Improve Your Chess Tactics

Next Page Previous Page Feedback Front Page

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.

4B0021 [solution]	_____	4B0022 [solution] [Next]
4B0023 [solution]	_____	4B0024 [solution] [Next]
4B0021 1. ... Kxf2! 2. b4 (or b3) cxb3 e.p. 3. c4 b2 4. c5 b1=Q (or b1=R) mate!!	_____	4B0022 1. ... Ra5 2. Qg5+ Kh8 3. Qg7+ (to stop Ra1 mate.) Qxg7 4. Bxg7+ Kxg7 wins.
4B0023 1. ... Rxe2 is the easy way. 2. Qxe2 Qxg3+ 3. Kh1 Rh8+ forces mate on move 4.	_____	4B0024 1. ... Bf2+ 2. Kd1 (to protect the Queen) Be3! 3. Qxd8 Rxd8+ 4. Ke1 Bxc1 wins.
4B0025 [solution]	_____	4B0026 [solution] [Next]
4B0027 [solution]	_____	4B0028 [solution] [Next]
4B0025 1. ... Bxc2+! 2. Kxc2 Qa2+ 3. Kc1 (3. Kc3 Qd2 mate) Rd2! and 4. ... Qb2 mate!	_____	4B0026 1. ... Qxg5!!! 2. Qxg5 (Qh8+ Bg8) Rh7+ 3. Qh4 (forced) Rxh4+ 4. gxh4 Bxa2 wins
4B0027 1. ... Bd4+ 2. Kf3 (2. Kg2 Rg1+ wins) 2. ... Rf6+ 3. Bf5 Rxf5+ 4. Kg3 Rg1+ wins	_____	4B0028 1. ... Qd3! 2. Ne5 Nc2+ wins. If 2. Qe2 Nc2+ 3. Kd1 Qxe2+ wins 4. Kxe2 Nxa1 wins.
4B0029 [solution]	_____	4B0030 [solution] [Next]
4B0031 [solution]	_____	4B0032 [solution] [Next]
4B0029 1. ... Ke7! and black threatens the queen and 2. ... Nxg3+ 3. hxg3 Qh5+ 4. Bh3 Qxh3 mate!	_____	4B0030 1. ... Qxh2+ 2. Kxf3 Qh3+ 3. Kf4 Bh6+ 4. Ke4 or Ke5 then Qf5 mate! thanks to flanker on ICC
4B0031 1. ... g5+ 2. hxg5+ hxg5+ 3. Kg4 Rd4+ and 4. ... Bxf3 wins If 2. Ke3 then Rxe6+ wins the bishop	_____	4B0032 1. ... Ng4+ 2. Kg1 Rd1!! with threat of 3. ... Rxc1 and 4. ... e1=Q+ winning. Not 3. Rxc2 Rxe1 mate.
4B0033 [solution]	_____	4B0034 [solution] [Next]
4B0035 [solution]	_____	4B0036 [solution] [Next]
4B0033 taking the pawn would stalement, but Kf7 followed by a3, a2 and a1=Q (or a1=B!) mates on move 4.	_____	4B0034 1. ... Bxf3 and there is no escape for the white king. If 2. Kh2 Qg4 3. Bg3 Qh5+ 4. Kg1 Qh1 mate
4B0035 1. ... Rg1+!!!! and now if 2. Bxg1 Nd2 mate! If instead 2. Kxg1 Qg5+! 3. Kf1 Qg2+ 4. Ke1 Qe2 mate!	_____	4B0036 1. ... Qb8+ 2. Ka4 Rc4+ and now 3. b4 Rxb4! forces mate. If instead 3. Ka5 Rc5+! forces mate on move 4.
4B0037 [solution]	_____	4B0038 [solution] [Next]
4B0039 [solution]	_____	4B0040 [solution] [Next]
4B0037 1. ... Rf4 and the threat of d3 mate is too great. 2. Rd5 d3+ 3. Rd4 Rxd4+ 4. Kxd4 dxe2 wins easily.	_____	4B0038 1. ... Be5+ and now if 2. Kh3 then Rxf3+ wins the bishop. If instead 2. Kg4 Rxg2 3. Bxg2 e2 Queens on move 4.
4B0039 1. ... Qh2+ 2. Ke1 Rg1+ (threatening the queen as well.) 3. Qf1 Rxf1+ wins. 4. Kxf1 Qf4+ forks king and rook	_____	4B0040 As I see it 1. ... Bxg2+ 2. Kxg2 Nf4+ 3. Kf3 Nxd3 4. Bxd3 gxf6 and Black has gone from being a queen down to a pawn up!

Front Page

100 Hot Web Sites!
//Next Page
Black to main page.