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• Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
• If you find any errors, then please let me know.- John.
• Please use the links below to center the problems, find the solution, and to advance to the next problem.

1B0281 [solution]	_____	1B0282 [solution]      [Next]
1B0283 [solution]	_____	1B0284 [solution]      [Next]
1B0281 1. ... Ne4 forks the queen and rook. black eventually won.	_____	1B0282 1. ... Qc7! pins the bishop to the queen and wins the bishop
1B0283 1. ... Qxe4 forks the bishop and the rook on b1. Aslo 1. ... Qc5.	_____	1B0284 1. ... Qc6+ with a deadly fork on the King and the rook on h1.
1B0285 [solution]	_____	1B0286 [solution]      [Next]
1B0287 [solution]	_____	1B0288 [solution]      [Next]
1B0285 1. either rook to f8 pins the queen on f3 to the king and wins.	_____	1B0286 1. ... Qxg4 and the bishop cannot recapture because it is pinned.
1B0287 1. ... e5 takes advantage of the fact that the knight is pinned.	_____	1B0288 1. ... Qe5 mate or 1. ... Qd4 mate, which has a nice symmetry about it!
1B0289 [solution]	_____	1B0290 [solution]      [Next]
1B0291 [solution]	_____	1B0292 [solution]      [Next]
1B0289 1. ... Ng4+ forks two pieces. Note that the pawn on h3 is pinned.	_____	1B0290 1. ... Nf3+ with a fork in the Queen, Rook, and King. (Family fork.)
1B0291 1. ... Nd3+ (discovered check by the rook on d2) wins the rook on c1	_____	1B0292 1. ... Qxb5 and the bishop on d3 can't recapture because it is pinned.
1B0293 [solution]	_____	1B0294 [solution]      [Next]
1B0295 [solution]	_____	1B0296 [solution]      [Next]
1B0293 1. ... Rb8 wins the bishop on b2 because it is pinned to the rook on b1.	_____	1B0294 1. ... Rxd5 and the pawn on d4 is pinned and can't take the bishop on c5
1B0295 1. ... Bb7 attacks the Queen and will win the rook on h1 is the queen moves	_____	1B0296 1.... Rxe2 works because of the threat on the queen and the pin on the rook.
1B0297 [solution]	_____	1B0298 [solution]      [Next]
1B0299 [solution]	_____	1B0300 [solution]      [Next]
1B0297 1. ... Nxf3+ forks the king and rook. The knight is guarded by the Queen on f6.	_____	1B0298 1. ... Re1+ skewers the king and Queen or removes the defense from the Queen on g1.
1B0299 1. ... Bxf2+ exposes the queen on c4 to capture. It is a discovered or "uncovered" attack.	_____	1B0300 If a bullet game black missed the obvious Qd7 mate and played 1. ... Qb7 stalemate instead!

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