Chess – Kai Witte's Blog

Chess puzzle: Win even more

Kai Witte — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 13:13:28 +0000

Obviously a bad move for white. But how can black take the best advantage of it?

Hint: show

Solution: show

Chess puzzle: Missing a chance

Kai Witte — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:11:40 +0000

black to move and win material

Solution: show

Chess puzzle: Blunder in the opening (medium)

Kai Witte — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 12:20:58 +0000

White to move and win material

So I chased his knight around for a bit, until he decided to interrupt the chase with a tempo.

Solution: show

Chess puzzle: Pin vs. tempo

Kai Witte — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 22:14:25 +0000

White to move and win material

Hint: show

Chess puzzle: not a simple trade after all … (easy)

Kai Witte — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 13:02:02 +0000

My opponent and me missed something here ... white to move and win material.

Chess puzzle: Who cares about pins? (hard)

Kai Witte — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 21:33:59 +0000

White to move and win material.

Hint: show Ignore the pin

Solution: show

Chess puzzle: The two pawns (medium)

Kai Witte — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 05:39:07 +0000

The moves following here look like a harmless, automated trade of the minor pieces. But actually I (white) missed a chance to win material here. What should I have done in move 14?

The actual game is below. Find the moves for white that win material.


[Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Magnakai"]
[Black "LinuxGuy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1634"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[ECO "C00"]
[TimeControl "1800+30"]
[JsCom "startply 26"]

1. e4  e6  2. Nc3  d5
 3. exd5  exd5  4. d4
 Nf6  5. Bg5  Be7
6. Nf3  Bg4  7. Bb5+  c6
 8. Be2  O-O  9. O-O
 Nbd7  10. Re1  Re8
11. Ne5  Bxe2  12. Rxe2  Ne4
 13. Nxe4  Bxg5 $4
 ( 13.
... dxe4 14. Bf4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 g5 16. Bg3 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rad8 18. Rde1 h5 $11
 ) 14. Nxg5 $2
 ( 14. Nxf7 Qe7
(14. ... Kxf7 15. Nd6+ ) 15. Nfxg5 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. f3 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Rf8
19. Qd3 Qf7 $18  ) Nxe5  15. Rxe5
 Rxe5  16. dxe5 $2
 (
16. Nxf7 Re1+ (16. ... Kxf7 ) 17. Qxe1 Kxf7 18. Qe5 Qf6 19. Re1 Rf8 20. f3
Qxe5 21. dxe5 Ke6 22. Kf2 c5 $16  ) Qxg5
 17. Qd4  Re8  18. f4
 Qf5  19. Qxa7  Qxf4
 20. Qxb7  Qxe5  21. Qxc6
 Qe3+  22. Kf1  Qe2+
 23. Kg1   1/2-1/2

Hint 1: show Win the black d pawn and f pawn.

Hint 2: show The e5 knight takes both pawns.

Chess puzzle #24 (medium)

Kai Witte — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:42:30 +0000

White to move and win a pawn.

Chess puzzle #23 (easy)

Kai Witte — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:51:16 +0000

Black to move and win material.

Chess puzzle #22 (medium)

Kai Witte — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:20:38 +0000

My opponent (white) made a huge mistake with Bh6:

Black to move and win material

Hint: show

Solution: show