holy | 1098 | Even better than I remembered it. Moving the king or pawn toward the queening square guarantees promotion, but you are racing against White's pawns. Moving the king gives White the chance to catch up in the race. Moving the pawn wins the race. If White moves his king to attempt to stop the e-pawn, he has just lost a tempo, which Black can use to move his king. The threat to promote the e-pawn must be created immediately. |
| p20554 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | It's a race between pawns. Good point, Holy. |
| p20554 | w | rudyard | 1364 | Learnt somehing with this one |
| p20558 | b | chris2001 | 1747 | g3 also completly winning -- not good |
| p20558 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23036 to solve
2.5 seconds
got it in the past |
| p20558 | b | john2001plus | 1562 | Yes, I chose g3 also. |
| p20558 | b | sarciness | 1465 | Kh3 is clearly the best choice. |
| p20558 | b | justwar85 | 1473 | can't play G3, king is in check |
| p20558 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | 8/8/4PQ2/6Pk/pp6/2q5/P5PK/8 b - - 0 1 |
| p20558 | b | polgary | 1530 | 1.... Qxf6 would lead to draw- very interesting |
| p20561 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Setting up a nice pin with a rook sacrifice. |
| p20567 | w | redrat | 1596 | nice |
| p20567 | w | mazette | 1350 | Nice sequence. Common mate pattern. |
| p20570 | b | underated | 1374 | and then what. i was looking for the next step. |
| p20571 | b | Coventry | 1613 | wow i must have alzheimer's |
| p20578 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.2 seconds |
| p20578 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.6 seconds |
| p20580 | b | Chessdoom | 1586 | excellent problem |
| p20580 | b | Coventry | 1613 | wow, this is NOT 1452... |
| p20580 | b | mtracey | 1552 | kind of an epaulette mate with pawns |
| p20580 | b | mazette | 1350 | Very pretty |
| p20580 | b | Carbonic | 1527 | Good |
| p20580 | b | neiking | 1591 | beautiful mate |
| p20587 | b | LowScore | 1564 | Straightforward...I like it! |
| p20587 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.2 seconds
1781.71 new record |
| p20587 | b | drad | 1651 | damn, tried to push the pawn |
| p20589 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 49.4 seconds
hesitated between dxe5 and Rxe5
saw dxe5 Rfd8 and decided to play Rxe5 |
| p20589 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r4rk1/pp2ppbp/3p1np1/4P2q/3P4/1PNQ3P/P4PP1/R1B1R1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p20591 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.1 seconds |
| p20606 | w | underated | 1374 | That didn't look logical on the pace of things as I thought a rook pin was coming. I see it is a good manuvre. |
| p20608 | b | pdubs | 1146 | straight-forward skewer |
| p20622 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.3 seconds
too much time checking this move |
| p20622 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.7 seconds this time |
| p20622 | w | neiking | 1591 | easy |
| p20632 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.1 seconds |
| p20633 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 93.5 seconds |
| p20633 | b | memo | 1570 | Many moves win |
| p20637 | w | CapaKhine | 1508 | Shouldn't Rf6 also work in this problem. The solution d2 does not lead to mate immediately although it is winning. But Rf6 wins the queen! |
| p20637 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | tend to agree with CapaKhine; 4.46 pawns and 12.82 pawns will both lead to the same result otb |
| p20637 | w | armeno | 1859 | Rf6 is also winning!
but we need to play the best move, always! |
| p20637 | w | benmgood | 1751 | Obviously Rf6 is crushing |
| p20637 | w | joker | 1499 | dual solution... |
| p20637 | w | JOptionPane | 1744 | both solutions are good enough for an easy win |
| p20637 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed. |
| p20637 | w | Sidorsky | 1502 | yep |
| p20637 | w | theKnife | 1671 | +1 |
| p20637 | w | bubenimyolum | 1920 | not a good problem Rf6 |
| p20637 | w | ngnblcn | 1851 | not a good one 2 solutions |
| p20637 | w | edgy | 1645 | two solutions, utterly terrible problem. What's the use complaining, though? No problem, no matter how flawed, is ever removed. |
| p20637 | w | Jason1083 | 1614 | As noted several times before, Rf6 |
| p20637 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | yes there are two solutions but one of them (d2) is much better than the other. It is mate or promotion that will lead to mate. |
| p20637 | w | drad | 1651 | I agree with most people on this one, the difference between -4.4 and -12.8 is trivial. Both are crushing wins. |
| p20637 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | Why the low rating of 1661.8 for this problem?
This problem should get higher rating because many people play Rf6
Uri |
| p20637 | w | drad | 1651 | played Rf6 again for the 12th time in a row.. I've tried to memorize this puzzle in the past, but my Rf6 instincts are unstoppable it seems. I'll try memorizing it again. |
| p20637 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | Unfair problem. |
| p20637 | w | barz | 1708 | Rf6! |
| p20637 | w | inkwire | 1667 | Agree that 1...d2 is better than 1...Rf6, but both are trivial wins. |
| p20637 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 8/p4Q2/kq2r3/7P/Ppp5/3p4/1P3PP1/2R2K2 w - - 0 1 |
| p20638 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Rook fork from a protected square. |
| p20640 | w | beest | 1630 | Sigh, and again 2 solutions Db8 is exactly the same. |
| p20640 | w | camembert | 1620 | No it isn't. After 1...Qb8+, black has to cover the mate threat Qg7#, so there's no time for him to play ...Rxa6. After 1...Qc7+ this isn't a problem. |
| p20640 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.2 seconds
Qb8+ does not prevent Qg7 mate but I guess that most solvers do not think and guess Qc7 so it get relatively low rating. |
| p20640 | w | tjumen | 1598 | I always think about the difference when there are more than one choice. It cost time though. Maybe I should guess more ) |
| p20640 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 2.8 secs |
| p20640 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | I guess, I don't think :) |
| p20643 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | A discovered attack tactic that is not easy to see. |
| p20645 | w | Kobes | 1005 | In p20645 Black (the tactician) seems dead lost after 1. Bxg6 Ra1+ 2. Kg2 Ra2+ 3. Bf2. If so, the problem is just how to postpone the inevitable, which is unsatisfying. Am I missing something? -- Kobes |
| p20645 | w | clueless | 1482 | I agree with Kobes' observation. No satisfaction. Black is lost and can only postpone the inevitable. |
| p20645 | w | Holy | 1098 | No. Black wins the Q for the R. White's R cannot give checkmate on h8 after that (no protection from Q). White B cannot deliver mate from h7 as Black K escapes to h8 behind the White B. Black avoids checkmate and has large material advantage. |
| p20656 | b | Charzard | 1425 | It might be a little to easy well its really between easy and mediem |
| p20660 | w | Holy | 1098 | Great problem! The check gains a tempo AND protects the R, which would be exposed after taking the N. |
| p20660 | w | chessidiot | 1219 | Agreed. And I want to point out that 2...Ra5 loses to b4 |
| p20662 | b | nerdesin | 1961 | nice |
| p20662 | b | jokim | 2000 | Nice chase |
| p20669 | w | Auge | 1591 | Ein altes Lied: ungedeckte Figur(en) als taktische Schwaeche |
| p20687 | w | nopen | 1760 | Interesting: 1. ... Kh7 is clearly the best move, but 1. ... Kg7 also wins at first sight. White replies 2. Qe5+, when 2. ... Kh6? 3. Qh8+ is of course impossible. But Black could go 2. ... Kh7 (after Qe5+), when 3. Qe7+ Kh6 transposes into the game. So it seems Black wins anyway. Yet White secures a draw by 3. Qc7+! (instead of 3. Qe7+) - from c7, the Queen still watches the f4 square so 3. ... Kh6 is impossible. |
| p20688 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.2 seconds |
| p20689 | b | memo | 1570 | 2. Rxe5 also wins |
| p20701 | w | EngrStudent | 1315 | Nice |
| p20701 | w | Miloslav | 1193 | I would play 2. Bd7 |
| p20701 | w | sleiman | 1406 | @ Miloslav, then what after white's Qb7? |
| p20701 | w | sleiman | 1406 | @ Miloslav, then what after white's Qb7? |
| p20701 | w | macLeay | 1639 | sleiman, think that hangs the queen. if 2...Bd7 3.Qxd6 |
| p20702 | w | Quietus | 1704 | Line should continue |
| p20702 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | I agreed with Quietus |
| p20702 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Absolutely should be extended. Otherwise it is just guessing. |
| p20702 | w | Coventry | 1613 | so retarded |
| p20702 | w | Hiraeth | 1635 | unclear |
| p20702 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | To Tom: "just" guessing... you say that as if we shouldn't be ;). But agreed, solution should be extended |
| p20702 | w | Hellraiser | 1452 | This problem may seem unclear without extention. This is also a problem far over my rating, maybe thats why I would need the extention to fully understand the solution |
| p20710 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r4rk1/1ppbb1pp/2npp1q1/p4P2/2PPn3/PP3N1P/1BQNPPB1/R3K2R b KQ - 0 1 |
| p20712 | w | tpollet | 1651 | J'adore ça |
| p20713 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.0 seconds |
| p20714 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.2 seconds |
| p20721 | w | ajotatxe | 1405 | Nice, but underrated. |
| p20726 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.2 seconds
too much calculated what after Rd3 Rxd3 exd3 |
| p20727 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | nice decoy and fork tactic |
| p20741 | b | Coventry | 1613 | hmm |
| p20741 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | what? |
| p20742 | b | Betheboard | 1293 | squeeze |
| p20746 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.7 seconds |
| p20746 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Only 1 move to be analzyed and its the only move for the queen - why rated so high? |
| p20746 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Well, there is 2 Rc2 to look at first, if you want. |
| p20748 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.5 seconds |
| p20748 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.8 seconds |
| p20758 | b | underated | 1374 | material advantage. |
| p20760 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23022
simple fork Nc6 but Qh4 with the threat Ng6+ was tempting and I did not analyze Qh4 g5 |
| p20760 | b | Vandebent | 1701 | Stupid problem once more. The obvious 2. Qh4 is clearly winning. Please remove problems with double solutions. |
| p20760 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | Vendabant, did you see the difference in evaluations? |
| p20760 | b | LowestRd | 1946 | The answer is better... but Qh4 still wins. Under the time pressure, it is impossible to know if you have the right answer even if you have it, unless we assume there is only one winning move |
| p20760 | b | grom43 | 1654 | I played 2 Qh4 winning, but 2 Nc6 is so clearly superior you ought to see it. Your R attacked, but the counterattack works great. |
| p20763 | w | CryptorKid | 1348 | wow I'm blind |
| p20763 | w | texas | 1392 | Almost as good as 37348. |
| p20763 | w | mathaias | 1434 | was there a point? |
| p20770 | b | Holy | 1098 | Very tough. |
| p20770 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Pin: N(e5) is pinned. F4 attacks N; if N moves, R(e3)xe8(R)+ |
| p20771 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Just guessed correctly. Too many points of contact for an old guy like me. |
| p20773 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.2 seconds |
| p20777 | w | jzhang2000 | 1419 | wheres the tactic???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? |
| p20779 | b | ChessMaster08 | 1308 | remove the defender
|
| p20782 | b | pq4pq4 | 1025 | I dunno. It seemed to me that 3.Qf6 was more promising. Did anybody analyze it???? |
| p20783 | b | Baully | 1328 | Cool problem! If Black doesn't take the rook, then it is mate in 2. |
| p20787 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23305 to solve
9.2 seconds
took me time to see the idea Qf1 with mate threat |
| p20787 | w | tjumen | 1598 | that sneaky queen! 9.2 seconds |
| p20794 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.2 seconds |
| p20795 | b | MrSmith | 1670 | Why not Bxd5 followed by Qc3? |
| p20795 | b | fozzy | 1732 | yeah, what MrSmith said, or even Rxd5 and Qc3+. booo |
| p20795 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Qc3+ Qc6 |
| p20795 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.0 seconds |
| p20795 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.1 seconds |
| p20795 | b | drad | 1651 | saw the correct move, but got scared by black's bishop |
| p20795 | b | drad | 1651 | saw the correct move, but got scared by black's bishop |
| p20795 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 165.0 |
| p20795 | b | television | 1655 | 4,2 |
| p20798 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23485 to solve
4.5 seconds
simple fork |
| p20798 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.7 seconds |
| p20804 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | fork |
| p20804 | b | barz | 1708 | 2r2rk1/pb1q2pp/1p3p2/2nPp3/P1B1P2N/8/4QPPP/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p20810 | w | Razboi | 1671 | I thought instead of Qf6 Qa3 can be played.Why is Qa3 worse than the solution? |
| p20810 | w | Razboi | 1671 | I thought instead of Qf6 Qa3 can be played.Why is Qa3 worse than the solution? |
| p20810 | w | Razboi | 1671 | I thought instead of Qf6 Qa3 can be played.Why is Qa3 worse than the solution? |
| p20810 | w | lshulgin | 1498 | yeah Qa3 seems like a perfectly good solution |
| p20810 | w | benmgood | 1751 | I also ran into the Qa3 vs Qf6 |
| p20810 | w | FabioX | 1547 | double solution |
| p20810 | w | Socrate | 1410 | If Qa3, then Nd3. |
| p20810 | w | miguelcardoso | 1470 | Qa3.... |
| p20810 | w | deusdeusdeus | 1459 | Qf3 instead of Qa3 can't be played |
| p20810 | w | deusdeusdeus | 1459 | Qf3 instead of Qa3 can't be played |
| p20810 | w | deusdeusdeus | 1459 | Qf3 instead of Qa3 can't be played |
| p20814 | b | mangy1723 | 1242 | so hard i had an aneurism |
| p20820 | w | rockym | 1626 | after Qh4, 2. Rxf8+ Kf7, I thought it was safe. But now Ng5 winds the day for white, so the Rd2 line is much better, with a slight plus for black
|
| p20839 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | I guess Rd1+ also wins. |
| p20845 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23101 that I solve
3.3 seconds.
first time that I get it but
relatively easy |
| p20850 | b | chesskingking | 1177 | This is so hard.Can you do easier? |
| p20852 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Qh5
needs Re6 to cut the king |
| p20859 | b | dntoupin | 1459 | Why wouldn't the knight take the queen? |
| p20859 | b | polgary | 1530 | dntoupin- study the position more thoroughly and you have the answer |
| p20859 | b | inkwire | 1667 | judging by the "$18" eval from Crafty, this is another one with two winning continuations. |
| p20859 | b | barz | 1708 | 3r2k1/4pq2/pn4p1/1p6/2pB4/3n4/PP2NPP1/R1Q2K1R b - - 0 1 |
| p20860 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.5 seconds |
| p20863 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 27.5 seconds |
| p20863 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 2r5/pp3Qpk/4p1p1/3pP3/3P2P1/1P1R2B1/q3r2P/2b2R1K w - - 0 1 |
| p20873 | w | memo | 1570 | 1. ... Ne2+ also wins |
| p20879 | b | sevkisen | 1964 | weak for 1953 |
| p20879 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played Qf6 and failed.
The problem is stronger than 1953 so it's rating is now 1970.2
1953 is really weak number for the problem. |
| p20883 | b | barz | 1708 | 2r3k1/ppNr1qbp/3pb3/4pp2/1PP5/P5P1/1B2QPBP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p20884 | w | barz | 1708 | 8/8/B4k2/4pp2/7r/1P1N3r/P2K1R2/8 w - - 0 1 |
| p20887 | b | dktq | 1471 | b4 would work just as well |
| p20887 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | No, 3 b2-b4? does not work.
Black has the defensive resource 3 ... Ba5-d8, moving the defending Black a5-bishop away from the White b4-pawn but to a square (d8) from which it still defends the c7-forking square.
To REMOVE THE GUARD of the Black a5-bishop White must gain control of both the a5- -and- d8-squares, which is exactly what 3 Bg3-c7! does and which 3 b2-b4 fails to do. |
| p20887 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | No, 3 b2-b4? does not work.
Black has the defensive resource 3 ... Ba5-d8, moving the defending Black a5-bishop away from the White b4-pawn but to a square (d8) from which it still defends the c7-forking square.
To REMOVE THE GUARD of the Black a5-bishop White must gain control of both the a5- -and- d8-squares, which is exactly what 3 Bg3-c7! does and which 3 b2-b4 fails to do. |
| p20887 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.4 seconds |
| p20887 | b | grom43 | 1654 | White bishop traps his counterpart. That's neat. |
| p20887 | b | mazette | 1350 | Very nice indeed. |
| p20894 | w | darkyvader | 1378 | you lose your queen in this exchange? |
| p20894 | w | prunes | 1188 | perhaps i'm misinterpreting the analysis below but isn't 1. ... Qxe4 superior? |
| p20894 | w | snakehead | 1475 | R + B + N > Q |
| p20894 | w | Baully | 1328 | pretty neat prob |
| p20904 | b | underated | 1374 | obviously need to find the check. just very little time to do it. |
| p20904 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p20906 | w | grom43 | 1654 | never miss a check, it might be mate... |
| p20906 | w | memo | 1570 | 1. ... Rxb5 also wins |
| p20910 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º rn2kb1r/p4pp1/1p2p3/2pN1q1p/5PN1/6PB/PPPP1K1P/R1B4Q b kq - 0 1 |
| p20915 | w | sarciness | 1465 | Didn't work it all out. Nice, complicated position. |
| p20920 | b | Chessdoom | 1586 | excellent |
| p20920 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | thought only about e3+ and missed the fact that RxR lose the queen |
| p20920 | b | drad | 1651 | tricky first move |
| p20920 | b | drad | 1651 | actually not so tricky hah! just that 90% of puzzles here reward taking a rook whenever possible |
| p20920 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 5rk1/p6p/1p4B1/2Pq2Q1/3pp3/8/PP1K1PRP/8 b - - 0 1 |
| p20927 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | very hard to spot a simple move when youre looking for a brillant tactic, so a move like Kg7 could be found by -1600s and +2100s !!! |
| p20927 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | but somebody like me (my fide rating is 2053) can't find it ! |
| p20927 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | Magiccat,I have lower fide rating but I found it.
I needed more than 20 seconds so clearly lost rating points.
