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As a footstep in the sand records just a single step of a journey, so too does a chess position record but a single moment in chess time.  Chessprints brings you some of those special moments in chess.  These fascinating positions were culled from composers, famous or sometimes not so famous games, or other noteworthy sources to tickle your imagination, and invigorate your chessic senses.  We present these Chessprints for the sheer joy they bring, but if you accidentally happen to learn something in the process...well, don't say we didn't warn you!

 

2008

2008.09.07 White to move and win Keene - Mortensen, Arhus 1983
2008.08.31 White to move and win Alfred de Musset: Romantic Player, 1849
2008.08.24 Black to move and win W. Kornfeld vs Johannes Zukertort, Posen, 1865
2008.08.17 Black to move and win Landa,K - McShane,L; Bundesliga, 18.11.2006
2008.08.10 White to move and win Polzin,R - Luther,T , Bundesliga, 18.11.2006
2008.08.03 White to mate in three unknown origin
2008.07.27 White to mate in three Sigurd Clausén, Eskilstuna Kuriren 1931
2008.07.20 White to move and win Gunsberg,I - A.N. Other
2008.07.13 White to mate in four Don French's Chess Problem Page
2008.07.06 White to mate in two Pedro Damiano, 14th Century
2008.06.29 White playing first... Problem by Herr Kling
2008.06.22 White to mate in fourteen Alexander Petrov, Schachzeittung, 1850
2008.06.15 White to mate in three Michael McDowell, The Problemist 1987
2008.06.08 White to move and win Marshall,F - Maroczy,G, Vienna, 1903
2008.06.01 White to move and win Steinitz,W - Von Bardeleben,C, Hastings (10), 1895
2008.05.25 Black to move and win Tea Bosboom Lanchava - Erwin L’Ami
Staunton Memorial, London 2006
2008.05.18 White to mate in two

a twin from Peter's Problem World
2008.05.11 White to mate in three Samuel Loyd, La Stratégie, 1867
2008.05.04 White to mate in two William Shinkman, The Power of the Pieces 1976
2008.04.27 White to mate in two Otto Wurzburg, American Chess Bulletin 1942
2008.04.20 Black to move and win Rubinstein,A - Spielmann,R; San Sebastian (10), 1912
2008.04.13 White mates in 3 Sam Loyd, Leipziger Illustrierte Zeitung 1869
2008.04.06 White to move and win Tsvetkov - Arnaudov, Sofia, 1957
2008.03.30 White to move and win a licenser original
2008.03.23 Black to move and win Miciak - Granski,M, VI. EU-MSM,
Final, Board 11, 15.10.2005
2008.03.16 Black to move and draw Ciuksyte - Littlewood, ch-EU Liverpool, 11.09.2006
2008.03.09 White mates in 5
moving only the king		 Taken from The Blue Book of Chess
 by Howard Staunton, et al.
2008.03.02 White to move and win Kaminer, S; Shakhmaty, 1924
2008.02.24 White to move and win Miciak,E - Granski,M, VI. EU-MSM, 15.10.2005
2008.02.17 Black to move and win Morgan,M - Lasker,E, Philadelphia, 1907
2008.02.10 White to move and win Morphy,P - Amateur, Blind Simul. New Orleans, 1858
2008.02.03 White to move and win Najdorf,M - Frenke/Sapiro, Warsaw 1927/Lodz 1929
2008.01.27 White to move and win Pelletier,Y - Bruzon,L, GM Biel SUI (8), 01.08.2006
2008.01.20 Black to move and win Byrne,R - Fischer,R, New York, 1963

