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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. ... Qd4 mate. (A little trickier than most mate in 1's because the mate is a along a diagonal.)	_____	1B0302 1. ... R4xe4 . The important thing is that the knight on e4 is only defended once and attacked twice.
1B0303 1. ... Bxe2 removes the defender on the knight on c3 which is pinned to the rook on a1 by the bishop on g7.	_____	1B0304 1. ... Nh5 and the rook on g7 has nowhere to hide. (Plus the knight on f5 is threatened.) Ne8 also works.
1B0305 [solution]	_____	1B0306 [solution]      [Next]
1B0307 [solution]	_____	1B0308 [solution]      [Next]
1B0305 1. ... Rfxe4 wins the knight on e4. Black has three pieces attacking e4 and white only has two pieces defending.	_____	1B0306 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.
1B0307 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.	_____	1B0308 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.
1B0309 [solution]	_____	1B0310 [solution]      [Next]
1B0311 [solution]	_____	1B0312 [solution]      [Next]
1B0309 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. :-)	_____	1B0310 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.)
1B0311 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	_____	1B0312 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?

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