I hope next time to find it faster |
| p20936 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.9 seconds |
| p20936 | w | steinar | 1704 | what is the point of the second move here? |
| p20936 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | bit pointless |
| p20936 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | the point of rhe second move is to make the rating lower because people play it fast. |
| p20937 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | The bishop-rook mate... |
| p20937 | b | sleiman | 1406 | nice... be brave |
| p20937 | b | SmokenFlames | 1418 | I got the problem but din't realize I was in check |
| p20942 | b | edgy | 1645 | Also 2. Nd5 wins easily |
| p20942 | b | camembert | 1620 | 2.Nd5 Qc6 and where's the win? |
| p20947 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | How is Nxf6 wrong stupid? |
| p20947 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 0.8 secs |
| p20947 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Nf6 is right. Just not as right as Qf6. |
| p20948 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.3 seconds |
| p20949 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | solution should include 2...Kd7 3.Qd1+ |
| p20949 | b | Theodor | 1830 | Agree |
| p20956 | w | Rabatt | 1256 | bleah! cheeeeap |
| p20957 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 6.7 secs |
| p20958 | b | maty | 1611 | Líbilo se mi to. |
| p20962 | b | bumpmobile | 1413 | Missed it entirely. Beautiful puzzle! Though, in a puzzle there is no way to know if castling is still legal. |
| p20962 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Gorgeous! I didn't even think castling is an option here! Applause! |
| p20962 | b | 10001xx | 1358 | Actually i think castling is an illegal move here....
The web master should perhaps control it. |
| p20962 | b | mostro | 1358 | castling is an illegal move |
| p20962 | b | JamesBJames | 1657 | I'm pretty sure this is legal. Let's go over the rules for castling (Taken from Wikipedia):
1. The player must never have moved the king. (This can't be verified, but in this case, it's assumed)
2. The player must never have moved the rook involved in castling. (Same as before)
3. There must be no pieces between the king and the rook. (True)
4. The king may not currently be in check. (True)
5. The king cannot pass through squares that are under attack by enemy pieces. (True, and probably the one that's confusing most of you. The rook moves through a2, but the king does not move through an attacked square)
6. As with any move, castling is illegal if it would place the king in check. (True)
7. The king and the rook must be on the same rank.[1] (True)
Since these seven rules hold true, castling is legal.
Good puzzle.
|
| p20962 | b | JamesBJames | 1657 | Eh, it screwed up my spacing, but oh well. |
| p20962 | b | Fromper | 1338 | Oddly, I spotted this one instantly. For a patzer like me, that's weird. :) |
| p20962 | b | gbekker | 1383 | Nice one! PS: Yes, Castling IS legal in this position. International Arbiter Gary Bekker. |
| p20962 | b | martynspeck | 1289 | That's just mean. |
| p20962 | b | Nuart | 1359 | Splendid! |
| p20962 | b | pincopal | 1255 | beautiful problem, also I thought like many others that castling was illegal but in fact it is not. |
| p20962 | b | ajotatxe | 1405 | Castling here may be legal, since the tower (or any other black piece) does not cover any of the squares in the King's path. |
| p20962 | b | charlie49 | 1407 | Very good. A little bit of lateral thinking works wonders |
| p20962 | b | kanon8 | 1243 | you can't do O-O-O
IT's ilegal move
I play the other move.
PLease change the problem |
| p20962 | b | tjumen | 1598 | i see people like to discuss things, so here's my 2 cents. Castling is legal. |
| p20962 | b | LowScore | 1564 | "Whenever you can castle with check, do it." - GM Yasser Seirawan |
| p20962 | b | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | Since it is a problem, we always assume that the king and rook has never moved (in they are on their original squares), so castling is legal in this case. This problem is also quite popular, seen it before somewhere (that isn't cts). |
| p20962 | b | jdmce2002 | 1255 | pffff, most certainly illegal!
glad I missed this one :) |
| p20966 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.6 seconds
not hard
thought to play Qa6+ but saw Qb7 |
| p20966 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.7 seconds |
| p20968 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.5 seconds
remember it from the past |
| p20968 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.3 seconds |
| p20968 | w | barz | 1708 | 1rb1k2r/2qpbppp/p3pn2/2p5/N1PQP3/4B3/PP2BPPP/R4RK1 w k - 0 1 |
| p20970 | w | wald | 1565 | what's this? according to crafty, black is still loosing |
| p20970 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | correct, but a bit silly really |
| p20970 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 18.2 seconds
did not believe that it can be so simple so used my time |
| p20970 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.7 seconds
was not sure that I remember it correctly |
| p20970 | w | tjumen | 1598 | I agree with wald. I was looking for something better than still loosing... bad problem |
| p20972 | w | terjesverje | 1526 | what happens on Qa6? |
| p20972 | w | Magicmunky | 1375 | Qa6 must save the queen??? |
| p20972 | w | slacker00 | 1521 | 1.Qxb7 Rb8 2.Qa6 Nb4 3.Qc4 Nc2+ 4.Kf1 Nxa1 is probably just as bad as losing the queen for a rook in the main line. |
| p20972 | w | merendera | 1428 | 2.Qa6 Nb4 3.Qc4 Be6 and the queen is lost too |
| p20972 | w | drad | 1651 | a slightly tricker line than usual, with a slightly lower rating |
| p20972 | w | ankka | 1302 | 2.Qa6 Nb4 3.Qa5 Nc2+ saves the queen but loses the rook on a1. |
| p20977 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 38.7 seconds |
| p20979 | w | pkendal | 1520 | Cute puzzle but I think it needs to go at least one more move. |
| p20979 | w | LowScore | 1564 | The length is good. Next white move is forced (Kd5) and then the piece that black was trying to win can be captured by Rxf7...that was the plan of Qf5+ so I don't see the need for actually having to play out the capture. |
| p20980 | w | cheetah7 | 1492 | I wouldnt get it.
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| p20980 | w | mburch1974 | 1481 | if you know anything about double checks its not too hard to see. |
| p20980 | w | palindrome | 1658 | one of the only one Iowaplayer has missed. I got it! |
| p20980 | w | Eclectico | 1461 | beautiful, but how the hell can an average player find a queen sack mate like this in enough time to avoid losing rating points? |
| p20980 | w | LowScore | 1564 | The good thing is that the problem is played out to mate, so even though I spent a long time figuring out the first move I could recover the time by playing out the sequence quickly, thus still gaining rating points. |
| p20980 | w | grom43 | 1654 | DOUBLE CHECK is the concept you need to solve this quickly. When king is in double check, he must move. There is no taking the attacking piece or interposing. So calculating is easy. |
| p20983 | w | Holy | 1098 | Forks the knight and d1 (for mate). |
| p20984 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.3 seconds
too much time to see simple check.
thought earlier about Nxf3 that lose against Bxf7 mate |
| p20984 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 10 secs Uri I still beat you !! |
| p20984 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | nice - decoy knight from defence of f3 or decoy king to f2 for knight fork x knight fork! |
| p20986 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | An unbelievable checkmate! |
| p20992 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Wins a knight in the exchange thanks to 2...Nxe2+! |
| p20999 | b | edgy | 1645 | 3.Nxc8+ and 4.Qxa8 also seems very strong |
| p20999 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | yes but less strong |
| p21000 | b | Chessdoom | 1586 | Why don't you do Re8+????? Because after Nxe8 its Qxg7#! |
| p21000 | b | yean23 | 1581 | if Qxg7 then Nxg7 |
| p21000 | b | drad | 1651 | got it wrong again. |
| p21000 | b | richardmorrow | 1451 | After Re8+, Nxe8 isn't forced. Nf8 for example. |
| p21000 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | ya but i think after 1re8 nxe8 would be way better. nf8 might lose for black after ne7+ afterwards. |
| p21000 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | arg. failed it again. :( |
| p21004 | b | limbo696 | 1359 | Not all clear that this position is dominating. |
| p21004 | b | eternalwarrior | 1459 | This problem Sucks!!! Excuse my language. I don't even see how it can be considered a 'chess problem'. Please remove it! |
| p21004 | b | howeworth | 1463 | I think the problem is good, the pawn threatens a fork and could be promoted. If I'm not mistaken, black loses a rook. But I don't undestand crafty's moves after 2.Bxd6 since after 7...Kg7 8.Bf6 would be mate, wouldn't it? |
| p21005 | b | brulla | 1444 | Oh, the power of the knight... |
| p21015 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 83.4 seconds
too short
should continue
2. Nxe6 fxe6 3. Bxe6+ Rf7 and it seems to me 4.Qc4 is winning |
| p21023 | b | HPeter | 1517 | This is a good combination. |
| p21023 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Beauty |
| p21023 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | it took me a while to see it since it's only drawing. i wonder if everyone who voted it 5 stars realized that. |
| p21023 | b | memo | 1570 | Combination depends on blunder from Black |
| p21025 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blunderd by Nxd4 thinking only about Qxd6 Nxe6 missing Rxd6 Nb5 Rxd2 |
| p21027 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played g5 with the idea 2.Qg3 Nh5
missed in this line 3.Qg4 that does not help and also missed the idea of Qxe3 mate
and also did not calculate Nxg5 in reply to g5 |
| p21034 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.6 seconds |
| p21034 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | attack with attacked piece, zwischenzug |
| p21036 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 58.9 seconds
was not sure about it and it seemed dangerous in first thought. |
| p21036 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 63.6 seconds |
| p21036 | b | drad | 1651 | 46 seconds, yeah I hesitated too, in the end it didn't seem very hard. |
| p21036 | b | drad | 1651 | I assume you just kee pushing the queen around until it gets off that dangerous diagonal, might have been nice to have more moves. |
| p21038 | b | barz | 1708 | 2r2r2/1p1n1q1k/p2pR1np/2pP4/2P2P1N/8/PPQ3PP/5RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p21048 | w | levkipos | 1386 | trivial |
| p21048 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | What??! |
| p21048 | w | piggel | 1201 | pure genius... |
| p21060 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r1b2rk1/ppb1qpp1/2p1p2p/n3N3/Q1NP4/P3P1P1/1P3PBP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p21070 | b | Holy | 1098 | Not terribly difficult, but tougher than it looks. Would be higher rated if the correct first move weren't the most obvious. |
| p21077 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | A pinned pawn plus a mating threat. |
| p21077 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Not to mention the fork that wins the queen!!! |
| p21077 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | ...Nf3+ forks K(g1) and Q(d2). Pawn(g2) is pinned by Q(g6). If K moves, ...Nxd2(Q). If Rxf3(N), ...Qxg2#. |
| p21080 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Can't believe this 1810... |
| p21080 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.0 seconds
it is 1821.9 |
| p21080 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 3.0 seconds, very very easy |
| p21080 | b | drochom | 1659 | trivial |
| p21084 | b | palindrome | 1658 | maybe a little high rated for its solution |
| p21084 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 30.5 seconds
not little high because you need to calculate long sequence
I did not see in first iteration that Rxc7 earns material because I calculated
2.Rxc7 Bxd2 3.Nxd2 Nxc7 and missed 4.Bxc7 |
| p21087 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23409 to solve
40.4 seconds
thought too much about the simple capture because did not like to lose material.
|
| p21087 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 30.1 seconds this time
a small improvement |
| p21090 | w | JSorel | 1664 | very very easy |
| p21090 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | Q behind enemy lines, trap |
| p21091 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.8 seconds
fork against both defences
Rf8 Qc3+ is not mentioned in Crafty's analysis. |
| p21091 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.5 seconds |
| p21091 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | full marks to Uri - had me puzzled for about 15 seconds... |
| p21103 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 35.9 seconds
only move to prevent checks
No beauty. |
| p21106 | b | jckuli | 1361 | Can someone tell me why the direct RxQh1 does not work... or is not at least as good? |
| p21106 | b | jckuli | 1361 | Nevermind... I overlooked the recapture with check, duh! |
| p21109 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Bad problem in the sense that according to Rybka both 1.Qa8+ and 1.Qc6+ lead to eventual repetition. |
| p21110 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23367 to solve
6.8 seconds
almost blundered by 2.Kxf2 but in the last second found that 2.Ne7+ is even better |
| p21111 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.4 seconds
took time to see f5 threats g3 |
| p21111 | b | Alseki | 1484 | Very cute. |
| p21115 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r1bqkb1r/2ppnppp/p2P1n2/4N3/p7/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQR1K1 b kq - 0 1 |
| p21130 | b | tjumen | 1598 | missed it
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| p21132 | b | hmpf142000 | 1670 | why not re1 without to many problems!? |
| p21132 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.0 seconds
Re1 does not win a piece because black has Be5 |
| p21135 | b | wald | 1565 | forcing a draw here is nice, but there is something wrong with crafty's evaluation: its main line ends in a repetition, yet it gives +6.71 ... |
| p21135 | b | wald | 1565 | forcing a draw here is nice, but there is something wrong with crafty's evaluation: its main line ends in a repetition, yet it gives +6.71 ... |
| p21135 | b | wald | 1565 | oooops my comment has doubled, but I wish I could delete both of them ... missed entirely that white is left a rook up ...
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| p21135 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Solution to this problem should be lengthened. |
| p21144 | b | rootzero | 1332 | I have yet to see why the other rook cannot go to the same position. |
| p21144 | b | LowScore | 1564 | Well after 3.Rcd1+ it#s possible for Black to play Kc7 and then you don't have a discovered check since you moved your rook away from the c-file! 3.Rfd1+ will win a lot of material, 3.Rcd1+ won't. |
| p21144 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | exposed K |
| p21146 | b | underated | 1374 | I liked that one. simple but effective. |
| p21148 | b | drad | 1651 | damn. I went to do Rxa8 and little alarm bells went off in my head. but I still did it ;) |
| p21148 | b | drad | 1651 | I remembered that it was wrong, but I still couldn't see that the bishop was protecting the knight... gah... so many rating points.. |
| p21148 | b | memo | 1570 | Rxa8+ also wins |
| p21149 | w | underated | 1374 | great tactics... |
| p21151 | b | wald | 1565 | nice and simple! |
| p21151 | b | grom43 | 1654 | I'm not going to post how long it took me to see Pf7 is pinned... |
| p21151 | b | barz | 1708 | r4rk1/1qb2pp1/p1b5/1pP1p1p1/1P2N3/PB3PP1/2Q3K1/3RR3 b - - 0 1 |
| p21156 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.9 seconds |
| p21156 | b | drad | 1651 | so many things look tempting for white.. got remember mate comes first |
| p21157 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.2 seconds |
| p21157 | b | Megiddo | 1578 | The solution to this problem is not clear to me. Why does it make such a difference if one moves the a-rook or the f-rook to b1? Why does black not play Qb4 also after Rab1? |
| p21157 | b | tjumen | 1598 | The goal is to pin black queen against the rook. If white pins with f-rook then a1 rook will be attacked by the black queen. |
| p21157 | b | tjumen | 1598 | for example 2. Rfd1 Qc3 3. Be5 Qa5. and the rook on b3 is protected. |
| p21157 | b | grom43 | 1654 | If 2 Rab1, then 3 Rb6+-. If 2 Rfb1 Qf6 3 Rb6 Qa1+ black gets your rook on a1. For instance. |
| p21158 | w | iwinyoulose | 1858 | This is the opening four knights in the nimzo indian, look at Kramnik vs Anand, Boon 2008 game 10 |
| p21160 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.3 seconds |
| p21160 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed! damn cts making an ass outta me again today! |
| p21169 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | N fork: After 1. N(d6)xf7, if 1...(K moves), 2. N(f7)xd8(R); if 1...R(d7)xf7(N), 2. R(d2)xc8(R)+ [B(g5) is pinned by R(e5)]. |
| p21173 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p21176 | b | LowScore | 1564 | Same position as 50142, but different starting move! Nice. |
| p21190 | w | JSorel | 1664 | 29.0 seconds |
| p21206 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Very nice Q trap |
| p21206 | w | DocB | 1237 | bfajbfab naaah anaghah |
| p21207 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice pin. |
| p21209 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.2 seconds |
| p21209 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.0 seconds |
| p21211 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | trap |
| p21227 | w | Dopamina | 1279 | it s possible to have algebric coordinates...? |
| p21227 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | classical pawn promotion tactic |
| p21229 | w | neiking | 1591 | 2.3 seconds. Nice |
| p21230 | b | barz | 1708 | Qxd3 Qh6 |
| p21234 | w | JSorel | 1664 | nice |
| p21234 | w | tjumen | 1598 | i like |
| p21239 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate: After R(b1)b8+, mate with R and Q follows. |
| p21241 | b | joker | 1499 | Also Qxf6+ should be accepted as a solution |
| p21241 | b | Subrosian | 1658 | No, because you can win more than just a knight with Qxa6. |
| p21241 | b | sjogron | 1537 | 2.Qxf6 is also more than enough to win. My Shredder rates it as second line with a value of +6.9 at 19 ply. 2.Rf3 is the first line with +22.0 ay 13 ply. In reality there is no difference between +6.9 and +22.0. Both evaluations have identical meaning, which is: "black wins". |
| p21242 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | Oooh, a subproblem! 1...Qb6 (my move) 2.Qe8+ Nf8 3.Rh8+ Bxh8 4.Rxh8+ Kxh8 5.Qxf8+ Kh7 6.Ng5 mate. |
| p21245 | w | DocB | 1237 | took 10 minutes on this because it said my right answer was wrong. I'm top board at my club and I think I know when this dumb thing makes mistake
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| p21245 | w | DocB | 1237 | ok so I moved the queen first sorry |
| p21245 | w | memo | 1570 | 1. ... Rxa3 also wins |
| p21253 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Deflect guard: After 1...Rg1+, 2.Kxg1(R), then Qxf3(Q). |
| p21257 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.8 seconds |
| p21259 | w | Holy | 1098 | Threatens (1) a K-R fork with the queen, (2) taking the Q directly if the K moves away, and (3) a pawn fork of the K and Q. |
| p21260 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Deflect guard: ...R(e8)xe1(R)+; Q(d1)xe1(R) allows Q(g3)xd3(R). |
| p21260 | w | Mudfrog | 1302 | nice problem |
| p21264 | w | tjumen | 1598 | that's all there is to it |
| p21264 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | retreating with tempo |
| p21264 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 24.6. i failed this at least the last 2 times. i'm just happy i finally got it. I finally remembered that Nf6 was just a temporary solution but after Bxf6 i still lose a piece. |
| p21267 | b | MPradical | 1411 | nice nice! |
| p21269 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.1 seconds |
| p21272 | b | MarbleSkull | 1426 | What's wrong with Nf7? |
| p21274 | w | wild | 1305 | stumped me... ;( |
| p21281 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | What a tremendous in-between move, ... Rxf3? NxN! and the threat of Nxe6+ regains the rook. |
| p21286 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.1 seconds |
| p21291 | b | waaek | 1120 | man that's the longest variation I think I've ever done at CTS |
| p21291 | b | ankka | 1302 | lol wut :-) |
| p21293 | w | jokim | 2000 | Recognizing bluff |
| p21297 | b | tpollet | 1651 | Une fois la position des deux dames repérée. |
| p21297 | b | tpollet | 1651 | Une fois la position des deux dames repérée. |
| p21297 | b | Elroch | 1453 | hook and ladder tactic |
| p21298 | w | stevelco | 1412 | Good one |
| p21302 | b | Cassette | 1383 | Giving up a rook to come dead-even? |
| p21302 | b | passingpawn | 1280 | not crazy about this problem.... |
| p21307 | w | aodestruction | 1108 | ?? |
| p21307 | w | aodestruction | 1108 | I... still don't understand. |
| p21307 | w | Wolfgang | 1388 | he??? |
| p21307 | w | ajotatxe | 1405 | Black has to avoid Ne7# , and does so by forcing white king to move to column a |
| p21316 | b | 9isprime | 1250 | still seems highly disadvantageous for white |
| p21339 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | little uncovery |
| p21349 | b | cranith | 1823 | Hey, isn't this Kasparov-Topalov... |
| p21349 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | A variant, yes. |
| p21349 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Yes a variation from the 25th move. Watch : http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1011478 |
| p21349 | b | Theodor | 1830 | Nice tribute, yes! |
| p21349 | b | sleiman | 1406 | guys... i'm amazed about your ability to spot positions occurring in real games! How do you do it? |
| p21349 | b | barz | 1708 | @sleiman : you know, just chess addiction... |
| p21361 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | impressive tacts |
| p21361 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.9 seconds |
| p21362 | b | Elroch | 1453 | I like the second move |
| p21362 | b | drad | 1651 | rare |
| p21362 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.3 seconds
line should include Qg6 Ne7+ |
| p21368 | w | underated | 1374 | cool mating sequence evn though I went for the easy rook grab which would have been slwoer and more painful way to go. |
| p21369 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with edgy. Kxe3 is not White's best move, but it is the only one that demonstrates the point of Black's move clearly. |
| p21370 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | damn that shit racked my brain and it's only 1370. i must be high. :( |
| p21378 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.1 seconds |
| p21378 | b | Arkenshaw | 1733 | 1. Qg2 looks strong too... |
| p21378 | b | grom43 | 1654 | @Arky. Er, 1...Qe5 2 Qg2 Nxa7 and then what? |
| p21398 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.1 seconds |
| p21398 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 21.8 |
| p21400 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | the first move seemed positional, not tactical, but whatever. i didn't look that deep into it cause the problem just seemed lame all around and i just can't maintain an interest for something so simple. |
| p21400 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i just noticed that the black player is completely retarded in this one also. |
| p21404 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | gain of tempo (check) wins the queen! |
| p21404 | w | wild | 1305 | joke |
| p21408 | b | underated | 1374 | get out of that one ya dirty Knight. |
| p21408 | b | junelio | 1591 | ya, what he said |
| p21411 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 48.9 seconds |
| p21412 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | failure played Bxh3 that is bad because of NxN+(thought that I have Nxc6 against every indirect check) |
| p21412 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 20.3 seconds |
| p21417 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Again one of these problems where the solution is left in mid-air. And does it really make a difference if Qxd5+ rather thsn Qxg5+? Can't be bothered to analyse it. What I do know is that half the people guess the right check, half the people guess the wrong check. No one actually sees it the whole way through. Look at the variation given by Crafty below: 12 moves, for Pete's sake! GET RID. |
| p21417 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I disagree.