2007

2007.12.02 Black to move and win origin unknown
2007.11.25 White to move and win from News & Notes #4:  Cramling,P - Socko,M,
Accentus Ladies Biel SUI (5), 28.07.2006
2007.11.18 White to move and win Grandmaster Chess Move by Move by John Nunn
2007.11.11 Black to move and win Rosanes,J - Anderssen,A, Breslau 1863, 1863
2007.11.04 three queen-sac offers Adams,E - Torre Repetto,C; New Orleans 1920
2007.10.28 White to mate in four De Labourdonnais, 1833
2007.10.21 White to move and win Lilienthal, A - Capablanca, J, Hastings (5), 12.1934
2007.10.14 White to move and win Marshall,F - Chigorin,M [A83], Ostende (7), 1905
2007.10.07 White to move and win Alekhine,A - Prat,M; Paris sim Paris, 1913
2007.09.30 White to mate in four De Labourdonnais, 1833
2007.09.23 Black to move and win in Chernev & Reinfeld's The Fireside Book of Chess; Krogius won with a pretty underpromotion
2007.09.16 Black to move and win Taylor-Rose; Inter-club match: Chorley v Rochdale; Board 1, April 2006
2007.09.09 White to move, how many mates-in-one?  Collins 1880; taken from:
You can't miss it; or - can you? by FM Amatzia Avni
2007.09.02 White to move and win Fischer,R - Reshevsky,S; USA-ch NY (6), 1958
2007.08.26 Which white bishop is the original? Retrograde Analysis from Chess Mysteries of
the Arabian Knights by Raymond Smullyan
2007.08.19 White to move and win A.Ramirez - Abbas 2004 (36th World Chess Ol)
2007.08.12 White to move and win Milieika - Petkevics, Riga 1963
2007.08.05 White to move and win Fischer,R - Ivkov,B,
2nd Piatigorsky Cup, Santa Monica, 1966
2007.07.29 Helpmate in Two
(two solutions)		 V. Zheltenozhko, Problemist pribuzhya, 1992
2007.07.22 White mates in four 200 Challenging Chess Puzzles (Greif)
2007.07.15 White to move and win Capablanca,J - Scott,R,
Hastings Victory Congress, 1919
2007.07.08 White to move and win "Immortal" Correspondence game: Arvid Sundin-Erik Andersson, ICCF WT/M/974 tournament in 1964-65
2007.07.01 White to move and win Akopian - Georgadze, Lvov 1990 (variation)
2007.06.24 White to move and win Capablanca,J - Fonaroff,M
New York casual 18.06.1918
2007.06.17 Black to Mate In How Many Moves? a licenser original, 2006
2007.06.10 Black to move and win Alburt,L (2570) - Shirazi,K (2470) USA-ch (9), 1983
2007.06.03 White to move and win Paul Morphy vs the Duke of Brunswick
& Count Isouard; Paris, 1858
2007.05.27 White Mates In Five Sam Loyd, circa 1861
2007.05.20 White Mates In Three Sanderse,J - Schakend Nederland, 1984
2007.05.13 Black to move and win Aronian - Van Wely, Wijk aan Zee, 2006
2007.05.06 Black to move and win Rotlewi,G - Rubinstein,A, Lodz, 1907
2007.04.29 Black to move and win Stefanova-Kosteniuk, 36th Olympiad, 22.10.2004
2007.04.22 White mates in two mrmip's Christmas Tree
2007.04.15 White to move and win Marco-Salter, Vienna 1900, Anastasia's mate
2007.04.06 White to move and win Stavrietsky & Ryabinin, 1999
2007.04.01 White to move and win Morozevich-Chernin, Moscow 1995
2007.03.25 White mates in 4 Roycroft, EG 2005
2007.03.18 Which Diagram Is the TRUE Diagram?? by Darren Dillinger
2007.03.11 White mates in two L.I. Loshinsky, 1st Prize, Grigorian Mem. Tourney '50
2007.03.04 White to move and win O. Duras, Narodni Listy, 1905
2007.02.25 White mates in three T. Hillary, The Observer, 1957
2007.02.18 White to move and draw Dolmatov-Bologan, Calcutta, 12.02.1999
2007.02.11 White to move and win Tal,M - Hecht,H; Varna ol (Men) Varna (9), 1962
2007.02.04 White to move and win Milieika - Petkevics, Riga 1963
2007.01.28 White to move and win Sax,G - Hermansson,E
21st European Club Cup Saint Vincent, 20.09.2005
2007.01.21 White to move and win bscastro - N.Opponent; ICC 20-20, 21.09.2005
2007.01.14 White to move and win Torrecillas,A (2389) - Keiser,P (1932) [A00] Email Halloween (9), 20.01.2003
2007.01.07 White mates in two V. Dyachuk, Tidskrift für Schack 1996

