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DatePuzzle
11-22-2008Parma - Konci, 1960
11-22-2008Find the Mate
11-18-2008Kotrotsos - Stiri, 2005
11-17-2008Can White Win?
11-16-2008Korody - Benko, 1951
11-14-2008Keep Your Edge
11-12-2008Gubanov - Uraev, 1910
11-11-2008Fidlow - Busse, 1952
11-08-2008The End of Symmetry
11-06-2008Counterattack
11-04-2008Overloading Tactic
11-02-2008Trap in the Philidor Defense
11-01-2008Quick Attack
10-30-2008Is White in Trouble?
10-28-2008Early Tactic
10-26-2008Sneaky Tactic
10-24-2008Uncastled Kings
10-23-2008Early Attack
10-22-2008Is Black Safe?
10-21-2008Opening Trap in the Caro-Kann
10-18-2008Fireworks in the Center
10-17-2008Sharp Attack in the Philidor Defense
10-16-2008Fight for the Center
10-15-2008Trap in the Ruy Lopez
10-14-2008Trap in the Ruy Lopez
10-13-2008Kopetzky - Engert, 1942
10-12-2008Trap in the Caro-Kann
10-11-2008From Doggers - Henrichs, 2005
10-09-2008Grischuk - Smirnov, 2004
10-08-2008Lagowski - Berczes, 2005
10-07-2008Invade!
10-05-2008Hartvig - Edvardsen, 2003
10-03-2008Morphy-Schrufer, 1859
10-01-2008Overload
09-30-2008Punish the Greedy
09-28-2008From Nedeljkovic - Udovcic, 1952
09-26-2008Key Endgame
09-24-2008Rooklift!
09-22-2008Sharp Finish
09-19-2008Vulnerable Back-rank
09-18-2008Sharp Middlegame
09-17-2008Rook v. Bishop
09-16-2008Win the Knight
09-15-2008Promote the pawn!
09-13-2008King - Emms, 2003
09-12-2008Lightning Bolt
09-10-2008A Sparkling Finish
09-09-2008Unexpected Move
09-08-2008Find the Checkmate (Easy)
09-05-2008From Nedelkov - Zsuzsa Polgar, 1982
09-05-2008Find the Win
09-03-2008Find the Checkmate
09-01-2008From Donner - Spanjaard, 1961
08-31-2008Basic Endgame
08-29-2008Vidmar - Euwe, 1929
08-27-2008From Leko - Svidler, 2005
08-26-2008From Hort - Chandler, 1982
08-24-2008Velimirovic - Csom, 1974
08-24-2008Win Material
08-23-2008From Reinisch - Traxler, 1890
08-22-2008From Cuijpers - Bosboom, 1984
08-20-2008Baumann vs Wittwer, 1990
08-16-2008Kasparov-Karpov, 1985
08-14-2008From Bellon Lopez - Chekhov, 1984
08-12-2008Tiviakov - Arbakov, 1989
08-12-2008From Kobese - Tu Hoang, 1996
08-09-2008Landau - List, 1937/38
08-08-2008Khalifman - Serper, 1994
08-07-2008Demian - Charushin, 1977/79
08-06-2008Composition by Capablanca & Lasker, 1914
08-05-2008From Kotlerman - Zinman, 1985
08-03-2008Munoz - Salazar, 1990
08-01-2008Endgame Tactic
07-31-2008Baumann vs Wittwer, 1990
07-30-2008Clearance Tactic
07-29-2008Asauskas - Malishauskas, 2004
07-27-2008Cekro - Pelletier, 2003
07-27-2008Finish the Attack
07-25-2008Overloaded Piece Tactic
07-23-2008Quick Checkmate
07-22-2008Clearance Tactic
07-20-2008Quick Combination
07-19-2008Biegler - Peperle, 1952
07-18-2008Troitzky, 1906
07-17-2008From Paavilainen - Belkhodja, 1985
07-16-2008Simic - Bilek, 1976
07-15-2008Zita-Bronstein, 1957
07-14-2008E. Atalik - Skripchenko, 2006
07-13-2008From Nikitin-Kasparov, 1981
07-12-2008Cute Tactic
07-11-2008Krasenkow - Hebden, 2006
07-09-2008Ivanchuk - Topalov, 2004 (Blindfold!)