No need to see the whole way through.
You only need to see that after Qxd5+ Kh8 there are no
checks for white to decide that Qxd5+ is not good. |
| p21417 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | 4r1k1/p6p/b7/2ppq1p1/2p5/2P5/PP1QN1PP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p21417 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | yes, one check leads to perpetual and another doesn't |
| p21418 | b | theKnife | 1671 | The "Blackburne mate". |
| p21418 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | forgot about this BBN pattern |
| p21418 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | An example of Blackburne's mate |
| p21419 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.6 seconds
fork 2 bishops and escape with the knight |
| p21419 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.9 seconds |
| p21421 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | tricky removal of the guard problem |
| p21425 | b | hardcorepawn | 1418 | so, don't take the knight and lose the queen? rubbish |
| p21425 | b | Sidorsky | 1502 | I have to agree with hardcorepawn, but I also have to admit that I missed the fact that my queen was en prise. My only consolation is that I must not be alone, insofar as the problem is rated 1413 |
| p21425 | b | Leucky | 1538 | Very easy task. The knight forks king and queen and there is nothing else (e. g. mate) to concider, so Rxe2 is forced. |
| p21443 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.1 seconds
the first moves that I thought about so I am surprised by the 1941.4 rating points |
| p21443 | w | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | I'm surprised about how high the rating is too. |
| p21448 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.0 seconds
nned to see Rxa2 Qxe5 and the fact that white threats Qg7 mate |
| p21450 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | double checks for the win! |
| p21450 | b | Baully | 1328 | neat problem! |
| p21450 | b | Suizo | 1631 | Sf6? |
| p21454 | b | d4d5c4 | 1559 | Die Dame dringt in die geschwächte Königsstellung ein und lässt den König nicht mehr entkommen. |
| p21456 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Nice. First looked like something with Rxf5 and Rxf2 worked, but no. |
| p21456 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | sigh... it did look like it worked. :( |
| p21456 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 37.7 seconds |
| p21462 | w | edgy | 1645 | I can't see what's wrong with 3...Qe2 |
| p21462 | w | camembert | 1620 | 3...Qe2 4.a4! Rxb3 5.Qxd5 |
| p21466 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | Rxa7 goes up a piece. no fair. bullshit dual solution :( |
| p21466 | w | baum | 1329 | poor |
| p21468 | w | amyii | 1354 | Black will win this e nding, ok, but more moves needed |
| p21475 | b | tpollet | 1651 | Beaucoup de pb avec fouchette de caca me posent pb |
| p21475 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played Nf5 too fast and did not see it |
| p21475 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 20.4 |
| p21476 | b | Rozebottel | 1474 | Rather silly since only the last move by black is a blunder. |
| p21476 | b | schttn | 1507 | Yeah, Bxg2?? suckts - Kg8 is better |
| p21476 | b | Schumi | 1523 | After 3...gxf6 is black not a bit better? |
| p21476 | b | drad | 1651 | I can't believe I got such a low rated puzzle wrong. I was so intent to look for a win, I didn't think a slightly losing move would be correct |
| p21476 | b | stoyan | 1167 | Yeah, why wouldn't black play 3. .. gxf6? |
| p21476 | b | utactics | 1215 | I don't like that this relies on a blunder. Might work in blitz play, though. |
| p21477 | w | wald | 1565 | only legal move is the solution, so unless you make a mouse click, you cannot fail to solve this one! |
| p21477 | w | Leucky | 1538 | Its okay. The problem is here to check the facts fast.
Its seems that many players don't solve this kind of problem fast. Otherwise this problem would't have this rating. |
| p21478 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.5 seconds |
| p21480 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Holy shit, there was a queen in there! |
| p21486 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | MAKE A BIGGER THREAT: 2 c7-c8=Q! ignores threatened ... QxR and ... b2-b1=Q by threatening Qc8-h8# |
| p21486 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | wierd positions need row and column labels |
| p21490 | b | underated | 1374 | this gets you thinking a little bit longer than neccesary as it is such as busy looking page. the answer is simple and logical. |
| p21495 | b | underated | 1374 | nice kill. |
| p21495 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p21502 | b | Fromper | 1338 | Basic queen fork that I should have spotted faster. That's why I do these puzzles - to train myself to spot these things quickly. |
| p21512 | b | mastermind2007 | 1359 | I like it, but wouldn't rate it that high. |
| p21512 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 152.7 seconds for me
and believe that it is the first time that I get it.
3.Ba2+ with the idea 4.Bd5 is hard to find |
| p21526 | b | Theodor | 1830 | What's wrong with Re3? |
| p21526 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | The queen could pin the rook, and you wouldn't be able to take the knight. |
| p21529 | b | Lonnie | 1644 | 1.Rh7+ is also effective |
| p21529 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 22.5 seconds
thought too much if 1.Rh7+ is better because did not see the bishop b3
1.Rh7+ is certainly longer line even if it wins. |
| p21529 | b | nune | 1526 | I think a puzzle having a second move of +7.61 (which 1.Rh7+ is according to crafty) is a bit much. |
| p21529 | b | Vandebent | 1701 | You can't use positions with two obvious winning moves. |
| p21529 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | is there something wrong with 1. Rh7? can't see it, but haven't started Fritz... |
| p21529 | b | grom43 | 1654 | I took 1 Rh7+ because it wins, but already in back of my mind thought 1 Qh2 would work. 1 Qh2 is far superior move, so if you are quick... |
| p21529 | b | LowScore | 1564 | While it's true that both 2.Rh7+ and 2.a4 are winning moves, the problem is about the mate in 3 after 2.Qh2! I think it's quite okay to count inferior winning moves as wrong answers for a "mate in three" problem. |
| p21530 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | nice one |
| p21530 | b | kendal | 1531 | Did that feel like tic tac toe to anybody else? |
| p21532 | w | underated | 1374 | bonus points for that one. |
| p21532 | w | Fromper | 1338 | This puzzle should definitely be played out for another couple of moves. |
| p21532 | w | IaGueTe | 1486 | More moves please! |
| p21532 | w | guidovanhout | 1242 | more moves |
| p21534 | w | EngrStudent | 1315 | This is not challenging. There are only 2 or 3 options. |
| p21534 | w | underated | 1374 | I agree, but it is one to demonstrate not for the king to run away when the battle and imbalances can be won. |
| p21534 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Forced |
| p21534 | w | Karpsparov | 1553 | not forced, it trains you to look at the entire board. Learn.
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| p21534 | w | Carbonic | 1527 | dawn invisible bishop..... |
| p21534 | w | mtracey | 1552 | Stupid bishop disguised as a pawn! |
| p21534 | w | musiclife | 1602 | I'm surprised their auto selection found this type of a problem... |
| p21535 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.6 seconds
memorized it |
| p21535 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.3 seconds |
| p21535 | b | floppyear | 1620 | Rf3 is a silent killer. |
| p21540 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.0 seconds |
| p21542 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.1 seconds |
| p21542 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 2 sec |
| p21542 | b | JSorel | 1664 | You've solved problem p21542 in 8.4 seconds. ( Result 0.61 : 0.39 )
Your new rating is 1774.87 (+0.00).
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| p21549 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23353 to solve
9.7 seconds
lack of confidence
I was afraid from Bg3+ after Qh1 and analyzed also other lines. |
| p21549 | b | neiking | 1591 | 8.1 secs. |
| p21555 | w | chessyeti | 1756 | 1.2 seconds |
| p21560 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r2r4/pp3kb1/2p1p1np/8/PPQPP1q1/5PP1/4N3/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1 |
| p21563 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.9 seconds
checked too much because black can make checks |
| p21563 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.2 seconds |
| p21567 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | excellent. |
| p21567 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Agree. His queen is lost, even if she retreats to d1. |
| p21577 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23131 to solve
failure
playing Bb7 too fast thinking that I play later Ra8 and missing the simple Nb6 that wins the queen. |
| p21577 | w | grom43 | 1654 | I missed same thing except just forgot white escapes to Qd4 (after ...Ra8). And rejected ...Nb6 because Bb6 (forgetting it's Qb6+). |
| p21578 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 22.0 seconds |
| p21582 | w | JSorel | 1664 | nice defense! |
| p21588 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | gobsmacked Black! |
| p21588 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | weak K |
| p21588 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 5k2/r4ppQ/1p1b3q/pPn3N1/2B2P2/P7/6PP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p21589 | b | Holy | 1098 | Hard to see the trap--I was surprised it was only 1 move. |
| p21589 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | tricky entrapment |
| p21600 | b | Auge | 1591 | Keine Pointe! |
| p21600 | b | tomtom233 | 1470 | how was this rated so high |
| p21600 | b | LowScore | 1564 | Ich grüße Leucky und schttnsldt! |
| p21600 | b | Leucky | 1538 | Its okay, you have to calculate if you can hold the pawn. PS: Grüße zurück an LowScore! :-) |
| p21611 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | pin |
| p21611 | b | JeremyW | 1597 | until I stop getting only 80% on easy #%@% like this... |
| p21611 | b | JeremyW | 1597 | maybe I should emphasize that I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and still am enjoying myself! |
| p21616 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: After N sacrifice - N(e7)xg6+, hxg6(N) - Q(e4)e7+ forks K(f8), B(d7), and P(f7). Sequence continues ...Kg8; Qxf7+, Kh7; Qxd7(B). |
| p21616 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | For the sacrifice of a knight, White captures two pawns, the bishop that is blocking White's advanced pawn, as well as several tempos by the end of which the White Queen is defending its advanced pawn. |
| p21618 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 28.6 seconds
need to defend the knight. |
| p21618 | b | JSorel | 1664 | 16.3 seconds |
| p21619 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | 2 ... Bf4-e4+! makes White SELF-BLOCK the f3-flight square needed by the White g2-king so that 3 ... Rh8-h2# will be mate. |
| p21619 | w | raylitalo | 1095 | I thought that immediately moving the second rook up was a faster checkmate--did I miss something? |
| p21619 | w | blisscoach | 1329 | ray... king walks to f3
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| p21619 | w | 9isprime | 1250 | wow |
| p21623 | w | darnoc | 1971 | This is a bogus problem; 2..Ra2+ 3.Kxa2 Rxc2+ 4.Ka3 Qc1+ 5.Ka4 Ra2+ 6.Kb3 Qc2# is a mate in 5. The solution Rxc2 is a mate in 7 according to the Craftay. |
| p21625 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | Nf4+ should also work |
| p21625 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | 1...Nf4+ 2.Rxf4 |
| p21627 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Trapped Q: After axb3(B), Q(a5) is lost. |
| p21629 | w | Holy | 1098 | Nice |
| p21637 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | 2.Re8 leaves the Black King with escape options such as 2...h6. |
| p21642 | b | Sidorsky | 1502 | It looks like you're giving up a knight for 2 pawns, but you're really just buying time to execute the rook |
| p21642 | b | sleiman | 1406 | nice, agree with Sidorsky |
| p21646 | w | Subrosian | 1658 | Defending with the queen was kind of tempting for a second. |
| p21646 | w | slacker00 | 1521 | I fell for it. :( |
| p21646 | w | abcdef | 1573 | yes tempting |
| p21646 | w | thingfish | 1345 | run |
| p21646 | w | ramkrish | 1410 | full of checks! |
| p21646 | w | mazette | 1350 | This kind will just die from exhaustion. |
| p21656 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 18.6 seconds
too much time to see Nc6 because thought about Ng6+ and later hesitated if to capture the rook first |
| p21656 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.6 seconds |
| p21659 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Shouldn't be so difficult to avoid a Q fork... |
| p21660 | b | clav | 1495 | Interesting pattern. |
| p21660 | b | drad | 1651 | haha that was annoying, I somehow clicked on the wrong coloured destination square :) |
| p21662 | w | texas | 1392 | Almost not a tactic. |
| p21665 | b | tjumen | 1598 | what's the point of this problem? to find the only King moves? |
| p21665 | b | tjumen | 1598 | I stand corrected, there are options on the third move |
| p21665 | b | Aleric | 1393 | Very unclear... imho white is better off scacraficing his bishop the first move, to get an escape route. |
| p21665 | b | mburch1974 | 1481 | the point is not to get mated LOL |
| p21665 | b | musiclife | 1602 | I'm fine w/ only move problems, as simple boardsight/move triggers need to be practiced.
And B sac on first move loses a piece for nothing. |
| p21665 | b | alighieri | 1341 | it's not forced move. in the last move you must move your king to where it won't be attacked by the knight |
| p21670 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Pure crap. What else would you play? Take on h2 with the knight? Don't be a numpty. GET RID of this cloacal emanation. |
| p21670 | b | benmgood | 1751 | The point is not to choose between Nxh2 and Kh1, it is to choose between Kf1 and Kh1. Kf1 allows black to escape with both bishops, Kh1 does not. |
| p21670 | b | ealster2004 | 1632 | Well Nxh2 is not quite as bad as it looks, although still worse than Kf1 and Kh1 because Nxd5 and some might think that you can get 3 pieces and initiative for queen. |
| p21670 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.1 seconds
should be longer and Bd6 Nxd5 should be included |
| p21670 | b | drad | 1651 | What happens after 2.Kh1 Bxf3 3.Qxf3 Be6? I presume something like 4.Nxd5 Qd8 5.Bb5? Looks threatening but can't see the devestation. |
| p21670 | b | drad | 1651 | sorry that should be 3...Bd6 in my last comment |
| p21670 | b | jyt230 | 1507 | Keeps people honest. |
| p21670 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | White has too strong an initiative after 2.Kh1 Bxf3 3.Qxf3 Bd6 4.Nxd5--for example, 4...Qd8 5.Nxe7 Nxe7 (5...Bxe7 6.Bf4 followed by d5-d6) 6.c4 and 7.c5.
