Tactics Time

Originally posted by cmsMaster
Means he posted seconds before I did - like a ninja.

http://www.chessninja.com/

Can't find the Ninja exercises anymore. Some fellows from the club are memeber and sent some mental exercises for us to do. Pretty tough.

Originally posted by RahimK
Second Tactic:

[fen]r2r2k1/pq3ppp/1p1bpn2/8/2PN3Q/1P6/PB3PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1[/fen]

White to move.

I like tactics like this compared to the usual ones found in tactic books.

That one's much harder - the first couple moves are easy, but it gets much harder after that.

Originally posted by RahimK
http://www.chessninja.com/

Can't find the Ninja exercises anymore. Some fellows from the club are memeber and sent some mental exercises for us to do. Pretty tough.

White belt or black belt ones?

Originally posted by cmsMaster
That one's much harder - the first couple moves are easy, but it gets much harder after that.

Yeah I don't really have a clue. I would possibly move Nb5 to free up the bishop. That could then attack the black night threatening the rook and the kings pawns.

Originally posted by Jake Ellison
Yeah I don't really have a clue. I would possibly move Nb5 to free up the bishop. That could then attack the black night threatening the rook and the kings pawns.

Not Nb5, but you're close.

Originally posted by cmsMaster
Not Nb5, but you're close.

Nf3? Does that help defend the king but also alow a potential attack through Ng5?

Originally posted by Jake Ellison
Nf3? Does that help defend the king but also alow a potential attack through Ng5?

look for somewhere more forceful for the knight...

You need to look several moves ahead to find it.

Look at the points of intersection. Like with the previous puzzle, The Queen, Bishop and Rook powers all connected at g7.


Here's a hint. Say you get rid of the knight on f6 using the bishop and then gxf6 and you also get rid of the Black bishop on d6. Here's a simpler position with some pieces taken off:



That should help.

Originally posted by cmsMaster
That one's much harder - the first couple moves are easy, but it gets much harder after that.

I like puzzles like this, all just for the win of a pawn

Originally posted by cmsMaster
White belt or black belt ones?

Neither, those look like annotation of games.

These were chess mind exercises. The posted a position and you have to work backwards in your mind. Really weird and hard.

BTW, Are we suppose to be talking? I thought we had a grudge match going on? 🙄 Haha.

Originally posted by Restless Soul
I like puzzles like this, all just for the win of a pawn

Me too, I love combination puzzles.

Mate ones get to boring and don't occur that often in real games I believe.

Originally posted by RahimK
Second Tactic:

[fen]r2r2k1/pq3ppp/1p1bpn2/8/2PN3Q/1P6/PB3PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1[/fen]

White to move.

I like tactics like this compared to the usual ones found in tactic books.

1. Nxe6 fxe6 2. Bxf6 gxf6 3. Rxd6 Rxd6 4. Qg3+ Kf7 5. Qxd6

Winning a pawn.

Third one:



Black to move.

Originally posted by RahimK
1. Nxe6 fxe6 2. Bxf6 gxf6 3. Rxd6 Rxd6 4. Qg3+ Kf7 5. Qxd6

Winning a pawn.

I was thinking Nxe6, but could see the way of moving on from there. Didn't like the thought of knight for a pawn.

Originally posted by Jake Ellison
I was thinking Nxe6, but could see the way of moving on from there. Didn't like the thought of knight for a pawn.

Let's pretend the knight isn't there:



Can you see Bxf6 gxf6 and then the King is exposed?