US Chess CH of the 1990s

33 puzzles from the events



White mates in 3.
Igor Khmelnitsky vs Lev Alburt
Parsippany, 1996

Clearance

Solution (in reverse)
2.Bxe5+ 1...Bxe5 if 1.Qd5+



Black mates in 4.
Tal Shaked vs Gregory Kaidanov
Parsippany, 1996

Windmill

Solution (in reverse)
Rg8+ 3.Kxg1 Rg1+ 2.Kh1 1...Rxg2+




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Image
  Here are 10 'mate in 2' puzzles that feature a queen sacrifice. The color of the corner disk indicates who moves first.
Read more
Image
Here are 10 'mate in 3' puzzles that contain a knight sacrifice on the first or second move.  The color of the corner disk indicates who moves first.  
Read more