I still don't like the problem--in a real game obvious moves should be double-checked, but here it costs rating points. |
| p21670 | b | grom43 | 1654 | 2 Nxh2 is as bad as it looks (you only get 2 pieces for the queen). 2 Kf1 is OK. 2 Kh1 wins a piece (keeps double on h2 while threat Nd5 waits). Not so simple as to be called pure crap, though. |
| p21670 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | that really sucks that they didn't bother to analyze Nxh2 with crafty. :( I looked at it for a long time and decided it was winning and now I gotta either look again or throw it on chessmaster or just try to memorize the solution or just keep missing it. |
| p21673 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Comical! |
| p21673 | b | DanielD | 1783 | why is this problem rated so low?? |
| p21673 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.5 seconds
I agree with DanielD and the problem should get higher rating |
| p21673 | b | pinguino | 1600 | It´s not so easy! |
| p21673 | b | grom43 | 1654 | excellent |
| p21676 | b | PeterYpma | 1665 | This is not wat I expect by 1638... |
| p21676 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | whaaa??? |
| p21676 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.7 seconds
rating is now 1640.3
I think it could be also 1240.3 without changing
people probably expect something hard at 1640.3 so they think and they do not expect something hard at 1240.3 so they do not think. |
| p21676 | b | drad | 1651 | no there's really only 2 possible things that people would try.. and Qf3 fails to the knight fork which low rated people miss at high speed so it's good |
| p21676 | b | drad | 1651 | sorry make that Qf4
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| p21676 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | I feel like i'm at the wrong site. Problems like these aren't really tactics |
| p21676 | b | ibis | 1460 | What's with these? -- the fourth non-tactic I've hit today. |
| p21677 | w | Auge | 1591 | Best chance, but still a pawn behind on 2.Rd1 |
| p21677 | w | EngrStudent | 1315 | Nice |
| p21677 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | decoy / discovered attack followed with a fork |
| p21679 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.5 seconds |
| p21681 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 138.2 seconds
hesitated a lot because wanted to be correct. |
| p21690 | b | tpollet | 1651 | Pion avance menace mat en deux. Fou prend pion. Cavalier s'en va sur échec et la dame tombe. |
| p21690 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Pawn advance threatens mate in two. So [black] takes pawn. The N moves with check and the lady falls. |
| p21690 | b | barz | 1708 | Played Rb1, which falls on Bxa4! |
| p21690 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 2kr2r1/p1pb4/1p2q3/B1PNpp2/P2Pn2p/1Q2P3/2P3PP/R3K2R b KQ - 0 1 |
| p21695 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Dull. Given that Bf3 or Bc4 also seem to win material this problem seems rather shitty. |
| p21695 | b | Sidorsky | 1502 | Attacking with the bishop fails to R(either)d1 |
| p21695 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.6 seconds
2 quarrel third win
started to hesitate between Bf3 and Bc4 and than saw e4 that is simply better |
| p21695 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 0.8 seconds
memorized my thought about bishop moves before the problem started so searched for better move and when the problem made the move I saw e4 and played it. |
| p21695 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.0 seconds |
| p21706 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 64.3 seconds |
| p21715 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | someone got this wrong??????? |
| p21715 | b | themagician | 1543 | my cat jumped on my lap |
| p21715 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | I found it confusing... |
| p21715 | b | LowScore | 1564 | Got it worng...Ke5 looked safer because my thinking was "Ke3 allows Bxc5+" (illegal move, duh). |
| p21717 | w | tjumen | 1598 | nice and simple |
| p21717 | w | mtracey | 1552 | Playing Nf3+ first allows the white queen to get to d7 where everything is protected. |
| p21720 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.6 seconds |
| p21721 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | no rxg7? |
| p21721 | b | jokim | 2000 | Good |
| p21721 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Rxg4 that is bad because of Qd7
Qxg4 allow Re7 but did not see that it threats the rook |
| p21721 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | Rxg7+ Kxg7 Qg5+ Kh8 Rf7 Re1 with mate but even did not think about it. |
| p21725 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 45.4 seconds
nice fork |
| p21726 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | this is so common trick, I see it all th time, defensive zwischenzug |
| p21729 | w | mangy1723 | 1242 | stupid easy |
| p21732 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by c3 that wins material but does not win |
| p21732 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.5 seconds |
| p21732 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds |
| p21732 | w | Arkenshaw | 1733 | c3 is better than Rc3 |
| p21733 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.1 seconds |
| p21739 | b | armeno | 1859 | And 2. Qc7? |
| p21739 | b | armeno | 1859 | Why not 2. Qc8? |
| p21739 | b | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | Qc8 Qxd3+, Kg2 and Bg6... You need to play Qc7 so you can promote with double check |
| p21740 | b | Holy | 1098 | Good combination of move sequence, removing the guard (of a square), and forking. White seems not to be able to win material because the minor piece is adequately defended. But the queen is not actually able to defend--as shown by 3 Qb7+. |
| p21740 | b | Holy | 1098 | By "combination," I meant combination of themes. But it is also a good combination of moves! |
| p21745 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.2 seconds
hesitated too much about the second move |
| p21749 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23328 to solve
6.4 seconds |
| p21749 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | fork & anihilating passer |
| p21749 | b | kendal | 1531 | I think it's rathery douchy to be saying the time it takes you to solve it in the first place, but to brag about an 1800 puzzle in another puzzle? Super-douchy. What a dick. |
| p21756 | b | underated | 1374 | that was easy. yet I missed it... |
| p21756 | b | SuperSpud | 1398 | same here |
| p21757 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | Great problem. |
| p21757 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | How in the world is this problem rated 2016? |
| p21761 | b | underated | 1374 | cained on points by taking the friggen knight. I see why. |
| p21761 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice mate! |
| p21763 | w | underated | 1374 | nice. nice. nice. |
| p21778 | b | d4d5c4 | 1559 | Einzügiges Matt |
| p21778 | b | ankka | 1302 | Nice one :-) |
| p21783 | b | Gnam | 1453 | maybe this is rated too low 1407, i evaluate it at least 1550.
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| p21783 | b | DocB | 1237 | very complicated for 1398
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| p21783 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | [1] 1...Bf6 attacks White's Queen. [2] If White replies 2.e7, Black can reply with 2...Bxe7, leading to 3.Qxe7, and winning the Black Bishop. Else Black can reply with 2...Bxe5 (capturing the Queen), leading to 3.e7 exd8 = Q, which will also win the Black Bishop. [3] White may opt to move his Queen to safety rather than sacrifice her. However all the squares that the White Queen can potentially move to (excepting the d5, e3 and e2 squares), are directly controlled by Black's forces,. [4] Moreover, 2.Qd5 or 2.Qe2 invites 2...Nf4, forking White's Queen and advanced pawn. This will oblige the White Queen to move again to evade capture, and thenceforth relinquish her support of the e6 advanced pawn. Then after 3...Re8, White's advanced pawn is lost. So 2.Qe3 is the only remaining viable option. [4] However, with 2.Qe3, White does not win a piece, and so the 2.e7 line with the QUEEN SACRIFICE remains the better alternative. |
| p21784 | w | biike | 1777 | genius |
| p21786 | b | Leucky | 1538 | an usual queen fork. |
| p21787 | b | dwnshi | 1559 | wHAt thE HeCK......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| p21790 | b | gabe487 | 1084 | Is this what they call the X-Ray tactic? |
| p21790 | b | snakehead | 1475 | It looks like an x-ray, but it's actually a remove-the-defender. |
| p21790 | b | snakehead | 1475 | See the end of 34412 for an x-ray. |
| p21796 | w | JSorel | 1664 | the other side... |
| p21800 | w | Sparfy | 1253 | awesome |
| p21800 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23240 to solve
3.4 seconds |
| p21801 | b | deacon | 1115 | Nice, I hate it when I don't see that I'm in check. |
| p21801 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Adding a fourth move would make this problem trickier, since only 4.Qg7 would deny Black from drawing the game. |
| p21806 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.4 seconds |
| p21806 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | rank attack |
| p21809 | b | kwanpin | 1752 | Re8+ Qxe8 Qxf6 Kg8 , not mate |
| p21809 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Right, because of the Rb7. |
| p21824 | w | JSorel | 1664 | You've solved problem p21824 in 0.7 seconds. ( Result 1.00 : 0.00 )
Your new rating is 1735.53 (+2.69).
:-)) |
| p21833 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Setting up two mating patterns with one move is a nice opportunity. |
| p21833 | b | inkwire | 1667 | Two winning moves: Bg6 and Bh7 |
| p21834 | b | grom43 | 1654 | 2 Rf1 does nothing except trap the black queen in what looks like a wide open position. |
| p21834 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i wish i could trap queens as often as i get to on the cts. i remember there's 1 cts problem on the right side that's super high rating cause it looks like it's a queen trap and it's actually something else. are all these queen traps just there to make that 1 puzzle harder as a joke? |
| p21838 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 1q2rb1k/3n1p1n/2b1r1pp/p1pNpN2/PpP1P1P1/1P4QP/2B2P2/2BRR1K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p21840 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.7 seconds |
| p21845 | b | barz | 1708 | 8/p7/R7/4p2p/1kPr4/1PN5/P1K4p/6n1 b - - 0 1 |
| p21847 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.0 seconds |
| p21850 | b | DocB | 1237 | yahharrrh oba youbma wil dkiekl |
| p21852 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.9 seconds |
| p21852 | w | drad | 1651 | 59 seconds |
| p21867 | b | underated | 1374 | Is the first blocking move I have done. I think so... |
| p21867 | b | Holy | 1098 | I wonder why this seemed so hard and is ranked so high. |
| p21882 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Zwischenzug! The intermediate move is a check that wins a tempo and a piece. |
| p21888 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.2 seconds
+0.52 points |
| p21890 | b | stefanT | 1521 | Horribly move of the black rook, with the obvious outcome to enter the last rant |
| p21892 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 36.9 seconds |
| p21899 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | nice |
| p21906 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | pretty poor - White is winning after Qxg6+ in so many ways - why do you need to finf Qxc5+ |
| p21922 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | White hiccups after too much Scotch |
| p21932 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | essentially a knight fork |
| p21936 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | N fork: Capturing R(g7) prepares N fork. |
| p21951 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | You take, I take tactic. |
| p21960 | b | edgy | 1645 | 2.Bxe6 fxe6 3.Qxe6+ Qe7 4.Qg6+ looks very strong. |
| p21960 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | the main problem is that white lose both the bishop e6 and the knight c3 for the rook h8 in this line so Bxe6 is not enough. |
| p21960 | b | barz | 1708 | r2qkbnr/1bpn1ppp/p3p3/6N1/PpBPP3/1QN5/1P3PPP/R1B1K2R b KQkq - 0 1 |
| p21963 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | too fast so blundered by Re1 missing the fact that Bg4+ is not mate. |
| p21963 | b | barz | 1708 | 8/pp6/2p2pkp/7B/5P2/5K2/Pr6/7R b - - 0 1 |
| p21971 | w | Kasparovv | 1555 | super |
| p21971 | w | underated | 1374 | this looks dire for black, but the counter is very sweet... |
| p21971 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Missed an excellent one - even though I have seen it more than once.
|
| p21974 | w | e4e5f4 | 1402 | double attack by discovering |
| p21974 | w | YEAH | 1055 | ooops I missed it
|
| p21980 | b | Elroch | 1453 | I missed it - doh |
| p21980 | b | Bijaz | 1300 | This problem is great! The successful fork which captures to become another (albeit weaker) fork is brilliant. |
| p21980 | b | Holy | 1098 | Nice little combination. |
| p21984 | b | barz | 1708 | r2b1rk1/ppp2ppn/8/3NpbP1/8/6Q1/PPP3P1/2K4R b - - 0 1 |
| p21988 | b | bstrat | 1179 | very interesting |
| p21990 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.8 seconds |
| p21996 | b | mathaias | 1434 | Very good problem. I focused on the obvious (hanging rook) and missed the mate! |
| p21996 | b | mathaias | 1434 | second time around and I make the same mistake |
| p22000 | b | underated | 1374 | for the life of me...I couldn't see it...lovely tactic. |
| p22011 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.3 seconds |
| p22017 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.1 seconds |
| p22017 | w | JSorel | 1664 | nice |
| p22019 | b | underated | 1374 | must be a quick thinker. somehow this made sense. |
| p22034 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.9 seconds
wonder why it is almost 1900
believe that it is my first try. |
| p22034 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.7 seconds |
| p22034 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | now understand why it is almost 1900 and it took me more than 20 seconds and did not remember that I got it in the past. |
| p22044 | w | tpollet | 1651 | Prendre la dame est bien sur tentant, le tout est de savoir si les tours opposés doublés sur la colone a ne risque pas de mater. Le fou revient en deux temps grace à un échec de la tour. ouf. |
| p22044 | w | pkendal | 1520 | Very instructive. |
| p22044 | w | macLeay | 1639 | excellent |
| p22044 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | did not see Bh5 after Be2+ so did not play it and I remember after seeing the solution that I got it in the past. |
| p22044 | w | Alseki | 1484 | Excellent |
| p22049 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23173 to solve
5.3 seconds |
| p22063 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.0 seconds
forced moves |
| p22063 | b | drad | 1651 | somehow I got the 2nd move wrong, don't ask :) |
| p22063 | b | mburch1974 | 1481 | dont worry I got the first move wrong LOL |
| p22063 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | The first move isn't forced. Ke2 is legal, at least! |
| p22064 | w | wild | 1305 | dubious play, I like it. Very difficult to see at first, but deferring dxe5 is a great move. |
| p22076 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | WHY not RCD7 and after e7 just play RCE8!!! |
| p22076 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | RCD8 |
| p22076 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 2r2r2/p4pk1/1q2Pnp1/2pp3p/2B4P/1P3P2/P1PQ2P1/R3K2R w KQ - 0 1 |
| p22085 | w | underated | 1374 | so it is 2 rooks v queen end game. my moneys on the queen. |
| p22085 | w | FCBarcelona | 1485 | It's Queen vs. Rook + Bishop after Kxg2 Qg6+ followed by Qxb1 |
| p22108 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | What the fuck is this about anyway????? Just a trick. Everyone sees the fucking queen, just psychology test. |
| p22108 | b | CLance | 2086 | Very tricky |
| p22108 | b | chesschocolate | 1837 | lol sorry but i'd have to agree with floreatdunum; pretty dumb puzzle |
| p22108 | b | jokim | 2000 | h4+ is "tempting" but wrong |
| p22108 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | h4+ and f4+ are both tempting but wrong. The point is the black king is already where it should be. |
| p22108 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Missed 1...Kg5 2 h4+ Kh5 3 Be2+ Re2+! If 2...Kh6 3 Nd8 and if 2...Kf5/g6 3 Bd3+. But completely forgot that Rxe2+ frees black's queen and he wins the game. For me a good problem. |
| p22111 | b | SeanNYR | 1371 | Nf6 right away ruins this. |
| p22114 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate: g3+ attacks K(h2) and exposes g2 to attack by B(c8), forcing K to h1, where Q(f2)f1#. |
| p22121 | b | Markusgoth | 2122 | A bit easy for 1600s. |
| p22127 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | N fork: ...N(e5)f3+ forks K(g1) and R(e1), and exposes N(e4) to attack by B(f5) and R(e8). |
| p22130 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Wow. Someone intervenes their queen, moves their king to the g-file or doesn't even realise it's check? Hard to believe. |
| p22130 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | This crud again |
| p22130 | b | JamesBJames | 1657 | Wow, almost a forced move. |
| p22130 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Wow |
| p22130 | b | Leucky | 1538 | it took a while to look at all options that may or may not parry the check and find out that there is only one playable move. So the problems rating is okay. |
| p22130 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23273 to solve
3.8 seconds
The move is the only logical move but the problem rating is ok because 1515.9 is a low rating. |
| p22130 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | this time 1.7 seconds |
| p22130 | b | drad | 1651 | it's one of those 'chess blindness' puzzles |
| p22130 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | about 33% of the ones i miss are the ones i'm in check and i don't see it. |
| p22130 | b | mathaias | 1434 | A exercise to see how quickly you can find the obvious. |
| p22139 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice mate in 3. |
| p22139 | w | ankka | 1302 | 2 |
| p22141 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Gaining a tempo with a check. |
| p22155 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | N(d4)f5 removes B's defender |
| p22160 | w | underated | 1374 | That was a bit easier than it was rated. |
| p22160 | w | underated | 1374 | have I done this already. what a surprise. |
| p22162 | b | langengro | 1788 | completely unable to see this. too many distractions. |
| p22162 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 5k2/pbnr1P1p/1p1p2P1/2p5/P1PP3P/2P1r1B1/5R1K/5R2 b - - 0 1 |
| p22164 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | needs to continue at least until 2. gxf3 Nd1+ |
| p22164 | w | Tacto | 1554 | Well, it's educational to actually try and solve the rest yourself and figure stuff out. |
| p22164 | w | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | I'm not sure if i'm just dreaming things up, but I remember a problem just like this one, except it had the continuation! |
| p22166 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | decoy followed by discovered attack |
| p22166 | w | sarciness | 1465 | 2.4s |
| p22173 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.1 seconds
I remembered it. |
| p22173 | w | loot | 1486 | 1.0 seconds |
| p22173 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | needs Black to demonstrate Qxa3 |
| p22173 | w | grom43 | 1654 | why need Black to demonstrate Qa3? that check looks so good without gaining a piece? |
| p22183 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Another example of checkmate with just a knight and rook! |
| p22184 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.1 seconds |
| p22184 | w | tjumen | 1598 | I found a draw by repetition by elimination of other moves. it took 19 sec though. |
| p22185 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | Very reminiscent of the ending of the immortal Reti-Alekhine Baden-Baden 1925. |
| p22190 | b | RedMagic | 1728 | This problem really taught me something. |
| p22190 | b | JSorel | 1664 | failed : I chose 3. Qxa7... |
| p22190 | b | plopje | 1678 | I did the same JSorel. surprising move Nd5. |
| p22190 | b | JSorel | 1664 | Again 3. Qxa7 :-(((( |
| p22190 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | nice Nd5 does it two ways... |
| p22190 | b | JSorel | 1664 | got it now!! |
| p22200 | b | theKnife | 1671 | I often miss this one... |
| p22200 | b | DrHouse | 1525 | nice problem |
| p22200 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | counterattack + N capture with tempo(defence) |
| p22203 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 4nrk1/1q1N1p2/pN4pp/8/4n3/8/4QPPP/1R4K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p22210 | w | ngnblcn | 1851 | weak for 2110 |
| p22210 | w | bubenimyolum | 1920 | overrated 2130 |
| p22210 | w | ngnblcn | 1851 | Nh3 Ke3 Ng1 Kf2 h1Q Rg1+ nice. Nh5 is better then |
| p22210 | w | Improchess | 2054 | 1...Nh3 2.Ke2,Ng1 3.Kf2! |
| p22210 | w | Gepard | 1882 | It's not week you have many choice... |
| p22213 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.6 seconds
seems too simple for 1945.4
only fork |
| p22213 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played Qc2 and missed the fork so probably it is not too simple for 1945.9 |
| p22225 | b | cynchuah | 877 | nop!!!! |
| p22226 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | recapture |
| p22226 | b | Svenja | 1588 | Sucks |
| p22226 | b | Alseki | 1484 | 1531? |
| p22226 | b | giovmendoza | 1350 | lame |
| p22226 | b | gargletheape1 | 1330 | what's the puzzle? I saw the rating and kept looking for a trick. It's just a stupid capture |
| p22226 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | play the position notthe rating |
| p22226 | b | judochop | 1369 | ridiculous but it took me awhile to realize i had a pawn attacking his knight. |
| p22227 | w | JSorel | 1664 | the only way to avoid Rc7+... |
| p22227 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | sooo hard |
| p22250 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | clearing square for the queen |
| p22250 | w | element | 1423 | Remove the defender- Wins a whole 9 point piece. |
| p22255 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 37.5 seconds |
| p22256 | b | macLeay | 1639 | nice; continuation should run to mate |
| p22256 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | agree with mac |
| p22258 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | A quitnessential chess problem. |
| p22258 | w | Elroch | 1453 | I fear that a few people spot the check without seeing the justification on move 3 (me included) |
| p22258 | w | herma48852 | 1247 | I missed the attraction of the king into the absolute pin .. very nice! |
| p22258 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | i got this only cause i thought the first move would lead to something i didn't see yet. i didn't even see the pin at the end. :) |
| p22259 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | tried Qxh6+
f4 is nice to get open file |
| p22264 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | This problem is so unique (because it is long) that if you don't recognize, from the very beginning when Black plays 1...Rd8, that you saw this problem in the past, you are sure to recognize this problem when you see the entire solution. |
| p22264 | b | Chessdoom | 1586 | wow that was a hard 1, but 1 had it correct,it's a problem that will be with you all the time, and you'lle reconize it when you'lle do it again! |
| p22264 | b | Prufrock | 1509 | Technically excellent. Underrated because of its length and, as a result, had to see many tricks |
| p22264 | b | wald | 1565 | I think this problem is too long. The point is that white's 5th move is not unique (I think Rd6+ is winning too, according to crafty, even Bg8? wins). So I think it should be shortened by one move. |
| p22264 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Too long but ok |
| p22264 | b | Wolfgang | 1388 | nice to play but underrated, I think |
| p22264 | b | loot | 1486 | take off the last move, then it gets 5 stars |
| p22264 | b | grom43 | 1654 | 6 Re8 +- is the best move. Very nice problem. You must see 4 e7+ to play 2 Qd8+ and it helps to also see 5 Bd5+ (point being: you win the rook e8). |
| p22269 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 91.8 seconds
simple escape but thought too much about sacrifices.
