When I am hungry

On 9.Be2 it is even better 9...Nxf3 :

How to estimate this position ? I prefer black .

Another game i posted here :  A correspondence game

Original puzzles of high quality you can find here : Asorski

All the lines in this game are like this one - not clear and not easy to estimate. I will stop with analyzing it -  not enough time recently .

I think Holmes haven't posted this puzzle :

                                  Novomesky/Siran

                               white to play and win 

The authors of the puzzle above are Daniel Novomesky and Lubo Siran - on the picture - both on the right .

                                      Novomesky/Siran

                                    white to play and win 

Nice very similar to the first puzzle I couldn't find Qd3!!

Recently i met a nice helpmate puzzle . Some information about helpmates :

A helpmate is a kind of chess problem in which black moves first and helps white to checkmate him within a specified number of moves. In a helpmate in two (sometimes abbreviated to h#2), for example, the solution consists of a black move, a white move, a black move, and then another white move, giving checkmate. It should be noted that although the two sides are cooperating, all moves must be legal according to the rules of chess.

   the aothor of the puzzle is :

  Virgilio Fenoglio (20-02-1902 - 1990) Argentinian composer

Helpmate in 2 moves

  2 solutions

Ra7 Nf5 Rf7 Rh8 mate

Correct - this is one of the 2 solutions .

Here is the second solution for the helpmate puzzle :

Gábor Cseh   

helpmate in 3 moves

Ideal-Mate Review 1997 

Hon. Mention

                                          Gábor Cseh   

                                    helpmate in 3 moves

                 The next puzzle is in traditional chess rules :         

                                 White to play and win 

                          Mario Matouš (Czech Republic)

                    1st Prize, Polášek and Vlasák 50 JT 2007

                 What is the shortest game to the position?

Bob Meadley

Chess in Australia, Nov/Dec 1987

That's a very challenging puzzle.

I had a clear strategy to achieve an ideal path, but I've encountered too many problems. The main problem was, that for the knights to reach their final position, it takes a minimum of 8 moves for each side - that is 4 moves a knight. However, by doing that I kept blocking the long diagonals where other pieces now couldn't move through. So, not finding a quick and simple solution, I went for 5 moves a knight, for a total of 10 moves for each side, which is clearly inferior.

What's worse, is that I got to the position half a move late (with the wrong side to move), which calls for a useless waiting move from black to achieve the correct side to move. This makes it pretty obvious to me that the best solution is in 45 moves or less.

Muito bom...mas acho que na 13ª. jogada as brancas poderiam ter atraido a torre adiversária usando um pedaço de queijo puxado por barbante.... 

Nice one!