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Puzzle IV

Submitted by odirtyredo on Sun Jul 6, 2008 2:22pm.

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Rook sac

Submitted by Harry07 on Thu Jul 3, 2008 1:01am.

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puzzle III

Submitted by odirtyredo on Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:32pm.

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The important stuff

Submitted by WhiteFire on Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:27pm.

     It has come to my attention that there are many important things in chess that nobody talks about. The true masters of chess don't say anything. We all know the opening principles and names to various tatics, but what ... Read more »

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A killer move!

Submitted by Harry07 on Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:42pm.

This was one of my games in a tournament. he missed a move so could you find the winnindg move for him?? Read more »

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Attacking w/o the Queen

Submitted by benws on Wed Jun 4, 2008 6:10pm.

It always seems that whenever we lose our queen, our means to attack shut down, and none will succeed. But the truth is, some of the best attacks come with the queens gone and imagination at its highest rate. NOTE: ANNOTATIONS BY EDMAR MEDNIS.&nbs... Read more »

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My Chess problemV

Submitted by aabbccdd on Tue Jun 3, 2008 4:39am.

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my chess problemIIII

Submitted by aabbccdd on Tue Jun 3, 2008 4:34am.

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My chess problemIII

Submitted by aabbccdd on Tue Jun 3, 2008 4:24am.

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A cheap trick

Submitted by Harry07 on Tue Jun 3, 2008 2:23am.

This puzzle is a weird mysterious puzzle but find the best move!so good luck!! Read more »

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My chess problemII

Submitted by aabbccdd on Mon Jun 2, 2008 4:52am.

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My chess problem!

Submitted by aabbccdd on Mon Jun 2, 2008 3:58am.

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puzzle II

Submitted by odirtyredo on Sun Jun 1, 2008 2:47pm.

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puzzle

Submitted by odirtyredo on Mon May 26, 2008 9:55pm.

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Tactics!

Submitted by Harry07 on Wed May 21, 2008 3:47am.

Have you ever felt like playing a strong guy and then he plays lots of tactics and gives you a hard time?He/she is like a queen up and you have no chance of winning. Sometimes people play weird openings and win,e.g weird gambits then they hav... Read more »

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En passant

Submitted by colinh on Sat May 17, 2008 1:50pm.

I have noticed that computers will not let you do the move, En passant.  It is a very rare move an that is probably why you can not do it.  In the picture to the right, the pawn on e4 would move to d5 and take the pawn on e5. Read more »

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A jumble of tactics

Submitted by redandblack on Thu May 15, 2008 6:27pm.

I played a game once on chess.com, and on looking back at it, I realized that it is very constructive, as it illustrates many of the basic tactics and principles of chess, including skewers, forks, double checks, development, fianchettoes, pawn ho... Read more »

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Overload!

Submitted by addiction_to_chess on Thu May 15, 2008 3:41am.

Overloading is when a piece is assigned to protect two or more other pieces, squares or threats at the same time. In situations like this opportunities often arise to benefit from the overloading by distracting the piece from one or several of its... Read more »

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The Galloping Knight

Submitted by benws on Wed May 7, 2008 5:42pm.

Watch Tarrasch's knight in this game as it leaps around the board, forcing a weary Black to resign. NOTE: ANNOTATIONS AND TITLE BY IRVING CHERNEV.  Read more »

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Mating the Tuna in Deep Water At the Flea House of the August Moon

Submitted by NM GreenLaser on Fri May 2, 2008 1:39pm.

The Flea House designated the Chess and Checker Club of New York, which was located on 42nd Street near Times Square. It was  a place where players could come and play chess, checkers, Russian checkers, Spanish checkers, dominoes, go, backgam... Read more »

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Attack! Nezh Style!

Submitted by PrideNSorrow on Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:57am.

For those unfamiliar with the chess games of Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov or Super Nezh for short, we'll go through a great game of his which served as inspiration for a recent blitz game I played. By the way, if you have no clue who I'... Read more »

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The Isolated Pawn

Submitted by benws on Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:52pm.

This game shows Lasker in his best form as he shows the best way to deal with an isolated pawn. He wins material, but still must win an endgame. How he does this is a treat to watch. NOTE: ANNOTATIONS AND TITLE BY IRVING CHERNEV. Read more »

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My unforunate luck

Submitted by Przemowiersz on Wed Apr 9, 2008 5:28am.

 Sometimes are moment when we are so confident of ourself and the games with weaks players this make that we make a huge blunder, but for our luck he didn't spot tactics. Read more »

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"Advanced Tactics"

Submitted by Torkil on Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:03am.

Yesterday's puzzle (March, 29th, titled "Advanced Tactics") was very interesting, and I posted quite a long text about it. As it is somewhere in the middle of several pages of posts, I suspect it won't be read much. Therefore I w... Read more »

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Giving the 2 rook.

Submitted by kent440 on Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:51am.

This is one of my best game here in chess.com. Enjoy. Read more »

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