Rahim's Chess Lessons

Originally posted by RahimK
[b]Game 6 Puzzle 1

[fen]rnbqkb1r/ppp2ppp/5n2/3P4/4pP2/2N5/PPPP2PP/R1BQKBNR - 0 4[/fen]

Position after 4. ...Nf6

What is the right way to continue for white, instead of the troublesome 5. d3?![/b]

Solution:

This puzzle was posted by Schakuhr so i'm not quite sure what the solution is since I don't play this opening.

From the opening db's I've seen 5.d3 is played but doesn't score very good for white.

Qe2, Bc4 and Bb5+ are also played but neither of them score very good for white either.

After 5.Qe2 Be7 is usually played. A little tactic would be:

5...Nxd5? 6.Qxe4+ winning the knight.

So I guess you should play what you are comfortable with and don't be greed and hold on to the extra pawn. It will get you in trouble.

1 more day to go and I only got 1 PM 🙁

Remember the prizes 🙂

I'll have mine sent in a few hours. Sorry about that, too much preparation for the new year!!! 😀

Originally posted by chuckorc
I'll have mine sent in a few hours. Sorry about that, too much preparation for the new year!!! 😀

I've worked on these for a few hours today and nothing jumps out at me. 😠
Can we have a small hint and maybe an extra day, please?

Originally posted by chuckorc
I've worked on these for a few hours today and nothing jumps out at me. 😠
Can we have a small hint and maybe an extra day, please?

I got 2/4 so far. I can give you some extra time if you want. Couple of days good?

I didn't make the puzzles so I don't know how long the solution right now. So I don't have any hints for you this time.

Thanks for the extra time, I'll have my guesses in later today.

Game 6, Puzzle 2 User Solutions:

I am somehow weak(weak compared to me ) in this kind of position, that have no strategy in them and a lot of tactical lines...I will try to guess:

13 Kf2 Qb6+ 14 Kf1(14 Kg3 the same) Rxe2 15 Nxe2 Re8 -+
13 h3 Bxe2 14 Nxe2 Nd4 -+
13 Bc3 Ne4! 14 Bb2 Bxe2 15 Nxe2 Qx4+ 16 g3 Nxg3 -+

It would be nice that if these lines are not the correct ones to tell me also where I went wrong in them(and how white would refute them).


1st- 13 Kf2 Qb6+....... 14 Kg3 Bxe2 15 NxB Re3+ 16 Bxe3 Qxe3 17 Kh4 g5+ 18 f4xg5 Qe4+ and so on...

2nd- 13 h3 then BxB 14 NxB Nh5

3rd- 13- Bc3 then Nd4 14- BxN QxB threatning white with mate. if white doesnt attack the knight then it doesnt have much chance to win cause all the squares are captured by black.

I'm not sure how far to go, plus I've looked at these problems the las few day and can't come up with anything concrete so here are my best guesses.

13. Bc3
13 ... Nd4
14. Bxd4 ... Qxd4 black has exchanged a knight for a bishop and has started his attack on the kingside.

13. h3
13. ... Bh5
14. g4 ... Nxg4
15. hxg4 ... Bxg4 after the exchange black has destroyed the pawn structure on white's kingside and white's position is still very cramped.

13. Kf2
13. ... Qb6+
14 Kf1 ... Be2+
15. Nxe2 ... Ng4
16. Qe1 ... Nd4 with eye on c2 to fork the white queen and rook.

I don't know if these are heading in the right direction but hopefully they are close. This was a real tough problem for me. I guess that's why I'm still under 1300.

Originally posted by RahimK
[b] Game 6, Puzzle 2. This is the final puzzle. Requires a bit more work so I'll give 5 days maximum.

[fen]r2qr1k1/pp3ppp/2n2n2/8/2P2Pb1/3P4/P1PBB1PP/R2QK1NR - 0 13[/fen]

Position after 12. ...Nxc6

How does black win after:
13. Kf2;
13. h3;
13. Bc3.[/b]

Solution in Pgn.

[Event "Blitz:5'+3""]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "New game"]
[Black "Deep Fritz 8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

{96MB, DFritz8.ctg, Sunbird} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4
6. Bd2 e3 7. Bxe3 O-O 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Re8+ 10. Be2 Bg4 11. c4 c6 12. dxc6
Nxc6 13. Kf1 (13. Kf2 Qb6+ 14. Kg3 Rxe2 15. Nxe2 Nd4 {Threatening Nf5#} 16.
Nxd4 Bxd1 17. Rhxd1 Qxd4) (13. h3 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Nd4 15. O-O Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 Ng3+
17. Kh2 Nxf1+ 18. Qxf1) (13. Bc3 Nd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. c3 Qxc3+ 16. Kf1 Qd4 17.
Rb1 Qxf4+ 18. Bf3 Rad8) 13... Rxe2 14. Nxe2 Nd4 15. Qb1 Bxe2+ 16. Kf2 Ng4+ 17.
Kg1 Nf3+ 18. gxf3 Qd4+ 19. Kg2 Qf2+ 20. Kh3 Qxf3+ 21. Kh4 Ne3 22. Rg1 Nf5+ 23.
Kg5 Qh5# 0-1

[b] Lot of different ways to win when you have a lead in development. Don't be greed and hold on to everything. Give some material back if you have to.

This games shows you how important pins are and how to utilize them. As the saying goes "Pin 'em and Win 'em."

Have an of you 3 read Winning Chess Tactics by Yasser Seirwan and taken the Test at the end of the book?

vipiu, vuelve and chuckorc.

Originally posted by RahimK
Have an of you 3 read Winning Chess Tactics by Yasser Seirwan and taken the Test at the end of the book?

vipiu, vuelve and chuckorc.

I have not.

Originally posted by vipiu
I have not.

neither have I.🙁

Great! As your prize I will send you guys The first Yasser Seirwan Tactics test. 15 puzzles ranging from I would say 1300-1900ish.

I used these puzzles in my collection of 1000.

Vipiu these should challenge you more compared to the puzzles I gave during our tactics lecture. I never knew you were 1700+ at that time but now I know better.

What about you chuckorc? Read the book and tooken the test?

Nope, me neither. I have used programs like chess mentor and ct-art to try to improve my tactics.

Originally posted by chuckorc
Nope, me neither. I have used programs like chess mentor and ct-art to try to improve my tactics.

Cool, you should continue using them 🙂 I heard CT-Art is great. I should have spent the money and bought it instead of finding my own 1000 puzzles🙁 What a waste of time.