nice to have another trophy that is second best based on rating |
| p22269 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 27.9 seconds |
| p22269 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.7 seconds |
| p22270 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.4 seconds
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| p22270 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.0 seconds |
| p22270 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.9 seconds |
| p22274 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | difficult queen entrapment! |
| p22300 | w | underated | 1374 | I had that right and fumbled on my keypad. very frustrating. |
| p22305 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23010 to solve
11.4 seconds
saw it immediatly but
too slow after previous failures(3 out of the last 10)
and I thought if to trade rooks first. |
| p22305 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23253 to solve
1.4 seconds
was sure this time about my memory. |
| p22305 | b | sleiman | 1406 | black 1...fxe5 ??? |
| p22305 | b | memo | 1570 | Bxg7 also wins |
| p22313 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | I agree with edgy |
| p22313 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.5 seconds |
| p22313 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.9 seconds |
| p22313 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Add the line 1 Qxh6 Qxg4 2 Bg5 Rf7 3 Qg6+ Kh8. The move 2...Rf7 is forced, but 3...Kh8 is nice to save the queen. |
| p22314 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.2 seconds |
| p22314 | b | barz | 1708 | 8/8/2P5/7p/p4RbP/P2rp3/1k6/4BK2 b - - 0 1 |
| p22317 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23359 to solve
5.8 seconds
verified that the knight a2 is really trapped by Qd2 so spent some time. |
| p22317 | b | Carbonic | 1527 | It's like the well known bishop vs knight trap, except that the queen attacks the knight. |
| p22323 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.0 seconds |
| p22323 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.7 seconds |
| p22335 | w | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | What's wrong with Nd8?
|
| p22335 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | I think 2.Rb6 wins in that case, since if 2...Rxb6 3.Bxb6 leaves two Black pieces hanging. |
| p22336 | b | milos62 | 1916 | Nf6 wins as well. I am tired
of these dual solutions |
| p22336 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | milos62 is right. I take back two of my four stars. ;-) |
| p22336 | b | grom43 | 1654 | If we mean: 2. Nf6+ Kh8 3. Be5 Qxe5 (below), why 3...Qxe5? (3..Bd6!?). That line is too complex even if it wins also for black. But the overworked Ne8 is nice to spot (and it's all forced). milos is probably right, but my point is that a complex line which isn't as good as the forced win doesn't qualify as a dual solution as much. |
| p22338 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds |
| p22338 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.0 seconds |
| p22338 | w | Garryback | 1581 | UriBlass - instead of giving permanently your timing
( what do you want to express by that ???) it would be far more instructive to get some variations and comments from your side.
Garryback |
| p22346 | w | tpollet | 1651 | L'idée du sacrifice, mis à part la mise à nu du roi, est aussi de faire jouer toutes les pièces. |
| p22346 | w | Chessdoom | 1586 | great one, i don't understand what the francheman says :-) |
| p22346 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | nice effect...very pleasing the way the pieces join the fight. |
| p22346 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.2 seconds |
| p22346 | w | grom43 | 1654 | The idea of the sacrifice, in addition to denuding the king, is also to play all the pieces. |
| p22346 | w | LowScore | 1564 | Die Idee hinter dem Opfer ist neben der Freilegung des Königs auch das Mitspielen sämtlicher Figuren. |
| p22348 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | zwischenzug |
| p22353 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 25.7 seconds more moves are needed |
| p22353 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | Black queen is trapped--only move is Qd5, which allows Ne7+ |
| p22354 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played a6 that may be also winning and I will analyze it later. |
| p22354 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | a6 is not good enough
black reply Qf4 and white cannot promote the pawn because of perpetual check threat so the problem is ok. |
| p22354 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 45.7 seconds |
| p22354 | b | milos62 | 1916 | UriBlass, look at Crafty's
analysis below. 2.a6 is also
very good (but Rh3 wins at once) |
| p22354 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | milos62
I do not need to look at Crafty's analysis
There are better engines than Crafty
Rybka3 suggests after
2.a6 the move 2...Qf4 with score of only +0.99 for white
at depth 14.
It means that 2.a5 is clearly not a winning move
It is not a perpetual check but 2...Qf4 threats perpetual check so white cannot play 3.a7 to win. |
| p22364 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.1 seconds |
| p22364 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 13.1 |
| p22365 | b | john2001plus | 1562 | For some reason hard for me to see. Problem is that I was focussed on the opponent's king. |
| p22365 | b | bumbly | 1561 | not 1635 problem at all |
| p22365 | b | dwnshi | 1559 | HELLO THAT WAS EASY> |
| p22368 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 18.5 seconds |
| p22373 | w | KlausE | 1204 | This is one of the problems where the rating of the problem is the biggest problem. Would it have a rating below 1200 I'd capture the queen before even starting to think. But as it goes with a 1450 rating you start thinking that there should be some elaborate move and so wasting your time :-( |
| p22373 | w | QuickFire | 1582 | Play the board not the rating -- I waste time in real games too. |
| p22375 | w | pinkerton | 1434 | Overrated. Please revise. |
| p22375 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Missed it... its a nice one. |
| p22375 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | I do not see why people say overrated about sacrifices
non sacrifices are more easy to find and the natural moves to think about are moves like Nh4 |
| p22375 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | thinking about it again it is easy to see that Nh4 lose to Qxd4+ so after seeing that black has no good move it is probably not hard to solve it but I missed Qxd4+
when I tried to give a fast solution. |
| p22375 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.7 seconds |
| p22375 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | New rating record: 1769 |
| p22375 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 2.9 secs and yes it is overrated and sacrifices are easier to see than non sacrifices |
| p22375 | w | drad | 1651 | the reason it's high rated is because Qh4 also looks like a kickass move (and is slightly winning). That's where I went wrong |
| p22375 | w | grom43 | 1654 | But, but, it's mate. Not a mate in four, either. Not even three unless you count interposing uselessly. |
| p22379 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 316.0 seconds |
| p22379 | w | nm32 | 1653 | Very easy. Is this really 1900? |
| p22381 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | This problem has a high rating for a mate-in-one. Don't you think? |
| p22381 | b | wald | 1565 | a mate in one! I wonder why this is so hard to see that its rating is >1500 |
| p22381 | b | Chessdoom | 1586 | I think its excellentXD |
| p22381 | b | Leucky | 1538 | omfg, missed it. |
| p22381 | b | Leucky | 1538 | now i got it right in 9 secounds! :-) |
| p22381 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | There are mate in 1 with higher rating |
| p22381 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Should be easier than it is |
| p22381 | b | Elroch | 1453 | But any mating net deserves stars! |
| p22381 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate: Ne8 mates trapped K(f6). |
| p22381 | b | themagician | 1543 | You've solved problem p22381 in 2.9 seconds. ( Result 1.00 : 0.00 )
Your new rating is 1688.32 (+6.38) |
| p22381 | b | tdemedts | 1728 | unbelievable, i missed this! :-s |
| p22381 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | first checkmates lol |
| p22381 | b | marcotheknight | 1532 | tricky |
| p22385 | b | eragon21 | 1754 | what the heck, this cannot possibly be 1700 |
| p22385 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | easy but missed the possibility Nxc3 and failed in this one by playing Qxc3. |
| p22385 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 45.2 seconds |
| p22385 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | 1735??? |
| p22397 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Nice drawing combo. I am bemused by Crafty's assessment - white should clearly move the R back and forth from b1 to d1 which is, of course, equal. |
| p22399 | b | stoyan | 1167 | nice trap |
| p22401 | w | theKnife | 1671 | Nice. |
| p22401 | w | pablobento | 1546 | it's easy ng6+
i'm solved in 5.23 seg
|
| p22401 | w | deusdeusdeus | 1459 | very cool |
| p22401 | w | deusdeusdeus | 1459 | very cool |
| p22402 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Now this is tactics...! |
| p22402 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | nice |
| p22402 | w | atel2000 | 1586 | Very nice problem |
| p22402 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | nice - should have been obvious but it took me ages! |
| p22402 | w | JSorel | 1664 | took me ages too... |
| p22404 | w | eragon21 | 1754 | easy |
| p22417 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | failed.
did not try to attack the indirect attacker and played 1.Nf7+ |
| p22425 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Surprisingly difficult to find the second move |
| p22425 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Seems all forced, not a "problem" so much. |
| p22428 | b | underated | 1374 | get it right but 14 seconds to think about...come on. I stil lost points |
| p22432 | w | Elroch | 1453 | Nice mid-board net |
| p22432 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate with B, R, N, and P. |
| p22432 | w | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | That's the second sneaky checkmate I've had in a row! |
| p22434 | b | Boriskudelin | 1754 | кто-то еще комментирует задачи? |
| p22434 | b | Boriskudelin | 1754 | кто-то еще комментирует задачи? |
| p22443 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 8.8. i always liked this problem. :) |
| p22447 | w | Chessdoom | 1586 | a realygood 1, played it also in a real match ;-) |
| p22447 | w | Fromper | 1338 | I kind of disagree with this one. Why does it matter what move black uses to get out of check? White should notice that he's about to be mated and avoid it, so this isn't a forced sequence. |
| p22447 | w | wald | 1565 | I disagree with Fromper. It does matter that the move is forcing. For instance after 1...Kf8 2 e3 White is still alive, but not after 1...Qxc7 2 e3. |
| p22447 | w | mbingham | 1437 | It seems wald has missed the point. Fromper was indicating that WHITE didn't have to do dxc7, and that, therefore, it wasn't a forcing sequence. Of course, that doesn't make it a bad tactical exercise by any means. |
| p22447 | w | wald | 1565 | rubbish, mbingham! Qxc7 is the ONLY winning move, it therefore is very forcing. Albeit it doesn't force a mate, it forces the win! |
| p22447 | w | jirka | 1360 | very nice |
| p22447 | w | underated | 1374 | great puzzle and excellent comments from all. |
| p22447 | w | NK123 | 1263 | i agree with wald |
| p22447 | w | grom43 | 1654 | wald got it right. The easy way to understand 1...Qxc7 is: you GO UP A PIECE. :-) You're also going to win the d-pawn. I mated my grandfather like this once, the last time he played me in fact. He gave me a book by Capa and that mate was in it. Who could know a chess problem on CTS would bring back 40 year old memories? |
| p22448 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.0 seconds |
| p22448 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.3 seconds |
| p22467 | w | underated | 1374 | lovely sequence. |
| p22467 | w | Holy | 1098 | Very difficult for the rating. |
| p22467 | w | detroitman | 1469 | easy |
| p22468 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.1 seconds
not hard fork but hesitated if to play it.
earned rating inspite of it. |
| p22468 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 19.8 seconds |
| p22468 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.2 seconds |
| p22473 | w | Schumi | 1523 | Wow. How is this rated 1526? Avoiding a mate in one. |
| p22473 | w | grom43 | 1654 | Wow. |
| p22473 | w | Leucky | 1538 | I assume that some people just defend against one of the two checks. |
| p22473 | w | barz | 1708 | r1b1k2r/pp3ppp/2p5/q7/1b1pNP2/8/PPPBQ1PP/R3K2R w KQkq - 0 1 |
| p22486 | w | spacecowboy | 1394 | I know 1...Qh4 forces mate in three more moves. But what about 1...g2+ 2.Kxg2 Qg5+ 3.Kh1 Nf4 4.Rf2 Bxf2 5.u Qg2#; this forces mate almost as quickly as the solution, 1...Qh4 does. This problem is a dual. I hate duals. Throw this problem out. |
| p22486 | w | JamesBJames | 1657 | Not quite, spacecowboy. g2+ is actually good for white!
.
1. g2? Kxg2
2. Qg5+ Kh1
3. Nf4 Ne3!
and the mating attack is stopped.
.
If Bxe3 afterwards, white has Rg1! (if bishop takes, rook takes and starts his own mating attack.)
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| p22486 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 2r2rk1/1pp2pp1/p2B1qn1/3Pp3/P2bP3/1Q3Pp1/1P2B2P/2RN1R1K w - - 0 1 |
| p22487 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Crap. Promote the pawn. What's the tactic? |
| p22487 | b | e4e5f4 | 1402 | I haven´t seen any other possibility |
| p22487 | b | tjumen | 1598 | profound... |
| p22487 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | deep |
| p22492 | b | alarming | 1173 | very nice problem :) |
| p22492 | b | justwar85 | 1473 | if he just captures back normally he keeps the advantage? |
| p22492 | b | ibis | 1460 | Depends on blunder. |
| p22495 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate: 2.Bxc5(B), Rxc5(B) deflects the guard (R), allowing 3.Rd8+ and then mate. |
| p22496 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.2 seconds |
| p22496 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | You've solved problem p22496 in 26.9 seconds. ( Result 0.13 : 0.87 )
Your new rating is 1733.64 (-2.81).
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| p22496 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | 2nd time failed |
| p22496 | w | television | 1655 | 6 seconds Uri ;) |
| p22497 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Decoy that enables a fork. Very nice. |
| p22499 | w | LaskoVortex | 1327 | Much more difficult than the rating suggests. |
| p22500 | w | rafael6478 | 1517 | This problem seems to be from a Ruy Lopez Marshall Attack |
| p22500 | w | polgary | 1530 | Ehlvest-Geller 1987 , but without 19.Nf2?? |
| p22508 | b | DocB | 1237 | your the reason joy sinned/your the reason joy sinned |
| p22508 | b | DocB | 1237 | YOU'RE THE REASON JOY SINNED/YOU'RE THE REASON JOY SINNED |
| p22510 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | Overrated |
| p22510 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | Overrated |
| p22510 | b | grom43 | 1654 | nice problem, to give the Nf6 deflecting the Rh6 all the time Black has queen en prise). |
| p22510 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i freaked out and took the queen. fear's a bitch! |
| p22512 | b | Elroch | 1453 | Threaten mate, discovered threat on R. Why wasn't this easy? |
| p22512 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.4 seconds
double threat mate and Rxd8
took time to see Rxd8 |
| p22521 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Oh, that mighty pawn! |
| p22523 | b | hardcorepawn | 1418 | what is the point here? |
| p22535 | w | grom43 | 1654 | nice problem! |
| p22535 | w | dktransform | 1479 | essence of it is simply seeing corralling of Wht K via d4 |
| p22535 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 1.4 still have it memorized from months ago. |
| p22537 | b | nune | 1526 | I can see a simple capture being a good problem if there's other tempting options, but here where even the recapture results in a losing position? I don't get it. |
| p22537 | b | mbingham | 1437 | Another pathetic waste of space. Really, you guys should specify who submits these problems, because *one* of the guys who does is recently post-op lobotomy and should be restricted until after his therapy is completed. |
| p22537 | b | macLeay | 1639 | Crazy. This is a losing position, almost resignable |
| p22537 | b | kendal | 1531 | What is wrong with you people? This site is free! You can choose to play here or not. Learn a little appreciation.
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| p22537 | b | polgary | 1530 | no star - |
| p22537 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | Look... I'm also annoyed that I spent too long looking for something which wasn't there before simply playing pawn takes rook. But the fault is in me, not the problem. So 2 stars for ARGHHH! factor. |
| p22541 | b | underated | 1374 | excellent sequence. A real surprise. |
| p22541 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | A relatively common mate, useful to know. |
| p22548 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23176 to solve
5.9 seconds
relatively easy |
| p22548 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.2 seocnds |
| p22548 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 3k4/3P4/p1pKP3/2P5/3R4/6pp/P3r3/8 w - - 0 1 |
| p22558 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | Should've known those stacked pawns were serving a purpose. |
| p22559 | w | spinningrooks | 1128 | A mate that isn't so clear at first. |
| p22568 | b | ankka | 1302 | Pretty nice! :-) |
| p22570 | b | Prufrock | 1509 | Very good! A lot of good ideas in there |
| p22570 | b | iwinyoulose | 1858 | FU Nc7 also wins |
| p22570 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | It's an OK problem. Nc7+ isn't the easiest win -- especially compared to the 3.Bxc6+ line. |
| p22570 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | With the help of Knight, on the message board, I no longer think that 2.Nc7+ is winning.