07-08-2008From Vaganian - T. Petrosian, 2004
07-07-2008Simple Checkmate
07-06-2008Hennings - Csultis, 1965
07-05-2008Finish the Game
07-04-2008Find the Checkmate!
07-03-2008From Cuijpers - Bosboom, 1984
07-02-2008Missed Opportunity from Englisch-Gunsberg, 1885.
07-01-2008Attila Schneider - Ferenc Portisch, 1986
06-30-2008From Goglidze - Kasparian, 1934
06-29-2008From Nedeljkovic - Udovcic, 1952
06-28-2008From Beaty - Golombek, 1964
06-27-2008From Demian - Charushin, 1977/9
06-26-2008Out of Thin Air
06-25-2008From Zimmerman - Erdelyi, 2001
06-24-2008Bachmann-Mayinger, 1898
06-23-2008Fomin-Giterman, 1972
06-22-2008From Narciso Dublan - Medvegy, 2001
06-21-2008From Short - Aleksandrov, 2004
06-20-2008From Stepanov-Romanovskij, 1926
06-19-2008Ponomariov - Hao, 2007
06-18-2008Trap in the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
06-17-2008Hansen-Moller, 1964
06-16-2008Menas-Braunstein, 1960
06-15-2008From Alekhine-Spielmann, 1927
06-13-2008From Berelovich-Grigore, 2002
06-13-2008Wekkawi-Frank, 1976
06-11-2008Win from behind
06-10-2008Study by Rinck, 1930
06-09-2008Checkmate with the Queen
06-08-2008Isaacs vs Factor, 1928
06-07-2008Long Checkmate
06-06-2008The Kitchen Sink
06-06-2008Alekhine-Frieman, 1924
06-04-2008From Anderssen - Lange, 1859
06-03-2008Find the Checkmate
06-02-2008From Capablanca-Ed. Lasker, 1914
06-01-2008Trap in the Sicilian
05-31-2008Study by H. Rinck, 1921
05-30-2008Caro-Kann Trap
05-30-2008Trap in the Ruy Lopez
05-29-2008Quick Checkmate
05-28-2008Schlechter-Meithner, 1899
05-27-2008Epic Pawn Breakthrough
05-26-2008From Wall-Murtaugh, 1971
05-25-2008Fritz, 1931
05-24-2008Fritz, 1951
05-23-2008Quick Checkmate
05-22-2008Troitzky, 1896
05-21-2008Study by Horwitz and Kling, 1851
05-20-2008Study by Carvajal, 1889
05-18-2008Adams - Bareev, 2004
05-17-2008From Bernstein - Capablanca, 1914
05-16-2008From Mason - S. Clarke, 2002/3
05-15-2008Legal vs. Saint Brie, 1750
05-14-2008Kirton - Gentes, 2000
05-13-2008Adams - Gurevich, 2006
05-12-2008From Mikenas - Bronstein, 1965
05-11-2008Romanishin - Plaskett, 1977
05-10-2008Ostropolsky - Ivanovsky, 1949
05-09-2008From de la Paz - Wohl, 2001
05-08-2008N. Popov - Novopashin, 1979
05-07-2008Pretty Checkmate
05-06-2008From Paglilla - Carbone, 1985
05-05-2008Speelman - M. Piket, 2003
05-04-2008Von Popiel - Marco, 1902
05-03-2008Areshchenko - Rogovsky, 2003
05-01-2008Endgame Tactic
05-01-2008Sneaky Mate with Black
04-30-2008NN - Pillsbury
04-29-2008Richter-NN, 1929
04-28-2008Landstatter-NN, 1950
04-27-2008Spielmann-Walter, 1928
04-26-2008Surprising Checkmate
04-25-2008Engert - Nuss, 1934
04-23-2008Checkmate in Two
04-23-2008Adolf Anderssen, 1842
04-22-2008Rossolimo - Wood, 1949
04-21-2008Sandrin - Kramer, 1949
04-19-2008From Bures - Zikan, 1969
04-19-2008Del Rio, 1750
04-18-2008Bernstein - Fadeev, 1950
04-17-2008Makogonov - Chekhover
04-16-2008Tanner - Shabalov, 1991
04-15-2008Checkmate With the Knights
04-13-2008Watch out for stalemate!
