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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.

1B0301 [solution]	_____	1B0302 [solution]      [Next]
1B0303 [solution]	_____	1B0304 [solution]      [Next]
1B0301 1. ... Bxg5 wins because the knight on f3 is pinned to the Queen by the bishop on g4. Not as good is 1... Bxf3 2. Bxf6.	_____	1B0302 1. .... Ba6+ and white is going to lose stuff. The skewer on the king and the rook is deadly.
1B0303 Although it is obvious that either rook taking the queen is checkmate, but so is 1. ... Qf2 mate!	_____	1B0304 1. ... d1=Q double check wins. White is checked by two pieces, so he can't capture the queen
1B0305 [solution]	_____	1B0306 [solution]      [Next]
1B0307 [solution]	_____	1B0308 [solution]      [Next]
1B0305 1. ... Nh5 forks the queen and bishop. Queen must move away from the protection of the bishop	_____	1B0306 1. ... Rh8 traps the Queen. White will get two pieces for it, but the position favors black.
1B0307 1. ... Ne2+ forks the king and Queen. Note that the rook on f2 is pinned by the bishop on c5.	_____	1B0308 1. ... Qd4 mate. (A little trickier than most mate in 1's because the mate is a along a diagonal.)
1B0309 [solution]	_____	1B0310 [solution]      [Next]
1B0311 [solution]	_____	1B0312 [solution]      [Next]
1B0309 1. ... R4xe4 . The important thing is that the knight on e4 is only defended once and attacked twice.	_____	1B0310 1. ... Bxe2 removes the defender on the knight on c3 which is pinned to the rook on a1 by the bishop on g7.
1B0311 1. ... Nh5 and the rook on g7 has nowhere to hide. (Plus the knight on f5 is threatened.) Ne8 also works.	_____	1B0312 1. ... Rfxe4 wins the knight on e4. Black has three pieces attacking e4 and white only has two pieces defending.
1B0313 [solution]	_____	1B0314 [solution]      [Next]
1B0315 [solution]	_____	1B0316 [solution]      [Next]
1B0313 1. ... Bxb2 will win the trapped rook on a1. I throw this one in because I don't think it has been covered before in this book.	_____	1B0314 it is amzing how many good players fall for this kind of situation. 1. ... Qa5+ wins the knight on c5 after it foolishing took a pawn there.
1B0315 1. ... Rxa2+ uncovers the attack on the rook on d1. The extra bishop is more than enough to win, especially since the pawns are on white squares.	_____	1B0316 1. ... Bc5 and the pin on the Queen will force white to give up a rook for the bishop. Darn if I don't keep falling for these things in bullet games. :-)
1B0317 [solution]	_____	1B0318 [solution]      [Next]
1B0319 [solution]	_____	1B0320 [solution]      [Next]
1B0317 Black has a nice defensive combination.... 1. ... Qh6+ and the forced trade of Queens wins because he is up material. (White has sacked everything but the kitchen sink to get an attack here.)	_____	1B0318 1. ... Nf3+ not only forks the king and the pawn, but Black who was up a pawn is now up two pawns and the extra pawn on e6 is now passed (meaning it is not blocked by other pawns) givening Black a huge engame advantantage
1B0319 It is a bit of a mystery to me why in the bullet game Conguito vs. Mbelli on the Internet Chess Club, black did not play 1. ... Rxb5 winning the knight because of the pin on the rook at a1. Maybe someone can explain it to me?	_____	1B0320 At first glance that pawn check on f7 looks like bad news for black. But notice that black is way up in material. He merely has to play 1. Qxf7 and he is O.K., even if he has to give up the Queen for the Rook and Pawn.

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