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Puzzle Created Author Color Moves Difficulty
544631-Jul-08congratulations -- lolz
Improved by: heinzkat (mate in 3) mate in 5
W3
(2)
544531-Jul-08rookie2b -- Peter Hoffmann's cyclic Babson 2006, try out the different possible solutions it's quite a fascinati…
Alt. solutions: eljack, heinzkat , pejman
W4
(4)
544431-Jul-08throneseeker -- PLM # 2008-23 An unexpected defensive check can be a solution killer.W3
(6)
544331-Jul-08heinzkat -- Composed by Leonid Zagoruyko (1958).W3
(13)
544231-Jul-08heinzkat -- Composed by Barry Barnes and Christopher Reeves, Die Schwalbe, 1964.W2
(3)
544131-Jul-08fikzter -- Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship Starter Problem. W2
(6)
544031-Jul-08big_bo -- The ending of an unrated game between me and sithlord. Easy, with a few possibilities.
Alt. solutions: big_bo, heinzkat , soultosqueeze , eljack
W5
(4)
543931-Jul-08thebish -- This is fairly easy -- mainly interesting because the rook on g7 is pinned, which you have to work a…B6
(7)
543830-Jul-08thebish -- This was improvised from a game analysis of mine. White has some pretty serious threats, namely mat…
Alt. solutions: thebish , anarchessist, agentsparrow, eljack
B7
(6)
543730-Jul-08deeken -- Kinda cool
Alt. solutions: polladam, agentsparrow
W3
(4)
543630-Jul-08slugrico -- slugrico v. pelle2. Blitz 6-30-08W2
(13)
543530-Jul-08fikzter -- Open NK Chess Puzzle 30-07-08W2
(9)
543430-Jul-08kwijybo -- B3
(8)
543330-Jul-08heinzkat -- Sergey Karjakin - Viswanathan Anand, Corus/Wijk aan Zee 2006.B6
(9)
543230-Jul-08krzysik --
Alt. solutions: chess-knot, heinzkat , eljack
B2
(5)
543130-Jul-08pim1 -- At his 23th move, White push g3 to attack Black's bishop in f4. Then Black choose 23... Bd6 ? The f…
Alt. solutions: heinzkat
W6
(13)
543030-Jul-08taufiq -- I've found this one in Nimzowitsch' book: "My system".
Alt. solutions: dasman , heinzkat
W4
(16)
542930-Jul-08fikzter -- Open NK Chess Puzzle 29-7-08W2
(9)
542829-Jul-08thebish -- This one is perfect, because it's a set mate (6 moves), and it's from a real game (Josef Kourek-Pave…
Alt. solutions: heinzkat
B6
(13)
542729-Jul-08deeken -- Kinda like the last one but with the kings helpless
Alt. solutions: heinzkat
W3
(5)
542629-Jul-08gorey --
Alt. solutions: heinzkat
B4
(8)
542529-Jul-08drewfired -- This is from a blitz game I played over the board on 7/29/08 vs Vladimir 1.Bg7! Bg7 2.Nf6 Kf8 3.…
Alt. solutions: eljack
W3
(9)
542429-Jul-08mfeeney93 -- While there are many variations to checkmate, the fact is that if black wants to remain in the game,…
Improved by: anarchessist (mate in 7), mokru (mate in 8) mate in 10
Alt. solutions: anarchessist, burkhard, heinzkat
W7
(15)
542329-Jul-08elevinski --
Alt. solutions: elevinski, anarchessist, pia8988 , heinzkat , soultosqueeze , eljack, the_duke
W5
(6)
542229-Jul-08run2dahills --
Alt. solutions: soultosqueeze
W2
(14)
542129-Jul-08throneseeker -- PLM # 2008-22
Alt. solutions: eljack
W3
(9)
542029-Jul-08throneseeker -- PLM # 2008-21 Pretty easy. (With all that material White should mate with no problem. (Now I will…
Improved by: eljack (mate in 3) mate in 4
Alt. solutions: eljack, heinzkat
W3
(11)
541929-Jul-08fikzter -- Open NK Chess Puzzle 28-7-08W2
(8)
541828-Jul-08deeken -- kinda good but not too challenging
Alt. solutions: heinzkat
W3
(10)
541728-Jul-08ruachessnut2 -- 5409 reminded me of this old puzzle Not the same as 5416
Alt. solutions: soultosqueeze , ruachessnut2, eljack
W3
(11)
541628-Jul-08ruachessnut2 -- 5409 reminded me of this old puzzle. Not the same as 5417W3
(10)
541528-Jul-08joshshadowfax -- It's easy in several moves, but can you do in in two?W2
(11)
541428-Jul-08big_bo -- A puzzle that started off slighly different, but after a 17-turn hunt the king I edited it to give m…
Alt. solutions: eljack
B3
(9)
541328-Jul-08mika76 -- This game gave me a lesson about f6 importance, even though all of it is not here. (Earlier moves:1 …W9
(14)
541228-Jul-08dan1407 -- A bit trickyW3
(15)
541128-Jul-08dan1407 -- W3
(7)
541028-Jul-08dan1407 -- Death by suffocationW4
(8)
540928-Jul-08eljack -- Dancing Knight
Alt. solutions: winks, heinzkat
W5
(18)
540828-Jul-08mika76 -- Black is about to loose this game. Valo - Valtavaara, corr 1979.
Alt. solutions: heinzkat
B8
(15)
540727-Jul-08tugger --
Alt. solutions: tugger
W13
(20)
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