04-12-2008A Fierce Attack
04-11-2008From Gelfand - Kramnik, 1996
04-10-2008Surprising Trick
04-09-2008Swallow's Tail Mate
04-08-2008A Deadly Pin
04-07-2008Abrahams-Thomas, 1923
04-06-2008Tricky Checkmate
04-05-2008The Overextended Knight
04-04-2008The Active Knight
04-03-2008A Surprising Checkmate
04-02-2008Checkmating the Castled King
04-01-2008Attacking the Castled King
03-31-2008Overload the Queen
03-30-2008Study by Fontana, 1943
03-29-2008Loyd - Rosenthal, 1867
03-28-2008Biegler - Peperle, 1952
03-28-2008Michigan - Curran, 1876
03-27-2008Attacking the Vulnerable King
03-26-2008Finegold - Kuznecov, 1986
03-25-2008From Donner - Spanjaard, 1961
03-24-2008Three Moves to Checkmate
03-23-2008Continuing the Attack
03-21-2008Checkmate in Four
03-20-2008Checkmate in two moves.
03-19-2008Vladimirov - Marrero, 1976
03-18-2008Stunning!
03-16-2008Alekhine-Rowena, 1938
03-15-2008From Miles - Schneider
03-14-2008Queen vs. Queen
03-13-2008From Kuzubov - Van Beek
03-12-2008Orr - Vajda, 2002 Missed Opportunity
03-11-2008Clemenz - Eisenschmidt, 1862
03-09-2008From Lane - Reilly, 1999
03-08-2008From Lane - Flesch, 1983
03-07-2008From Vallejo Pons - Perelshteyn, 1999
03-06-2008King Hunt
03-05-2008From Bernstein-Capablanca, 1914
03-04-2008Legal vs. Saint Brie, 1750
03-01-2008Nimzowitsch-Alekhine, 1912
02-29-2008Keres-Spassky, 1955
02-29-2008Alekhine - Freeman, 1924
02-27-2008Checkmating with Knights
02-26-2008Anderssen-Zukertort, 1869
02-25-2008Win the Queen
02-24-2008Attack the Vulnerable King
02-23-2008Power of the Two Bishops
02-22-2008Checkmate in Three Moves
02-21-2008Exploit the pin.
02-20-2008Win the black queen
02-19-2008Study by V. Shkrl
02-11-2008Easy Mate
12-24-2007Blow it up with black
12-03-2007Tricky promotion
12-01-2007Find the mate
11-30-2007King in the center
11-10-2007Find the Checkmate
11-09-2007Counterattack!
