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Puzzle of the week #265

Danish gambit (1)

Level: 3-Bishop [Event "Puzzle #265"][Date "2014.11.24"][Result "1-0"]1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Ne2 Nxe4 8.O-O Nxc3 9.Nxc3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Qg5 11.Re1+ Kf8

Puzzle of the week #264

Two Knights, Fried Liver attack (2)

Level: 3-Bishop [Event "Puzzle #264"][Date "2014.11.17"][Result "0-1"]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 h6 9.Nh3 g5 10.d3 Bg7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Ng1 Nd5 13.h4 f5 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.g4 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Qd5 17.Rh2 e4 18.Qd2 Qe5 19.Rh5

Puzzle of the week #263

Two Knights, Fried Liver attack (1)

Level: 3-Bishop [Event "Puzzle #263"][Date "2014.11.09"][Result "1-0"]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Nb4 9.a3 Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1 11.Nxd5 Kd6 12.d4 Be6 13.Re1 b5

Puzzle of the week #262

Evans gambit

Level: 3-Bishop [Event "Puzzle #262"][Date "2014.10.26"][Result "1-0"]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.O-O Nf6 7.d4 exd4 8.Ba3 d6 9.e5 dxe5 10.Qb3 Qd7 11.Re1 Qf5 12.Bb5 Nd7 13.Qd5 Bxc3 14.Nxc3 dxc3 15.Nxe5 Ne7

Puzzle of the week #261

Opening play (5)

Level: 3-Bishop [Event "Puzzle #261"][Date "2014.10.12"][Result "1-0"]1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.a3 Qa5 6.Bd2 Nc6 7.Qd1 Nxd4

Puzzle of the week #260

Opening play (4)

Level: 3-Bishop [Event "Puzzle #260"][Date "2014.10.07"][Result "1-0"]1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 c5 6.Nxd5 Qxd5 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 a6 9.Be2 Qxg2 10.Bf3 Qg6 11.Qd2 e5 12.O-O-O exd4 13.Bxd4 Nc6

Puzzle of the week #259

Opening play (3)

Level: 3-Bishop [Event "Puzzle #259"][Date "2014.09.28"][Result "1-0"]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.Nxe5 O-O 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.e5 Ng4 9.c3

Puzzle of the week #258

Basic endgames: K+P vs K

Level: 2-Knight [Event "Puzzle #258"][Date "2014.06.16"][Result "1-0"][SetUp "1"][FEN "8/8/7p/8/4k1P1/7K/6P1/8 w - - 0 1"]

Puzzle of the week #257

Mate in 1

Level: 2-Knight [Event "Puzzle #257"][Date "2014.06.03"][Result "1-0"][SetUp "1"][FEN "2b1r3/7R/2kb1R2/B4pp1/2Pn4/8/5PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1"]{White move in the game} 1.Bb4

Puzzle of the week #256

Basic endgames: R vs P

Level: 2-Knight [Event "Puzzle #256"][Date "2014.05.27"][Result "1-0"][SetUp "1"][FEN "3K4/8/8/5p2/4k3/8/8/R7 w - - 0 1"]
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