I played 2.Nc7+ because I didn't see the removal of the guard in the 2.b3 variation. I only thought the position might be winning when I looked at the analysis at the end of the problem, which states: ({10:+1.99} 2. Nc7+ Ke7 3. Nxa8 Bd7 4. Nc7 Rc8 5. Nb5 Qxc4 6. Na3 Qc5 7. O-O $18) Implying that white can save the knight which takes the rook. But I don't see how. After ...Kd8 there is no way back from the corner. I've tried to find the solution with Fritz.
1.Nc7+ Kd8 2.b3 Qb4 3.Nxa8 Qxd2+ 4.Kxd2 e5 (Fritz assessment still +1, white winning) 5.Rad1 Be6 Fritz assessment of the position drops to equal, then a little lower.
Computers do that kind of thing, sometimes. |
| p22570 | b | theKnife | 1671 | p32538 is exactly the same ! |
| p22570 | b | kwanpin | 1752 | very nice puzzle !!!! |
| p22570 | b | blackk | 1535 | You can equally win the queen with 2.Bxc6 , this problem has really two solutions. |
| p22570 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Good catch, theKnife. |
| p22578 | b | ankka | 1302 | A great endgame problem! |
| p22578 | b | lancer2000 | 1410 | Not buying the analysis. |
| p22591 | b | limbo696 | 1359 | While Nxe6 is the best move for white, it is still not winning in this position. Crafty's analysis is off too and would be different if given more time to analyze the position. Fritz 8 rates the position at -2.22 after black moves Bxc5. |
| p22591 | b | Quietus | 1704 | This should not be 1500 problem... should be much higher. |
| p22591 | b | LaskoVortex | 1327 | White is beat up and has no way to stop the pawn storm AND the heavy artillery on the open c file. Best is to play for a draw, which is what he can do after the N sacrifice. The take is forced as after the exchage with the rook, white gains 3pts in material. Once the white Q and black K are in a duel, white can force the draw, which is what crafty is getting at here. |
| p22591 | b | levkipos | 1386 | forcing a draw is also important sometimes |
| p22591 | b | jsobo | 1427 | agree this should be higher... or my rating should be lower... I still have a hard time seeing it... even after looking at the solution... |
| p22591 | b | ajotatxe | 1405 | What?? This is not tactics, but strategy. |
| p22592 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.3 seconds |
| p22592 | w | JSorel | 1664 | missed |
| p22593 | w | misterchew | 1012 | how many people are on here because their dad made them?? |
| p22593 | w | LowScore | 1564 | maybe 0.1% (about 30 people) |
| p22594 | b | antielectron | 1223 | A nice opening problem |
| p22598 | b | Holy | 1098 | Show the next move. |
| p22599 | w | tjumen | 1598 | probably wouldn't find this move during a rapid game |
| p22603 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Argh...! |
| p22603 | b | sleiman | 1406 | I'm hitting myself! |
| p22603 | b | sejo1 | 1600 | mate in 1 |
| p22613 | b | wcahleter | 1332 | I Think solucion is 2.Qh1 too, next mate, and Crafy only show 2.f3 |
| p22622 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23050 to solve
6.4 seconds and still lost rating.
took me time to see that Qb4+ threats h4 |
| p22622 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | fork |
| p22625 | b | jimmy | 1529 | i m the best |
| p22625 | b | dfan | 1616 | That's not a problem. |
| p22625 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | Judging by the comment that dfan made, he didn't understand something when he made that comment. Those who don't understand should go to the message board and read the posts by JoeLag and SveJoe on August 24, 2005. |
| p22625 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Rank piss. |
| p22625 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | Again. Why has this ordure not been swept away? |
| p22625 | b | priamos | 1472 | Ranking schould be 500! |
| p22625 | b | priamos | 1472 | Ranking = Rating! It's not a problem. The high rating makes it to a problem, because you think there must be a deep kombination. |
| p22625 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | I don't really care what comments JoeLag and SveJoe made, there's no point in having a problem with a response this obvious. |
| p22625 | b | texas | 1392 | gxf3 was so obvious I thought it must be Bxf6 and got it wrong. |
| p22625 | b | soberjudge | 1531 | 1638?? This problem is the equivalent to a speed bump, doing nothing but penalizing quickness |
| p22625 | b | Svenja | 1588 | Rubberbullshit and a waste of time |
| p22625 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | It penalizes people who have gotten into the very bad habit of playing the first forcing move they see without thinking about it first. Good problem. |
| p22625 | b | Vandebent | 1701 | Please get rid of it. |
| p22625 | b | Svenja | 1588 | Rubberbullshit |
| p22625 | b | kendal | 1531 | Can I point out that the rating is based on people's responses, and that thus people have found this to be relatively difficult?
|
| p22625 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | correct but pointless |
| p22625 | b | Leucky | 1538 | I love this kind of problem! I also looked at some tactical possibilities with Bxf6 or Nd5, but nothing worked. So the task is to find out that there is no tactic. CTS is not about finding a winning combination everywhere. And the rating is given by all users who try this problem. So i lost some points because i thougt long and helped the problem to hold a high rating. |
| p22625 | b | LowScore | 1564 | Hello Leucky! :-) |
| p22625 | b | JohnSmith | 1502 | Bullshit. I hate these kind of "problems". What is it good for? Maybe this site should be called "Chess Non-Tactics Server", then this problem may be appropriate. |
| p22626 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.6 seconds
memorized it from the past |
| p22626 | w | Garryback | 1581 | it is not necessary to give this hint as even Kasparov wouldn´t solve it within 2 seconds |
| p22626 | w | mburch1974 | 1481 | I didn't see anything except the direct nf6 |
| p22626 | w | memo | 1570 | Many moves also win |
| p22637 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | It is perplexingly not that easy to see at once that after the second check, there are only two legal moves available! |
| p22639 | b | Tama | 1730 | WTF |
| p22639 | b | stilke | 1432 | forking king and rook, on K moves threatening Qxa8 Qxa8, Kxa8 |
| p22642 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.4 seconds
played Nc4 to prevent Qe5 but was not sure that it is better than other moves and only now I see that it wins the queen. |
| p22646 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23303 to solve
10.8 seconds
first thought about Nb7 that does not work because of Rxc7
trapping the queen is the right move |
| p22647 | w | sleiman | 1406 | nice |
| p22661 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | Sorry, people, It's my fault this problem is rated so high. I didn't see I was in check!!! Time to wake up! |
| p22674 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.2 seconds
saw it earlier but checked it |
| p22674 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.4 seconds |
| p22685 | b | phunklemon | 1278 | Why can't you take the bishop with the rook first? |
| p22685 | b | phunklemon | 1278 | Ah, nevermind. Ignore that last post |
| p22688 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | White wins the knight! What an interesting type of pin! |
| p22696 | b | pollock | 1811 | nice little puzzle, simple straight lines vs opponents queen and king |
| p22696 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23080
8.1 seconds that was enough to earn rating and again I am above 1750.
initially I thought about
Rh1 Qg5 Rf5 and it took me time to find Rg4
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| p22696 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.1 seconds |
| p22700 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 30.4 seconds
only escape for the queen |
| p22700 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 34.8 seconds
does not like to defend and this is the reason for part of the time |
| p22701 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.3 seconds |
| p22703 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | In the solution to this problem, White salvages half a point. White doesn't have anything better. |
| p22703 | b | RedBeetle | 1508 | I hate drawish puzzles |
| p22703 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | In this problem, White manages a draw by perpetual check, thus keeping Black from moving Qxf2+! |
| p22703 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Shut up, Maltacross! We know! |
| p22703 | b | DocB | 1237 | now now boys |
| p22703 | b | DocB | 1237 | not qxf2, rxf2 and the a1 rook is undefended I think |
| p22705 | b | jzhang2000 | 1419 | WoWAGE is the cool of the fotre |
| p22706 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | defensive tactic |
| p22708 | w | Sidorsky | 1502 | nice and subtle, with the temptation to compare exchange lines |
| p22708 | w | virmaior | 1561 | wow I completely missed that. |
| p22708 | w | grom43 | 1654 | What Sidorsky said. |
| p22708 | w | television | 1655 | in cold blood |
| p22710 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 31.1 seconds
did not like to lose the exchange so searched for something better |
| p22710 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | 2rq1rk1/pp1bppbp/5np1/2n5/3N1Q2/2P3NP/PPB2PP1/R1B1R1K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p22711 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | bit elementary for 1715! |
| p22711 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | why I only see one check on c7? |
| p22711 | b | QuickFire | 1582 | Same here. How'd I miss that? |
| p22714 | b | CryptorKid | 1348 | i should have seen it... |
| p22721 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | 1.Rc7 looks winning as well. |
| p22721 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | agree with tomo - very poor problem indeed - what is the practical difference between +6 and +4? |
| p22740 | b | CryptorKid | 1348 | cool |
| p22742 | b | Sourire | 1403 | Why not check with the bishop instead? |
| p22742 | b | Sourire | 1403 | Nevermind, I can see how this is better. I still the problem is average at best. |
| p22742 | b | theKnife | 1671 | Because white is in check, Sourire :) |
| p22742 | b | DocB | 1237 | gey
|
| p22749 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | failed in it chose the wrong check |
| p22752 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23309 to solve
another failure
tempted by the knight promotion instead of simple threat against the piece
I should play slower because I want to increase my percentage. |
| p22752 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.9 seconds
memorized the failure but was not sure |
| p22759 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 54.7 seconds |
| p22766 | b | 9isprime | 1250 | nice mate for such low rating |
| p22768 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Mate thwarted: Black threatens 2...Re1#, but 2.Rxf4(B)+ thwarts mate. |
| p22768 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | The mate threat mentioned by OldPatzer must not be missed! |
| p22769 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.1 seconds
hesitated if to capture the rook after Qd4+ and this is the source for most of the time |
| p22769 | w | themagician | 1543 | I failed |
| p22769 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 13.1 first try. i knew something was up when the problem didn't end after the queen check. |
| p22771 | w | edgy | 1645 | Recapturing. A. Piece. Is. Not. A. Problem. |
| p22771 | w | spacecowboy | 1394 | Judging by the comment that edgy made, he didn't understand something when he made that comment. Those who don't understand should go to the message board and read the posts by JoeLag and SveJoe on August 24, 2005. |
| p22771 | w | edgy | 1645 | you are a pompous windbag, as well as being wrong. |
| p22771 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | A total piece of crap. Get rid. I spent loads of time looking for the trick. There isn't one, hust the move you first thought off. GET RID. |
| p22771 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Good problem. Sometimes tactical positions do NOT have a solution. One skill is to learn when there is a tactic and when there isn't. |
| p22771 | w | Elroch | 1453 | I totally agree with edgy. The only reason this is not very low rated is that people look for a genuine problem that is not there. |
| p22771 | w | jokim | 2000 | Good in CTS's setting |
| p22771 | w | Vandebent | 1701 | Completely nonsensical. Black is bad and he has no tactics. It is offensive to bother us with such problems. |
| p22771 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.0 seconds
earned rating points but one star for the beauty(recapture has no beauty) |
| p22771 | w | QuickFire | 1582 | Play the board not the rating! |
| p22772 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p22775 | w | Montblanc | 1480 | really think its a waste, can just capture bishop |
| p22775 | w | LowScore | 1564 | Yes, you can indeed just capture the Bishop. Note, however, that White will then just mate you with Qh6#. |
| p22776 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.1 seconds |
| p22776 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.7 seconds |
| p22776 | w | Arkenshaw | 1733 | 73.4 seconds
1...Nc4, 2. Ba1! is a much better defence.
White is just a pawn up and is better.
I couldn't find a move for black.
I played 1...Nc4 in the end just because there was no other "good" looking move... |
| p22776 | w | Garryback | 1581 | but Arkenshaw you know that task is to give the best answer. After 1.Ra6? the 2.Bc1? destroyes whites advantage decisively. |
| p22776 | w | Garryback | 1581 | addendum:
without any doubt 1...Nc4 was the best |
| p22779 | w | underated | 1374 | great little push and pull. |
| p22779 | w | memo | 1570 | 2. Kxd2 blunder ruins the problem |
| p22779 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | [1] Even if 2.Ke2 (note Crafty's line hereunder) rather than 2.Kxd2, White is a piece ahead anyway. [2] After 2.Kxd2, the remaining White Bishop is pinned (to its King), and so cannot capture the forking Knight after 2.Nc4+! |
| p22779 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | or rather, after 2...Nc4+! |
| p22782 | b | phmilet | 1553 | 4.8 secs! The move 2. Rxb3! is principled: Two pawns on the sixth should win against a lone rook. 4. e7! is a last finesse: Black must be forced to move the rook, not the king (4. d7? Kc7). Great problem! |
| p22785 | b | pdubs | 1146 | so simple, but I missed it... |
| p22787 | w | television | 1655 | but h5! must be in the problem. |
| p22793 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 25.8 seconds
hesitated too much because searched for mate or something better |
| p22793 | b | tjumen | 1598 | DEFENSE |
| p22797 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | An opening trap from the Torre Attack. 2 Qh4! is a DOUBLE ATTACK against the LOOSE Black e7-bishop and the LOOSE h7-mating focal point, threatening both 3 Qxh7# and 3 Bg5xBe7 followed by 4 Be7xRf8 . |
| p22797 | b | theKnife | 1671 | See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAXpqvYjDOI |
| p22797 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.9 seconds |
| p22797 | b | grom43 | 1654 | That's just excellent. |
| p22798 | w | smotherhubbard | 1838 | winning queen with qxb5 is good enough |
| p22798 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | I agree. |
| p22799 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | tempted by Qh3 that played too fast and of course Rxh2+ mate in 2 is better
missed the fact that c6 threat the rook and thought white has no defence |
| p22799 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | again Qh3(one more second and could see the mate in 2) |
| p22805 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 45.1 seconds |
| p22805 | w | television | 1655 | 11,2. |
| p22806 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23499 to solve
2.5 seconds
easy.
trade queens to capture the bishop later |
| p22806 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.6 seconds |
| p22806 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | anihilating pinner |
| p22808 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | The rook is doomed!
If 3...Re7, then 4.Bg5 Re8 5.Nd6+!
If 3...Rc8, then 4.Nd6+! |
| p22812 | w | wolf212768 | 1130 | yeah, its not my rating, but excellent solution to a big problem. |
| p22812 | w | Leucky | 1538 | fine solution. |
| p22812 | w | merendera | 1428 | How can we know that the K or R never moved before ? |
| p22812 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.1 seconds
we know that in problems they never moved unless something else is proven. |
| p22812 | w | john2001plus | 1562 | Any problem where you must make one obvious move or else lose badly doesn't seem like much of a problem. |
| p22815 | b | hmpf142000 | 1670 | underrated |
| p22815 | b | notquitekarpov | 1381 | Overrated. The discovered threat is surely too obvious for anything about 1400? |
| p22815 | b | notquitekarpov | 1381 | Agreed. The pin is a pretty obvious motif, at least for this rating. |
| p22815 | b | benu | 1193 | While the pin is an obvious MOTIF, with the sequence of moves leading to a pin on the QUEEN (as opposed to the king), it may not be as obvious at the 1400 level. |
| p22815 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | pin |
| p22827 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | solution needs more moves
|
| p22827 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23352 to solve
4.6 seconds
trade and after it double threat of rook and fork against the queen. |
| p22827 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.4 seconds this time
|
| p22827 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.0 seconds |
| p22827 | w | tjumen | 1598 | not easy. agree, it needs more moves |
| p22830 | b | Herman | 1765 | Qxc4 is winning as well |
| p22830 | b | armeno | 1859 | I guess Mate in 3 is a little bit beter;) |
| p22830 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | also failed for Qxc4+ that wins a rook
forgot to look at the problem rating. |
| p22830 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | again failed
too fast
should look at the rating of the problem first. |
| p22830 | b | LowestRd | 1946 | I just don't like problems with more than one solution |
| p22831 | b | Holy | 1098 | Sure, it seems that you're just taking a hanging piece. But, you have to be sure that the queen won't get trapped. And, there are other lines on the board that might distract the player into looking for other tactics. |
| p22831 | b | mathaias | 1434 | I agree, this is is a little more than simply grabbing a loose Rook. |
| p22835 | b | barz | 1708 | 2r4k/6p1/4P2p/3Q4/1P1P3P/4qpP1/4bN2/1R4K1 b - - 0 1 |
| p22838 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | pin & attacking defender |
| p22840 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.0 seconds |
| p22851 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | White thinks that he wins the exchange with 1 BxR? pxB. But now his h5-knight is trapped on the edge of the board. The only safe square for the kmight is g3 but 2 Ng3?? self-blocks the White g4-king and results in 2 ... Nf6#. |
| p22853 | w | SmokenFlames | 1418 | Pin pin pin |
| p22857 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º rnq1kb1r/p2n1pp1/Bp2p2p/4P3/3p1B2/5N2/PP2QPPP/RN3RK1 b kq - 0 1 |
| p22858 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 34.9 seconds |
| p22864 | w | Piero | 1670 | What about continuing the line with 2.Qh5 Bxf7+! ?
|
| p22872 | w | underated | 1374 | some of those sneeky defender takes are starting to pay off. |
| p22886 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Nice switchback with the Q. |
| p22899 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.3 seconds
searched for something else
simple recapture. |
| p22902 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | interesting mate! |
| p22925 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: 1...Qd7 forks R(a4) and B(b7). |
| p22925 | w | CryptorKid | 1348 | took me almost 40s to find...