2006

2006.01.01 Black to move and win Blackburne,J - Burn,A [C44]
BCA-03.Challenge Cup London, 1870
2006.01.08 White to move and win Ed. Lasker - Moll (1912)
2006.01.15 White to Mate In Two courtesy of the Russian novelist Vladimir Nabakov
2006.01.22 White to move and win Schwartz - Kieseritzky, Paris, 1842
2006.01.29 White mates in nine Norwood Potter - Amateur
2006.02.05 White to mate in three C. A. L. Bull, Casopis Ceskych Sachistu 1923
2006.02.12 White to mate in three F. Matousek, 1st Prize Jas 1935
2006.02.19 White to move and win Richardson-Delmar, New York 1887
2006.02.26 White to move and win

Sam Loyd
First Published in Chess Monthly, April, 1858
2006.03.05 White to move and win Granda Zuniga,J (2610) - Van Wely,L (2605)
Donner mem Amsterdam (11), 29.08.1996
2006.03.12 White to mate in three

From Don French's Chess Problem Page
2006.03.19 White to mate in eight W.A. Shinkman (Version A. Chéron)
Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1908
2006.03.26 White to move and win Krasenkow,M (2655) - Adianto,U (2610)
MK Cafe Cup-A Koszalin (9), 11.08.1998
2006.04.02 White to move and win Krejcik-Anon GM, 1907
2006.04.09 Either to move & win used by the famous Automaton, The Turk
2006.04.16 Black to move and win Alekhine's Block
2006.04.23 White to move and win pictured in a photograph of Emanuel Lasker
2006.04.30 White to mate in 22 by Tim Krabbé, 1985
2006.05.07 White to mate in 2 Don French's First Christmas Tree
2006.05.14 White to move and win From Ideal Mate Chess Problems by Eugene Albert
2006.05.21 White to mate in 2 A.E. Farebroter, L'Echiquier 1953
2006.05.28 White to move and win Mackenzie-Brenzinger, New York, 1864
smothered mate
2006.06.04 White to move and win Larsen,B - Petrosian,T
Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd Santa Monica (7), 27.07.1966
2006.06.11 White to move and win

composition by GM Pal Benko; Taken from Pal Benko: My Life, Games and Compositions
2006.06.18 White to move and win composition by GM Pal Benko; Taken from Pal Benko: My Life, Games and Compositions
2006.06.25 Black to move and win taken from The Unfortunate Fate of Salo Flohr
2006.07.02 White to move and win Fischer,R - Panno,O, Buenos Aires, 1970
2006.07.09 Black to move and win

from one of the nominations for "Greatest Game of All Time", Polugaevsky,L - Nezhmetdinov,R Sochi, 1958
2006.07.16 Black to move and win from one of the nominations for "Greatest Game of All Time", Glucksberg-Najdorf, Warsaw ol (Men), 1935
2006.07.23 White to move and win Charousek,R - Wollner, Kaschau, 1893
2006.07.30 White to move and win from one of the nominations for "Greatest Game of All Time", Fischer,R - Panno,O, Buenos Aires, 30.07.1970
2006.08.06 Black to move and win from one of the nominations for "Greatest Game of All Time", R Byrne - R Fischer, US Ch., 18.12.1963
2006.08.13 White to move and win Ehlvest - Andersson, Belfort World Cup, 1988
2006.08.20 White to move and win from one of the nominations for "Greatest Game of All Time", Kasparov,G  - Topalov,V, Wijk aan Zee 1999
2006.08.27 White to move and win

from one of the nominations for "Greatest Game of All Time", Mieses,J - Janowski,D, Paris 1900
2006.09.03 Black to mate in three