10-16-2007Fancy king/knight maneuvers
10-08-2007Study by Marwitz, 1937
10-06-2007Study by Cheron, 1952
10-04-2007Study by Horwitz, 1851
10-04-2007Study by Lolli, 1763
10-03-2007Surprising Finish
10-01-2007Fancy King Maneuver
09-30-2007Study by Dedrle, 1921
09-29-2007Study by Chernev, 1960
09-28-2007From Polgar-Kasparov, 1996
09-07-2007Save your queen
08-18-2007Alekhine vs Pita, 1944
08-12-2007Carlsen vs Hracek, 2007
08-09-2007Sakaev vs Sebastain, 1991
08-05-2007Mate in 3
08-03-2007Rook vs. Pawns
08-02-2007Challenging endgame
08-01-2007Tricky Mate
07-29-2007Rook vs. Pawn Ending
07-27-2007Find the mate
07-25-2007Isaacs vs Factor, 1928
07-23-2007Even up the sides
07-19-2007Birnov, 1946
07-18-2007Horwitz and Kling, 1851
07-17-2007Grigoriants-Shaposhnikov, 2007
07-15-2007From Bernstein-Capablanca, 1914
07-14-2007Trap in the Alekhine Defense #2
07-12-2007Alekhine-Frieman, 1924
07-11-2007Study by Lolli, 1763
07-09-2007Knight vs. Pawn
07-08-2007Study by Cheron, 1952
07-07-2007Powerful Knights
07-06-2007Grischuk-Ponomariov, 2000
07-05-2007Anderssen-Zukertort, 1869
07-02-2007Pawn promotion tactic
06-30-2007Study by Salvio
06-29-2007Troitzky, 1906
06-28-2007Stunning!
06-26-2007Alekhine-Rowena, 1938
06-24-2007Kasparov-Karpov, 1985
06-22-2007Tricky win
06-19-2007Queen vs. Pawns
06-18-2007Mate in three
06-17-2007Mate in four with two bishops
06-16-2007Checkmate in Four
06-14-2007Mate in Five
06-12-2007Morphy-Schrufer, 1859
06-11-2007Winning the pawn race
06-10-2007Bronstein-Ragozin, 1948
06-09-2007From Capablanca-Ed. Lasker, 1914
06-08-2007Checkmate out of thin air
06-06-2007Checkmate with a pawn
06-05-2007Mate in two
06-03-2007Checkmate in four moves
06-02-2007Study by H. Rinck, 1921
05-31-2007Mate in three
05-28-2007Baumann vs Wittwer, 1990
05-27-2007Great Attack!
05-26-2007Marcus-Kleshchenko, 1982
05-22-2007Swallow's Tail Mate
05-20-2007From Beliavsky-Christiansen, 1987
05-18-2007Hort-Donner, 1972
05-17-2007From Van Wely-Morozevich, 2001
05-16-2007Nimzowitsch-Alekhine, 1912
05-15-2007Pawn breakthrough
05-14-2007Tactics by Capablanca
05-13-2007Tseshkovsky-Kasparov, 1981
05-12-2007Trap in the Two Knights' Defense
05-11-2007 Trap in the King's Gambit
05-10-2007Trap in the Sicilian
05-09-2007Trap in the Scandinavian Defense
05-08-2007Quick Attack for Black
05-06-2007From Wall-Murtaugh, 1971
05-05-2007From Warren vs. Selman, 1930
05-04-2007Sirotkina-Nemchinova, 1977
05-02-2007Zita-Bronstein, 1957
05-01-2007Grischuk-Ponomariov, 2000
04-30-2007Trap in the King's Gambit Declined
04-29-2007Mayet-Harrwitz, 1848
04-28-2007Alekhine - Freeman, 1924
04-27-2007Trap in the Evans Gambit
04-25-2007Ian-NN, 2007
04-24-2007Surprising Checkmate
04-23-2007Trap in the Center Game
04-22-2007Trap in the Alekhine Defense #2
04-21-2007Caro-Kann Checkmate
04-20-2007Trap in the Caro-Kann (for Black!)
04-19-2007Legal vs. Saint Brie, 1750
04-18-2007Trap in the Ruy Lopez
04-17-2007From Nikitin-Kasparov, 1981
04-16-2007Keres-Spassky, 1955
04-15-2007Schlechter-Meithner, 1899
04-14-2007Mikenas-Flohr, 1933
04-13-2007Cute Tactic
04-12-2007Kasparov-Karpov, 1985
04-11-2007Gufeld-Tal, 1959
04-10-2007Tal-Timman, 1972
04-09-2007Mikenas-Bronstein, 1965
04-08-2007Anderssen-Zukertort, 1869
04-07-2007Strekalovsky-Sabinin, 1974