5 chess puzzles to challenge the mind


	5 chess puzzles to challenge the mind

zululu

6-9-2008 7:40 AM

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Anyone interested in harder or other uniqe puzzles can contact me

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5 chess puzzles to challenge the mind <IMG border="0" class="inlineimg" title="001 Smile" alt="" src="http://www.chessforums.org/images/smilies/modern/001_smile.gif" /><BR /><DIV>
(solutions in the end)</DIV>


1)<BR /><DIV>
white mates in 2 (find key move)</DIV>

<IMG src="http://www.chessforums.org/viewer.php?3k4/R6R/3n4/8/8/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1" />

2)<BR /><DIV>
white mates in 2</DIV>

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3)<BR /><DIV>
white plays and mates in 3</DIV>

<IMG src="http://www.chessforums.org/viewer.php?8/2p1p3/2R1NkP1/2P5/3P4/1p1B1P1N/1P2P3/KQ6 w - - 0 1" />

4)<BR /><DIV>
white mates in 2 (find the first move that will promise this no matter what black does)</DIV>

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5)<BR /><DIV>
white mates in 2 (find key move)</DIV>

<IMG src="http://www.chessforums.org/viewer.php?6Nk/5p2/4B2K/5R2/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1" />


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solution 1: (rook from h7 to g7)
solution 2: (rook from c3 to c8 , black king takes pawn , queen from c1 to c7)
solution 3: (queen from b1 to a2 , black pawn must take queen(only move) ,
bishop from d3 to f5 , black king must take bishop , knight from e6 to g7 checkmate)
solution 4: (rook from e6 to e1 will promise a checkmate in the next move)
solution 5: (knight from g8 to e7)</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E46F39F0-330A-4158-9423-B7B6CF62125C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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