April Fool's joke!  The problem is by Darren Dillinger
2006.09.10 White to move and win From Ideal Mate Problems
2006.09.17 Black to move and win Rozmbersky,D (2125) - Kubala,P (2315)
CZE-ch U18/20 Lazne Bohdanec, 1998
2006.09.24 White to move and win Polgar,J (2670) - Anand,V (2770) [B90]
Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee (6), 22.01.1998
2006.10.01 White to move and win Alekhine,A - Koutny,P; Prague sim Prague, 1935
2006.10.08 White mates in 2;
find all solutions.

Nathan J. Goldberg
July 2003 issue of Chess Life
2006.10.15 White to mate in five 200 Demanding Chess Puzzles, Martin Greif, Editor
2006.10.22 White to move and win Genrikh Kasparyan, Shakhmaty v SSSR 1961
2006.10.29 White to move and win Nimzowitsch,A - Alapin,S, St.Petersburg, 1914
2006.11.05 Helpmate in Two
2 Solutions		 J. Boggio, Europe-Echecs 1962
2006.11.12 White to move and win Hydra - Adams,M (2737), m (3) London, 23.06.2005
2006.11.19 Black to move and win Varga,Z (2541) - Markus,R (2465) [A04]
FS12 GM Budapest (11), 13.12.2000
2006.11.26 Black to move and win Lepeshkin - Kosterin, USSR 1963
2006.12.03 Black to move and win example of the well-known double-rook sacrifice
2006.12.10 White to move and win Joel Lautier vs Meelis Kanep, Goteborg, 2005
2006.12.17 White to move and win GM Alexandra Kosteniuk - GM Antoaneta Stefanova North Urals Cup, Krasnoturinsk 2005
2006.12.24 White to move and win I can't recall where I came across this position!
2006.12.31 White mates in 3 Clausén,S, Die Schwalbe, 1939

2005

2005.01.02 2005.04.03 2005.07.03 2005.10.02
2005.01.09 2005.04.10 2005.07.10 2005.10.09
2005.01.16 2005.04.17 2005.07.17 2005.10.16
2005.01.23 2005.04.24 2005.07.24 2005.10.23
2005.01.30 2005.05.01 2005.07.31 2005.10.30
2005.02.06 2005.05.08 2005.08.07 2005.11.06
2005.02.13 2005.05.15 2005.08.14 2005.11.13
2005.02.20 2005.05.22 2005.08.21 2005.11.20
2005.02.27 2005.05.29 2005.08.28 2005.11.27
2005.03.06 2005.06.05 2005.09.04 2005.12.04
2005.03.13 2005.06.12 2005.09.11 2005.12.11
2005.03.20 2005.06.19 2005.09.18 2005.12.18
2005.03.27 2005.06.26 2005.09.25 2005.12.25

2004

2004.01.04 2004.04.04 2004.07.04 2004.10.03
2004.01.11 2004.04.11 2004.07.11 2004.10.10
2004.01.18 2004.04.18 2004.07.18 2004.10.17
2004.01.25 2004.04.25 2004.07.25 2004.10.24
2004.02.01 2004.05.02 2004.08.01 2004.10.31
2004.02.08 2004.05.09 2004.08.08 2004.11.07
2004.02.15 2004.05.16 2004.08.15 2004.11.14
2004.02.22 2004.05.23 2004.08.22 2004.11.21
2004.02.29 2004.05.30 2004.08.29 2004.11.28
2004.03.07 2004.06.06 2004.09.05 2004.12.05
2004.03.14 2004.06.13 2004.09.12 2004.12.12
2004.03.21 2004.06.20 2004.09.19 2004.12.19
2004.03.28 2004.06.27 2004.09.26 2004.12.26


2003
2003.11.30
2003.12.07
2003.12.14
2003.12.21
2003.12.28


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