Best move for white ( good )
Game played in 1864...but I extend it for teaching...use deflection and forking
Best move for white - Level 3 good
The black bishop at e6 made a mistake of leaving the diagonal and captured the Knight at g4
You have this diagram now
White does interference to capture the queen or checkmate ....Black resigned.
White to play and gain a power using pawn fork
This kind of moves are very frequent in tournaments. You have to look ahead before you make a move. Here the white tries for an exchange, but actually he has a bigger motive.
Best Move for black to escape losing a power
With the current board setup, white to play.
He captures the Knight as shown.
In the actual game, the knight was captured and black lost the rook - like shown
Is there an alternate way to avoid losing the Rook ? Here is the figure again...
HINT: Whenever you get an opportunity to exchange queens when the opponent is forced to move the king (denying castling), you may be better of exchanging queen.
Five or less moves checkmate by black
White places the queen on e5 just to counter the checkmate by black at h2.
So, queen is the guard, we need to remove. How do you remove the guard?
The options for white are not many, he tries to give up his queen to escape from checkmate. But black mercilessly ignores the white queen, checkmates the white.
Best Move for White
What would be best play for white ?
If black were to play, what would be the defensive strategy.
Best Move by White - Level 4
The black bishop moved from f5 to e4 to checkmate white using the queen at g6. White was waiting for this move to happen and taken black by surprise. As you can see, white is one material down and he never gave up. The next move is a brilliant move, and see if you could come up with a plan.
How do you setup a pawn fork for white
The black bishop just moved to Be6.
White has several options - f5 or Nd5+
Which is better ?
Is this a good move by Black
Bishop capture the pawn at c2.
Pretend you are black and want to capture the pawn at c2. Is that a good move ? Why do you think that is a good move ? Why do you think it is a bad move?
The real game was found in chessgames.com
good (deflection) Best Move for white
The black just moved the rook to Rg7 to counter the checkmate. But white a has different idea, sacrificing his piece and then setting up a three way fork that you wouldn't normally see in a tournament game these days.
This game was played at Paris in 1867
Deflection
How would white capture a material
Black resigned from this very innovative move by white. This kind of is very unique and students should practice this kind of move
This sacrifices a material by white, then uses discovered attack to capture the Rook.
Best Move for black - Level 2
Identify how you would capture the white queen ?
This puzzles involves at least two strategies
Black capture a pawn using deflection
The white king is supporting the bishop and two pawns. The black knight is attacking one of those pawns. Also, it would be always prudent to move your rooks to higher ranks if possible.
This puzzle lets you do that.
Black will checkmate white in four moves
The white is again in an remote place with no powers to support nor give support. Whereas black releases energy with backup from bishop. How do you think black will checkmate white in four moves
This game is played in 1857 at the First American Chess Congress. I modified for educational purposes. Do not count the checks given by black queen to prolong the game.
Best move for the white rook
The black bishop just threatened the rook on 4th rank. But the rook has only three squares to go, as marked.
In the real game played in 1851, the white rook moved to c4 square (one of the white squared)
Why is this invited trouble for white? White resigned after black moved his piece.
Best Move for Black
White just move the rook to f3 position to capture the pawn at f7. And, it gives an opportunity for black to capture a material
Unsuccessful Pin by black Rook at a2
Rook just moved to a2 assuming that he is pinning the bishop with the queen on the backdrop. Sometimes, pinning a piece may be a counterproductive and you have to know your moves well ahead. Otherwise, you will loose your pieces...
Here is an example, white to play.
What do you play? Once you answered the problem, explain the problem black faced? What tactical advise would you give to black ?
Analyze this position, find the best move for white after reviewing both pictures.
This problem is based on discovered attack.
Look carefully,
The Black queen can take either the pawn at h3 or d4. If the black queen does take (say h3) pawn, the board position is
White to mate in less than five moves
Remember, black queen is waiting to checkmate the white king...
Black to play and exchange the knight for the bishop at c1 - Deflection problem
The black knight wants to capture the bishop at c1 by moving to the square at b3. But white queen is guarding that square, and the white knight
Like shown here...
How does the black deflect the queen from the b3 square. ?
: Deflection problem - Black to move - Level 3
Here the white pawn at g2 is supporting the knight f3. But the black knight wants to go h3 square to fork the rook and queen. But the h3 square is guarded by the same white pawn - which is in some way overworked. It is doing too many stuff.
The determine a best way for the black to deflect the g2 pawn.
Black to play for a stalemate - level 2
Black is losing in this game. The only way he can draw is sacrificing his queen because his king can't move and his pawns are all stuck. He converts this disadvantage position to his advantage and forces a draw.
How ?
Problem uses deflection, overloaded and remove the guard, white to move
For a piece that can only move one square at a time, the black king is overloaded with to support three pieces - Pawn at e6 , bishop at e7 and g6.
This game was played in 1926 by Akiba vs Richardson.
good Remove the defender , white to move
This problem uses the concept - Remove the defender.
The black king thinks he is very safe with pawn at h7 and rooks around. But white can only penetrate sacrificing something because no pain no gain.
So, analyze who is defending whom. Can you remove them with your pieces? Does the opponent becomes vulnerable for your queen to attack ?
Also, remember, white king is exposed at b5 and any one mistake by white player will result in checkmate by black queen. So, your moves should be very decisive to checkmate the black king.
Problem uses remove the defender ...what to play
Here the black rook is supporting the knight. It has no place to go though, c6 is guarded by the b5 pawn. d6 is guarded by white rook.
How would you remove the rook at e6 ?
Yes, absolutely, move the white pawn to f5 as shown
But blacks g pawn can capture the white pawn, right?
Like here ?
If that is the case, then check if you have any other powers with white player to attack the rook...
The black resigned.
Problem uses deflection , white to move
The king and the queen are supporting each other. Use the concept of deflection.
This game is played in 1883 and published in chessgames.com
You can also pin the queen, but it exposes the white king to rooks on the C file. it is better to use deflection.
Problem uses Discovered Check, Deflection,
In this problem, identify the piece that need to be moved to give a discovered check ?
Then the next question :
Look at the next position, black moved the pawn to e5 as shown here
You are now interested in removing the pawn at e5. But the black queen at e7 is watching the e5 pawn. How would white player can deflect the queen to a different square so you can capture the e5 pawn. Go ahead and use any of your materials to capture the e5 pawn. The arithmetic may not sound good, but you get the best square to checkmate the black king.
The solution is in this next diagram. Qb4. Yes, it may not sound right to give away your queen to capture a pawn which is against the logic of any chess game. But here, the white player shows the calculations he has done up until the next nine moves to checkmate the black king if he dares to take up the queen.
In real game, the black player did in fact capture the queen, who wouldn't ? But the becomes history soon. Once black queen captures the white queen, it is all checkmate for white in next 8 moves. The white bishop captures the e5 pawn.
You have position like this now -
Like I said, the bishop is now in action, white has two rooks on e and f file with no interference from anyone to capture the king.
Black to move and capture the bishop
This is called interference.
The computers show black should have captured the g6 pawn though.
Level 4. Can you checkmate black king in at least six moves
This game was played in 1911.
This problem teaches young kids about triangles and the pieces forming a triangle to trap the king.
Als, the pawn at g6 will not move and yet is part of the solution. That shows how a small piece can be part of a solution while the heavy pieces move around doing the work.
Black to play win a material
This problem appeared in Chess Life magazine Feb 2014. The concept is pinning. Can you believe pinning a heavy material can happen between to great players....?
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