Tactics Test : PART II

Welcome to Tactics Test PART II, by the chesscorner64

PART I is here  https://www.chess.com/blog/newchesscorner64/assess-your-tactics-level-part-i

So how to get to Hikaru's level in Tactics ? are you close to his level with the arrows calculation method ?

lets find out !

Here are the positions, recommending 10 minutes in total

POSITION 6 : Black to play

Position 7: Black to play !

Position 8:Black to play!

Position 9: White to play !

Position 10 : Black to play

SOLUTIONS and RANKING

YOU NEED TO FIND ALL THE MOVES UNTIL THE END, not JUST THE FIRST ONE. SCORE 0.5 if only 1st right MOVE FOUND, 1 point per entire solution found . there are 10 positions in total starting with first post. Good Luck ! maximum score is 10 !!

TOTAL SCORE 1 to 5 : You are learning tactics, keep at it

6 to 8: You are an advanced TACTICIAN, WELL DONE

9 to 10: REALLY IMPRESSIVE, what is YOUR BEST PUZZLE RUSH in 3 Minutes. what is your BULLET AND BLITZ RATING ? 

solutions 

6 you need to play Bf2+ King moves Bg2+!! and Qg3 you finish with checkmate

7 you need to find f3+ Kf3 and then second move Rh3+ with skewer winning bishop on c3. interesting pattern, not as common as others

8 Kxh5+ King moves and Kh4!! is the follow up threating Qh3#. you use your king to finish the attack, unusual but you can find it via calculation and arrow technique

9 Qh5!! Amazing find by Dubov I think. gxh5 Bh7 is checkmate. Qh5!! is an amazing queen sacrifice.

10 ..Rxe5!! only move White replies Qa8+ Re8 and then Ba3+ and here you shouldnt play Kf7?? because of Nd6+ but play the cool Bc5 ! like this

this position is really " fire on the board" and you need to calculate 1..Rxe3!! and the Bishop retreating to c5 in the main line. Kudos if you found all the moves leading to win. White is busted here no matter what they try!