|
| p22925 | w | jyt230 | 1507 | took me 49 seconds haha |
| p22926 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23345 to solve
18.3 seconds
needed some time to see the threat Qxe5 |
| p22926 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.5 seconds |
| p22926 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | needs more moves - at least 2. Qxe5 |
| p22926 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with floreatdunum. |
| p22927 | b | CryptorKid | 1348 | over rated |
| p22937 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 21.4 seconds |
| p22942 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23306 to solve
4.9 seconds
A threat against the defender of the bishop to win a piece. |
| p22942 | w | drad | 1651 | took a while to see, because one looks for ways to win the knight instead |
| p22942 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed. |
| p22944 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | pin |
| p22948 | b | elcholo | 1019 | why c5? i dont got it |
| p22949 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds |
| p22949 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | more forcing to give check first, BR pattern |
| p22951 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Waiting for Black to move thinking, if you don't move or guard your queen... |
| p22953 | b | Quietus | 1704 | Line should continue |
| p22953 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | agree with Quietus |
| p22953 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed as well. |
| p22961 | w | cheetah7 | 1492 | I got it in 2 seconds.How did you not get it?Cheetah7. |
| p22961 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | neat bishop entrapment |
| p22967 | b | DocB | 1237 | misleading, got it right but bears and gaers |
| p22977 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | anihilating uncoverer & defending attacked piece |
| p22994 | w | underated | 1374 | I was trying to put the queen against the rook first but I can see they way it is explained that it is far neater. |
| p22996 | w | lyctc | 1466 | Atrociously simple and misleading |
| p22996 | w | TheBlackKnight | 1542 | wow, that's difficult, ain't it? |
| p22996 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | i like it cause it's the one winning move and it's important to be able to see it. rook and pawn end games happen all the time in my games so it's important for me. |
| p22996 | w | Alseki | 1484 | I think most people look at this problem and immediately think "so why doesn't Rb6 work?". |
| p23004 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Nice. Missed the last move! |
| p23013 | w | wald | 1565 | what's wrong with 2 Nf4 ? |
| p23013 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | I think Black will play ...Bb4 in that case. |
| p23013 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23398 to solve
42.0 seconds
long time to check it after
previous failure
threat the knight in order to pin the queen was not so hard but I was not sure that white has no good defence. |
| p23017 | w | memo | 1570 | 1. ... Kd3 2. Kb2! |
| p23017 | w | barz | 1708 | Kb2 |
| p23021 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.0 seconds |
| p23022 | b | drad | 1651 | 113 seconds, I sat there trying to figure out what would happen after Qg7, in the end I couldn't see anything and guessed |
| p23022 | b | drad | 1651 | 3...Bc6 4.Rd7, followed by e7? |
| p23022 | b | drad | 1651 | I haven't checked that line with Rybka, but it looks freakin' awesome |
| p23026 | b | edgy | 1645 | crummy problem |
| p23026 | b | collini | 1800 | I agree: As the computer analysis given below shows, 2 Qd3 isn't much weaker than 2 Qe4. White is a piece up anyway. The point of the problem was only that Black couldn't win it back by capturing on c3. |
| p23036 | w | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | This should be rated higher... Fork between a piece and another forking square. |
| p23036 | w | wild | 1305 | i agree the phantom (empty square) fork is awesome, but it's the only reasonable move on the board, thus 1300. |
| p23036 | w | Holy | 1098 | Excellent twist on fork theme. |
| p23037 | b | drad | 1651 | hmm important concept.. but.. pretty boring |
| p23039 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | back rank mate category |
| p23039 | w | CryptorKid | 1348 | elegant |
| p23039 | w | Reini68 | 1417 | Greed kills! ;) |
| p23043 | b | rgautier | 1166 | pepetual check better than mate |
| p23043 | b | Holy | 1098 | It's always tough to spot that you have to take the perpetual to avoid a loss rather than go for the win. |
| p23043 | b | Wolfgang | 1388 | I agree with holy. |
| p23047 | b | Holy | 1098 | Very difficult |
| p23047 | b | mathaias | 1434 | Simple, now that I know the answer! Stupid me, I forgot that I did not have to capture the silly pawn and started analyzing with K takes pawn. |
| p23053 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 23.9 seconds
too much time to see h5 is under threat |
| p23074 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | White wins the enemy queen! |
| p23076 | b | Leucky | 1538 | just choose the check that wins something |
| p23080 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 16,1 seconds |
| p23080 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.0 seconds |
| p23087 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 16.5 seconds |
| p23090 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Forced mate. |
| p23096 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | d'oh! My brain must be overworked. Time to take a break. |
| p23096 | b | underated | 1374 | the old hit em with the bishop, exposing the knickers of the queen trick. Classic |
| p23102 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.8 seconds
remembered h4 but needed time to find Rf1 |
| p23102 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.3 seconds
new rating record 1797.01 |
| p23102 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 2.0 seconds. Beware: not 3.g5 !! |
| p23104 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.1 seconds |
| p23108 | w | wald | 1565 | the trick is to see that Qxa6 doesn't work. However, I guess that most will just "accidently" get the correct one. |
| p23108 | w | RedBeetle | 1508 | A bit too obvious for a 1708 |
| p23108 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.7 seconds
Qxa6 is only a fork when Qxc6 threat 3 pieces so only calculated Qxc6 and found it wins a piece. |
| p23108 | w | grom43 | 1654 | 1...Qc6 is a fork of two undefended pieces. 1...Qa6 is not and also allows 2 Ne7+. 1...Qc6 wins not by simple fork, though. Check Crafty below after 2 Bd6 Ra8 3 Bf1 Ra4. So 1...Qc6 is handy because it does attack the Na4. |
| p23111 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 18.2 seconds |
| p23113 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 63.6 seconds
for some reason decided that the simple capture does not work in the first iteration |
| p23117 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i just got this problem 2 times in a row. wtf? |
| p23118 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 37.2 seconds
line should be longer. |
| p23121 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | this seems to me harder than the rating it got |
| p23125 | b | underated | 1374 | appears to be logical enough |
| p23125 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | Ah, excellent. The rook double-checks the king. |
| p23133 | w | MagicCat | 1621 | too easy!! |
| p23136 | b | mazette | 1350 | Nice but should be longer. I guessed it with no clue to the continuation. |
| p23136 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | basic but subtle, found it quite hard to see |
| p23136 | b | memo | 1570 | 2... Qa5? 3.Qe5!
|
| p23136 | b | GameOfChance | 1411 | @memo then the knight just takes the queen...
3.Qd6 |
| p23141 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 80.7 seconds |
| p23141 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played too fast Ng3 that lose the knight |
| p23142 | w | jokim | 2000 | Trapped |
| p23142 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | always nice to trap a queen |
| p23142 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | not always nice for everyone.
I used 11.4 seconds and lost rating points for it. |
| p23144 | b | TheKingIsBack | 1546 | Kind of easy to see with the Queen suddenly in the enemy territory. |
| p23147 | b | Kacparov | 2002 | 2... b2 3. Rxc8+ Kd7 4. Rxh8 b1Q 5. Nxa7 wins for white! Great problem! |
| p23164 | b | knightrider | 1113 | why can't I make a move? |
| p23164 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | You might be leaning on the 'Ctrl' button - I once had a plate on it and every time I clicked a new tab opened! |
| p23165 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Note: Q cannot take rook Because then next step is Bxf7+ which wins a queen for free. |
| p23166 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | the power of the mighty pawn! |
| p23170 | b | JacobTomlinson | 1263 | Odd, but easy. |
| p23175 | b | quack | 1409 | why not 2...Ne2+? |
| p23175 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Pinned N: After 2.Rac1, if 2...Nxb5(B); 3.Rxc8(R)+. (If 2...Ne2+, 3.Bxe2(N).) |
| p23175 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Double rooks on same file trap pinned piece. |
| p23176 | b | Holy | 1098 | It looks like it can't be done, but... |
| p23176 | b | LowScore | 1564 | My favorite mating pattern! |
| p23176 | b | grom43 | 1654 | X-ray! |
| p23178 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | A great example of tactical play. First White plays Qe4xNd5?, trying to exploit the DISCOVERED PIN down the e-file. That is, without the White queen on e4 BLOCKING the White e1-rook, the Black e6-pawn would be PINNED to the Black e8-rook/mating square. So 1 Qe4xNd5? attempts to exploit this DISCOVERED PIN. But there is a slight problem. The White e1-rook is now a PINNING DEFENDER of the White d5-queen and is the -only- White piece preventing ... e6xQd5. This OBLIGATION RESTRICTS the MOBILITY of the White e1-rook to the e-file. Hence the White e1-rook cannot also DEFEND the White a1-rook and 1 ... Qc3xRa1! exploits the OVERWORKED nature of the White e1-rook. After 2 Re1xQa1 the White e1-rook would no longer be maintaining its PIN along the e-file, allowing 2 ... e6xQd5, and Black is an exchange ahead. MAINTAINING A PIN IS A FULL-TIME JOB: YOU (White e1-rook) CANNOT MAINTAIN A PIN (along e-file) AND DEFEND A SQUARE (White a1-rook) AT THE SAME TIME. |
| p23178 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | It's not that special notyetagam/notquiteapatzer! But your analysis is sound, if a trifle breathless... |
| p23184 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.0 seconds
not easy espacially when white has a check against Qh6
deserves higher rating. |
| p23184 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Since. 1...Kg7 is winning as well, this isn't a good problem, imo. |
| p23187 | b | Quietus | 1704 | For the life of God I fail to see why Qe8+ followed by Rxd5 is not equivalent? |
| p23187 | b | Raeburn | 1704 | Hi Quietus, Qe8+ Qf8 Qxf8 Kxf8 Rxd5 Rxd5 and now Be6 is not check so it doesn't work. I thought Rxd5 Qxd5 Qf8+ Kh7 Bxe6 winning the queen, but that's worse than the given solution too. |
| p23187 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | Raeburn Qe8+ Qf8?? Qxd7
The reason Qe8+ does not work is
1.Qe8+ Kh7 2.Rxd5 Qxd5 and if
Bxe6 Rd8 |
| p23192 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | 1 Qc2xc3?? Rd2-d1+! the FORK-OVERLOAD TRICK strikes again! 2 RxR QxQ wins Black queen for rook, ensuring an easy win. |
| p23192 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | 1 Qc2xc3?? Rd2-d1+! the FORK-OVERLOAD TRICK strikes again! 2 RxR QxQ wins Black queen for rook, ensuring an easy win. |
| p23197 | w | Lioric | 1526 | WHAT"S WRONG WITH TAKING THE KNIGHT??????????????????????????????????????????????
stupid |
| p23198 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | captured the knight and missed Nxd5 that threats 2 forks |
| p23198 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.3 seconds |
| p23198 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | line opening allowing an unexpected check interposition to check |
| p23201 | w | Elroch | 1453 | In hindsight this seems very obvious. Q is under threat, moves to find the biggest threat (and as a result picks up the loose B) |
| p23203 | w | underated | 1374 | and the point being. |
| p23203 | w | DocB | 1237 | gay gay gay gaygaygaygaygyagyayg;yagyagyaygaygyagyagyagyaygyagyaygyagyagyaggyagagygyagygyagygyagyagaygaygaygagyagayagygaygyagyagygyayggaygyagay |
| p23204 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.4 seconds |
| p23211 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.4 seconds |
| p23217 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.5 seconds |
| p23221 | w | underated | 1374 | busy puzzle. looked like there was plenty of attack. |
| p23221 | w | ankka | 1302 | This is the greatest one ever. I literally tried every other move that does not lead to immediate mate. Including 1. ... g4 :-) |
| p23224 | w | drad | 1651 | that's strange.. my mind seems to have a mental block when it comes to that queen move |
| p23226 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.5 seconds |
| p23229 | w | barz | 1708 | 2rr2k1/1bq1bppp/p2ppn2/1p2P3/3n1P2/P1N1BBQ1/1PP3PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 1 |
| p23231 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | bad problem played Nce4 that is also good
thought that Nge4 is too simple to be the solution for 1997.9 problem. |
| p23231 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 86.1 seconds |
| p23231 | b | Kacparov | 2002 | Played Nf1, no idea why that's wrong... |
| p23231 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Nf1 doesn't do anything... Nge4 wins material. It's also probably better to move the knioght that's hanging. |
| p23234 | w | tdemedts | 1728 | easy to miss this easy move ;) |
| p23234 | w | drad | 1651 | I wouldn't call it easy. most tactics aren't defensive |
| p23238 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | e2 would be hanging in that case |
| p23240 | b | tewall | 1525 | I didn't see the difference between Bf3 move 1, or RxR+ followed by Bf3. It looked like a 50/50 guess. |
| p23240 | b | theKnife | 1671 | RxR+ RxR Bf3 RxB is annoying for white. |
| p23240 | b | drad | 1651 | yes.. white needs the rook to defend his pawn.. once he captures on f3 |
| p23240 | b | element | 1423 | Problem p23240 'd like to try it. |
| p23242 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | discovery |
| p23244 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23189 to solve
13.2 seconds
for some reason rejected e2 in the beginning and searched other moves. |
| p23248 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.0 seconds
1774.60 new rating record |
| p23248 | b | themagician | 1543 | You've failed to solve problem p23248.
Your new rating is 1665.57 (-14.87). |
| p23248 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | nice batery |
| p23250 | b | bumbly | 1561 | i love problems like this that have complete follow-through |
| p23250 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with bumbly. Also nice to see problems where the solution is falling into the opponent's trap. |
| p23257 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | capture is safe when fork is in the air lol |
| p23276 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.2 seconds |
| p23276 | w | tdemedts | 1728 | nice, almost missed it ;) |
| p23278 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.2 seconds |
| p23278 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.2 seconds |
| p23280 | w | hardcorepawn | 1418 | lame |
| p23280 | w | nsdscm | 1193 | is this a joke? |
| p23287 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: ...Qf2+ forks K and R(c5). |
| p23289 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | promotion |
| p23294 | b | pkendal | 1520 | very very instructive
|
| p23294 | b | wald | 1565 | took me ages to spot Bg5 |
| p23294 | b | redrat | 1596 | hard to see |
| p23294 | b | detroitman | 1469 | nice |
| p23294 | b | macLeay | 1639 | seven minutes |
| p23294 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | I got this, but found it strangely difficult... |
| p23294 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.6 seconds |
| p23294 | b | Carbonic | 1527 | X___X |
| p23295 | b | suddenlysomeon | 1276 | Drawing combination on the verge of getting mated. |
| p23297 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Double (discovered) attack: B(d3)h7+ attacks K(g8) and threatens Q(d2)xd5(Q). |
| p23297 | b | viaoro2000 | 1219 | cool |
| p23307 | b | drad | 1651 | slightly tricky, the other option looks tantalizing |
| p23314 | w | underated | 1374 | strong position. |
| p23321 | b | dktransform | 1479 | too easy. 1400?? |
| p23324 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 215.1 seconds
An hard problem and had no idea in te beginning |
| p23329 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.3 seconds |
| p23329 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds |
| p23329 | w | grom43 | 1654 | If you see the whole position, each piece, all 64 squares, you can't miss the problem. If not... |
| p23332 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.7 seconds |
| p23340 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Nice fork with check! |
| p23345 | b | schttnsldt | 1576 | GREAT! |
| p23345 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.8 seconds |
| p23345 | b | television | 1655 | superclass!! |
| p23346 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.7 seconds |
| p23347 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.7 seconds
1)memorizerd it but was not sure about Rd8
the point is that white has a threat of Qc6+ with Qxa8 so f3 does not work
2)to nabla,
Kg8 prevents checks so it is better than Ke8 |
| p23349 | w | impromptus | 1450 | oh..the sniper bishop at the corner |
| p23349 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23459 to solve
7.3 seconds |
| p23349 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 11.2 seconds |
| p23351 | w | abomb999 | 1259 | I failed it the first time when i thought throwing the knight into it would solve the problem. After looking at it a second time I realized none of the options worked so i should look at what I was avoiding, forcing moves with the queen! I instantly found it then. This so reminds me to examine forcing moves, real beauty. |
| p23351 | w | mworld | 1454 | such a pretty queen sac. |
| p23354 | b | hypersoninc12 | 1381 | WHAT?? what if black playes rxh5 after Qxh5, how can that be the solution, the position is lost |
| p23354 | b | Socrate | 1410 | Rxh5 is an illegal move. |
| p23354 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | LOL |
| p23356 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | I solved it correctly but 3.Ng3+ also wins after 4.Ne2+ and 5.Kf2 so it is not a good problem |
| p23356 | b | drad | 1651 | love it :) |
| p23356 | b | rockym | 1626 | I just saw the draw, not the win !
