Best move for black.

Analyze this problem. Write your comments.

White to move and win

Here black challenged white to exchange. If white misses the exchange he loses. If he exchanges hecwins.

Best move for black

Almost all squares are blocked except c5. If you king to c5 it is a draw.

Best move for white

This is a game played by nakamura vs magnus Zurich chess 2014.  Nakamura missed a good opportunity to defeat magnus.  Can you find a move.

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Best Move for Black


White knight is in the way for the pawn to promote itself into a queen. How do you chase it away  so pawn can be queen. 


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Black to move to checkmate in four moves or less.

The black can exchange the queens to capture the white knight with the bishop. But black can find a better move to checkmate no matter what white does.

Best move for white

This is back rank took problem. Black has two rooks trapped supporting one pawn at c7. What a waste of a major pieces 10 points trapped. Black might advance the a5 pawn.

Instead black can  focus the brilliant move white can move. Doing you thing you can check mate the black or make the black resign ? Either find the best moves for white. This is a difficult problems requires good chess skills.

Black to move...Checkmate by first trapping the escape route

Best move for black

Another simple move to capture the white queen or xheckmate

Best move for black

Black can capture the white queen or checkmate the king

Best move for white

White cannot move the king because black king will advance. The b4 pawn is threatening to move forward.
The e4  pawn is in a good position for black. How would you win this game ?

Best move for white

Deflection or splitting the king from supporting the e4 pawn

Best move for white

This is level 4 problem. There is a way to beat black in this position. The power of knight is seen here.

White to checkmate in four moves

Best move or strategy for black

Black is moving up the two pawns. Black queen is front of them.

Also white queen can force a draw by repetition by giving a check at Qd5.

So black queen has two objectives - one to promote the pawns and avoid a draw. 

I will make a video of this problem.

In the mean time check if you  can solve.

Best Move for black.

Black has to promote the pawn to a queen. But white knight is a problem. How would you chase it away ?


Best moves for black to promote to a queen

Black is one move away from promoting to a queen. But white knight is on the way.

Best move for white

Do you want to promote to queen or take the f5 pawn?

The idea is for white king to be g7 square earlier than the black king.

Best move for white

Black took will try do draw by repitition..