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| p23356 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Agree with UriBlass. If you repeat the position, it is still the same winning position. (In fact you should get more points by using less time per move) |
| p23356 | b | grom43 | 1654 | Disagree with Uri that a problem is bad because you can repeat two moves before finishing it. Seems silly to say, pardon me. |
| p23356 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | you're never going to get to see a problem like this on the cts unless you can repeat the position. i think there are many more that allow repeating positions too. |
| p23360 | w | DocB | 1237 | mudder game, has anyone heard of the mudder game where a tactic never seen before, a corkscrew that led to a windmill |
| p23361 | b | Pinsu | 1601 | 2.Bxe6 also wins |
| p23362 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23445 to solve
failure
too fast played h5 and missed the fact that white has Qc7+ |
| p23362 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds |
| p23364 | w | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º r3kb1r/1p1b1pp1/p1np1n1p/5N2/4PpP1/P1N4P/1qPK1B2/R2Q1B1R w kq - 0 1 |
| p23367 | w | Subrosian | 1658 | Seems...overrated... |
| p23367 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | overrated?
not to me
I blundered by 2...Ke7 not seeing that after Qh7+ Kd8 white wins |
| p23367 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 17.9 seconds this time
still lost rating points |
| p23367 | w | ChessPlayer56 | 1801 | No not overrated. But I played 1...Rxc6 illegal move !! |
| p23378 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.0 seconds |
| p23378 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Bf8 missing the simple Qxh6+ |
| p23378 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | now blundered again
saw Qxh6 mate but
saw all checks except Qxg3+
and guessed a wrong check after seeing nothing. |
| p23384 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.3 seconds |
| p23386 | b | jokim | 2000 | On the left side is Qb3 such a tempting try, while your eyes should be aimed at the right side of the board. |
| p23386 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played Qb3 and missed Qb6+ when Be3 is not possible |
| p23396 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | [1] Black chose 1...Be6 to ward off the rook's check. [2] After 2.Rxe6 fxe6 3.Qxg7, the White Queen is making TWO SIMULTANEOUS THREATS: (a) the capture of the h8 rook, and (b) mate in 1 with 4.Qe7++. Thus Black must sacrifice his rook to avoid checkmate. [3] Rather than 2...fxe6, Black may opt for 2...Kf8 instead. This saves his rook, but remember that White has just captured the Black bishop for free. |
| p23399 | w | Dougy | 1654 | The problem with 1...Nxe4 first is that White can reply with 2.Rxe4! removing the tactic. With the line 1...Bxf3, the in-between move Nxf6+ does nothing to prevent White's problems. |
| p23399 | w | jokim | 2000 | Good CTS problem |
| p23399 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | accurate calculation needed to find best move order |
| p23409 | b | sejo1 | 1600 | vaag |
| p23435 | b | notyetagm | 1467 | Loose pieces are the basis of combinations -- Reinfeld/Chernev
Here the UNDEFENDED Black h6-queen lined up with the White d2-queen along the c1-h6 diagonal is the tactical factor which makes this combination possible.
|
| p23435 | b | mjb1974 | 1468 | easy to spot if you are looking to sac for the win |
| p23435 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | i think maybe it's cause the rd's so low on this one that it's rated so low. if everyone only got this once every 10,000 tries i don't think many folks would get it. |
| p23439 | b | zant | 1768 | 2.Nd5 also wins |
| p23439 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | zant, couldn't Black play ...Qc6+ there? |
| p23439 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | played 3.f5 and missed 3...Qg5 |
| p23443 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.2 seconds |
| p23443 | b | rathkeltair | 1694 | needs more moves |
| p23450 | b | staham | 1366 | If the king takes, Qh1+ mates next move. If the bishop takes, Qh1 followed by Qh7+ and Qh8 mate. |
| p23450 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | NQ in action |
| p23453 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by RxR+ thinking wrongly I have later mate |
| p23454 | b | ajotatxe | 1405 | I'd include some more movements |
| p23454 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | A check forces the Black king from the edge of the board and into a pin, that costs him his remaining Queen. |
| p23463 | b | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: 2.Qd3+ forks K(h7) and R(c4). |
| p23463 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Note that the e3 knight is "pinned", since it has to guard the mating square g2! Therefore 2.Nxc4 can result in 2...Qg2++ (mate). |
| p23473 | b | sleiman | 1406 | be careful! |
| p23477 | w | spacecowboy | 1394 | I hate this problem because it is a dual and it should be removed from the server. There are at least three solutions that I can see. Either 1...Ng3+ or 1...Nxf3 or 1...Bxh6. The next time somebody says CTS is so good, remember that duals are one of the faults. |
| p23477 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | Bxh6 also looks interesting to me. possible better.
i'm no grand master but this could be a dual solution, possibly the text inferior? maybe? |
| p23477 | w | underated | 1374 | I'd prefer a queen trap with Bxh6 also...dont remove from server, good point of discussion! |
| p23479 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 8.2 seconds |
| p23479 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | RR & minor piece for Q & minor piece |
| p23481 | b | SourKraut | 1260 | why not d8Q+?? The Queen can be taken anyway in the next move and we have another Queen |
| p23481 | b | LowScore | 1564 | after 3.d8Q+ there is 3...Bxd8 and White loses. |
| p23481 | b | Igor07 | 1381 | nicht komplizirt, aber abgenehm |
| p23484 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.6 seconds |
| p23496 | b | slacker00 | 1521 | 2 legal moves. One of them allows mate in 2. Tough choice.
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| p23496 | b | LowScore | 1564 | 3 legal moves...one which wins, one which allows mate in 2, and one which looks like a cool queen sac but loses. Of course, if you're too weak to see the queen sac, it's an easy problem. :P |
| p23496 | b | barz | 1708 | â—„ Position â–º 5k1r/p3pp2/6pp/8/QP5P/2q3P1/4KPB1/2rR3R b - - 0 1 |
| p23497 | b | sarciness | 1465 | Plyed Be4, missed it! |
| p23512 | w | ngnblcn | 1851 | nice |
| p23513 | w | stevelco | 1412 | This one is relatively subtle. Very nice. |
| p23513 | w | ankka | 1302 | Yeah, and it would be nice if the board interface didn't accept illegal moves. |
| p23515 | b | Arkenshaw | 1733 | 1. Bxg5 Bxg5, 2. Ra1 Qxb2, 3. Bh7+ wins the queen |
| p23515 | b | barz | 1708 | @Arkenshaw : no the Queen is protected. |
| p23520 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.8 seconds |
| p23520 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.8 seconds now |
| p23520 | w | drad | 1651 | the lesson here is keep the queen where it is? |
| p23522 | w | kwanpin | 1752 | pawn advance is hard to see lol |
| p23522 | w | Karpsparov | 1553 | Great. |
| p23522 | w | mburch1974 | 1481 | got the first move missed 2nd |
| p23525 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | lol why not Qe4? |
| p23525 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | lol why not Qe4? |
| p23525 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | lol why not Qe4? |
| p23525 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | oops mistell |
| p23525 | b | Arthurrocks | 1801 | just nxe4... |
| p23525 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 55.1 seconds |
| p23525 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 81.6 seconds |
| p23525 | b | clownprince | 1979 | The comments system should not be abused by people making irrelevant comments. |
| p23525 | b | MagicCat | 1621 | 2.4 seconds seems overrated. I found it fast because I didn't look at the high rating ! And ClownPrince, What do you mean by irrelevant comments? Arthurrocks was asking a question and UriBlass was giving the time which is fine also. I think you are like Garryback. |
| p23525 | b | Jonathanzzz | 1910 | Just out of curiousity, why do people give the time they solved it in? I see many people doing it. |
| p23525 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | The reason is that I want to compare with future time to see if I improve my memory for problema but I stopped doing it after people complained. |
| p23537 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.8 seconds
too short should include Qxd5 Bxh7+ |
| p23546 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | ???? Simple recapture |
| p23546 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | And yet many will try moves like Qxh6 or Rxg7+ because those are the sorts of moves that are often solutions here. Problems like this keep the guessers honest, in my opinion. |
| p23546 | b | JSorel | 1664 | I agree with tomohawk, as usual |
| p23549 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.4 seconds |
| p23551 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23224 to solve
7.3 seconds
Nxe2 with the idea to capture the knight does not work because of Rxe4 so first we need to escape with the bishop with a threat. |
| p23551 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 14.8 seconds |
| p23552 | b | beydagh | 2020 | Strong move! |
| p23552 | b | JeremyW | 1597 | so the idea is to counter attack-- on Bc6 f3 Qg3, w/ the devastating Qxe6+ forcing the Q away and grabbing the Bh2. Probably a mating net in there too, but I didn't see it immediately. |
| p23555 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | nice, very nice!! |
| p23555 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 10.6 seconds |
| p23555 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.2 seconds |
| p23555 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | perpetual |
| p23555 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | Changed my mind... it's just ok now. |
| p23555 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 7Q/p4pr1/5k2/p3n2R/4r3/P6P/6PK/8 w - - 0 1 |
| p23560 | b | benrehab | 1634 | Orgasm! |
| p23560 | b | mburch1974 | 1481 | this time the rook does the sacking instead of the queen! boring...7.8 secs |
| p23560 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 1r2kb1r/3b1ppn/pqppp2p/3N4/Q4P1B/3B4/PPP3PP/2KRR3 b k - 0 1 |
| p23563 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Double (discovered) attack: d3+ attacks Q(c2) and checks K(g1) with B(b6). |
| p23579 | b | Schumi | 1523 | Nice mate. |
| p23579 | b | Aleric | 1393 | I went for Rxf8+ cause it "won" a piece... should count first next time :p |
| p23581 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.9 seconds |
| p23584 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 6.4 seconds
played Rxf6+ only after seeing Rxf2+ |
| p23592 | b | theKnife | 1671 | obvious |
| p23595 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | uh, like what else? |
| p23595 | w | drad | 1651 | as if you'd move the rook back.. removing the pin.. even I'm not that dumb ;) |
| p23599 | b | lepolaputuki | 1826 | Judit Polgar-Shirov |
| p23607 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | problem 23089 to solve
failure
I was tempted by 2...Qf1+ and played too fast. |
| p23613 | w | Gnam | 1453 | very nice! |
| p23613 | w | Hyperbeam | 1761 | !! |
| p23613 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.3 seconds |
| p23613 | w | sleiman | 1406 | I initially thought Bg1+ leads to mate in two, but now I realize the white king has an escape route. |
| p23613 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 6k1/p2q2p1/5RQp/4p3/P2b3P/6P1/2R4K/1r6 w - - 0 1 |
| p23620 | b | jvanhine | 1458 | i got it easy, but a fun one nonetheless :) |
| p23620 | b | IJones | 1262 | nice |
| p23628 | b | wild | 1305 | niice. Of course I missed it, but somehow I though that Bc3 Qxg5 Rg3 could work.... |
| p23628 | b | EricQc | 1142 | Nice : ) |
| p23628 | b | theKnife | 1671 | r1b2rk1/pp1n1pp1/8/2Ppq1Qp/7P/P2R4/3BBPP1/2R1K3 b - - 0 1 |
| p23632 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 12.7 seconds
too big rating that caused me to think more |
| p23632 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 17,l2 seconds |
| p23637 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.2 seconds |
| p23637 | b | floreatdunum | 1719 | oops! |
| p23652 | w | tomohawk | 1833 | Should at least make player find Nh6+ Ke6. |
| p23652 | w | notyetagm | 1467 | @tomohawk: Yes, 2 Nf5-h6+ Kf7-e6! and the Black king DEFENDS the Black d5-queen. Black does -NOT- have to play the blunder 2 ... g7xNh6?? to get out of check, allowing 3 Qh5xQd5. |
| p23652 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.5 seconds |
| p23652 | w | rathkeltair | 1694 | agree th |
| p23652 | w | theKnife | 1671 | r3rb2/1p1q1kpp/5pn1/1Pnp1N1Q/p6N/P7/1B3PPP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1 |
| p23670 | w | Karpsparov | 1553 | wow, nice. It's like a secret. |
| p23670 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | simple uncovery |
| p23670 | w | victornr | 1472 | nice |
| p23673 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.5 seconds
remembered it |
| p23673 | b | polgary | 1530 | one should not remember but know |
| p23673 | b | kendal | 1531 | do or do not. there is no try. |
| p23679 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 7.1 seconds |
| p23681 | b | TAMBAGIMSIZ99 | 1930 | nice |
| p23681 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.3 seconds |
| p23687 | w | Arthurrocks | 1801 | And how about Ra4? THINK A LITTLE!! |
| p23687 | w | PuerileDG | 1781 | Ne1 defends g2. |
| p23687 | w | floreatdunum | 1719 | arthur - I made the same impetuous blunder - but look again - the Rb8 is hanging to the Qa7... aaaaaaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhh |
| p23687 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 1r3bk1/pb3ppp/2q5/Q1p5/P3r3/B3P3/5PPP/R2RN1K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p23687 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | failed! lol. that was funny. but not as funny as arthurrocks's comment... "THINK A LITTLE!!" :) |
| p23699 | w | Wolfgang | 1388 | Really beautiful! |
| p23711 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 39.2 seconds
too much time considered Qb3+ |
| p23722 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | back rank and pin |
| p23725 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 1.1 seconds
remember it and easy trap of the knight |
| p23725 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.6 seconds |
| p23732 | b | element | 1423 | Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec
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Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxblem see solution Rating 1232.6 RD 7.1 To Play b State released Rate beauty and/or post a comment poor excellent Crafty 19.19 3GHZ 5sec 1. ... Be8 2. Bg6+ ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. Qxb7 Rd8 4. fxg6+ Bxg6 5. Qb2 $19) Valid HTML 4.0! hosted by emrald home Problem p23732 ({4:Mat02} 2. Bg6+ Nxg6 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-0.76} 2. Qxb7 Rd8 3. Bxe8 Rxe8 4. Qf7 $17) 2. ... Nxg6 3. fxg6# ({4:Mate} 3. fxg6# $18) ({4:-2.07} 3. 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| p23733 | w | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p23733 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | Wow! |
| p23738 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | PNR net |
| p23738 | b | JoshBrack | 1626 | 3.9 |
| p23742 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 13.8 seconds
overrated
only 2 plies to calculate and rating above 1900 |
| p23742 | w | theKnife | 1671 | 3Rbk2/1p6/1P2BP2/4K1p1/6P1/8/8/4r3 w - - 0 1 |
| p23747 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Skewer: R(c2)e2+ wins Q(e4). |
| p23749 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Checkmate: After R(h8)g8+, White can stop mate only by sacrificing Q with Q(d6)g3, R(h8)xg3(Q) - which just delays defeat. |
| p23750 | b | LowScore | 1564 | One single move...an ONLY move...literally...hmmm |
| p23750 | b | saltandblues | 1233 | the only legal move? |
| p23750 | b | pdubs | 1146 | good thing I studied my encyclopedia of legal moves |
| p23755 | w | mykingislonely | 1861 | hmmm... how's this a tactic? |
| p23755 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | not to get mated is the tactics |
| p23760 | b | Kacparov | 2002 | very difficult |
| p23760 | b | mykingislonely | 1861 | Played Re3 immediately. Missed Qxc4 |
| p23761 | b | Chessdoom | 1586 | easy |
| p23761 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | so Ne2+ doesnt work because of Kf1 |
| p23763 | b | Elroch | 1453 | pretty routine. I think it is the swap of Qs for just a B that makes it less than trivial |
| p23764 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | missed bishop c8 and played
3.Bxg3 |
| p23764 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.3 seconds |
| p23770 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 64.0 seconds
many checks for black so was not sure. |
| p23770 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 4.5 seconds
not sure about my memory |
| p23770 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.3 seconds |
| p23770 | b | Hyperbeam | 1761 | What's wrong with 1.Nf5? |
| p23770 | b | theKnife | 1671 | 8/q5bk/3N4/3Pp3/1P3n1Q/7P/8/3K1B2 b - - 0 1 |
| p23778 | w | OldPatzer | 1054 | Q fork: Q(f8)c5+ forks K(g1) and B(c6). |
| p23781 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 3.7 seconds |
| p23794 | w | nopen | 1760 | Always impressive how strong Q & minor piece can be against the lone king. |
| p23795 | w | limbo696 | 1359 | Moves forced. |
| p23797 | b | pdubs | 1146 | thus avoiding the fork. that's a clever one. |
| p23804 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | played too fast.
played Rc8+ assuming I can play later Rxf3 and missed Rc2 |
| p23804 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 9.8 seconds |
| p23805 | b | tjumen | 1598 | blindness |
| p23805 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | B trap |
| p23805 | b | pcm4ch | 1431 | Always looking for mate is not the best idea ! |
| p23805 | b | neiking | 1591 | easy |
| p23811 | b | edgy | 1645 | Stupid. It's only high-rated because people can't believe it's so dumb. |
| p23811 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | Yep, this is 'one of those problems'. What edgy is basically saying is this is one of those ordinary positions that catches people looking for a sensational lightning bolt they expect to come down from the sky. In my own experience, by the time I realized the lightning bolt was never going to come, I had exceeded the time limit. But I still think the problem deserves its high rating. Problems like this 'keep us honest'. |
| p23811 | b | Quietus | 1704 | Problems like this gets on my nerves
If that is the case the 1.Rc8 was also ok. |
| p23811 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | I agree with spacecowboy. One of the things that people have to learn is how to determine when there is NOTHING available. Many promising looking positions have no combination. So there should be a few promising-looking positions tossed in to foul up players who randomly choose the first forcing move they see. Not every position should have a forcing solution. |
| p23811 | b | tjumen | 1598 | QC7 is the best move much better than alternatives. I was also looking for some unexpected move though. |
| p23811 | b | grom43 | 1654 | I finally chose 2 Qc7 expecting to be wrong because there is nothing else there. While I don't think it's stupid, the problem, I don't think it's beautiful... |
| p23815 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.5 seconds |
| p23815 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 2.2 seconds
1791.00 new record |
| p23815 | b | joakimvitriol | 1661 | P fork + R fork |
| p23815 | b | mazette | 1350 | Quite nice. |
| p23818 | b | Hexalingual | 1342 | mate in 1 |
| p23818 | b | sisilija | 1103 | Rb6=Rc7 |
| p23818 | b | stoyan | 1167 | interesting mate |
| p23818 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | mate with just a rook, knight and pawn! |
| p23818 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | (To sisilija: Rb6 allows Kd7) |
| p23818 | b | DocB | 1237 | worship oblama, kurds |
| p23818 | b | KingKarrl | 1163 | Oh beautiful. |
| p23820 | b | Improchess | 2054 | what happen with 1.d7? |
| p23820 | b | Suizo | 1631 | Interessant ! |
| p23825 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | 15.8 seconds |
| p23825 | b | UriBlass | 1852 | blundered by Qc6+ and for some reason thought that Qa8+ does not work |
| p23833 | w | barz | 1708 | r1b2rk1/3Rbppp/p3p3/1p6/4Pq2/P1N5/1PQ1BPPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1 |
| p23839 | b | MaltaCross | 1155 | Tricky! |
| p23841 | b | smotherhubbard | 1838 | Qb8 Qh7 was half the problem! Please include. |
| p23841 | b | tomohawk | 1833 | Agreed with smother. |
| p23841 | b | theKnife | 1671 | r2qkbr1/1b1n1p2/pn2p1p1/3p2P1/1p1NP3/4BP1Q/PPP5/1NKR1B1R b q - 0 1 |
| p23845 | b | spacecowboy | 1394 | Today I failed this problem because I tried 2.Ne4? instead of the correct move, 2.Nb5, that I also noticed as a worthy candidate. I foolishly made my move impulsively without applying myself to the task of discriminating between these two candidates. I solved this problem four days ago in 4.6 seconds. |
| p23845 | b | knig2 | 1402 | doesn't 2. Ne4 also win? |
| p23845 | b | dwal | 1273 | No, because ...Qxf4 threatens to take the knight with check |
| p23847 | w | UriBlass | 1852 | 5.9 seconds |
| p23847 | w | JoshBrack | 1626 | 9.8 seconds. |
| p23848 | b | drad | 1651 | couldn't see the mate, so got it wrong |
| p23849 | w | MaltaCross | 1155 | excellent removal of the guard tactic |
| p23851 | w | joakimvitriol | 1661 | 2kr1b2/pbq2p2/4pP2/1N2P3/2pB4/P5P1/1P2B2r/R2QK1R1 b Q - 0 1 |
| p23853 | w | wald | 1565 | what's the point? just surviving |